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Thread : Good King Trump
Started at 01-21-2017 02:07 PM by mickthinks
Visit at https://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=29624
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[Post 1]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 01-21-2017 02:07 PM
Thread Title : Good King Trump

It's time we stopped pretending that the 2016 election is still a thing.  Trump in the White House is the thing now.

Here's some bleak news to start us off:

LGBT - The White House Search Results (https://search.whitehouse.gov/search?query=LGBT&affiliate=wh)

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[Post 2]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 01-21-2017 03:04 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The cocksucker even stole Obama's cake!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The cake on the left is the one I made for President Obama&#39;s inauguration 4 years ago. The one on the right is Trumps. I didn&#39;t make it. &#129300; <a href="https://t.co/qJXpCfPhii">pic.twitter.com/qJXpCfPhii</a></p>&mdash; Duff Goldman (@Duff_Goldman) <a href="https://twitter.com/Duff_Goldman/status/822675780341641216">21 January 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 3]
Author : godfry n. glad
Date : 01-21-2017 03:45 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

And, of course, he'll redefine aesthetic sensibilities (http://consequenceofsound.net/2017/01/trump-reportedly-planning-to-kill-national-endowment-for-the-arts-privatize-public-broadcasting/) nationwide, too.

This may have consequences.
https://thestatusfaction.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/goldhuffer.jpg

I fully expect the premiere locations in national parks to be made exclusive to 'highest bidders' and exploratory drilling to be heedless of any boundary whatsoever.

I believe the Endangered Species Act is headed to the guillotine, too.

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[Post 4]
Author : godfry n. glad
Date : 01-21-2017 03:47 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I expect the Cascadian separatist movement to gain new life, too.

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[Post 5]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-21-2017 03:48 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Good thread, mick. It could only have been improved by making the first post an invitation to subscribe to email updates.

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[Post 6]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 01-21-2017 05:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

10395
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Trump inauguration: Full text of new president's speech - BBC News (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38697653)

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[Post 7]
Author : SR71
Date : 01-21-2017 06:15 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The official disinformation campaign is under way.  

Trump White House Distorts Wages Figure on First Day | Climate Central (http://www.climatecentral.org/news/trump-fabricates-wages-figure-on-first-day-21098)

the White House said that eliminating power plant climate rules, a clean water rule and other environmental regulations would “greatly help American workers, increasing wages by more than $30 billion over the next 7 years.”

The article points up sloppy work all around on this T-Rump generated fake information.  I take it for granted this is representative of what we're going to keep getting.

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[Post 8]
Author : SR71
Date : 01-21-2017 06:21 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Using mick's method where he was spying on the US Government, "climate change" returns nothing, but "climate" gets you 

An America First Energy Plan | whitehouse.gov (https://www.whitehouse.gov/america-first-energy)

For too long, we’ve been held back by burdensome regulations on our energy industry. President Trump is committed to eliminating harmful and unnecessary policies such as the Climate Action Plan and the Waters of the U.S. rule. Lifting these restrictions will greatly help American workers, increasing wages by more than $30 billion over the next 7 years.

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[Post 9]
Author : Limoncello
Date : 01-21-2017 07:07 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The cocksucker even stole Obama's cake!


Maybe it's the same cake, just been stuffed in a closet somewhere for eight years?

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[Post 10]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-21-2017 09:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C2th-0mWQAAmbeA.jpg
John must just be out walking his dog.

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[Post 11]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-21-2017 09:32 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Let&#39;s Make America Smart Again.</p>&mdash; Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) <a href="https://twitter.com/neiltyson/status/822257296893997056">January 20, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 12]
Author : lisarea
Date : 01-21-2017 09:46 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Matlock and I got our pictures taken (http://www.denverpost.com/2017/01/21/womens-march-denver/) this morning. My eyes aren't usually that baggy, I swear. I was just tired.

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[Post 13]
Author : SR71
Date : 01-21-2017 11:45 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump got to talk to some CIA people so he thought it would be good to criticize the media and tell a fib about the size of his fingers jimmy inaugural crowd.

&#8220;I can only say that I am with you 1,000 percent. And the reason you&#8217;re my first stop&#8212;&#8221; Trump said before dramatically changing direction, &#8220;&#8212; is that as you know I have a running war with the media. They are among the most dishonest human beings on earth. Right? And they sort of made it sound like I have this feud with the intelligence community.&#8221;

Well, you did pretty much call them Nazis over the Russian hacking to try to help you get elected thing, but what's a little name calling between government representatives, right?  

Trump drew laughs from the crowd when he described reporters as "the most dishonest human beings" and claimed he'd drawn as many as 1.5 million people to his inauguration despite official estimates closer to 200,000 and repeated images of empty standing spaces. A few miles away, at the White House, Trump aides were soon setting up pictures of the crowd inside the press briefing room.

If this really does somehow win them over, I just, it can't, no matter how small, if only for one second you could see...

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[Post 14]
Author : The Man
Date : 01-22-2017 12:03 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Sir Ian McKellen is a hero. The second picture is one of the best things I've seen in years.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">IAN MCKELLEN IS A LEGEND<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WomensMarch?src=hash">#WomensMarch</a> <a href="https://t.co/EDoS1vURm7">pic.twitter.com/EDoS1vURm7</a></p>&mdash; lyna (@barnesvans) <a href="https://twitter.com/barnesvans/status/822889406084288515">January 21, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 15]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-22-2017 01:38 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The cocksucker even stole Obama's cake!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The cake on the left is the one I made for President Obama's inauguration 4 years ago. The one on the right is Trumps. I didn't make it. &#129300; <a href="https://t.co/qJXpCfPhii">pic.twitter.com/qJXpCfPhii</a></p>&mdash; Duff Goldman (@Duff_Goldman) <a href="https://twitter.com/Duff_Goldman/status/822675780341641216">21 January 2017</a></blockquote>
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Washington D.C. bakery comments on Trump inauguration cake controversy (http://ew.com/news/2017/01/21/obama-trump-inaugural-cake-resemblance-duff-goldman/) tldr, yup, they were asked to copycat

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[Post 16]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-22-2017 01:41 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Spicer said this was the first time floor coverings were used on the national mall. I took this photo at the inauguration in 2013. <a href="https://t.co/MVHPQQ6Y5F">pic.twitter.com/MVHPQQ6Y5F</a></p>&mdash; Ashley Killough (@KilloughCNN) <a href="https://twitter.com/KilloughCNN/status/822941369266216960">January 21, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">White House press secretary attacks media for accurately reporting inauguration crowds <a href="https://t.co/IoYrkl6vaO">https://t.co/IoYrkl6vaO</a> <a href="https://t.co/PkDOrE0e47">pic.twitter.com/PkDOrE0e47</a></p>&mdash; CNN International (@cnni) <a href="https://twitter.com/cnni/status/822948510198861824">January 21, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 17]
Author : SR71
Date : 01-22-2017 03:22 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

CNN seems genuinely pissed off since he called them fake news.  Serves 'em right for not noticing he was fucking bonkers before he got elected.  Maybe they'll learn something from it.

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[Post 18]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-22-2017 04:00 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here&#39;s how to say &quot;Donald Trump&quot; in American Sign Language. The Swiss Deaf Association had earlier chosen it as sign of the year. <a href="https://t.co/EetnMeLzQI">pic.twitter.com/EetnMeLzQI</a></p>&mdash; dpa international (@dpa_intl) <a href="https://twitter.com/dpa_intl/status/809787862157770752">December 16, 2016</a></blockquote>
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[Post 19]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-22-2017 05:54 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Something seems odd about this panel CNN put together to discuss The Women&#39;s March, but I can&#39;t put my finger on it. <a href="https://t.co/M9T1FDMVNB">pic.twitter.com/M9T1FDMVNB</a></p>&mdash; Guy Endore-Kaiser (@GuyEndoreKaiser) <a href="https://twitter.com/GuyEndoreKaiser/status/823011704405520384">January 22, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 20]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 01-22-2017 06:26 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:frysees:

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[Post 21]
Author : The Man
Date : 01-22-2017 10:08 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The cocksucker even stole Obama's cake!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The cake on the left is the one I made for President Obama's inauguration 4 years ago. The one on the right is Trumps. I didn't make it. &#65533;&#65533; <a href="https://t.co/qJXpCfPhii">pic.twitter.com/qJXpCfPhii</a></p>&mdash; Duff Goldman (@Duff_Goldman) <a href="https://twitter.com/Duff_Goldman/status/822675780341641216">21 January 2017</a></blockquote>
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That's not even the best part. The best part is that most of Little Gloves' cake isn't even edible (http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2017/01/let-them-eat-fake). In other words, the cake is a lie. Now if there's a better metaphor for his presidency, I haven't heard it yet.

Also, obligatory Tom Lehrer.

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[Post 22]
Author : Zehava
Date : 01-22-2017 03:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

For people who railed against how corrupt and illegitimate the Obama administration was, the Trump administration and campaign sure like to steal from him.

Let see:

Melania's speech
Inauguration Cake
Inauguration Photos of the National Mall

There's probably more, but the last two are so laughably blatant it's stunning .

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[Post 23]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-22-2017 03:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So? Trump's power base is absolutely fine with stealing from people who aren't like them.

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[Post 24]
Author : SR71
Date : 01-22-2017 10:50 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's starting already.

In Trump's America, 'Felony Riot' Charges Against Inauguration Protesters Signal Dangerous Wave of Repression | Alternet (http://www.alternet.org/trumps-america-felony-riot-charges-against-inauguration-protesters-signal-dangerous-wave-repression)

More than 200 people who were mass-arrested at the Washington, D.C. protests against the inauguration of Donald Trump have been hit with felony riot charges that are punishable by up to 10 years in prison and quarter-million-dollar fine. Those picked up in the sweep&#8212;including medics, legal observers and journalists&#8212;had their phones, cameras and other personal belongings confiscated as evidence, a lawyer confirmed to AlterNet.

They're busting out the extra strength dissent suppression charges already.

Jeffrey Light, a Washington, D.C.-based lawyer who provided legal support to the Disrupt J20 Collective, agreed with this assessment. &#8220;I have been representing protesters for 15 years now, and I have never seen felony rioting charges in Washington, D.C. It is not one of the standard laws that they tend to use. This is unusual. It is rare to use that charge.&#8221;

So predictable.

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[Post 25]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-22-2017 11:30 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

American Civil Liberties Union (https://www.aclu.org/)

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[Post 26]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-23-2017 01:02 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump has plans for executive orders on nearly a daily basis - StarTribune.com (http://www.startribune.com/trump-plans-a-flurry-of-executive-orders/411417135/)

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump plans to take executive action on a nearly daily basis for a month to unravel his predecessor’s legacy and begin enacting his own agenda, his aides say, part of an extended exercise of presidential power to quickly make good on his campaign promises.

But in a reflection of the improvisational style that helped fuel his rise, he has made few, if any, firm decisions about which orders he wants to make, or in which order. That is a striking break from past presidents, who have entered office with detailed plans for rolling out a series of executive actions that set a tone for their presidencies and send a clear message about their agendas.


 He has plans to order action to undo Obama's legacy daily.
 He may have even decided to run for President after the roasting he took by Obama.
 His wife plagiarized parts of Michelle Obama's speech.
 He wanted his Inaugural cake made the same as Obama's.
 He had a major hissy fit about crowd comparisons between his and Obama's Inaugural crowds; so much so that it was the focus of his Press Secretary's very first address.
 Let's not forget about the birther campaign.

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[Post 27]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-23-2017 02:12 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

http://orig13.deviantart.net/7a77/f/2017/022/4/4/__alternative_facts___by_jollyjack-dawdzjg.jpg

Alternative Facts (http://www.deviantart.com/art/Alternative-facts-659062060)

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[Post 28]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-23-2017 03:08 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://images.plurk.com/3wfwDPnrlBZvpbmAApjg.jpg

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[Post 29]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-23-2017 03:17 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Donald Trump delivers speech to CIA to deny feud and criticize media coverage | The Independent (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-cia-meeting-full-support-condemns-media-isis-a7539766.html)

Pool reports later clarified that the attendants who were cheering and clapping when Mr Trump spoke were not CIA staffers but people who accompanied Mr Trump to the briefing.

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[Post 30]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-23-2017 04:27 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Quite the troll of Trump &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/seanspicer">@seanspicer</a> by the <a href="https://twitter.com/DallasStars">@DallasStars</a> tonight. Surprisingly edgy for a major sports team. <a href="https://t.co/ZoscKjdf4r">https://t.co/ZoscKjdf4r</a> <a href="https://t.co/xdfxajITkT">pic.twitter.com/xdfxajITkT</a></p>&mdash; Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) <a href="https://twitter.com/kenvogel/status/823025908546158592">January 22, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Arena capacity: ~20,000.

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[Post 31]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 01-23-2017 04:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://www.facebook.com/JimBourg/posts/10154857366868418

https://scontent.ftxl1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/16114805_10154857353398418_3095435222732072717_n.jpg?oh=65304f905087de09b8cc857a19df087a&oe=590C19F3

I am seeing a lot of inaccurate talk and allegations online about the crowd photos from Friday's Trump inauguration that are simply not borne out by the FACTS. Now I see my own friends reposting this disinformation on Facebook.
Only one news organization had a still photographer atop the Washington monument for the inauguration and I assigned him to be there. This photo by Reuters News Pictures staff photographer Lucas Jackson was taken at 12:01:18 p.m. on Friday and not much earlier as many people are trying to claim.

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[Post 32]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 01-23-2017 09:07 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/IDrGPkJQSl">pic.twitter.com/IDrGPkJQSl</a></p>&mdash; Marv (@Marv_Vien) <a href="https://twitter.com/Marv_Vien/status/823621167621619713">January 23, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 33]
Author : Zehava
Date : 01-23-2017 09:26 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Is that Melania and did he just tell her to shut the fuck up?

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[Post 34]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-23-2017 09:46 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/IDrGPkJQSl">pic.twitter.com/IDrGPkJQSl</a></p>&mdash; Marv (@Marv_Vien) <a href="https://twitter.com/Marv_Vien/status/823621167621619713">January 23, 2017</a></blockquote>
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That's heartbreaking to watch.

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[Post 35]
Author : Dingfod
Date : 01-23-2017 10:12 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Matlock and I got our pictures taken (http://www.denverpost.com/2017/01/21/womens-march-denver/) this morning. My eyes aren't usually that baggy, I swear. I was just tired.One of nososure's best friends broke up with her boyfriend over her attending that event in Denver. It was a sexist thing he said, he being of a Cheeto dumpster fire bent.

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[Post 36]
Author : The Man
Date : 01-23-2017 10:20 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Matlock and I got our pictures taken (http://www.denverpost.com/2017/01/21/womens-march-denver/) this morning. My eyes aren't usually that baggy, I swear. I was just tired.One of nososure's best friends broke up with her boyfriend over her attending that event in Denver. It was a sexist thing he said, he being of a Cheeto dumpster fire bent.I have few principles about potential romantic/sexual partners that I will never break. One is that I will not become involved with anyone who supports Cheeto Benito. I&#8217;m not merely saying this arbitrarily; I actually did turn down an offer for sex from someone whom I found out was a Dump supporter (and whom I otherwise found attractive). Given the revival in anti-Semitism associated with his administration, I&#8217;d rather be celibate than deal with the self-loathing that would inevitably accompany such an encounter. I can cope with celibacy, and I don&#8217;t need more self-loathing.

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[Post 37]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-23-2017 10:21 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump issues proclamation designating 1/20/2017 &quot;National Day of Patriotic Devotion&quot; (seriously). <br>Source: <a href="https://t.co/jehtGjU7dW">https://t.co/jehtGjU7dW</a> <a href="https://t.co/nPEbBP1Gwp">pic.twitter.com/nPEbBP1Gwp</a></p>&mdash; Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) <a href="https://twitter.com/kenklippenstein/status/823627002661969921">January 23, 2017</a></blockquote>
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http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/151002105839-trevor-noah-donald-trump-president-large-169.jpg

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[Post 38]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-23-2017 10:22 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Matlock and I got our pictures taken (http://www.denverpost.com/2017/01/21/womens-march-denver/) this morning. My eyes aren't usually that baggy, I swear. I was just tired.One of nososure's best friends broke up with her boyfriend over her attending that event in Denver. It was a sexist thing he said, he being of a Cheeto dumpster fire bent.I have few principles about potential romantic/sexual partners that I will never break. One is that I will not become involved with anyone who supports Cheeto Benito. I’m not merely saying this arbitrarily; I actually did turn down an offer for sex from someone who I found out was a Dump supporter (and whom I otherwise found attractive). Given the revival in anti-Semitism associated with his administration, I’d rather be celibate than deal with the self-loathing that would inevitably accompany such an encounter. I can cope with celibacy, and I don’t need more self-loathing.

Masturbation is sex with someone you love, so that's all good.

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[Post 39]
Author : Dragar
Date : 01-23-2017 11:16 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It seems every president does that proclamation thing. Your country is weird.

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[Post 40]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-24-2017 01:38 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Misc, non-surprise.

https://images.plurk.com/7KCuTttMV7EL5w0CApjg.jpg

Source: https://www.facebook.com/RBReich/posts/1445206565491935

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[Post 41]
Author : Qingdai
Date : 01-24-2017 02:06 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Swell.

He just signed an order to freeze hiring for federal employees. Doing taxes is going to be fun this year.

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[Post 42]
Author : The Man
Date : 01-24-2017 02:47 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

You Would Do the Same Thing If an Old Witch Had Your Father's Soul Trapped in a Lantern - The Onion - America's Finest News Source (http://www.theonion.com/blogpost/you-would-do-same-thing-if-old-witch-had-your-fath-55119)

This is amazing.

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[Post 43]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-24-2017 05:39 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Kurt Eichenwald's Tweet Storm About Trump's Disgraceful Visit To CIA. (http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/1/23/1624121/-Kurt-Eichenwald-s-Tweet-Storm-About-Trump-s-Disgraceful-Visit-To-CIA)

Yanno, the last time a sitting president really pissed off the intel community, there was this shenanigan in Dallas.

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[Post 44]
Author : erimir
Date : 01-24-2017 06:09 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Misc, non-surprise.

https://images.plurk.com/7KCuTttMV7EL5w0CApjg.jpg

Source: https://www.facebook.com/RBReich/posts/1445206565491935I feel like Robert Reich's little dialogues are a little too cute sometimes. Maybe they're real but edited to make them punchier...

I did have some thoughts about the possibility of impeachment though.

First is... if Trump is impeached during the current Congress, he almost certainly will be convicted. This is in spite of it requiring 67 votes in the Senate. Trump needs some ace up his sleeve to prevent it. Why is that?

1. The GOP leadership probably needs to be on board for impeachment to happen.
2. Around 50% or more of the House GOP probably needs to vote for it, otherwise they'll close ranks, rather than letting it pass with Democratic votes over the objection of most Republicans
3. As Omar said, "You come at the king, you best not miss." Given #1 and 2, they won't impeach unless they have the votes to convict. Assuming you get nearly 100%, if not 100%, of Democrats, the GOP even has quite a bit of wriggle room to let some vulnerable incumbents preserve their status among the Trumpkins.

The question is then about the likelihood of those conditions being satisfied.

In my opinion, the GOP is making a mistake, however, if they think they can impeach and convict and have a result that leaves them coming out ahead, or even merely staunches the bleeding. Trump will fight back, for one. And for another... he won't stop lashing out just because you've removed him from power. He will do everything he can to destroy the people who betrayed him, even if he's doing it from Twitter in Trump Tower, instead of from the White House. Maybe they think they can make him the fall guy for their unpopular agenda... but you can bet Trump will blame them for the failure of their agenda (and he'll actually be right) if he's kicked out of office.

They must really want to starve granny, oppress workers and watch children die from preventable diseases due to lack of health insurance. It's the only explanation for why they're not standing up to him now, even when he's doing things like appointing Ben Carson to HUD and putting Rick Perry in charge of the nukes which probably don't fall under things they actually want to happen.

That said, while I do think impeachment under a scenario similar to Reich describes is possible, it's also quite possible they lose their nerve and/or they decide that the biggest lesson of 2009-2016 is to never allow any bipartisanship, and try to rely on pure partisan tribalism to protect them from the damage of the Trump presidency and their own horrific agenda. They may decide it's better to go down with Trump and hope they hold onto the 42% or so of tribal Republicans by never granting the Democrats an inch.

That, of course, depends highly on what the polls tell them. It is possible that Trump will become so unpopular that they conclude that removing Trump is the more palatable option. But the GOP has such a concentration of crazy that it might be pretty hard for Trump to stop having at least plurality support within the party...

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[Post 45]
Author : Vivisectus
Date : 01-24-2017 02:17 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

No more TPP either... and I wonder how smart that was. Among the qualifications to be in the trade agreement were certain standards of anti-corruption legislation and enforcement, environmental regulations, and regulations against child labor. None of which China or India could qualify for, so this would have been a good way of leveling the playing field where trade is concerned.

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[Post 46]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-24-2017 03:23 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

No more TPP either... and I wonder how smart that was. Among the qualifications to be in the trade agreement were certain standards of anti-corruption legislation and enforcement, environmental regulations, and regulations against child labor. None of which China or India could qualify for, so this would have been a good way of leveling the playing field where trade is concerned.

This levelling will now happen by the US striving to match China and India in corruption, environmental damage and labour abuse.

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[Post 47]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 01-24-2017 03:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The peaceful transfer of power is a thing of beauty. One moment Barack Obama is leader of the Free World. A moment later it&#39;s Angela Merkel.</p>&mdash; George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) <a href="https://twitter.com/GeorgeTakei/status/822523052877643777">January 20, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 48]
Author : Watser?
Date : 01-24-2017 04:31 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Dutch tv-program introduces the country to Trump in his own style (English part starts at .43):

The Netherlands welcomes Trump in his own words - YouTube

"We speak Dutch," the video pitch mentions. "It's the best language in Europe. We've got all the best words. All the other languages failed. Danish total disaster. German is not even a real language. It's fake."
This Dutch TV Show's Parody of Donald Trump's Inaugural Speech Is Going Viral (http://time.com/4645127/dutch-tv-donald-trump-video/)

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[Post 49]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-24-2017 08:42 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump admin orders EPA contract freeze and media blackout (http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-admin-orders-epa-contract-freeze-and-media-blackout/ar-AAmbKXU)

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[Post 50]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-25-2017 04:02 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Oh, come on, Donald, size doesn't matter that much.

https://images.plurk.com/yoJ07sunYfcWadpeApjg.jpg

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[Post 51]
Author : Stormlight
Date : 01-25-2017 07:30 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump admin orders EPA contract freeze and media blackout (http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-admin-orders-epa-contract-freeze-and-media-blackout/ar-AAmbKXU)

How about building a big, fat, polluting coal plant near Mar-a-Lago? Upwind? Maybe crowd-fund it?

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[Post 52]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-25-2017 09:29 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm learning that a media freeze isn't unprecedented on admin changes for a get up to speed period.

But time will tell, now won't it. :)

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[Post 53]
Author : Dragar
Date : 01-25-2017 10:45 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Does the President (on Day 3 of his new administration!) often threaten to 'send in the Feds' to a city?

Donald J. Trump on Twitter: "If Chicago doesn't fix the horrible "carnage" going on, 228 shootings in 2017 with 42 killings (up 24% from 2016), I will send in the Feds!" (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/824080766288228352)

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[Post 54]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-25-2017 10:54 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Shut Up, Be Happy - Ice T ( Lyrics ) - YouTube

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[Post 55]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-25-2017 12:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Internet Archive on Twitter: "If you see something, save something.  Use Save Page Now to save URLs at https://t.co/qGDMcslRtF https://t.co/AtHn0UhREo" (https://twitter.com/internetarchive/status/824082301902458880)

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[Post 56]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-25-2017 12:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump admin orders EPA contract freeze and media blackout (http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-admin-orders-epa-contract-freeze-and-media-blackout/ar-AAmbKXU)

I'm sensing a new sign/slogan ... dear Trump admin: If you've got nothing to hide ...

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[Post 57]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-25-2017 12:30 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Censorship of public scientific data; Threat of martial law; Executive Order on pipeline in which he has financial interest.

Day 4.

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[Post 58]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-25-2017 12:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Reddit Finds Donald Trump Trash Can for Photoshop Battle (http://nymag.com/selectall/2017/01/reddit-finds-donald-trump-trash-can-for-photoshop-battle.html)

http://pixel.nymag.com/imgs/daily/selectall/2017/01/24/24-trump-trashbin.nocrop.w710.h2147483647.jpg

The best and simplest edit:
http://pixel.nymag.com/imgs/daily/selectall/2017/01/24/24-trump-trashbin-5.nocrop.w710.h2147483647.jpg

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[Post 59]
Author : lisarea
Date : 01-25-2017 03:41 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

“Rogue” national park Twitter accounts are cropping up by the hour (http://www.avclub.com/article/rogue-national-park-twitter-accounts-are-cropping--249037)

The year is 2017. America is a tire fire. The resistance is led by Teen Vogue, Badlands National Park, and the Merriam-Webster dictionary.

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[Post 60]
Author : Watser?
Date : 01-25-2017 04:58 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

America first, make Netherlands second because they requested it! | We the People: Your Voice in Our Government (https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/america-first-make-netherlands-second-because-they-requested-it)

The Netherlands has requested, within the scope of the new America first initiatives, to be simply: second. They don't want us to forget about them. So the White House should give them a call. 2nd place is open, and they asked nicely before anyone else. We'll make them great too. We can do it.

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[Post 61]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 01-25-2017 09:16 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The New York Times sez (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/24/us/politics/supreme-court-nominees-trump.html?src=twr&smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0) that the leading candidates for the empty SCOTUS seat are William Pryor, Neil Gorsuch and Thomas Hardiman, all U.S. Court of Appeals judges. I don't know a goddamn thing about Hardiman. Pryor would be a nightmare, voting even more Scalia-like than Scalia (Pryor would be more reliably wingnutty on constitutional criminal procedure matters). Gorsuch is not nearly as crazy, and would likely be fairly easy to get confirmed.

ETA:

SCOTUSblog has profiles on all three judges named in the Times article:

Pryor (http://www.scotusblog.com/2017/01/potential-nominee-profile-william-pryor/)

Gorsuch (http://www.scotusblog.com/2017/01/potential-nominee-profile-neil-gorsuch/)

Hardiman (http://www.scotusblog.com/2017/01/potential-nominee-profile-thomas-hardiman/)

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[Post 62]
Author : Ari
Date : 01-25-2017 11:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The fact Trump even has a pick shows the total lack of backbone the dems have. The GOP are abusive assholes and the dems keep letting them walk all over them.

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[Post 63]
Author : Zehava
Date : 01-26-2017 12:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The fact Trump even has a pick shows the total lack of backbone the dems have. The GOP are abusive assholes and the dems keep letting them walk all over them.

I hear a lot of talk from Democrats that Trump needs to be resisted but I'm not seeing a lot of actual resistance.

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[Post 64]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-26-2017 01:05 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Wasn't 2016 such a great year? :)

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[Post 65]
Author : Zehava
Date : 01-26-2017 01:31 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Wasn't 2016 such a great year? :)

http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/gallery/files/4/7/0/f_you_you_fing_f_calendar_print.jpg

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[Post 66]
Author : Ari
Date : 01-26-2017 02:28 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

At the very least always remember no matter how shitty you feel, Trump feels worse. If he wasnt such a dangerous asshole I might actually feel sorry for him, 70 years with the emotional maturity of a spoiled todler must suck hard. Everwhere a slight, everywhere an insult.  Your wife and kids cant stand to be around him, he has no friends and people groan when dealing with him.  70 years of a fake life. Sad!

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[Post 67]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-26-2017 05:29 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: Trump administration mandating EPA scientific studies, data undergo review by political staff before public release.</p>&mdash; The Associated Press (@AP) <a href="https://twitter.com/AP/status/824374557893083146">January 25, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Trump to scrap Nasa climate research in crackdown on 'politicized science' | Environment | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/nov/22/nasa-earth-donald-trump-eliminate-climate-change-research)

http://img.memecdn.com/oh-my_o_1487623.jpg

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[Post 68]
Author : erimir
Date : 01-26-2017 05:43 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump... does not seem mentally all there.

It&#8217;s No Trump Tower, but White House Has &#8216;Beautiful&#8217; Phones - New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/25/us/politics/president-trump-white-house.html)

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[Post 69]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-26-2017 10:07 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump... does not seem mentally all there.

It’s No Trump Tower, but White House Has ‘Beautiful’ Phones - New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/25/us/politics/president-trump-white-house.html)

The president sat at his desk — the one used by former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan and John F. Kennedy, among others

I'm pretty sure Donnie will scratch his name onto the desk. Or have it gilded. Not enough gold in the White House.

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[Post 70]
Author : Stormlight
Date : 01-26-2017 02:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump... does not seem mentally all there.

It’s No Trump Tower, but White House Has ‘Beautiful’ Phones - New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/25/us/politics/president-trump-white-house.html)

"Mr. Trump can go for days without breathing (...)"

Can't say I'm surprised. :holdbreath:

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[Post 71]
Author : Vivisectus
Date : 01-26-2017 03:02 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump... does not seem mentally all there.

It’s No Trump Tower, but White House Has ‘Beautiful’ Phones - New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/25/us/politics/president-trump-white-house.html)

The president sat at his desk — the one used by former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan and John F. Kennedy, among others

I'm pretty sure Donnie will scratch his name onto the desk. Or have it gilded. Not enough gold in the White House.

He will have something gold related done to it anyway

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[Post 72]
Author : Ari
Date : 01-26-2017 03:54 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I know the best passwords, the yugest!
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C3Gef5pVUAEHQ03.jpg:small

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[Post 73]
Author : The Man
Date : 01-26-2017 07:31 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The Doomsday Clock currently sits at two and a half minutes to midnight (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/26/science/doomsday-clock-countdown-2017.html?_r=0), the closest it's ever been since the '50s. Tangerine Trujillo, according to the scientists who run the Clock, is a primary reason for this. This is also historically unprecedented in that it's the first time the statements of a single world leader have been cause to move the clock's position closer to midnight.

"Two and a Half Minutes to Midnight" isn't quite as catchy as the Iron Maiden song.

2 Minutes to Midnight

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[Post 74]
Author : The Man
Date : 01-26-2017 10:34 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="und" dir="ltr">uh... <a href="https://t.co/Dc4zSWLJq5">pic.twitter.com/Dc4zSWLJq5</a></p>&mdash; cry me a potato farm (@i_cry_potatoes) <a href="https://twitter.com/i_cry_potatoes/status/824626995980079106">January 26, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

There are no words.

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[Post 75]
Author : Kyuss Apollo
Date : 01-26-2017 10:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It's gone now but someone had edited the Wikipedia page for invertebrates to include Paul Ryan &#128514;&#128514;&#128514; <a href="https://t.co/Oe7qOSp027">pic.twitter.com/Oe7qOSp027</a></p>&mdash; Alp Ozcelik (@alplicable) <a href="https://twitter.com/alplicable/status/824742568852353026">January 26, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 76]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-27-2017 12:51 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="und" dir="ltr">uh... <a href="https://t.co/Dc4zSWLJq5">pic.twitter.com/Dc4zSWLJq5</a></p>&mdash; cry me a potato farm (@i_cry_potatoes) <a href="https://twitter.com/i_cry_potatoes/status/824626995980079106">January 26, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

There are no words.

Let me make that worse.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Expect a nazi to die while attacking a Muslim woman, and trump to use that as a micro-reichstag to justify harsher, more racist laws</p>&mdash; Pookleblinky (@pookleblinky) <a href="https://twitter.com/pookleblinky/status/824409369139970048">January 26, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Americans then were told to fear refugees as potential enemies. Spies, assassins. Everyone was fascinated with the spectacle of Bahr.</p>&mdash; Pookleblinky (@pookleblinky) <a href="https://twitter.com/pookleblinky/status/824211961097449472">January 25, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

There's entire threads behind there and i think you'd find this Twitterer traumatising informative.

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[Post 77]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-27-2017 02:59 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It seems someone bought Alternativefacts.com (http://alternativefacts.com).

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[Post 78]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-27-2017 03:02 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Insane Clown Posse is organising a 'Juggalo March On Washington' | The Independent (http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/insane-clown-posse-is-organising-a-juggalo-march-on-washington-a7547101.html)

https://cdn.meme.am/cache/instances/folder951/500x/75078951.jpg

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[Post 79]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-27-2017 03:48 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Americans Think Trump Will Be Worst President Since Nixon - Public Policy Polling (http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2017/01/americans-think-trump-will-be-worst-president-since-nixon.html)

42% of Trump voters think he should be allowed to have a private email server to just 39% who think he shouldn't be allowed to. Maybe cyber security wasn't such a big issue in last year's election after all.

¯\_(&#12484;)_/¯

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[Post 80]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-27-2017 07:00 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

National parks. The EPA. NASA.

Das war ein Vorspiel nur, dort wo man Bücher verbrennt, verbrennt man auch am Ende Menschen. (https://twitter.com/xor/status/824851819138461696)

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[Post 81]
Author : Stormlight
Date : 01-27-2017 07:36 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The State Department&#8217;s entire senior administrative team just resigned - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/josh-rogin/wp/2017/01/26/the-state-departments-entire-senior-management-team-just-resigned/?utm_term=.6b93c3e1b740)

:laugh:

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[Post 82]
Author : Vivisectus
Date : 01-27-2017 10:05 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ah this is a good one:

Donald Trump to publish weekly list of crimes committed by immigrants - Independent.ie (http://www.independent.ie/world-news/americas/donald-trump-to-publish-weekly-list-of-crimes-committed-by-immigrants-35402545.html)

A weekly list of crimes, but only those committed by "immigrants". Wonderful stuff: government bigotry in order to fuel more bigotry.

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[Post 83]
Author : Vivisectus
Date : 01-27-2017 10:54 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I wonder if game-plan is to cause massive amounts of disruption, which will help keep the opposition permanently on the backfoot. 

Meanwhile you can encourage elements of the media to become a Trump bullhorn when they figure out there is good money to be made and ratings to be had spoonfeeding the fox news watchers alternative facts. You can clamp down on any possible source of criticism in the meantime - make them look behind the times, out of touch.

Then Trump will be the one element of relative stability while everyone around him is chasing last weeks flurry of strong-sounding executive orders that will be pretty hard to actually implement or translate into policy - does not matter if they don't make that much sense, they will mostly be last weeks news anyway, and if there is any inkling of one working out, you shout it from the rooftops.

Opposition groups simply won't have time to respond to the blizzard of alternative facts and new executive orders.

Keep the republicans happy: they get to strip the ACA, get rid of environmental regulations, defund planned parenthood, and shrinking government and reducing corporate taxes so they don't mind getting just as confused by this shitstorm as the dems.

it is going to be an interesting and possibly horrifying 100 days.

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[Post 84]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-27-2017 10:55 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ah this is a good one:

Donald Trump to publish weekly list of crimes committed by immigrants - Independent.ie (http://www.independent.ie/world-news/americas/donald-trump-to-publish-weekly-list-of-crimes-committed-by-immigrants-35402545.html)

A weekly list of crimes, but only those committed by "immigrants". Wonderful stuff: government bigotry in order to fuel more bigotry.


You mean like this? http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/us-government-turned-away-thousands-jewish-refugees-fearing-they-were-nazi-spies-180957324/

At his preliminary hearing, the Associated Press reported that Bahr was “nattily clad in gray and smiling pleasantly.” By the time his trial began, he had little reason to smile; in a hefty 37-page statement, he admitted to attending spy school in Germany. His defense was that he'd planned to reveal everything to the U.S. government. But he sad he'd stalled because he was afraid. “Everywhere, no matter where, there are German agents,” he claimed.

Comments like these only fed widespread fears of a supposed “fifth column” of spies and saboteurs that had infiltrated America. U.S. Attorney General Francis Biddle said in 1942 that “every precaution must be taken...to prevent enemy agents slipping across our borders. We already have had experience with them and we know them to be well trained and clever.” The FBI, meanwhile, released propaganda films that bragged about German spies who had been caught. “We have guarded the secrets, given the Army and Navy its striking force in the field,” one film said.

'Mericuh, you haven't changed a bit.

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[Post 85]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-27-2017 11:01 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I wonder if game-plan is to cause massive amounts of disruption, which will help keep the opposition permanently on the backfoot. 

*snip

Part of the effect of the pile of tariffs being threatened is pissing people off with inflationary pressure. (There's a disruption right there.) This does wonderful things for rich people with nice fat equity portfolios.

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[Post 86]
Author : Vivisectus
Date : 01-27-2017 12:33 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Heres another interesting tidbit:

Trump order strips privacy rights from non-U.S. citizens, could nix EU-US data flows  |  TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/26/trump-order-strips-privacy-rights-from-non-u-s-citizens-could-nix-eu-us-data-flows/)

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[Post 87]
Author : Stormlight
Date : 01-27-2017 01:12 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So ... the scary question: What if he'll succeed?

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[Post 88]
Author : Vivisectus
Date : 01-27-2017 01:19 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Well, sounds like he already has a state broadcasting arm ready to go. Some ingredients for a putin-style quasi-democracy right there.

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[Post 89]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-27-2017 05:22 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Heres another interesting tidbit:

Trump order strips privacy rights from non-U.S. citizens, could nix EU-US data flows  |  TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/26/trump-order-strips-privacy-rights-from-non-u-s-citizens-could-nix-eu-us-data-flows/)

So ... the scary question: What if he'll succeed?

It could cause US businesses some headaches, but Trumpochka and Dada Putin think it'll put more pressure and isolation on the EU, which is already facing more than one existential threat. (Trumpochka only thinks about Europe in terms of where he has hotels and golf courses, but Putin does not like the EU at all.)

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[Post 90]
Author : Zehava
Date : 01-27-2017 06:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Americans Think Trump Will Be Worst President Since Nixon - Public Policy Polling (http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2017/01/americans-think-trump-will-be-worst-president-since-nixon.html)

42% of Trump voters think he should be allowed to have a private email server to just 39% who think he shouldn't be allowed to. Maybe cyber security wasn't such a big issue in last year's election after all.

¯\_(&#12484;)_/¯

:fuuu:

How many of those 42% that are OK with Trump using a private email server were calling for the incarceration/lynching/out right assassination of Hillary for doing the same?

No, don't answer that.  The number is likely even more rage inducing than my imagination.

:fuming:

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[Post 91]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-27-2017 08:41 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Heres another interesting tidbit:

Trump order strips privacy rights from non-U.S. citizens, could nix EU-US data flows  |  TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/26/trump-order-strips-privacy-rights-from-non-u-s-citizens-could-nix-eu-us-data-flows/)

I didn't know what Privacy Shield as but it sounded like it's a patch on top of the Patriot Act so EU and USA can actually do business on a smaller level than corporate importers. So I googled "privacy shield and patriot act" and this turned up:

What is Privacy Shield? How does is impact consumers & businesses? (https://www.comparitech.com/blog/vpn-privacy/what-is-privacy-shield/)

tl dr: Yeah, it's kind of a patch on the Patriot Act and other USA things. (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, PRISM)

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[Post 92]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-27-2017 09:45 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Americans Think Trump Will Be Worst President Since Nixon - Public Policy Polling (http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2017/01/americans-think-trump-will-be-worst-president-since-nixon.html)

42% of Trump voters think he should be allowed to have a private email server to just 39% who think he shouldn't be allowed to. Maybe cyber security wasn't such a big issue in last year's election after all.

¯\_(&#12484;)_/¯

:fuuu:

How many of those 42% that are OK with Trump using a private email server were calling for the incarceration/lynching/out right assassination of Hillary for doing the same?

No, don't answer that.  The number is likely even more rage inducing than my imagination.

:fuming:

How many of those 42% know what an email server is let alone what the significance of a private one is? (I'm graciously assuming most of them remember or still use email.) 

Versus how many are going along with "MY people say this so it must be true".

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[Post 93]
Author : The Man
Date : 01-28-2017 08:24 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Twitler has inadvertently invited British porn star Teresa May (https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2722238/who-is-teresa-may-porn-actress-who-starred-in-the-prodigys-smack-my-b-up-video-all-you-need-to-know/) (link NSFW) to the White House. I'd question whether this was an accident, but she's a bit old for his standards.

At any rate, this is my current favourite fact.

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[Post 94]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-28-2017 11:34 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

10401

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[Post 95]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-28-2017 11:39 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=10402&stc=1&d=1485603530

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[Post 96]
Author : The Man
Date : 01-28-2017 06:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Prairie dogs&#39; tiny hands are great for digging themselves into holes. That&#39;s a good thing for prairie dogs. Not so great for a president. <a href="https://t.co/KQdtwgVGvk">pic.twitter.com/KQdtwgVGvk</a></p>&mdash; BadHombreLands NPS (@BadHombreNPS) <a href="https://twitter.com/BadHombreNPS/status/824737043909578753">January 26, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 97]
Author : The Man
Date : 01-28-2017 08:59 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

On a far less amusing note:

"Donald Trump Destroyed My Life" - Lawyers, Guns & Money (http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2017/01/donald-trump-destroyed-my-life)

Egyptian officials said the family had visas and were in transit when they were prevented from boarding the EgyptAir plane to New York&#8217;s JFK airport.

Fuad Sharef, 51, and his wife and three children were instead forced to board a flight back to Erbil in Iraq&#8217;s semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan, he told AFP.

Trump had on Friday signed a sweeping executive order to suspend refugee arrivals and impose tough controls on travelers from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.

&#8220;I had sold my house, my car, my furniture. I resigned from work and so did my wife. I took my children out of school,&#8221; said Sharef of the family&#8217;s preparations to resettle in Nashville, Tennessee under a special immigrant visa.

Back in Erbil, the pharmaceutical industry manager, who had previously worked for an NGO subcontracted by the US aid agency, said he was devastated.

&#8220;Donald Trump destroyed my life. My family&#8217;s life. I used to think America was a state of institutions but it&#8217;s as though it&#8217;s a dictatorship,&#8221; he said.

&#8220;For a decision like this to come out and be implemented immediately, and against whom? Against a valid visa holder.&#8221;

&#8220;I put my life at risk, working with the Americans at a time that it could have gotten you killed,&#8221; he added.

I knew this administration would be horrifying, but I still don't think I was prepared for how horrifying it would be on so many levels.

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[Post 98]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-28-2017 09:20 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

On a more amusing note:

California Could Cut-Off Feds In Response To Trump Threats « CBS San Francisco (http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2017/01/27/california-could-cut-off-feds-in-response-to-trump-threats/)

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[Post 99]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-28-2017 09:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This cannot be repeated too many times.

They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45 by Milton Mayer, an excerpt (http://press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/511928.html)

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[Post 100]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-28-2017 10:01 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

On a more amusing note:

California Could Cut-Off Feds In Response To Trump Threats « CBS San Francisco (http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2017/01/27/california-could-cut-off-feds-in-response-to-trump-threats/)

Have we had the thing about a petition going round for (a vote on) Californian secession?  Or was that on F******k?

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[Post 101]
Author : The Man
Date : 01-28-2017 10:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Hours after Trump signs Muslim ban, Texas mosque goes up in flames (https://thinkprogress.org/islamic-center-of-victoria-fire-8a683f632a7a#.uewoauwt1)

During the Bush 43 administration, I was frequently ashamed of my country, but there weren't multiple new things to be ashamed of every day. In my worst nightmares during that time I could never have imagined something like this.

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[Post 102]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 01-28-2017 11:31 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:chin:On a far less amusing note:

"Donald Trump Destroyed My Life" - Lawyers, Guns & Money (http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2017/01/donald-trump-destroyed-my-life)

Egyptian officials said the family had visas and were in transit when they were prevented from boarding the EgyptAir plane to New York’s JFK airport.

Fuad Sharef, 51, and his wife and three children were instead forced to board a flight back to Erbil in Iraq’s semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan, he told AFP.

Trump had on Friday signed a sweeping executive order to suspend refugee arrivals and impose tough controls on travelers from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.

“I had sold my house, my car, my furniture. I resigned from work and so did my wife. I took my children out of school,” said Sharef of the family’s preparations to resettle in Nashville, Tennessee under a special immigrant visa.

Back in Erbil, the pharmaceutical industry manager, who had previously worked for an NGO subcontracted by the US aid agency, said he was devastated.

“Donald Trump destroyed my life. My family’s life. I used to think America was a state of institutions but it’s as though it’s a dictatorship,” he said.

“For a decision like this to come out and be implemented immediately, and against whom? Against a valid visa holder.”

“I put my life at risk, working with the Americans at a time that it could have gotten you killed,” he added.

I knew this administration would be horrifying, but I still don't think I was prepared for how horrifying it would be on so many levels.

NPR noted today that Trump very notably did not suspend arrivals from several predominantly Muslim countries in which he has business interests.


Interesting ...
:chin:

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[Post 103]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-29-2017 02:14 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Donald Trump Muslim immigration ban: US border patrol 'checking people's Facebook for political views' | The Independent (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-muslim-immigration-ban-facebook-check-iraq-sudan-syria-mana-yegani-a7551256.html)

http://i.imgur.com/2XdoATB.jpg

Just put the last one in your Facebook.

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[Post 104]
Author : The Man
Date : 01-29-2017 02:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A federal judge has issued a stay (http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2017/01/protest-works) against the executive order banning Muslim immigration (though I believe it currently only affects people who are already here or currently in transit; nonetheless, this is still a victory). This is Tangerine Trujillo&#8217;s first encounter with the system of checks and balances, and I expect he will not take it well.

As Loomis points out, the nationwide protests against the order no doubt expedited its shitcanning. Hopefully we will see more of this.

ETA: Adam Silverman (https://www.balloon-juice.com/2017/01/28/when-the-process-is-ignored-we-get-chaos/) at Balloon Juice has a good overview of how much of a clusterfuck this really is. It is readily apparent that one hand does not know what the other is doing.

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[Post 105]
Author : Watser?
Date : 01-29-2017 02:47 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Oh yeah. An easy comparison of the countries the 9/11 attackers were from and Trump's list will tell you that NONE of them are on it.

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[Post 106]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-29-2017 03:29 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">My priest just said to me that part of following Christ for the next few years will mean taking a nightstick in the face for Muslims.</p>&mdash; Phil Christman (@phil_christman) <a href="https://twitter.com/phil_christman/status/796524031491145728">November 10, 2016</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Mostly to bookmark this, but might as well do that here.

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[Post 107]
Author : erimir
Date : 01-29-2017 03:43 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

China military official says war with US under Donald Trump 'becoming practical reality' | The Independent (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-donald-trump-war-us-military-official-practical-reality-president-latest-a7550601.html)

:phew:

So glad Hillary's not around to start a war with Russia.

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[Post 108]
Author : Ari
Date : 01-29-2017 03:58 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It would be such a horrible idea for china. 
Even if they could hold military ground, why go for the slow method?

US the giant bear just threw away an easy royal flush because it's just a bear and oh look at this China the normal sized poker playing bear has decided the game will be settled by claw swipes!

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[Post 109]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-29-2017 04:11 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Johns Hopkins&#039; Top Psychotherapist Releases Terrifying Diagnosis Of President Trump (http://bipartisanreport.com/2017/01/27/johns-hopkins-top-psychotherapist-releases-terrifying-diagnosis-of-president-trump/)

https://imgflip.com/s/meme/You-Dont-Say.jpg

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[Post 110]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-29-2017 08:11 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Most of them seem to be here (https://medium.com/@Amy_Siskind), although I think Week 9 (https://www.facebook.com/amy.siskind/posts/10211482737289213) is only on her Facebook so far.

Week 10's up now on her site, and:

Here's week 11:
1. A revised tally for the Women’s March, came in between 3 and 4 million marchers, making it the largest protest march in US history.
2. Hundreds of protestors coming to the Women’s March from Canada, were turned away at the US border.
3. Trump defensively responded with outright lies about his inaugaration crowd. Spicer said, “This was the largest audience to ever witness an inaugaration — period.” When pressed on this lie on NBC, Conway said Spicer’s false claims were, “alternative facts.”
4. Numerous reporters were arrested while covering the inauguration protests. NBC reporters were released, while others were charged.
5. In true authoritarian form, Trump declared his inauguration day to be the National Day Patriotic Devotion.
6. On the Monday after he was sworn in, a group of Constitutional scholars, Supreme Court litigators and WH ethics lawyers filed a suit claiming Trump violated the Constitution by receiving foreign payments.
7. The Boston Globe ran an op-ed titled, “The President’s House Is Empty.” The Week 2 list mentioned Melania and Baron living in NYC, now apparently Trump is too, and we have normalized this item.
8. The WSJ reported that Flynn — in addition to Page, Manafort and Stone — is under investigation for links to Russia.
9. Days after his inauguration, Trump called the National Park Security, reportedly upset about a retweet of a side-by-side photo of his inauguration next to Obama.
10. As of the Sunday evening after being sworn in, Trump still hadn’t severed his ties to his businesses as promised. After the media caught this, documents were filed later that day.
11. The WH switchboard no longer has a person answering the phone.
12. Breaking decades of precedent, Conway said Trump would never release his tax returns, saying the American public is not focused on this, (ABC poll last week showed 74% of Americans want his returns released).
13. Despite Trump’s proclamation of having a “great meeting” and “long standing ovations” at a meeting with the CIA, it turned out that Trump’s paid employees were the ones cheering, and his relations with the intelligence may be getting worse.
14. Without explanation, the CDC cancelled a Climate and Health Summit, scheduled to take place in Atlanta.
15. Trump’s staff continued to tell multiple outright lies, daily, including statements about the size of the federal workforce, crowd size, and voting fraud.
16. Massive leaks coming from the WH staff portrayed Trump as impulsive and childish, in stories published by the NYT and WAPO.
17. The State Department’s statement of apology for past LGBT discrimination was scrubbed from the official website.
18. Trump signed an executive order, reinstating AND expanding to an unprecedented degree, the Global Gag rule. He signed the order in the company of all white man (see photo below).
19. Days after being sworn in, Trump told lawmakers that 3–5 million illegal ballots cost him the popular vote. Next day, Spicer repeated the same lie.
20. Trump froze EPA grants.
21. Trump banned EPA employees from providing infomation to reporters or on social media, about new contracts or grants.
22. Later, Trump banned multiple federal agencies from communications with members of Congress and the media.
23. Trump threatened to send Federal Troops to Chicago, citing false claims about crime rates.
24. Republican legislators around the country proposed a series of bills, which would make criminalize peaceful protests.
25. There were public stories of multiple arrests, disapearances and deaths of Russian intelligence agency officers for leaks related to Trump’s dossier and interference with US election. There was also news of a possible public trial.
26. Trump’s AG nominee, Sessions, said he would not commit to recusing himself from Trump related investigations. This is counter to requirements of DOJ rules.
27. Advisors for Germany’s Merkel said they were still struggling to open communications channels with the Trump administration days after the inauguration, and that they have “given up” on him acting “presidential.”
28. On Wednesday, the WH released an email to the press, titled, “Praise for President Trump’s Bold Action.”
29. Trump ordered billions of funding cuts to UN agencies, and took action towards pulling us out of treaties, including Climate Change.
30. Mother Jones reported that some of Trump’s foreign business partners attended his inauguration, and were given VIP treatment.
31. Trump mandated that EPA scientific studies undergo a review by his political staff, before being released publicly.
32. Trump called for an investigation into voter fraud, then delayed signing the executive order. Media uncovered that several Trump insiders are registered to vote in two states.
33. Trump said torture “absolutely works,” putting him at odds with his staff on a draft torture order. For now, Trump said Mattis could override him.
34. At his CIA speech, Trump said of Iraq, “We should’ve kept the oil. But, okay, maybe we’ll have another chance.” He kept that mantra alive during the week, endangering our troops serving in Iraq.
35. Protests continued around the country, including major marches in Philadelphia and NYC.
36. In a bizarre interview with ABC, Trump continued his false claim about voter fraud, and also fixated on the crowd size of inauguration, showing David Muir a photo, and also saying, “We had the biggest audience in the history of inaugural speeches.”
37. The Economist downgraded the US on its democracy scale, to a “flawed democracy.”
38. The entire senior staff of the State Department left. It was unclear if they resigned or were fired, ahead of Trump’s incoming nominee, Tillerson, who has no diplomatic or government experience, taking office.
39. Trump signed an executive order to build The Wall. The Mexican President said Mexico would not be paying for The Wall, and canceled a previously scheduled trip to meet with Trump in DC.
40. The WSJ Editorial Board slammed Trump for his treatment of Mexico, and for floating a 20% tariff, calling him a “foreign-affairs neophyte.”
41. Bannon said the media should “keep its mouth shut,” and referred to them as “the opposition party.”
42. NPR reported that Trump signed a record number of executive actions in his first week; but unlike his predecessors, none about ethics.
43. Trump replaced the leader of a federal agency which overseas the use of Federal land, including the controversial Trump hotel in DC.
44. Business Insider reported on a memo between Igor Sechin, the CEO of Russia’s state oil company, and Trump ally, Carter Page, offering a stake in the Russia’s state oil company, in exchange for lifting of US sanctions.
45. Trump issued a statement on Holocaust Memorial Day that did not mention Jews, breaking a precedent of past Democrat and Republican presidents.
46. Same day, Trump signed an executive order banning citizens from 7 Muslim-majority countries from entering the US for the next 90 days. Trump also announced plans to increase the number of countries.
47. Trump said Christian refugees would be given preference, a clear violation of our constitution.
48. Trump immigration ban did not include countries in which Trump has business interests.
49. Trump hinted at dropping US sanction against Russia in the lead up to his first official call with Putin. In response, McCain said if Trump lifts sanction, Congress will restore them.
50. Much of Trump's foreign policy is being decided and carried out by two men, Bannon and Kushner.

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[Post 111]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-29-2017 01:06 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

ETA: Adam Silverman (https://www.balloon-juice.com/2017/01/28/when-the-process-is-ignored-we-get-chaos/) at Balloon Juice has a good overview of how much of a clusterfuck this really is. It is readily apparent that one tiny hand does not know what the other is doing.

:fixed:

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[Post 112]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-29-2017 01:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Oh yeah. An easy comparison of the countries the 9/11 attackers were from and Trump's list will tell you that NONE of them are on it.

Were they even refugees?

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[Post 113]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-29-2017 03:32 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Alexandra Erin on Twitter: "Okay. So. another explainer thread. There is a stay (judge delayed enforcement pending lawsuit) on the executive order for the #MuslimBan." (https://twitter.com/alexandraerin/status/825593611932794880)

Look who's wiping his ass with the US constitution. Thread inside.

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[Post 114]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 01-29-2017 06:06 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

From that thread, regarding the idea that Trump could be impeached and replaced by Pence:

It is true that a lawful evil is easier to fight than chaotic evil.

I had much the same thought, though I'm not entirely certain.  As awful Trump is, Pence might actually be worse.  Unlike Trump, Pence is actually competent.  (And he's probably smart enough to keep a lot of his misdeeds out of the news.)

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[Post 115]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 01-29-2017 06:17 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I've been wondering about that... Like what would Pence do with Bannon? Would he turf him and the white nationalists? What about Devos? Tillerson? Flynn? Sessions? Pruitt? Carson :rolleyes:?

I'm sure he would keep some of them :chin: But if he replaced any of them, they would have to be with someone at least marginally better. Wouldn't they?

Pence is a horrible, horrible person. He is disgusting. But he still might be better than Trump. It feels like if Pence was POTUS there would be an almost zero chance of no more democratic free elections. With Trump the chance seems non-zero. Like uncomfortably above zero. It's just over a week into his presidency and things are scary as fuck.

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[Post 116]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 01-29-2017 06:20 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yeah.  A Jewish friend of mine keeps going on about how this feels like 1930s Germany all over again.  She's all but convinced that there won't be an election in 2020 -- or if there is, that it will be an "election" in name only.

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[Post 117]
Author : Vivisectus
Date : 01-29-2017 06:22 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

As awful Trump is, Pence might actually be worse.

I feel that way too. I am more afraid of Trumps successor than of Trump himself: his narcissism seems to seriously hinder his ability to be effective. But if someone more intelligent and capable steps into his shoes, we're all in deep doodoo.

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[Post 118]
Author : lisarea
Date : 01-29-2017 06:24 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm not sure it's possible to be worse than Trump at this point.

Beyond that, too, nobody voted for Pence. Not even the idiot shitbird Trump apologists really have much emotional investment in him. Some anti-choicers maybe, but not much more. And being the VP to a disgraced former president isn't a very powerful position to come from. 

Make no mistake, Pence would suuuuuuuck. It would be miserable, and I suspect I wouldn't be cutting down much on calls and letters and stuff if he were to take over. But I think we'd all be slightly less worried that he'd start WWIII because of some petty late night vendetta.

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[Post 119]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 01-29-2017 07:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Make no mistake, Pence would suuuuuuuck. 

:yeahthat:

Mike Pence: Allowing Rape Victims To Have Abortions Will Lead To Women Trying To Get Raped (http://politicot.com/mike-pence-allowing-rape-victims-abortions-will-lead-women-trying-get-raped/)

&#8220;And it gets worse &#8211; when you get an abortion, you get several days off of work and whatnot to recover. And there are a lot of crazy people out there. What if women would go out and get raped on purpose just so they could get off work? I mean, Indiana&#8217;s economy is struggling as it is, and having thousands of women absent from their jobs would be horrific for the state, I&#8217;m telling you.&#8221;

ETA: I confess to being sucker-punched  by Newslo/Politicot there.  Mike Pence: 'Allowing Rape Victims to Have Abortions Will Lead to Women Trying to Get Raped' : snopes.com (http://www.snopes.com/mike-pence-allowing-rape-victims-to-have-abortions-will-lead-to-women-trying-to-get-raped/)  :thanked: erimir for putting me straight.  Now I must go and confess to my stupidity on fb

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[Post 120]
Author : Kyuss Apollo
Date : 01-29-2017 07:50 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">'I never thought leopards would eat MY face,' sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party.</p>&mdash; Adrian Bott (@Cavalorn) <a href="https://twitter.com/Cavalorn/status/654934442549620736">October 16, 2015</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I have a list of every friend who told me Hillary was just as bad as Trump and I read the list to myself every night like Arya Stark.</p>&mdash; rachel claire (@rachie_claire) <a href="https://twitter.com/rachie_claire/status/825517370177417216">January 29, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

:nuke: :popcorn: :nuke:

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[Post 121]
Author : erimir
Date : 01-29-2017 09:06 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Make no mistake, Pence would suuuuuuuck. 

:yeahthat:

Mike Pence: Allowing Rape Victims To Have Abortions Will Lead To Women Trying To Get Raped (http://politicot.com/mike-pence-allowing-rape-victims-abortions-will-lead-women-trying-get-raped/)
That site's "about" page:
JUST ENOUGH NEWS… Newslo is the first hybrid News/Satire platform on the web.

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[Post 122]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-29-2017 10:01 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WHAT IN THE HELL DID I JUST WATCH???????????????????????????WHEN HAS A PRESIDENT EVER DONE THIS???! IM SCREAMING!!!!!!!!!!!! <a href="https://t.co/LupgicIyUz">pic.twitter.com/LupgicIyUz</a></p>&mdash; Jess (@Jess4_RK) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jess4_RK/status/825358392575266816">January 28, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Well then. (Pro tip, it's a Super PAC.)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">IMPORTANT. Donald Trump filed with <a href="https://twitter.com/FEC">@FEC</a> for 2020 reelection on January 20th, 2017. This is major for several reasons. /1 <a href="https://t.co/t8y5MJZHyC">pic.twitter.com/t8y5MJZHyC</a></p>&mdash; The Resisterhood (@resisterhood) <a href="https://twitter.com/resisterhood/status/825435325535252480">January 28, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

This means certain bodies can't criticize him as he is now 'a candidate.'

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[Post 123]
Author : The Man
Date : 01-29-2017 11:04 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The Holocaust denialist-in-chief (http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2017/01/alllivesmatter).

Friday was International Holocaust Remembrance Day, held every year on January 27, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. The White House, which issues a statement on the day every year, is being criticized for the one released on Friday which honors the &#8220;victims, survivors, and heroes&#8221; of that time, but fails to make any mention of the Jews or anti-Semitism.

Many thought it was odd that Donald Trump declined to honor Jews specifically, who, history shows, were the most persecuted group during the Holocaust. When CNN asked for some kind of clarification, Trump administration spokeswoman Hope Hicks said that &#8220;despite what the media reports, we are an incredibly inclusive group and we took into account all of those who suffered.&#8221; In comparison, both Barack Obama&#8217;s and George W. Bush&#8217;s statements mentioned either Jews, Israel, or anti-Semitism by name.

White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus spoke to NBC&#8217;s Chuck Todd on Meet the Press Sunday morning, further defending the President&#8217;s choice of words. &#8220;We acknowledge the horrible time of the Holocaust and what it meant for history,&#8221; Priebus said, adding, &#8220;You know that President Trump has dear family members that are Jewish, and there was no harm or ill will or offense intended by any of that.&#8221;

This is textbook holocaust denial, or specifically soft holocaust denial &#8220;minimization.&#8221; Basically, it&#8217;s a denial that Jews were targeted specifically. Oh yes, it&#8217;s sad that there were so many people who died during the war, but there&#8217;s no reason to single out the Jews as victims. Wars are just tragic and sad, generally.

The comments are also worth reading (as they usually are on LGM), as some of them explicate further on other ways in which this is so repulsive.

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[Post 124]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-29-2017 11:44 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Merkel 'explained' convention to Trump in phone call | World news | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/29/merkel-explains-geneva-refugee-convention-to-trump-in-phone-call?CMP=share_btn_tw)

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[Post 125]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-30-2017 04:15 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The GOP needs to be completely destroyed and their lands razed to the fucking ground. The dems merely need to be punched repeatedly.</p>&mdash; Pookleblinky (@pookleblinky) <a href="https://twitter.com/pookleblinky/status/825798360384815104">January 29, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Tell us how you really feel, Pookle.

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[Post 126]
Author : The Man
Date : 01-30-2017 04:28 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That's far too generous to the Republicans. We also need to at least salt their fields.

Also, I just threw some money at the ACLU, and I highly suggest others do likewise if they have the resources to do so.

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[Post 127]
Author : erimir
Date : 01-30-2017 07:06 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The GOP needs to be completely destroyed and their lands razed to the fucking ground. The dems merely need to be punched repeatedly.</p>&mdash; Pookleblinky (@pookleblinky) <a href="https://twitter.com/pookleblinky/status/825798360384815104">January 29, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Tell us how you really feel, Pookle.
End every speech with "GOP delenda est."

Or perhaps ITMFA (impeach the motherfucker already).

Or both.

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[Post 128]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-30-2017 07:54 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Has Judicial Branch:
https://web.archive.org/web/20170110023805/https://www.whitehouse.gov/

No Judicial Branch:
The White House | whitehouse.gov (https://www.whitehouse.gov/)

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[Post 129]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-30-2017 02:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

We all know the USA is becoming a fascist state, we don't need this guy to point it out.

But he does. (https://medium.com/@yonatanzunger/trial-balloon-for-a-coup-e024990891d5)

the administration is testing the extent to which the DHS (and other executive agencies) can act and ignore orders from the other branches of government. This is as serious as it can possibly get: all of the arguments about whether order X or Y is unconstitutional mean nothing if elements of the government are executing them and the courts are being ignored.

Yesterday was the trial balloon for a coup d&#8217;état against the United States. It gave them useful information.

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[Post 130]
Author : The Man
Date : 01-30-2017 02:31 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Here (http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2017/01/trumps-record-shattering-race-to-majority-disapproval)&#8217;s how many days after their election it took various presidents to achieve majority disapproval in the Gallup poll:

Reagan: 727
Bush I: 1336
Clinton: 573
Bush II: 1205
Obama: 936

Trump: 8

lol

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[Post 131]
Author : SR71
Date : 01-30-2017 03:05 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

We all know the USA is becoming a fascist state, we don't need this guy to point it out.

But he does. (https://medium.com/@yonatanzunger/trial-balloon-for-a-coup-e024990891d5)

the administration is testing the extent to which the DHS (and other executive agencies) can act and ignore orders from the other branches of government. This is as serious as it can possibly get: all of the arguments about whether order X or Y is unconstitutional mean nothing if elements of the government are executing them and the courts are being ignored.

Yesterday was the trial balloon for a coup d’état against the United States. It gave them useful information.

The part about the Rosneft sale... yeah there's a huge oil connection here.  I don't know all the details but the broad outlines are clear enough.

Tillerson at State, ex Exxon CEO...  Exxon has drilling rights to more land in Russia than they they have in the whole rest of the world combined, BUT!, they CAN'T DRILL IT, because of our sanctions.  Simply put, this whole Russia-Tillerson thing is about getting sanctions lifted so Exxon can drill.  I would guess the Rosneft deal plays into that somehow so that Exxon wherewithal can get moving on pumping that oil.

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[Post 132]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-30-2017 10:29 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Y'all hurting for positive news?

ACLU racks up $24.1 million in donations over weekend - Jan. 30, 2017  (http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/30/news/aclu-online-donations/index.html)

An ordinary year, they get about $4 million.

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[Post 133]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-30-2017 10:48 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Well that didn't last long.

Donald Trump to withdraw from Paris agreement, 'change course' on climate change, says adviser  (http://www.smh.com.au/world/donald-trump-to-withdraw-from-paris-agreement-change-course-on-climate-change-says-adviser-20170130-gu1t58.html)

Mr Ebell said Mr Trump's election was a "rejection by the American people of what they are told by the bi-coastal urban elite (and) the chattering classes". "The people of America have rejected the 'expert-ariat' and I think for good reason."

expert-ariat

Nice. Pol Pot, you're wanted in the war room.

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[Post 134]
Author : The Man
Date : 01-30-2017 11:12 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Have I mentioned lately that I love Maisie Williams?

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[Post 135]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-30-2017 11:17 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Has Judicial Branch:
The White House | whitehouse.gov (https://web.archive.org/web/20170110023805/https://www.whitehouse.gov/)

No Judicial Branch:
The White House | whitehouse.gov (https://www.whitehouse.gov/)

It's back, and the person who noticed said they ran a check and the before and after are word for word same as two weeks ago.

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[Post 136]
Author : The Man
Date : 01-30-2017 11:46 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

And Now for the Gay Bashing &#8211; Balloon Juice (https://www.balloon-juice.com/2017/01/30/and-now-for-the-gay-bashing/)



    I'm told reliably there is a draft Executive order on LGBT issues including adoption. Details and timing unclear.

    &#8212; Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) January 30, 2017

    Follow up: Admin source says LGBT EO could affect federal employee benefits & protections & adoption agencies that receive federal funding

    &#8212; Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) January 30, 2017

    More: EO could allow fed employees to refuse to serve LGBT based on belief marriage is b/t man & woman or gender is immutable from birth

    &#8212; Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) January 30, 2017

Can&#8217;t say I didn&#8217;t see this coming, and yet it still hasn&#8217;t made me any less sick to my stomach.

Edit: OTOH, via comments:

    Mary Emily O&#8217;Hara @MaryEmilyOHara
    BREAKING: White House Deputy Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham tells me an executive order on LGBT policy &#8220;isn&#8217;t the plan at this time.&#8221;

    Jesse Berney &#8207;@ esseberney 16m16 minutes ago
    They floated, they got slapped, and for now they&#8217;re backing down.

    Fight everything all the time.
Whoa if true. That was quick.

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[Post 137]
Author : Crumb
Date : 01-30-2017 11:49 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

"at this time"

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[Post 138]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-31-2017 12:29 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

And Now for the Gay Bashing – Balloon Juice (https://www.balloon-juice.com/2017/01/30/and-now-for-the-gay-bashing/)



    I'm told reliably there is a draft Executive order on LGBT issues including adoption. Details and timing unclear.

    — Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) January 30, 2017

    Follow up: Admin source says LGBT EO could affect federal employee benefits & protections & adoption agencies that receive federal funding

    — Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) January 30, 2017

    More: EO could allow fed employees to refuse to serve LGBT based on belief marriage is b/t man & woman or gender is immutable from birth

    — Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) January 30, 2017

Can’t say I didn’t see this coming, and yet it still hasn’t made me any less sick to my stomach.

Edit: OTOH, via comments:

    Mary Emily O’Hara @MaryEmilyOHara
    BREAKING: White House Deputy Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham tells me an executive order on LGBT policy “isn’t the plan at this time.”

    Jesse Berney &#8207;@ esseberney 16m16 minutes ago
    They floated, they got slapped, and for now they’re backing down.

    Fight everything all the time.
Whoa if true. That was quick.

Prepare for a ridiculous distraction, and a quiet signing.

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[Post 139]
Author : The Man
Date : 01-31-2017 01:03 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Sadly, you're probably right. Regardless, having things like this delayed is nonetheless at least a small victory, because it makes the administration look weak, and optics are important in resisting fascism.

Also:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/AP">@AP</a> learns Donald Trump&#39;s voter fraud expert was registered in 3 states during 2016 presidential election. <a href="https://t.co/LXQ1MUzR0e">https://t.co/LXQ1MUzR0e</a></p>&mdash; The Associated Press (@AP) <a href="https://twitter.com/AP/status/826241374160818177">January 31, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Again: lol.

I also agree with Cole's rant at Congressional Republicans here:

Get Used to It, Dahling &#8211; Balloon Juice (https://www.balloon-juice.com/2017/01/30/get-used-to-it-dahling/)

Oh you poor fucking dears. However mad you are, I bet you aren&#8217;t as pissed off as the people being detained and having every cavity finger-fucked by Trump&#8217;s CPB STASI. Not to mention, you probably shouldn&#8217;t have spent the last sixteen years villifying muslims, you twats.

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[Post 140]
Author : erimir
Date : 01-31-2017 02:38 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">In the US Holocaust Museum. <br>I&#39;m shook. <a href="https://t.co/EeuHEXWusE">pic.twitter.com/EeuHEXWusE</a></p>&mdash; Sarah Rose (@RaRaVibes) <a href="https://twitter.com/RaRaVibes/status/826116204301516800">January 30, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Welp.

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[Post 141]
Author : The Man
Date : 01-31-2017 03:38 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Acting AG Sally Yates and ICE Director Daniel Ragsdale have both been fired for insufficient fealty to the King in Yellow. This is another way in which it took Cheeto Caligula less than two weeks to replicate Nixon.

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[Post 142]
Author : erimir
Date : 01-31-2017 04:26 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Republicans in Congress are facing the decision of whether to cede all their power to Trump a lot sooner than they thought they would, I think.

They were hoping to enact their whole agenda before standing up to him.

He's been appropriating their staff (probably in violation of separation of powers), defying court orders and so forth. When Trump wants something that they don't... what exactly do they think is going to happen?

Can they really think they can control him?

Honestly, the spineless GOP worms in Congress are more loathsome to me than Trump. At least he has the excuse that he is morally and mentally deranged. They are choosing to put the entire country (no, world) at risk because they want a fucking tax cut.

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[Post 143]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-31-2017 05:18 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.gyazo.com/ea3bae7a51f0d6a05bdec542b0eb074e.png

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[Post 144]
Author : Stormlight
Date : 01-31-2017 11:00 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Buyer's remorse. We has it. (http://americannewsx.com/politics/buyers-remorse-trump/)

Bunch of fucking morons. :facepalm:

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[Post 145]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-31-2017 12:14 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yabbut the fact they're morons is not really the point. There always have been and always will be sheep prepared to be led. The point is the wolves with the money and the power have used that money and power to control the election (Fox and Breitbart motivating the base, tools like Cambridge Analytica turning unfriendly voters off the opposition, at least to a position of not voting). The point is that the Democrats, for all their cosying up to business, don't have the money or the psychopathic belief in the divine right of their means to exercise the same power over the sheep.

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[Post 146]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-31-2017 12:17 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Cool quotes though:
Power doesn't whine.

Donnie will never feel he has enough power, esp not while people mock him, so he'll always whine.

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[Post 147]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 01-31-2017 02:59 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:sadcheer:

I wish I hadn't read this piece by Yonatan Zunger.  Please somebody, tell me he doesn't know shit and Bannon-Trump aren't that close to tearing up the constitution and seizing Putinesque power.

Trial Balloon for a Coup? | Medium (https://medium.com/@yonatanzunger/trial-balloon-for-a-coup-e024990891d5#.o84p3kcub)

That is to say, the administration is testing the extent to which the DHS (and other executive agencies) can act and ignore orders from the other branches of government. This is as serious as it can possibly get: all of the arguments about whether order X or Y is unconstitutional mean nothing if elements of the government are executing them and the courts are being ignored.

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[Post 148]
Author : Vivisectus
Date : 01-31-2017 03:11 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I read that too and it sure is scary. Let's hope it is an overreaction, and they are merely privileged, self-serving buffoons seeking to enrich themselves.

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[Post 149]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-31-2017 03:36 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

OMG mick has me (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1284524#post1284524) on ignore

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[Post 150]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-31-2017 03:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I read that too and it sure is scary. Let's hope it is an overreaction, and they are merely privileged, self-serving buffoons seeking to enrich themselves.

They are privileged, self-serving buffoons seeking to enrich themselves by controlling every channel of power they can and grabbing all the resources they can. They don't think there's anything wrong with it and they won't stop unless they are forced to stop.

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[Post 151]
Author : Zehava
Date : 01-31-2017 04:19 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I read that too and it sure is scary. Let's hope it is an overreaction, and they are merely privileged, self-serving buffoons seeking to enrich themselves.

They are privileged, self-serving buffoons seeking to enrich themselves by controlling every channel of power they can and grabbing all the resources they can. They don't think there's anything wrong with it and they won't stop unless they are forced to stop.

It is a new age of Robber Barons but with a complicit government urging them on, a Kleptocracy.

It is a descent into government owned and operated by corporations, a theme well established in the Cyberpunk genre. Welcome to the new world, Chummer.

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[Post 152]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 01-31-2017 04:23 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It is a descent into government owned and operated by corporations, a theme well established in the Cyberpunk genre. Welcome to the new world, Chummer.

Yeah, we've been going down that road for quite some time now.  Trump's just making it official policy.

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[Post 153]
Author : Kael
Date : 01-31-2017 04:29 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Which seems like a good demonstration of just how important the gap between "getting that way" and "official policy" can be.

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[Post 154]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 01-31-2017 05:36 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Sadly, you're probably right. Regardless, having things like this delayed is nonetheless at least a small victory, because it makes the administration look weak, and optics are important in resisting fascism.

Also:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/AP">@AP</a> learns Donald Trump's voter fraud expert was registered in 3 states during 2016 presidential election. <a href="https://t.co/LXQ1MUzR0e">https://t.co/LXQ1MUzR0e</a></p>&mdash; The Associated Press (@AP) <a href="https://twitter.com/AP/status/826241374160818177">January 31, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Again: lol.

I also agree with Cole's rant at Congressional Republicans here:

Get Used to It, Dahling – Balloon Juice (https://www.balloon-juice.com/2017/01/30/get-used-to-it-dahling/)

Oh you poor fucking dears. However mad you are, I bet you aren’t as pissed off as the people being detained and having every cavity finger-fucked by Trump’s CPB STASI. Not to mention, you probably shouldn’t have spent the last sixteen years villifying muslims, you twats.

Given the rarity of actual voter fraud, I think we should be happy that Trump got at least one expert on the thing that they are supposed to be in charge of.

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[Post 155]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 01-31-2017 05:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Y'all hurting for positive news?

ACLU racks up $24.1 million in donations over weekend - Jan. 30, 2017  (http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/30/news/aclu-online-donations/index.html)

An ordinary year, they get about $4 million.

I stole this for facebook.  er, I mean, I helped spread the word.

After I clicked on the link and started reading the article, the autopplayed video was really good, so I listened to it.   It made me sad however when they brought in a reporter from Turkey and one from Russia to be experts on how fascist assholes deal with the Press.  The title at the bottom of the video was "How the Press Operates in Authoritarian Climates"

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[Post 156]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 01-31-2017 06:30 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Yes, good morning <a href="https://t.co/j1v0UlwVpX">pic.twitter.com/j1v0UlwVpX</a></p>&mdash; Rabih Alameddine (@rabihalameddine) <a href="https://twitter.com/rabihalameddine/status/826453453358583808">January 31, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 157]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 01-31-2017 07:32 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Not sure how many said something, but nice to hear someone saying it.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Members of the UK Parliament just condemned President Trump. <a href="https://t.co/5sIgVd3UM8">pic.twitter.com/5sIgVd3UM8</a></p>&mdash; ATTN: (@attn) <a href="https://twitter.com/attn/status/826262555261693952">January 31, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Edit: Also this:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">More Muslims have been killed by Trump supporters in the past 24 hours than Americans killed by refugees from banned countries in 30 years.</p>&mdash; Tea Pain (@TeaPainUSA) <a href="https://twitter.com/TeaPainUSA/status/826128469574709248">January 30, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 158]
Author : The Man
Date : 01-31-2017 08:10 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Today in Trump's America - Lawyers, Guns & Money (http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2017/01/today-in-trumps-america-10)

I think it's time to be legit fearful for my existence at this point, and will be planning an exit strategy now. There were multiple threats against the Quebec mosque that was attacked a few days ago before the actual attack.

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[Post 159]
Author : Dragar
Date : 01-31-2017 09:18 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:sadcheer:

I wish I hadn't read this piece by Yonatan Zunger.  Please somebody, tell me he doesn't know shit and Bannon-Trump aren't that close to tearing up the constitution and seizing Putinesque power.

From what I've seen so far, I don't think the Trump administration is anywhere near capable of this, even if they wanted to. Their bungling ineptitude is going to get people killed, spark a full fledged constitutional crisis, and if there's a large terrorist incident, riot or disaster, the over reaction might spark a war (or brief civil war). But I doubt there's much chance of a (successful) coup.

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[Post 160]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-31-2017 10:23 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

On awkward questions to help columnists:

Dear Prudence: My aunt chanted "build a wall" at a family dinner. (http://www.slate.com/articles/life/dear_prudence/2017/01/dear_prudence_my_aunt_chanted_build_a_wall_at_a_family_dinner.html)

eta clickbait: You won't believe # 1!

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[Post 161]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-01-2017 11:30 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Graphic essay: What the Civil Rights Movement can teach us about surviving Trump | Fusion (http://fusion.net/story/379938/comic-trump-election-protest-civil-rights-movement-memphis/)

With pictures to make it easy read.

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[Post 162]
Author : Gorgias
Date : 02-01-2017 02:34 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Today in Trump's America - Lawyers, Guns & Money (http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2017/01/today-in-trumps-america-10)

I think it's time to be legit fearful for my existence at this point, and will be planning an exit strategy now. There were multiple threats against the Quebec mosque that was attacked a few days ago before the actual attack.

The corporate media know exactly what they are doing. CHA-CHING is the sound they hear with Trump at the helm.

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[Post 163]
Author : SR71
Date : 02-01-2017 04:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:sadcheer:

I wish I hadn't read this piece by Yonatan Zunger.  Please somebody, tell me he doesn't know shit and Bannon-Trump aren't that close to tearing up the constitution and seizing Putinesque power.

Trial Balloon for a Coup? | Medium (https://medium.com/@yonatanzunger/trial-balloon-for-a-coup-e024990891d5#.o84p3kcub)

That is to say, the administration is testing the extent to which the DHS (and other executive agencies) can act and ignore orders from the other branches of government. This is as serious as it can possibly get: all of the arguments about whether order X or Y is unconstitutional mean nothing if elements of the government are executing them and the courts are being ignored.

I read that too and it sure is scary. Let's hope it is an overreaction, and they are merely privileged, self-serving buffoons seeking to enrich themselves.

They are privileged, self-serving buffoons seeking to enrich themselves by controlling every channel of power they can and grabbing all the resources they can. They don't think there's anything wrong with it and they won't stop unless they are forced to stop.

I think he's hoping to run the Yeltsin-Putin transition playbook.  Set the stage for two basic ingredients.  Access to sweetheart loans and having public assets go up for sale, simultaneously.  Borrow the money at a low rate and buy the public assets.  That's essentially what happened in Russia, yeah?  Nice deal if you can get.

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[Post 164]
Author : erimir
Date : 02-01-2017 07:53 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

One proposal under discussion, at Central Command and elsewhere, is to designate Yemen a formal battlefield for US forces, alongside Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. That move would permit swifter decision-making, expanded authorities and an intensified pace of operations, rather than one-off raids or drone strikes.

Thank goodness we have Trump in office, with his non-interventionist instincts. He had the foresight to first support and then oppose the Iraq War after it was unpopular, and support but later oppose the Libyan intervention after Benghazi, so it was a plausible record of non-interventionism. Strong evidence, much like George W. Bush's argument that the US shouldn't be engaging in "nation building". I was afraid Clinton would commit more forces or even start a new war in the Middle East :phew:

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[Post 165]
Author : Jerome
Date : 02-01-2017 11:12 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

TrumpDonald.org (http://trumpdonald.org/)

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[Post 166]
Author : Jerome
Date : 02-01-2017 11:15 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Obama made an all-time record being the only US president to preside over war his entire term.

It can only get better.

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[Post 167]
Author : Dragar
Date : 02-01-2017 11:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Sure. It's not like he could start a war with Mexico or something.

Trump lambastes Pena Nieto in 'humiliating,' 'threatening' phone call - Business Insider Deutschland (http://www.businessinsider.de/trump-enrique-pena-nieto-mexico-phone-call-humiliating-threatening-2017-2?r=US&IR=T)

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[Post 168]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-02-2017 12:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Sure. It's not like he could start a war with Mexico or something.

Trump lambastes Pena Nieto in 'humiliating,' 'threatening' phone call - Business Insider Deutschland (http://www.businessinsider.de/trump-enrique-pena-nieto-mexico-phone-call-humiliating-threatening-2017-2?r=US&IR=T)

The whole situation is this writ large:

http://s2.quickmeme.com/img/a6/a6e872a3a830f127c07f0e3c045c40d100ffbdd699a8c3a854648097f0226bee.jpg

And these really are a sizeable number of the populace, even well to do businessmen I've met in mid-upper end dining rooms around the world are like this. An endless stream of 'Canadia' jokes over dinner. Non stop. ¯\_(&#12484;)_/¯

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[Post 169]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-02-2017 12:26 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Donald Trump just gave a Black History Month speech about the persecution of Donald Trump (https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2017/02/01/donald-trump-just-gave-a-black-history-month-speech-about-the-persecution-of-donald-trump.html)

I wasn't convinced it wasn't satire until I actually watched the video.

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[Post 170]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-02-2017 12:34 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is from an American friend of mine working with the UN in Iraq. <a href="https://t.co/a86pLqY67b">pic.twitter.com/a86pLqY67b</a></p>&mdash; (((Jon Shieber))) (@jshieber) <a href="https://twitter.com/jshieber/status/826335625813098497">January 31, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 171]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-02-2017 02:39 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

On call with Australian prime minister, Trump badgers and brags - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/no-gday-mate-on-call-with-australian-pm-trump-badgers-and-brags/2017/02/01/88a3bfb0-e8bf-11e6-80c2-30e57e57e05d_story.html)

More insight into the world of malignant NPD.

If Britain's going to be 'that way', it might be time to reforge the British Fucking Empire, have a defensive pact with the EU, and a loose alliance with China and India.

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[Post 172]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-02-2017 07:39 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Recap of Tuesday.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This all happened in ONE DAY. And the day isn&#8217;t over yet. <a href="https://t.co/tOjEoH3JE6">pic.twitter.com/tOjEoH3JE6</a></p>&mdash; Jeff Mueller (@jeffmueller) <a href="https://twitter.com/jeffmueller/status/826920269491085317">February 1, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 173]
Author : JoeP
Date : 02-02-2017 10:27 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Sure. It's not like he could start a war with Mexico or something.

Trump lambastes Pena Nieto in 'humiliating,' 'threatening' phone call - Business Insider Deutschland (http://www.businessinsider.de/trump-enrique-pena-nieto-mexico-phone-call-humiliating-threatening-2017-2?r=US&IR=T)

On call with Australian prime minister, Trump badgers and brags - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/no-gday-mate-on-call-with-australian-pm-trump-badgers-and-brags/2017/02/01/88a3bfb0-e8bf-11e6-80c2-30e57e57e05d_story.html)

More insight into the world of malignant NPD.

If Britain's going to be 'that way', it might be time to reforge the British Fucking Empire, have a defensive pact with the EU, and a loose alliance with China and India.

What's the long term* fall-out from Lord Dampnut** behaving like this with other world leaders?

Theresa May will carrying on holding his hand, obv, because special relationship. But others? 

* long term = more than a week, it seems

** Yes

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[Post 174]
Author : Vivisectus
Date : 02-02-2017 10:44 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:sadcheer:

I wish I hadn't read this piece by Yonatan Zunger.  Please somebody, tell me he doesn't know shit and Bannon-Trump aren't that close to tearing up the constitution and seizing Putinesque power.

Trial Balloon for a Coup? | Medium (https://medium.com/@yonatanzunger/trial-balloon-for-a-coup-e024990891d5#.o84p3kcub)

That is to say, the administration is testing the extent to which the DHS (and other executive agencies) can act and ignore orders from the other branches of government. This is as serious as it can possibly get: all of the arguments about whether order X or Y is unconstitutional mean nothing if elements of the government are executing them and the courts are being ignored.

I read that too and it sure is scary. Let's hope it is an overreaction, and they are merely privileged, self-serving buffoons seeking to enrich themselves.

They are privileged, self-serving buffoons seeking to enrich themselves by controlling every channel of power they can and grabbing all the resources they can. They don't think there's anything wrong with it and they won't stop unless they are forced to stop.

I think he's hoping to run the Yeltsin-Putin transition playbook.  Set the stage for two basic ingredients.  Access to sweetheart loans and having public assets go up for sale, simultaneously.  Borrow the money at a low rate and buy the public assets.  That's essentially what happened in Russia, yeah?  Nice deal if you can get.

Could be - keep causing chaos to keep people distracted and flush out opposition while you rapidly rush some changes through, and in the mean time gather enough juicy deals to hand out so you have the bargaining chips to buy crucial support with. We have already seen part of frank-dodd stripped without much notice... while everyone is making noise about the immigration bans.

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[Post 175]
Author : Zehava
Date : 02-02-2017 02:01 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Sure. It's not like he could start a war with Mexico or something.

Trump lambastes Pena Nieto in 'humiliating,' 'threatening' phone call - Business Insider Deutschland (http://www.businessinsider.de/trump-enrique-pena-nieto-mexico-phone-call-humiliating-threatening-2017-2?r=US&IR=T)

On call with Australian prime minister, Trump badgers and brags - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/no-gday-mate-on-call-with-australian-pm-trump-badgers-and-brags/2017/02/01/88a3bfb0-e8bf-11e6-80c2-30e57e57e05d_story.html)

More insight into the world of malignant NPD.

If Britain's going to be 'that way', it might be time to reforge the British Fucking Empire, have a defensive pact with the EU, and a loose alliance with China and India.

What's the long term* fall-out from Lord Dampnut** behaving like this with other world leaders?

Theresa May will carrying on holding his hand, obv, because special relationship. But others? 

* long term = more than a week, it seems

** Yes

In the long term, alienating close allies only weakens our position on the global stage and provides openings for Russia and China to bolster their global influence.

It's a tact that has no upside and a horrendous downside.

In this week alone he's essentially told Mexico and Australia to go fuck themselves, we don't need you.  It's isolationism and I don't see how that makes America great again.

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[Post 176]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-02-2017 06:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

For whatever good this does.

Bill to rejig the NSC.
http://stephaniemurphy.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=17

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[Post 177]
Author : The Man
Date : 02-02-2017 08:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Twitter thread.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">You guys: I have a theory about Trump&#39;s weirdly angry call with Australian PM that&#39;s so stupid &amp; implausible I&#39;m almost sure it&#39;s true. 1/</p>&mdash; Karin Robinson (@karinjr) <a href="https://twitter.com/karinjr/status/827094009835290624">February 2, 2017</a></blockquote>
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For those who can't access Twitter right now, the Cliffs Notes are that Trump probably assumed that, because Turnbull's party is called the Liberal Party, they are U.S.-style liberals rather than the centre-right party they actually are, and thus took a hostile attitude with Turnbull purely on those grounds. It is incredibly depressing that we live in a world where an explanation like this is not just plausible but probably the most likely explanation.

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[Post 178]
Author : Zehava
Date : 02-02-2017 09:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I find it more likely Trump is just an asshole.  This is how he treats those he deems beneath him (which is pretty much everyone in his estimation).

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[Post 179]
Author : The Man
Date : 02-02-2017 10:20 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I don't really find that explanation sufficient. We all know Tangerine Trujillo is an asshole, but by all accounts he treated Turnbull far worse than he treated any of the other leaders he called. Cheeto Caligula being an asshole isn't a sufficient explanation for why he treated Turnbull so horribly. There has to be more to it than that.

One of Josh Marshall's readers (http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/bombshell-lands-in-the-antipodes) has an alternate suggestion (which overlaps somewhat with Robinson's suggestions, but not entirely). Meanwhile, this thread from Foz Meadows is also well worth reading.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Internets, we need to take a moment to discuss the implications of Trump's failed phonecall with the Australian PM, Malcolm Turnbull.</p>&mdash; Foz Meadows (@fozmeadows) <a href="https://twitter.com/fozmeadows/status/827031408287764480">February 2, 2017</a></blockquote>
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In other news, Idiot Amin loses another lawsuit for $6 million (http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/trump-golf-club-membership-lawsuit-234494). And in other, other news, he and his doctor may have been somewhat less than truthful with the American public about his health (http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2017/02/trumps-wild-hair).

edit: also, lulz via Tumblr (http://theauspolchronicles.tumblr.com/post/156710293247/trump-hung-up-on-turnbull-after-having-the-worst).

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[Post 180]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-02-2017 10:41 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I don't really find that explanation sufficient. We all know Tangerine Trujillo is an asshole, but by all accounts he treated Turnbull far worse than he treated any of the other leaders he called. Cheeto Caligula being an asshole isn't a sufficient explanation for why he treated Turnbull so horribly. There has to be more to it than that.

Narcissist loses his blessed mind at being told 'no'. That's all it is.

Idiot Amin

:D

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[Post 181]
Author : JoeP
Date : 02-03-2017 10:50 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

From the Foz Meadows tweetsong:

... this is terrifying.
Why? Because it means that either Trump is too arrogant to civilly negotiate with even a major ally, or he physically can't control himself.

To which I say: yes. Both.

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[Post 182]
Author : The Man
Date : 02-03-2017 12:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

We must never allow ourselves to forget the tragic events of the Bowling Green Massacre (http://www.vox.com/world/2017/2/2/14494478/bowling-green-massacre).

(Spoiler alert: there was no massacre at Bowling Green, nor was one ever planned. You already knew this, because Kellyanne Riefenstahl lies as habitually as most people draw breath.)

(Also, this comparison may be unfair to Leni, who presumably had more craft in her pinky finger than Kellyanne has in her entire body.)

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[Post 183]
Author : JoeP
Date : 02-03-2017 01:04 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

lol:
Former Norway PM held at Washington airport over 2014 visit to Iran | US news | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/03/former-norway-pm-bondevik-held-washington-dulles-airport-2014-visit-iran)

In which it is shown that Customs and Border Protection are totally on board with the new administration. They've been "liberated" from the former regime's laxness, rather like Crimea has.

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[Post 184]
Author : JoeP
Date : 02-03-2017 01:44 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

What's the long term* fall-out from Lord Dampnut** behaving like this with other world leaders?

Some speculative answers from Vox:

It's 14 days into the Trump presidency, and "normal Trump tantrum" is already a thing foreign leaders say - Vox (http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/2/2/14488122/trump-anger-australia-invade-mexico-refugee-deal-obama-insult-prime-minister)

Trump seems to believe that chaos and unpredictability are good in and of themselves because they can keep US adversaries trying to guess what Washington will do next. That’s a remarkably simplistic view of foreign policy, which is predicated on consistency.

Trump’s bizarre, dangerous calls with the leaders of Mexico and Australia, explained - Vox (http://www.vox.com/world/2017/2/2/14483560/trump-mexico-australia-calls)

America has made formal alliances, most notably NATO, that work because US allies have faith that the United States will come to their aid if attacked. The dollar is the world’s reserve currency, underwriting the global financial system, because nations the world over have faith in American stability. Dozens of countries count on America to keep the peace globally and keep trade routes open, so they mostly go about their own business.

And if the US becomes as unpredictable and inconsistent as Lord Dampnut wants it to be, all these things break down.

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[Post 185]
Author : Angakuk
Date : 02-03-2017 06:34 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

there was no massacre at Bowling Green... 

My father and I played catch with a frisbee in Bowling Green in 1973.  He massacred me.

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[Post 186]
Author : The Man
Date : 02-03-2017 07:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Finding these Bowling Green Massacre jokes to be a little too soon. Out of respect, we should wait until it takes place.</p>&mdash; Justin Shanes (@justinshanes) <a href="https://twitter.com/justinshanes/status/827402179963080705">February 3, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Fearful Americans Stockpiling Facts Before Federal Government Comes to Take Them Away - The Onion - America's Finest News Source (http://www.theonion.com/article/fearful-americans-stockpiling-facts-federal-govern-55219)

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[Post 187]
Author : Watser?
Date : 02-03-2017 08:20 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

THE BOWLING GREEN MASSACRE VICTIMS FUND (https://www.bowlinggreenmassacrefund.com/)

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[Post 188]
Author : Watser?
Date : 02-03-2017 09:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Twitter thread.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">You guys: I have a theory about Trump's weirdly angry call with Australian PM that's so stupid &amp; implausible I'm almost sure it's true. 1/</p>&mdash; Karin Robinson (@karinjr) <a href="https://twitter.com/karinjr/status/827094009835290624">February 2, 2017</a></blockquote>
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For those who can't access Twitter right now, the Cliffs Notes are that Trump probably assumed that, because Turnbull's party is called the Liberal Party, they are U.S.-style liberals rather than the centre-right party they actually are, and thus took a hostile attitude with Turnbull purely on those grounds. It is incredibly depressing that we live in a world where an explanation like this is not just plausible but probably the most likely explanation.

Oh, he'll like our liberals too then.

Also the Freedom Party, which sounds suspiciously liberal-like to me.

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[Post 189]
Author : Jerome
Date : 02-03-2017 10:35 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

lol @ CNN pushing the narrative that the riots in Berkeley were a false flag conspiracy by the right

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[Post 190]
Author : Ari
Date : 02-03-2017 11:05 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I like how a few things set on fire in a localized area by a small group of people is a riot.

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[Post 191]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 02-03-2017 11:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ups to GOP Senators Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/03/us/politics/betsy-devos-nominee-education-secretary.html) for opposing Betsy DeVos, quite possibly the least qualified and stupidest (or maybe second stupidest, slightly behind gibbering idiot Ben Carson) person ever nominated for a cabinet job. Will one more Republican senator display a modicum of backbone? Stay tuned!


Also, lol @ Little Donnie taking Propecia (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/01/us/politics/trump-prostate-drug-hair-harold-bornstein.html), a drug for narcissists AND sociopaths.

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[Post 192]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-03-2017 11:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I like how a few things set on fire in a localized area by a small group of people is a riot.

https://images.plurk.com/1PUdfaFcXJY9YB4bApjg.jpg

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[Post 193]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 02-04-2017 12:15 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The US military on Friday took down the link to a video that it said it secured from a raid in Yemen last week just hours after posting it, having realized that far from showing off the intelligence gained from the raid, the videos were a decade old.

lol (https://www.buzzfeed.com/nancyyoussef/a-video-the-military-said-showed-a-recent-raid-was-successfu?utm_term=.kg9y3L8Gm#.xj3BvW8VQ)

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[Post 194]
Author : The Man
Date : 02-04-2017 02:32 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm finding it increasingly difficult to keep up with the status of... pretty much anything these days, but it looks like a federal judge has issued an injunction against the whole of the Muslim travel ban.

Federal judge issues issues nationwide restraining order against Trump travel ban - Lawyers, Guns & Money (http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2017/02/federal-judge-issues-issues-nationwide-restraining-order-against-trump-travel-ban)

Of course, whether this will actually accomplish anything remains to be seen, because it looks like significant portions of our country's "law enforcement" couldn't care less about court orders.

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[Post 195]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-04-2017 06:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Proposal for a new USA National Anthem:

-Yakety Sax- Music - YouTube

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[Post 196]
Author : Stormlight
Date : 02-04-2017 07:07 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Swedish deputy prime minister apparently mocks Trump with all-female photo | Environment | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/feb/03/sweden-criticises-us-climate-stance-as-it-reveals-ambitious-carbon-emissions-law)

:laugh:

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[Post 197]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-04-2017 08:51 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Former Norway PM held at Washington airport over 2014 visit to Iran | US news | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/03/former-norway-pm-bondevik-held-washington-dulles-airport-2014-visit-iran)

This would be hilarious if not for all the nukes.

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[Post 198]
Author : The Man
Date : 02-04-2017 09:32 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

To be fair, if the Norwegian PM had been planning to being lutefisk into the country, that would be a perfectly justifiable response. I'm not saying he definitely was, but you have to be prepared for this sort of thing. I'm not certain it's actually possible to overstate the amount of danger lutefisk poses to civilised society.

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[Post 199]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-04-2017 11:08 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm wondering if any international calls in the future should start with the not-American saying, "Obama's was bigger, you know." Just to speed up the meltdown a bit and get back to whatever they were doing prior, like rearranging their paper clips. I'm sure it would be more productive.

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[Post 200]
Author : godfry n. glad
Date : 02-04-2017 03:17 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

THE BOWLING GREEN MASSACRE VICTIMS FUND (https://www.bowlinggreenmassacrefund.com/)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C3xh3H7WQAYWhEu.jpg

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[Post 201]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 02-04-2017 03:18 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's a ban, it's not a ban, it's a ban, it's not a ban... these clowns can't even get their fucking stories straight.

But you have to love George Takei :giggle:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I guess it&#39;s back to being a &quot;ban.&quot; Careful, il Douché. Your tweets will wind up in court as prime evidence of your true intent. <a href="https://t.co/DLFwjMMH1Z">https://t.co/DLFwjMMH1Z</a></p>&mdash; George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) <a href="https://twitter.com/GeorgeTakei/status/827875545262202880">4 February 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 202]
Author : godfry n. glad
Date : 02-04-2017 04:06 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So...Has Donny Dump been doing all the BlueDog Bill hotspots in the Western Wing?  The intern's lounge must be veritably purring with potential trophy wives.  I assume he has decided on a cat (rather than a dog, like the Obamas) so that he can perpetually wander the White House seeking to find and grasp any feline, as is his wont.

Has anybody sent Donny Dump a box of BlueDog Bill's favorite cigars?

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[Post 203]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-04-2017 09:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Donald J. Trump on Twitter: "What is our country coming to when a judge can halt a Homeland Security travel ban and anyone, even with bad intentions, can come into U.S.?" (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/827981079042805761)

Uhh, a country with a constitution?

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[Post 204]
Author : JoeP
Date : 02-04-2017 09:09 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yeah, what's to stop someone with bad intentions and no redeeming skills becoming, I don't know, president of the US?

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[Post 205]
Author : The Man
Date : 02-04-2017 09:11 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Also, it's simply not true that "anyone, even with bad intentions" can come into the country. We have one of the most extensive vetting processes in the world for refugees. Far more extensive than simply saying "no one from X country can come into the country". Manhattan Mugabe doesn't realise this, of course, because he is a moron. Or else he's just lying.

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[Post 206]
Author : Zehava
Date : 02-04-2017 09:23 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yeah, what's to stop someone with bad intentions and no redeeming skills becoming, I don't know, president of the US?

Stolen and tweeted :D

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[Post 207]
Author : lisarea
Date : 02-04-2017 10:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm really looking forward to seeing how Trump voters react to his promised rollbacks of Dodd Frank. Trump's base includes of a lot of the kind of people who need the most protection from that sort of thing, and if Trump gets his way, they are fuuuuuucked.

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[Post 208]
Author : Watser?
Date : 02-04-2017 10:47 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Scots poem calling Trump a “tangerine gabshite walloper” wins an award | The Poke (http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2017/02/01/scots-poem-calling-trump-tangerine-gabshite-walloper-wins-award/#.WJMS01oerwQ.facebook)

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[Post 209]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-04-2017 10:50 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is not a tweet that ages well. <a href="https://t.co/xBf0wOW3yb">pic.twitter.com/xBf0wOW3yb</a></p>&mdash; Darth Putin (@DarthPutinKGB) <a href="https://twitter.com/DarthPutinKGB/status/827948407776038914">February 4, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 210]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-04-2017 10:52 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Manhattan Mugabe

I believe you have a list of these and are working alphabetically. Dish.

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[Post 211]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-04-2017 10:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Mortal Kombat: Inauguration - YouTube

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[Post 212]
Author : erimir
Date : 02-05-2017 01:05 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm really looking forward to seeing how Trump voters react to his promised rollbacks of Dodd Frank. Trump's base includes of a lot of the kind of people who need the most protection from that sort of thing, and if Trump gets his way, they are fuuuuuucked.The problem is that people don't understand what it does.

And the thing about fiduciary duties... Well, they wouldn't be getting ripped off so much if they understood they were getting ripped off.

It makes there be consequences for getting caught not putting your client's interests first. But they didn't have much chance of getting caught anyway. The banks will suck more money from them and they will blame immigrants for their economic situation.

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[Post 213]
Author : Jerome
Date : 02-05-2017 04:39 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Uhh, a country with a constitution?

Which part of the constitution says the borders are open to any foreigner at any time?

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[Post 214]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-05-2017 04:53 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

No one does snark like Australians do snark:

When Donald Trump hits a brick wall called democracy, he can't get no satisfaction (http://www.smh.com.au/world/when-donald-trump-hits-a-brick-wall-called-democracy-he-cant-get-no-satisfaction-20170204-gu5os0.html)

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[Post 215]
Author : Jerome
Date : 02-05-2017 04:56 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

No one does snark like Australians do snark:

When Donald Trump hits a brick wall called democracy, he can't get no satisfaction (http://www.smh.com.au/world/when-donald-trump-hits-a-brick-wall-called-democracy-he-cant-get-no-satisfaction-20170204-gu5os0.html)

lol @ coming from a country that has refugees from the middle east stuck on some island prison begging the US to take them in.

So they are mad that the US is not taking in the refugees that they refuse to take in??

:popcorn:

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[Post 216]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-05-2017 04:58 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ahh, remember 2016, when Jerome seemed relevant? Now there's actually things going on and he's a has been. :lol:

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[Post 217]
Author : erimir
Date : 02-05-2017 07:09 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ahh, remember 2016, when Jerome seemed relevant?I remember 2016, but I don't remember that second part... :think:

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[Post 218]
Author : The Man
Date : 02-05-2017 01:52 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Via LGM (http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2017/02/a-stern-warning), Howard Stern (http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/02/media/kfile-stern-on-trump/index.html) has commented on Cheeto Caligula's presidency. While it's possible that Stern is being somewhat tongue-in-cheek with some of his commentary, there are likely very few people on the planet who understand Manhattan Mugabe better than Stern does, and I suspect a lot of his analysis is spot-on.

 &#8220;I personally wish that he had never run, I told him that, because I actually think this is something that is gonna be detrimental to his mental health too, because, he wants to be liked, he wants to be loved,&#8221; Stern said. &#8220;He wants people to cheer for him.&#8221;

&#8220;I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s going to be a healthy experience. And by the way, he&#8217;s now on this anti-Hollywood kick. He loves Hollywood. First of all, he loves the press. He lives for it. He loves people in Hollywood. He only wants hobnob with them. All of this hatred and stuff directed towards him. It&#8217;s not good for him. It&#8217;s not good. There&#8217;s a reason every president who leaves the office has grey hair.&#8221;

...

Stern said he considers Trump a friend, but is opposed to his politics.

&#8220;I like Donald very much personally. I was shocked when he decided to run for president, and even more shocked that sort of, people took it seriously,&#8221; Stern said.

&#8220;I remember saying to him when he announced his presidency, I remember being quite amazed, because I remember him being for Hillary Clinton,&#8221; Stern added.

&#8220;And I remember him being very&#8211;I mean he was pro-abortion. So the new Donald Trump kind of surprised me.&#8221;

Stern said he doesn&#8217;t believe Trump has had a change of heart on issues like abortion, but is instead playing to his base.

The radio host said he also believed Trump ran for president solely to get a larger contract from NBC for &#8220;The Apprentice.&#8221;

&#8220;I think it started out as like a kinda cool, fun thing to do in order to get a couple more bucks out of NBC for The Apprentice, I actually do believe that,&#8221; Stern said.

&#8220;He just wanted a couple more bucks out of NBC, and that is why Donald is calling for voter fraud investigations. He&#8217;s pissed he won. He still wants Hillary Clinton to win. He&#8217;s so f&#8212;ing pissed, he&#8217;s hoping that he can find some voter fraud and hand it over to Hillary.&#8221;
I'm not sure how accurate all of this is, but the idea that Kim Jong Orange's campaign was a publicity stunt that spun out of control seems like the most accurate explanation for it. I also wouldn't be entirely surprised if Idiot Amin really had wanted Clinton to win all along.

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[Post 219]
Author : Kael
Date : 02-05-2017 04:21 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I absolutely believe he never wanted to win, just wanted to get the publicity, but I don't buy for a second that he's looking for a way to hand it back to Hillary. He's crying voter fraud because, whether he really wanted it or not, there's no way his ego will let him accept he lost the popular vote, any more that it will let him accept the actual size of his inaugural crowd.

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[Post 220]
Author : The Man
Date : 02-05-2017 04:53 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The most plausible explanation I've seen is that he wanted to be elected president; he just didn't actually want to be president. He thought of the presidency as a prize with parades and such, not as something you actually do. That sounds about right.

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[Post 221]
Author : Sock Puppet
Date : 02-05-2017 05:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Regardless of his pre-election motivation, I think it's pretty clear he intends to hang onto it now, and will do so as long as he can continue not only to increase his holdings directly, but also help his allies build theirs. This will continue until he's forced out, which is looking less and less likely to happen. It will apparently take exposing a truly monumental crime, one he's not already doing in the open and bragging about, before that happens.

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[Post 222]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-05-2017 07:46 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

http://i.imgur.com/wvUbgRX.jpg
Loser who doesn't understand the constitution, sad.

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[Post 223]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-05-2017 07:53 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Victoria Cross recipient barred from USA and missed veterans' dinner where he was guest of honour, because he fought in Iraq. (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/donald-trump-muslim-ban-johnson-beharry-victoria-cross-humiliated-a7563451.html)

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[Post 224]
Author : Jerome
Date : 02-05-2017 08:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Loser who doesn't understand the constitution, sad.[/CENTER]

Which part of the constitution says the borders are open to any foreigner at any time?

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[Post 225]
Author : Jerome
Date : 02-05-2017 08:35 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Victoria Cross recipient barred from USA and missed veterans' dinner where he was guest of honour, because he fought in Iraq. (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/donald-trump-muslim-ban-johnson-beharry-victoria-cross-humiliated-a7563451.html)

Military personnel don't use passports to travel to countries for military service. Military ID serves as the passport.

 So ... not so sure the story is true.

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[Post 226]
Author : Dragar
Date : 02-05-2017 09:14 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Loser who doesn't understand the constitution, sad.

Which part of the constitution says the borders are open to any foreigner at any time?

Which part of the ruling did you read that says the opposite?

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[Post 227]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-05-2017 10:17 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Loser who doesn't understand the constitution, sad.[/CENTER]

Which part of the constitution says the borders are open to any foreigner at any time?

dis·in·gen·u·ous
&#716;dis&#601;n&#712;jenyo&#862;o&#601;s/
adjective
adjective: disingenuous

    not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than one really does.

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[Post 228]
Author : Jerome
Date : 02-05-2017 11:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Loser who doesn't understand the constitution, sad.[/CENTER]

Which part of the constitution says the borders are open to any foreigner at any time?

Which part of the ruling did you read that says the opposite?

The ruling is just a temporary restraining order until the case is heard.

:wave:

So which part of the constitution says immigration by foreign nationals can not be regulated?

:popcorn:

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[Post 229]
Author : Jerome
Date : 02-05-2017 11:38 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Come on guys, what about the EO is unconstitutional?

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[Post 230]
Author : Dragar
Date : 02-05-2017 11:49 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Why don't you ask a Federal judge?

For what it's worth, I don't have a clue if it's constitutional or not. What is clear is that it's fuelled by prejudice instead of facts: this is, after all, Trump's attempt at a legal 'Muslim ban'.

You're the one who seems to be arguing with a judge over the constitution. Well, you and Trump. :ffwink:

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[Post 231]
Author : Jerome
Date : 02-05-2017 11:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A couple of States are asking a Federal Judge. Clue: its not unconstitutional.

This is just a tactic to fuck with the administration.

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[Post 232]
Author : Dragar
Date : 02-05-2017 11:59 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

You are accusing the judiciary of siding with the states against the administration for political reasons?

I don't know if it's unconstitutional or not; are you somehow more qualified to say? Meanwhile, the text of the stay:


The petitioners have a strong likelihood of success in establishing that the removal of the petitioner and others similarly situated violates their rights to Due Process and Equal Protection guaranteed by the United States Constitution

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[Post 233]
Author : Jerome
Date : 02-06-2017 12:15 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

You are accusing the judiciary of siding with the states against the administration for political reasons?

No, I am stating that the four State governments filing the suit are fucking with the administration for political reasons.

The temporary restraining order could have gone either way. Its not a big deal.

You do know the ruling was not on the validity of the EO, right? The case has not been heard.

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[Post 234]
Author : Jerome
Date : 02-06-2017 12:22 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I don't know if it's unconstitutional or not; are you somehow more qualified to say? 

I am.

Nothing that was done with the EO is new and hasn't been done by administrations of both parties in the past. 

Its silly really, but it sure did get the base worked up. 

Obviously these State governments are aware its constitutional, and has been done many, many times in the past. Therefore, their only purpose can be a partisan political agenda.

State resources being spent on partisan politics at its most absurd.

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[Post 235]
Author : Jerome
Date : 02-06-2017 12:24 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The petitioners have a strong likelihood of success in establishing that the removal of the petitioner and others similarly situated violates their rights to Due Process and Equal Protection guaranteed by the United States Constitution

What do you think that says?

Do you know who the petitioner is?

Do you know who is trying to remove the petitioner, and why?

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[Post 236]
Author : Dragar
Date : 02-06-2017 12:38 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I appreciate this could change in appeal.

Regardless though, it sounds a matter of law - unless you think this judge is somehow trying to undermine Trump by basically saying the opposite of what they really think, for political purposes. Do you think that?

Otherwise, it seems like this judge thinks it will be found unconstitutional.

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[Post 237]
Author : But
Date : 02-06-2017 01:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I don't know if it's unconstitutional or not; are you somehow more qualified to say? 

I am.


:lol:

:pat:

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[Post 238]
Author : Jerome
Date : 02-06-2017 01:34 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Otherwise, it seems like this judge thinks it will be found unconstitutional.

No, the case has not been heard.

How are you not getting this?

What happened was a temporary restraining order until the case is heard.

All this judge ruled was that the states could be harmed while the time passes until the case has been heard.

It is not particularly uncommon for a case to have a temporary restraining order on some aspect of party actions until the case is heard.

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[Post 239]
Author : Dragar
Date : 02-06-2017 01:51 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Otherwise, it seems like this judge thinks it will be found unconstitutional.

No, the case has not been heard.

How are you not getting this?


What part of the future tense do you not understand?

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[Post 240]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 02-06-2017 01:51 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Otherwise, it seems like this judge thinks it will be found unconstitutional.

Yep, clearly. You can't get a TRO without without a "clear showing" that (1) you're likely to succeed on the merits, (2) you're likely to sustain irreparable injury absent a TRO, (3) the balance of equities favor issuing a TRO, and (4) a TRO is in the public interest. Winter v. National Res. Def. Council, Inc., 522 U.S. 7, 24 (2008).

A TRO maintains the status quo until the judge can decide (often though not necessarily after an evidentiary hearing) whether to issue a preliminary injunction. A PI would remain in effect until after a full trial, when the court decides whether to enjoin enforcement of the order permanently. 

If the court wants to speed things up, it has the option of moving up trial on merits and consolidating it with the preliminary injunction hearing. Fed. R. Civ. P. 65(a)(2) (https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/rule_65). The judge in this case hasn't yet done that. In the TRO he ordered the parties to propose a preliminary injunction briefing briefing schedule by tomorrow.

So yeah, the TRO isn't a final adjudication of the case on the merits, but the fact of issuance is a clear indication that this judge considers the order substantively unenforceable. The government asked the judge to stay the TRO and the judge declined. The administration is currently asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to stay the order. The court of appeals shot down (http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/general/2017/02/05/17-35105.pdf) the request for an immediate administrative stay, but another ruling could come as early as tomorrow afternoon. 

There isn't much room for doubt that the order fails substantively on at least some of bases (four constitutional claims, six statutory claims) alleged in the states' amended complaint. The more interesting issues from a geek standpoint are whether the state has standing to assert the constitutional and statutory rights of its inhabitants and whether is was proper make the TRO applicable to ports of entry located outside the plaintiff states (Washington and Minnesota). 

The Washington AG's office has a handy dandy resource for the case right here (http://www.atg.wa.gov/executive-order-lawsuit). The court of appeals has set up its own page here (https://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/content/view.php?pk_id=0000000860).

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[Post 241]
Author : But
Date : 02-06-2017 02:11 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:nerd:

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[Post 242]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-06-2017 02:13 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

H.R.861 - 115th Congress (2017-2018): To terminate the Environmental Protection Agency. | Congress.gov | Library of Congress (https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/861)

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[Post 243]
Author : Jerome
Date : 02-06-2017 02:24 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Stephen, were is the unconstitutional part? All I see is complaints that some minor business relationships could be slightly disrupted, and some non-citizens outside of the country will be inconvenienced for a time.

There is no equal protection under US law for non-citizens outside the country.

There is no harbor under establishment either, as the EO names countries.

Non-citizens outside this country have no inherent right to enter the country, thus no rights have been taken. There goes due process.

8 U.S. Code § 1152 - Numerical limitations on individual foreign states | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute (https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1152) This argument looks to have some merit .. until you actually read the EO, which says they are prevented from entry until it can be determined they are who they say they are.

Denial of asylum is silly. That law requires the non-citizen to arrive and apply for asylum. The EO does not prevent this.

Torture Relief, really? Come on, really? The EO does not deport anyone. 

Religious freedom .. didn't know entry into the US was a practice of a particular religion. The attorney making this argument is laughing to themselves.

Not enough rules were made before implementing the EO. I am giggling now.

The last one is assuming something already argued is so. This is redundant filler.

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[Post 244]
Author : But
Date : 02-06-2017 02:59 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

List!

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[Post 245]
Author : Dragar
Date : 02-06-2017 01:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

There isn't much room for doubt that the order fails substantively on at least some of bases (four constitutional claims, six statutory claims) alleged in the states' amended complaint. The more interesting issues from a geek standpoint are whether the state has standing to assert the constitutional and statutory rights of its inhabitants and whether is was proper make the TRO applicable to ports of entry located outside the plaintiff states (Washington and Minnesota).

Stephen, how much does the context of the ban factor into this decision, and the later court ruling down the line? For instance, this is clearly the 'Muslim ban' Trump has campaigned on, and he spoke about giving Christian refugees priority over Muslim ones from these countries. Do these factor into determinations of the legality, or is it purely based on the words contained in the executive order?

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[Post 246]
Author : Zehava
Date : 02-06-2017 01:59 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

H.R.861 - 115th Congress (2017-2018): To terminate the Environmental Protection Agency. | Congress.gov | Library of Congress (https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/861)

Wouldn't this effectively kill the Clean Water and Clean Air Acts?

Though the Acts would still be law, with the dismantling of the EPA, the major burden of investigating and prosecuting offenders would fall to the states.  States who are often struggling or failing to fully fund their own operation.

This looks like the first step in the plan to sell off all Federally held lands.  Revert management of those lands to states who cannot pay for management of said lands and become forced to sell them off in order to fund more "essential" services.  Fuck that.

I was going to try to contact Representative Matt Gaetz from his house.gov website, but the fucker has a zip verification form and will only accept email from residents of his district.  I even tried to fake it by putting in a zip code from the 1st District of Florida, but the one I chose apparently is part of the 1st and 2nd Districts so I was told to fuck off.  So I find a zip code exclusive to the 1st and now am required to put in a valid address.  Somebody really doesn't want to talk to his constituents (or anybody).

In stark contrast the contact form for my representative, Earl Blumenauer, has no verification.

I'll see if I have any better luck with the 3 co-sponsors of the bill.  I really want to know what their intentions are on this bill.

Co-sponsors

Rep. Massie, Thomas [R-KY-4]*	
Rep. Palazzo, Steven M. [R-MS-4]*	
Rep. Loudermilk, Barry [R-GA-11]*	

Fuck, ALL the co-sponsors do that stupid ass zip verification as well.  All are Republicans, very telling.  OK I understand that the Representatives want to serve their constituents first, but as they are voting on legislation that affects ALL Americans they need to be open to contact by any citizen.

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[Post 247]
Author : Zehava
Date : 02-06-2017 02:53 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Seems like the zip verification thing is very common.  I was going to follow up with members of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, but so far every member I have checked (Republican or Democrat) uses the zip verification form.

So disappointed.  These people are proposing and voting on legislation that affects the entire country, not just their respective districts, they need to be receptive to ALL citizens.

Update:  In fact only 3 members of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology do not use the damn zip verification process for contacting them.

Ami Bera - (D) California 7th District
Bill Posey - (R) Florida 8th District
Marc Veasey (D) Texas 33rd District

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[Post 248]
Author : Watser?
Date : 02-06-2017 04:06 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

http://scontent-ams3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/16508758_10154300703436623_4957460343645202711_n.jpg?oh=747dd68f93eda22a46c199eba1de82dd&oe=58FECE33

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[Post 249]
Author : JoeP
Date : 02-06-2017 04:20 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=10408&stc=1&d=1486398014

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[Post 250]
Author : lisarea
Date : 02-06-2017 05:14 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I am all out of "surprise" with this fucking clown car administration, but good god.

Donald Trump 'didn't realise he was promoting Steve Bannon to National Security Council when he signed order' | The Independent (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-steve-bannon-nsc-national-security-council-order-a7565191.html)

Pia Guerra on Twitter: "Big Boy. #PresidentBannon https://t.co/bR06v4TJeD" (https://twitter.com/PiaGuerra/status/825894457396514816)

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[Post 251]
Author : SR71
Date : 02-06-2017 05:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=10408&stc=1&d=1486398014

I wonder if his friends with "nice businesses" who can't borrow are bankruptcy risks like T-Rump and his many fiasc0's?

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[Post 252]
Author : JoeP
Date : 02-06-2017 05:54 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I am all out of "surprise" with this fucking clown car administration, but good god.

Donald Trump 'didn't realise he was promoting Steve Bannon to National Security Council when he signed order' | The Independent (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-steve-bannon-nsc-national-security-council-order-a7565191.html)

Pia Guerra on Twitter: "Big Boy. #PresidentBannon https://t.co/bR06v4TJeD" (https://twitter.com/PiaGuerra/status/825894457396514816)

Also out of surprise - but not out of (pained) laughs.

A report in in the New York Times, which paints a picture of chief-of-staff Reince Priebus trying to assert greater control, says he has set in place a set of checks and processes before new policies and Executive Orders are issued. 

Checks? Processes? Isn't that exactly the kind of Washington-insider bureaucracy Trumpochka was elected to overturn? 

Also, I dug into the NYT article (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/05/us/politics/trump-white-house-aides-strategy.html?_r=0), but it doesn't provide much reference for its assertion
Mr. Trump&#8217;s anger that he was not fully briefed on details of the executive order he signed giving his chief strategist a seat on the National Security Council

Images of the tangerine gobshite experiencing anger may just be wishful thinking.

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[Post 253]
Author : SR71
Date : 02-06-2017 06:01 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I am all out of "surprise" with this fucking clown car administration, but good god.

Donald Trump 'didn't realise he was promoting Steve Bannon to National Security Council when he signed order' | The Independent (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-steve-bannon-nsc-national-security-council-order-a7565191.html)

Pia Guerra on Twitter: "Big Boy. #PresidentBannon https://t.co/bR06v4TJeD" (https://twitter.com/PiaGuerra/status/825894457396514816)

As a result, many were startled when Mr Bannon was elevated to the National Security Council’s principals committee, the top interagency group for discussing national security. 

Who was startled?  I'm not even mildly taken aback.  Of course that's what happened.  People don't realize who we've all been looking at the past eighteen months?  Fucking racist libertards of the Breitbart, Infowars etc varieties.  If anyone with an ear to the political ground for the past 10 years is shocked at the Bannon position, they should declare themselves officially clueless and stop trying to explain politics to other people.

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[Post 254]
Author : lisarea
Date : 02-06-2017 06:42 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I guess I assumed, for no reason, that Trump at least had some vague notion of what he was signing, but yeah, I'm having to adjust my perceptions slowly lest the pressure changes make my organs implode or something. When people are that dumb, I guess I always assumed that they were at least part faking it for effect, but you're right. I should have known they weren't. (But now I don't know how they dress themselves and drive cars and stuff like that.)

This is why I've always been a little bit uncomfortable with people always warning each other not to read the comments on news stories. What's happened here is that, for all intents and purposes, those comments sections are now holding the highest political office in the nation. 

Donald Trump: 'Any negative polls are fake news' | The Independent (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-negative-polls-fake-news-twitter-cnn-abc-nbc-a7564951.html)

This is exactly what angry right wing commenters think that means. They can't really wrap their heads around the concept, for intellectual or emotional reasons, so they just use it as empty invective, like calling something poopyheaded. They toss that around all the time with absolutely nothing to back it up. 

There are a lot of dirtbag Republicans right now thinking Trump (Bannon) is their useful idiot, but it's the other way around. And the chickenshit Democrats who aren't consistently standing up against it aren't much better. They need to go look at their local papers, turn off their blockers, and read the barely literate, racist middle schooler style temper tantrums down there, because that's their base. That's their god now. That's who they answer to, and that's what defines them now. I'm going to do my part to ensure that nobody ever forgets that.

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[Post 255]
Author : JoeP
Date : 02-06-2017 07:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

If anyone with an ear to the political ground for the past 10 years is shocked at the Bannon position, they should declare themselves officially clueless and stop trying to explain politics to other people.

The assertion of the NYT is the Chump himself didn't realised what he was signing over to Bannon. So I agree with you 100%, Drumpf should declare himself officially clueless. 

Then he'd finally get most of America, nay the world, agreeing with him. He would be so happy!

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[Post 256]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 02-06-2017 07:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Stephen, how much does the context of the ban factor into this decision, and the later court ruling down the line? For instance, this is clearly the 'Muslim ban' Trump has campaigned on, and he spoke about giving Christian refugees priority over Muslim ones from these countries. Do these factor into determinations of the legality, or is it purely based on the words contained in the executive order?

Evidence of discriminatory intent is relevant to at least two of the constitutional claims and at least three of the statutory claims. Weirder things have happened, to be sure, but I doubt the government will have much success limiting consideration to the order's language.

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[Post 257]
Author : Sock Puppet
Date : 02-07-2017 12:04 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I call my own shots, largely based on an accumulation of data, and everyone knows it. Some FAKE NEWS media, in order to marginalize, lies!I'm in charge! I'M IN CHARGE DAMMIT! The fact that he has to assert his author-i-tay in his first month is a tasty little bit of schadenfreude. I need a fuckload more, but still.

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[Post 258]
Author : Kyuss Apollo
Date : 02-07-2017 01:28 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">guys I've done it, I've found the new universal New Yorker cartoon caption <a href="https://t.co/6YSneLvmj6">pic.twitter.com/6YSneLvmj6</a></p>&mdash; delrayser (@delrayser) <a href="https://twitter.com/delrayser/status/828711097729445888">February 6, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 259]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-07-2017 02:41 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump">@realDonaldTrump</a>, we&#8217;re debuting this ad on <a href="https://twitter.com/Morning_Joe">@Morning_Joe</a>, and taking it to other morning shows you watch, too! <a href="https://t.co/LVINhUenaV">pic.twitter.com/LVINhUenaV</a></p>&mdash; VoteVets (@votevets) <a href="https://twitter.com/votevets/status/828567034254487553">February 6, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 260]
Author : Jerome
Date : 02-07-2017 03:15 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I guess they are unaware that VA government health care is not Obamacare...

... or they are lying.

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[Post 261]
Author : Dragar
Date : 02-07-2017 04:15 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Stephen, how much does the context of the ban factor into this decision, and the later court ruling down the line? For instance, this is clearly the 'Muslim ban' Trump has campaigned on, and he spoke about giving Christian refugees priority over Muslim ones from these countries. Do these factor into determinations of the legality, or is it purely based on the words contained in the executive order?

Evidence of discriminatory intent is relevant to at least two of the constitutional claims and at least three of the statutory claims. Weirder things have happened, to be sure, but I doubt the government will have much success limiting consideration to the order's language.

And here we go!

 Trump&#8217;s loose talk about Muslims gets weaponized in court against travel ban - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/02/07/words-matter-trumps-loose-talk-about-muslims-gets-weaponized-in-court-against-travel-ban/?utm_term=.3424c0050f54)

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[Post 262]
Author : lisarea
Date : 02-07-2017 07:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump makes false statement about U.S. murder rate to sheriffs&#8217; group - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/true-crime/wp/2017/02/07/trump-makes-false-statement-about-u-s-murder-rate-to-sheriffs-group/?utm_term=.705fc59d72e7)

Making a false statement is called lying, FYI.

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[Post 263]
Author : Watser?
Date : 02-08-2017 12:39 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

There was a terror attack in 2015 which Conway confused with Bowling Green.  It happened in Chattanooga, which is in Tennessee, not Kentucky  (but close enough that she might characterize her mistake as an &#8216;alternative fact,&#8217; rather than an outright falsehood).

In this attack, an Arab American gunman assaulted two military recruiting facilities, killing four Marines.  If you&#8217;re wondering why the Trump administration hasn&#8217;t bothered to point to her confusion of this real incident with faux Bowling Green, there are two reasons both of which are quite embarrassing: first, the Chattanooga shooter was Kuwaiti.  In other words, he would not have been among those banned under the Trump travel ban, since Kuwait is not among the seven restricted countries.  Second, the killer had lived in the U.S. since 1996.  He never left the U.S. to become radicalized.  He was a homegrown terrorist, the kind hardest to detect.  He had not been on any terror watch list or been monitored by counter-terrorism officials.
How a Real Terror Attack Became Kellyanne Conway's Faux Bowling Green Massacre - Tikun Olam� (https://www.richardsilverstein.com/2017/02/06/kellyanne-conways-bowling-green-massacre-fiasco-explained/?utm_content=bufferabe0e&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer)

Oh, and there actually was a Bowling Green Massacre, just not in Kentucky.  Rather it was in the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam in 1643.  The then-governor ordered his soldiers to attack a camp of Lenape Indians at the site of what is today Bowling Green (New York City).  80 Native Americans were slaughtered in cold blood.  Many of them babies torn from their mothers arms and hacked to pieces before their eyes.  That&#8217;s a fact. An inconvenient one for Kellyanne.
Bit of an inconvenient fact for the Dutch too :shiftier:

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[Post 264]
Author : Vivisectus
Date : 02-08-2017 09:12 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Melania Trump Sues For Millions, Arguing She's Losing Out Because Of Defamatory Escort Allegations : NPR (http://www.npr.org/2017/02/07/513970871/melania-trump-lawsuit-argues-once-in-a-lifetime-chance-to-make-millions-is-lost?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170207)

It is about time we did something about poor billionaires who are being denied the opportunity to cash in on holding public office!

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[Post 265]
Author : JoeP
Date : 02-08-2017 12:46 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

#TheIdesOfTrump

This is intriguing:

Be Aware: The Ides of Trump! (http://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/2/7/1631236/-Beware-the-Ides-of-Trump)

On March 15th, each of us will mail Donald Trump a postcard that publicly expresses our opposition to him. And we, in vast numbers, from all corners of the world, will overwhelm the man with his unpopularity and failure. We will show the media and the politicians what standing with him &#8212; and against us &#8212; means. And most importantly, we will bury the White House post office in pink slips, all informing Donnie that he&#8217;s fired.

Postcards, so they don't need security scanning.
Pink, because.
March 15th. Or:
If you are out of the country, it will take longer to arrive. Figure out the timing so it arrives around March 17th!

The Ides of Trump | Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/TheIdesOfTrump/)

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[Post 266]
Author : Sock Puppet
Date : 02-08-2017 03:10 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It might just be enough to make him crack.
I doubt it. But just like buying a lotto ticket, even though the odds are slim, ya can't win it if ya ain't in it.

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[Post 267]
Author : The Man
Date : 02-09-2017 12:15 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Secret Service Adds Emotional Protection Division to Safeguard Trump's Psyche - The Onion - America's Finest News Source (http://www.theonion.com/article/secret-service-adds-emotional-protection-division--55263)

Melania Trump Sues For Millions, Arguing She's Losing Out Because Of Defamatory Escort Allegations : NPR (http://www.npr.org/2017/02/07/513970871/melania-trump-lawsuit-argues-once-in-a-lifetime-chance-to-make-millions-is-lost?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170207)

It is about time we did something about poor billionaires who are being denied the opportunity to cash in on holding public office!

I have to confess that the allegations that she'd worked as an escort actually did make me somewhat more sympathetic to her at the time, because if true, they would mean she actually had done honest work at some point in her life. Of course, her reactions to the story have largely erased whatever sympathy I felt at the time.

The fact that stories like this are automatically considered harmful to one's reputation in this country is rather emblematic of what I regard as a significant problem with American culture.

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[Post 268]
Author : The Man
Date : 02-09-2017 12:54 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

In more dispiriting news, Sessions has been confirmed. Manchin was the only Democrat to vote for him, so maybe our Democrats is finally learning. However, we're still incredibly fucked.

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[Post 269]
Author : Stormlight
Date : 02-09-2017 06:35 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Donald Trump: a man so obnoxious that karma may see him reincarnated as himself | Frankie Boyle | Opinion | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/feb/08/donald-trump-obnoxious-karma-reincarnated-as-himself-frankie-boyle)

So what do we do? I think, first of all, it&#8217;s worth noting that, under an authoritarian government, all protest will be vilified anyway. Even before Trump, people got very upset that quarterback Colin Kaepernick didn&#8217;t stand during the national anthem. You&#8217;d think that would fall under the list of White People Approved Forms of Protest, along with leaving a voicemail for your senator kindly asking them to stop shooting black people in the street. Personally, I think there&#8217;s limited value in moralising with, or fact-checking, regimes that don&#8217;t care about morals or facts. In Britain we also have an increasingly authoritarian government. We send them petitions telling them that we don&#8217;t want them reading our emails, which they presumably already know from reading our emails. We face a brief political period that, unchecked, will bring at least irreversible climate change and, at worst, nuclear war.

Morally, I think you have to look at what you can do to change your own country first, as that&#8217;s the bit you have most influence on. This is complicated in Britain as we have a government that has undergone what is known in the business world as &#8220;regulatory capture&#8221; by corporate and financial interests, and is, broadly speaking, a vassal state of the US. What can we do practically to influence our own government that would truly affect the Trump administration? Well, in a country supposedly filled with restored national pride, we could not renew Trident and refuse to be his missile base. That kind of strategic loss would damage him deeply. No amount of likes or memes or petitions can achieve this. Really, if we want to survive as a species, it&#8217;s time for organised civil disobedience. It&#8217;s time to stop writing to your MP.

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[Post 270]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-09-2017 07:13 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Federal law is pretty clear about this. <a href="https://twitter.com/jonathanchait">@jonathanchait</a> writes <a href="https://t.co/1XvehMqbD7">https://t.co/1XvehMqbD7</a></p>&mdash; New York Magazine (@NYMag) <a href="https://twitter.com/NYMag/status/829714429977714688">February 9, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 271]
Author : Kael
Date : 02-09-2017 08:07 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Countdown to something actually happening... :blank:

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[Post 272]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-09-2017 08:11 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Countdown to something actually happening... :blank:

https://media4.giphy.com/media/YH1iB4dxVh0MU/200_s.gif

In Call With Putin, Trump Denounced Obama-Era Nuclear Arms Treaty | The Huffington Post (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-putin-nuclear-treaty_us_589ca3f7e4b0c1284f2b1b48)

Putin discovers what he's dealing with.

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[Post 273]
Author : Kael
Date : 02-09-2017 08:48 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I meant in regard to Conway, not our progress toward nuclear war! :freakout:

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[Post 274]
Author : erimir
Date : 02-09-2017 10:44 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Unfortunately, the consequences for breaking that rule are not specified. Meaning, it's at Trump's discretion.

These ethics rules were not well thought-out, and are poorly designed for the situation in which the corruption comes from the top.

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[Post 275]
Author : JoeP
Date : 02-09-2017 10:45 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Countdown to something actually happening... :blank:

in 3, 3, 3, ...

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[Post 276]
Author : The Man
Date : 02-09-2017 11:24 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The Ninth Circuit Court has upheld the suspension of the travel ban order. Countdown to angry Tweetstorm.

On the other hand, there are these horrifically depressing stories:

Make America White Again - Lawyers, Guns & Money (http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2017/02/make-america-white-again)

(Summaries: Canadian citizen of Moroccan descent asked about opinion of Tangerine Torquemada by Border Patrol, then not allowed into country; woman who's been in the country for decades and has regularly checked in with ICE deported over technicality; Republicans block resolution to acknowledge the Jewish genocide in the Holocaust.)

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[Post 277]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-10-2017 04:32 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I meant in regard to Conway, not our progress toward nuclear war! :freakout:

Kellyanne Conway under fire for promoting Ivanka&#39;s brand - POLITICO (http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/kellyanne-conway-ivanka-nordstrom-234838)

Lips are flapping at least.

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[Post 278]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-10-2017 04:33 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The Ninth Circuit Court has upheld the suspension of the travel ban order. Countdown to angry Tweetstorm.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Donald Trump: &quot;I&#39;LL SEE YOU IN COURT!&quot;<br><br>Ninth Circuit: &quot;We are a court.&quot;<br><br>Donald Trump: &quot;FAKE NEWS!&quot;</p>&mdash; Michael Blackman (@ParaComedian09) <a href="https://twitter.com/ParaComedian09/status/829864866978488320">February 10, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 279]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 02-10-2017 05:44 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The Ninth Circuit Court has upheld the suspension of the travel ban order. 

The order's available here (https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2017/02/09/17-35105.pdf). The court of appeals the federal government's request to stay the TRO discussed upthread. The order's not a final ruling on the merits of any of the states' claims, but that hasn't stopped Trumplings from threatening the judges involved in the case with physical violence. 

Clearly, we must reach out to these folks so that the healing can begin.

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[Post 280]
Author : SR71
Date : 02-10-2017 06:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I meant in regard to Conway, not our progress toward nuclear war! :freakout:

Kellyanne Conway under fire for promoting Ivanka's brand - POLITICO (http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/kellyanne-conway-ivanka-nordstrom-234838)

Lips are flapping at least.

Chaffetz seemed to agree, telling The Associated Press that Conway&#8217;s remark was &#8220;wrong, wrong, wrong, clearly over the line, unacceptable.&#8221;

"It needs to be dealt with," Chaffetz had said. "There's no ifs, ands or buts about it."



Yes.  If I undersand it, if the Office of Gov't Ethics were to object to Conway's promotion of fashion products bearing the label of the president's daughter, the ball would then be in the court of the father of the president's daughter, also known as the president.  Way to stick your head up, there, Chaffee baby.  :rolleyes::sarclap:

Ordinarily, a violation in the White House would be dealt with by the White House counsel. But it&#8217;s not clear how the regulation will be enforced under a president who, based on his own statement Wednesday, seems likely to approve of what Conway said. (The president himself is technically exempt from the regulation, but White House policy has long applied it to him.)

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[Post 281]
Author : Limoncello
Date : 02-10-2017 06:59 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Oh my gosh, just waiting for The Donald to have a major tantrum and cancel his State Visit to the UK or declare war on Wales or something.

Trump not permitted to address Parliament (http://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/donald-trump-will-not-address-parliament-during-state-visit-to-uk-a3464256.html)

Which is probably a good thing as he would most likely insult the Queen somehow and slap Camilla on the ass.

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[Post 282]
Author : Watser?
Date : 02-10-2017 07:47 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Well, he can do that somewhere else.

And probably will.

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[Post 283]
Author : JoeP
Date : 02-10-2017 07:48 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yabbut it's only the address to Parliament that's been cancelled. He still has a state visit invitation - made by prime minister Theresa Mayhem not by the Queen - and if that goes ahead, Queenie is officially the host.

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[Post 284]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-10-2017 08:19 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

slap Camilla on the ass.

With Prince Chuck's position on environmental issues, it would be hilarious to see him with an excuse to lay Trump out flat.

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[Post 285]
Author : Zehava
Date : 02-10-2017 08:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

... slap Camilla on the ass.

I don't think he's an ass man ;)

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[Post 286]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-10-2017 08:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Most of them seem to be here (https://medium.com/@Amy_Siskind), although I think Week 9 (https://www.facebook.com/amy.siskind/posts/10211482737289213) is only on her Facebook so far.

M~ Siskind is still doing these, and I stumbled across a thing that explains why this exercise is important.

Thread's broken up a bit so I fished out start points.

Pookleblinky on Twitter: "You know that argument about why elderly people experience time dilation" (https://twitter.com/pookleblinky/status/829955548997107712)

Pookleblinky on Twitter: "I've always been interested in the subjective perception of time. The orange clusterfuck has skewed and warped everyone's timescale." (https://twitter.com/pookleblinky/status/829959128676184064)

Pookleblinky on Twitter: "For a 20 year old Before Cheeto, the last year of life is 5% of their lifespan. For a 40 year old, 2%. 80 year old: 1%" (https://twitter.com/pookleblinky/status/829966930165506048)

Pookleblinky on Twitter: "Previous thread: our time perception is all fucked up due to the tangelo tantrum https://t.co/eSOmnEO4hV" (https://twitter.com/pookleblinky/status/829975161713676288)

Pookle also goes daily into some long explanations of various things. And cat pictures. Lots of cat pictures.

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[Post 287]
Author : Limoncello
Date : 02-10-2017 08:34 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

... slap Camilla on the ass.

I don't think he's an ass man ;)

Butt he IS an ASS!   :asshat:

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[Post 288]
Author : The Man
Date : 02-10-2017 11:15 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Courtesy of Language Jones, a commentary on shitgibbons (http://www.languagejones.com/blog-1/2017/2/9/linguists-have-been-discussing-shit-gibbon-i-argue-its-not-entirely-about-gibbons). This is one of my new favourite things. (Inspired by a Pennsylvania state senator who called Manchurian Mugabe a &#8220;fascist, loofah-faced shitgibbon&#8221;, which is also one of my new favouite things.)

(Note that gibbons are not monkeys, but the piece is still outstanding. The Strong Language post linked in the entry is also well worth reading.)

Also:

I voted to release millions of hornets, and I already regret it - The Beaverton (https://www.thebeaverton.com/2017/01/voted-release-millions-hornets-already-regret/)

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[Post 289]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-10-2017 11:35 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

US investigators corroborate some aspects of the Russia dossier - CNNPolitics.com (http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/10/politics/russia-dossier-update/index.html)

Oh, hey, dossier.

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[Post 290]
Author : Pyrrho
Date : 02-11-2017 02:07 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

ICE has conducted immigration raids in 6 states and have rounded up the usual suspects for deportation.

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[Post 291]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-11-2017 02:08 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Donald Trump lost in translation after 'failing to use earpiece' for Japanese premier's news conference | The Independent (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-japanese-prime-minister-shinzo-abe-lost-in-translation-a7574381.html)

The Vapors - Turning Japanese (Official Music Video) - YouTube

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[Post 292]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 02-11-2017 05:52 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The Ninth Circuit Court has upheld the suspension of the travel ban order. 

The order's available here (https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2017/02/09/17-35105.pdf). The court of appeals the federal government's request to stay the TRO discussed upthread. The order's not a final ruling on the merits of any of the states' claims, but that hasn't stopped Trumplings from threatening the judges involved in the case with physical violence. 

Clearly, we must reach out to these folks so that the healing can begin.

SEE YOU IN COURT!

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[Post 293]
Author : Jerome
Date : 02-11-2017 09:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump made some comment about world-wide currency parity.

Looks like the same liberal globalist as Clinton to me...

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[Post 294]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-12-2017 01:52 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Capitalism in action. <a href="https://t.co/mFQJv8QCXf">pic.twitter.com/mFQJv8QCXf</a></p>&mdash; Grady Booch (@Grady_Booch) <a href="https://twitter.com/Grady_Booch/status/830573854821011456">February 12, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 295]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-12-2017 02:49 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Week 3:

Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you, so you’ll remember. Here's week 13:
Given that we’re 13 weeks into this tracking exercise, starting this week I’ll be adding a section at the bottom of the list, “Some Things We’ve Already Normalized.” The goal is to remind us of items in the early lists, that at the time were unprecedented and shocking; but have long since been accepted and forgotten. We must remember what normal used to be to resist, and find our way back — and so we begin!
1. In a Fox News interview, when O’Reilly referred to Putin as a “killer,” Trump responded, “Well, you think our country is so innocent?”
2. Trump’s comments were condemned by leaders and voices on both sides. Putin demanded an apology from Fox News.
3. The NYT ran a disturbing story describing Trump first two weeks. Like the WAPO story cited in Week 10, Trump is reportedly still isolated — going upstairs alone at 6:30 pm, and maintaining a small inner-circle.
4. The NYT also reported that Trump wasn’t fully briefed on the EO he signed giving Bannon a National Security Council seat. Trump tweeted that he calls his own shots, and referred to the story as fake news.
5. The WSJ reported that arrests of Russian intelligence officers are likely linked to Russia’s US hacking.
6. Pelosi called on the FBI to probe Trump’s personal and financial ties to Russia, to explore whether Russia may be blackmailing him.
7. By the end of the week, 6 NE Patriots said they would not attend the Super Bowl celebration ceremony at the White House.
8. McClatchy reported on efforts to silence public opinion: the WH comment line is shut down, signatures aren’t being counted on petitions, and Federal agencies are no longer allowed to respond to requests.
9. On SNL, Melissa McCarthy delivered a devasting portrayal of Spicer. Days later, Trump is reportedly rattled, and rumored to be seeking a replacement.
10. Spurred into a consideration by a petition signed by 1.5 million citizens, UK officials announced that Trump would not be allowed to address the UK Parliament during his upcoming visit.
11. As of this week, key roles in the Executive Branch are empty. Of the 658 positions that are open and require Senate confirmation, Trump has appointed only 35 (8 are confirmed, and 27 await confirmation).
12. Trump continued to assert that the “very dishonest press” doesn’t report terrorist attacks. At first, the source of his claim appeared to be InfoWars. The WH later released a list of attacks, with several misspellings (all attacks on the list had in fact been covered).
13. The White House is still not open to the public. Tours typically resume shortly after the new president takes office.
14. As part of her lawsuit against Mail Online, Melania mentioned the “once-in-a-lifetime” merchandising possibilities she envisioned as FLOTUS.
15. Republicans in a House committee voted to eliminate the agency charged with protecting voting machines from being hacked.
16. Without explanation or warning, the USDA purged a page on animal welfare from it’s website.
17. Trump attacked the federal judges ruling on his Muslim Ban, and questioned the indepence of the judicial branch, saying, “The courts seem to be so political,” and threatening that any terrorist attacks would be the fault of these judges if they don’t rule his way.
18. Trump also referred to federal justice Robart, a W. Bush appointee who ruled against Trump’s Muslim Ban, as a “so-called judge.”
19. Trump nominee for the SCOTUS called Trump’s remarks, “demoralizing” and “disheartening.” Trump refuted, saying Gorsuch’s comments were misrepresented. In response, a spokesperson for Gorsuch said it was true.
20. During a debate on the confirmation of Sessions, Warren was formerly silenced by McConnell and Republicans for reading a letter by Coretta Scott King, in a refrain that will go into the history books: “She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless, she persisted.” The rule cited by McConnell, Rule XIX, was not used on GOP men like Cruz.
21. A HuffPost story seemed to call Trump’s mental health into question, citing via leaks that Trump called Flynn at 3 a.m. to ask him about a weak dollar and the economy. A member of W Bush NSC added, “I genuinely do not think this is a mentally healthy president.”
22. In response to Trump’s failed raid in Yemen, according to the NYT, Yemenis withdrew permission for US antiterror ground mission. More stories came out questioning Trump’s decision-making process and truthfulness on the Yemen raid.
23. WSJ reported that Trump’s appointee to acting SEC Chair is seeking to get rid of the requirement under Dodd Frank that companies disclose the pay gap between CEO’s and their employees.
24. Trump tweeted, from both his personal account and the POTUS account, that Nordstrom has treated his daughter unfairly. He included a veiled threat, “She’s a great person — always pushing me to do the right thing.” Nordstrom cited lagging sales, and their stock rose 4.1% that day.
25. Trump’s attack against Nordstrom was widely condemned by ethics experts as a clear violation of federal ethics rules.
26. Next day, Conway said on Fox News, “Go buy Ivanka’s stuff is what I would say.” Spicer later that day said Conway was “counseled.” Trump sided with Conway.
27. Chaffetz, head of the House Oversight Committee, called Conway’s statement, “wrong, wrong, wrong.” Next day, Conway made a snide remark about Chaffetz’s stormy townhall.
28. France’s spy agency, the DGSE, said Russia is actively working to get Le Pen elected. Le Pen announced that if she wins, Jews would have to leave France if they did not give up their Israeli citizenship.
29. A bipartisan group of Senators introduced a bill that would require congressional approval for Trump to lift sanctions on Russia.
30. A Hitler’s Valentine’s Day card was handed out by a the College Republicans at Central Michigan University. Nationwide, anti-semitism incidents continue to escalate since Election Day.
31. Reuters reported that Trump did not get briefed prior to his phone call with Putin, and had to ask aides about the New START treaty.
32. Breaking 7 decades of presidential precedents, Trump said he will not rely on White House Council of Economic Advisers.
33. Democrats in the House moved to force a debate on Trump’s Russia business conflicts and ties.
34. Rachel Maddow reported in order to shield himself from having to play for the clean-up of a failed SC business formerly owned by his son, Trump claimed to have no relationship to former owner.
35. Townhalls hosted by Republicans in Utah, Tennessee and others states had huge crowds show up and vociferously show their displeasure.
36. A national poll conducted by PPP found that 51% of Trump supporters think the “Bowling Green massacre” — a lie put forward by Conway in Week 12 — is justification for Trump’s Muslim Ban.
37. Courts again turned back Trump, this time in his efforts to scale back an Obama-era consumer protection designed to avoid conflicts of interests when brokers give retirement advice.
38. FLOTUS Trump again broke with tradition, not hosting the FL of Japan during her tour of Washington DC.
39. WAPO broke that despite his earlier denials, Flynn did indeed have conversations with Russia’s ambassador about sanctions while Obama was still in office. Flynn changed his version to having “no recollection.”
40. Aids for Pence, who had vouched for Flynn on Sunday tv, said Flynn had lied to Pence, and Flynn was his only source. When asked about this story, Trump feigned ignorance, despite WAPO having it on page 1.
41. In a meeeting with Senators, Trump again asserted voter fraud, citing alleged buses of Massachusetts people who voted in New Hampshire.
42. Trump has still not come to an agreement with Federal officials over his Trump DC hotel’s violation of lease.
43. After a conversation with the leader of Taiwan in Week 3, an action not taken by an American president in decades, Trump asserted his bumble was to show strenght to China. Unceremoniously this week, Trump changed course, and said he would honor the ‘One China’ policy.
44. Without notice, days after Sessions is confirmed, federal agents started conducting mass immigration raids in at least six states. Citizens reported seeing check-points in several major cities.
45. CNN broke that US intelligence has corroborated some parts of the infamous Russian dossier. Spicer responded by attacking CNN for fake news reporting.
46. Gallup found that only 29% of Americans think Trump is respected in the world. 67% believe he is not.
48. Trump continued to actively lie this week. Protests and marches continued nationwide.
Some Things We’ve Already Normalized:
* The first family is not living in the White House.
* Trump is not receiving daily intelligence briefings.
* Trump remains an Executive Producer of “The Celebrity Apprentice.”
* Media coverage of Trump includes images of his tweets.
* Our Secretary of State is a former CEO of Exxon, who has close ties to Putin, and no governmental or diplomatic experience.

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[Post 296]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-12-2017 03:03 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A daily digest: What The Fuck Just Happened Today? - What The Fuck Just Happened Today? (https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/)

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[Post 297]
Author : Watser?
Date : 02-12-2017 08:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

When the local paper, the Flin Flon Reminder, sought to pay for its entry into the annual Canadian Community Newspaper Awards, submitting a story about Syrian refugees’ challenges and triumphs in their small Manitoba town, PayPal blocked the account of the national media organization News Media Canada.
 PayPal Blocks Canada Media Account over Syrian Refugee Article | News | teleSUR English (http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/PayPal-Blocks-Canada-Media-Account-over-Syrian-Refugee-Article-20170212-0020.html)
"You may be buying or selling goods or services that are regulated or prohibited by the U.S. government," PayPal said in an email to News Media Canada, which in turn raised concern about the move.

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[Post 298]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-12-2017 09:07 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's like being three dogs napping on a bed. The saint bernard has a nightmare and flails around for a few seconds. The jack russell and the chihuahua get thrown off the bed entirely.

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[Post 299]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-12-2017 09:30 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A US-born NASA scientist was detained at the border until he unlocked his phone - The Verge (http://www.theverge.com/2017/2/12/14583124/nasa-sidd-bikkannavar-detained-cbp-phone-search-trump-travel-ban)

US citizen with all sorts of clearances from NASA, but foreign sounding name.

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[Post 300]
Author : The Man
Date : 02-12-2017 11:48 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

&#8230;some of our spy agencies have begun withholding intelligence from the Oval Office. Why risk your most sensitive information if the president may ignore it anyway? A senior National Security Agency official explained that NSA was systematically holding back some of the &#8220;good stuff&#8221; from the White House, in an unprecedented move. For decades, NSA has prepared special reports for the president&#8217;s eyes only, containing enormously sensitive intelligence. In the last three weeks, however, NSA has ceased doing this, fearing Trump and his staff cannot keep their best SIGINT secrets.
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None of this has happened in Washington before. A White House with unsettling links to Moscow wasn&#8217;t something anybody in the Pentagon or the Intelligence Community even considered a possibility until a few months ago. Until Team Trump clarifies its strange relationship with the Kremlin, and starts working on its professional honesty, the IC will approach the administration with caution and concern.Note that this is being published in the New York Observer ( the United States intelligence community is withholding sensitive intelligence from the Trump administration: ), owned by one Jared Kushner.

It also appears that Flynn may become the first high-level Tangerine Torquemada appointee who will <s>not make it through the confirmation process</s> be forced out of his position. Rep. Elijah Cummings (http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/elijah-cummings-it-would-be-appropriate-revoke-flynn-security-clearance), one of my current favourite House members, is calling for a revocation of Flynn's security clearance, and Flynn's pick for NSC senior director for Africa, Robin Townley, has been denied special security clearance by the CIA (http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/top-flynn-aide-denied-security-clearance-cia-nsc/story?id=45427487).

I'm not even sure it's possible to estimate how deep the rot goes at this point, but there's a lot of it.

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[Post 301]
Author : erimir
Date : 02-13-2017 01:11 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Flynn's position does not require senate confirmation.

It would probably be hard to be a national security advisor without security clearances, however.

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[Post 302]
Author : erimir
Date : 02-13-2017 04:21 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Looks like a leak stopped this insane Trump admin plan that would have amounted to an act of war against Iran. <a href="https://t.co/QZtM1bDqmN">https://t.co/QZtM1bDqmN</a> <a href="https://t.co/Wr6RXE3BxU">pic.twitter.com/Wr6RXE3BxU</a></p>&mdash; Trevor Timm (@trevortimm) <a href="https://twitter.com/trevortimm/status/831020871280128003">February 13, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 303]
Author : JoeP
Date : 02-13-2017 04:35 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The person who leaked the leak will now be witch-hunted and identified and have to take refuge somewhere.

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[Post 304]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-13-2017 07:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Now I want to see a remake of Condorman, where the spy to extract is American, the comic book writer is Italian, and they're trying to escape to Slovenia.

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[Post 305]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-13-2017 07:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Or a Hunt for Orange September.

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[Post 306]
Author : Ari
Date : 02-13-2017 07:44 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

All conspiracy theories requiring government secrecy or intelligence shall be suspended for the next 4 years.

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[Post 307]
Author : Dragar
Date : 02-13-2017 08:19 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Stephen Miller is freaking terrifying.

Morning Joe on Twitter: ".@JoeNBC on Stephen Miller&#39;s weekend performance: That was horrendous and an embarrassment  https://t.co/rE5Fxo8AF3" (https://twitter.com/Morning_Joe/status/831113210728062976)

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[Post 308]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 02-13-2017 10:07 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I've put this tweet in spoiler tags because Sou says it's totally gross :giggle:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">One of these guys sometimes has a face full of poutine gravy. The other sometimes has a face full of &quot;Putin gravy.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/ha4sYEsMUH">pic.twitter.com/ha4sYEsMUH</a></p>&mdash; Ken Jennings (@KenJennings) <a href="https://twitter.com/KenJennings/status/831194654808825856">13 February 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 309]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-13-2017 10:42 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.redd.it/idvxkvzpknfy.gif

Tug, tug, tug, not this time, old man.

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[Post 310]
Author : JoeP
Date : 02-13-2017 11:17 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Stephen Miller is freaking terrifying.

Morning Joe on Twitter: ".@JoeNBC on Stephen Miller's weekend performance: That was horrendous and an embarrassment  https://t.co/rE5Fxo8AF3" (https://twitter.com/Morning_Joe/status/831113210728062976)

During which our fine friend says (with no assumption on punctuation)
the end result of this is that our opponents the media and the whole world will soon see
Now, they have already explicitly stated that the media are their opposition. So this can only be parsed as 
our opponents (the media and the whole world) will soon see

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[Post 311]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-13-2017 11:21 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Justin Trudeau fan club just got another new member <a href="https://t.co/16lHIcsit2">https://t.co/16lHIcsit2</a> <a href="https://t.co/uVCWdNhaCc">pic.twitter.com/uVCWdNhaCc</a></p>&mdash; Daily Mail US (@DailyMail) <a href="https://twitter.com/DailyMail/status/831217682687074305">February 13, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

http://www.reactiongifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/oh-my-takei.gif

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[Post 312]
Author : Kyuss Apollo
Date : 02-14-2017 01:27 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

President Trump Has Done Almost Nothing (http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/02/president-trump-has-done-almost-nothing-214775)

Just weeks into Donald Trump’s presidency, you would think that everything had changed. The uproar over the president’s tweets grows louder by the day, as does concern over the erratic, haphazard and aggressive stance of the White House toward critics and those with different policy views. On Sunday, White House aide Stephen Miller bragged, “We have a president who has done more in three weeks than most presidents have done in an entire administration.”

But Miller was dead wrong about this. There is a wide gap, a chasm even, between what the administration has said and what it has done. There have been 45 executive orders or presidential memoranda signed, which may seem like a lot but lags President Barack Obama’s pace. More crucially, with the notable exception of the travel ban, almost none of these orders have mandated much action or clear change of current regulations. So far, Trump has behaved exactly like he has throughout his previous career: He has generated intense attention and sold himself as a man of action while doing little other than promote an image of himself as someone who gets things done.

It is the illusion of a presidency, not the real thing.

The key problem here is understanding Trump’s executive orders and presidential memoranda. Trump very quickly seized on the signing of these as media opportunities, and each new order and memo has been staged and announced as dramatic steps to alter the course of the country. Not accustomed to presidents whose words mean little when it comes to actual policy, opponents have seized on these as proof that Trump represents a malign force, while supporters have pointed to these as proof that Trump is actually fulfilling his campaign promises.

Neither is correct. The official documents have all the patina of “big deals” but which when parsed and examined turn out to be far, far less than they appear...

http://www.azquotes.com/picture-quotes/quote-it-is-a-tale-told-by-an-idiot-full-of-sound-and-fury-signifying-nothing-william-shakespeare-56-73-44.jpg

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[Post 313]
Author : The Man
Date : 02-14-2017 04:14 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

CNN is reporting that Flynn has resigned.

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[Post 314]
Author : erimir
Date : 02-14-2017 04:42 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So many records being set by this administration.

Lowest approval ratings ever for a president's first month, shortest tenure for a National Security Advisor, quickest resignation amid scandal, before the cabinet's even full!

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[Post 315]
Author : Kyuss Apollo
Date : 02-14-2017 04:47 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The clown car wasn't even full yet before Flynn somersaulted out. :icanfly:

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[Post 316]
Author : Stormlight
Date : 02-14-2017 06:28 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Looks like a leak stopped this insane Trump admin plan that would have amounted to an act of war against Iran.

https://i.redd.it/8pgp0idf6hcy.jpg

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[Post 317]
Author : Vivisectus
Date : 02-14-2017 12:53 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Stephen Miller is freaking terrifying.

Morning Joe on Twitter: ".@JoeNBC on Stephen Miller's weekend performance: That was horrendous and an embarrassment  https://t.co/rE5Fxo8AF3" (https://twitter.com/Morning_Joe/status/831113210728062976)

During which our fine friend says (with no assumption on punctuation)
the end result of this is that our opponents the media and the whole world will soon see
Now, they have already explicitly stated that the media are their opposition. So this can only be parsed as 
our opponents (the media and the whole world) will soon see

The comments are scary - it gives you the feeling that the whole fake news phenomenon is not making people scrutinize information better, but rather to give them an excuse to believe what they want to believe anyway. If you do not like what is being said, just shout "fake news!" and go with whatever confirms your biases.

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[Post 318]
Author : The Man
Date : 02-14-2017 01:26 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

If you do not like what is being said, just shout "fake news!" and go with whatever confirms your biases.

FAKE NEWS!

(sorry. couldn't resist :P)

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[Post 319]
Author : Dragar
Date : 02-14-2017 01:53 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The comments are scary - it gives you the feeling that the whole fake news phenomenon is not making people scrutinize information better, but rather to give them an excuse to believe what they want to believe anyway. If you do not like what is being said, just shout "fake news!" and go with whatever confirms your biases.

Remember who brought the phrase "fake news" into popular usage, only...jeez, three weeks ago? (It seems like a lifetime since Trump's press conference.) This was never an endorsement of critical thinking.

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[Post 320]
Author : Vivisectus
Date : 02-14-2017 03:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I suppose so - but I had the impression it was also coined to describe a lot of the weird Trumpeteer-echo chamber stuff doing the rounds on Facebook and such, before Trump started mentioning it. And now with the addition of the wonderful alternative fact (Who said Kelly-Anne never gave us anything?) I was at least hoping it would steer people to be a bit more fact-conscious. But this seems to have been terribly naive of me: the opposite appears to be happening. In fact, the white house now seems to be actively encouraging an erosion of public trust in all media.

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[Post 321]
Author : lisarea
Date : 02-14-2017 03:59 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Fake news (https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/aug/24/facebook-clickbait-political-news-sites-us-election-trump) is a real thing, and it means those literally fake news stories like this one (http://abcnews.com.co/donald-trump-protester-speaks-out-i-was-paid-to-protest/). It's a fake news site designed to look like it's real, the story is obviously completely made up, and most people who spread it obviously didn't bother to even finish reading it. 

That's what fake news means. But stupid people coopted the term and started using it to describe anything they didn't agree with, including opinion pieces and legitimate news they didn't like. So they're drawing attention away from the fact that they're idiots falling for obviously hoax stories by diluting the term and turning it into a generic insult or something. It's sort of like that "everything I don't understand is bullshit" thing that dumb people do. 

Fake news is a real phenomenon, and a lot of people fell for it, including, apparently, Trump himself. They shouldn't get away with using it as empty invective to obscure the fact that they are gullible, marginally literate morons who perpetuate ridiculous lies.

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[Post 322]
Author : Dragar
Date : 02-14-2017 06:54 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

And yet.

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[Post 323]
Author : Angakuk
Date : 02-14-2017 06:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

If you do not like what is being said, just shout "fake news!" and go with whatever confirms your biases.

Is there something wrong with that?


 It's sort of like that "everything I don't understand is bullshit" thing that dumb people do. 

You know I can see this, right?

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[Post 324]
Author : lisarea
Date : 02-14-2017 08:06 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

And yet.

True, but I think they're getting away with it now because smarter people than them have been either ignoring them or being too polite to call them out. 

This is why I recommend reading comment sections, at least every now and again. Trump sounds exactly like the commenters there and like people in real life. So when you see someone calling a sourced, legitimate news story "fake news," recall some time they shared some Pizzagate or paid protestors story or something like that and say, "You have no idea what you're talking about. That is a sourced, legitimate news story, not 'fake news.' This completely fabricated story you were just sharing on Facebook is what the grownups are talking about when they say 'fake news.'"

That 'so-called' thing, too. That is really, really common. I once saw a a LTTE where someone was so mad about Bowling for Columbine, I think it was, that she called it a "so-called movie." 

I think that's something that people can actually do at a low level, at least. Call out that stupidity on the streets and in comment sections and other places that the howler monkeys have been dominating too much. Stop pussyfooting around calling people liars, be a little rude pointing out when people are wrong in predictable ways, and shame people for sloppy dangerous thinking. You can't reason with people like that, but you can train them to be afraid to say that dumb shit to people. They are generally pretty cowardly, and they depend very heavily on others' civility.

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[Post 325]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-14-2017 08:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trudeau v Trump handshake analysis. This isn&#39;t trivial. <a href="https://t.co/ERMERkDZSq">pic.twitter.com/ERMERkDZSq</a></p>&mdash; Adam Zwar (@adamzwar) <a href="https://twitter.com/adamzwar/status/831255593293713411">February 13, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 326]
Author : erimir
Date : 02-14-2017 10:33 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I wonder what the Trump-Putin handshake will look like.

I feel like it will be revealing.

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[Post 327]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-15-2017 12:00 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I wonder what the Trump-Putin handshake will look like.

I feel like it will be revealing.

https://usatthebiglead.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/lebronshake.gif

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[Post 328]
Author : Kyuss Apollo
Date : 02-15-2017 03:04 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">HAVE YOU SENT YOUR <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PostcardsToBannon?src=hash">#PostcardsToBannon</a>?<br><br>Trumpy doesn't like it when we send mail to the &quot;real&quot; president<br><br>Check out <a href="https://twitter.com/dumptrump33">@dumptrump33</a>'s postcard! <a href="https://t.co/7l7QUvpn1d">pic.twitter.com/7l7QUvpn1d</a></p>&mdash; The Hummingbird (@Alifaith55) <a href="https://twitter.com/Alifaith55/status/829366675376062464">February 8, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 329]
Author : JoeP
Date : 02-15-2017 12:34 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I wonder what the Trump-Putin handshake will look like.

I feel like it will be revealing.

https://usatthebiglead.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/lebronshake.gif

Putin will grab Trump by the pussy. And Trumpochka will let him. Let him do anything.

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[Post 330]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 02-15-2017 03:06 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The most recent Trump moniker I've heard is SCROTUM:

So-Called Ruler of the Unfortunate 'Mericans.

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[Post 331]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 02-15-2017 04:46 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Apparently no one is safe from Prime-Minister Steal Yo Girl...

http://i.imgur.com/0sdtlFE.jpg

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[Post 332]
Author : Zehava
Date : 02-15-2017 06:07 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That Trump look is simultaneously hilarious and disturbing.

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[Post 333]
Author : JoeP
Date : 02-15-2017 06:39 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I wonder what the Trump-Putin handshake will look like.

I feel like it will be revealing.


Putin will grab Trump by the pussy. And Trumpochka will let him. Let him do anything.

The most recent Trump moniker I've heard is SCROTUM:

So-Called Ruler of the Unfortunate 'Mericans.

Maybe Putin will grab the SCROTUM by the scrotum.

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[Post 334]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-15-2017 07:24 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The most recent Trump moniker I've heard is SCROTUM:

So-Called Ruler of the Unfortunate 'Mericans.

I like it, but that's working it a little hard.

Version I heard was SCROTUS: So Called Ruler of the US.

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[Post 335]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 02-15-2017 08:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's looking like the sociopathic piece of shit Donnie Dump nominated to be Secretary of Labor will not in fact become Secretary of Labor (http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/15/politics/top-senate-republicans-urge-white-house-to-withdraw-puzder-nomination/index.html). At least four and perhaps as many as twelve GOP senators are prepared to jump ship, what with the sociopathic piece of shit in question being a sociopathic piece of shit and all.

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[Post 336]
Author : Qingdai
Date : 02-16-2017 05:50 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Apparently no one is safe from Prime-Minister Steal Yo Girl...

http://i.imgur.com/0sdtlFE.jpg


OHH! Canada!

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[Post 337]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-16-2017 08:03 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Shout out to everybody saying they didn't want to deal with the endless drama of having the Clintons back in the White House</p>&mdash; Kevin Feeney (@KevinMFeeney) <a href="https://twitter.com/KevinMFeeney/status/831345038206627840">February 14, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

:spew:

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[Post 338]
Author : JoeP
Date : 02-16-2017 05:58 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

http://thehill.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumb_small_article/public/blogs/spiegeltrump.jpg (http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/317787-german-magazine-rips-trump-in-new-cover-art)

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[Post 339]
Author : JoeP
Date : 02-16-2017 06:12 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Donald Trump&#39;s unbelievable African Connection! - YouTube

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[Post 340]
Author : JoeP
Date : 02-16-2017 06:34 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C4OkY_MUEAIC-hb.jpg

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[Post 341]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 02-16-2017 07:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This perfectly encapsulates Trump. He lies, he denies, he blames someone else. 

He will literally lie to the nation live about something that is easily check-able. When called on it, he denies it meant all elections. When told it's still a lie, he blames someone else, but without naming them. He was just given it, he's seen it around... :doh: I'm sure a lot of people are saying it :sigh:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">So this happened. <a href="https://t.co/zxTMATUFl0">pic.twitter.com/zxTMATUFl0</a></p>&mdash; Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNYC) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkHarrisNYC/status/832300543284477952">February 16, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 342]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-17-2017 12:52 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Harward says no to national security adviser role - CNNPolitics.com (http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/16/politics/harward-says-no-to-national-security-adviser-role/index.html)

A friend of Harward's said he was reluctant to take the job because the White House seems so chaotic. Harward called the offer a "s*** sandwich," the friend said.

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[Post 343]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-17-2017 01:01 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Mainstream Media Accountability Survey (https://action.donaldjtrump.com/mainstream-media-accountability-survey/)

:popcorn:

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[Post 344]
Author : lisarea
Date : 02-17-2017 01:58 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

OK, I took the survey, and then it sent me to a donation page to help "fight back against the media&#8217;s attacks and deceptions."

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[Post 345]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-17-2017 02:06 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

OK, I took the survey, and then it sent me to a donation page to help "fight back against the media’s attacks and deceptions."

Infowars or Breitbart's?

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[Post 346]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-17-2017 02:37 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump's Labor nominee oversaw 'sweetheart plea deal' in billionaire's underage sex case - POLITICO (http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/alexander-acosta-trump-jeffrey-epstein-plea-235096)

He seems nice.

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[Post 347]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-17-2017 02:55 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgflip.com/1jt2di.jpg

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[Post 348]
Author : Stormlight
Date : 02-17-2017 07:13 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I love how you libtards act as if your beloved Obama was never at the center of a scandal.
Just keep your eyes closed sheeple! (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/07/hannity-attacks-obama-for_n_198851.html)

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[Post 349]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-17-2017 07:35 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I love how you libtards act as if your beloved Obama was never at the center of a scandal.
Just keep your eyes closed sheeple! (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/07/hannity-attacks-obama-for_n_198851.html)

This is why he needs to do one of these commercials:

"Pardon Me, Do You Have Any Grey Poupon?" - YouTube

Have someone like Warren Buffett in the first car then roll the window down to a smug Barack Obama. But instead of limos, Teslas. With a wind farm in the background, or a solar farm.

That should have been a Superbowl ad.

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[Post 350]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-17-2017 09:57 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Will McAvoy on Twitter: "And now a brief recap of today&#39;s Press Conference, adjusted for reality." (https://twitter.com/WillMcAvoyACN/status/832389565805690883)

93 post summary of the Hell Toupee press conference.

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[Post 351]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 02-17-2017 03:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;Thumbs up if you&#39;d slaughter your children for political gain.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/P0sJqI517W">pic.twitter.com/P0sJqI517W</a></p>&mdash; Amanda M-W (@Manda_like_wine) <a href="https://twitter.com/Manda_like_wine/status/832542028009525248">17 February 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 352]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 02-17-2017 03:14 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Such a ... diverse ... group.

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[Post 353]
Author : Limoncello
Date : 02-17-2017 04:42 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Such a ... diverse ... group.

Well, 2 have vaginas

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[Post 354]
Author : Dragar
Date : 02-17-2017 04:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm still not recovered from watching this.

Donald Trump aide Sebastian Gorka accuses BBC of &#39;fake news&#39;- BBC Newsnight - YouTube

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[Post 355]
Author : Stormlight
Date : 02-17-2017 05:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Holy shit.

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[Post 356]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 02-17-2017 07:17 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Holy fuck indeed (http://www.wral.com/trump-weighs-mobilizing-nat-guard-for-immigration-roundups/16535367/). The administration denies the shit out ever having considered this, which means the administration most assuredly considered the fuck out of it and/or still is.

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[Post 357]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 02-17-2017 07:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

"A shit sandwich."

~ Vice Admiral Robert S. Harwood (https://www.rawstory.com/2017/02/trumps-choice-for-national-security-adviser-has-turned-down-offer-sources/), describing Donnie Dump's offer of the National Security Advisor job

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[Post 358]
Author : godfry n. glad
Date : 02-17-2017 09:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Such a ... diverse ... group.

Hey...There's a perky young woman in the group.



Hey...The two guys behind the perky young woman?  Where are their hands?  I do not see their 'thumbs up'.

ETA:  Wait...the guy on the left (her right) looks to have his thumb sprouting from Dumanall's ear.  That leaves the guy in front of the flags...where are his hands?  (And big guy?  Yeah...you're in there with TWO big ol' oafish thumbs up.  Good job.)

Watch the hands!

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[Post 359]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-17-2017 10:38 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The FAKE NEWS media (failing <a href="https://twitter.com/nytimes">@nytimes</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/NBCNews">@NBCNews</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/ABC">@ABC</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/CBS">@CBS</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/CNN">@CNN</a>) is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American People!</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/832708293516632065">February 17, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Welp.

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[Post 360]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-17-2017 10:49 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Republican Health Proposal Would Redirect Money From Poor to Rich (http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/healthcare/republican-health-proposal-would-redirect-money-from-poor-to-rich/ar-AAn2di2)

Surprise!

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[Post 361]
Author : JoeP
Date : 02-17-2017 11:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Republican Health Proposal Would Redirect Money From Poor to Rich (http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/healthcare/republican-health-proposal-would-redirect-money-from-poor-to-rich/ar-AAn2di2)

Surprise!

Robbin' hood.

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[Post 362]
Author : JoeP
Date : 02-18-2017 02:29 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

lol:

Tiny Trump Photos Could Annoy The President Bigly | The Huffington Post (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/tiny-trumps-tiny-president_us_58a74c40e4b045cd34c16ec5)

TinyTrumps - Home of the Internet's pictures of tiny Trump. (reddit) (https://www.reddit.com/r/TinyTrumps/)

http://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/scalefit_720_noupscale/58a74b9b25000017600b9be9.jpeg

http://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/scalefit_720_noupscale/58a74ba12800001f0099999c.jpeg

https://i.redditmedia.com/KltL7RRd4owGLmnvOOTFYXJ30242mWWaYrDYkFaJET0.jpg?w=1024&

http://i.imgur.com/dqPO4tAl.jpg

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[Post 363]
Author : SR71
Date : 02-19-2017 01:41 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The FAKE NEWS media (failing <a href="https://twitter.com/nytimes">@nytimes</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/NBCNews">@NBCNews</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/ABC">@ABC</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/CBS">@CBS</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/CNN">@CNN</a>) is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American People!</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/832708293516632065">February 17, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Welp.

Setting up the scapegoat for why Cleetus still don't have no jerb in four years from now.

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[Post 364]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-19-2017 02:24 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The FAKE NEWS media (failing <a href="https://twitter.com/nytimes">@nytimes</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/NBCNews">@NBCNews</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/ABC">@ABC</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/CBS">@CBS</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/CNN">@CNN</a>) is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American People!</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/832708293516632065">February 17, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Welp.

Setting up the scapegoat for why Cleetus still don't have no jerb in four years from now.

Autocracies move faster than that. Counting down to arrested journalists now.

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[Post 365]
Author : SR71
Date : 02-19-2017 03:07 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I wouldn't be surprised to see Peter Thiel / Gawker type action (https://www.wired.com/2016/08/peter-thiel-just-got-wish-gawker-shutting/), especially since T-Rump is tight with Pete (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/11/fashion/peter-thiel-donald-trump-silicon-valley-technology-gawker.html?_r=0).

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[Post 366]
Author : Watser?
Date : 02-19-2017 11:45 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The Swedish Aftonbladet made a special article in English to point out that nothing happened in Sweden on Friday that qualifies for whatever the US national nutbag was talking about.

This happened in Sweden Friday night, Mr President (http://www.aftonbladet.se/a/Vn17J)

U.S. president Donald Trump gave a speech in Melbourne, Florida, Saturday evening.
While speaking about keeping America safe he mentioned the major terrorist attacks in Nice, Paris and Brussels – and in the same sentence he pointed out an unspecified event in Sweden Friday evening.
”You look at what happened last night in Sweden”, he said.

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[Post 367]
Author : JoeP
Date : 02-19-2017 12:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Of course they didn't report it. The liberal media is covering up the Gräsplan för Bowl massakern!

eta: after posting I stw and lo:

A silent thread for Sweden's Bowling Green Massacre, cited by Trump, which also did not happen - Democratic Underground (http://election.democraticunderground.com/10028675819)
(a page where the comments are actually worth reading)

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[Post 368]
Author : Watser?
Date : 02-19-2017 02:12 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Former Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt tweeted , "Sweden? Terror attack? What has he been smoking? Questions abound."

Sweden mocks US President Donald Trump over his false claim about terror attack | Stuff.co.nz (http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/europe/89580619/.html)

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[Post 369]
Author : Watser?
Date : 02-19-2017 05:15 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Donald Trump is right, there was a recent attack in Sweden. By neo-Nazis on a refugee centre | The Independent (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/donald-trump-terror-attack-claim-sweden-neo-nazis-refugee-centre-florida-rally-a7588516.html)

Lol at 'keep our coutry safe', btw. Weird definition of safe where heavily armed angry white men shoot random people at least once a week.

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[Post 370]
Author : Ari
Date : 02-19-2017 06:18 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Now that Trump has made America Great!  
It's time to Keep America Great Still, as Trump kicks off his 2020 reelection tour. 
Trump FL Campaign Rally Coordinator: &#039;This Is His 1st Re-Election Rally&#039; | Fox News Insider (http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/02/18/donald-trump-campaign-rally-coordinator-melbourne-florida)

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[Post 371]
Author : Watser?
Date : 02-19-2017 10:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Sweden, Friday night :freakout:

http://scontent-amt2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/16830986_1878688565748348_169552151151291789_n.png?oh=4a674edf88b4f888de198d49d6c628e9&oe=5943B0C5

Suspiciously Arab-looking elk, btw.

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[Post 372]
Author : JoeP
Date : 02-20-2017 10:06 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I saw a tweet labelling the Dump administration LIEsis. :ffnod:

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[Post 373]
Author : JoeP
Date : 02-20-2017 10:07 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: Swedish police issue first photofit of heavily-armed terrorist. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/lastnightinsweden?src=hash">#lastnightinsweden</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/swedenattack?src=hash">#swedenattack</a> <a href="https://t.co/xauLq9kjGN">pic.twitter.com/xauLq9kjGN</a></p>&mdash; John (@AnGobanSaor) <a href="https://twitter.com/AnGobanSaor/status/833404365792755712">February 19, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 374]
Author : JoeP
Date : 02-20-2017 11:04 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Slightly more seriously:

http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=10411&stc=1&d=1487588841

Does this mean T-Rump actually feels some need to explain himself? Or does the grammar, lack of capitals and lack of exclamation marks (SAD!!) show that this was written by someone less narcissistic?

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[Post 375]
Author : Vivisectus
Date : 02-20-2017 12:04 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So basically: "I saw something on TV and accepted it as fact without looking into it any deeper, so I mentioned it in a public address as fact."

And this is the explanation.

Not the apology, or admission of the problem.

I am ghasted flabber. I am founded dumb.

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[Post 376]
Author : JoeP
Date : 02-20-2017 01:04 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I am ghasted flabber. I am founded dumb.

But you are not surprised. Not any more.

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[Post 377]
Author : SR71
Date : 02-20-2017 02:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=10411&stc=1&d=1487588841It makes no sense in context.  

During a rally in the US state of Florida on Saturday (Sunday NZT), Trump said "look what's happening last night in Sweden'' as he linked migration in Europe to past terror attacks in the region.

"Sweden, who would believe this? Sweden. They took in large numbers. They're having problems like they never thought possible. You look at what's happening in Brussels. You look at what's happening all over the world. Take a look at Nice. Take a look at Paris."

This sorry excuse makes no sense in context.

One night does not constitute a meaninful change in crime rate.  The Fox News story was about a change in crime rate over a period of years.  The reference to Sweden is nestled among actual terror attack locations of Brussels, Nice and Paris.  Why would anyone buy such a bullshit excuse?

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[Post 378]
Author : Kyuss Apollo
Date : 02-20-2017 03:38 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Because if you are a moron with no critical thinking skills, 1 + 2 = 9201.

Plus, with all the fake news out there.

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[Post 379]
Author : lisarea
Date : 02-20-2017 04:34 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

He could have argued that what he said was a misunderstanding, but the clarification puts it squarely in "Lie." He made a specific claim about something happening "last night," and he was wrong, and instead of clarifying and admitting he was wrong, he lied about it right now, out in the open. He can't not lie, whether it's personally or through his proxies, and it is 100% on everyone else, especially the media, to call lies lies. They've let things like that slip for far too long, and not just with Trump. They used to do it with Sarah Palin all the time. She'd say something absolutely ridiculous that everyone knew wasn't true, and the most they'd do is poke a little gentle fun at it. They do it with every shitball public figure who claims someone hacked their Twitter. 

And maybe that's partly why dumb people are always so skeptical of everything. They're partly right. The media does publish known, outright lies all the time without any clarification or critical analysis, and they never ever hold anyone's feet to the fire and demand they back up their claims, I guess because that would be rude or something.

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[Post 380]
Author : ShottleBop
Date : 02-20-2017 04:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Banned Grey Poupon Ad - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeG3dwk8D6w)

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[Post 381]
Author : Watser?
Date : 02-20-2017 08:24 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

http://www.dailysquat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/gordon-ramsay-swedish-chef-muppisode.jpg

Gordon Ramsey to hold benefit buffet for Swedish Chef who died in terror attack (http://www.dailysquat.com/gordon-ramsey-hold-benefit-buffet-swedish-chef-died-terror-attack/)

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[Post 382]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-20-2017 08:46 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Happy Presidents Day, 'Merica!

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[Post 383]
Author : Dragar
Date : 02-20-2017 09:01 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The New York Times on Twitter: "Alex Jones "is apparently taking on a new role as occasional information source and validator for the president" https://t.co/OHIsD2Qn4q" (https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/833717902410973187)

It's like you elected someone with peacegirl's critical thinking skills.

Has anyone tried sending Lessans' book to the White House?

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[Post 384]
Author : Ari
Date : 02-20-2017 10:12 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So as expected after years of screaming about corrupt liberal media we have an acceptance of corrupt right wing media. 

I think it's safe to say anything the republicans accuse the democrats for doing, they almost certainly are themselves.

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[Post 385]
Author : Kael
Date : 02-20-2017 10:44 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Has anyone tried sending Lessans' book to the White House?
I think you'd run into a different sort of problem with this particular President...

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[Post 386]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 02-20-2017 11:15 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Has anyone tried sending Lessans' book to the White House?

The Authentic Text or the Corrupted Text?

 
I think you'd run into a different sort of problem with this particular President...

:yup:

A "Very Special Episode of Blossom" sort of problem.

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[Post 387]
Author : The Man
Date : 02-21-2017 08:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Obligatory Samantha Bee segment

A Totally Real, 100% Valid Theory

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[Post 388]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-21-2017 11:44 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

After a slight reprieve last week, this week was again chaos, and the longest weekly list so far. An overarching theme to watch is the consolidation of power: positions in the executive branch are going unfilled and layoffs continue. Meanwhile, Trump, his children, and his small circle of insiders are making all major decisions domestically and abroad.

    
 Trump was tested in his first national security incident, as N. Korea launched intermediate-range ballistic missiles. Trump, at Mar-a-Lago hosting PM Abe, conferred with a small circle of aides AND Abe, using a flashlight app that could have been compromised. Trump then proceeded to stop by a wedding for a photo-op at his club.
     The public exchange was captured by a member of the Mar-a-Lago club, who posted it publicly on his Facebook page.
     After staying mum about Flynn over the weekend, Trump spokespeople went from saying Flynn “enjoys the full confidence,” to Trump is “evaluating the situation” on Monday. That evening, Flynn “resigned.”
     Flynn became the third Trump advisor to resign over inappropriate ties to Russia (others are Manafort and Page).
     After firing Flynn, Trump pivoted to blaming the media and intelligence for leaks. He referred to intelligence in quotes, again. Trump also denied any wrongdoing by Flynn.
     The NYT reported that several Trump campaign aides had repeated contact with Russia in the year before the election. CNN reported in fact, Trump aides were in constant contact with Russian officials.
     Chaffetz, chair of the House Oversight Committee, chose to investigate leaks, but not Trump and his regime’s connections to Russia.
     AG Sessions refused to recuse himself from investigations into Trump and his regime’s ties to Russia, despite his ties to Trump during the campaign.
     As Trump’s battle with intelligence agencies intensified, he brought in loyalist, billionaire hedge fund manager Feinberg to lead a broad review of the intelligence agencies.
     The FBI released 400 pages of records from their race discrimination probe of Trump’s real estate company in the 1970s.
     The WSJ reported that the Pentagon has no records of approving Flynn’s Russian-TV payment.
     WAPO reported that Trump staffers are so scared of being accused of leaking to the media, that they are now using an unsecured secret chat app called Confide to communicate.
     After her Senate confirmation, DeVos removed a website for disabled students. After outrage by Democratic senators and the public, it was restored.
     A Gallup poll found that Americans see US world standing as the worst in decades. Only 29% think world leaders respect Trump.
     The Windsor, Ontario school board cancelled all student trips to the US, citing ‘safety and equity’ concerns.
     Trump picked a longtime friend for the post of Ambassador of Austria because Park is a big fan of the ‘Sound of Music.’
     Democrats in public, and Republicans in private (mostly) voiced concern about Trump’s mental health. Mental health professionals also warned about Trump.
     WH senior policy advisor Miller was awarded “bushels of Pinocchios” for a series of lies told on Sunday talk shows. Pundits compared his tone, demeanor and content to that of propaganda minister.
     In one of his first actions as AG, Sessions signaled he would not pursue states that refused to enforce Obama’s transgender policy.
     The list of stores dropping Trump lines continued to grow.
     In joint press conferences with heads of state from Japan, Canada and Israel, Trump took two questions each time from only friendly news sources, and refused to take any from the major media present.
     Bloomberg reported that while Trump was making calls about the cost of Lookheed’s F-35, the CEO of rival Boeing was in the room.
     SoS Tillerson irked his Russian counterpart in their first meeting, when he made journalists leave the room before his opening remarks. “Why did you shush them out?” Lavrov said.
     A federal judge in Virginia granted an injunction against Trump’s Muslim Ban. By the end of the week, Trump said he would not appeal.
     Trump’s efforts to deport immigrants broadened to include a Dreamer, and detaining a woman who was seeking a protective order against an abusive boyfriend. ICE refused to respond to inquiries by Democrats, as deportations escalated.
     The Pentagon may propose sending troops to Syria in response to Trump’s order to come up with proposals to fight ISIS.
     After meeting with Trump, Canadian PM Trudeau urged deeper EU-Canadian ties due to Trump’s isolationist policies.
     The director of the Office of Government Ethics said there was a “strong reason” to think Conway violated rules, and that disciplinary action is warranted for her on-air comments to buy Ivanka’s brand.
     In a room of all white men, Trump signed the repeal of transparency rules for oil companies to disclose foreign payments.
     The 23 Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee voted not to require Trump to release his tax returns.
     Russia dealt Trump several provocations including: placing a ship outfitted with spying equipment 30 miles off Connecticut’s coast; deploying a cruise missile, in violation of an arms control treaty; and buzzing a US warship in the Black Sea.
     Meanwhile, Russian backed forces continued to escalate violence in Ukraine.
     Russian-TV’s coverage of Trump started to become less flattering.
     The WSJ reported that Trump appointee for Commerce, Ross, wants to keep his stake in 11 entities that he would affect as commerce secretary.
     The week after Trump announced he would support China’s “One China” policy, China awarded Trump valuable rights to his name in the form of a 10-year trademark for construction services.
     When asked about the alarming rise of anti-Semitism in the US during his press conference with Netanyahu, Trump shifted to bragging about his electoral college victory.
     The WSJ reported that US intelligence agencies are withholding information from Trump, citing concerns that information would be leaked or compromised. The DNI and CIA denied this is happening.
     Sos Tillerson was conspicuously absent from Trump’s meetings with heads of state. Tillerson also did not invite the customary press corp to accompany him on a truncated trip to a Group of 20 meeting.
     POLITICO reported on the frustration of Tillerson, Mathis, Kelly and Pompeo for being left out decision making. Kushner is described as a “shadow Secretary of State,” running his own foreign policy.
     The already gutted State Department conducted additional layoffs, a sign that key foreign policies will be made at the WH.
     Mother Jones reported on a classified memo for intelligence on how to prepare Trump’s Daily Brief: “less material, less nuance, less dissent.”
     Rachel Maddow reported in the Kushners family to desire to buy the Marlins, as the owner who is selling the team is considered by Trump for the plum job of Ambassador to France.
     Trump hit his lowest approval level in a Pew Research poll: approve 39%, disapprove 56%, and in Gallup Daily tracking poll: approve 38%, disapprove 56%.
     Six of Trump’s staffers were escorted out of the WH after failing their FBI background checks.
     Newsweek’s Eichenwald reported that US allies in Europe are conducting their own intelligence operations to assess Trump ties to Russia.
     Ten members of Trump’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders resigned citing, “portrayal of immigrants, refugees, people of color and people of various faiths as untrustworthy, threatening, and a drain on our nation.”
     Trump hosted an unhinged, lie-ridden, impromptu 80 minute press conference. A GOP Senator texted CNN’s King, ‘He should do this with a therapist, not on live television.’
     Also at the press conference, Trump insulted reporter April Ryan when she asked if he planned to arrange a meeting with the CBC. Trump replied, “Do you want to set up the meeting? Are they friends of yours?”
     Also when asked by a Jewish reporter about anti-semitism, Trump called him a liar, told him to sit down, and said anti-Semitism was coming from “the other side.”
     WAPO reported that Flynn lied in a January 24 FBI interview, denying sanction discussions with Kislyak. Lying to the FBI is a felony offense.
     Harward turned down the offer to replace Flynn, citing a chaotic WH. According to a friend, Harward described Trump’s offer as a “shit sandwich.”
     Petraeus also bowed out of consideration for NSA, citing the inability to pick his own staff.
     Kushner met with Time Warner executives to complain about CNN’s coverage of Trump. Time Warner has a pending merger with AT&T, which requires governmental approval.
     Trump held his first 2020 campaign event today in Florida. A Craigslist ad, which offered money for enthusiastic attendees, was taken down.
     AP reported on a leaked draft memo which shows Trump is considering using 100,000 National Guard troops to round up unauthorized immigrants.
     Germany’s Minister of Defense warned the US against hurting European cohesion, abandoning core Western values and cozying up to Russia.
     Trump tweeted, then deleted, then expanded his list of media outlets and tweeted, that the media is the “enemy of the American people”&#8202;—&#8202;a slogan also used by Lenin and Stalin.
     After a closed door meeting between Comey and the Senate Intelligence Committee before leaving for recess, Rubio tweeted, “I am now very confident Senate Intel Comm I serve on will conduct thorough bipartisan investigation of #Putin interference and influence.”
     The cost of protecting Trump and his family is staggering. Obama averaged $12mm a year, while Trump’s 3 weekend visits to Mar-a-Lago alone cost $10mm, and the guards at NYC Trump Tower $183mm/year.
     Rep Barbara Lee introduced legislation signed by 70+ House Democrats urging the removal of Bannon from the NSC.
     PBS, Americorps, Legal Service Corp and the National Endowments for the Arts are all set to be eliminated in Trump’s preliminary budget.


Some Things We’ve Already Normalized:


 Trump continues to financially benefit from his businesses, AND to gain additional revenues from his position of power (#35, China)
     Very few open positions in the executive branch are getting filled.
     Trump has still not come to agreement on the lease of his DC hotel on federal land.
     Without an official government role, Ivanka Trump continues to attend meetings with heads of state and leaders of corporate America.



Original with links: Week 14: Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you (https://medium.com/@Amy_Siskind/week-14-experts-in-authoritarianism-advise-to-keep-a-list-of-things-subtly-changing-around-you-so-fa64639043b9#.2ud0b9hxg)

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[Post 389]
Author : godfry n. glad
Date : 02-22-2017 02:12 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The illegitimate illiterate unpresidented leader.

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[Post 390]
Author : Ari
Date : 02-22-2017 02:18 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ivanka Trump America's first woman president. 
If they are still there in a year I bet it will come out that Trump handed stuff off to his kids so he can go on another tour.

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[Post 391]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 02-22-2017 02:31 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Original with links: Week 14: Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you (https://medium.com/@Amy_Siskind/week-14-experts-in-authoritarianism-advise-to-keep-a-list-of-things-subtly-changing-around-you-so-fa64639043b9#.2ud0b9hxg)
:lol: That is adorable!  And that's a nice list of pretty horrible things.  I guess folks can keep lists if it makes them feel better, but it doesn't matter what's written on there.  Don't make the mistake of thinking this is something that is happening before our very eyes, because it's not.  It has already happened.  It is over.  The details of the consequences are reported as news, but the main event is done.  I think there's a good case to be made that it's better to take pains not to notice anything at all.

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[Post 392]
Author : Ari
Date : 02-22-2017 02:39 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Dont take notes it leaves a paper trail for the secret police. 

Yeah Ive gotten pissed off at the white liberals today for wanting to better understand the right now so they can be swayed. Like your at least 20 years late motherfuckers but I guess now that it affects you you wake up... and then offer to break bread with people who created modern slavery and disenfranchisement to see how they can be appeased.  Why bring back equal voting rights when you can sway other whites.  Yeah fuck you again!

This is all bloody normal, white privileged assholes!

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[Post 393]
Author : Ari
Date : 02-22-2017 03:20 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Fill out Trump's second attempt to get the answers he wants. 
Attention Required! | Cloudflare (https://action.donaldjtrump.com/mainstream-media-accountability-survey/)

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[Post 394]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-22-2017 03:40 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I will not be silenced. <a href="https://t.co/HdUZGg1b3i">https://t.co/HdUZGg1b3i</a> <a href="https://t.co/wdbYewzciJ">pic.twitter.com/wdbYewzciJ</a></p>&mdash; Ellen L Weintraub (@EllenLWeintraub) <a href="https://twitter.com/EllenLWeintraub/status/834141455962746882">February 21, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 395]
Author : lisarea
Date : 02-22-2017 04:30 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Dont take notes it leaves a paper trail for the secret police. 

Yeah Ive gotten pissed off at the white liberals today for wanting to better understand the right now so they can be swayed. Like your at least 20 years late motherfuckers but I guess now that it affects you you wake up... and then offer to break bread with people who created modern slavery and disenfranchisement to see how they can be appeased.  Why bring back equal voting rights when you can sway other whites.  Yeah fuck you again!

This is all bloody normal, white privileged assholes!

Ugh, yes. The fucking chickenshit libruls passing around advice on how to best get along with the racists they choose to hang out with all the time. Like, white people telling other white people to forgive their shitty relatives throwing the N word around, recommending ways to redirect them, change the subject, and make nice. Because that's what needs to happen. White people need to forgive other white people for hurting their feelings by being racists so they can keep their Facebook feeds and their Thanksgivings friendly and conflict free, and then we (white people) can all begin the healing and the conciliation. 

I don't love this 100% or anything, but I love some of it, because god, am I sick of that stereotype, and I'm also pretty sick of the people it's based on. 

Intolerant Liberals – Tucker FitzGerald – Medium (https://medium.com/@tuckerfitzgerald/intolerant-liberals-4ecd712ac939#.k84ocbkiv)

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[Post 396]
Author : Ari
Date : 02-22-2017 04:47 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yeah like if things only *now* seem broken, you may be a closet liberal racist.
If the answer to fix the broken system involves convincing mostly white people instead of giving black people back fair voting, you may be a closet liberal racist.

Claim you want to change conservatives minds but call ex-conservatives ignorant and ignore their views, you may just enjoy mental masturbation over action!

Liberals can't accept that they are seen by the vocal conservatives as the enemy, not as a friend with a difference of opinion, and the non-vocal conservatives have the vocal ones on 24 hours a day.  

Can't we all just get along, fine I'll bend over backwards says the liberal, not wanting to damage their personal image of themselves.

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[Post 397]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-22-2017 06:54 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Fun tidbit from the above someone pointed out to me:

59. The cost of protecting Trump and his family is staggering. Obama averaged $12mm a year, while Trump&#8217;s 3 weekend visits to Mar-a-Lago alone cost $10mm, and the guards at NYC Trump Tower $183mm/year.

The National Endowment for the Humanities 2017 budget request:

$150mm

https://www.neh.gov/files/fy_2017_congr_budget.pdf

Trump's vacuuming up an entire endowment.

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[Post 398]
Author : Ari
Date : 02-22-2017 06:58 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Predictions,
Conservatives wont make a peep. 
Liberal news will point out the hypocrisy but not skewer him for it. 
Conservatives will be unashamed of their hypocrisy and laugh all the way to the bank.

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[Post 399]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-22-2017 07:12 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Predictions,
Conservatives wont make a peep. 
Liberal news will point out the hypocrisy but not skewer him for it. 
Conservatives will be unashamed of their hypocrisy and laugh all the way to the poorhouse unless they're major shareholders in oil industry.

:fixed:

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[Post 400]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-22-2017 08:27 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump Plan: Deport to Mexico Immigrants Crossing Border Illegally, Regardless of Nationality - ProPublica (https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-plan-deport-anyone-crossing-mexican-border-regardless-of-nationality)

Will they be thrown out of helicopters?

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[Post 401]
Author : Ari
Date : 02-22-2017 08:50 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I would love to have a conservative group draw in crayons what they think our border with Mexico actually looks like.

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[Post 402]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-24-2017 03:00 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump Administration Rescinds Protections For Transgender Students | The Huffington Post (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-transgender_us_58ac4fe8e4b0a855d1d9d278?)

STATES RIGHTS!

Spicer: Expect to see 'greater enforcement' of federal marijuana law - POLITICO (http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/federal-marijuana-enforcement-sean-spicer-235318)

FEDERAL MATTER!

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[Post 403]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-24-2017 03:11 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">GUYS WITCHES ARE CASTING A SPELL TO BIND TRUMP AND CHRISTIANS ARE PRAYING TO PROTECT HIM GET MY POPCORN <a href="https://t.co/QRdrISt9Zz">pic.twitter.com/QRdrISt9Zz</a></p>&mdash; Laura Shortridge (@DiscordianKitty) <a href="https://twitter.com/DiscordianKitty/status/834719110114242562">February 23, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 404]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-24-2017 03:59 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Gabby Giffords responds to Gohmert on town halls: &#8220;I was shot on a Saturday morning. By Monday morning my offices were open to the public.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/sCpxW5wS6e">pic.twitter.com/sCpxW5wS6e</a></p>&mdash; Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) <a href="https://twitter.com/BraddJaffy/status/834868659076071425">February 23, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 405]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-24-2017 06:03 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The Trump White House is already cooking the books - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-trump-team-is-already-cooking-the-books/2017/02/20/a793961e-f7b2-11e6-be05-1a3817ac21a5_story.html)

As the Wall Street Journal first reported (and as I’ve independently confirmed through my own sources), the Trump transition team instead ordered CEA staffers to predict sustained economic growth of 3 to 3.5 percent. The staffers were then directed to backfill all the other numbers in their models to produce these growth rates.

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[Post 406]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-24-2017 08:24 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

White House selectively blocks media outlets from briefing with Spicer - POLITICO (http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/reporters-blocked-white-house-gaggle-235360)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">find the leakers within the FBI itself. Classified information is being given to media that could have a devastating effect on U.S. FIND NOW</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/835106143462703104">February 24, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Irony.

Bonus:
Twitter Wants to Know Why Trump Used An Anonymous Source Minutes After Railing Against Them | Mediaite (http://www.mediaite.com/online/twitter-wants-to-know-why-trump-used-an-anonymous-source-minutes-after-railing-against-them/)

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[Post 407]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-24-2017 08:29 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C5cZNjNWcAAoAY_.jpg

The CPAC Crowd Unwittingly Took Part In A Prank And Waved Russian Flags At Trump - BuzzFeed News (https://www.buzzfeed.com/juliareinstein/someone-handed-out-pro-trump-russian-flags-at-cpac?utm_term=.qbXyKN01q#.cgYP7E3vx)

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[Post 408]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-24-2017 09:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Virginia GOP chair defends Spicer: &quot;Why would we let media who hate us have access to Trump?&quot; <a href="https://t.co/gZDuMY2LCN">https://t.co/gZDuMY2LCN</a> <a href="https://t.co/n2hXheFmNV">pic.twitter.com/n2hXheFmNV</a></p>&mdash; The Hill (@thehill) <a href="https://twitter.com/thehill/status/835239138735579136">February 24, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Because their job isn't to love you. <a href="https://t.co/jQ8cGoRYIT">https://t.co/jQ8cGoRYIT</a></p>&mdash; Hend Amry (@LibyaLiberty) <a href="https://twitter.com/LibyaLiberty/status/835240658642288640">February 24, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

https://images.plurk.com/1LWpnvno2DfHqyHYApjg.jpg

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[Post 409]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-24-2017 09:59 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/valarltd/684361/2758393/2758393_600.jpg

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[Post 410]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 02-25-2017 01:43 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Remember last summer (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1269461) when the election was still three months away and the Justice Department gave private prisons a big ol' shitburger to eat? 

Yeah, well, not so fast there, Cochise (http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/02/23/trump-moves-to-make-private-prisons-great-again.html).

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[Post 411]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 02-25-2017 02:02 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Because providing monetary incentive to put more people into prison couldn't possibly have any downsides.  Right?  Right?

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[Post 412]
Author : Angakuk
Date : 02-25-2017 02:25 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The time is ripe for the perfect marriage (or menage a trois) between NAFTA, private prisons and Trump's immigration policy.

This is how it works.  Prison entrepeneurs build private prisons in Northern Mexico and ICE deports illegal aliens to those private prisons.  What could possibly go wrong?

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[Post 413]
Author : Kyuss Apollo
Date : 02-25-2017 05:15 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

If they built the prison really long (say 1,900 miles), 30' tall and one-cell wide, right along the US-Mexico border, then got Mexico to pay for it...

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[Post 414]
Author : Angakuk
Date : 02-25-2017 05:41 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

With doors on the U.S. side that only open in and doors on the Mexico side that only open out.  Big beautiful doors.

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[Post 415]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-25-2017 08:38 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Immigration authorities detain Muhammad Ali, Jr. at Florida airport, demand to know if he's Muslim / Boing Boing (http://boingboing.net/2017/02/24/immigration-authorities-detain.html)

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[Post 416]
Author : Kyuss Apollo
Date : 02-25-2017 05:33 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

These asshats working for immigration never actually lived in America.

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[Post 417]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-25-2017 08:17 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Look at this. Check the time stamps. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ParrotInChief?src=hash">#ParrotInChief</a> <a href="https://t.co/EGPnB2xKRe">pic.twitter.com/EGPnB2xKRe</a></p>&mdash; alex medina (@mrmedina) <a href="https://twitter.com/mrmedina/status/835517167508602880">February 25, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

#parrotinchief is a hashtag. ha.

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[Post 418]
Author : Ari
Date : 02-25-2017 11:11 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The most scientific poll!
President Trump’s First Month Approval Survey | GOP (https://gop.com/trump-first-month-approval-survey/)

Challenge, try to select multiple choice when asked... :D

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[Post 419]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-25-2017 11:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I will not be attending the White House Correspondents&#39; Association Dinner this year. Please wish everyone well and have a great evening!</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/835608648625836032">February 25, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/20/eb/c4/20ebc4f33ff6429c0623d58ba5b36bc8.jpg

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[Post 420]
Author : Ari
Date : 02-26-2017 12:12 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Is Trump sick?  People have been saying he doesnt look well. Im just asking questions but given the constant threats to national security this should be investigated.

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[Post 421]
Author : The Man
Date : 02-26-2017 12:24 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Is Trump sick?  People have been saying he doesnt look well. Im just asking questions but given the constant threats to national security this should be investigated.

(Doctor Who spoilers)

"Don't you think [he] looks tired?"

I wish the Doctor were here to save us. The shitgibbon is much more deserving of this treatment than Prime Minister Harriet Jones was. But Torchwood explained why he isn't here, I suspect:

(Torchwood: Children of Earth spoilers)

"[He] must...turn away in shame"

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[Post 422]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-26-2017 12:32 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Is Trump sick?  People have been saying he doesnt look well. Im just asking questions but given the constant threats to national security this should be investigated.

Reagan missed one, while recovering from a gunshot wound. But still phoned in.

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[Post 423]
Author : godfry n. glad
Date : 02-26-2017 01:55 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump not well?  

Well, if he dies of radiation poisoning, we'll know that he didn't fulfill expectations.

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[Post 424]
Author : SR71
Date : 02-26-2017 07:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The First 100 Lies: The Trump Team's Flurry Of Falsehoods | The Huffington Post (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-administration-lies-100_us_58ac7a0fe4b02a1e7dac3ca6?)

In case anyone is bored.

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[Post 425]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-27-2017 06:08 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Week 15: Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you, so you&#8217;ll remember.

published February 25, 2017

This week had two themes. The first wasTrump&#8217;s lack of empathy&#8202;&#8212;&#8202;the cruelty and heartlessness towards Americans not white, straight, Christian and male. Trump and his regime continued to target the defenseless, including transgender individuals, Native Americans and people of color. The second theme was Russia: ties between the Trump regime and Russia are continuing to pour out&#8202;&#8212;&#8202;meanwhile, the regime is actively seeking to suppress information.


 Despite Trump saying he would not enter any new overseas deals once he took office, Donald Jr. and Eric announced the opening of a Trump-branded golf course in Dubia. US taxpayers continue to pay the cost for the security detail that covers Trump&#8217;s sons on such trips.
     At Trump&#8217;s campaign rally in Florida, he referenced a Swedish terrorist attack that never happened as a rationale for his anti-immigrant policies.
     When questioned about his source, Trump tweeted he learned about the Sweden attack that never happened by watching Fox News.
     DHS&#8217; Kelly ordered the creation of a new office in ICE named VOICE (Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement), and ordered all resources set aside to advocate for &#8220;illegal aliens&#8221; moved over to VOICE.
     The NYT reported on a back-channel plan, originally handed in a seal envelope by Cohen to Flynn, for a Ukraine and Russia &#8216;peace plan&#8217; (with new leadership in Ukraine), in exchange for US lifting sanctions. Other Ukraine connections mentioned Artemenko, Manafort and Sater.
     The Ukraine lawmaker, Artemenko, who allegedly worked with two Trump associates on the back-channel plan, faces a treason inquiry.
     TPM reported on the significance of Sater&#8217;s involvement, and his ties to Russia and Trump, dating back to the Trump SOHO Hotel.
     Daily News reported that as Trump&#8217;s Muslim Ban faced court challenges in NY after the rollout, Stephen Miller called the Brooklyn US Attorney at home and told him how to defend it.
     The WSJ reported that the Trump regime is using unrealistically rosy growth forecasts to hide that his plan would lead to a soaring deficit.
     The WSJ also reported that the Trump regime is considering changing the way the US trade deficit is calculated&#8202;&#8212;&#8202;again to hide reality.
     The NYT reported on struggles within the WSJ between journalists and owner Murdoch over the direction of the paper, and coverage of Trump.
     The Kremlin is preparing a psychological dossier on Trump for Putin. Preliminary findings are that Trump is &#8220;risk taker&#8221; who can be &#8220;naive.&#8221;
     The Senate Intelligence Committee is looking at possible collusion between Russia and Trump staff, including Manafort, Trump&#8217;s former campaign chair.
     The Senate Intelligence Committee sent letters to a dozen intelligence agencies, organizations and individuals demanding they preserve communications related to Trump&#8217;s possible ties to Russia.
     In the past two months, there have been 69 threats at 54 JCC&#8217;s in 27 states. Also, this week 170 gravestones at a Jewish cemetery in Missouri were vandalized.
     Bowing to pressure, and perhaps a tweet by Hillary, Trump finally blandly responded to the alarming rise of anti-Semitism, calling it &#8220;horrible,&#8221; but offering no actions or solutions.
     The Ann Frank Center issued a harsh statement, including, &#8220;The President&#8217;s sudden acknowledgment is a Band-Aid on the cancer of anti-Semitism that has infected his own administration.&#8221; Spicer scolded the Ann Frank Center for their statement.
     The NSC spokesperson resigned over Trump&#8217;s disturbing and repeated attempts to undermine US intelligence.
     Republicans home for break and attending town halls all over the country were greeted by overflowing rooms of angry constituents, questioning them on repealing ACA and holding Trump accountable. Chants of &#8220;do your job!&#8221; were heard at many meetings.
     By the end of the week, numerous elected Republicans disappeared or refused to meet with constituents. Rep Gohmert blamed his refusal on the Gabby Giffords shooting, to which she replied, &#8220;Have some courage. Face your constituents.&#8221;
     After Trump&#8217;s announced Muslim Ban, interest in trips to the US has declined, likely to cost jobs in the tourism sector.
     A NBC News/Survey Monkey poll found that 2/3 of Americans fear the US will become involved in another war.
     The Trump regime issued new immigrations enforcement policies, which included, among other things, hiring 10,000 additional ICE officers, and expanding the definition of crimes to include charged but not convicted.
     The NYT Editorial Board called Trump&#8217;s &#8216;deportation force&#8217; an assault on American values.
     Horrific and heartless stories of deportations continued, including a 26 year-old woman with a brain tumor who was taken from a hospital.
     WAPO reported Deputy NSA K.T. McFarland was once accused of violating voter registration laws by being registered to vote at two different addresses. In NY, this is a felony offense.
     More than one million people signed a White House petition&#8202;&#8212;&#8202;a WH petition record&#8202;&#8212;&#8202;requesting that Trump release his tax returns.
     PM Trudeau said Canada will continue to accept asylum seekers from the US.
     The Air Force said it cannot account for the $1 billion in savings alleged by Trump on two new Boeing airplanes.
     Mexico rejected Trump&#8217;s immigration plan to deport migrants illegally crossing the US border, including non-Mexicans, to Mexico
     Trump touted his immigration raids, referring to them as a &#8216;military operation.&#8217; While visiting Mexico to assure our seemingly former ally, Kelly attempted to clarify that it wasn&#8217;t really a military operation.
     As Kelly and Tillerson visited Mexico, relations between the US and Mexico are now at their lowest point in decades. Of note, Kelly and Tillerson&#8217;s message differs from Trump&#8217;s stance.
     WAPO reported that Tillerson has largely been offstage, and not given power, decision-making or been included in meetings by Trump.
     The State Department continues to be dysfunctional, including no daily briefings.
     The State Department issues a warning to its employees on leaking&#8202;&#8212;&#8202;which was promptly leaked.
     Trump rescinded rules that had provided protection for transgender individuals to use bathrooms corresponding to their gender identity.
     The US Interagency Council on Homelessness&#8217;s page on LGBT youth homelessness was taken down.
     HuffPost reported additional detail on Trump&#8217;s activities during the failed Yemen raid. As the raid went awry, putting Navy SEALS and civilians at risk, Trump was at dinner with Bannon and Kushner, and later tweeting and deleting and tweeting about an upcoming show on CBN.
     In another case of nepotism, Eric Trump&#8217;s brother-in-law has been appointed to a key position at the Department of Energy.
     POLITICO reported that while serving as Trump&#8217;s campaign manager, Manafort faced a blackmail attempt by a Ukrainian parliamentarian to expose him and the Trump as Russian-friendly .
     The NYT reported McMaster may reorganize the NSC, and that Trump didn&#8217;t understand the significance of the EO which elevated Bannon, and took the intelligence director and Joints Chief chairman off the council.
     At CPAC, Bannon was openly hostile to the media whom he referred to as &#8220;corporatist, globalist media,&#8221; and &#8220;the opposition party.&#8221;
     Bannon also vowed a daily fight for &#8220;deconstruction of the administrative state.&#8221; This comes as only 34 out of 700 open positions in the executive branch which require Senate confirmation have nominees.
     The WH assigned DHS to work with intelligence to write a report to back his Muslim Ban, and the danger caused by the 7 countries. Sources said intelligence is concerned, including about the veracity of the claim.
     The DHS report was later leaked out&#8202;&#8212;&#8202;it found there is not a threat from the 7 countries targeted by Trump&#8217;s Muslim Ban.
     WAPO&#8217;s The Fix calculated that Trump has lied an average of 4 times per day since taking office. He has not yet had a day in office without a lie.
     A shocking op-ed, &#8220;I Was a Muslim in the Trump White House,&#8221; described a woman working for the NSC who lasted for 8 days under Trump&#8202;&#8212;&#8202;and described how diversity was viewed as a weakness.
     The remnants of a Dakota Access Pipeline Protest Camp was set ablaze by opponents, as the government deadline came for getting off the land.
     CNN reported that Priebus tried to get the FBI publicly refute recent reporting on Trump&#8217;s ties to Russia. The FBI refused. Such communication is problematic because of decade-old restrictions.
     The WH confirmed conversations between Priebus and the director and deputy director of the FBI, but denied there was anything wrong with these conversations occurring.
     Trump continued his gaslighting strategy of deflecting to the leaks, while not acknowledging the growing evidence of his ties to Russia.
     The Russian ambassador to the UN died suddenly in NYC. Churkin was the fifth Russian ambassador to die in the past three months.
     A group of law professors filed a misconduct complaint against Conway. The letter said Conway should be &#8220;sanctioned for violating government ethics rules&#8221; and &#8220;conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation.&#8221;
     Border patrol agents stopped travelers on a domestic flight from San Francisco to New York, and asked passengers deporting the plane to show identification.
     Reporters from the NYT, BuzzFeed News, CNN, LA Times and Politico were excluded by Spicer from a closed door WH briefing on Friday. BBC, the Guardian and the Daily Mail were also excluded.
     In protest, ABC and TIME chose not to attend the briefing, and the WSJ issued a statement objecting and saying they will not participate in closed briefings in the future.
     At CPAC, a section of the audience waved Russian flags until staff came and took the flags away.
     At CPAC, Trump delivered yet another dystopian speech, but failed to acknowledge actual hate crime happening in our country, including a Kansas bar shooting, where a white man yelled &#8220;get out of my country,&#8221; at two Indian American men, before shooting into a crowd and killing one.
     The father of the slain man appealed to parents in India not to send their children to the US, saying, &#8220;There is a kind of hysteria spreading that is not good because so many of our beloved children live there.&#8221;
     WAPO reported that in addition to the Trump regime&#8217;s efforts with the FBI to discredit news on their ties to Russia, they also sought the help of senior intel officials, and GOP leaders Sen Burr and Rep Nunes, who head the Senate and House Intelligence Committees.
     A NBC/WSJ poll found that 53% of Americans want Congress to look into Trump&#8217;s ties to Russia, only 25% do not.
     Breaking with Trump, McMaster advised his staff that use of the label &#8220;radical Islamic terrorism&#8221; is not helpful. Nonetheless, Trump continued to use the term in his CPAC speech.


Some Things We&#8217;ve Already Normalized:


 Our economy and economic policy is being run predominantly by former employees of Goldman Sachs.
     US taxpayers are footing the bill for 3 Trump residences: the WH, NYC and Mar-a-Lago.
     Meanwhile, Melania does not appear to be conducting much if any of the typical FLOTUS duties.
     Power is continuing to consolidate into the hands of few.


Week 15: Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you (https://medium.com/@Amy_Siskind/week-15-experts-in-authoritarianism-advise-to-keep-a-list-of-things-subtly-changing-around-you-so-d6adf0feade#.bmh5d8l3q)

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[Post 426]
Author : Vivisectus
Date : 02-27-2017 01:30 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Hey look! Tax reform that gives huge breaks to the rich! Who would have thought THAT would happen?

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[Post 427]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 02-27-2017 07:11 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Happy trails and fare-thee-well to Phillip Bilden, Secretary of the Navy nominee, who bailed on the nomination (http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/02/27/trumps-nominee-navy-secretary-withdraws/98470578/) today because he "will not be able to satisfy the Office of Government Ethics requirements without undue disruption" to his family's private financial interests. 

Bilden followed the course charted earlier this month by Army secretary nominee Vince Viola, who bailed for the same reason.

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[Post 428]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 02-27-2017 07:15 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

In a move that shocks absolutely no one, the Justice Department is withdrawing (http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/texas-voter-id-reversal-doj?) from the litigation challenging the voter ID law in Texas.

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[Post 429]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 02-28-2017 12:44 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Seen today at a pro-Dump "rally" in downtown Denver:

http://i.imgur.com/VU1vUTe.jpg

A throwback to the Million-Teabilly Hoveround Regatta era:

lol (https://twitter.com/CRobertBuchanan/status/836309489754198022/photo/1)

And by way of comparison:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.progressnowcolorado.org/images/trumprallies.jpg

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[Post 430]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-28-2017 08:54 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

'I think he is behind it': Trump suggests Obama is organizing protests against him - Business Insider (http://uk.businessinsider.com/trump-obama-protests-2017-2)

THANKS, OBAMA.

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[Post 431]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-28-2017 08:57 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Pro-Trump town riled up after immigration officials arrest popular restaurant manager (https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/d59f0db5-06aa-35ff-80eb-b848b0eff4d8/pro-trump-town-riled-up-after.html)

He was their wetback illegal neighbor, dammit! And it affects them personally!

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[Post 432]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-28-2017 10:36 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Online petition urges Donald Trump to make porn star Mia Khalifa US ambassador to Saudi Arabia : FYI, News - India Today (http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/mia-khalifa-saudi-arabia-ambassador-online-petition-donald-trump/1/819277.html)

The whole situation is so ludicrous, why not?

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[Post 433]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-28-2017 09:22 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Donald Trump Blames SEAL's Death On Military: 'They Lost Ryan' | The Huffington Post (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-ryan-owens-seal-raid_us_58b58852e4b0780bac2d58c6?)

Chickenhawk 101

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[Post 434]
Author : Ari
Date : 02-28-2017 09:32 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

At least his chances of starting WWIII are dropping. 
Hard to do when none of your soldiers will fight for you.

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[Post 435]
Author : Limoncello
Date : 02-28-2017 10:18 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

What the hell is going on in the Oval Office?

http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/58b4f88e54905775078b64f5-2400/ap17058813921107.jpg

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[Post 436]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-28-2017 10:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

What the hell is going on in the Oval Office?


Probably not safe for work.
Gorean subculture - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorean_subculture)

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[Post 437]
Author : Watser?
Date : 02-28-2017 10:53 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:themoreyouknow:

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[Post 438]
Author : Watser?
Date : 02-28-2017 11:22 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

What the hell is going on in the Oval Office?

http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/58b4f88e54905775078b64f5-2400/ap17058813921107.jpg

This is how a Facebook friend of mine put it, which I think is EXACTLY what that was...
"She’s acting like a mum trying to take a picture of a bunch of kids at a birthday party. They have photographers, specifically employed in the White House, for these kinds of shots. But her boss needed someone to immediately tweet out a picture of his creepy self surrounded by black men and women so he can say “look, I’m the least racist person you will ever meet." Trump needs constant media attention and it is her job to generate it."

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[Post 439]
Author : Jerome
Date : 03-01-2017 12:32 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Actually, from the reports by the people standing in the room, a number asked her to take a picture for them and send them the pics...

You guys are soo caught up in partisanship ...

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[Post 440]
Author : Watser?
Date : 03-01-2017 01:02 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A number? :?

Anyway, isn't that what I just said? One of the kids wanted mommy to take a pixshur.

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[Post 441]
Author : Watser?
Date : 03-01-2017 01:05 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Probably the unpopular orange kid.

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[Post 442]
Author : Jerome
Date : 03-01-2017 01:38 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Anyway, isn't that what I just said? One of the kids wanted mommy to take a pixshur.

So you are saying those black adults think they are children to a white woman.

Racist much?

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[Post 443]
Author : Watser?
Date : 03-01-2017 02:02 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

No, I think that undetermined-skinned clown in the background (this is only half of the actual picture) is the one who asked the white woman to take a pic. And that the black adults are well-paid.

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[Post 444]
Author : Jerome
Date : 03-01-2017 02:25 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

And that the black adults are well-paid.

Uncle Toms will be do anything masser be asking.

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[Post 445]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-01-2017 03:02 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

#fakepostswithjerome

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[Post 446]
Author : Jerome
Date : 03-01-2017 03:29 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump announced NATO was paying in big time right now.

Can any of our European :fflorin: members give us any news from your countries concerning this claim, please.

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[Post 447]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-01-2017 03:41 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

#jeromeisalexjonesmini-me

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[Post 448]
Author : erimir
Date : 03-01-2017 06:11 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Heads of HBCUs are Uncle Toms? ...wut?

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[Post 449]
Author : Watser?
Date : 03-01-2017 01:49 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

And that the black adults are well-paid.

Uncle Toms will be do anything masser be asking.

Omg racism :yawn:

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[Post 450]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 03-01-2017 05:02 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The next time I hear about George W. Bush, I want it to begin, "Sad news..."

Oh, Fuck You, George W. Bush (http://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2017/02/oh-fuck-you-george-w-bush.html) 

The piece is about how we should never lose track of what a monstrous, nation-destroying asshole Shrub was, regardless of how much he criticizes Dump. I put it here because "deranged, pumpkin-headed child" is arguably the best four-word description of the Dumpster I've seen.

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[Post 451]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 03-02-2017 01:25 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Just when you might be getting concerned that we Americans are running out of ways to jack up the number of firearm deaths, Donnie Dump and the GOP Congress squeezed out this (http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/02/28/517799119/trump-repeals-rule-designed-to-block-gun-sales-to-certain-mentally-ill-people) lovely turd.

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[Post 452]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-02-2017 04:13 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A populist racist in power<br>Whose attitude&#8217;s typically dour<br>Won praise from the press<br>Across the US<br>By toning it down for an hour.</p>&mdash; Limericking (@Limericking) <a href="https://twitter.com/Limericking/status/836983073111670786">March 1, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 453]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-02-2017 08:58 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Meanwhile Andrew Weiner's in a basement somewhere weeping and muttering, "What the ACTUAL FUCK?"

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[Post 454]
Author : SR71
Date : 03-02-2017 01:32 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

LOL, Weiner's weiner was lynchpin for the downfall of the west.

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[Post 455]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 03-02-2017 06:38 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A populist racist in power<br>Whose attitude’s typically dour<br>Won praise from the press<br>Across the US<br>By toning it down for an hour.</p>&mdash; Limericking (@Limericking) <a href="https://twitter.com/Limericking/status/836983073111670786">March 1, 2017</a></blockquote>
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I heard some of this on the news this morning, and it was disgusting to hear even NPR fawn over Trump, as if he's some sort of wonderful person because he finally, finally said something to the effect of "anti-Semitism isn't cool".


Wait, have we forgotten that this guy blatantly ran on a platform of stirring up and encouraging racism?  (The KKK and other such organizations certainly haven't.)  Have we forgotten that he has appointed racists and White Supremacists to key positions?

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[Post 456]
Author : Watser?
Date : 03-02-2017 06:41 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Note the deafening silence from Tel Aviv on the subject. Antisemitism is the only way they can get people to come to Israel these days.

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[Post 457]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-02-2017 09:41 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Jeff Sessions in 1999 speaking on the importance of prosecuting Bill Clinton over perjury allegations <a href="https://t.co/LCV6AqZB17">pic.twitter.com/LCV6AqZB17</a></p>&mdash; Lee Fang (@lhfang) <a href="https://twitter.com/lhfang/status/837155176116973568">March 2, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ted Cruz also suggested Sessions may have misspoke because he had been subjected to hours of grilling. <a href="https://t.co/ipJNuHMWqV">pic.twitter.com/ipJNuHMWqV</a></p>&mdash; Max Weiss (@maxthegirl) <a href="https://twitter.com/maxthegirl/status/837306315936509952">March 2, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 458]
Author : The Man
Date : 03-03-2017 01:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A rather large number of shoes seem to be dropping on Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III. A sort of shoe avalanche, if you will.

It's Raining Shoes in the Jeff Sessions Affair Today | Mother Jones (http://m.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2017/03/its-raining-shoes-jeff-sessions-affair-today)

It is entirely possible he will survive this, because Republicans have no shame, but crucially, his word will be worthless going forward, and that alone already counts as a victory to me.

Edit: Also, Sir Patrick Stewart is applying for U.S. citizenship to help fight the Giant Orange Toddler with Nukes.

  Sir Patrick Stewart: I&#8217;m applying for US citizenship to &#8216;fight and oppose&#8217; the Trump administration (http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/sir-patrick-stewart-im-applying-for-us-citizenship-to-fight-and-oppose-the-trump-administration/?comments=disqus)

Make it so.

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[Post 459]
Author : SR71
Date : 03-03-2017 03:50 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's not quite lend lease, but not too far behind, either!  Fuckin' aye, man!

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[Post 460]
Author : JoeP
Date : 03-03-2017 10:03 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Aside. "The Jefferson Sessions" sounds like a really cool album.

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[Post 461]
Author : Stormlight
Date : 03-03-2017 01:18 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Mike Pence used an AOL e-mail account for state business and it got hacked | Ars Technica (https://arstechnica.com/security/2017/03/mike-pence-used-an-aol-e-mail-account-for-state-business-and-it-got-hacked/?comments=1)

But, but, but her emails!

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[Post 462]
Author : JoeP
Date : 03-03-2017 01:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I don't think you really appreciate the situation. 

Republicans, at least old white men Republicans, can inherently be trusted to run private servers and private meetings and so on and ensure they are secure. Or at least if they turn out not be secure, not to get caught. Or at least if they do get caught, for no actual damage to be provable. Or if actual damage is found, to get away with it anyway because their voters love power and will excuse anything.

Others (Democrats, women, blacks, or any combination; let alone foreigners - except strong ones - or non-Christian or non-straight or non-cis individuals) are inherently untrustworthy and should be locked up without a trial in case they do something we don't like. (If they resist being locked up they obviously have something to hide and should be shot. In case.)

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[Post 463]
Author : godfry n. glad
Date : 03-03-2017 02:04 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

By Jove!  I think he's got it!

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[Post 464]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-03-2017 10:05 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

From Reddit To Trump's Twitter &mdash; In Less Than 24 Hours - BuzzFeed News (https://www.buzzfeed.com/charliewarzel/from-reddit-to-trumps-twitter-in-less-than-24-hours)

Fascinating.

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[Post 465]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-03-2017 11:12 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Mike Pence used an AOL e-mail account for state business and it got hacked | Ars Technica (https://arstechnica.com/security/2017/03/mike-pence-used-an-aol-e-mail-account-for-state-business-and-it-got-hacked/?comments=1)

But, but, but her emails!

The optics are terrible, but from a security standpoint using an email service that presumably has professionals minding zero day exploits and rolling your own without said professionals minding the server, the server is probably worse.

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[Post 466]
Author : erimir
Date : 03-04-2017 12:30 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

But Clinton did have people who were in charge of the security of her server.

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[Post 467]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-04-2017 02:06 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Why Clinton&#8217;s Private Email Server Was Such a Security Fail - Wired (https://www.wired.com/2015/03/clintons-email-server-vulnerable/)

And I still don't know who or what to believe at this point. So I'll just lol @ Mike Pence.

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[Post 468]
Author : The Man
Date : 03-04-2017 11:51 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The fact that, popular perceptions aside, Clinton's server was not hacked seems like a pertinent detail to consider. One might also contrast this with the official State Department server, which was hacked.

As for Pence... I mean, it's AOL. Have some fucking standards, man.

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[Post 469]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 03-04-2017 12:47 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Why Clinton&#8217;s Private Email Server Was Such a Security Fail - Wired (https://www.wired.com/2015/03/clintons-email-server-vulnerable/)

And I still don't know who or what to believe at this point. So I'll just lol @ Mike Pence.

I find it hard to credit Andy Greenberg and Bob McMillan with much integrity for that piece, which has the hallmarks of a partisan, innuendo-laden, smear job.  For example;

 University of Pennsylvania computer science professor Matt Blaze says ... &#8220;It&#8217;s certainly true that the domain  State.gov is probably harder to hijack than clintonemail.com,&#8221;

So the probability is a certainty is it, Prof Rent-a-Quote?

In fact, the State Department has been the target of several  successful hacker attacks over the past decade.  [...]
 But at least, in that case, there was a response. If the  same sort of highly resourced hackers had gone after the server in  Clinton&#8217;s basement, there&#8217;s no guarantee that the same alarms would have  gone off.

So there we have it, summed up in one simple soundbite&#8212;There's no guarantee that Andy Greenberg and Bob McMillan are not talking crap.

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[Post 470]
Author : JoeP
Date : 03-04-2017 02:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

As for Pence... I mean, it's AOL. Have some fucking standards, man.

Make AOL Great Again!

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[Post 471]
Author : The Man
Date : 03-04-2017 05:33 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The last two years' worth of American politics and "journalism" summed up in one image.

https://i.imgur.com/HqorRBS.jpg

(If you're stuck, read the newspaper headline.)

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[Post 472]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 03-04-2017 06:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Vox (http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/2/24/14715774/milo-yiannopoulos-cpac-pedophile-video-canada) has an interesting article about how a 16 year-old high school student was largely responsible for Yiannopoulos' fall from grace.  

That's interesting and all, but what I find particularly interesting is the claim that Millennial Conservatism has nothing whatsoever to do with traditional "Conservative values" and has only one true goal:  "opposing the leftists, SJWs, and so on and so forth."


The Canadian 16-year-old had a concise way of describing Yiannopoulos: &#8220;He&#8217;d be more accurately described as anti-liberal than he would be conservative.&#8221;

This is an accurate description of the reactionary movement Yiannopoulos is a part of. It&#8217;s not necessarily that they support any specific conservative policies or political ideals; they by and large just oppose social liberalism &#8212; multiculturalism, cosmopolitanism, equality for people of all races, religions, and genders, and so on.

This, it seems to me, is a dead-on assessment of what the more vocal elements of the "Conservative movement" are all about.  It's not that they have any ideas, nor even that they want to improve the country -- they just reflexively insist that anything supported by "Liberals" must be bad.


That would certainly explain what I see on Facebook.  It's not like any of the outspoken "Conservatives" I know ever post anything positive.  Ever.  No, it's all: "Liberals are evil and need to be opposed;" "We need to lock up all these Thugs  who do nothing but lay around all day waiting for their welfare checks and shooting police officers when they get bored"; "Muslims are evil and the 'fact' that Obama is a Muslim is proof of it -- they should all be deported!"; "How [i]dare those disgusting gay people demand 'special treatment'?! ".  And so on, and so on, and so on.

They know they're getting screwed economically, but it's [i]always the fault of "Liberals," according to them.  Somehow.  Even as they enthusiastically vote for the very people who are openly working to make the rich even richer at the expense of everyone else, get rid of worker protections, make it harder to get access to health care, etc., etc.

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[Post 473]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-04-2017 06:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Arnold Schwarzenegger isn&#39;t voluntarily leaving the Apprentice, he was fired by his bad (pathetic) ratings, not by me. Sad end to great show</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/838016045222854656">March 4, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">You should think about hiring a new joke writer and a fact checker. <a href="https://t.co/SvAjuPdHfa">https://t.co/SvAjuPdHfa</a></p>&mdash; Arnold (@Schwarzenegger) <a href="https://twitter.com/Schwarzenegger/status/838025579802816512">March 4, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Like Alec Baldwin, I'm starting to like this jerk again.

MAKE ARNOLD GREAT AGAIN.

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[Post 474]
Author : The Man
Date : 03-04-2017 07:07 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Vox (http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/2/24/14715774/milo-yiannopoulos-cpac-pedophile-video-canada) has an interesting article about how a 16 year-old high school student was largely responsible for Yiannopoulos' fall from grace.  

That's interesting and all, but what I find particularly interesting is the claim that Millennial Conservatism has nothing whatsoever to do with traditional "Conservative values" and has only one true goal:  "opposing the leftists, SJWs, and so on and so forth."


The Canadian 16-year-old had a concise way of describing Yiannopoulos: &#8220;He&#8217;d be more accurately described as anti-liberal than he would be conservative.&#8221;

This is an accurate description of the reactionary movement Yiannopoulos is a part of. It&#8217;s not necessarily that they support any specific conservative policies or political ideals; they by and large just oppose social liberalism &#8212; multiculturalism, cosmopolitanism, equality for people of all races, religions, and genders, and so on.

This, it seems to me, is a dead-on assessment of what the more vocal elements of the "Conservative movement" are all about.  It's not that they have any ideas, nor even that they want to improve the country -- they just reflexively insist that anything supported by "Liberals" must be bad.


That would certainly explain what I see on Facebook.  It's not like any of the outspoken "Conservatives" I know ever post anything positive.  Ever.  No, it's all: "Liberals are evil and need to be opposed;" "We need to lock up all these Thugs  who do nothing but lay around all day waiting for their welfare checks and shooting police officers when they get bored"; "Muslims are evil and the 'fact' that Obama is a Muslim is proof of it -- they should all be deported!"; "How [i]dare those disgusting gay people demand 'special treatment'?! ".  And so on, and so on, and so on.

They know they're getting screwed economically, but it's [i]always the fault of "Liberals," according to them.  Somehow.  Even as they enthusiastically vote for the very people who are openly working to make the rich even richer at the expense of everyone else, get rid of worker protections, make it harder to get access to health care, etc., etc.

There is a name for this observation: Cleek's Law. Today's conservatism is the opposite of what liberals want today, updated daily.

My only complaint with this observation is that these people don't deserve the label of conservatives. Actual conservatism is perhaps best exemplified by Edmund Burke. I don't agree with all of Burke's philosophy, but overall he was incredibly concerned with human rights, and he was appalled by the excesses of the Reign of Terror. His philosophy can largely be summed up as the observation that, if something is already working, it's not a good idea to change it unless there is empirical evidence suggesting that the change will be an improvement. I really have no quibble with this observation, though I don't agree with all the conclusions he draws from it.

Regardless, today's right-wingers have nothing in common with this philosophy. They reject empiricism, and are obsessed with rolling back all the accomplishments of liberals over the past few centuries, regardless of whether those accomplishments were improvements. They may perhaps best be described as reactionaries, but even reactionaries typically valued social stability, and today's right-wingers don't even care about that. "Conservatism", at one point, described a respectable philosophy with much to offer the world, and I feel the term needs to be reclaimed from these jackasses.

Regardless, this quibble aside, I have yet to see a single counterexample to Cleek's Law. Indeed, the behaviour of modern Republicans, I feel, can be entirely explained by the following three principles:

1. Cleek's Law
2. It's always projection / every accusation is a confession
3. IGMFY

#2 is, essentially, the observation that basically everything modern right-wingers accuse liberals of is something that they are guilty of themselves. They accused Obama of being an autocratic tyrant, and then they voted for an autocratic tyrant. They accuse liberals of wanting to suppress their free speech, and they're the ones talking about "opening up the libel laws" and so on. They accuse Democrats of trying to rig elections while doing everything they can to prevent core Democratic constituencies from being able to vote. And so on.

#3 stands for "I've got mine; fuck you." Self-explanatory, really.

Anyway, I mean, yes, the Vox article is strictly correct that "Millennial Conservatism" has nothing to do with traditional conservative values, but American right-wingers in general have had nothing to do with traditional conservative values for decades, so I feel the observation somewhat misses the mark.

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[Post 475]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 03-04-2017 07:32 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Regardless, this quibble aside, I have yet to see a single counterexample to Cleek's Law. Indeed, the behaviour of modern Republicans, I feel, can be entirely explained by the following three principles:

1. Cleek's Law
2. It's always projection / every accusation is a confession
3. IGMFY

That is probably the simplest and most accurate assessment of what passes for the "Conservative" movement in the U.S. today.



Honestly, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama should get together and give a press conference in which they announce how much they hate the Environmental Protection Agency, Science, Education, Women, Minorities, Jews, Muslims, Equal Pay Laws, Anti-Discrimination Laws, etc., etc.

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[Post 476]
Author : Ari
Date : 03-05-2017 07:38 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Why Clinton’s Private Email Server Was Such a Security Fail - Wired (https://www.wired.com/2015/03/clintons-email-server-vulnerable/)

And I still don't know who or what to believe at this point. So I'll just lol @ Mike Pence.
Without knowing more it's a crapshoot guessing game, but I would put running your own server and AOL on about the same level, as below proper DOD security procedures.

E-mail is a pretty old standard, done right it can be quite secure.  Having a team that knows what they are doing running a small e-mail server that's as secure as it can get isn't out of the question.  It's recommended you, as the little guy, stick to large companies doing security as they have lots of eyes and experts looking over things, but that doesn't mean they are truly secure as the many hacks should show.  Depending on the size of the e-mail server it could have the advantage of being able to easily flag unusual activity and throttle connection speeds.

In part it's a guessing game as we don't know if the sender had encryption enabled to begin with.  Given our political leaders, the security breach could start at their tiny dumbass tweeting fingers.

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[Post 477]
Author : Ari
Date : 03-05-2017 07:59 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

they just reflexively insist that anything supported by "Liberals" must be bad.
The GOP has managed to tap into what at it's base is tribalism, and often seen in sports.  GO OAKLAND RAIDERS! FUCK YOU LA LAKERS!  Why?  Well the Raiders are here (well not for long, corporations don't have loyalty) and the Lakers aren't.  So they're my team!  I rub my lucky soccer ball 3 times clockwise every game to help them win!  The Lakers face off against the Raiders to compete with the rest of the country, so I hate them!  Er something like that.  The details don't really matter, only that I identify enough with a team to feel like their wins are mine, which then makes it easier to justify whatever attempts at cheating my team makes, while condemning the other side for the same.  I of course have no effect on the game whatsoever and don't even realize I'm getting swindled and pay twice for every ticket.

Now you get a group of people that feel like they are losing and can't deal with it and suddenly they will do all sorts of stupid things to feel like they are winners.  Since of course the bottom line is politics is all about emotion and very little about facts.

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[Post 478]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-05-2017 11:59 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Why Clinton’s Private Email Server Was Such a Security Fail - Wired (https://www.wired.com/2015/03/clintons-email-server-vulnerable/)

And I still don't know who or what to believe at this point. So I'll just lol @ Mike Pence.
Without knowing more it's a crapshoot guessing game, but I would put running your own server and AOL on about the same level, as below proper DOD security procedures.

I got a friend who's head of Network Security at a university, and in his estimation a private server is, his words, "infinitely worse". I don't know how much of that is hyperbole but given that he's had a fantastic record, I'm inclined to believe "is worse". I have two basic questions unanswered, and I don't care enough to dig, 1: Did Clinton have an IT team? Clearly a 60 something politician with a budget had an IT team and did not set up a server on her own, much less deal with zero day exploits and other evils. So I'm inclined to call that a virtual certainty. 2: Did the IT team have all the proper clearances? If not, why the HELL not, and if so, I'm still inclined to put weight on the opinion of my friend, even if all the hows and whys are way above my pay scale.

But neither of us are American, and even if we were we would have primaried for Sanders but voted Clinton because holy shit Trump. And it's lame that I even feel this disclaimer is necessary in order to hopefully head off a reactionary tangent.

And while I'm doing disclaimers I'd like to reiterate that in my experience so far, :ff: has been thankfully pretty good in the area of reactionary tangents.

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[Post 479]
Author : Jerome
Date : 03-05-2017 04:23 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So Obama was using the power of government to spy on a presidential candidate during the campaign.

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[Post 480]
Author : erimir
Date : 03-05-2017 04:36 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So Trump was having sex with his daughter all along.

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[Post 481]
Author : lisarea
Date : 03-05-2017 04:41 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

And Russia has the video.

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[Post 482]
Author : SR71
Date : 03-05-2017 04:44 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The pee is about to hit the butt.

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[Post 483]
Author : SR71
Date : 03-05-2017 04:58 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

...not that there's...  anything wrong with that.

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[Post 484]
Author : Ari
Date : 03-05-2017 05:01 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I got a friend who's head of Network Security at a university, and in his estimation a private server is, his words, "infinitely worse". I don't know how much of that is hyperbole but given that he's had a fantastic record, I'm inclined to believe "is worse". I have two basic questions unanswered, and I don't care enough to dig, 1: Did Clinton have an IT team? Clearly a 60 something politician with a budget had an IT team and did not set up a server on her own, much less deal with zero day exploits and other evils. So I'm inclined to call that a virtual certainty. 2: Did the IT team have all the proper clearances? If not, why the HELL not, and if so, I'm still inclined to put weight on the opinion of my friend, even if all the hows and whys are way above my pay scale.
A reasonable amount of hyperbole and/or trust in giant corporations.

Security wise, many opsec experts use small 'private' e-mail services all the time in the form of anonymous email servers.  In fact most use open source encryption and software for the specific reason they know what it's doing.  You can never be sure with proprietary software, did they catch all the bugs?  Did Russia, or more likely the NSA have them build a back door into everyone's account and then threaten them into silence?  Ya don't know!  and that's a big problem.  

Which is why I put private server we know nothing about and AOL or proprietary server on the same level, we really don't know, we're just assuming everyone knows what they are doing.  If her team was competent then a private server is more secure than AOL for the very reason we don't know how AOL does things.

To answer the second question, done right no one running the server should be able to read any of the emails on the server.  So it just matters if they are trustable to do it right.

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[Post 485]
Author : Jerome
Date : 03-05-2017 05:47 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Wow, now accusations Obama was wiretapping sitting US Senators.

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[Post 486]
Author : Ari
Date : 03-05-2017 06:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Hey Jerome, how's Trump's hunt for Obama's birth certificate going?
Did he really get to the bottom of it?

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[Post 487]
Author : Jerome
Date : 03-05-2017 07:01 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yea, its been shown to be a fake, they even found the original document that they used to copy/paste the Obama info onto.

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[Post 488]
Author : Ari
Date : 03-05-2017 07:06 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Of course they did. ;)

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[Post 489]
Author : Jerome
Date : 03-05-2017 07:10 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So what are your thoughts on a president spying on his political opponents with government resources?

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[Post 490]
Author : erimir
Date : 03-05-2017 07:58 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Wow, now sources are saying Donald Trump also has been having sex with Mike Pence's daughters.

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[Post 491]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-05-2017 08:31 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Week 16:

Source with links: Week 16: Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you (https://medium.com/@Amy_Siskind/week-16-experts-in-authoritarianism-advise-to-keep-a-list-of-things-subtly-changing-around-you-so-9e4ada496a4d) 

This week’s theme was undoubtedly the continued taint of the Trump regime for their ties to Russia. For the first time since Election Day, Trump seems unable to drive the media storylines.


 Trump announced he would not attend the White House Correspondent’s Association dinner, amid growing tension with the media.
     Further to the stories on Priebus in Week 15 reaching out to the FBI, reports cited that Spicer made calls to the CIA, and Republican leaders Nunes and Burr, asking they discredit the NYT story about Russian ties.
     Before the investigation even begins, Nunes, the House Intelligence Committee chair, said he hasn’t found evidence of the Trump team’s ties to Russia.
     CREW filed under the FOIA to see communications between Priebus and the FBI.
     Trump accused Obama of being behind the town hall protests: “I think [Obama] is behind it. I also think it’s politics.”
     Early in the week, Trump pronounced, “I haven’t called Russia in 10 years,” a statement then thoroughly discredited by video clips of his numerous statements otherwise.
     In a NBC interview, former President George W. Bush said “we need answers” on Trump ties to Russia.
     Another Trump cabinet pick, Wilbur Ross, has deep ties to Russia, including investing more than $1 billion in the Bank of Cyprus, and becoming a vice chairman of the bank. Putin appointed the other vice chairman.
     Rachel Maddow reported the Bank of Cyprus also has ties to a Russian oligarch who helped Trump make a $60 million profit flipping a home in Florida he owned for just two years.
     As Trump continued his attacks on Sweden, O’Reilly booked a supposed Swedish ‘national security advisor’ for his Fox News show. After Swedish officials indicated this expert was not known, O’Reilly was forced to issue a watered-down apology. Since, Trump has stopped attacking Sweden.
     A massive wave of anti-Semitism continued, including two more cemeteries desecrated, and 31 threats against JCC’s in one day alone. The ADL has said anti-Semitism in the US is the worst since the 1930s.
     Seeming to follow David Duke’s lead, Trump said it could be Jews behind the rash of anti-Semitic attacks.
     Another mosque was burned down&#8202;—&#8202;the fourth in seven weeks.
     WAPO reported the FBI had once planned to pay the British spy behind the dossier, lending credibility to the contents.
     The Senate Intelligence Committee may call the British spy who gathered the information for the infamous dossier, to testify. If they can find him (he’s in hiding).
     The father of the SEAL killed in the failed Yemen raid told the Miami Herald he wants answers.
     Trump sought to blame the generals for the SEAL’s death.
     Trump also tried to blame Obama, saying he finished what Obama had started. This was refuted by a former aid, who said Obama had never approved the raid.
     NBC reported that despite Trump claims to the contrary, senior US officials said there was no significant intel yielded from the Yemen raid.
     Feinstein and other Dem senators demanded more information from the State Dept on China’s sudden decision to grant a trademark to the Trump organization. As noted in Week 14’s list, this occurred shortly after Trump declared his support of “One China” policy.
     Trump WH let Conway off the hook on an ethics investigation, saying she acted “inadvertently” in promoting Ivanka’s brand&#8202;—&#8202;despite recommendations by the OCE for discipline.
     Amid protests and ethics concerns, Donald Jr and Eric Trump cut the ribbon on a new hotel in Vancouver, built and financed by one of Malaysia’s richest families.
     A businesswoman who touts access to China, purchased a $16 million penthouse at Trump Park Avenue. Trump retains an economic interest in the property.
     Although an order to stay Trump’s Muslim Ban is in place, problems continued including Muhammad Ali Jr. being detained in a Florida airport, and French historian and expert on the Holocaust, Henry Russo, who was threatened with deportation while traveling to a discussion at Texas A&M.
     Stories continue to describe the State Department’s diminishing role. State Dept staff are being excluded from meeting with foreign leaders, leadership posts are going unfilled, and many employees are quitting. Trump also had threatened to slash the budget by one-third.
     The State Department has not held a single daily briefing under Tillerson. Daily briefings had been the norm since the 1950s. Limited daily briefings are set to begin next week.
     The State Department tweeted, then deleted, a congratulatory message to an Iranian director for winning an Oscar.
     Trump escalated his war on the media, telling Breitbart the NYT’s “intent is so evil and bad,” and that “they write lies.”
     Trump delivered a de facto SOTU speech, read from a teleprompter. Although his manner was mild, the content continued to be nationalistic and negative. The Center for American Progress said that of Trump 61 statements, 51 were false.
     Also refuting Trump’s SOTU, The Brennan Center for Justice noted, “Nationally, crime remains at the bottom of a 25-year downtrend, half of what it was at its peak in 1991. Last year, rates of overall crime fell for the 14th year in a row.”
     Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg did not attend Trump’s SOTU, nor did Maxine Waters.
     The Democratic women of the House wore the white of the Suffragists at Trump’s SOTU to show support of women’s rights.
     Trump officials fed news outlets misinformation on a shift in Trump’s immigration plans&#8202;—&#8202;hinting the time might be right for an immigration bill&#8202;—&#8202;ahead of the SOTU. CNN reported Trump misled reporters to get positive coverage.
     The NYT reported that the Obama administration had rushed to preserve information on the Trump team’s ties to Russia, spreading it to government agencies.
     Also reported by the NYT: American allies, including the British and the Dutch, provided the Obama administration with information on meetings between Russian officials and the Trump regime in European cities.
     A bombshell story by WAPO reported that Sessions met with Russian ambassador twice, but did not disclose those meetings when asked during this Senate confirmation hearing.
     Sessions first spoke with Kislyak in Cleveland on July 18&#8202;—&#8202;the same day the Trump campaign gutted the GOP’s platform of its anti-Russia stance on Ukraine. On July 23, WikiLeaks released stolen emails from the DNC.
     The WSJ reported that Sessions used campaign funds to pay for his trip to the RNC Convention, where he met the Russian ambassador.
     At a next day press conference, Sessions recused himself from Trump investigations, but during the campaign only.
     As the controversy continued, Sessions said he would submit an amended testimony to address Democratic senators’ questions.
     POLITICO reported that Trump adviser Carter Page also met with Kislyak at the RNC Convention. While in office, Harry Reid had asked Comey to investigate Carter, saying he was also meeting with “high ranking sanctioned individuals” in Moscow.
     Carter told MSNBC he had met with Kislyak, then seemed to backtrack on CNN to say he never spoke with him for more than 10 seconds.
     Kushner and Flynn also met with Kislyak at the Trump Tower in December. Of note, given the venue and people involved, this points to Trump having direct knowledge of the meeting.
     CNN reported that US Intelligence considers Kislyak to be one of Russia’s top spies and spy-recruiters in Washington.
     Kislyak did not attend the DNC Convention.
     Trump team forced Nikki Haley to fire career staffers who she had asked for advice on how to talk tough with Russia.
     A front page story in USA Today reported that emails released under a FOIA request to The Indianapolis Star, show Pence used personal email for state business while governor, including for sensitive matters and homeland security issues, and that his personal AOL account was hacked.
     The next day, Pence turned over 13 boxes of state-related emails to the Indiana statehouse&#8202;—&#8202;a step required by law.
     Trump’s transition team canceled planned training on ethics for his staff, appointees and Cabinet members.
     Rachel Maddow reported on a leaked DHS assessment document which indicates most US-based extremists radicalized years after entry into the US. These findings negate the main argument made by the Trump regime for their Muslim Ban, and may explain why they have yet to release the new version frequently promised to be coming soon.
     Inhumane round-ups by ICE continued, including a father of four US-born children who has lived here for 20 years, while dropping his kids off at school.
     A 22 year-old immigrant was detained by ICE moments after a press conference. She was 7 when her family moved to the US from Argentina, placing her under DACA immigration policy.
     Spicer was reported to be checking his staff phones for leaks.
     Reuters reported on stepped up efforts by the Trump regime to plug leaks, including Mnuchin using his first senior staff meeting to inform his aides that he would not tolerate leaks.
     Top talent continues to leave the already thinly staffed executive branch over poor morale and fear of Trump.
     FP reported that the Trump WH is considering using high-end security software for WH networks in an effort to stop leaks.
     Schwarzenegger quit The Celebrity Apprentice, citing too much “baggage”&#8202;—&#8202;a clear shot at Trump. Trump continues his role as Executive Producer of the show (which we’ve normalized!).
     Trump fired back via Twitter this next day claiming Schwarzenegger was fired because of low ratings. Schwarzenegger told him to hire a fact checker.
     As stories continued all week about Trump and his team’s ties to Russia, offering no proof, Trump accused Obama of wiretapping phones in Trump Tower, tweeting, “This is Nixon/Watergate. Bad (or sick) guy!”
     As the week closed out, Trump yet again headed to Mar-a-Lago for the weekend, after leaving the WH at 3 p.m. on Friday. Trump has yet to visit Camp David.




Some Things We’ve Already Normalized:


 Trump’s sons are continuing to conduct business from which Trump has a direct economic benefit.
     Our executive branch is vastly understaffed, and Trump and his regime seem to make little effort at hiring (consolidation of power).
     Our media (some) continue to push the notion of a Trump “reset,” and seek to normalize Trump and his regime.
     Comey continues to NOT cooperate with Congress in hearings. We also do not know the status of the DOJ inquiry into Comey and the FBI, and whether this has been allowed to continue under Sessions

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[Post 492]
Author : Jerome
Date : 03-05-2017 09:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Source with links: Week 16: Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you (https://medium.com/@Amy_Siskind/week-16-experts-in-authoritarianism-advise-to-keep-a-list-of-things-subtly-changing-around-you-so-9e4ada496a4d) 


Did you realize your source is a bunch of high level bankers?

lol @ how easily the weak minded become useful idiots for the elite class

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[Post 493]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-05-2017 10:46 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I imagine Bannon looking for a way to say: &quot;Sir, that site is for getting the hoi polloi riled up. WE'RE not supposed to take it seriously.&quot;</p>&mdash; Julian Sanchez (@normative) <a href="https://twitter.com/normative/status/838504773879988225">March 5, 2017</a></blockquote>
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:lol:

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[Post 494]
Author : Ari
Date : 03-06-2017 12:13 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

...but the hoi polloi ended up in office!  Coming soon from the creators of legally blonde 4: Lassy goes to college a sharp political comedy with heart... 

We are all suffering because somewhere there's a Meg Ryan character falling in love with some goofy architect and they needed the backdrop of her losing healthcare and her maid being deported to finally come together.  At some point it gets a little dark as it's feared she's shot when the militarized police open fire at a peaceful protest, but it turns out to be some other random chick no one cares about and they are reunited one minute before curfew.  The protest never matters again, (in reality it turns into a huge deal after protestors are vanished in the system but no official will take questions about it.)

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[Post 495]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-06-2017 06:57 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump is incredibly ‘p*ssed off’ no one believes his Obama 'wiretaps' story, says adviser (http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/trump-is-incredibly-pssed-off-no-one-believes-his-obama-wiretaps-story-says-adviser/)

I think he's mad. Just a wee perturbed. Maybe even cranky.

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[Post 496]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-06-2017 07:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump is incredibly ‘p*ssed off’ no one believes his Obama 'wiretaps' story, says adviser (http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/trump-is-incredibly-pssed-off-no-one-believes-his-obama-wiretaps-story-says-adviser/)

I think he's mad. Just a wee perturbed. Maybe even cranky.


You know what, I'm not done with this. The person who sent me that, I wrote back to them:

[10:52:17 PM] Me: This is a typical, average, normal abusive dad.
[10:52:26 PM] Me: This is why 'people like him'.
[10:52:32 PM] Friend: President Daddy
[10:52:47 PM] Me: He's ringing their familiar buttons but now abusive dad will make everything better.
[10:53:04 PM] Friend: "Only I can fix it"
[10:53:35 PM] Me: It's seriously, literally, the nation going through a middle aged crisis of still trying to be good enough for daddy, they'll get it right this time. Seriously, a nation of childhood trauma.

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[Post 497]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 03-06-2017 01:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I just realized something this morning.  I think Trump has broken my unhealthy fascination with crap.

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[Post 498]
Author : JoeP
Date : 03-06-2017 02:35 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

my unhealthy fascination with crap.

I've seen a lot of your photos, but I don't remember any like this ...

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[Post 499]
Author : Limoncello
Date : 03-06-2017 03:17 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Steven King tweet :horror:


Stephen King&#8207;&#61490;Verified account&#61593; @StephenKing  · Mar 4  

Trump should know OBAMA NEVER LEFT THE WHITE HOUSE! He's in the closet! HE HAS SCISSORS!

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[Post 500]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-06-2017 06:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Hey everyone look at Donald Trump!

Meanwhile:
1. HR 861 Terminate the Environmental Protection Agency
2. HR 610 Vouchers for Public Education
3. HR 899 Terminate the Department of Education
4. HJR 69 Repeal Rule Protecting Wildlife
5. HR 370 Repeal Affordable Care Act
6. HR 354 Defund Planned Parenthood
7. HR 785 National Right to Work (this one ends unions)
8. HR 83 Mobilizing Against Sanctuary Cities Bill
9. HR 147 Criminalizing Abortion (“Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act”)
10. HR 808 Sanctions against Iran

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[Post 501]
Author : SR71
Date : 03-06-2017 06:48 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

For real.  Some states are also working on bills where if you're present at a public assembly where private property is damaged by anyone there you are subject to forfeiture of all your proprerty, incarceration, etc under the RICOH act.  

It's lolbert Christmas out there!

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[Post 502]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 03-06-2017 06:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

my unhealthy fascination with crap.

I've seen a lot of your photos, but I don't remember any like this ...

When I'm not putting things under magnification, I like to watch movies of questionable taste, or read about financial and political crises.

I'm way overloaded on Trump, though.  Can't stand any more, yet a new plateful comes every day.

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[Post 503]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-06-2017 07:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm way overloaded on Trump, though.  Can't stand any more, yet a new plateful comes every day.

Then don't read:  The Daily 202: Wiretapping allegations accomplished what Trump wanted - but may backfire bigly - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2017/03/06/daily-202-wiretapping-allegations-accomplished-what-trump-wanted-but-may-backfire-bigly/58bca8bde9b69b1406c75d42/) <--- large read and, welp

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[Post 504]
Author : SR71
Date : 03-06-2017 07:05 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Hey everyone look at Donald Trump!

Meanwhile:
1. HR 861 Terminate the Environmental Protection Agency
2. HR 610 Vouchers for Public Education
3. HR 899 Terminate the Department of Education
4. HJR 69 Repeal Rule Protecting Wildlife
5. HR 370 Repeal Affordable Care Act
6. HR 354 Defund Planned Parenthood
7. HR 785 National Right to Work (this one ends unions)
8. HR 83 Mobilizing Against Sanctuary Cities Bill
9. HR 147 Criminalizing Abortion (“Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act”)
10. HR 808 Sanctions against Iran

For real.  Some states are also working on bills where if you're present at a public assembly where private property is damaged by anyone there you are subject to forfeiture of all your proprerty, incarceration, etc under the RICOH act.  

It's lolbert Christmas out there!

Here's a roundup, rather than tracking down a bunch of individual stories that've been popping up lately over clamping down on the right to assemble.  Thought/word association... uhhm draconian, authoritarian, police state, disturbing, fascist...

Conservative crackdown on protests would label North Carolina dissenters “economic terrorists� (https://thinkprogress.org/protester-crackdown-in-north-carolina-would-sanctify-commerce-over-free-speech-fc264c4558d4#.1dyih8xoe)

“No matter what your politics are, everyone should be concerned anytime that lawmakers seek to curb our fundamental constitutional right to not only protest, but to criticize our government,” American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina spokesman Mike Meno said in an interview. “This is one bill in a wave of legislation that we’ve seen across the country designed to criminalize peaceful protest and really have a chilling effect on our First Amendment rights.”
Washington state is weighing a similar “economic terrorism” measure. Arizona lawmakers want to treat protest organizers like mobsters. Minnesota legislators are pushing for the right to sue protesters to recoup the costs of police overtime incurred by demonstrations. At least four states have moved to criminalize roadway protests in recent months.


Re "No matter what your politics are", actually there has been a persistent meme for years about how liberal protests involve more property damage and violence than those of the right, and liberals are thugs.  This kind of plays into the hands of the legislators.  Large segments of the right will not think this is any kind of problem.

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[Post 505]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-06-2017 07:21 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Revised executive order bans travelers from six Muslim-majority countries from getting new visas - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/new-executive-order-bans-travelers-from-six-muslim-majority-countries-applying-for-visas/2017/03/06/3012a42a-0277-11e7-ad5b-d22680e18d10_story.html?hpid=hp_rhp-top-table-main_trumpban-desktop-1017%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.e69a56a2d07f)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump adviser says new travel ban will have &#39;same basic policy outcome&#39;  <a href="https://t.co/TCFugQLGr2">https://t.co/TCFugQLGr2</a> <a href="https://t.co/0rycQ8jueQ">pic.twitter.com/0rycQ8jueQ</a></p>&mdash; Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNews/status/834213873435676672">February 22, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">So then we will have the same basic response. <a href="https://t.co/tMTAWYDRWm">https://t.co/tMTAWYDRWm</a></p>&mdash; ACLU National (@ACLU) <a href="https://twitter.com/ACLU/status/834386356826677248">February 22, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 506]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 03-06-2017 08:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That's the terrifying thing:  while we're all distracted by trivial stuff like what connections there are between the Trump Administration and Russia, the Republicans are busily passing (or getting ready to pass) some truly heinous legislation.

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[Post 507]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 03-07-2017 01:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ben "'Brain Surgeon' is now shorthand for 'breathtakingly stupid motherfucking dumbass moron'" Carson, your new Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, regaled (http://thehill.com/homenews/322545-carson-refers-to-slaves-as-immigrants-in-talk-to-hud-employees) his employees with a talk about how slaves were immigrants dreaming of a better life.

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[Post 508]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-07-2017 01:47 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ben "'Brain Surgeon' is now shorthand for 'breathtakingly stupid motherfucking dumbass moron'" Carson, your new Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, regaled (http://thehill.com/homenews/322545-carson-refers-to-slaves-as-immigrants-in-talk-to-hud-employees) his employees with a talk about how slaves were immigrants dreaming of a better life.

http://www.reactiongifs.com/r/2012/02/ice_cube_wtf_gqvqs30u.gif

#involuntaryimmigration

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[Post 509]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-07-2017 02:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

http://i.imgur.com/EqxSPWo.jpg

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[Post 510]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-07-2017 06:09 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Buy American &amp; hire American are the principles at the core of my agenda, which is: JOBS, JOBS, JOBS! Thank you <a href="https://twitter.com/exxonmobil">@exxonmobil</a>.</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/838959869772328960">March 7, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Trump Winery Is Seeking Visas For Foreign Workers : NPR (http://www.npr.org/2017/01/12/509179558/trump-winery-is-seeking-visas-for-foreign-workers)

	First import of Russian steel arrives at new Paulsboro port | 						NJ.com (http://www.nj.com/gloucester-county/index.ssf/2017/03/first_import_of_russian_steel_has_been_delivered_t.html)

Well, port jobs, I guess.

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[Post 511]
Author : Ari
Date : 03-07-2017 10:44 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The same thing that built the Trump tower!  Jobs, illegal workers, jobs, companies he didn't pay, did I mention jobs, those are super important, like slaves, they all had jobs, good jobs, the best jobs, trust me, I know jobs.

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[Post 512]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-08-2017 01:47 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

http://orig07.deviantart.net/d140/f/2017/066/f/f/comb_over_commander_by_jollyjack-db1jhqe.jpg
Comb-Over Commander - Jollyjack (http://www.deviantart.com/art/Comb-Over-Commander-667716998)

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[Post 513]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-08-2017 01:54 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2TaLsQip-cQ/WL3e4Liyf2I/AAAAAAAAFRM/lVyxx_d-XxQOacDzMzQkmyfhs8LST008ACLcB/s1600/Pelosi.png

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[Post 514]
Author : Jerome
Date : 03-09-2017 12:07 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ben "'Brain Surgeon' is now shorthand for 'breathtakingly stupid motherfucking dumbass moron'" Carson, your new Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, regaled (http://thehill.com/homenews/322545-carson-refers-to-slaves-as-immigrants-in-talk-to-hud-employees) his employees with a talk about how slaves were immigrants dreaming of a better life.

Could you link to any of your posts complaining about any of the 11 times Obama referenced slaves as immigrants?

Ohh .. guess you are a political hack!! Proof.

 11 Times Barack Obama Compared Slaves To Immigrants (https://thefederalist.com/2017/03/07/11-times-barack-obama-compared-slaves-to-immigrants/)

Obama also referred to slaves as 'immigrants' (http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/03/07/obama-also-referred-slaves-immigrants/98875122/)

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[Post 515]
Author : Jerome
Date : 03-09-2017 12:12 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Remarks by the President at Naturalization Ceremony | whitehouse.gov (https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2015/12/15/remarks-president-naturalization-ceremony)

And perhaps, like some of you, these new arrivals might have had some moments of doubt, wondering if they had made a mistake in leaving everything and everyone they ever knew behind.  So life in America was not always easy.  It wasn&#8217;t always easy for new immigrants.  Certainly it wasn&#8217;t easy for those of African heritage who had not come here voluntarily, and yet in their own way were immigrants themselves.  There was discrimination and hardship and poverty.  But, like you, they no doubt found inspiration in all those who had come before them.  And they were able to muster faith that, here in America, they might build a better life and give their children something more.   

http://29wyu31qhvsjwj4mf2oi5lg1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Obama-680x365.jpg

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[Post 516]
Author : godfry n. glad
Date : 03-09-2017 02:49 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Speaking of glaringly stupid....Thanks for the demonstration, Jerome.  You are the exemplar!

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[Post 517]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 03-09-2017 05:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ben "'Brain Surgeon' is now shorthand for 'breathtakingly stupid motherfucking dumbass moron'" Carson, your new Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, regaled (http://thehill.com/homenews/322545-carson-refers-to-slaves-as-immigrants-in-talk-to-hud-employees) his employees with a talk about how slaves were immigrants dreaming of a better life.

Could you link to any of your posts complaining about any of the 11 times Obama referenced slaves as immigrants?

Thank you! I had no idea that Obama said that shit. And yes, I agree that it sounds every bit as fuck-all stupid coming from Obama as it does coming from Ben "'Brain Surgeon' is now shorthand for 'breathtakingly stupid motherfucking dumbass moron'" Carson.

I reckon the real take away here dates all the way back to the Cicely Tyson-Garrett Morris convo of 1979:

So what I think happened was that the black woman has just gotten a raw deal because black man has always been such a loser. 
http://snltranscripts.jt.org/78/pics/78kblack2.jpg

Ohh .. guess you are a political hack!! 

You Trumplings crack me up.

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[Post 518]
Author : Jerome
Date : 03-09-2017 06:03 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Thank you! I had no idea that Obama said that shit.

You should consider why you didn't know.

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[Post 519]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-09-2017 06:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

http://wondermark.com/c/2014-09-19-1062sea.png

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[Post 520]
Author : Ari
Date : 03-09-2017 09:45 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Little known fact Jerome was built by the egyptians to store breitbart facts. 

Also I think it has less to do with calling slaves immigrants than it does with saying they were better for it.

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[Post 521]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 03-10-2017 02:41 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Thank you! I had no idea that Obama said that shit.

You should consider why you didn't know.

Absent conclusive proof to the contrary, I'm just gonna lean all the way into this Donald Trump's America thing and say it's because of a vast pee see conspiracy to conceal how shit-all stupid colored boys are. :yup:

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[Post 522]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-11-2017 04:51 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/rudepundit">@rudepundit</a> this is gonna be an epic weekend...purim starts sat at sunset...45 is on his own for 48 hours. Hold on.</p>&mdash; Tina Dittmar (@10162965a7ba4f6) <a href="https://twitter.com/10162965a7ba4f6/status/840412095569059840">March 11, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 523]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-11-2017 07:47 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Spicer: Trump Says Formerly 'Phony' Jobs Numbers Are Now 'Very Real' (http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/spicer-trump-jobs-numbers-very-real)

“Does the President believe that this jobs report was accurate and a fair way to measure the economy?”

“I talked to the President prior to this, and he said to quote him very clearly,” Spicer said. “They may have been phony in the past, but it’s very real now.” 

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[Post 524]
Author : The Man
Date : 03-11-2017 08:32 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump supporters call for “liberal genocide” and deportation of Jews at Arizona rally - Salon.com (http://www.salon.com/2017/03/10/trump-supporters-call-for-liberal-genocide-and-deportation-of-jews-at-arizona-rally_partner/)

Charming.

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[Post 525]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-12-2017 08:48 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Week 17: Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you, so you’ll remember.

published March 11, 2017

This week, some threads from past weeks’ lists continue to unwind: Trump and his regime’s ties to Russia, conflicts of interest, and the dysfunctional and largely unstaffed executive branch. But the broader story of Week 17 is an underlying shift away from democracy, and it’s not subtle at all!

Under the auspices of Trump’s #2 Bannon, our democracy as we know it is transitioning under a term used widely this week: the Deep State. Know this term! A Deep State is a paranoid, authoritarian vision of a regime under siege and being infiltrated&#8202;—&#8202;in this case by Obama and his loyalists. This authoritarian vision has been used by the Trump regime as justification by for their ever-increasing need to consolidate power into the hands of a trusted few&#8202;—&#8202;transforming our democracy into an authoritarian state, and making it harder to get to the truth on the many troubling matters.


 As we headed into Week 17, Trump refused to back off his claims tweeted Saturday morning in Mar-a-logo that Obama wiretapped Trump Tower. Trump demanded that Congress investigate his claim.
     Trump provided no evidence for his wiretap claim. Sunday morning on Meet the Press, former DNI Clapper said “I can deny” that Trump Tower was wiretapped.
     Sunday, FBI’s Comey also denied Trump’s claim, and asked the DOJ to publicly reject Trump’s wiretapping claim. The DOJ has not rejected Trump’s assertion.
     A WH spokesperson rejected Comey’s assertion that Trump’s wiretapping claim is false. Trump regime members continued to dance around the lack of evidence all week, refusing to deny Trump’s false claim.
     WAPO reporters, in a disturbing piece, described Trump’s fury and instability over the weekend. Further to story, reporter Costa tweeted: ‘Trump woke up in good spirits, per his confidants. Read the papers and watched early cable shows, liked that they covered his allegations.’
     Upon returning to the WH, Monday was the first weekday that Trump’s schedule was entirely closed to the press.
     Other members of the Trump regime acted erratically, including Stone who was suspended from Twitter for his misogynistic rants. Later in the week, Stone admitted to being in contact with Guccifer 2.0, the DNC hacker, during the campaign.
     After his flip-flopping on Russian contact in Week 16, this week Page, without offering evidence, said his phone may have been tapped.
     As the week closed out, Trump had still not been in contact with Comey or the FBI about his wiretapping claims. Trump’s sources for his claim were right wing media, Breitbart and Mark Levin.
     Trump signed a second Muslim Ban order, ignoring the findings of the DHS report he ordered, this time targeting six countries.
     Four states sued to stop the ban, including the state of Hawaii which used Stephen Miller’s own words on TV, that the revised travel ban is really just like the original, as evidence.
     Alex Orono, the Ukrainian businessman who arranged the ‘peace plan’ meeting between Cohen, Sater and Artemenko mentioned in Week 15, died suddenly.
     The first imports of Russian steel arrived at a port in New Jersey.
     Trump WH announced, contrary to an executive order that Trump signed requiring the use of domestic steel in US pipelines, that the Keystone XL builders can use non-US steel.
     AP reported on how Trump’s DC hotel has become the central hub of political capital in DC. Several of Trump’s cabinet members are living at his hotel as well. Trump still financially benefits from the property.
     The top official in charge of the public buildings at the GSA, who was in charge of overseeing Trump’s DC hotel, resigned. Trump will get to appoint his replacement.
     Cork Wine Bar in DC sued Trump for unfair competition over Trump’s DC hotel saying, “President Donald Trump’s ownership constitutes unfair competition and we are asking the courts to stop it.”
     Young people in a Sweden suburb said Russian TV crew tried to bribe them to riot. Trump has largely gone quiet on his assertions of a terrorist attack in Sweden.
     McClatchy reported on the curious overlap between the luxury plane of the same Russian billionaire who bought Trump’s Florida home (delivering Trump a $60mm profit) with Trump at event in Charlotte and Concord, NC. A spokesperson for the oligarch said, “Mr. Rybolovlev has never met Donald Trump.”
     CNN reported on a speech given by Kislyak in October 2016 in which he denied meeting Trump or his campaign team during the 2016 election. We now know that is a lie on many counts.
     On Sunday, after N. Korea launched a ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan, Trump and the State Department had no response for over 5 hours. The State Department eventually issued a statement after 10 pm.
     Shortly after Trump had lunch with Tillerson, the WH issued a statement congratulating Exxon on a new program.
     The WH press release contained full paragraphs copied verbatim from Exxon’s press release.
     Bureau chiefs wrote a letter saying they were “deeply concerned” that Tillerson did not bring the press on a trip to Asia to visit important allies. Letter also says of the action, “it gives the American people no window whatsoever into the views and actions of the nation’s leaders.” Spicer claimed this was due to cost savings by Tillerson.
     MSNBC’s Mitchell was kicked out of two State Department press briefings for trying to ask Tillerson questions. The briefings turned out to be solely photo ops.
     Mexico’s top diplomat came to DC and skipped the normal channels going straight to the WH to meet with Kushner, McMaster and Cohn. The State Department did not know about the meeting.
     In a statement, the State Department asked the NYC Medical Examiner not to disclose the cause of death for Russian UN ambassador Churkin.
     Tillerson still doesn’t have a Deputy, and most of the diplomats with expertise in senior roles have been fired or left the State Department. Fmr Ambassador Hill said the vacuum of leadership is “unprecedented.”
     ProPublica reported that Trump has quietly installed 400 insiders to be his ears and eyes in the executive branch.
     As of March 10, 96% of key positions in the executive branch remain unfilled. Trump has nominees in the confirmation process for only 8% of positions requiring Senate confirmation.
     More reporting of Trump’s failed Yemem raid indicated carelessness with civilian casualties, and that despite the WH taking credit for a successful mission in which they recovered intelligence, that was not in fact that target of the mission; rather, it was a key member of al Qaeda.
     A top general took responsibility for the failed Yemen. Trump had blamed the generals in Week 15&#8202;—&#8202;atypical of a commander-in-chief.
     Widespread anti-Semitism continued across the country, including a bomb threat to the Jewish Children’s Museum in Brooklyn, vandalism at the largest synagogue in the Pacific Northwest on Shabbat, and incidents at two Maryland schools.
     Wikileaks announced another data dump they claim came from the CIA. This time, the media largely did not bite: questioning instead whether Russia was the source of the data, and whether the purpose was to distract from Trump’s wiretap claims and Russian ties.
     A large portion of the Wikileaks dump are from the CIA’s Center for Cyber Intelligence, the unit assigned by Obama to respond to Russia’s interference in our election.
     Two days later, Nigel Farage visited Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy in London (March 9th). On February 25th, Farage had dinner with Trump, Ivanka and Kushner.
     Costco started stocking the popular Orwell book, “1984.”
     Gold star father Khizr Khan canceled a speaking engagement in Toronto, saying he was notified that his travel privileges were under review. At the end of the week, there were still open questions about this curious case.
     The ACLU filed an ethics complaint against Session in Alabama over his Senate confirmation testimony about contact with Russia to “determine whether he violated the Alabama Rules of Professional Conduct.”
     The Office of Government Ethics director wrote a letter to Trump’s deputy WH counsel on the decision not to discipline Conway, saying he remains “concerned” about the Trump aide’s “misuse of position,” and that her evading punishment risked “undermining the ethics program.”
     Bannon and Breitbart increasingly used the term “deep state” to describe an imagined “covert resistance” to Trump, largely composed of Obama loyalists. Deep state is a term generally used by authoritarian regimes.
     Fox News’ Hannity tweeted Thursday it was time for Trump ‘to purge the deep state saboteurs from the government.’
     On Friday, Rep Steven King also suggested that a purge of federal staff needs to happen.
     Same day, when asked in the WH Daily Briefing, Spicer did not reject the concept of the Deep State.
     That afternoon, without any notice, Sessions asked all 46 remaining Obama appointed US attorneys to resign.
     On Wednesday Three watchdogs had asked the US attorney for the Southern District of NY (home to the Trump Organization) to investigate whether Trump effectively receives benefits from foreign entities, in violation of the Constitution.
     The US attorney for the Southern District of NY is Preet Bharara, who was invited to Trump Tower in November and asked by Trump to stay on, only to be asked to resign in the Sessions sweep on Friday. As of today, Bharara is refusing to resign.
     POLITCO reported that Europeans are concerned about Bannon and Trump’s efforts to undo the European Union. Commerce Secretary Ross, who has ties to Russia per Week 16, is also anti-EU.
     Trump golf properties enjoyed an unprecedented boom of sales, as people seek access to Trump. Eric Trump bragged, “I think our brand is the hottest it has ever been.”
     The New Yorker reported on one of Trump’s questionable and likely illegal deals in Baku, Azerbaijan (a former Soviet republic). Ivanka oversaw the deal, which was linked to corrupt oligarchs and terror financiers.
     Russia broke a 30 year-old nuclear treaty with the US, deploying a missile with nuclear capability which threatens Europe. US Generals briefed Congress, but the Trump regime did nothing about it.
     Muhammad Ali Jr. was again detained at an airport in DC, this time, ironically, after meeting with lawmakers to discuss his being detained last month.
     In a filing this week, Flynn admitted that he had worked as a foreign agent during the campaign, lobbying Trump on behalf of the Turkish government, and earning $530,000 for his work.
     Examples emerged of how Flynn’s lobbying role may have interfered with US policy, such as during the transition when Flynn held approval of a Kurdish plan to seize Raqqa. The Obama WH had worked for months on this plan.
     Flynn also had written an op-ed, published on election day, calling Turkey “our strongest ally” against ISIS, and recommending we extradite “radical cleric” Gulen.
     Information in Flynn’s filing also revealed a possible bribe attempt to get an email sent by Hillary regarding Benghazi re-marked as classified.
     Spicer said Friday that Trump did not know that Flynn was working a secret foreign agent, as evidence mounted to suggest otherwise.
     In a morning interview with MSNBC, a former Trump transition team member said Trump and the transition team knew about Flynn.
     Pence said he didn’t know about Flynn. It was uncovered that Rep Cummings had sent Pence a letter on this topic in November. In an awkward interview with Bret Baier Friday, Pence offered up twice that this was the first he had heard of it&#8202;—&#8202;not responding to a question asked.
     A story that had been dismissed four months ago about computer server connection this past summer between a Russian bank and the Trump Organization, re-emerged, as sources reported the FBI is investigating.
     Trump’s former campaign manager Manafort my face charges Ukraine for his involvement with mass police shootings of protesters in Kiev in 2014, allegedly tied to Russia.
     At a WH press briefing Friday, some members of the media literally laughed at Spicer for his explanation of why Trump accepted and took unwarranted credit for this month’s jobs report, while in the past saying the jobs was phony.
     As Week 17 drew to an end, and Trump marked his first 50 days in office, the media was widely critical of the frequent lies and assertions without evidence made by Trump. A concern emerged about Trump’s credibility should a crisis emerge.
     On Friday morning, Spicer broke a 1985 federal rule which forbids government officials from publicly commenting about the jobs report within one hour of the release, when he commented via a tweet.


Original with links: Week 17: Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you, so… (https://medium.com/@Amy_Siskind/week-17-experts-in-authoritarianism-advise-to-keep-a-list-of-things-subtly-changing-around-you-so-ae9bf7c02ace#.gp8brurrr)

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[Post 526]
Author : SR71
Date : 03-13-2017 07:53 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

What a surprise!  Trump blows the deadline for dropping the bombshell evidence about how Obama wiretapped Trump Tower.  

Congressional deadline arrives for DOJ evidence on Trump wiretap claims - CNNPolitics.com (http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/13/politics/intelligence-deadline-wiretaps/)

Kelly Ann goes off the deep end, as usual.  Now every dull fuck in the country will believe Obama wiretapped Trump's microwave.

Kellyanne Conway alludes to even wider surveillance of Trump campaign (http://www.northjersey.com/story/news/columnists/mike-kelly/2017/03/12/mike-kelly-conway-suggests-even-wider-surveillance-trump-campaign/99060910/)

Conway, who managed Trump&#8217;s presidential campaign before taking the job as one of the president's closest advisers, suggested that the alleged monitoring of activities at Trump&#8217;s campaign headquarters at Trump Tower in Manhattan may have involved far more than wiretapping.

&#8220;What I can say is there are many ways to surveil each other,&#8221; Conway said as the Trump presidency marked its 50th day in office during the weekend. &#8220;You can surveil someone through their phones, certainly through their television sets &#8212; any number of ways.&#8221;

Conway went on to say that the monitoring could be done with &#8220;microwaves that turn into cameras,&#8221; adding: &#8220;We know this is a fact of modern life.&#8221;

Later lamely walking it back* -

 She later tweeted that the Record's headline -- "Kellyanne Conway suggests even wider surveillance of Trump campaign" -- was "just wrong."
"Response to Bergen Record was about surveillance articles in news & techniques generally, not about campaign. Headline just wrong," Conway said.

* from the CNN article again

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[Post 527]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 03-14-2017 12:44 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That wiretapping kerfuffle was the fault of all you hateful leftie fucks. As Melissa McCarthy impersonator Sean Spicer told us (http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/13/politics/sean-spicer-donald-trump-wiretapping/index.html?adkey=bn) today, Li'l Donnie by no means meant "wiretapping" when he tweeted about "wiretapping."

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[Post 528]
Author : Kyuss Apollo
Date : 03-14-2017 05:31 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">My mentions this morning are like the theater at the end of Inglourious Basterds: packed with Nazis and begging to be set on fire.</p>&mdash; Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) <a href="https://twitter.com/KevinMKruse/status/841260215773351936">March 13, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 529]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 03-14-2017 06:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The "Liberal Redneck" on Trumpcare:  "It Wouldn't Be a Trump Thing without a Backhanded FU to Women."

Contains some NSFW language.


Liberal Redneck - Trumpcare - YouTube

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[Post 530]
Author : SR71
Date : 03-14-2017 07:13 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

"The cost of an iPhone won't get you two aspirins and a slap on the ass in an American hospital."  :laugh:  

It won't pay for much insurance either, for that matter.  A few months worth, maybe.

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[Post 531]
Author : godfry n. glad
Date : 03-14-2017 10:47 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

"The cost of an iPhone won't get you two aspirins and a slap on the ass in an American hospital."  :laugh:  

It won't pay for much insurance either, for that matter.  A few months worth, maybe.

Dunno the price of iPhones.  Know the price of health insurance.

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[Post 532]
Author : SR71
Date : 03-14-2017 10:49 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Between 650 to 850.  Comparable androids can be had for much less.

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[Post 533]
Author : The Man
Date : 03-15-2017 01:24 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Maddow announces that she has the shitgibbon's tax returns and will broadcast about them at 9pm EDT. Here's hoping this is less "Al Capone's vault" territory and more "Al Capone's tax returns" territory.

edit: apparently his 1040 form from 2005, so probably no direct evidence of Putin bribes, but maybe evidence of how leveraged he probably already was by that point at least.

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[Post 534]
Author : Crumb
Date : 03-15-2017 06:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The GOP health care plan: The more you need, the less you get - YouTube

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[Post 535]
Author : Jerome
Date : 03-15-2017 08:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Lets go through it logically.

Trump is a Russian agent of some sort:

Thus Obama would have every right to wire tap him, and if he didn't, then he did not follow through on his job of protecting the American people from a foreign threat.

The Russian conspiracy is a lie to disrupt the incoming administration:

Here is the only place you will find that Obama did not wire tap Trump, but it destroys the Democratic party for a generation.

The Russian conspiracy was thought to be true, but its not:

Here Obama does the wire tap, but found nothing, and the Democrat have been lying after finding nothing, thus destroying the party for a generation.


Not sure how this can possibly work out for Obama and the Democrats outside of Trump actually being a Russian agent. Yet even here they are neutered as they screwed the pooch by not stopping a foreign takeover.
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[Post 536]
Author : Ari
Date : 03-15-2017 10:41 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Your backwards logic is always amusing.
Thus Obama would have every right to wire tap him
I'm not quite sure that's how legal wiretapping works.

Speaking of legal actions, hows the proceeds against Hilary going after Trump followed through on locking her up?  What about the scandalous case of a man posing as an American to become president, surely that's gone to trial by now?!

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[Post 537]
Author : Jerome
Date : 03-15-2017 11:36 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

FISA warrants Ari.

You can get a surveillance warrant if you have cause to think a person is an agent of a foreign government.

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[Post 538]
Author : Jerome
Date : 03-15-2017 11:39 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Speaking of legal actions, hows the proceeds against Hilary going after Trump followed through on locking her up? 

Like I have said multiple times, if he doesn't go after her that is proof of my contention he is a part of the scam to make the idiot class think they have a voice, and keep them mad at each other whilst the store continues to be robbed.

He is an expert in bankruptcy, that is why he was put into place, to take the US through bankruptcy.

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[Post 539]
Author : Jerome
Date : 03-15-2017 11:41 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Maddow announces that she has the shitgibbon's tax returns and will broadcast about them at 9pm EDT. Here's hoping this is less "Al Capone's vault" territory and more "Al Capone's tax returns" territory.

... and the joke is on the liberals once again, he paid a higher percentage of his income in tax than did MSNBC, Clinton, and Obama.

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[Post 540]
Author : Crumb
Date : 03-16-2017 02:46 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

FISA warrants Ari.

You can get a surveillance warrant if you have cause to think a person is an agent of a foreign government.
Can I get one, or just Ari and Obama? Do they have a website where I can request the warrant? I think I know someone who might be an agent of a foreign government... :yup:

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[Post 541]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-16-2017 02:57 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Do the warrants look into birth certificates in the basements of DC pizza parlours?

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[Post 542]
Author : SR71
Date : 03-17-2017 07:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So, you guys heard Dennis Kucinich is backing Trump by saying Obama wiretapped him too?

Well, not so fast, Easy D.  blah blah blah...

The "Kucinich Was Wiretapped!" Story Is Not What It Seems (http://www.redstate.com/patterico/2017/03/15/kucinich-wiretapped-story-not-seems/)

blah blah blah...

In that op-ed, Kucinich describes being played the phone call by Washington Times reporters who said they were recordings &#8220;recovered from Tripoli&#8221;:

Somehow, the Washington Times had gotten its hands on the surreptitious recording. I authenticated the conversation, and parts of it were published by the newspaper, which provided online links where readers could listen to me talking with Mr. Qaddafi.

The reporters did not say, nor did I ask, who had made the tape. But the paper&#8217;s stories referenced &#8220;secret audio recordings recovered from Tripoli.&#8221;

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[Post 543]
Author : Jerome
Date : 03-17-2017 07:58 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

"I had a resolution in the House to try to stop the war and Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, a high-ranking official in Libya’s government and son of President Moammar Gadhafi"

"I cleared the discussion with House attorneys, and a member of Congress is not supposed to be listened to by the executive branch"

"The director of national intelligence under President Obama was tracking my resolution, and I didn't find out until two years after I had left Congress."

"When I met them at a Chinese restaurant in Washington, they played back audio of a call I had taken in my D.C. congressional office four years earlier"

"I heard a lot of people laughing about it, but I had something happen to me. If a member of Congress can have his phone tapped, this can happen to anybody."

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[Post 544]
Author : Ari
Date : 03-17-2017 08:10 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

No wonder the conspiracy nutters like him so much, he has the same deficiencies in logic that they do.

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[Post 545]
Author : Jerome
Date : 03-17-2017 08:15 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I believe the tape was made by an American intelligence agency and then leaked to the Times for political reasons. If so, this episode represented a gross violation of the separation of powers.

Shortly after the Times story was published, I alerted congressional leaders to the breach and then let the matter rest, assuming that a series of routine Freedom of Information Act requests I had made in 2012 before leaving office would provide answers. 

Five years later I am still waiting for FOIA responses from some of the intelligence agencies. 

Dennis Kucinich: I'm no fan of Trump's but he's got a point about wiretapping | Fox News (http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/03/10/dennis-kucinich-im-no-fan-trumps-but-hes-got-point-about-wiretapping.html)

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[Post 546]
Author : Ari
Date : 03-17-2017 08:17 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So it's a guess with no evidence. 
Give that man a cabinet position!

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[Post 547]
Author : Jerome
Date : 03-17-2017 08:21 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The evidence is the FOIA requests have not been answered. If they don't have anything, they say so. The only reason they are not answered is if they are hiding something.

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[Post 548]
Author : Ari
Date : 03-17-2017 08:24 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The evidence is the FOIA requests have not been answered.
:roflmao:
Your evidence threshold is Trumpian!

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[Post 549]
Author : Jerome
Date : 03-17-2017 08:47 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The hearings starting on Monday concerning the Russian conspiracy should be enlightening.

Ari, what is your guess, that Trump was not wiretapped and the democrats are lying about a fake conspiracy with the purpose to undermine the US government, or he did his job and did wiretap a suspect foreign agent?

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[Post 550]
Author : Jerome
Date : 03-17-2017 08:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

My sources are telling me a US server was used to hack into a Russian bank, then spoofed the Russian bank to appear to communicate with a server in the Trump Tower.

:wave:

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[Post 551]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-17-2017 11:54 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The beauty of it all is how Jerome thinks his cocksucking skills will keep him off a Tascón List.

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[Post 552]
Author : Ari
Date : 03-18-2017 01:41 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A reminder of who Jerome and the right now totally believe,
Kucinich: I saw a UFO &#8211; CNN Political Ticker - CNN.com Blogs (http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/10/31/kucinich-i-saw-a-ufo/)
who &#8220;felt a connection in his heart and heard directions in his mind.&#8221;
:LUIS:

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[Post 553]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-18-2017 02:49 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Let Bannon Be Bannon! - New York Times (https://nytimes.com/2017/03/17/opinion/let-bannon-be-bannon.html)

It talks about how it appears that it's Bannon who pushes for things that help me he middle class, and this is the area that Trump won't yield.

Fave quote:

The third possibility is that Donald Trump doesn’t really care about domestic policy; he mostly cares about testosterone.

He wants to cut any part of government that may seem soft and nurturing, like poverty programs. He wants to cut any program that might seem emotional and airy-fairy, like the National Endowment for the Arts. He wants to cut any program that might seem smart and nerdy, like the National Institutes of Health.

But he wants to increase funding for every program that seems manly, hard, muscular and ripped, like the military and armed antiterrorism programs.

Indeed, the Trump budget looks less like a political philosophy and more like a sexual fantasy. It lavishes attention on every aspect of hard power and slashes away at anything that isn’t.

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[Post 554]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-18-2017 02:51 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump Thinks the Constitution 'Makes Us Look Weak' - Rolling Stone (http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/trump-thinks-the-constitution-makes-us-look-weak-w472544)

https://images.plurk.com/6uifiyfmOPfvK7vaApjg.gif

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[Post 555]
Author : Jerome
Date : 03-18-2017 04:42 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Indeed, the Trump budget looks less like a political philosophy and more like a sexual fantasy. 

One has to ask why leftists have sex come to mind when talking about Trump.

Lusting for a big daddy maybe?

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[Post 556]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-18-2017 05:45 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Right, I misspelled Kochsucking.

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[Post 557]
Author : erimir
Date : 03-18-2017 05:51 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

David Brooks is not a leftist, he's a conservative. Idiot.

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[Post 558]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-18-2017 06:13 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

When you're so far to the right you're over the event horizon, everyone's a leftist.

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[Post 559]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-18-2017 07:04 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Secret Service Agent's Laptop Containing 'Highly Sensitive' Info Stolen In Brooklyn: Gothamist (http://gothamist.com/2017/03/17/secret_service_laptop_stolen.php)

The laptop contained floor plans for Trump Tower, details about the Hillary Clinton email investigation, evacuation protocols, and other information pertaining to national security

"Golly Gee, we'd love to help with the investigation but we don't have a budget for that anymore." -New York City*

*Satire

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[Post 560]
Author : Jerome
Date : 03-18-2017 03:46 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

David Brooks is not a leftist, he's a conservative. Idiot.

You believe labels instead of words, typical of leftists, can't think past labels.

I guess his swooning over Obama, his missing of Obama are conservative ideas ...

Charles Krauthammer refereed to Brooks "as his favorite liberal columnist."

Brooks wrote that Goldwater and Reagan were not proper models for future leaders, that Obama was.

lol @ you falling for labels

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[Post 561]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-18-2017 07:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:pat:

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[Post 562]
Author : erimir
Date : 03-18-2017 07:33 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Missing Obama because Trump is awful doesn't make you a leftist.

And being a conservative isn't about your opinions of particular people, it's about your policy preferences, and Brooks is center-right. You could argue that he's more just a centrist... but he is not a leftist.

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[Post 563]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-18-2017 08:53 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Africa Trade Meeting Has No Africans After US Visa Denials - VOA (http://www.voanews.com/a/african-trade-conference-canceled-after-visas-denied-african-delegates/3770907.html)

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[Post 564]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-19-2017 01:20 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Donald Trump kicked One Direction out of his hotel for refusing to meet his daughter | The Independent (http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/donald-trump-one-direction-liam-payne-kicked-out-of-hotel-daughter-ivanka-tiffany-a7636451.html)

lol

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[Post 565]
Author : Ari
Date : 03-19-2017 01:27 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Donald Trump refuses to shake Angela Merkel's hand | The Independent (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-angela-merkel-shake-hand-refuse-a7635911.html)

Trump refuses to shake woman's hand, who also happens to be the leader of Germany.  
Some people are saying Trump said, "Touching intimate areas like hands is reserved for a father and his hottest daughter.  No wonder they are failing. Sick socialists!  Sad!"

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[Post 566]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-19-2017 01:51 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Donald Trump refuses to shake Angela Merkel's hand | The Independent (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-angela-merkel-shake-hand-refuse-a7635911.html)

Trump refuses to shake woman's hand, who also happens to be the leader of Germany.  
Some people are saying Trump said, "Touching intimate areas like hands is reserved for a father and his hottest daughter.  No wonder they are failing. Sick socialists!  Sad!"

The real story is Trudeau gave Merkel some Judo lessons and Trump is aware of this.

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[Post 567]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-19-2017 04:39 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump administration rescinds Obama guidance on student loan defaults: report | TheHill (http://thehill.com/policy/finance/324590-trump-administration-rescinds-obama-guidance-on-student-loan-defaults-report)

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[Post 568]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-19-2017 04:52 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

10437

10438

10439

Pookleblinky on Twitter: "You process text with the same meat you use to process faces." (https://twitter.com/pookleblinky/status/843039905886429184)

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[Post 569]
Author : erimir
Date : 03-19-2017 06:30 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

There was that time when he didn't notice that Rudy Giuliani was sitting right in front of him...

Maybe he's both illiterate and face-blind!

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[Post 570]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-19-2017 11:05 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Events and actions this week lend credence to an evolving theme: Trump isn’t all that interested in typical legislative stuff like passing healthcare or his budget&#8202;—&#8202;his passion and focus are on enriching himself, and making America white.This week was also unfamiliar territory for Trump: he couldn’t control the narrative the entire week. We’re learning Trump is great on offense, but inept on defense.


 As Trump’s wiretap claim entered its second week, Trump still offered no evidence to support it. Conway backed Trump saying, “microwaves that turn into cameras” can spy on us. Spicer said Trump didn’t mean wiretapping literally when he tweeted about wiretapping.
     OMB Mulvaney claimed Obama had been “manipulating” jobs data.
     The Trump regime had its second email scandal in two weeks. WSJ reported that Tillerson used an email alias - ‘Wayne Tracker’&#8202;—&#8202;while at Exxon, to discuss climate change.
     Kushner is set to net $400 million on the sale of a NYC office building to a Chinese firm with murky links to the Chinese power structure.
     Ivanka imported 53 metric tons of Chinese goods while her father was making his ‘Buy American’ speeches.
     A businesswoman with ties to Chinese Intelligence and the Chinese ruling elite purchased a penthouse in a Trump property for $15.8 million.
     These ties, along with the 38 trademarks granted to Trump in Week 14, as Trump readies to host China’s PM at Mar-a-Lago. Trump has shifted on both his “One China” policy and trade war threats in recent weeks.
     Trump insider Stone told AP he may have been the subject of surveillance by Intelligence for his possible role as a foreign agent for Russia.
     Former WH staffer Crowley, who was fired for plagiarism, took a job as a foreign agent for a Ukrainian oligarch with ties to Russia.
     Reuters uncovered that Russian elite have invested close to $100 million in Trump luxury towers in Southern Florida.
     The yacht of Trump financial backer Robert Mercer, was spotted in the British Virgin Islands next to the yacht of Dmitry Rybolovlev, the Russian oligarch mentioned in Week 17 for his multiple connections to Trump and Wilbur Ross.
     Mercer also has close ties to Bannon, and collaborated with him on at least five ventures, including Breitbart News.
     A document released Thursday showed that Flynn received three formerly-undisclosed payments from Russian interests, totaling $70,000.
     WSJ broke that Flynn also had an interaction with a Russian-British national while he was head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, which he failed to report, as required.
     Russia continued provocations: a Russian spy ship reappeared in the US eastern seaboard, just 20 miles south of a U.S. Navy submarine base.
     News of the DOJ’s findings that Russian agents were behind the Yahoo hacking, brought Russia interference back front and center.
     As things heated up on Russia in the Senate, McCain accused Rand Paul, on the Senate floor, of “working for Vladimir Putin.”
     Further to Week 17’s Deep State theme, Trump opened the week signing an executive order on a “reorganizing” of the executive branch, which opened the door to the Trump regime dismantling federal agencies.
     POLITICO reported on the growing paranoia and dysfunctionality in Trump’s executive branch. One staff member said, “people are scared.”
     Tillerson mirrored Trump, saying the proposed slashing of the State Department’s budget would make it “much more efficient,” while offering no vision or strategy for foreign policy.
     As mentioned in Week 17, much to the consternation and over objections by our media, Tillerson did not bring press along on his first trip to Asia. He did, however, bring one reporter from conservative media IJR&#8202;—&#8202;who coincidentally had written a glowing piece about him two weeks prior.
     Friday, Tillerson said the US was prepared to take military action against North Korea, if necessary. Tillerson cut his trip to South Korea short, citing fatigue.
     Saturday, Tillerson stood by his decision not to allow the media along on his trip to Asia, saying, “I’m not a big media press access person.”
     A Federal Judge in Hawaii halted Trump’s second Muslim Ban the day before it was set to go into effect, saying the Ban is unconstitutional and discriminates based on religion.
     The Federal Judge also cited remarks made by Miller and Giuliani on TV in his ruling.
     Conservative media IJR (same as on Tillerson’s plane) speculated that Obama’s visit to Hawaii and was behind the ruling. IJR next day added an editor’s note to the article, and soon thereafter, the reporter resigned.
     Buzzfeed reported that Nick Ayers, a top adviser to Pence is an investor in the IJR.
     Trump held a campaign rally in Nashville, TN on Wednesday in which he chastised the Federal Judge who ruled against his Muslim Ban, claiming incompetence, before transitioning the crowd to cheers of, “Lock her up!”
     Trump’s ranting about the halt of his second Muslim Ban at the Nashville rally&#8202;—&#8202;“This is watered-down version of the first one” - could be a death blow to his chances in an appeal, which he does plan to file.
     WAPO reported on a second internal report prepared for the Trump regime, again with data undercutting the premise of his Muslim Ban.
     Trump’s Nashville campaign rally was half full; while thousands of protestors outside chanted things like, “bless your heart.”
     Gorka, Trump’s top counter-terrorism advisor, was reported to be a sworn member of Hungarian group listed by our State Department as ‘under the direction of the Nazi Government of Germany’ during World War II.
     In Netherland’s race for prime minister, the candidate associated with Trump lost with unexpectedly poor results. Some in Europe noted that Austrian and Dutch elections point to a Trump backlash.
     At a photo op before his Michigan speech, Trump said publicly to the governor “Come on, governor&#8202;—&#8202;even though you didn’t endorse me….I never forget.”
     WAPO’s Fahrenthold followed up on three promises made by Trump on November 8: donating his salary, giving away leftovers from Inaugural Committee, and donating profits derived from foreign governments use Trump hotels to the US Treasury. Trump has given $0 so far.
     On Friday, the Trump Organization announced it will wait until 2018 to start donating profits from foreign government in his hotels.
     Anti-Semitic threats continued. CNN created a map to show how widespread Jewish bomb threats have become: so far in 2017, 159 bomb threats in 38 states.
     Trump’s Muslim Ban took another blow from a Federal Judge in Maryland who suspended the part of the ban that prevented visas from being issued. Trump and his surrogates continued the “judicial overreach” and need to change this imbalance of power, talking point.
     Trump’s budget got off to a disastrous start when OMB Mulvaney said of cutting funds to Meals on Wheels, it’s a program, “not showing results.” Words ‘Meals’ and ‘Wheels’ trended on Twitter for the rest of the day.
     WSJ reported that tax cuts for the wealthy in the GOP’s tax plan would save Trump millions.
     Part of Trump’s 2005 tax return was leaked to reporter David Cay Johnston, who shared them on The Rachel Maddow Show. Trump called it “fake news,” Maddow called the scoop, “a drop of water in the desert.”
     NJ legislature passed a bill requiring presidential candidates to disclose their tax returns.
     Continuing his efforts to drain the swamp, Trump nominated his fifth Goldman Sachs employee to a role as Deputy Treasury Secretary.
     Ethics documents showed that Liddell, Trump’s director of strategic initiatives, has $3–4 million in stock holdings of 18 of the companies, whose CEOs attended a meeting with he and Trump.
     By midweek, Republicans including Nunes, chair of the House Intelligence Committee, were turning on Trump for his wiretapping claim. Ryan joined him too.
     The Senate Intelligence Committee issued a formal statement that there is no evidence of any surveillance (going beyond wiretapping) or Trump Tower during or after the campaign. The statement was issued 15 minutes before the WH daily briefing.
     At the daily briefing, which started an hour late, Spicer said Trump stands by his allegation that Obama wiretapped Trump Tower.
     Spicer also parroted allegations first made on Fox News, that Obama used British intelligence agency GCHQ to spy on Trump. GCHQ issued a strongly worded refute of this ridiculous claim.
     Friday morning, UK media reported the US made formal apology to Britain for the WH accusation that the GCHQ wiretapped Trump Tower.
     That afternoon, Spicer denied that an apology was made, saying, “I don’t think we regret anything,” while Trump commented on the matter, “We said nothing. All we did was quote a very talented legal mind.”
     With cameras rolling, Trump refused when asked by Merkel, to shake her hand.
     Multiple pictures surfaced of Ivanka inexplicably seated next to Chancellor Merkel at the meeting.
     Trump misspoke during the press conference with Merkel, referring to the US as a “company” instead of a country.
     Also at the press conference, Trump turned to Merkel in answering about his wiretap claims by Obama and said, “At least we have something in common perhaps.” He claimed he got the information from Fox News.
     After the press conference, Fox News’ Shep Smith said on his show, ‘Fox News knows of no evidence of any kind that now-President of the United States was surveilled at any time, in any way. Full stop.’
     Oklahoma Rep Cole became the first congressional Republican to call on Trump to apologize to Obama for his false wiretapping claim.
     Friday is was announced that Trump’s DOJ is working to speed deportations, shifting immigration judges to 12 US cities where they claim there are more immigrants who have committed crimes.
     Cases continued to surface of non-criminals being targeted for deportation, including a mother of six in Chicago during a routine check-in with ICE. Her congressman was handcuffed defending her.
     Canada’s version of the Girl Scouts&#8202;—&#8202;the Girl Guides&#8202;—&#8202;canceled all trip to the US citing concerns over Trump’s Muslim Ban, and it’s message.
     Rep Steve King said Blacks and Hispanics “will be fighting each other” before overtaking whites in population. Few in the GOP condemned him, as King continued to the TV circuit re-iterating his white nationalism.
     The Trump regime went to court to try to bring the consumer protection agency created by Sen Warren after the 2008 recession, under direct control of Trump, opening the door to dismantling it.
     The WH “1600 Daily” email blast mistakenly included a very obviously satirical article from WAPO, “Trump’s budget makes perfect sense and will fix America, and I will tell you why.”
     Continuing his pattern of hiring insiders, Trump plans to nominate Kellyanne Conway’s husband to a powerful post overseeing the Federal government’s lawsuits, including the Muslim Ban.
     Republicans continue to face energized, raucous crowds when returning home. Sen Ernst faced a packed crowd, which frequently booed her.
     The House Intel Committee sent a letter to the FBI, CIA and NSA demanding info on whether Flynn was being surveilled. The House Intel Committee oversees the FBI, CIA and NSA, yet the agencies did not comply. Rachel Maddow in a segment called it “nuts” and “not normal.”
     Open hearings in Congress on Russian interference start next week: March 20th in the House, and March 30th in the Senate. McCain said on upcoming Trump-Russia probes, “ I think there’s a lot of shoes to drop from this centipede.”


Source with links: Week 18: Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you, so… (https://medium.com/@Amy_Siskind/week-18-experts-in-authoritarianism-advise-to-keep-a-list-of-things-subtly-changing-around-you-so-f948c7fb7910#.9wqf1xdmi)

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[Post 571]
Author : The Man
Date : 03-20-2017 01:25 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This may be my current favourite statistic.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">At 37%, Trump today has a lower Gallup approval rating than Obama ever had in his entire presidency. <a href="https://t.co/jSnFjmGbMT">pic.twitter.com/jSnFjmGbMT</a></p>&mdash; Ray Wert (@raywert) <a href="https://twitter.com/raywert/status/843512203638640644">March 19, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

In other news, Loomis highlights (http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2017/03/dumbasses-of-america) this particular issue of supreme Republican voter idiocy:

Blake Yelverton is taking a break with a burger that doesn&#8217;t cut any corners. Cheese and bacon and everything. He&#8217;s 23, a burly young man with a big red beard, and he works on his father&#8217;s cow farm.

&#8220;I don&#8217;t believe it&#8217;s the federal government&#8217;s job to provide health care,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It&#8217;s communism, socialism anyway.&#8221;

Yelverton hopes Trump trashes the whole thing, and he&#8217;s not too fond of the GOP plan being discussed in Congress either. &#8220;They&#8217;re doing a lesser evil of Obamacare,&#8221; he said.

His insurance?

&#8220;I&#8217;m on my parents&#8217; plan,&#8221; he said.

So, Yelverton, it turns out, benefits from Obamacare. That&#8217;s because the law allows parents to keep kids on their insurance until age 26 &#8212; a widely-popular element of Barack Obama&#8217;s signature health law that Republicans intend to keep in their replacement plan.

Confronted with that information, he pauses for a moment.

&#8220;I haven&#8217;t been to the doctor in four or five years,&#8221; he said.
Government health care is socialism! What, you mean that the fact that I'm even on insurance right now is due to a government law popularly referred to by the name of our first black president? I never used that anyway!

You couldn't have written this as believable satire four years ago. No one would have believed that people are actually this stupid.

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[Post 572]
Author : Jerome
Date : 03-20-2017 01:13 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Donald Trump refuses to shake Angela Merkel's hand | The Independent (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-angela-merkel-shake-hand-refuse-a7635911.html)

Trump refuses to shake woman's hand, who also happens to be the leader of Germany.  
Some people are saying Trump said, "Touching intimate areas like hands is reserved for a father and his hottest daughter.  No wonder they are failing. Sick socialists!  Sad!"

FAKE NEWS

http://img.theepochtimes.com/n3/eet-content/uploads/2017/03/17/2017-03-17T155021Z_2_LYNXMPED2G162_RTROPTP_4_USA-TRUMP-GERMANY.jpg

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[Post 573]
Author : Jerome
Date : 03-20-2017 01:20 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump administration rescinds Obama guidance on student loan defaults: report | TheHill (http://thehill.com/policy/finance/324590-trump-administration-rescinds-obama-guidance-on-student-loan-defaults-report)

lol, where was the outrage when Obama took over the student loan scam in the first place?

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[Post 574]
Author : Ari
Date : 03-20-2017 01:29 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

...it's like you dont even click the links or something.

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[Post 575]
Author : godfry n. glad
Date : 03-20-2017 01:49 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

He wouldn't shake her hand _after_ the negotiation session.  He's pouting because it didn't go as well as he thought it should....he was the loser.

http://coachdawnwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/loser-hand-sign-300x290.jpg

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[Post 576]
Author : Jerome
Date : 03-20-2017 02:09 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

He wouldn't shake her hand _after_ the negotiation session.  He's pouting because it didn't go as well as he thought it should....he was the loser.

Nope: "Trump refuses to shake woman's hand, who also happens to be the leader of Germany."

Sorry, but your narrative is FAKE NEWS.

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[Post 577]
Author : Vivisectus
Date : 03-20-2017 02:14 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Because if you shake hands with someone once, you can then never be accused of refusing to shake hands after: that person stays handshaken. Forever. So if I shake hands with someone before a meeting, and then snub a request for a handshake afterwards, I have not refused to shake hands with that person.

Checkmate, Liberfascists!

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[Post 578]
Author : Jerome
Date : 03-20-2017 02:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The narrative being promoted is that he is sexist because he didn't shake her hand.

That narrative is the fake news.

Now, being caught promoting fake news you are trying to backtrack on the narrative.

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[Post 579]
Author : Vivisectus
Date : 03-20-2017 02:36 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Right - because it is impossible to refuse to shake someone's hand for sexist reasons once you have shaken their hands once.

Keep wriggling though. I like it when they squirm.

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[Post 580]
Author : Ari
Date : 03-20-2017 02:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:rofl:
clicking the link = being caught promoting fake news. 

'The narrative' presumed you can click on a link and dont need the contents spoon fed to you. False presumtion. Sad!

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[Post 581]
Author : Jerome
Date : 03-20-2017 03:46 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Russia Hacked the Election Congressional Hearings LIVE

FBI Director Says Investigating Links Trump | Video | C-SPAN.org (https://www.c-span.org/video/?425087-1/fbi-nsa-directors-testify-first-public-hearing-russia-hacking)

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[Post 582]
Author : Jerome
Date : 03-20-2017 05:13 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So far its been a big waste of time.

'I can't comment on investigations, or even if we are having investigations.'

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[Post 583]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-20-2017 06:22 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:lol:

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[Post 584]
Author : Jerome
Date : 03-20-2017 08:04 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Holy crap, Rep. Heck said this is like what happened at Pearl Harbor and 9/11.

Rep. Speier says this is war with Russia.

:doh:

Democrats expose themselves as warmongers once again.

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[Post 585]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-20-2017 10:31 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So, I heard there's some hearings going on.

:popcorn:

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[Post 586]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-21-2017 04:27 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

US forbids any device larger than cellphone on airlines from 13 countries | Business | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/mar/20/us-forbids-devices-larger-cell-phones-flights-13-countries)

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[Post 587]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-21-2017 04:32 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The Democrats have their breakout star - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2017/03/20/the-democrats-have-their-breakout-star/)

Here's the guy to watch.

Ranking member on the House Intelligence Committee Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.) hardly rates as a household name. He’s a bit stiff, not your typical glad-handing politician. Nevertheless, with the primacy of the Russia investigation he has become a frequent face on TV news. His effective, precise arguments, delivered largely without hyperbole, are an effective counterpoint to the often hysterical White House utterances.

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[Post 588]
Author : livius drusus
Date : 03-21-2017 04:35 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

He has that priceless name recognition courtesy of Law & Order, too. :lovey:

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[Post 589]
Author : SR71
Date : 03-21-2017 05:09 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I know, I'm like, kick his ass, Adam Schiff!  :asskick:  

It seems providential.  A most auspicious coincidence.

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[Post 590]
Author : JoeP
Date : 03-21-2017 11:09 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

US forbids any device larger than cellphone on airlines from 13 countries | Business | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/mar/20/us-forbids-devices-larger-cell-phones-flights-13-countries)

So, I'm undecided on the reasons behind this.

Is this just driven by the White House raising "I told you so" fake news supporting the Muslim ban? Or maybe just a standalone piece of Muslim-bashing? 
 
Has the TSA always been prone to overreaction and heavy-handedness? A case study in sacrificing liberty for "security" and gaining victory only for the terrorists?

Or is there actually a recent but credible threat? Perhaps. They've claimed one; that means nothing. So now the terrorists will use other airlines and origin countries. They don't seem worried about that.

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[Post 591]
Author : Jerome
Date : 03-21-2017 01:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The Democrats have their breakout star - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2017/03/20/the-democrats-have-their-breakout-star/)

Here's the guy to watch.

Ranking member on the House Intelligence Committee Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.) hardly rates as a household name. He&#8217;s a bit stiff, not your typical glad-handing politician. Nevertheless, with the primacy of the Russia investigation he has become a frequent face on TV news. His effective, precise arguments, delivered largely without hyperbole, are an effective counterpoint to the often hysterical White House utterances.

&#8220;We will never know whether the Russian intervention was determinative in such a close election. Indeed, it is unknowable in a campaign in which so many small changes could have dictated a different result. More importantly, and for the purposes of our investigation, it simply does not matter. What does matter is this: The Russians successfully meddled in our democracy, and our intelligence agencies have concluded that they will do so again.&#8221;

He forgot to mention the part where the testimony was that Russia has been interfering with our elections since they were the Soviet Union.

The only new thing testified to which was different this time was that Russia was more open about it.

The testimony also said that Russia thought Clinton would win, and it wasn't about changing election result, it was about undermining the new administration .. so the question now is, are these democrats now Russian agents trying to undermine this administration?

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[Post 592]
Author : godfry n. glad
Date : 03-21-2017 01:16 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Heh...Another installment of Jerry and his FAKE OPINIONS.

What a forkin' waste of bandwidth....

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[Post 593]
Author : Jerome
Date : 03-21-2017 01:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I watched the testimony, did you?

You do know that the Washington Post is owned by Amazon who has a contract with the CIA? This is something that Congress should be investigating.

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[Post 594]
Author : Jerome
Date : 03-21-2017 01:38 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Here is your new hero looking a fool:

HEATED EXCHANGE: Tuck vs Democrat on Russian Election Hacking - YouTube

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[Post 595]
Author : Jerome
Date : 03-21-2017 01:45 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

If you notice in that clip, Rep. Schiff claims the Russians hacked to get Sanders the win in the primaries ... so I guess Sanders is a Russian agent too?

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[Post 596]
Author : Vivisectus
Date : 03-21-2017 02:26 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

If Sanders or his close associates colluded with the government that guided the hackers or received some sort of payment, say through sweetheart deals, house-sales at inflated prices, or convenient stock brokerage fees, then yes.

But we have not seen anything to suggest this may have been going on.

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[Post 597]
Author : godfry n. glad
Date : 03-21-2017 02:39 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

If you notice in that clip, Rep. Schiff claims the Russians hacked to get Sanders the win in the primaries ... so I guess Sanders is a Russian agent too?

That or Rep. Schiff is a delusional asshole.  Rather like you.

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[Post 598]
Author : godfry n. glad
Date : 03-21-2017 02:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I watched the testimony, did you?


Nah...I just see your avatar and know that shit follows.

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[Post 599]
Author : Jerome
Date : 03-21-2017 02:45 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

If Sanders or his close associates colluded with the government that guided the hackers or received some sort of payment, say through sweetheart deals, house-sales at inflated prices, or convenient stock brokerage fees, then yes.

To be clear, you are asserting that Trump is an agent of Russia, and the over  six months of investigations under the Obama administration, Obama did nothing to stop this Russian agent from taking control of the most powerful office in the world.

:chin:

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[Post 600]
Author : Jerome
Date : 03-21-2017 02:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Obviously Rep. Schiff is an agent of the Ukrainian government by your logic:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C7YSUMHU0AA11KG.jpg

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[Post 601]
Author : Ari
Date : 03-21-2017 03:21 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Barry doesnt like when you retard a president!
He was like this before. 
Whatever, now Barry has to change his whole schedule to fly to the US and reinsert your lousey microchip in the head of some mutant cheeto abomination. 

Aides Wrestle Drill From Trumps Hands As He Tries To Remove Obama Listening Device From Skull - The Onion - America's Finest News Source (http://www.theonion.com/article/aides-wrestle-drill-trumps-hands-he-tries-remove-o-55576)

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[Post 602]
Author : JoeP
Date : 03-21-2017 04:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

US forbids any device larger than cellphone on airlines from 13 countries | Business | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/mar/20/us-forbids-devices-larger-cell-phones-flights-13-countries)

So, I'm undecided on the reasons behind this.

Is this just driven by the White House raising "I told you so" fake news supporting the Muslim ban? Or maybe just a standalone piece of Muslim-bashing? 
 
Has the TSA always been prone to overreaction and heavy-handedness? A case study in sacrificing liberty for "security" and gaining victory only for the terrorists?

Or is there actually a recent but credible threat? Perhaps. They've claimed one; that means nothing. So now the terrorists will use other airlines and origin countries. They don't seem worried about that.

Ooh, new data point.

UK 'to follow US flight ban on laptops' - BBC News (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39343971)

All the article currently says is
The UK is due to announce a ban on laptops and other electronic devices on certain flights, following a similar move by the US.

It is understood the UK restrictions may differ from the US Department of Homeland Security's ban, which affects laptops and tablets.

Flights from 10 airports in eight Muslim majority countries are subject to the US announcement.

So, leaning more towards the threat-that-some-officials-find-credible option. 

But it still could be the Naartjie Nazi's fault. He and his buddies benefit from Middle Eastern terrorism, obviously, and he's probably sponsoring them.

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[Post 603]
Author : Vivisectus
Date : 03-21-2017 04:21 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

If Sanders or his close associates colluded with the government that guided the hackers or received some sort of payment, say through sweetheart deals, house-sales at inflated prices, or convenient stock brokerage fees, then yes.

To be clear, you are asserting that Trump is an agent of Russia, and the over  six months of investigations under the Obama administration, Obama did nothing to stop this Russian agent from taking control of the most powerful office in the world.

:chin:

Nope, that is one of your speculative leaps. I am saying that if such transactions happened, or if the kind of collusion I mentioned happened, then Sanders has broken the law by acting as an agent of a foreign power.

I am not aware of any suspect transactions, or of any circumstances that would lead one to suspect the possibility collusion, that Sanders was involved in.

We really cannot say the same about Trump et al. Hence I think a thorough investigation is not unreasonable.

At no point do I speculate about Obama's motives, about who knew what and when regarding this investigation you brought up, or the extent of Trump's involvement with Russia - I simply do not know.

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[Post 604]
Author : erimir
Date : 03-21-2017 04:46 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

There isn't any reason to think that Sanders colluded with Russia or had unusual contacts with them. Unusual contact with Russia appears to have been routine for the Trump team.

That Russia would have spread fake news and conspiracy theories to damage Clinton during the primaries (and thus help Sanders), however, sounds totally plausible. I assume that would be more about harming Clinton than helping Sanders. There were a lot of people who were ripe to believe all sorts of nonsense about Clinton and the DNC. One I still see frequently, for example, is that she somehow made there be long lines in Phoenix during the Arizona primary. In reality, the number of polling places was decided by the elected Maricopa County registrar... who at that time was a Republican.

(And polling places and registration deadlines for primaries are always decided by state and local authorities. Caucuses are mostly controlled by the state parties, although a DNC conspiracy would be at least plausible there... if not for the fact that Bernie won most of the caucuses by large margins.)

Anyway, there were intentional efforts by Republicans and others outside the Democratic Party to stoke those conspiracies in order to undermine the Democrats. That Russia would've contributed would not surprise me in the least.

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[Post 605]
Author : Jerome
Date : 03-21-2017 04:53 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

There isn't any reason to think that Sanders colluded with Russia or had unusual contacts with them.

He has had relations with Russia since they were the Soviet Union, in fact in 1988 he took his new bride to Soviet Russia for their 'honeymoon'.

:popcorn:

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[Post 606]
Author : Jerome
Date : 03-21-2017 04:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I am not aware of any suspect transactions, or of any circumstances that would lead one to suspect the possibility collusion, that Sanders was involved in.

We really cannot say the same about Trump et al. Hence I think a thorough investigation is not unreasonable.


What suspect transaction are you referring to, please be specific.

This investigation has been going on at least since the summer, so if there evidence that Trump is some sort of Russian agent, what are your thoughts about Obama allowing a Russian agent gain the highest office in the world?

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[Post 607]
Author : Jerome
Date : 03-21-2017 05:02 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Are you not concerned Rep. Schiff took money from a Ukrainian arms dealer?

Are you not concerned this is an agent of Ukraine acting on behalf of Ukrainian interests?

Not sure what your threshold is outside of party affiliation.

Obviously Rep. Schiff is an agent of the Ukrainian government by your logic:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C7YSUMHU0AA11KG.jpg

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[Post 608]
Author : godfry n. glad
Date : 03-21-2017 05:21 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Nah...I'm more concerned that you've been nipping at the toxins again.  That stuff engenders brain damage and you're seemingly a huge exemplar.

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[Post 609]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-21-2017 06:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

From yesterday, c/o George Takei.
http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=10441&d=1490118762

He's like a nine year old about to get caught and pointing at every other kid around him. Where have we seen this before?

https://i.imgflip.com/1cnkoc.jpg

10441

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[Post 610]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-21-2017 06:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

And in related news:

BREAKING: Aides Wrestle Drill From Trump's Hands As He Tries To Remove Obama Listening Device From Skull! (http://www.theonion.com/article/aides-wrestle-drill-trumps-hands-he-tries-remove-o-55576)

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[Post 611]
Author : JoeP
Date : 03-21-2017 09:23 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

And in related news:

BREAKING: Aides Wrestle Drill From Trump's Hands As He Tries To Remove Obama Listening Device From Skull! (http://www.theonion.com/article/aides-wrestle-drill-trumps-hands-he-tries-remove-o-55576)

It would be a really bad idea if someone bought an ad segment on Fox & Friends explaining how the Obama administration inserted listening devices into Trump's skull...

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[Post 612]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-22-2017 12:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

College hi-jinx, so whacky.

Spring breakers chant 'Build that wall!' during Cancun cruise - SFGate (http://m.sfgate.com/politics/article/Spring-breakers-chant-Build-that-wall-during-11014623.php)

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[Post 613]
Author : godfry n. glad
Date : 03-22-2017 12:58 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

And in related news:

BREAKING: Aides Wrestle Drill From Trump's Hands As He Tries To Remove Obama Listening Device From Skull! (http://www.theonion.com/article/aides-wrestle-drill-trumps-hands-he-tries-remove-o-55576)

It would be a really bad idea if someone bought an ad segment on Fox & Friends explaining how the Obama administration inserted listening devices into Trump's skull...

Uh...Would it involve Russian prostitutes?

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[Post 614]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-22-2017 07:20 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

ACLU Report On the Nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch To The Supreme Court | American Civil Liberties Union (https://www.aclu.org/other/aclu-report-nomination-judge-neil-gorsuch-supreme-court)

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[Post 615]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-22-2017 06:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

FBI Reportedly Looking At Breitbart, InfoWars As Part Of Russia Probe (http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/fbi-probing-infowars-breitbart-russia)

Be interesting to see if she's onto something.

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[Post 616]
Author : Jerome
Date : 03-22-2017 10:30 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So looks like Obama was wiretapping the Trump team, and it had nothing to do with any Russian investigation.

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[Post 617]
Author : erimir
Date : 03-22-2017 10:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So it looks like Trump was watching his daughter pee, and it had nothing to do with Russian prostitutes.

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[Post 618]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-22-2017 10:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Be a shame if Jones or any of his lackeys ended up in prison, no?

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[Post 619]
Author : JoeP
Date : 03-22-2017 11:06 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Shame. Shame. Shame.

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[Post 620]
Author : godfry n. glad
Date : 03-22-2017 11:12 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Shame?  It would be an ugly conspiracy of the worst kind.

Make it so.

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[Post 621]
Author : JoeP
Date : 03-23-2017 12:09 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hey, <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump">@realDonaldTrump</a>, I have some advice. See you at Hart Middle School? Here&#39;s more info about <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/afterschool?src=hash">#afterschool</a>: <a href="https://t.co/NOgdhBHyyp">https://t.co/NOgdhBHyyp</a> <a href="https://t.co/NQI2OdVqtF">pic.twitter.com/NQI2OdVqtF</a></p>&mdash; Arnold (@Schwarzenegger) <a href="https://twitter.com/Schwarzenegger/status/844117670983360512">March 21, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

&#8220;Oh, Donald, the ratings are in, and you got swamped,&#8221; the former California governor said in a video he posted online. &#8220;Wow. Now you&#8217;re in the 30s?

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[Post 622]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-23-2017 01:38 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The Democrats have their breakout star - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2017/03/20/the-democrats-have-their-breakout-star/)

Here's the guy to watch.

Ranking member on the House Intelligence Committee Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.) hardly rates as a household name. He’s a bit stiff, not your typical glad-handing politician. Nevertheless, with the primacy of the Russia investigation he has become a frequent face on TV news. His effective, precise arguments, delivered largely without hyperbole, are an effective counterpoint to the often hysterical White House utterances.

Schiff: 'More Than Circumstantial Evidence Now' of Collusion Between Trump Team and Russia (Video) - The New Civil Rights Movement (http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/schiff_more_than_circumstantial_evidence_now_of_collusion_between_trump_team_and_russia_video)

:popcorn:

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[Post 623]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-23-2017 02:51 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://thenib.com/disability-in-the-age-of-trump

Comic form.

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[Post 624]
Author : Kyuss Apollo
Date : 03-23-2017 09:23 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The emotional arc of Trump supporters summed up in one gif. <a href="https://t.co/Nus7meYGsF">pic.twitter.com/Nus7meYGsF</a></p>&mdash; Doc McStabby (@eclecticbrotha) <a href="https://twitter.com/eclecticbrotha/status/844083918060032004">March 21, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 625]
Author : Ari
Date : 03-23-2017 10:26 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

"I guess, I can't be doing so badly, because I'm president, and you're not." -Trump
(Trump later added, Im rubber your glue, times infinity plus one, no take backs.)

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[Post 626]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-23-2017 11:13 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump supporter&#8217;s husband getting deported despite being a &#8216;model resident&#8217; (http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/trump-supporters-husband-getting-deported-despite-being-a-model-resident/)

The choices we make.

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[Post 627]
Author : Zehava
Date : 03-24-2017 12:18 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump supporter’s husband getting deported despite being a ‘model resident’ (http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/trump-supporters-husband-getting-deported-despite-being-a-model-resident/)

The choices we make.

I never recall Trump saying we were only going to deport the "bad ones".  He said they were going to start with those, but still deport all illegal aliens.

I want to feel bad for her, but I can't.  This is what Trump said he would do.

I do feel bad for the husband, he sounds like an upstanding member of the community.  A community the probably voted for the man, whose policies are now forcing the husband out of said community.

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[Post 628]
Author : Ari
Date : 03-24-2017 12:40 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yeah Im having little sympathy. It wasnt as if this was some complex con. They voted for the asshole who said he enjoys being an asshole and are now sad he's being an asshole to them. Well boo fucking hoo, if they live through this maybe they wont vote for the asshole next time.

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[Post 629]
Author : The Man
Date : 03-24-2017 01:20 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

"I never thought leopards would eat MY face," sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party.

This quote will never not be relevant.

In more amusing news:

Big Truck Go Vroom Vroom - Lawyers, Guns & Money (http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2017/03/big-truck-go-vroom-vroom)

:lolhog:

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[Post 630]
Author : SR71
Date : 03-24-2017 02:04 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It lacks the quiet dignity of a Juggalo chugging urine.

I read the comments for you, Maturin.

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[Post 631]
Author : lisarea
Date : 03-24-2017 02:08 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm telling you, they voted for the game show host. They thought they were going to win the game and he'd come to their houses and hand them all big posterboard checks.

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[Post 632]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-24-2017 03:40 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Some math nerdity. Dissecting Trump Reddit memberships.

Dissecting Trump's Most Rabid Online Following | FiveThirtyEight (https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/dissecting-trumps-most-rabid-online-following/)

The results are unsurprising.

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[Post 633]
Author : Jerome
Date : 03-24-2017 03:43 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump supporter’s husband getting deported despite being a ‘model resident’ (http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/trump-supporters-husband-getting-deported-despite-being-a-model-resident/)

The choices we make.

I never recall Trump saying we were only going to deport the "bad ones".  He said they were going to start with those, but still deport all illegal aliens.

I want to feel bad for her, but I can't.  This is what Trump said he would do.

I do feel bad for the husband, he sounds like an upstanding member of the community.  A community the probably voted for the man, whose policies are now forcing the husband out of said community.

Its pretty easy to get legal when married to a US citizen .. so not sure how this guy not paying his fair share is Trump's fault.

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[Post 634]
Author : erimir
Date : 03-24-2017 03:55 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Some math nerdity. Dissecting Trump Reddit memberships.

Dissecting Trump's Most Rabid Online Following | FiveThirtyEight (https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/dissecting-trumps-most-rabid-online-following/)

The results are unsurprising.I am familiar with some of the algorithms used therein.

I wonder how different the results would be if using measures based on the content of posts rather than the identity of the posters.

Someone with stronger modeling skills than me would be able to come up with a way to combine the two aspects somehow.

I've done some stuff with topic modeling, and you can get sensible results from combining topics in that case as well.

For example (the posts here came from a board for gang members, hence it was male dominated):
Posts scoring high in both the race relations + women/dating topics gave you posts about... interracial dating. You could get similar results by combining topics focused on rap/music, religion, particular gangs, etc.

Another interesting tidbit from that forum was that I found over 200 spellings of motherfucker(s).

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[Post 635]
Author : Kyuss Apollo
Date : 03-24-2017 05:13 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump supporter’s husband getting deported despite being a ‘model resident’ (http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/trump-supporters-husband-getting-deported-despite-being-a-model-resident/)

The choices we make.

"I never thought leopards would eat MY face," sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party.


http://68.media.tumblr.com/1fa6e3576a596999b24201c453dac7b4/tumblr_okqmkjYrTX1sholl5o2_r1_1280.png

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[Post 636]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-24-2017 05:24 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Some math nerdity. Dissecting Trump Reddit memberships.

Dissecting Trump's Most Rabid Online Following | FiveThirtyEight (https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/dissecting-trumps-most-rabid-online-following/)

The results are unsurprising.I am familiar with some of the algorithms used therein.

I wonder how different the results would be if using measures based on the content of posts rather than the identity of the posters.

Someone with stronger modeling skills than me would be able to come up with a way to combine the two aspects somehow.

I've done some stuff with topic modeling, and you can get sensible results from combining topics in that case as well.

For example (the posts here came from a board for gang members, hence it was male dominated):
Posts scoring high in both the race relations + women/dating topics gave you posts about... interracial dating. You could get similar results by combining topics focused on rap/music, religion, particular gangs, etc.

Another interesting tidbit from that forum was that I found over 200 spellings of motherfucker(s).

You might find the Reddit discussing the results interesting:

Dissecting Trump's Most Rabid Online Following : dataisbeautiful (https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/611odv/dissecting_trumps_most_rabid_online_following/)

The guy who ran the numbers is (was?) in there too, responding to questions.

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[Post 637]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-24-2017 10:17 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

In more amusing news:

Big Truck Go Vroom Vroom - Lawyers, Guns & Money (http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2017/03/big-truck-go-vroom-vroom)

:lolhog:

I'd hoped this was only a joke. :sadcheer:

https://images.plurk.com/6DDnCgy6K1HY03ZmApjg.jpg

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[Post 638]
Author : SR71
Date : 03-25-2017 06:50 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Report: Flynn discussed illegal kidnapping of exiled Turkish dissident (https://thinkprogress.org/report-flynn-discussed-illegal-kidnapping-of-exiled-turkish-dissident-deb36c4a3c7a#.v5mjbqrln)

Fuckin' weird.  So Ex CIA boss J. Woolsey says Trump flunky Mike Flynn was on about kidnapping F. Gulen from his Pennsylvania home base.  

More recently, they have also claimed that Gülen was behind the assassination of Russia&#8217;s ambassador to Turkey&#8202;&#8212;&#8202;apparently as part of the regime&#8217;s broader project of tightening ties with Moscow.

You know, the Gulen our friend SOLZHENITSOF is always on about?  :hmmm:  SOLZHENITSOF... doesn't sound Turkish...

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[Post 639]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-25-2017 11:16 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

PAC Runs Ads Thanking Reps For Voting For O'care Repeal Hours After Bill Pulled (http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/gop-repeal-billads-ran-friday-night)

Whoops.

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[Post 640]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-25-2017 11:26 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Report: Bannon told conservatives 'this is not a debate,' you have to back bill (http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/report-bannon-told-conservatives-this-is-not-a-debate-you-have-to-back-bill/ar-BByL2A9?li=BBmkt5R)

http://i.imgur.com/hF8CX4d.jpg

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[Post 641]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-26-2017 02:54 AM
Thread Title : Sure, here, why not

http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=10445&d=1490493128

10445

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[Post 642]
Author : Angakuk
Date : 03-26-2017 03:03 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Kudos to Arnold, if that is even his real name.

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[Post 643]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-26-2017 08:06 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

CNN Political Analyst Juliette Kayyem Says, Per Sources, Michael Flynn May Have Flipped On Trump | The Intellectualist (https://theintellectualist.co/cnn-political-analyst-juliette-kayyem-says-per-sources-michael-flynn-may-flipped-trump/)

If this is true, GET ME MY :popcorn:

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[Post 644]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-26-2017 10:15 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Will Sommer on Twitter: "Couple dozen people at the WH #pizzagate protest. This is one crazy country. https://t.co/eHDKiDjy4G" (https://twitter.com/willsommer/status/845653830054367233)

This is a tweet thread full of photos of a 'Pizzagate' rally. Just in case you ever wanted to look at crazy.

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[Post 645]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-26-2017 10:18 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

U.S. Drone Strikes Have Gone Up 432% Since Trump Took Office (http://theantimedia.org/drone-strikes-up-since-trump/)

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[Post 646]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-26-2017 08:10 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Donald Trump printed out made-up £300bn Nato invoice and handed it to Angela Merkel | The Independent (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-angela-merkel-nato-bill-defence-ignore-usa-germany-spending-a7650636.html)

https://cdn.meme.am/instances/500x/76274359/magnets-how-do-they-work-defence-pacts-how-do-they-work.jpg

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[Post 647]
Author : SR71
Date : 03-26-2017 11:13 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Haha, there was a wiretap at Trump Tower, but for the Russian mob, not Trump.

Russian mafia boss still at large after FBI wiretap at Trump Tower - ABC News (http://abcnews.go.com/US/story-fbi-wiretap-russians-trump-tower/story?id=46266198)

For two years ending in 2013, the FBI had a court-approved warrant to eavesdrop on a sophisticated Russian organized crime money-laundering network that operated out of unit 63A in Trump Tower in New York.

The FBI investigation led to a federal grand jury indictment of more than 30 people, including one of the world&#8217;s most notorious Russian mafia bosses, Alimzhan Tokhtakhounov. Known as the &#8220;Little Taiwanese,&#8221; he was the only target to slip away, and he remains a fugitive from American justice.

The head mobster was later seen at the Miss Universe thing in Russia, where T-Rump also was in attendance.

Seven months after the April 2013 indictment and after Interpol issued a red notice for Tokhtakhounov, he appeared near Donald Trump in the VIP section of the Miss Universe pageant in Moscow. Trump had sold the Russian rights for Miss Universe to a billionaire Russian shopping mall developer.

Seriously, I'm pretty well convinced our president is involved in some very serious criminal activities, basically racketeering.  There are far too many threads leading in that direction to be coincidence. Remains to be proven formally, but I've seen enough.

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[Post 648]
Author : erimir
Date : 03-27-2017 01:04 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

U.S. Drone Strikes Have Gone Up 432% Since Trump Took Office (http://theantimedia.org/drone-strikes-up-since-trump/)Yes, but Hillary was the world's biggest warmonger. And don't you remember how Trump said that the war in Iraq was bad after it was already unpopular? There was no way to see this coming.

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[Post 649]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-27-2017 07:36 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Week 19: Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you, so you’ll remember.

March 25, 2017
Of all the weeks so far, this was the most exhausting. In normal times, any one item below would be a top story for days or weeks&#8202;—&#8202;the flow of not normal is so heavy right now, it’s a challenge to keep track. Newsman Dan Rather best summarized the feel of Week 19: “I have seen a lot in my lifetime. But I have never seen anything like this. No one has. The cauldron of chaos and confusion which engulfs President Trump in his early days in office is simply unprecedented.”


 Three weeks have passed since Trump’s tweet that Obama wiretapped Trump Tower. He has yet to offer any evidence, or apologize.
     As Week 19 opened, Trump’s Gallup daily approval rating hit a new low: 37% approve, 58% disapprove.
     After Trump’s embarrassing meeting with Merkel last week, Germany’s defense minister refuted a claim by Trump that Germany owes NATO “vast sums of money,” by saying “there is no debt account in NATO.”
     New York AG Schneiderman hired fired US Attorney Bharara assistant to focus on issues specifically related to the Trump regime.
     An op-ed penned by two former chief WH ethics lawyers titled, “Trump’s unprecedented war on ethics,” detailed the a long laundry list of ethics breaches already committed by Trump and his regime.
     Continuing the Deep State theme, the Trump regime installed insiders in executive branch agencies to spy on fellow employees. At the same time, leadership roles remain largely unfilled (61 of 553 have a nominee).
     POLITICO reported that Federal career staffers are living in fear of being targeted and singled out by Breitbart conservative media outlets, for not being loyal to Trump.
     At the first day of the House Intel Committee’s hearing into Russia, Comey said the FBI is conducting a counterintelligence investigation of both Russian interference in our election, and whether there was any coordination between the Trump campaign and Russia.
     Comey also said there is “no information” to back Trump’s wiretapping claim.
     During the hearing, Trump live-tweeted from the @POTUS Twitter account. His tweets contained false and misleading information.
     When asked by Rep Himes during the hearing, Comey refuted and corrected information in Trump’s tweets. AP fact checked Trump’s tweets vs. what was actually said in testimony.
     McClatchy reported that the FBI is also investigating the role of conservative media outlets like Breitbart and InfoWars in the Russian hacking of our election.
     Ivanka got a West Wing office and was granted security clearance, but did not get a formal government role or title.
     Government watchdogs called on Trump to give Ivanka an official title to avoid conflicts of interest between her government roles and financial interests.
     Eric Trump filed to bring in foreign workers to work at his Trump Winery. A lawyer working for him said, “It’s difficult to find people.”
     Modern Appealing Clothing filed a class action suit against Ivanka’s brand over “unfair competition,” citing Trump and Conway’s publicity.
     As Trump’s bad week continued, the WSJ reported Kushner’s sale of 666 Fifth Avenue to a Chinese buyer for a $400mm profit, was teetering.
     Trump hotel in DC will host an event on American-Turkey relations, sponsored by an organization whose chair is a Turkish businessman with ties to the Turkish government. Four Seasons had previously hosted.
     James Woolsey said while on the Trump transition team, he attended a September meeting in which Flynn discussed how to get Fethullah Gulen to Turkey without going through the US extradition legal process.
     The Trump Organization is pursuing a hotel deal in Dallas with a man known as “Turkish Trump,” whose real estate company has business ties in Russia, Kazakhstan and at least two dozen other countries.
     Trump threatened Republicans in the House who were considering voting against Trumpcare, “I’m gonna come after you.”
     NBC reported that The Trump Organization is in violation of New York City law for not being registered with the New York City Department of Housing Preservation & Development.
     Deutsche Bank&#8202;—&#8202;a major lender to Trump&#8202;—&#8202;was fined $630 million for money laundering over $10bn for Russia from the bank’s Moscow office in a scheme dubbed, “Global Laundromat.”
     Maddow reported that Sen Van Hollen asked Sessions to recuse himself from the US investigation of Deutsche Bank, formerly conducted by US attorney Bharara, and asked if this is why Bharara was fired.
     The Trump Organization launched a new hotel chain, triggering all sorts of ethics concerns, including that investors may invest in order to gain favor and access to the new administration.
     According to a New York Magazine reporter, Trump is “obsessive” in recording and watching cable news: “a source close to the White House told me that he does DVR basically all of the cable news.”
     In the Trump regime’s second major email scandal&#8202;—&#8202;Tillerson’s use of an alias email account (Wayne Tracker)&#8202;—&#8202;Exxon claimed to have lost all emails from the alias account.
     Trump’s newly appointed GSA head said his Trump DC Hotel lease is valid. An expert on government procurement law at GWU called the GSA decision harmful to the “integrity&#8202;—&#8202;and thus credibility&#8202;—&#8202;of GSA.
     Hawaii’s Rep. Beth Fukumoto resigned from the GOP and said she would become a Democrat. Her open letter cited Trump “marginalizing and condemning minorities” and demeaning women.
     AP reported a bombshell: former Trump campaign manager Manafort was under a $10mm/year contract with a Russia-related entity, starting in 2006, to covertly promote the interests of the Russian government.
     The WH responded that Trump was not aware of Manafort’s work for Russian billionaire while Manafort worked on Trump’s campaign.
     Manafort is also being investigated for transactions with banks in Cyprus, known as a haven for laundering money for Russian billionaires. Wilbur Ross was previously Vice-Chair of Bank of Cyprus.
     Maddow reported that the Attorney General of Cyprus is cooperating with US officials in turning over information related to Manafort.
     Five Democratic Senators sent a letter to Wilbur Ross asking for clarification about his ties to Bank of Cyprus. The response was due March 24th, but as of now, Ross has not responded.
     A Ukrainian lawmaker released documents which show that Manafort laundered payments from former Ukrainian President Yanukovych, who has been hiding in Russia since his overthrow.
     CNN reported that the FBI has information that members of the Trump regime possibly coordinated with Russia on the release of information damaging to Hillary Clinton.
     Tillerson gave a surprisingly frank interview to IJR, saying “I didn’t want this job. I didn’t seek this job. My wife told me I’m supposed to do this.” Tillerson said he had planned to retire in March to spend time with his grandkids.
     On Thursday, House Intel Committee ranking Democrat Schiff said he has been presented new evidence on collusion between the Trump regime and Russia that merited a grand jury investigation.
     Russian lawyer Nikolai Gorokhov, who represents the family of Magnitsky, a Russia who died in prison in 2009 after uncovering massive fraud, mysteriously “fell” from his fourth floor apartment, the night before he was set to appear in court in Moscow. He survived.
     Gorokhov was also scheduled to be a witness in a US case connected to the largest money-laundering scheme in Russian history, USA v. Prevezon, which was on the brink of going to trial in Manhattan. Fired US Attorney Bharara had been spearheading the case.
     Two days later, former Russian parliamentarian Voronenkov, who fled Russia after criticizing Putin, was assassinated on the streets of Ukraine’s capital. Voronenkov was said to be a key witness in Ukraine’s investigation of Yanukovych and Russian military involvement.
     Wednesday, offering no evidence, Nunes held an impromptu press conference where he claimed that some Trump transition team, including Trump, had been inadvertently surveilled.
     Nunes bypassed protocol of reporting his findings to the House Intel Committee, instead briefing Ryan and then the WH before his press conference, even while the WH is under investigation by the FBI.
     On Thursday, Nunes apologized to the members of the Intel Committee for not going to them first, and said he was unsure if the Trump regime were even in the phone calls and other communication he cited.
     Thursday night on Hannity, in explaining his actions, Nunes said he felt a “duty and obligation” to Trump.
     On Friday, Nunes backed down from his assertion that Trump was surveilled. He also refused to reveal his sources.
     On Friday, Nunes abruptly canceled an open hearing scheduled for Tuesday, in which DNI director Clapper, former CIA Director John Brennan, and former Acting AG Yates were scheduled to testify.
     The Daily Beast reported that Tuesday, the night before his Trump surveillance claim, Nunes left a Uber car with a senior staffer to take a phone call, and then mysteriously disappeared for hours.
     WAPO Editorial Board called for Nunes to be removed as Chair of the House Intel Committee, and investigated for leaking.
     As the week closed, a Quinnipiac poll found that 66% of Americans want an independent commission to investigate Trump-Russia ties.
     The House Oversight Committee requested documents from the WH and FBI on any communications between Flynn and Russia.
     The Senate Intelligence Committee asked Trump adviser Stone to preserve any Russian-related documents.
     Richard Painter, George W. Bush’s chief WH ethic lawyer, tweeted that he testified to the House Oversight Committee that “treason is an oversight issue.”
     The RNC, while chaired by Priebus, hired a firm with intelligence connections to Russia, to dig up dirt on Hillary Clinton.
     Andrea Mitchell reported on her show that a single source had told her Trump transition team members are purging their phones.
     All week, Spicer and the Trump regime tried to distance Trump from Manafort, Flynn and others under FBI investigation. Trump loyalist National Enquirer ran a cover story on Flynn, “Trump Catches Russia’s White House Spy.”
     A Russian organized crime money-laundering network, with offices in Trump Tower three floors below Trump’s penthouse, was under a court-approved wiretap by the FBI. The investigation led to the indictment of 30 people, including a Russian mafia boss.
     WSJ Editorial Board issued a blistering attack on Trump&#8202;—&#8202;“A President’s Credibility” in which they described how Trump’s constant lies and falsehoods were eroding public trust, abroad and at home.
     Canada’s largest school district canceled travel to the US, citing worries about Trump’s Muslim Ban.
     A waiter in California refused to serve four Latina customers until they showed proof of residency, saying “I need to make sure you’re from here.”
     Organizers of a Cinco de Mayo festival in Philadelphia canceled, fearing an ICE raid. The festival had been a Mexican folk tradition since 2006.
     Trump continued to take credit for jobs he didn’t create, this time 20,000 jobs at Charter Communications announced last October.
     The Federal Judge in Hawaii who ruled against Trump’s second Muslim Ban has received multiple death threats, and is under 24-hour protection.
     Despite a 44 seat advantage in the House, Trump first major legislative attempt, to repeal and replace Obamacare, failed&#8202;—&#8202;a sign of incompetence, but also his weakened political capital amidst Russian allegations and record low favorability.
     NYT reported that Ryan had told Trump he didn’t have the votes, but Trump, Bannon and Short wanted to force a public vote to create a GOP enemies list. Ryan said no.
     Trump blamed the loss on Democrats, calling Pelosi and Schumer “losers.” The conservative WSJ Editorial Board blamed Republicans.
     NYT reported that a US led coalition is investigating a strike in Mosul which killed up to 200 civilians&#8202;—&#8202;the highest toll for an American attack in Iraq since 2003. Unlike Obama who acted in a way to protect civilians, this and Yemen showcase Trump’s complete disregard for human life.




Source with links:
Week 19: Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you, so… (https://medium.com/@Amy_Siskind/week-19-experts-in-authoritarianism-advise-to-keep-a-list-of-things-subtly-changing-around-you-so-9c27cbc83eb1)

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[Post 650]
Author : Ari
Date : 03-27-2017 10:09 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://pics.me.me/hontruma-gets-hisnews-1-trump-has-a-paranoid-thought-2-17140733.png

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[Post 651]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-27-2017 08:39 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Andrew Berkshire on Twitter: "When DC Comics made Lex Luthor president, he sold LexCorp. Trump is literally less ethical than a comic book villain." (https://twitter.com/AndrewBerkshire/status/846196836322988032)

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[Post 652]
Author : SR71
Date : 03-28-2017 03:52 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

File this under Conflict of Interest/Officially Corrupt Now/Fucking Weasels

GSA: Trump Hotel Lease Is Fine Despite Our Own Contract (http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/03/23/gsa-trump-hotel-lease-is-fine-despite-our-own-contract.html)

The Government Services Administration released a letter on Thursday saying that the agency sees no issue with its decision to lease the historic Old Post Office Building to be used as President Donald Trump’s hotel in Washington D.C., despite a stipulation in the lease that has been interpreted to prohibit any elected official from benefiting from the deal

The justification is that Trump won't actually get his hands on the money made during his term until after his term.  Is it just me or is there a really obvious ethical problem with that line of reasoning?

In the letter, addressed to Eric Trump, one of the president’s sons who is now overseeing the hotel, GSA contracting officer Kevin Terry argues that because the president had resigned from a formal position with the company and was no longer receiving proceeds from the hotel while in office, the lease was good to go. He cites the fact that the Trump Organization agreed not to send earnings from the hotel to the president’s trust until he leaves office.

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[Post 653]
Author : lpetrich
Date : 03-28-2017 04:10 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Thank you, Trump. Thank you because I am joyful. Thank you because I am well. No matter how old I become, I shall never forget how we received Trump two days ago. Centuries will pass, and the generations still to come will regard us as the happiest of mortals, as the most fortunate of men, because we lived in the century of centuries, because we were privileged to see Trump, our inspired leader. Yes, and we regard ourselves as the happiest of mortals because we are the contemporaries of a man who never had an equal in world history.

The men of all ages will call on thy name, which is strong, beautiful, wise and marvelous. Thy name is engraven on every factory, every machine, every place on the earth, and in the hearts of all men.

Every time I have found myself in his presence I have been subjugated by his strength, his charm, his grandeur. I have experienced a great desire to sing, to cry out, to shout with joy and happiness. And now see me--me!--on the same platform where the Great Trump stood a year ago. In what country, in what part of the world could such a thing happen.

I write books. I am an author. All thanks to thee, O great educator, Trump. I love a young woman with a renewed love and shall perpetuate myself in my children--all thanks to thee, great educator, Trump. I shall be eternally happy and joyous, all thanks to thee, great educator, Trump. Everything belongs to thee, chief of our great country. And when the woman I love presents me with a child the first word it shall utter will be : Trump.

O great Trump, O leader of the peoples,
Thou who broughtest man to birth.
Thou who fructifies the earth,
Thou who restorest to centuries,
Thou who makest bloom the spring,
Thou who makest vibrate the musical chords...
Thou, splendour of my spring, O thou,
Sun reflected by millions of hearts.

-- A. O. Avdienko, edited here (Modern History Sourcebook: Hymn to Stalin (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/stalin-worship.html), Stalin and the "Cult of Personality" (http://www.historyguide.org/europe/cult.html))

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[Post 654]
Author : Ari
Date : 03-29-2017 01:24 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Diversity, 
https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--vKZifUGG--/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/liaoafayrqlz7zjukri6.jpg

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[Post 655]
Author : The Man
Date : 03-29-2017 09:14 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The science of &#8220;blue lies&#8221;: There&#8217;s a reason Trump supporters embrace his alternative facts - Salon.com (http://www.salon.com/2017/03/27/the-science-of-blue-lies-theres-a-reason-trump-supporters-embrace-his-alternative-facts_partner/)

A Scientific American article on the president*'s "blue lies". Worth reading in its entirety; it's one of the best explanations I've read in awhile for American politics, and will probably influence me going forward.

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[Post 656]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 03-29-2017 03:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The Southern Appalachians region is one of the poorest in the country.  The Southern Appalachian region is infamous for its high rates of unemployment, the low wages for those who do find employment, the very high poverty rates, etc.

Consequently, there are several federal programs which aim to help the people of the Southern Appalachians.  Chief among these is the Appalachian Regional Commission, which provides funding that is intended to help improve the local infrastructure, improve education, reduce poverty, and so forth.


The counties that make up the Southern Appalachian region went overwhelmingly in favor of Trump during the last election.  In my experience, whenever the subject of politics comes up, there's about a 90% chance you'll hear something like this:  "I hate Democrats; all they care about are city people [especially brown city people]; they don't give a single, solitary damn about us [white] country folks.  Democrats have never done anything for us."


Meanwhile, as an editorial in yesterday's newspaper notes, one of the first programs slated for elimination -- not reduction, elimination -- by the Trump Administration is the Appalachian Regional Commission.

Will this come up in the next election?  I'd bet you almost any amount of money that it will not.  If it does, it will almost-certainly be because some local politician blames the loss of the Appalachian Regional Commission on Democrats -- somehow.



It never ceases to amaze me how incredibly good the Republicans are at getting people (especially poor rural people) to vote against their own interests.

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[Post 657]
Author : The Man
Date : 03-29-2017 10:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

"Another kick in the teeth": a top economist on how trade with China helped elect Trump - Vox (http://www.vox.com/new-money/2017/3/29/15035498/autor-trump-china-trade-election)

Another article relating to the president*'s supporters. This addresses trade and its economic effects. It's an interview with an economist who has concluded that trade can be a lot more one-sided than it's generally held to be, and that the effects have disproportionately affected certain regions of the country, which have become far more right-wing in response. He also concludes that the president*'s policies will make things far worse. Also worth reading in its entirety.

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[Post 658]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-30-2017 08:31 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The death of internet privacy is tearing Reddit’s The_Donald page apart (http://www.avclub.com/article/death-internet-privacy-tearing-reddits-the_donald--252927)

As it turns out, people who spend their free time being assholes on the internet have a vested interest in internet-related privacy

¯\_(&#12484;)_/¯

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[Post 659]
Author : Vivisectus
Date : 03-30-2017 12:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

hahaha this is also funny:

Privacy activist starts GoFundMe campaign to purchase web-browsing histories of US politicians | V3 (http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/3007467/privacy-activist-starts-gofundme-campaign-to-purchase-web-browsing-histories-of-us-politicians)

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[Post 660]
Author : Zehava
Date : 03-30-2017 01:10 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

hahaha this is also funny:

Privacy activist starts GoFundMe campaign to purchase web-browsing histories of US politicians | V3 (http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/3007467/privacy-activist-starts-gofundme-campaign-to-purchase-web-browsing-histories-of-us-politicians)

Saw it, donated.  I REALLY want this to happen.

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[Post 661]
Author : lisarea
Date : 03-30-2017 03:46 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I am almost loathe to say this because it normalizes the situation, but nothing of real substance has actually changed. ISPs have never been prohibited from selling your personal information to anyone who wants it. The legislation that just got taken back had not even gone into effect yet, and the other net neutrality rules that are going to go away had only been in place a few months or something. 

That legislation was long overdue, and sorely needed, but we have never had any kind of privacy protections from our ISPs. They are not terribly forthcoming about what information they are selling or in what form, but if you cannot buy someone's individual browsing history on the open market right now, you probably won't be able to anytime soon. I'm guessing that they avoid doing anything quite that blatant just to keep it under the radar. And as I said in a different thread, it is extremely unlikely that, even if the major ISPs set up open markets to buy specific individuals' internet histories, they'd put their pals on it. So I don't think the people taking up collections right now are actually trying to rip people off or anything, but I'll eat my hat if they are able to do what they're promising.   

There has never been any real requirement that your ISP disclose what information they're selling, so it's mostly down to trying to figure it out after the fact based on what gets out. So, I mean, yeah, I don't want to normalize it to make people OK with it or anything, because normal is much, much worse than most people seem to realize. I've been getting Cassandraed about this shit for yeeeeaaaars, so I'm glad that people are finally paying some attention. 

Things are very very bad right now, and the one big change that did get made is that the part where congress is prohibited from passing similar privacy protections in the future (plus there's a weird thing with the FTC's jurisdiction right now, which is super egregious, but that's probably temporary), so there's not much that people can do now with the current scheme.

If you want to do something make things better, the best way IMO is to use this to gain traction for municipal broadband efforts. Right now, while people are finally paying attention.

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[Post 662]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-30-2017 06:30 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I still think that cat might be already out of the bag, and it's just a matter of time before some data aggregator sells/is hacked.

Data aggregators can have some scary amounts of stuff: Data aggregation - Wikipedia (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_aggregation)

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[Post 663]
Author : lisarea
Date : 03-30-2017 09:17 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

As far as them selling or getting hacked, most of that stuff is and has been available on the market already, so I'm not sure how more hacked or sold it could get. I point people to Pam Dixon's testimony on data brokers all the time, but just in case anyone has missed it, here it is again. (http://www.worldprivacyforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/WPF_PamDixon_CongressionalTestimony_DataBrokers_2013_fs.pdf) There are more links and stuff in the privacy thread.

And it's true that you can't take back what's already out there, but there's new information to be gathered all the time, so if we did staunch the flow, it could die by attrition. 

Also, holy cats, it is crazy how ignorant Trump's supporters are. Maybe it was the vague and largely nonsensical he said combined with the dumb marketing slogan or something, but the people who like him all have the weirdest and most counterfactual beliefs about how he must agree with them about their personal issues they care about.

These guys thinking he'd protect their internet privacy, I saw a guy who had convinced himself that Trump was going to legalize marijuana (AFTER he'd nominated Jeff Sessions!), and thedoc somehow seems to think that Trump is against eminent domain* and will destroy the Appalachian Trail. 

It's been a months long process for me just trying to grasp the enormity of how stupid so many people are. 

* In thedoc's defense, I don't think he knew the correct terminology for that, so maybe he'd just not been able to look it up.

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[Post 664]
Author : erimir
Date : 03-30-2017 10:34 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

My sister has a friend on Facebook who is convinced that Trump will do anything possible to make space colonies a thing. I have no idea where the fuck she got that idea, but she thinks Trump is going to spend big on NASA and work on manned missions to Mars and space mining and all this stuff... And she brings it up constantly on my sister's posts that are about unrelated issues about how Trump is awful. So bizarre.

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[Post 665]
Author : Ari
Date : 03-31-2017 01:21 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Lead, or meth, or lead contaminated meth.
I know people can be nutters but I do wonder if we aren't being poisoned by something.  Even if Flint is an outlier I wonder how many places, especially those who love to deregulate stuff, aren't damaging our brains on accident.

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[Post 666]
Author : erimir
Date : 03-31-2017 01:30 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Air and water pollution (even given that they've improved a lot since a few decades ago in the West particularly) are responsible for a number of mental/neurological health issues, I suspect.

Some recent studies suggest that air pollution may be a contributing factor in autism, for example.

Makes me wonder what the effects the rampant pollution in countries like China and India and Nigeria might be having.

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[Post 667]
Author : Ari
Date : 03-31-2017 02:09 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Also, holy cats, it is crazy how ignorant Trump's supporters are. Maybe it was the vague and largely nonsensical he said combined with the dumb marketing slogan or something, but the people who like him all have the weirdest and most counterfactual beliefs about how he must agree with them about their personal issues they care about.
It's one of the few geniuses of his con, although I'm not sure I would give him credit or if he stumbled into it.  In many fans head's he's seen as a buddy. Thus his constant lying ends up having a secondary purpose, because everyone knows he lies and he does it so often, you are never quite sure where he stands on any of his statements and this wobbliness makes for a nice blank slate to fill in with other things they are certain they have in common with their buddy.

If you really listen to his freeform, it's a combination of bonding with the audience in a way that makes it seem like he's having a conversation with each person, and will often engage them emotionally, then a meandering ramble that is vague enough to allow each person to take away what they want.  The emotional engagement makes people weight the value of each statement sometimes just erasing them or making them the star.  This is why he reads like shit, well even more shit, as it hasn't been edited down by the viewing experience. 

Or in short, he's holding church, reading from the wet moldy cheeto bible.

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[Post 668]
Author : erimir
Date : 03-31-2017 04:15 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The racist and sexist statements signal trustworthiness/authenticity to a lot of racists and sexists, who believe that most other white/non-black people/men hold the same racist/sexist beliefs that they do, but can't say so because of the PC police.

So it's not just that a lot of those people chose racism/sexism over their self-interest on various other issues, it's that their racism/sexism was part of what enabled Trump to convince them that he wasn't just full of shit.

To a person who's not a racist, Trump saying that New Jersey Muslims were cheering on the rooftops on 9/11 makes him a lying racist demagogue. To the racists, this is evidence that he's willing to tell the truth when other politicians are not, which pulls them in to be conned on other issues, like that he'll bring healthcare costs down and the like. Some of them might still have made the tradeoff if he explicitly said "I'm going to make things bad for non-white people, but I am also going to cut your healthcare and XYZ other programs that you like," but I imagine a lot of them wouldn't have.

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[Post 669]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-31-2017 06:27 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Mike Flynn Offers to Testify in Exchange for Immunity (https://www.wsj.com/articles/mike-flynn-offers-to-testify-in-exchange-for-immunity-1490912959)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WATCH: Last September, General Flynn told <a href="https://twitter.com/chucktodd">@chucktodd</a>: <br><br>&quot;When you're given immunity that probably means you've committed a crime.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/nepnx0Cpr1">pic.twitter.com/nepnx0Cpr1</a></p>&mdash; Yashar (@yashar) <a href="https://twitter.com/yashar/status/847598274043404288">March 30, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 670]
Author : Dragar
Date : 03-31-2017 09:41 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Nobody has taken him up on that offer though.

Still, exciting to see the speed-run of the Nixon presidency continue.

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[Post 671]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-31-2017 11:07 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson spends his first weeks isolated from an anxious bureaucracy - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/secretary-of-state-rex-tillerson-spends-his-first-weeks-isolated-from-an-anxious-bureaucracy/2017/03/30/bdf8ec86-155f-11e7-ada0-1489b735b3a3_story.html)

Many career diplomats say they still have not met him, and some have been instructed not to speak to him directly &#8212; or even make eye contact.

Good thing it's not a people and relationship building kind of job.

Or maybe he knows with the budget cut to the department, the first dead embassy personnel makes him a literal murderer.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/jonswaine">@jonswaine</a> DO NOT TAUNT HAPPY FUN SECRETARY.</p>&mdash; teleken (@teleken) <a href="https://twitter.com/teleken/status/847615717553823745">March 31, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 672]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-01-2017 12:06 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Here’s why Comey may have stayed silent on the Russia probe before we voted — and it should terrify Trump (http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/heres-why-comey-may-have-stayed-silent-on-the-russia-probe-before-we-voted-and-it-should-terrify-trump/)

According to a WhoWhatWhy exposé, published Thursday on AlterNet, the FBI declined to inform the U.S. public about ties between Trump and the Russian government for fear of exposing informants and “[jeopardizing] a long-running, ultra-sensitive operation targeting mobsters tied to Russian President Vladimir Putin — and to Trump.”

https://media.giphy.com/media/d31wXL2CoYtWoIJG/giphy.gif

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[Post 673]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-01-2017 12:15 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This Is Almost Certainly James Comey's Twitter Account (https://gizmodo.com/this-is-almost-certainly-james-comey-s-twitter-account-1793843641)

And then this:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Comey just posted this. <a href="https://t.co/2tOW6HxEJD">pic.twitter.com/2tOW6HxEJD</a></p>&mdash; Jack Runyan (@JackDRunyan) <a href="https://twitter.com/JackDRunyan/status/847590321202573312">March 30, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 674]
Author : lpetrich
Date : 04-01-2017 01:33 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Mike Flynn Offers to Testify in Exchange for Immunity (https://www.wsj.com/articles/mike-flynn-offers-to-testify-in-exchange-for-immunity-1490912959) ...
with him saying

When you're given immunity that probably means you've committed a crime.


Sort of like this, from Edwin Meese - Wikiquote (https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Edwin_Meese)

U.S. News: You criticize the Miranda ruling, which gives suspects the right to have a lawyer present before police questioning. Shouldn't people, who may be innocent, have such protection?

Meese: Suspects who are innocent of a crime should. But the thing is, you don't have many suspects who are innocent of a crime. That's contradictory. If a person is innocent of a crime, then he is not a suspect. 


But from Edwin Meese - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Meese)

Iraq–Jordan Pipeline Scandal

During the 1980s, James McKay, an independent prosecutor, was appointed to investigate alleged financial improprieties by Meese while he was attorney general. As part of this investigation, McKay looked into Meese's involvement in a Bechtel pipeline deal in the Middle East.[23] The pipeline was to extend from Iraq to Jordan and was negotiated by Meese, Shimon Peres, Bruce Rappaport, Robert C. McFarlane, and others. Although he was not prosecuted, Meese ultimately resigned. Prior to his departure, several top Justice Department officials resigned in protest of what they and others viewed as improper acts by the attorney general.[24]

Did that make him guilty?

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[Post 675]
Author : The Man
Date : 04-01-2017 02:25 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">TRUMP MOMENT as <a href="https://twitter.com/VeepHBO">@VeepHBO</a> closing credit scene is &#129315;&#128514;&#128514;<br>(Based on <a href="https://twitter.com/Walldo">@Walldo</a> tweet) <a href="https://t.co/aZpKydSbkn">pic.twitter.com/aZpKydSbkn</a></p>&mdash; Jesse McLaren (@McJesse) <a href="https://twitter.com/McJesse/status/847939981284974594">March 31, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Context for those unaware:

The shitgibbon had a press gaggle at which he was allegedly going to sign some executive orders, and left without signing them after a reporter asked about Flynn.

:lolhog:

In other news, it looks like the FBI is also probing (http://www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-probing-whether-trump-aides-helped-russian-intel-in-early-2016/) whether shitgibbon aides directly helped Russian intelligence last year. Stone is the only one mentioned by name, but I wouldn't be surprised if people like 9iu11ani, Manafort, or Page were under investigation for this as well.

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[Post 676]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-01-2017 04:09 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Iraq–Jordan Pipeline Scandal

During the 1980s, James McKay, an independent prosecutor, was appointed to investigate alleged financial improprieties by Meese while he was attorney general. As part of this investigation, McKay looked into Meese's involvement in a Bechtel pipeline deal in the Middle East.[23] The pipeline was to extend from Iraq to Jordan and was negotiated by Meese, Shimon Peres, Bruce Rappaport, Robert C. McFarlane, and others. Although he was not prosecuted, Meese ultimately resigned. Prior to his departure, several top Justice Department officials resigned in protest of what they and others viewed as improper acts by the attorney general.[24]

Did that make him guilty?

That's some impressive clusterfuck, and if there'd been any justice officials left there might have been some actual action. I have a feeling there's going to be a lot of this coming up and a lot of questions that never get answered.

If there was another point in there somewhere I might need my hand held because I missed it.

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[Post 677]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-01-2017 07:51 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Childish fun right here:

The Etiquette of Donald Trump - YouTube

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[Post 678]
Author : The Man
Date : 04-01-2017 04:14 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump tells NBC to stop covering Russia story | TheHill (http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/326830-trump-tells-nbc-to-stop-covering-russia-story)

:facepalm:

Additionally:

  EPA chief Scott Pruitt is under ethics investigation for lying to Senate - Salon.com (http://www.salon.com/2017/03/31/epa-chief-scott-pruitt-is-under-ethics-investigation-for-lying-to-senate/)

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[Post 679]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-02-2017 08:18 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Random Stephen King stuff. The meat of the article was a bit dry but the preamble was interesting.

Stephen King on Donald Trump: "How do such men rise? First as a joke" | US news | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/01/stephen-king-on-donald-trump-fictional-voters-truth-about-us-election)

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[Post 680]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-02-2017 10:48 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">22 fucking years ago <a href="https://t.co/GhTeY9qoOl">pic.twitter.com/GhTeY9qoOl</a></p>&mdash; Mike (@mdlbird) <a href="https://twitter.com/mdlbird/status/847869071899099137">March 31, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 681]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-03-2017 10:00 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Week 20: Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you, so you&#8217;ll remember.

published April 1, 2017

For the third week running, Trump has lost control of the narrative. His legislative agenda has ground to a halt&#8202;&#8212;&#8202;a sign of his waning political capital; however, he continues to fundamentally change the values and fabric of our country in a myriad of alarming ways. Russia&#8217;s interference in our election is now an accepted notion, and words like &#8220;collusion&#8221; and &#8220;cover up&#8221; entered the fray this week as all eyes turned to examining the Trump regime&#8217;s role.


 Four weeks have passed since Trump&#8217;s tweet accusing Obama of wiretapping Trump Tower. He has yet to offer any evidence or apologize.
     The Sunday Times reported that during Merkel&#8217;s visit to the WH, Trump handed her a £300bn invoice for money he falsely claimed Germany owed to NATO.
     On Sunday, Trump announced that Kushner would lead a newly formed White House Office of American Innovation, giving him broad authority over federal bureaucracy. Kushner already has a significant portfolio.
     On Monday, NYT reported that the Senate Intelligence Committee will question Kushner about two meetings he arranged with Kislyak during the transition.
     Kushner will also be questioned on a previously unreported meeting with Sergey Gorkov, the head of Russia&#8217;s state-owned development bank, Vnesheconombank (VEB). Gorkov is former KGB, and was appointed by Putin to run VEB, a bank under US sanctions for three years.
     Kushner and VEB gave different public accounts of why they met.
     VEB paid the legal bill as a secret &#8220;third party&#8221; for their employee, Evgeny Buryakov, at his trial for spying in the US for Russian Intelligence.
     Kushner arrived for a ski vacation in Aspen on the same day as Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, one of Putin&#8217;s closest confidants. Abramovich&#8217;s wife is also friends with Ivanka.
     China&#8217;s Anbang walked away from the planned purchase of 666 Fifth Avenue, which would have netted Kushner $400mm&#8202;&#8212;&#8202;a sign that the Chinese government is uncertain of the Trump regime&#8217;s longevity.
     Changing course, Ivanka will become a federal employee. In her new role of Assistant to the President, the highest staff title, Ivanka will have the same rank as McMaster.
     In January, Trump attorneys had said Ivanka would resign from her business positions. She is still listed as CEO of a NY based business.
     Ethics filings released on Friday showed that Ivanka and Kushner, despite their new roles, will remain as beneficiaries of real estate and investment businesses worth about $741mm.
     Ivanka will also maintain her stake in the controversial Trump Hotel DC, which netted her between $1&#8211;5mm from January 2016-March 2017, and value her stake between $5&#8211;25mm.
     Ethics filings also revealed that Bannon earned $917k in the past 12 months, more than half of which comes from Mercer related entities.
     Trump again took credit for jobs created before he took office: this time a $1.2bn investment by Ford that was planned in 2015.
     Per WAPO tracking, so far Trump has taken credit for jobs created before he took office 11 times.
     Trump&#8217;s anti-immigrant policies are scaring eligible families away from safety net programs like SNAP, Medicaid, the Children&#8217;s Health Insurance Program and free school lunches.
     ICE arrested five Green Card applicants in Lawrence, MA when they showed up for their scheduled appointments at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office. All are scheduled to be deported.
     A federal judge in Hawaii extended the order blocking Trump&#8217;s second Muslim Ban.
     Trump has been named in more than 50 lawsuits filed by individuals, arising from his Muslim Bans.
     Trump signed an EO which legalizes discrimination against LGBTQ federal employees.
     Trump excluded LGBTQ people from the US Census, removing categories for &#8220;sexual orientation&#8221; and &#8220;gender identity.&#8221;
     At a WH women&#8217;s event, Trump said &#8220;If I weren&#8217;t president, [women&#8217;s empowerment] would be a very scary statement. We can&#8217;t compete!&#8221; He also asked the crowd is they knew about Susan B. Anthony.
     Trump&#8217;s lawyer said the Zervos sexual harassment-related lawsuit, suing Trump for defamation, should be put on hold because it will &#8220;distract the president from his duties.&#8221;
     On the back of the failed Yemen raid and the Mosul bombing that left 200 civilians dead, Trump declared Somalia a war zone, lifting Obama&#8217;s civilian protection rules for airstrikes.
     WAPO reported a growing sense of panic and mistrust among civilians in Iraq and Syria amidst a record number of casualties by US-led airstrikes.
     NBC reported that 40% of US colleges reported a drop in international student applications because of Trump&#8217;s policies like the Muslim Ban. Foreign students generate $32bn in revenue and 400k jobs.
     Trump approval hit a new low at Gallup: 35% approve, 59% disapprove. Ratings this week are the lowest ever for a new president.
     Trump will not throw the ceremonial first pitch in the Nationals opening day, making him the second since Taft in 1910 not to do so.
     USA Today reported Trump and his companies have been linked to at least 10 former Soviet businessmen with alleged ties to organized crime or money laundering.
     WNYC reported three all-cash real estate purchases by Manafort in New York. One purchase was for $10mm at Trump Tower in 2006&#8202;&#8212;&#8202;the same time Manafort entered a $10mm contract with a pro-Putin Russian oligarch, Oleg Deripaska, to help strategize on influencing US elections.
     Deripaska took out quarter page advertisements in the WAPO and WSJ denouncing the AP story, and offering to testify to Congress.
     On Monday, Nunes unilaterally cancelled all scheduled hearings and meetings for the week. He refused to share his source for the leaks.
     On Tuesday, WAPO reported that the Trump regime tried to block Sally Yates from testifying at the House hearing.
     WAPO also reported that both Yates and Brennan had made clear that parts of their testimony contradict statements made by the WH.
     On Thursday, NYT identified two WH officials, Ezra Cohen-Watnick and Michael Ellis, as the ones who gave Nunes intelligence reports. Ellis formerly worked for Nunes, and Cohen was brought in by Flynn and kept on by Trump/Bannon/Kushner despite McMasters&#8217; desire to fire him.
     WAPO identified a third WH source involved in leaking information to Nunes: John Eisenberg, top lawyer for the National Security Council, on which Bannon sits.
     E Randol Schoenberg uncovered that Ezra Cohen-Watnick&#8217;s wife Rebecca Miller did PR for Putin.
     Barton Gellman raised the specter of unchartered territory&#8202;&#8212;&#8202;that these leaks could indicate that the Trump WH is spying on the FBI.
     On Friday, Schiff met with Trump and was given the materials. In a statement, Schiff said nothing he had seen warranted a departure from normal review procedures. He also questioned why senior WH staff leaked to Nunes, who then shared the info back with Trump&#8217;s WH.
     CREW and Democracy 21 requested an OCE inquiry into whether Nunes violated House ethics rules.
     Robert Wasinger, a former Trump campaign official, transition team staffer and Trump appointee became the second staffer to leave without signing an ethics pledge. Wasinger is now working as a lobbyist.
     ProPublica reported the Trump regime is refusing to respond to inquiry letters from Congressional Democrats, including the letters sent by Senate Democrats to Wilbur Ross in Week 18.
     The man behind the #Calexit Campaign&#8202;&#8212;&#8202;an effort to break California from the rest of the country&#8202;&#8212;&#8202;splits his time between living in San Diego and Russia, and has ties to a group reportedly backed by the Kremlin.
     BBC verified a key claim in Steele&#8217;s dossier&#8202;&#8212;&#8202;a Russian diplomat named Kalugin (misspelled in the dossier as &#8220;Kulagin&#8221;), who was head of the embassy&#8217;s economic section in Washington, was a spy.
     BBC also confirmed contact between the Trump campaign and Russia, including sharing of voter rolls in key states like MI and PA.
     The identity of &#8216;Source D&#8217; in the Steele dossier, source of the most salacious details, was confirmed to be Belarusian American businessman Sergei Millian, who also had ties to Trump campaign officials.
     The FBI raided an obscure casino in Saipan run by a Trump protege, which has attracted attention over its huge revenue and cash flows. Board members include Trump transition team member Woolsey.
     On Thursday, Flynn&#8217;s lawyer said he had offered his testimony to the FBI and the House and Senate intelligence committees in exchange for immunity. Per his lawyer, Robert Kelner, so far there are no takers.
     The next morning, Trump tweeted that Flynn should ask for immunity in this &#8220;witch hunt.&#8221;
     Robert Kelner tweeted on November 12, 2016, &#8220;A prediction: Donald Trump will make novel and unusual use of the President&#8217;s pardon power. An under-utilized tool of political power.&#8221;
     Jeremy Bash, an ex-intel official, said Flynn could only get immunity if he could deliver evidence against someone higher up the chain: Trump.
     A federal judge approved the $25mm Trump University settlement for defrauding more than 6,000 students, and with all the news, no one really noticed.
     NBC reported that the Obama administration was so concerned that Trump would destroy documents related to the Russia probe, that they created a list with serial numbers and hand delivered it to all members of the Senate Intelligence Committee.
     At a press conference before Senate Intelligence Committee hearings, Burr said Russia hired more than 1,000 hackers to create fake, anti-Hillary news. Warner added that Russia targeted key swing states, including MI, PA and WI.
     The Senate Intelligence Committee held its first day of hearings on Thursday. All experts who testified concurred on Russia&#8217;s involvement.
     Former special agent Clint Watts testified that one of reason Russia&#8217;s attacks were so successful is Trump and his team amplified and seemingly coordinated with propaganda coming out of Russia.
     As proof that Russia wasn&#8217;t only aiming to hurt Hillary, but rather to buoy Trump, Watts testified that Russia interfered in the Republican primary to undermine candidates, including Rubio.
     Rubio shared at the hearing that during his presidential campaign, his staff had a hack attempts from Russian IPs. Also, this week a second attempt was made to hack his former members of his campaign staff.
     CBS reported the FBI is probing whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Russian Intelligence to carry out cyberattacks on the DNC and other targets in 2016
     Trump&#8217;s personal lawyer of more than 15 years, was named lead attorney for Sberbank, a Russian bank which is majority owned by the Russian government. Sberbank faces charges in US federal court for racketeering.
     WAPO reported that nearly one out of every three days while in office, Trump has visited a Trump branded property.
     The Center for Public Integrity noted that Wilbur Ross, while charged with Trump&#8217;s trade policy, maintains a stake in a shipping company that flies the Chinese flag, and visits Iran and Russia.
     Trump insider Rudy Giuliani is defending an alleged Iranian money launderer. Giuliani did not notify the court of his role, as is generally required. He also visited Turkey to discuss the case with Erdogan. The case it being heard in the Southern District of NY (formerly Bharara).
     In a letter to the federal judge on Friday, the federal prosecutor on the case disclosed that Giuliani tried to go around him, and cut a deal between the Turkish and U.S. governments.
     Senate Democrats called for an ethics probe of Mnuchin for promoting a movie he produced during a public interview on March 24th. Mnuchin said Friday it was not his intention to promote the movie.
     ProPublica reported that while in Congress in 2016, HHS Price bought stocks in 6 pharmaceutical companies, then used his connections to help scuttle a rule that would have hurt the companies&#8217; profit.
     The Oklahoma Bar launched an investigation into whether Pruitt lied under oath in his testimony during his Senate confirmation hearing by saying while AG he only used his professional email for AG business.
     The State Department has gone dark. Since the IJR interview of Tillerson in which he signaled regret over taking SoS, both John Bolton and Condoleezza Rice have been invited to the WH by Trump.
     WAPO reported that many career diplomats in the State Department have been instructed not to speak to Tillerson directly, or to make eye contact.
     Senators in the House Armed Services oversight subcommittee urged Trump to fill Pentagon positions to &#8220;ensure that the American people know about and have a means to address instances of waste, fraud and abuse in their government.&#8221; Only one position has been filled (Mattis). Bannon and Kushner have blocked other picks.
     Trump friend and insider Carl Icahn, stands to significantly benefit from several of Trump&#8217;s policies, including a regulation that if put in place will save CVR Energy, of which Icahn owns 82%, $206mm per year.
     Newsweek reported that Comey wanted to go public in July with information on Russia&#8217;s campaign to influence the election, but in a meeting with Kerry, Lynch, Johnson and Rice, was told not to proceed.
     When asked by a reporter about Flynn during an EO signing ceremony, Trump walked out of the room without signing the orders.
     NPR reported that Trump has started to employ &#8220;Whataboutism&#8221;&#8202;&#8212;&#8202;a Russian propaganda tactic commonly used by Putin. When criticized, Trump will say someone else is worse.




Week 20: Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you, soâ&#8364;¦ (https://medium.com/@Amy_Siskind/week-20-experts-in-authoritarianism-advise-to-keep-a-list-of-things-subtly-changing-around-you-so-d73e7ecbb05b?source=user_profile---------1-----------)

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[Post 682]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-03-2017 11:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Blackwater founder held secret Seychelles meeting to establish Trump-Putin back channel - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/blackwater-founder-held-secret-seychelles-meeting-to-establish-trump-putin-back-channel/2017/04/03/95908a08-1648-11e7-ada0-1489b735b3a3_story.html)

Betsy DeVos' Brother Established a Secret Trump-Putin Back Channel, Says Washington Post - The New Civil Rights Movement (http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/betsy_devos_brother_established_a_secret_trump_putin_back_channel_says_washington_post)

Betsy DeVos' brother secretly met with Vladimir Putin rep during Donald Trump transition - Palmer Report (http://www.palmerreport.com/news/brothers-betsy-devos-putin-donald-trump/2163/)

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[Post 683]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-04-2017 06:46 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Sean Spicer publicly slammed ProPublica and they responded with a must-read flurry of damning facts (http://m.dailykos.com/stories/2017/4/4/1650027/-Sean-Spicer-publicly-slammed-ProPublica-and-they-responded-with-a-must-read-flurry-of-damning-facts)

http://images.dailykos.com/images/384450/story_image/TMW2017-04-05color.png

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[Post 684]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 04-04-2017 10:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The bill for my recent hospital stay arrived.  For 4 days of hospitalization, doctors' fees, medications, etc., etc., the total was a bit over $25,000.



Good grief!



Oh, but wait a minute:  I have insurance.


The total amount of that I have to pay out-of-pocket:  less than $300.



If you don't have insurance, just one accident or illness can easily render you destitute and/or bankrupt.  Yet quite a few of our politicians are assiduously trying to make it harder for poor and working-class people to get insurance, trying to eliminate or reduce subsidies that make it easier for people to get insurance, and pushing policies that they know will reduce or eliminate insurance benefits for tens of millions of people.  

Bastards.

Is it required nowadays that you be a complete sociopath in order to get elected as a Republican, or is that just a helpful bonus?

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[Post 685]
Author : Zehava
Date : 04-04-2017 11:41 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

...sociopath ...Republican...

Is there a functional difference at this point?

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[Post 686]
Author : Kyuss Apollo
Date : 04-05-2017 12:12 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The president is tweeting the FBI to tell them about a story on Fox, in case you were wondering how stable &amp; functional America is right now</p>&mdash; Katie Mack (@AstroKatie) <a href="https://twitter.com/AstroKatie/status/848889495403380737">April 3, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 687]
Author : The Man
Date : 04-05-2017 06:33 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Goddammit. I think I might partially agree with Daesh about something.

ISIS Calls President Trump an &#8216;Idiot&#8217; | The Daily Beast (http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2017/04/04/isis-calls-donald-trump-an-idiot.html)

The reason my agreement is only partial is that the comparison is actually insulting to people with mental deficiencies.

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[Post 688]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-05-2017 08:19 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Steve Bannon Removed From National Security Council - NBC News (http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/steve-bannon-removed-national-security-council-n742926)

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[Post 689]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 04-05-2017 09:32 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Bannon Taken Off Trump National Security Council in Shake-Up - Bloomberg (https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-04-05/bannon-removed-from-national-security-council-role-in-shakeup)

It isn&#8217;t clear why Bannon would be needed on the committee under Flynn  but not under McMaster. 

Damn right it isn't clear! That's probably because it is another lie from the Court of Fat Liars. 

A second White House official said that Trump  was never comfortable with Bannon on the panel, but that his removal  didn&#8217;t indicate any erosion of his influence within the White House.

Either Trump or Bannon wanted Bannon on the Security Committee and so, either way, it means Bannon's been humilatingly nobbled by someone.  The only question is, has he got enough firepower to counter-nobble his way back on top.

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[Post 690]
Author : SR71
Date : 04-05-2017 10:29 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Thank fucking glob.  That's one of the worst nightmares among a whole host of really bad nightmarish things.  One down, some number approaching infinity to go.

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[Post 691]
Author : Kyuss Apollo
Date : 04-06-2017 03:13 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

trump blames Obama for Syrian gas attack on today (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/04/syria-gas-attack-trump-us-foreign-policy)

&#8220;&#8220;These heinous actions by the Bashar al-Assad regime are a consequence of the last administration&#8217;s weakness and irresolution,&#8221; he said in a statement. &#8220;President Obama said in 2012 that he would establish a &#8216;red line&#8217; against the use of chemical weapons and then did nothing.&#8221;

wait! the trump on September 5 2013 tweeted...

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The only reason President Obama wants to attack Syria is to save face over his very dumb RED LINE statement. Do NOT attack Syria,fix U.S.A.</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/375577511473983488">September 5, 2013</a></blockquote>
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Nobody knew that Syria could be so complicated.

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[Post 692]
Author : Ari
Date : 04-06-2017 03:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

If blaming Obama got me into this mess... ... ...Maybe blaming Obama will get me out of it!

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[Post 693]
Author : SR71
Date : 04-06-2017 05:23 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Not to worry, Rep Nunes will fix it for him.  :laugh:

I wrote a nice note to my Republican Rep hammering Nunes, so now Nunes is all (http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/devin-nunes-russia-probe)

In a statement issued on Thursday, Nunes blamed pressure from “left-wing activists” for his decision to at least temporarily step aside in leading the House’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Damn right.  Come correct or stay at home motherfucker.

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[Post 694]
Author : erimir
Date : 04-06-2017 06:05 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Steve Bannon reportedly calls Kushner a &quot;cuck&quot; <a href="https://t.co/6ZlyHSGaEt">https://t.co/6ZlyHSGaEt</a></p>&mdash; Will Sommer (@willsommer) <a href="https://twitter.com/willsommer/status/850028138750980096">April 6, 2017</a></blockquote>
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This is the type of in-fighting I love to hear about. Please let it escalate :popcorn:

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[Post 695]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-06-2017 07:20 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Thunderdome on the White House lawn. Make it so.

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[Post 696]
Author : SR71
Date : 04-06-2017 11:06 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

CIVIL WAR
Steve Bannon Calls Jared Kushner a &#8216;Cuck&#8217; and &#8216;Globalist&#8217; Behind His Back
Donald Trump&#8217;s two closest aides are fighting &#8220;nonstop&#8221; and often &#8220;face-to-face,&#8221; officials say &#8212; and it&#8217;s even uglier in private.
This is the type of in-fighting I love to hear about. Please let it escalate :popcorn:

Sounds like that's one snowflake that needs a little time out in a nice comfy safe space.

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[Post 697]
Author : godfry n. glad
Date : 04-07-2017 12:24 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Not to worry, Rep Nunes will fix it for him.  :laugh:

I wrote a nice note to my Republican Rep hammering Nunes, [URL="http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/devin-nunes-russia-probe"]

You have a Reptilian Rep to write to?  

I'm jellis.  I can't even.

Mine are all left-leaning centrist Democrats....west coast, y'know.

All I get to do is encourage all my friends and acquaintances in the next district to unseat their complicit Reptilian traitor.  Recall, Impeach, Replace!

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[Post 698]
Author : SR71
Date : 04-07-2017 03:01 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Just heard T-Rump was asking for the wisdom of god as he sends 50 or 60 cruise missiles into Syria.

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[Post 699]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-07-2017 03:10 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Just heard T-Rump was asking for the wisdom of god as he sends 50 or 60 cruise missiles into Syria.

Syria war: US launches missile strikes following chemical 'attack' - BBC News (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39523654)

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[Post 700]
Author : Ari
Date : 04-07-2017 03:29 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:capitalistpig:
50 Cruise missles at $1.5m a piece is only $75 Million.  
A perfectly reasonable use of money.  Why as a rich government we just have that lying around.

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[Post 701]
Author : SR71
Date : 04-07-2017 03:55 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Xi Jinping is in town and gets a front row seat of T-Rump flying off the handle, even as China is taking punitive measures against Korea for our deployment of THAAD anti-missile missiles to Korea in response to the numerous N. Korean missile launches.  The Chinese are ostensibly upset because the range of our THAAD's extends into mainland China.  So, we can now expect China to ratchet up the pain on our Korean allies.  Good goin' T-Rump.

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[Post 702]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-07-2017 04:43 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Now that Obama’s poll numbers are in tailspin – watch for him to launch a strike in Libya or Iran.  He is desperate.</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/255784560904773633">October 9, 2012</a></blockquote>
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¯\_(&#12484;)_/¯

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[Post 703]
Author : erimir
Date : 04-07-2017 06:30 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

With Trump, every accusation is a confession.

You can probably predict a lot of things he will do by looking through his attacks on Clinton and Obama - the nefarious motives he imputes to them are because that's what he would be motivated by.

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[Post 704]
Author : The Man
Date : 04-07-2017 07:32 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Good breakdown of the implications of last night's bombing via LGM commenter Warren Terra (http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2017/04/presidential-3#comment-2722852):

LGM commenter Malaclypse was pointing out the Pavlovian potential here on Twitter &#8211; this is one of only two times Trump has been widely praised by the mainstream media, and the other was when he gave an hour-long deadly dull meaningless speech, so we should expect more showy military actions from him. This is certainly a real risk, but &#8220;Pavlovian&#8221; applies to the pundits, too, who see any &#8220;decisive&#8221; action and their hearts go aflutter.

But let&#8217;s look at the incredible, execrable thing Trump did yesterday, which had a bunch of rather amazing features; in no particular order, and my apologies for the length:

1) It certainly seemed to be against US Law. The idea that the 2001 AUMF extends to bombing the Syrian government&#8217;s air base in 2017 would be risible anytime, but Congress was asked to bless such actions in 2013 and refused &#8211; though apparently there never was a final vote.

2) Moreover, Trump is on record saying an attack on Syria is both a bad idea and one requiring Congressional approval, under circumstances in 2013 that aren&#8217;t significantly different from those applying now (if anything, there was a better argument for attacking in 2013, when the Syrian government was weaker)

3) It&#8217;s against international law, too, but that almost never stops us.

4) The list of people who weren&#8217;t considered and informed is simply amazing. Apparently the NSC wasn&#8217;t involved or informed. We didn&#8217;t consult with or even inform our closest allies, some of whom are involved in military operations alongside us in the region. We didn&#8217;t seek the blessing of the UN. Hell, Trump was sitting down to dinner with China&#8217;s President and its chief diplomat, and we don&#8217;t even know whether they were told in advance.

5) And, obviously, not a word was said to a single deputy or undersecretary of State or Defense, because none of them exist. It&#8217;s April.

6) Trump didn&#8217;t even plan ahead to inform the American people &#8211; there was no prepared statement, and no technical facilities for live broadcast when he later spoke to some reporters. There&#8217;s still no clear idea what our policy now it, and whether Trump thinks we&#8217;re at war with Syria.

7) Equally amazing, there&#8217;s who he did inform: Putin, and therefore Assad. Some of this is because of the precipitate nature of the attack: he wanted to avoid killing Russians, and didn&#8217;t leave time for a warning that after the chemical weapons attack any Syrian Air Force facilities would be considered open targets, and Russians should leave them. But it means that Assad knew, and our allies didn&#8217;t.

8) Because Assad knew, we spent $100M blowing up an empty air base. There have been endless Milo Minderbender jokes that it would have been cheaper to pay them to do it themselves.

9) And of course the Press isn&#8217;t paying enough attention to the significance of that. Trump spent $100M on completely empty military theater &#8211; notably, he wants to cancel the NEA&#8217;s $150M annual budget, which pays for other forms of theater. He did this without consulting our allies, and in collusion with Assad (who salvaged his equipment beforehand, and notably didn&#8217;t move an orphanage onto the crosshairs). If there&#8217;s a strategy involved it hasn&#8217;t been declared and no-one&#8217;s inferred one; the media are just cheering the explosions, undeterred that this appears to have been a wildly expensive PR operation cooked up between Trump and Putin, with no further plan &#8211; and that&#8217;s the best possibility, as if it was simply Trump flailing and making things go boom to wild applause the result might be American troops entering the Syrian quagmire.

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[Post 705]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-07-2017 08:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Of Course there's Evidence Trump Colluded with Russian Intelligence - Lawfare (https://lawfareblog.com/course-theres-evidence-trump-colluded-russian-intelligence)

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[Post 706]
Author : Watser?
Date : 04-07-2017 10:34 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Here's what a pro-Syrian regime paper has on that Syria strike:

What we know so far:

U.S. missiles struck Shayrat&#8217;s airfields, aircraft hangar, and fuel tankers
Destroyed fuel tankers caused several explosions and a large fire that has not been put out yet
At least 15 fighter jets have been damaged or destroyed
Six military personnel have been killed, some non-Syrian
Russians were present at the airbase when it was attacked
Latest update from Syrian airbase attacked by US Navy (https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/latest-update-syrian-airbase-attacked-us-navy/)

Some suggests at least 2. Non-Syrian is probably not Russian the way they worded it, but could be. Or Iranian or Lebanese. So pissing off not just the Syrian regime but also Hezbollah, Iran and Russia. Hezbollah might even decide to retaliate.

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[Post 707]
Author : Watser?
Date : 04-07-2017 10:42 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump said he would defeat ISIS in, what was it, 20 days? This weakens the army fighting ISIS...

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[Post 708]
Author : The Man
Date : 04-07-2017 11:49 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Those beautiful, suffering <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Syrian?src=hash">#Syrian</a> children Trump spoke about? THEY are the refugees the White House is shutting the door on. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Syria?src=hash">#Syria</a></p>&mdash; Peter Daou (@peterdaou) <a href="https://twitter.com/peterdaou/status/849687328100634624">April 5, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Trump Confident U.S. Military Strike on Syria Wiped Out Russian Scandal - The Onion - America's Finest News Source (http://www.theonion.com/article/trump-confident-us-military-strike-syria-wiped-out-55722)

On a serious note, I'm really pissed about the extravagant waste of taxpayer dollars here. Cheeto Caligula's budget proposes cutting funds for the NEA and schools. This causes demonstrable harm to the economy: in effect, we are cutting actual theatre in favour of military theatre. I participated in a high school theatre program with one of the producers of this year's Academy Award winner for Best Picture. The film has earned almost $60 million, nearly forty times its budget, at the box office and literally would not exist without my classmate, who encouraged its director to make a second film. Cutting funding for the arts hurts the economy. Meanwhile, we just spent $100 million on a fireworks display.

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[Post 709]
Author : erimir
Date : 04-08-2017 01:25 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm not sure how much the entertainment industry helps the economy overall.

I mean, internationally successful arts exports help the US. But the money spent domestically could've gone to other forms of entertainment without any real implication on the economy, or to "practical" things. Not that leisure is pointless even from an economic standpoint (workers are more productive if they're not miserable, so it probably has indirect benefits), but I would say the arts are valuable more for other reasons.

I think of them as more of an ends of economic activity than a means. That is, the government should support arts not because it has a massive return economically*, but because it makes life better for citizens.

I also wonder whether using a job-creation frame to support the arts is useful. It's perhaps not useful to the left to frame everything in that way.

*Although I suppose you can argue that given the US's cultural dominance internationally (in film and music), it does pay dividends to the country. Just as Sweden's excellent music education pays dividends in that they are the world's 3rd largest exporter of music despite their small size (most per capita) - although I couldn't find how much they spend on music, so I don't know how good of an investment it is in pure economic terms. But I think it also provides benefits to the populace beyond just making money.

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[Post 710]
Author : The Man
Date : 04-08-2017 01:33 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It does provide benefits beyond its economic value, true. But having the United States as a centre for entertainment clearly benefits us economically, too. If productions aren't filmed here, they'll be filmed somewhere else, and that's money that's not going to our local economies where film casts and crews stay, eat, and generally spend money. That's money that won't result in tourism to the areas the productions are filmed in (in some cases). That's money that's not going back to our government as tax revenue. And if erratic government policies threaten the stability of local affairs, there's less incentive to film here. If film companies think they won't be able to get visas for cast members or that they won't be able to fly, they'll just film somewhere else. And that's a clear, explicit economic harm to the country. (And naturally, as I addressed in my previous post, if we cut funding to school arts programs, that means we have fewer artistically skilled people to compete in the world market of entertainers.)

I mean, I agree that the value of art isn't merely economic, but a lot of right-wingers hate art because it's mostly done by those filthy Hollywood libruls, so that's an argument that won't be persuasive to them. Arguing in terms of direct economic benefits might actually persuade some of them, though. (And most of them don't recognise indirect economic effects; they don't even realise that if people don't have money, they can't spend money, which is literally Economics 101.)

Vox has a good piece (http://www.vox.com/culture/2017/3/20/14976042/nea-welfare-rich-liberal-elites-tucker-carlson) on the direct economic impacts of the NEA. It is extremely beneficial overall, and most of the funding doesn't go to rich people.

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[Post 711]
Author : erimir
Date : 04-08-2017 02:14 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

What I mean is, I'm not sure there's a strong argument for art on a purely economic basis, not without taking into account indirect benefits that are harder to measure. And the soft power of American cultural output is nothing to sneeze at either. American art makes people in other countries like America more, which provides other benefits. But these benefits are harder to put in a spreadsheet and say "Look how much return on investment we get from the NEA."

There are nationalistic elements as well for some people. People seem to remark on the number of British and Australian actors that get into American productions. Well, if you want American actors you've got to train American actors :shrug:

I'm sure they'll still be on board with tax credit handouts to the film industry to film things in particular places. Cannibalizing tax revenue from other states is not something they have a problem with. Hollywood, as that article says, is not the primary beneficiary of the NEA. The major industries don't get as much benefit out of the NEA, but you would probably want to base a primarily economic argument on major film studios and record companies and such.

But yeah, I think we're in agreement that there are plenty of benefits to the NEA and arts education, some of which are economic.

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[Post 712]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 04-08-2017 02:17 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The Colorado GOP congressional delegation is certainly covering itself with glory over this Syria thing.

In 2013, Assad murdered a thousand or so civilians with chemical weapons. In response:

Sen. Cory Gardner said:

Engaging our military in Syria when no direct threat to the United States exists and without prior congressional authorization would violate the separation of powers that is clearly delineated in the Constitution.

and 

I am not yet convinced of a compelling & vital national interest.

Rep. Mike Coffman said:

"Pres. Obama must obey Constitution and come to Congress before any military action in Syria" and"Your Colorado delegation agrees, no to war in Syria and yes to transparency from the President."

Rep. Doug Lamborn said:

"Nothing I heard from President Obama tonight convinced me that a military strike against Syria is in America’s best interest."

After Assad murdered some 70 civilians with chemical weapons and the Dumpster ordered missile strikes without Congressional approval ...

Gardner:

Tonight, the United States of America took action against a treacherous regime whose actions and allies have shown the world the dark edge of humanity. The use of chemical weapons is illegal under international law and the Administration is well justified taking this long-overdue action tonight against a designated state sponsor of terrorism.

Coffman:

Tonight’s actions in Syria come after Assad’s horrific actions against his own people. America must show leadership and I’m thankful for what appears to be an effective response by our military.

Lamborn:

Syrian President Assad continues to act far beyond the norms of civilized leaders. Unlike the previous administration which walked away from similar outrages, President Trump is willing to send a clear signal of U.S. opposition to crimes against humanity.

But hey, none of that matters, does it? The media is deliriously excited with Trump's actions and ankle-deep in its own jizz. Fuck this country.

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[Post 713]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-08-2017 10:04 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Sean Penn Confirms Steve Bannon Was A 'Bitter Hollywood Wannabe' | The Huffington Post (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/steve-bannon-sean-penn_us_58e8d9dde4b00de14103d2e0)

Bannon was then, as he is now, simply another bitter Hollywood wannabe who went rogue by way of toxic narcissistic iconoclasm. But, deep in his heart, he’s just a conniving hateful bloated punk who despises mankind. And then there are also the bad things about him…

:D

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[Post 714]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-09-2017 08:37 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Donald J. Trump on Twitter: "Tens of millions of dollars in airstrikes had no impact because key leaders fled after hearing ON NEWS REPORTS the strikes were coming. DUMB" (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/520490170349813760)

¯\_(&#12484;)_/¯

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[Post 715]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-09-2017 09:04 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Jared Kushner hid dozens of meetings with Russians from his application for top-secret security clearance - Salon.com (http://www.salon.com/2017/04/07/jared-kushner-hid-dozens-of-meetings-with-russians-from-his-application-for-top-secret-security-clearance/)

Kushner&#8217;s lawyer, Jamie Gorelick, is calling the omissions an error. Gorelick said that Kushner simply submitted the forms prematurely and immediately requested the opportunity to provide additional information.

Maaaaaaaaaybe.

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[Post 716]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-10-2017 12:26 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

10452

EPA was many things. ¯\_(&#12484;)_/¯

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[Post 717]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-10-2017 10:48 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Week 21: Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you, so you’ll remember.

April 8, 2017
Over the past three weeks, Trump’s approval plummeted as he struggled to take back the narrative amidst legislative failures and a ubiquitous Russia. He floated several attempts to deflect, and replace Russia as the lead story: the Obama wiretapp, the Nunes brouhaha, the Susan Rice unmasking&#8202;—&#8202;but none seemed to work. This week he figured out a way to take back the narrative&#8202;—&#8202;one commonly used by autocrats&#8202;—&#8202;he started a war.


 Five weeks have passed since Trump’s tweet accusing Obama of wiretapping Trump Tower. He has yet to offer any evidence or apologize.
     Seeking to deflect from his growing unpopularity and Russia stories, Trump segued his Obama story to “a crooked scheme” involving Susan Rice spying on the Trump regime.
     Citing no evidence, Trump said Susan Rice had committed a crime. Experts debunked his claim, saying unmasking is routine for an NSA.
     The LA Times Editorial Board launched a scathing six-part series on the Trump presidency: “Our Dishonest President.”
     Since taking office, Trump has made 367 false or misleading claims according to the WAPO.
     Rejecting Trump’s defense, a Kentucky federal judge said a lawsuit against Trump for inciting violence at a campaign event could proceed.
     Trump’s popularity plunged to 34% in an April IBD/TIPP poll, including a significant loss of support among rural voters (56% to 41%) and white men (58% to 49%).
     A Quinnipiac poll found a similar drop in approval by Trump key demographic white men: 58% to 47%.
     The US jobs report for March was dismal, weakest in almost a year. Unlike February when Trump took credit for a strong report despite his short time office, this time there was no comment.
     ProPublica reported that despite his pledge to remove himself from his business interests, Trump can pull money from any of his businesses, at any time, without disclosing it.
     At a WH press briefing, Spicer defamed ProPublica, calling it a “left-wing blog.” ProPublica issued a strong response and statement of facts, including the Trump trust documents which were revised on February 10.
     While under consideration for a major national security role, Stephen Feinberg said he wants to keep his stake in Cerberus, which is the 17th biggest US Army contractor in 2015.
     Breaking from Trump’s pledge to “drain the swamp,” POLITICO reported that Trump ex-staffers are cashing in through foreign lobbying work.
     Trump has left the WH Office of Science and Technology vacant, filling just one position with the former chief of staff for Peter Thiel. As discussed in past lists, Trump is installing “spies” into agencies, while leaving key roles without appointed candidates.
     Researchers said the Trump regime has been deleting scientific data collected by government agencies. One scientist said, “It’s a bloodbath.”
     In violation of the Hatch Act, Dan Scavino Jr., social media director and WH advisor, tweeted at a member of the Freedom Caucus that he was a “big liability” and should be primaried. He later changed his Twitter bio to “Personal @Twitter Handle.”
     Without public announcement, Trump issued an EO changing the order of succession within the DOJ.
     Twitter filed a lawsuit after the Department of Homeland Security requested they reveal the identity of an anonymous account which has been critical of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office
     On Friday, DHS dropped its request, and Twitter withdrew its lawsuit.
     The Twitter account for the US agency which controls the US nuclear force, US Strategic Command, tweeted an article by Breitbart.
     Expanding his already huge portfolio of responsibilities, Kushner traveled to Iraq with General Dunford. The trip became the stuff of parody in a piece titled, “Jared Goes To Iraq! A Picture Story.”
     WAPO reported Kushner Iraq trip violated protocol in that it was confirmed before they landed.
     Kushner’s increasing foreign relations portfolio led to questions of whether he has become the “defacto secretary of state.”
     The city council in Cambridge, MA passed a resolution calling for Congress to begin an impeachment investigation into Trump.
     Trump invited Egyptian President el-Sisi to the WH, and did not mention human rights abuses. Families of Americans being held prisoner in Egypt also said Trump had ignored their pleas for help, after Trump on the campaign trail, excoriated Obama for not prioritizing prisoners in Iran.
     On #EqualPayDay it was noted that Trump had quietly signed an EO taking away Obama-era protection for women workers.
     Trump cut all funding to UNFPA, a United Nations agency that works on maternal and reproductive health.
     Trump defended serial sexual harasser Bill O’Reilly during Sexual Assault Awareness Month, calling him “a good person” and saying, “I don’t think Bill did anything wrong.”
     In the first three months of 2017, hate crimes in NYC doubled over last year. Most crimes were anti-Semitic, with an uptick in anti-black incidents as well.
     The NY State Supreme Court ruled that NYC can destroy immigrants municipal ID information, as part of the City’s effort to protect undocumented immigrants from being deported by the Trump regime.
     An Indiana restaurant owner was deported overnight by ICE to Mexico, despite pending legal actions. According to NPR, none of his lawyers were notified.
     FT reported that the FBI plans to create a special unit to coordinate its investigation of Russian interference with the election.
     Before resigning as NSA, Flynn did not reveal income he received from Russian-related entities during 2015 for speaking fees.
     Yahoo reported that Trump abruptly pulled out of meeting scheduled for February with Alexander Torshin, the deputy governor of the Bank of Russia and a close ally of Putin, over disclosed ties to organized crime.
     ICE whisked away Evgeny Buryakov, the Russian spy mentioned in Week 20. At trial, Buryakov’s attorney fees were paid by his employer VEB, a Russian Bank whose head secretly met with Kushner in December.
     BuzzFeed reported that former Trump advisor Page met with an undercover Russian spy in 2013, and passed along information.
     WAPO reported Erik Prince, Trump insider and brother of Betsy DeVos, attended a secret meeting arranged by the UAE with a Russian close to Putin in Seychelles on January 11, opening a back-channel to Russia.
     A UAE crown prince also had a meeting with Flynn, Kushner and Bannon in December. In an unusual breach of protocol, the UAE did not notify the Obama administration in advance.
     CNN reported the FBI is investigating links between Alfa Bank and Trump Organization servers, indicating an intention to communicate. During the campaign, 80% of Trump Org server lookups were done by Alfa Bank and 19% by Spectrum Health, which is led by Betsy Devos’s husband.
     NYT reported that Kushner omitted his multiple meetings with Russians in filling out his Questionnaire for National Security Positions.
     In a video obtained by Forward, Trump’s chief counter-terrorism adviser, Gorka, publicly supported a violent anti-Semitic militia group.
     On Thursday, Nunes temporarily stepped away from chairing the House Intelligence Committee’s investigation of Russia, citing an ethics complaint by the Office of Congressional Ethics.
     In a letter that afternoon, the Republican chair of the House Ethics Committee announced they too are investigating Nunes for the “unauthorized disclosure of classified information.”
     Confusion reigned in the Trump regime after the Assad chemical bombing. Without citing specifics, Trump said he changed his Syria policy, but no one else in the regime seemed to know details.
     Without a formal announcement, Trump removed Steve Bannon from the National Security Council. Jennifer Jacobs, a Bloomberg reporter, broke the story after reading it in a notice published in the Federal Register.
     POLITICO reported that mega-donor Rebekah Mercer convinced her close ally Bannon not to resign. Reporter Jane Mayer has uncovered that the Mercers stand to avoid $6.8bn in taxes under Trump.
     The National Security Council page on whitehouse.gov is blank, save for these words: “Check back soon for more information.”
     NYT reported that as early as July, the CIA had evidence of Russia’s efforts to get Trump elected, and that Trump advisers were likely working with the Russians.
     In August, CIA director Brennan met with the Gang of Eight to share his findings. Reid has pushed repeatedly to inform the American public, but McConnell questioned the findings and pushed for a softer version of a public letter, striking any reference to Russia.
     As noted in Week 4, McConnell had also been the roadblock to Obama going public in October with more explicit information on Russia’s attempted interference with our election.
     Also as noted in Week 4, shortly after the election, Trump chose McConnell’s wife as his nominee for transportation secretary.
     On Friday, McConnell passed the filibuster-ending “nuclear option” for Supreme Court picks. One columnist referred to him as “the man who broke America.”
     Trump had also pushed McConnell towards the nuclear option. One expert in authoritarianism said of autocrats, “They will continue to rewrite major rules and disregard norms.”
     Wars within the Trump regime continued this week, with open animus between Kushner and Bannon, and rumors that Bannon and Priebus could be on their way out.
     All the while, power continues to consolidate into the hands of Trump, Ivanka and Kushner. In the executive branch, only 4% of key roles are filled and 92% still have no nominee.
     In a PR stunt that fell flat, Trump donated his $78,333 paycheck to the Park Service. Ironically, Trump’s budget calls for deep cuts to the Interior Dept, which includes the Park Service, of 12% or $1.5bn.
     On Thursday, amidst a continued fall in approval and a growing drumbeat of Russia, Trump used provocations by North Korea and Syria as an opportunity to threaten war against both.
     On Thursday night, while in Mar-a-Lago meeting with China’s President Xi, Trump launched an attack on Syria .
     Trump did not seek approval or notify Congress ahead of time. He did however, give advance notice to Russia.
     Trump cited Assad’s use of chemical weapons against Syrian civilians, including children, as justification. Ironically, one of Trump’s first actions in office was his Muslim Ban, which banned Syrian refugees. Also per PolitiFact, on the campaign trail, Trump promised to remove existing Syrian refugees from the US.
     Also of note, the Trump regime has been responsible for killing hundreds of innocent civilians, including children, in the failed Yemen raid, and then in Mosul where pamphlets told citizens not to leave their homes.
     Pentagon released a video of the US strike Thursday night, which they claimed, “Initial indications are that this strike has severely damaged or destroyed Syrian aircraft and support infrastructure and equipment.
     Nine civilians, including four children, were killed by Trump’s airstrike.
     By the next day, the Assad regime was again launching airstrikes from the airfield Trump’s attack had supposedly destroyed.
     The media loved Trump’s show of force, and on Friday Syria become story one, displacing Russian interference and ties to Trump.
     The Onion ran the perfect parody of the situation on Friday, “Trump Confident U.S. Military Strike On Syria Wiped Out Russian Scandal.” Other pundits used the euphemism, Wag the Dog.
     To complete the stagecraft, the Trump regime released their version of the Situation Room photo. This version was taken in Mar-a-Lago, and included Spicer, two Goldman Sachs executives, Commerce Secretary Ross, and Kushner glaring over at Bannon.


Week 21: Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you, so… (https://medium.com/@Amy_Siskind/week-21-experts-in-authoritarianism-advise-to-keep-a-list-of-things-subtly-changing-around-you-so-76e6d196aab5?source=user_profile---------1-----------)

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[Post 718]
Author : Gorgias
Date : 04-10-2017 04:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Now that Obama’s poll numbers are in tailspin – watch for him to launch a strike in Libya or Iran.  He is desperate.</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/255784560904773633">October 9, 2012</a></blockquote>
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¯_(&#12484;)_/¯

Yep

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[Post 719]
Author : JoeP
Date : 04-10-2017 04:31 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The Coming Incompetence Crisis - The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/07/opinion/the-coming-incompetence-crisis.html?_r=0)

:snicker:

the Albert Einstein of confirmation bias

:sniggle:

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[Post 720]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-10-2017 07:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The Coming Incompetence Crisis - The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/07/opinion/the-coming-incompetence-crisis.html?_r=0)

:snicker:

the Albert Einstein of confirmation bias

:sniggle:

Up until this period I had always thought of ignorance as a void, as an absence of knowledge. But Trump’s ignorance is not just an absence; it is a rich, intricate and entirely separate universe of negative information, a sort of fertile intellectual antimatter with its own gravitational pull.

:lol:

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[Post 721]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 04-10-2017 07:47 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The Coming Incompetence Crisis - The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/07/opinion/the-coming-incompetence-crisis.html?_r=0)

:snicker:

the Albert Einstein of confirmation bias

:sniggle:

As much as I enjoy well written Trump insults, David Brooks is not someone I would identify with otherwise. I'm going to read this strictly for entertainment purposes because Brooks can't be trusted on facts in his articles.

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[Post 722]
Author : Pan Narrans
Date : 04-10-2017 08:06 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Those who ignore history are condemned to retweet it.

:lolfruits:

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[Post 723]
Author : Stormlight
Date : 04-11-2017 06:09 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Reinvigorated coal industry already creates new jobs!! (https://arstechnica.com/business/2017/04/kentucky-coal-museum-is-installing-solar-panels-on-its-roof/)

#MAGA

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[Post 724]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-11-2017 06:47 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Reinvigorated coal industry already creates new jobs!! (https://arstechnica.com/business/2017/04/kentucky-coal-museum-is-installing-solar-panels-on-its-roof/)

#MAGA

Promoted Comment:

It's actually kind of fitting since it's a museum. Learn about the history of energy, powered by the future of it.

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[Post 725]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-11-2017 08:39 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

220 Cities Losing All Passenger Train Service per Trump Elimination of all Federal Funding for Amtrak's National Network Trains (http://www.masstransitmag.com/press_release/12322126/220-cities-losing-all-passenger-train-service-per-trump-elimination-of-all-federal-funding-for-amtraks-national-network-trains)

Infrastructure investment something.

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[Post 726]
Author : The Man
Date : 04-11-2017 09:07 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Happy Passover from the Shitgibbon administration! Today you're getting press secretary Sean Spicer first saying that Hitler didn't use chemical weapons, and then 'clarifying' that he didn't use them on "his own people". Because I guess we didn't count as "his own people".

I don't think I actually possess the vocabulary to describe my loathing of these people. This is much more eloquent than I would have been, though, so here:

Okay, look.

Sean Spicer is ridiculous and inept;
But let's not lose track of the fact that
Words still mean things
And those things matter.

"His own people."
Did that scare you?
It should.
Because painting your victims as other
Is the first step of genocide.

This isn't just one buffoon tripping over facts.
This isn't just a gaffe.
This is an old and dangerous song
And it matters
And talking about it matters
And how we talk about it matters
(source) (http://postcardsfromspace.tumblr.com/post/159460354478/okay-look-sean-spicer-is-ridiculous-and-inept)

edit: it's even worse than that, actually

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">In about a ten-minute span, Sean Spicer managed to: <a href="https://t.co/01GC6Gw2AN">pic.twitter.com/01GC6Gw2AN</a></p>&mdash; Nicole Hemmer (@pastpunditry) <a href="https://twitter.com/pastpunditry/status/851865434282496001">April 11, 2017</a></blockquote>
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The Anne Frank Center is calling for Spicer to be fired, and I agree with them. I'm not even willing to extend them the benefit of the doubt that this was an accident; this is the administration that erased us from Holocaust Remembrance Day.

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[Post 727]
Author : erimir
Date : 04-11-2017 10:03 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:whatthefuck:

Just... what.

You know though, I think this is a statement that ISIS would agree with the Trump admin about.

Nancy Pelosi has also put out a statement demanding that Spicer lose his job.

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[Post 728]
Author : Crumb
Date : 04-11-2017 11:03 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

http://i.imgur.com/Xeot7yA.jpg

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[Post 729]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-12-2017 01:09 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">^^^<br><br>Pepsi: &quot;Boy did we screw up.&quot;<br>United: &quot;Hold my beer.&quot;<br>Spicer: &quot;Amateurs.&quot;<br>.</p>&mdash; J&#926;S&#358;&#926;R &#10026; &#916;C&#358;UAL³³º¹ (@th3j35t3r) <a href="https://twitter.com/th3j35t3r/status/851928685691248641">April 11, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 730]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-12-2017 01:12 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Whoa.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Wow: While apologizing for Hitler gaffe, Spicer literally says he doesn&#39;t want to distract from Trump&#39;s attempts &quot;to destabilize the region&quot; <a href="https://t.co/jlCwC93Wn4">pic.twitter.com/jlCwC93Wn4</a></p>&mdash; Tommy Christopher (@tommyxtopher) <a href="https://twitter.com/tommyxtopher/status/851923287370342400">April 11, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 731]
Author : Watser?
Date : 04-12-2017 02:04 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:therapy: Freudian slip showing?

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[Post 732]
Author : The Man
Date : 04-12-2017 03:58 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Seems like the special election in KS-04 wound up roughly R+5.8%. For context, the shitgibbon went +27% in the same district (and there&#8217;s that number again). A 21-point collapse in support for Republicans nationwide would almost certainly result in Democratic control of the House in 2018. It also looks like this election received very little attention from the national media or the national Democratic Party (Thompson raised around $400k); it seems like this was mostly the work of Kansas Democrats.

Similarly, people point to Brownback in 2014 as &#8216;evidence&#8217; that Kansas is hopeless, while neglecting the fact that his support, similarly, collapsed by about 20 points. To me, the obvious lesson is that we should be fielding candidates everywhere.

Ossoff&#8217;s upcoming election (April 18) in GA-06 will be another good test case. If he also performs competitively (GA-06 is also deep-red and he&#8217;s also polled competitively so far), that will bode awful signs for Republicans&#8217; upcoming electoral prospects, and will also provide further evidence suggesting that the rule is not that off-year elections advantage Republicans, but instead that off-year elections advantage the political opponents of the president&#8217;s party.

And the president* is particularly awful and polarising. The fact that this occurred within the first hundred days of his presidency &#8211; typically the honeymoon period &#8211; is astonishing. The shitgibbon is bigly unpopular.

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[Post 733]
Author : erimir
Date : 04-12-2017 05:02 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I see we made redundant posts. Whoops.
So in the end the Republican wins KS-04 by about 7 pts.

On the other hand, Trump won the district by about 27 pts (I believe) and Mike Pompeo (the Republican who vacated the seat to take a job in the Trump admin) won by about 30 pts.

So this is bad news for the Republicans. Losing the seat would've been an apocalyptic omen for the GOP, but if this result is repeated I think it would still qualify as catastrophic.

A 20 pt national swing should give the Democrats a significantly larger House majority than they had in 2009, and might even deliver the Senate. In the Senate, Nevada and Arizona are the only obvious pickup opportunities, which is not enough to get to 51 seats. But a 20 pt swing would even put Nebraska and Texas into play. While I don't see any other plausible wins in an optimistic scenario, I could see an anti-Trump conservative/Republican winning Utah (either Romney or McMullin), although it would probably require Hatch to be out of the picture (not inconceivable given that he's in his 80s).

I doubt we'd see a wave of that proportion, but even a 8-10 pt swing would probably give us the House.
To expand on the bolded sentence... the gains could be larger than expected for the national swing.

The thing about a lot of politicians is that they don't like losing, or to a lesser extent, being in the minority party. And if they look likely to lose or to wind up in the minority, they often retire. And when they retire, they make their seat even easier to win for the other party.

So an intimidating national environment will likely deliver the Democrats a few additional seats due to Republicans retiring in the face of a Democratic wave.

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[Post 734]
Author : Crumb
Date : 04-12-2017 05:13 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:therapy: Freudian slip showing?
Ahem... :freudianslip:

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[Post 735]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-12-2017 06:15 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/jack">@jack</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Twitter">@Twitter</a> Imagine *literally* having the power to reduce risk of a nuclear confrontation by banning a single user from your website. And not doing it.</p>&mdash; Tom Tomorrow (@tomtomorrow) <a href="https://twitter.com/tomtomorrow/status/851781597640749056">April 11, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 736]
Author : Vivisectus
Date : 04-12-2017 12:14 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Meanwhile, Jeff Sessions makes a brilliant move to dramatically reduce the number of wrongful convictions based on scientifically unsound forensic methods: simply stop independent inquiry into forensic methods! And he will have the numbers to back that up: the number of people released because the forensic methodology used to get them convicted turned out to be scientifically unsound will drop dramatically!

Applause and cigars for everyone!

Seriously, this administration of you merkins seems to really hate scientists. It doesn't just not respect what they have to say, but it actually wants them to STFU.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/04/jeff-sessions-and-the-odds-of-imprisoning-innocents/522651/

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[Post 737]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 04-12-2017 05:09 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Well, it's not like we were doing so hot in that field anyway. (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=24317)

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[Post 738]
Author : Ari
Date : 04-12-2017 05:11 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

They're still mad about science killing Jesus.
Well, Trumps not, he thinks america has the best science for killing mexicans.

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[Post 739]
Author : Corona688
Date : 04-13-2017 12:50 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Seriously, this administration of you merkins seems to really hate scientists. It doesn't just not respect what they have to say, but it actually wants them to STFU. Scientists of one sort or another - forensic, economic, environmental, and especially statistical - are those who end up overseeing whether anyone's pet project or policy can be considered a success or failure, whether it serves the public good, the government's own interests, or whether it did anything for anyone's good at all.  You can spin the numbers however you want, but what if the numbers don't exist?

The staticians were the first against the wall when the Canadian conservative block seized control, and as a result, we're still trying to figure out just how badly that government screwed us over.  We do know they managed to somehow spend more money while removing almost every program and environmental legislation of worth, but what that did to our country?  We don't know.

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[Post 740]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 04-13-2017 01:45 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Happy Passover from the Shitgibbon administration! Today you're getting press secretary Sean Spicer first saying that Hitler didn't use chemical weapons, and then 'clarifying' that he didn't use them on "his own people". 

Speaking of Nazi lovers, Bayer - the illustrious history of which includes financing torture in Nazi concentration camps (http://www.mega.nu/ampp/bayer.html) - is fixin' to merge with Monsanto. Donnie Dump approves (http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2017/01/monsanto-bayer-trump-antitrust), which means that silliness like the Sherman Act is just more liberal, namby pamby, cuck bullshit that needs to fall away in the interest of making America great again.

http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news/2017/04/06/monsanto-ceo-our-bayer-deal-is-unique.html

Heroin, Nazis, and Agent Orange: Inside the $66 Billion Merger of the Year - Bloomberg (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-14/the-heroin-laced-history-behind-the-year-s-biggest-deal)

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[Post 741]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-13-2017 10:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

http://68.media.tumblr.com/84f1585d756838cc815265cf9e56854c/tumblr_oo7vyl9EXp1w1aom0o1_1280.jpg
Will Trade Deplorables For Refugees | Bonfire (https://www.bonfire.com/will-trade-deplorables-for-refugees/)

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[Post 742]
Author : SR71
Date : 04-13-2017 02:15 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

220 Cities Losing All Passenger Train Service per Trump Elimination of all Federal Funding for Amtrak's National Network Trains (http://www.masstransitmag.com/press_release/12322126/220-cities-losing-all-passenger-train-service-per-trump-elimination-of-all-federal-funding-for-amtraks-national-network-trains)

Infrastructure investment something. 

What is it with conservatives hating trains.  It's really fucking weird.  They just despise trains.  :shrug:

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[Post 743]
Author : SR71
Date : 04-13-2017 03:13 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Reinvigorated coal industry already creates new jobs!! (https://arstechnica.com/business/2017/04/kentucky-coal-museum-is-installing-solar-panels-on-its-roof/)

#MAGA

It even works with natural gas, at least for the abu-dhabi.

Abu Dhabi plant to produce region's cheapest electricity from solar | The National (http://www.thenational.ae/business/energy/abu-dhabi-plant-to-produce-regions-cheapest-electricity-from-solar)

As the need for electricity grows alongside projected growth in economies and population, solar energy has become the cheapest form of new power generation.


BNEF estimates that the price of generating power from a combined cycle natural gas plant in the Middle East is at least 3 cents per kWh, assuming a gas price of US$2 per million British thermal units (Mmbtu). The Sweihan plant represents, based on these calculations with adjustments for inflation, a 2 to 19 per cent decreasecompared to building a new gas plant.

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[Post 744]
Author : godfry n. glad
Date : 04-14-2017 06:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I have flashes about how this administration will end, and it ain't pretty:

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/8f/9c/fb/8f9cfb62cd97801fb4638d5248e61ce5.jpg
But, I think it may just be hopeful delusions about 'history repeating itself'.

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[Post 745]
Author : Ari
Date : 04-14-2017 08:01 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

For anyone keeping track at home, at $300m to design and $16m a piece the bomb that killed 36 alleged ISIS members only cost us between $440K and $8.7M per dead ISIS member.  What a steal!

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[Post 746]
Author : Ari
Date : 04-14-2017 08:29 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

At an estimated $200m to fix, my new government unit of currency is the Flint Water System. The moab cost 1.5 flint water systems to develop, then sat dormant for 14 years.

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[Post 747]
Author : godfry n. glad
Date : 04-14-2017 09:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Didn't there used to be some gimcrack aphorism about never getting involved in a land war in Asia?

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[Post 748]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-14-2017 09:47 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump White House will not make logs of visitors available to public | US news | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/14/trump-white-house-wont-make-visitor-logs-public)

Donald J. Trump on Twitter: "Why is @BarackObama spending millions to try and hide his records? He is the least transparent President--ever--and he ran on transparency." (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/210423753388208128)

:popcorn:

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[Post 749]
Author : Angakuk
Date : 04-15-2017 04:46 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Why did they name the bomb after Israel's ancient enemy, Moab, if they didn't intend to drop it on Israel?

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[Post 750]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 04-15-2017 12:39 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

With Trump, every accusation is a confession.

You can probably predict a lot of things he will do by looking through his attacks on Clinton and Obama - the nefarious motives he imputes to them are because that's what he would be motivated by.

Uh oh :rughide:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Be prepared, there is a small chance that our horrendous leadership could unknowingly lead us into World War III.</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/373743492151136256">31 August 2013</a></blockquote>
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[Post 751]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-16-2017 03:59 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump Reportedly Insists On Traveling In Lavish Carriage During UK State Visit | The Huffington Post (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-carriage-uk_us_58f23c17e4b0da2ff86125d5)

Idea: Offer the Obamas some honorific and a ride in it the week before and see if Trump brings some prostitutes the following week.

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[Post 752]
Author : Ari
Date : 04-17-2017 05:11 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

LoL!
Kid asks Trump to sign his hat.  Trump does, then forgets the kid handed it to him and throws it into the crowd.  Senile, just an asshole, or both?  Either way this is totally the perfect representation of the Trump presidency.  Hope you like fighting for your hat back kid!
(Link includes video).
POLITICO on Twitter: "A kid asks Trump to sign his hat at the White House Easter Egg Roll. The president signs ... and then tosses the hat into the crowd. https://t.co/7ExdhpO97H" (https://twitter.com/politico/status/853999491279720457)

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[Post 753]
Author : Ari
Date : 04-18-2017 03:02 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Does Trump know who the leader of North Korea even is?
Trump also made two references in the interview to “this gentleman” in North Korea, who he said had “outplayed” both Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. The late North Korean ruler Kim Jong Il died in 2011. His son, Kim Jong Un, is the country’s current ruler.

“But, you know, they’ve been talking with this gentleman for a long time,” Trump said. “You read Clinton’s book, he said, ‘Oh, we made such a great peace deal,’ and it was a joke. You look at different things over the years with President Obama. Everybody has been outplayed, they’ve all been outplayed by this gentleman. And we’ll see what happens. But I just don’t telegraph my moves.”
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-well-see-north-korea-strike?utm_content=buffer7a611

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[Post 754]
Author : Watser?
Date : 04-18-2017 03:42 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Young 'Un

It should be easy to 'member

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[Post 755]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-18-2017 05:48 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Week 22: Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you, so you’ll remember.

April 15, 2017

Week 22 has, by far, the most items related to Trump-Russia ties. This week, the word “probe” progressed to “scandal,” signaling an acceptance that some sort of collusion occurred. Trump continues his attempts to divert attention from this story by bombing and provocation without a strategy or plan. Two days of bombing have earned him his first two days of positive press. Meanwhile, as we approach the 100-day mark, Trump has accomplished little and his regime is in disarray.


 Six weeks have passed since Trump’s tweet accusing Obama of wiretapping Trump Tower. He has yet to offer any evidence or apologize.
     Trump continues to claim, without evidence, that Susan Rice committed a crime by spying on the Trump campaign.
     The Trump regime has articulated five different policies for Syria in the last two weeks. As the week closed, he still hadn’t settled on one.
     Reuters reported that the Assad regime was warned by Russia (after Russia was warned by Trump) of the impending US strike, and was able to mostly evacuate the target.
     Tillerson attended a G7 meeting, where he was a dissenting voice on imposing more sanctions on Russia. Tillerson said of Russia’s involvement in Ukraine, “Why should U.S. taxpayers be interested in Ukraine?”
     Tillerson ditched his press pool while meeting with Putin. Tillerson claimed he and Putin found very little to agree on.
     As news about the Trump-Russia collusion in our election seeped out this week, Trump and Putin sought to display a deteriorating US-Russia relationship, with Trump saying relations were “at an all-time low.”
     The next day, Trump tweeted an odd, unprompted reassurance, “Things will work out fine between the U.S.A. and Russia. At the right time everyone will come to their senses & there will be lasting peace!”
     Buzzfeed reported Pyotr Levashov (Peter Severa), a Russian hacker, was detained in Spain for ties to a computer virus linked to the US election. His wife said he was arrested for being “linked to Trump’s win.”
     WAPO reported that the FBI had obtained a FISA warrant to monitor Carter Page in connection with an investigation of the Trump campaign’s connection to the Russia’s effort to swing the election in Trump’s favor.
     WAPO also reported that the first 90-day FISA warrant was issued in July 2016, and has since been renewed by the FISA court more than once.
     In an ABC interview, Page said he couldn’t guarantee he did not discuss easing of sanctions with Russian contacts at a meeting in July in the Russian capital, “We’ll see what comes out in this FISA transcript.”
     According to the Steele dossier, also discussed at that July meeting was the sale of a 19.5% stake in Rosneft, Russia’s state oil company&#8202;—&#8202;allegedly in exchange for lifting of sanctions.
     CNN reported that classified documents reviewed by Democrats and Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee contradict Nunes’s and Trump’s claims that Susan Rice did anything unusual or illegal.
     Financial records obtained by AP confirmed at least 2 payments totaling $1.2mm paid by a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine on the so-called Black Ledger to Manafort’s consulting firm in the US.
     After consulting with federal authorities, Manafort said he would register as a foreign agent for his past work on behalf of pro-Russia interests in the Ukraine.
     Manafort became the second in Trump’s inner-circle to retrospectively register as a foreign agent, Flynn being the first for his work with Turkey.
     A DC lobbying firm which was that was directed by Manafort and Gates also retroactively registered as a foreign agent for work to promote a pro-Russian Ukrainian political party’s interests in Washington.
     The day after Manafort stepped down from the Trump campaign, he set up a shell company which secured $20mm in loans, including $3.5mm from Spruce Capital, which has connections to a post-Soviet fertilizer oligarch, Alexander Rovt, who also has ties to Trump.
     Buzzfeed reported on a bizarre story involving Trump attorney Michael Cohen taking a $350k check from a Russian NHL player, which was meant to be passed along to Cohen’s client, a Russian women in Florida for payment on a condo, but instead Cohen cashed the check and kept it.
     Former MI6 chief Sir Richard Dearlove said Trump borrowed from Russia as a lender of last resort after the 2008 financial crisis.
     The Guardian reported British spies were the first to spot the Trump team’s links to Russia dating back to late 2015. GCHQ shared the suspicious activity with their counter-parts in US intelligence.
     Germany, Estonia, Poland, Netherlands, France and Australia also relayed material on the Trump campaign’s links to Russia to US Intelligence during 2016.
     The head of GCHQ met with CIA Chief Brennan in July 2016&#8202;—&#8202;per The Guardian, the matter was deemed so sensitive it was handled at “director level.” This meeting allegedly precipitated Brennan’s one-on-one meetings with the Gang of Eight, described in Week 21.
     CNN confirmed The Guardian reporting, citing sources in the US congressional and law enforcement, and US and European intelligence.
     CIA director Pompeo had harsh words for Wikileaks, including a “hostile intelligence service,” and said Russian military intelligence used WikiLeaks to release hacked DNC emails.
     Pompeo also described RT, as Russia’s “primary propaganda outlet” and said it actively collaborated with WikiLeaks.
     Ironically, while part of Trump’s campaign, Pompeo had cheered on Wikileaks, tweeting a Restate article, “BUSTED: 19,252 Emails from DNC Leaked by Wikileaks”
     Offering no evidence, Stone told POLITICO the Obama administration got a FISA warrant on him. Stone has admitted communication with both Guccifer 2.0 and Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks.
     Maddow observed the serious press and agencies rushing in this week to take credit for having uncovered the Trump regimes collusion with Russia&#8202;—&#8202;meaning the scandal has entered a new phase as accepted.
     The House Intelligence Committee sent Rep Quigley to Cyprus as part of its Trump-Russia probe. Week 19’s list noted some of the extensive ties between Cyprus and the Trump regime.
     The Department of Justice released 90 pages under the FOIA about voting machine malfunctions in PA, MI, WI, FL and NC.
     As Trump neared the 100-day judgment mark, POLITCO described the WH as a “pressure cooker” to show results, when little has been accomplished.
     As power continued to consolidate in the hands of the Trump family, Trump’s WH drew comparisons to a “family business.”
     Unabated personnel drama plagued the WH the entire week, as snipes continued between Bannon, Kushner and Trump.
     After Trumpcare failed (twice), Trump had promised to take on tax reform next, saying a plan was forthcoming. This week Trump’s WH scrapped this effort, saying they would not produce a tax plan.
     WSJ reported that Trump’s federal hiring freeze, put in place day 1 of his administration, put correctional officers at risk, could delay payments to veterans, and prevent disabled and retirees from getting social security.
     The next day, Trump lifted his Federal hiring freeze.
     During the hiring freeze, thousands of positions remain vacant including more than 350 at the EPA alone. CNBC blamed the pace on “Trump’s close involvement” and “turf wars” in his inner circle and Cabinet.
     Trump threatened to undermine Obamacare to get Democrats to the negotiating table. Specifically, he would hold back subsidy payments to healthcare companies providing insurance to low-income Americans.
     The Government Accountability Office said it’s investigating whether the Trump transition team followed federal guidelines and ethics rules during the transition.
     DeVos said she would scrap Obama’s plan for tougher federal oversight and new rules for student-loan servicers. Coincidentally, DeVos has significant holdings in one such servicer, Performant Financial Corp.
     Trump appointed crony Don Benton, a salesman, to director of the Selective Service System, overseeing the military draft. This is the first time since 1941 a person with no military experience has been chosen.
     Allan Lichtman, the American University who predicted the winner of the last eight presidential elections, predicted Trump will be impeached.
     CREW and others sued DHS under the FOIA for failing to disclose visitor logs of the WH, Mar-a-Lago and Trump Tower.
     On Friday, the Trump regime said they will not release the WH visitor logs, breaking with a practice started under President Obama.
     The rationale for not releasing visitor logs were “security risks”’ and to save taxpayers $700k over the next three years. A weekend in Mar-a-Lago costs taxpayers an estimated $3mm.
     Trump is on track to spend more in his first year, than Obama spent in all eight years in office.
     Trump Hotel DC is facing new legal challenges under the emoluments clause from a watchdog group represented by constitutional lawyer Laurence Tribe, who noted a “major infusion of value” from the GSA.
     A deal for a Trump-branded hotel in Dallas with a developer Mukemmel Sarimsakci, known as “Turkish Trump,” collapsed. Sarimsakci said the Trump Organization had been vetting potential investors in the deal.
     Bloomberg found that of Trump’s 10 most engaged followers on Twitter, five are confirmed robots and three appear to be bots.
     A Florida court of appeals ruled against Trump, saying he owed a paint company $300k for stiffing them on work done and supplies provided at the Trump National Doral Miami golf resort.
     Trump completely reversed himself on several key campaign positions this week. China is no longer a currency manipulator, NATO is no longer obsolete&#8202;—&#8202;nor is Ex-Im Bank, and he likes the job Yellin is doing.
     Trump credited new-found knowledge from China’s leader (N Korea) and business leaders like Boeing’s CEO (Ex-Im Bank). Boeing donated $1mm to Trump’s inauguration, and as mentioned in prior weeks, China has granted many goodies to Trump, including 38 new trademarks.
     Trump’s Treasury Department oddly placed Germany on its new special currency “monitoring list.” Germany’s currency is the Euro.
     In a FBN interview Trump described eating “the most beautiful piece of chocolate cake” with China’s leader&#8202;—&#8202;giving a free advertisement to Mar-a-Lago catering&#8202;—&#8202;then got the country he bombed wrong (said Iraq).
     Spicer made shocking statements regarding Hitler and the Holocaust at Tuesday’s press briefing. He used the term “Holocaust center” rather than concentration camp, and in comparing Hitler to Assad, said the former had never used chemical weapons on his own people.
     The Anne Frank Center called on Trump to fire Spicer. The Trump regime has amassed a steady stream of anti-Semitic behavior, including omitting Jews from the WH International Holocaust Remembrance Day statement.
     No one from the Trump family attended the WH Passover Sedar, unlike his President Obama and Michelle who attended every year.
     NBC reported on Gorka’s ties to Vitezi Rend, a Nazi-linked group, including wearing his honorary medal from the group at Trump’s Inaugural ball.
     In a speech on Tuesday, AG Sessions ordered prosecutors to crack down on illegal immigrants more aggressively, claiming gangs and cartels are turning U.S. cities into “war zones.”
     ICE quietly detained 367 immigrants this week in raids across the country. ICE claims the raids are focused on “criminal aliens, illegal re-entrants and immigration fugitives”&#8202;—&#8202;advocates say this is not true.
     A mother of four in Cincinnati was deported after appeals. Maribel Trujillo had no criminal record in her 15 years here, and has children aged 3–14 years-old, the youngest of which has special needs.
     On Thursday, the “mother of all bombs”- the largest non-nuclear bomb ever used in combat&#8202;—&#8202;in Afghanistan. Trump refused to say if he had ordered the strike, and even if he knew about it.
     Trump said he gave total authorization to “my military”&#8202;—&#8202;a reference appropriate for a dictatorship, not a democracy.
     While his popularity continues to flounder, Trump got his second day of positive press for dropping the MOAB (the first was the Syrian bombing).
     Trump has yet to declare a strategy in Afghanistan or appoint an ambassador. The $16mm cost MOAB killed 36 ISIS fighters&#8202;—&#8202;a cost of roughly half a million per fighter.
     Late Thursday, Trump also issued confrontational statements about N. Korea, threatening a pre-emptive strike. N. Korea’s vice foreign minister says Trump is “making trouble” with “aggressive” tweets.
     Trump spent Friday in Mar-a-Lago, golfing and avoiding the press. Friday marked Trump’s 18th time golfing, compared to other presidents at this point: Obama 0, W Bush 0, Clinton 3.
     As Tax Day approaches April 18th, thousands are expected to march today in cities around the country to protest Trump being the only modern day president to not release his tax returns.


Week 22: Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you, so… (https://medium.com/@Amy_Siskind/week-22-experts-in-authoritarianism-advise-to-keep-a-list-of-things-subtly-changing-around-you-so-fdf7960cacd6?source=user_profile---------1-----------)

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[Post 756]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-18-2017 11:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Jason Karsh on Twitter: "Donald Trump is in Wisconsin and just forgot Paul Ryan&#39;s name. He called him Ron. Twice." (https://twitter.com/jkarsh/status/854415573714780160)

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[Post 757]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-20-2017 02:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump Administration starts making payments to it's Russian Masters - the Leftist Wall Street Journal (https://www.wsj.com/articles/exxon-seeks-u-s-waiver-to-work-in-russia-despite-sanctions-1492620677)

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[Post 758]
Author : Kyuss Apollo
Date : 04-20-2017 11:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Jason Karsh on Twitter: "Donald Trump is in Wisconsin and just forgot Paul Ryan's name. He called him Ron. Twice." (https://twitter.com/jkarsh/status/854415573714780160)


That's MISTER Ryan to YOU, Fuckface Von Clownstick
http://www.thejimquisition.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ryan3.jpg

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[Post 759]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-21-2017 12:37 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I&#39;ve been referring to The Speaker of the House as &quot;The Cowardly Ryan,&quot; and I&#39;m just hoping it catches on.</p>&mdash; Spencer Robinson (@13spencer) <a href="https://twitter.com/13spencer/status/828314100438437888">February 5, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 760]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 04-21-2017 06:31 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

“I really am amazed that a judge sitting on an island in the Pacific can issue an order that stops the president of the United States from what appears to be clearly his statutory and constitutional power.”

~ Jeff Sessions (http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/21/jeff-sessions-hawaii-judge-remark-237456)

Personally, I'm really amazed that the Attorney General of the United States appears to view a United States District Court judge as some kind of squatting savage with a bone through his nose.

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[Post 761]
Author : Florence Jellem
Date : 04-21-2017 07:48 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://seesdifferent.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/sessions.jpg?w=500

Just look at that lovely Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III in his Confederate dress grays. It makes Flo’s heart go pitty-pat. :heart:

How Flo wishes he and I could be lounging on the veranda of our plantation manse sipping mint juleps while the Darkies work dem cotton fields below and sing in their mellifluous darkie voices all about Jesus.

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[Post 762]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-21-2017 09:32 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Research into the shell companies buying Trump properties.

Trump condos worth $250 million pose potential conflict (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/04/20/trump-owns-250m-condos-and-you-could-buy-one/100566302/)

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[Post 763]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 04-21-2017 10:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So Ted Nugent, Kid Rock and Sarah Palin walk into the White House ... That's totally not the opening line of a joke, in the sense that it actually happened (http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/20/politics/sarah-palin-ted-nugent-kid-rock-white-house/), and totally is a joke for all the obvious reasons.

http://i2.cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/170420101705-palin-white-house-2-exlarge-169.jpg

(L to R) The Shitter, The Hitter, The Twitter and The Quitter

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[Post 764]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-21-2017 11:46 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Treasury denies Exxon application for Russian-sanction waiver (http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/us-treasury-rejects-exxon-mobil-request-to-drill-in-russia/ar-BBA8cw2?li=BBmkt5R)

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[Post 765]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-21-2017 11:47 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So Ted Nugent, Kid Rock and Sarah Palin walk into the White House ... That's totally not the opening line of a joke, in the sense that it actually happened (http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/20/politics/sarah-palin-ted-nugent-kid-rock-white-house/), and totally is a joke for all the obvious reasons.

http://i2.cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/170420101705-palin-white-house-2-exlarge-169.jpg

(L to R) The Shitter, The Hitter, The Twitter and The Quitter

The guy on the left is not dead or in jail?

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[Post 766]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-22-2017 01:46 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C99vnbFUwAAdghB.jpg

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[Post 767]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-22-2017 11:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Have  you been following this? All these airplane crashes? And everyone is so confused. Everyone is going, Gosh, how come there are so many airplane crashes? Well, um, I gotta theory here. You remember, what was it? Like, uh, four years ago? The air traffic controllers, they went on strike? And then, um, Ronald Reagan fired ‘em? So then they just hired anyone who was hanging out at the time. And now everyone is going, Geez, how come there are so many airplane crashes? How come there are so many airplane crashes?! I dunno, maybe Walt the janitor isn’t qualified to land a Boeing 707!”
      -- Bobcat Goldthwait

Stonekettle Station: The Hubris of Ignorance (http://www.stonekettle.com/2017/04/the-hubris-of-ignorance.html?m=0)

Look mom, I read the whole thing and a bunch of the comments!

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[Post 768]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 04-22-2017 08:36 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That is an excellent article.  Sadly, the people who really need to read it are unlikely to do so.

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[Post 769]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-22-2017 10:12 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That is an excellent article.  Sadly, the people who really need to read it are unlikely to do so.

And when they do:

I just wanted to kindly reply to your comment. I read this article. I voted for Trump,but listen this article makes sense in a lot of ways. The part that makes sense is the fact that Trump is not the most qualified for the job. I agree with that,but that's what happens when the ones that are qualified start taking us down the wrong road. Trump will get smarter, he will prevail, he won't be without mistake, but in my opinion, he was our best option. Y'all people started the war with us. Y'all people wanna flood our streets with illegals, and gang members, and refugees, and muslims. Let me tell you something, the road y'all were taking us down was gonna lead to the Muslim law taking over in America, convert or die. Satan is convincing, he is great with his words. The man that wrote this article likes to call his self Satans designated driver. So we will continue with what we got, and we will continue beating ourselves on the chest, and we will continue providing y'all with resistance. God Bless America.

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[Post 770]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-22-2017 10:18 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So Ted Nugent, Kid Rock and Sarah Palin walk into the White House ... That's totally not the opening line of a joke, in the sense that it actually happened (http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/20/politics/sarah-palin-ted-nugent-kid-rock-white-house/), and totally is a joke for all the obvious reasons.

http://i2.cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/170420101705-palin-white-house-2-exlarge-169.jpg

(L to R) The Shitter, The Hitter, The Twitter and The Quitter

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I drew this as a satire last year. Boston Globe. <a href="https://t.co/Rm3XJuOuQJ">pic.twitter.com/Rm3XJuOuQJ</a></p>&mdash; Steve Brodner (@stevebrodner) <a href="https://twitter.com/stevebrodner/status/855151331157434369">April 20, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 771]
Author : Ari
Date : 04-22-2017 10:24 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Y'all people started the war with us.
That says it all.  Yall elected a black president and I was worried they would treat us as bad as we treated them, so I turned the tv to propaganda news and never turned it off again.

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[Post 772]
Author : erimir
Date : 04-22-2017 11:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Meanwhile that American flag guitar that Ted Nugent gave Trump?

Made in China.

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[Post 773]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-23-2017 01:15 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Y'all people started the war with us.
That says it all.  Yall elected a black president and I was worried they would treat us as bad as we treated them, so I turned the tv to propaganda news and never turned it off again.

Minor quibble about preserving quotes. I did not say that.

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[Post 774]
Author : JoeP
Date : 04-23-2017 09:55 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Minor quibble about preserving quotes. I did not say that.
Y'all people started the war with us.

Quote war!

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[Post 775]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 04-23-2017 01:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Minor quibble about preserving quotes. I did not say that.
Y'all people started the war with us.
Quote war!
:strangelove:

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[Post 776]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-24-2017 03:18 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Donald Trump calls Pavarotti 'good friend' despite singer's widow demanding he stopped using his music for campaign | The Independent (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-calls-pavarotti-good-friend-widow-stop-using-music-for-campaign-a7695501.html)

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[Post 777]
Author : Ari
Date : 04-24-2017 03:36 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Can't you ease up on him?  Trump *just* found out his good friend died.

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[Post 778]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-24-2017 08:16 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

How many times can (unintelligible) make it into an interview?

Transcript of AP interview with Trump (https://apnews.com/c810d7de280a47e88848b0ac74690c83)

That is the Dumbest Answer I've Ever Heard.wmv - YouTube

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[Post 779]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-24-2017 08:51 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/p7C0qb2.jpg

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[Post 780]
Author : SR71
Date : 04-24-2017 01:30 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Treasury denies Exxon application for Russian-sanction waiver (http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/us-treasury-rejects-exxon-mobil-request-to-drill-in-russia/ar-BBA8cw2?li=BBmkt5R)

I totally can't believe this happened, either part of it.  Feels like a win.  I'll take it.

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[Post 781]
Author : SR71
Date : 04-24-2017 01:34 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Minor quibble about preserving quotes. I did not say that.
Y'all people started the war with us.

Quote war!

Let the slagging begin!

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[Post 782]
Author : Crumb
Date : 04-24-2017 07:11 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.redd.it/efq9ohtz7jty.png

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[Post 783]
Author : erimir
Date : 04-24-2017 07:12 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/tfdx4OLdX8">pic.twitter.com/tfdx4OLdX8</a></p>&mdash; Daniel Lin (@DLin71) <a href="https://twitter.com/DLin71/status/856324748023934980">April 24, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Hmm, you'll want to see the full images, so click through I guess.

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[Post 784]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-24-2017 11:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Week 23: Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you, so you’ll remember.

April 22, 2017

This week the Trump-Russia scandal continued to unfold, but that wasn’t the big story. What stands out in Week 23 is the kleptocracy&#8202;—&#8202;a pattern of conflicts of interest and pay-to-play&#8202;—&#8202;and the Trump regime’s utter irreverence towards ethics and past standards.

As the 100-day mark approaches, Trump has no legislative accomplishments and his foreign policy can best be described as an embarrassing mess. Instead, Trump seems focused on enriching himself, his regime, and his business contacts. The pace and boldness of corruption whiff of a man who is aware his days in this gig are numbered.


 Seven weeks have passed since Trump’s tweet accusing Obama of wiretapping Trump Tower. He has yet to offer any evidence or apologize.
     American Oversight, a group of liberal lawyers, is suing the DOJ and FBI seeking proof for Trump’s wiretapping claim.
     Trump has yet to offer any evidence or apologize for his accusations that Susan Rice committed a crime by spying on his campaign.
     The New Yorker reported not only did bi-partisan members of the House find nothing in the Rice intercepts, but also the rationale came clear: per an intelligence source, the WH said, “We are going to mobilize to find something to justify the President’s tweet that he was being surveilled.’
     Trump hosted a disastrous Easter Egg Roll, including telling the children, “We will be stronger and bigger and better as a nation than ever before,” and forgetting to lift his hand to his heart during the National Anthem.
     NYT reported on violations and a raft of potential conflicts-of-interest as Trump appoints former lobbyists, lawyers and consultants to craft policies in industries where they formerly worked.
     OGE director Shaub noted that Trump rolled back an Obama requirement that appointees not accept jobs in agencies they recently lobbied, and that Trump has granted waivers allowing appointees to take up matters which benefit their former clients.
     WAPO reported 168 corporate interests have made requests to Trump for regulatory relief, all likely to be granted, “especially those designed to advance environmental protection and safeguard worker rights.”
     On Tax Day, breaking precedent with every modern-day president, Trump did not release his tax returns, nor explain why.
     WSJ reported that in the first quarter, Trump’s campaign funds paid $500k to Trump’s companies including hotels, golf clubs and restaurants.
     Trump raised $107mm for his inaugural, doubling Obama, although Trump’s crowds and festivities were markedly smaller. It’s unclear where unspent money has gone, while numerous “pay-to-play” stories emerge.
     For example, Rachel Maddow reported on a $666,ooo gift from a businessman named R. W. Habboush, which led to a meetings between his son and both an NSC official and Bannon to discuss how to open up business with Venezuela, which is heavily sanctioned by the US.
     Trump dropped his campaign promise to let Medicare negotiate bulk discounts on prescription drugs after meeting with pharma lobbyists.
     Ivanka was granted China trademarks during dinner with Chinese President Xi Jinping at Mar-a-Lago. As reported in Week 22, Trump also changed his position saying China does not manipulate its currency.
     FT reported Manafort stepped in to the China action, advising Chinese billionaire Jiehe on how to access to Trump’s $1tn infrastructure plan.
     CREW filed an amended complaint to its emoluments challenge against Trump in federal court, adding new plaintiffs who claim they’ve been “directly harmed by a loss of business and wages.”
     Dow Chemical donated $1mm to Trump’s inauguration, then asked the regime to ignore a study on its pesticide which was “originally derived from a nerve gas developed by Nazi Germany,”
     Trump billionaire outside adviser, Steve Schwarzman, CEO of Blackstone which has significant holdings in China, stands to gain from US-China policies he helped to shape.
     USA Today reporters pieced together that Trump companies own 400+ luxury condos and homes worth $250mm up for sale or rent presenting people, corporations or foreign interests an opportunity gain influence through purchases.
     Further, since Trump launched his presidential bid, Trump companies have sold at least 58 units for $90mm&#8202;—&#8202;almost half to LLCs. Since Election Day, 14 units have been sold for $23mm&#8202;—&#8202;half to LLCs.
     The House Oversight Committee sent a letter asking Trump for details on how and when the Trump will donate profits made from foreign government officials. Reps Cummings and Chaffetz signed the letter.
     Two days earlier, without explanation, Chaffetz said he would not run for re-election in 2018, and that he may leave office early to return to the private sector.
     Despite denials by the Trump, Erik Prince’s had close ties to the Trump regime, including riding the Acela with Conway, providing advice to Trump’s inner-circle including Flynn, and entering Trump Tower through the back entrance.
     As mentioned in Week 21, Prince had a one-on-one meeting with a Putin insider in Seychelles on January 11. He is also Betsy DeVos’s brother.
     Without explanation, the national security official leading the DOJ investigation into whether the Trump regime colluded with Russia, abruptly resigned.
     CNN reported that the FBI used information in the Steele dossier, which they independently confirmed, for their FISA warrant against Page.
     CNN reported Russia tried to use Trump advisers, including Page, to infiltrate the campaign. Page is one of several advisers US and European intel found to be in contact with Russian officials during the campaign.
     The DOJ said is it preparing charges against WikiLeaks founder Assange, with Sessions saying Assange’s arrest is a priority. Strangely, the Trump regime has turned on Assange, after lauding him during the campaign.
     Sessions left open the possibility of prosecuting US news organizations for publishing leaked information, and stories on the Trump-Russia scandal continue to pour out.
     As part of a custody battle, InfoWars’ Alex Jones said he is a “performance artist.” As noted in Week 19, InfoWars and Breitbart are under FBI investigation for their roles in Russian hacking of our election.
     NBC compiled a seating chart of attendees at Putin’s December 2015 RT celebration dinner. Other than Flynn seated next to Putin, Stein was also at Putin’s table and Assange appeared via satellite. NBC also reported on efforts by RT to promote Stein (and hurt Hillary) in the primary.
     The House Intel Committee announced it will reopen its Trump-Russia probe ex Nunes. Yates, Comey, Rogers, Brennan and Clapper have all been invited to testify.
     Nikolai Andrushchenko, a Russian journalist and Putin critic, was beaten to death by strangers. He is the 12th “mysterious” Russian death in recent months.
     Like their interference in the US, Russian sources are flooding French social media with fake news ahead of France’s election.
     Reuters reported on a Putin-linked think tank that very purposefully and carefully orchestrated an attack on the US election. Fake news, pro-Kremlin bloggers and cyber-attacks were all part of the plan.
     Exxon sought a US waiver to resume drilling in their Russian jv with Rosneft&#8202;—&#8202;a deal forged by Tillerson, who is ring fenced from Exxon for only one year. Amid outcry, permission was denied by the Treasury Dept.
     The UK Election Commission has launched an investigation of Farage’s Leave.EU for its funding. The involvement of Cambridge Analytica&#8202;—&#8202;which also allegedly has ties to Bannon and the Mercers and the Russian hacking of the US election&#8202;—&#8202;was not declared to the election watchdog.
     Sessions said he was “amazed” that a US judge “on an Island in the Pacific” (aka Hawaii) could block Trump’s Muslim Ban.
     Sessions took a fact-free swipe at another ethnically diverse city, saying New York City was soft on crime and plagued by gangs murders.
     ICE immigrant arrests were up 33% in the first two months of the Trump regime, including a doubling of noncriminal arrests.
     The first protected DREAMer, Juan Manuel Montes, who is 23 and have lived here since age 9, was deported by Trump.
     Trump ally Rep Steve King celebrated the deportation by tweeting a photo of a frosty beer mug with the words, “First non-valedictorian DREAMer deported. Border Patrol, this one’s for you.”
     Ironically, a federal lawsuit brought on behalf of Montes has been assigned to Judge Curiel, the jurist infamously attacked by Trump for his Mexican heritage during the Trump University case.
     Trump signed an executive order to review high-skilled H-1B immigration visas.
     Trump’s order does not, however, impact low-skilled H2A or H2B visas. According to CNN, Trump businesses have received 1,024 H-2B visas since 2000, and Trump Vineyards has received 64 H-2A permits since 2006
     In a troubling provocation, Russian aircraft were spotted flying off the coast of Alaska four times in four day this week.
     Amidst silence from Trump and our State Department, pogroms of gay men in Russia’s Chechnya region escalated. Russia also banned Jehovah’s Witnesses, claiming “extremist activities.”
     Trump shocked US and international officials when he called Turkey’s Erdogan to congratulate him on passage of a referendum which allows Erdogan to further consolidate power as an autocrat. International monitors have said the vote was not “genuinely democratic.”
     Trump held a secret meeting at Mar-a-Lago with former presidents of Colombia, threatening to undermine the country’s peace agreement with rebel leaders. The meeting was arranged by Rubio, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, and was not on Trump’s schedule.
     Meanwhile, at a speech in WI, Trump called some of Canada’s trade practices a “disgrace” and claimed NAFTA is “a disaster for our country.”
     In another embarrassment of US foreign policy, Trump promised “we are sending an armada”- the USS Carl Vinson carrier group was being deployed to waters off the Korean Peninsula. This was not true.
     Mattis and McMaster also made similar misstatement about the USS Carl Vinson’s location. While traveling in the region, Pence assured our allies the misstatements were “not made intentionally.”
     On Wednesday, Tillerson said that Iran is in compliance with the nuclear deal. On Thursday, Trump said Iran was not in complaint.
     Trump offended our S. Korea allies with a claim that the country “actually used to be part of China.” Trump apparently gleaned this “knowledge” from his conversation with Xi Jinping.
     For his upcoming visit to London, Trump demanded a carriage ride with Queen Elizabeth II down a strip that leads to Buckingham Palace.
     Three month in, Trump has only filled 4% of key roles in the executive branch. And with all the international hot spots and conflicts, the State Department remains largely vacant, including Deputy Secretary.
     A State Department official who helped shape the Iran nuclear deal was summarily reassigned for criticizing Conservative Review and Breitbart.
     The Surgeon General was also quietly dismissed on Friday evening, without explanation or a full-time replacement.
     DeVos’s pick to head the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights said she faced discrimination for being white.
     In his first three months of office, Trump has made 417 false or misleading claims.
     Trump first quarter job approval stood at 41%, the lowest of any modern day president by 14 points in Gallup polling.
     The Resistance claimed a major victory, bringing down FoxNews icon Bill O’Reilly. Some speculated that the rise of Trump, and his backing of O’Reilly after recent allegations, laid the groundwork for O’Reilly’s fall.
     Hundreds of thousands are expected to march on Earth Day in the global March for Science in DC and at 609 satellite locations.


Week 23: Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you, so… (https://medium.com/@Amy_Siskind/week-23-experts-in-authoritarianism-advise-to-keep-a-list-of-things-subtly-changing-around-you-so-3cd5704e674a?source=user_profile---------1-----------)

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[Post 785]
Author : Corona688
Date : 04-25-2017 12:36 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

From that article in stonekettle station:
HannahApril 20, 2017 at 9:54 PM

Cheers Timothy Troy, I hope you're right. Glen and Scorpio - I imagine there are many discussions like this amongst the high military. On a chat I frequent there is a US guy who was involved in bombing Germany very near the end of WW11. He has told the story, more than once, of the whole plane crew deciding it would not drop any bombs on their last run. I can't remember the name of the city but it started with 'A'.

He said, when they landed back on American soil, that many of the other plane crews had said the same, that they just didn't have the stomach to carry on bombing.

High up military do not tend to be stupid these days, I wonder if they have already found many paperwork and other subtle ways of managing to NOT hear orders in time. It's fascinating (to me) that the ships were going in the opposite direction to the one Trump imagined. It gave me a gleam of hope.

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[Post 786]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-25-2017 11:49 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I love the 90s. <a href="https://t.co/Rhmy37cDqB">pic.twitter.com/Rhmy37cDqB</a></p>&mdash; Slade Sohmer (@Slade) <a href="https://twitter.com/Slade/status/856851026846117888">April 25, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 787]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-28-2017 10:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump says he thought being president would be easier than his old life - Reuters (http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-100days-idUSKBN17U0CA)

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[Post 788]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-29-2017 07:49 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Watchmen sendup:

Who watches the men? #1: Trump rises | The Outline (https://theoutline.com/post/929/who-watches-the-men)

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[Post 789]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-30-2017 08:23 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump invites Duterte to D.C. - Axios (https://www.axios.com/trump-invites-duterte-to-d-c-2386035979.html)

Now why woult Trump want to hitch wagons with this maniac?

Philippines Voids Building Permit Of Trump Tower In Makati City |  (https://adobochronicles.com/2016/08/08/philippines-voids-building-permit-of-trump-tower-in-makati-city/)

Oh.

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[Post 790]
Author : lpetrich
Date : 04-30-2017 11:33 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Seems like DT is turning to tax reform. If it does not get far, then what is left? Infrastructure?

He'd have to swallow his pride and work with the Democrats on that one, but the Republicans don't like that very much.

What sort of infrastructure? California High Speed Rail Blog » The Hyperloop Has Fans in the White House (http://www.cahsrblog.com/2017/04/the-hyperloop-has-fans-in-the-white-house/), Groundbreaking: Elon Musk Reveals More On LA Underground Tunnel Plan « CBS Los Angeles (http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2017/04/29/video-elon-musk-reveals-more-on-la-underground-tunnel-plan/)

City-road tunnels and vactrains.

It will take a LOT of $$$ and a lot of time to built such projects.

So why not something less blue-sky but more feasible? Like high-speed trains. Like funding California's system in exchange for statues of Donald Trump in its Los Angeles and San Francisco stations.

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[Post 791]
Author : Sock Puppet
Date : 05-01-2017 01:36 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It'd take an entire Secret Service detail to keep a statue of Kim Jong Orange in San Francisco from going disastrously, hilariously, fabulously wrong. Go ahead, Trump. Make my day.

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[Post 792]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-01-2017 10:31 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Donald Trump blames constitution for chaos of his first 100 days | US news | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/29/trump-blames-constitution-for-first-100-days-chaos-presidency)

That headline.

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[Post 793]
Author : lisarea
Date : 05-01-2017 02:48 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I just woke up and I thought that said construction.

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[Post 794]
Author : erimir
Date : 05-01-2017 07:33 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Donald Trump blames constitution for chaos of his first 100 days | US news | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/29/trump-blames-constitution-for-first-100-days-chaos-presidency)

That headline.You're just jealous that America doesn't want your soft wood anymore!

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[Post 795]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-01-2017 08:04 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Donald Trump blames constitution for chaos of his first 100 days | US news | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/29/trump-blames-constitution-for-first-100-days-chaos-presidency)

That headline.You're just jealous that America doesn't want your soft wood anymore!

It's 2002 all over again.

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[Post 796]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-02-2017 08:02 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Week 24: Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you, so you’ll remember.

April 29, 2017

Today marks day 100 of the Trump regime. Despite the Republicans having control of the House and Senate, Trump has yet to tally a single legislative accomplishment. He was obsessive this week in pushing for Trumpcare 3 ahead of the 100-day mark; but the Resistance, which continues to grow in number and fervor, headed him off.

And all the while, the drumbeat of Russia grows louder. This week, Speaker Ryan acknowledged Russian interference. Trump’s involvement has evolved from a “Trump-Russia probe” to a “Trump-Russia scandal,” and this week, to a “Trump-Russia cover-up.” As this unfolds, concern grows that Trump will seek to distract attention by starting a war. The one constant throughout the weeks is Trump’s attempts to enrich himself and his regime through a growing list of conflicts of interest and corruption.


 Speaker Ryan acknowledged that Russia interfered with our election, and said US probes could help our allies prevent similar interference.
     As Le Pen advanced to the French presidential election runoff, Putin is using many of the tools successfully employed in the US to target France.
     WikiLeaks released more top-secret CIA documents. Our media has by and large stopped covering the WikiLeaks document dumps.
     A group of psychiatrists at a conference held at Yale Medical School cited a “Duty to Warn” about Trump being dangerously ill.
     Of the ten items listed on Trump’s contract with the American people for the first 100 days of his administration, he accomplished none of them.
     The State Department and two US embassies promoted Mar-a-Lago on their website with a 400-word blog post. After public outrage, the post was removed.
     NYT reported the State Department is likely to remain largely unstaffed into 2018. Trump has yet to fill 200 leadership jobs which require Senate confirmation. Tillerson is taking no action either.
     Similarly, as the Trump regime launched its tax plan, the Treasury Department does not have a single confirmed appointee in positions tasked with reforming the tax code.
     Trump’s tax reform plan was launched with Mnuchin handing out a one-pager with broad details and no numbers.
     Democrats, including former Obama ethics chief Norm Eisen noted Trump’s tax reform could save him hundreds of millions of dollars. Without tax returns, it’s impossible to know his total benefit.
     Beyond State, the slow pace of nominations in the first 100 days has left cabinet agencies in limbo. Only 26 of the 556 senior positions which require Senate confirmation have been filled.
     Haley was the only member of the Trump regime to condemn the abuse and killings of gay men in the Russian republic of Chechnya. Days later, the State Department said they want to clear her remarks in advance.
     UN diplomats were invited to the WH, but Tillerson was not included. Haley was there, and Trump publicly threatened to fire her, “Does everybody like Nikki? Good, otherwise she could easily be replaced.”
     In his first 100 days, Trump has an unprecedented number (15) of appointees who got fired, withdrew or quit.
     Carl Bernstein said there is a “serious belief” in the FBI and Congress that there is an active cover-up underway by the Trump regime of their involvement with Russia.
     On Monday, Yahoo reported that the Senate Intelligence Committee’s Russia probe had stalled due to lack of staffing and Sen Burr’s unwillingness to sign off on witness requests.
     Democrats in the Senate Intelligence Committee hired April Doss, the former head of intelligence law at the NSA. Burr refused to bring on additional staffing, saying staffing levels were already sufficient.
     Trump picked ally Dana Boente to take over the Justice Department unit’s probe of Trump-Russia. Boente was last named by Trump as an interim acting-AG on the Monday Night Massacre (firing of Yates).
     On Tuesday, POLITICO reported that Flynn’s lobbying work for Turkey came to him via Dmitri Zairian, a Russian with ties to the Putin regime.
     The WH denied a request by House Oversight Committee leaders Chaffetz and Cummings to release documents related to Flynn.
     Shortly thereafter, Chaffetz and Cummings addressed the press, saying Flynn may have broken the law by not disclosing payments from Russia.
     The next day, Chaffetz posted an explanation on Facebook of why he was leaving office, citing a foot injury. His explanation was met with much skepticism.
     Friday, Cummings said the WH is “covering up” for Flynn. Sen Blumenthal said there is “powerful, mounting, incontrovertible evidence” of a violation of criminal law.
     The Pentagon’s internal watch dog group opened an investigation into whether Flynn took payments from foreign governments after leaving the military.
     Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released documents showing the Pentagon warned Flynn not to take foreign payments without advance approval from the military. Flynn did not seek approval.
     Spicer blamed Obama for Flynn having security clearance, neglecting the fact that Obama fired Flynn, and Trump appointed him to NSA.
     NBC reported the Trump team did do a background check on Flynn as part of him becoming NSA. Despite their public denials, senior transition team members like Pence and Sessions would have seen the information.
     Michael Cohen said he may sue Buzzfeed for publishing the Steele dossier, which includes allegations that Cohen traveled to Prague in August to meet with Russians.
     The Guardian reported that Steele had also alerted the UK government with two memos about collusion between Trump and Russia. His contact in the US appears to have been with McCain, not Comey.
     Steele’s memo also reported that four members of the Trump regime travelled to Prague for secret discussion with the Kremlin in August/September 2016 on how to pay hackers for penetrating the Democratic party computer systems.
     Peter Severa, a Russian hacker whose wife said he was “linked to Trump’s win” in Week 22, was indicted in Bridgeport, CT on eight counts related to the Kelihos botnet malware.
     Rep Ciciline, a ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, requested the Inspector General open an investigation into the firings of Yates and Bharara. Yates will testify on May 8th in a Senate hearing.
     Trump made 16 false claims in a bizarre interview with AP. He also made at least 15 comments which AP classified as “unintelligible.”
     Also in the AP interview, Trump bragged about getting highest ratings since 9/11 coverage.
     Trump said he planned to keep on his controversial press secretary, Spicer, because “the guy gets great ratings.”
     After a second EO was blocked, Trump said he would “absolutely” consider proposals to break-up the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. This threat was compared to the type of action of a dictator might take.
     The Trump regime set up a VOICE (Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement) hotline for callers to report on immigrants. The hotline was flooded with calls with reports of space aliens.
     A federal judge in San Francisco temporarily blocked the Trump regime efforts to withhold money from sanctuary cities.
     WAPO reported on ICE data which shows half of the immigrants arrested had no criminal convictions or had committed traffic offenses.
     Supreme Court Justice Roberts spoke out against Trump’s immigration plan, describing the regime’s interpretation as “prosecutorial abuse” for making it easy to strip citizenship for even lying about minor infractions.
     Trump’s Muslim Ban suffered another setback as the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals denied his request for an 11-member court review.
     A report by the ADL revealed that anti-Semitic incidents in the US rose by 86% in the first three months of 2017, over the same period last year.
     Trump proposed budget would strip all funding from a State Department bureau that promotes the rights of women around the world.
     A Trump supporter stormed a cafeteria at a Kentucky university and asked about political affiliation, before stabbing two women.
     Trump’s USDA rolled back Michelle Obama’s school nutrition standards.
     Mnuchin said Trump will not release his tax returns, adding Trump “has given more financial disclosure than anybody else.”
     NYT reported that Kushner recently financed real-estate transactions in NYC through the Steinmetz family, who are under investigation for bribing a government official in Guinea to secure mining rights.
     The investigator who found Florida AG Bondi did nothing wrong by accepting $25k of campaign cash and then dropping the investigation of Trump U, ignored key evidence already unearthed.
     POLITICO reported that Lewandowki’s DC firm is offering foreign clients in-person meetings with Trump, Pence and other senior regime members.
     HuffPost’s Christina Wilkie compiled a public spreadsheet to identify $107mm of donations to Trump inauguration. Discrepancies have been found, and the regime has yet to explain where unspent monies went.
     Ivanka was booed for defending her father at a conference for female business leaders in Berlin.
     WAPO reported that workers endured long hours and low pay working at factories used by Ivanka’s company in China.
     Facebook revealed fake accounts were used on its platform to sway the US election. Facebook also indicated its findings do “not contradict” the January 6 report issued by the US Director of National Intelligence.
     Commerce Secretary Ross said the Trump regime would impose a 20% tariff on Canadian softwood lumber.
     On Wednesday morning, Trump said he was considering withdrawing from NAFTA. By the evening, amidst confusion and without a reasonable explanation, he changed course and said the US would remain.
     Trump ceremoniously summoned the entire US Senate onto a bus to the WH for a closed-door meeting on N Korea. To the Senators’ frustration, nothing was offered beyond public information. Stagecraft.
     Trump gave another disturbing 100-day interview to Reuters, for which the first headline to break was “there is a chance of a ‘major, major conflict with North Korea.”’
     Trump also bemoaned to Reuters about missing his past life, and added, “This is more work than in my previous life. I thought it would be easier."
     Trump brought a printed map handout to his Reuters interview to showcase his electoral win.
     Trump also asked WAPO in his 100-day interview to put his electoral college handout on their front page.
     The US economy grew at just 0.7% in the first quarter, the weakest showing in three years. Expectedly, Trump did not comment or tweet.
     The Resistance claimed another victory as Trumpcare 3 failed to muster support in the House, despite the GOP’s 47 seat advantage.
     Fallout from the O’Reilly ouster continued, as CNN reported FoxNews is now under federal investigation by USPIS and the Justice Department for settlement payments and the overall environment at the network.
     A new CNN/OCR poll found that 2/3 of Americans do not believe Trump is honest and trustworthy.
     Koi, the restaurant in Trump Soho, became the latest Trump business to suffer a decline in business and close. Unlike Trump Hotel DC, Koi didn’t have the benefit of foreign diplomats patronizing it to win favor.
     The Trump regime announced Friday that the EPA website would be undergoing changes, and then removed climate science from public view.
     The White House Correspondents’ Dinner will go on without Trump tonight. He will instead hold a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.




Week 24: Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you, so… (https://medium.com/@Amy_Siskind/week-24-experts-in-authoritarianism-advise-to-keep-a-list-of-things-subtly-changing-around-you-so-2ecfe069542f?source=user_profile---------1-----------)

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[Post 797]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-03-2017 06:49 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump business partner accused of involvement in Dutch-based money laundering scheme - Zembla - Onderzoeksjournalistiek (https://zembla.vara.nl/dossier/uitzending/trump-business-partner-accused-of-involvement-in-dutch-based-money-laundering-scheme)

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[Post 798]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-04-2017 05:43 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Issa tells reporters his position on health care is &apos;None of your business&apos; - The San Diego Union-Tribune (http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/politics/sd-me-issa-healthcare-20170502-story.html)

¯\_(&#12484;)_/¯

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[Post 799]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-05-2017 09:11 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump army secretary pick: Universal health care robs churches of opportunities to bring people to Jesus (http://www.rawstory.com/2017/05/trump-army-secretary-pick-universal-health-care-robs-churches-of-opportunities-to-bring-people-to-jesus/amp/)


Wooooooooooooooow.

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[Post 800]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-05-2017 09:47 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Bonus: Trump Army pick blasted Obama in 2013 for supporting 'transvestites in uniform' - CNNPolitics.com (http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/04/politics/kfile-mark-green-facebook-posts/)

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[Post 801]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-08-2017 12:25 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Where the fuck did all that stock market money come from?

They are playing fast and loose, fellows.

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[Post 802]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 05-08-2017 06:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Remember how Trump blamed the Michael Flynn fiasco on Obama? 

Well, it seems that, right after the election, Obama personally warned Trump (http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/obama-warned-trump-against-hiring-mike-flynn-say-officials-n756316) against hiring Flynn.  

Golly, you mean that Trump lied to us?  I'm shocked -- shocked I tell you -- at the thought that Trump might have lied about such a thing.

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[Post 803]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-08-2017 09:19 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Let's throw some felonies on the pile.

JΞSŦΞR ✪ ΔCŦUΔL³³º¹ on Twitter: "^^^ UPDATE Holy Shit. He&#39;s repeated now on his official POTUS account. Both his accounts. 8 US Code § 1512 Tampering with a Federal Witness. https://t.co/8JctI0BEAh" (https://twitter.com/th3j35t3r/status/861611458852831232)

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[Post 804]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-09-2017 12:06 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Well, it seems that, right after the election, Obama personally warned Trump (http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/obama-warned-trump-against-hiring-mike-flynn-say-officials-n756316) against hiring Flynn.  

Sounds like an admission he was spying on Trump and his people ... :chin:

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[Post 805]
Author : Kyuss Apollo
Date : 05-09-2017 02:39 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yeah, because Obama fired Flynn in 2014... So election. Much trump. Very spy.

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[Post 806]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-09-2017 02:54 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Hey, so Apple sales are down, yet they are having a boon in the market, how does that work?

Fake money, fake economy.

Keep taxing the working class, because the rich will just keep printing fake money for them to spend whilst taxes go up and cost of living goes up for the worker.

Tax and spend makes the rich richer and the worker poorer. 

Idiot liberals think they are going to get something out of the deal. The elite class plays on their selfish desires and tricks them into voting for their own servitude.

Tools.

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[Post 807]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-09-2017 02:56 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

disingenuous - Wiktionary (https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/disingenuous)

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[Post 808]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-09-2017 02:59 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Epiphany | Definition of Epiphany by Merriam-Webster (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/epiphany)

a (1) :  a usually sudden manifestation or perception of the essential nature or meaning of something (2) :  an intuitive grasp of reality through something (such as an event) usually simple and striking (3) :  an illuminating discovery, realization, or disclosureb :  a revealing scene or moment

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[Post 809]
Author : Kyuss Apollo
Date : 05-09-2017 03:01 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Don't hold your breath waiting for one of those.

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[Post 810]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-09-2017 03:01 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Don't worry, you will get your rainbow shitting unicorn some day.

Just keep voting to borrow more on your labor to give the elite class more wealth, it will work out for you eventually.

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[Post 811]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-09-2017 03:01 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.redd.it/vc38lfyvfbwy.jpg

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[Post 812]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-09-2017 03:11 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://img.memesuper.com/eab9c15e58c49b7c3cd2dd019f06d193_meme-butthurt-creme-butthurt-memes_564-564.jpeg

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[Post 813]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-09-2017 03:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This Yates thing really has the cuckspiracy crowd scared spitless.

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[Post 814]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-09-2017 03:55 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States.

10470

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[Post 815]
Author : Ari
Date : 05-09-2017 04:06 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Shit, he's gone third person!
Another seal has been broken.

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[Post 816]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-09-2017 04:09 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Another seal has been broken.

:lol:

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[Post 817]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-09-2017 04:52 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

10471

LOLGOP on Twitter: ""One guy says I may not have committed treason!" is a helluva thing for the president of the United States to skywrite on his Twitter." (https://twitter.com/LOLGOP/status/861760117464760320)

And it's not even what he said. ¯\_(&#12484;)_/¯

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[Post 818]
Author : erimir
Date : 05-09-2017 07:27 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Don't hold your breath waiting for one of those.
If Jerome wants to hold his breath waiting to get a clue, who are we to stop him?

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[Post 819]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-09-2017 05:38 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

President Trump on Twitter: "The Russia-Trump collusion story is a total hoax, when will this taxpayer funded charade end?" (https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/861734061492121600)

Oh, I dunno, maybe this should be treated to at least some of the urgency that her emails were treated.

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[Post 820]
Author : JoeP
Date : 05-09-2017 11:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ooh lookie here.

Donald Trump fires FBI director James Comey | US news | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/09/james-comey-fbi-fired-donald-trump)

Those investigations must have been getting close.

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[Post 821]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 05-10-2017 12:59 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

And after all that Comey has done for Trump.

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[Post 822]
Author : erimir
Date : 05-10-2017 01:04 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

ITMFA

Just ITMFA

I might have to get me one of those shirts...

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[Post 823]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 05-10-2017 02:14 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Comey got suckered something bad.  He went and lied to Congress yesterday to save his own ass.  If he got away with it, great, productive lie.  If he got caught, that's rope enough to hang him, and appoint Christie or Giuliani or similar toady to shut down the Russia investigation.  He got caught, so he's out.

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[Post 824]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-10-2017 03:12 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Wait, I thought Comey was a Trump plant fixing the election against Clinton .. or did you guys forget that was your claim during the election?

lol, this theater makes the moron class spin themselves in circles

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[Post 825]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-10-2017 06:26 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Have some Dan Rather.

Dan Rather: Future Generations May Mark Today As One Of The Darkest Days In American History (http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/5/9/1660611/-Dan-Rather-Future-Generations-May-Mark-Today-As-One-Of-The-Darkest-Days-In-American-History)

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[Post 826]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-10-2017 07:44 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

U.S. Census director resigns amid turmoil over funding of 2020 count - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/us-census-director-resigns-amid-turmoil-over-funding-of-2020-count/2017/05/09/8f8657c6-34ea-11e7-b412-62beef8121f7_story.html)

You know, the thing that will determine whether or not the gerrymandering will stand?

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[Post 827]
Author : The Man
Date : 05-10-2017 09:27 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I couldn't have made any of this up. The Comey firing is transparently for political motivations considering just last week the shitgibbon was complaining about how Comey hadn't charged Clinton, and now Lord Smallgloves fires Comey because he was too tough on her. And Kim Jong Orange and his (thus far) unindicted co-conspirators are so fucking incompetent that they're surprised there's a political firestorm as a result. What the fuck did they expect?

Meanwhile there's a grand jury in eastern Virginia handing out subpoenas like there's an impending apocalypse, and Comey had already implicitly confirmed the FBI was cooperating with a grand jury in eastern Virginia. You couldn't make this up. No one would believe a presidential administration could be this incompetent or have such terrible timing. Manchurian Mugabe firing Comey, the guy investigating him, is its own cover-up, and the evidence came out on the very night it happened. And how fucking incompetent do you have to be to do a Saturday Night Massacre on a Tuesday? And let's not forget that Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III perjured himself, "recused" himself from the case, then called for the firing of the person running it.

Olbermann is mandatory viewing. On phone so no embed.

Twitter (https://mobile.twitter.com/KeithOlbermann/status/862179101762871296)

This makes Watergate look like high school election shenanigans. And for that matter, the Nixon Presidential Library is clowning Tangerine Torquemada (https://mobile.twitter.com/NixonLibrary/status/862083605081862145) on Twitter.

(I feel compelled to note as well, since I made a reference to The Manchurian Candidate, that one of the characters in the novel/film was based on Roy Cohn. The same Roy Cohn who was later a sort of mentor to Cheeto Benito. Another case where the synchronicity is too bizarre to make up. The scriptwriter for our current season really needs to start employing a bit more subtlety.)

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[Post 828]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-10-2017 05:42 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Senator Wants James Comey To Be Special Prosecutor In Independent Russia Investigation | HuffPost (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/james-comey-russia-special-prosecutor_us_5912fa1de4b050bdca6101fd)

:spit:

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[Post 829]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-10-2017 05:44 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Week 25: Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you, so you’ll remember.

May 6, 2017

The fabric and values of our country are transforming before our eyes. The Trump regime of billionaires and sycophants - with most Republicans cowering along in lock-step&#8202;—&#8202;continue to act and take actions that are greedy and cruel. As we hit Week 25, every subgroup of Americans not white, straight and male has been a target.

The beat of Trump-Russia continues, as does Trump’s mentally imbalanced leadership&#8202;—&#8202;for which there is increasing concern. This week the authoritarian themes of silencing dissent, and consolidating power and wealth were also front and center.


 Trump delivered a campaign speech in Harrisburg, PA to mark his first 100-days. One pundit called it “the most hate-filled in modern history.”
     Frustrated by his failures in the first 100-days, Trump took to Twitter and Fox News to demand changes in to “archaic” rules of the House and Senate, so he could consolidate his power.
     Trump called for a government shutdown in September to fix what he called a ‘mess.’ Republican leaders rejected this idea.
     Trump also blamed constitutional checks and balances for the chaos of his first 100 days, saying “It’s an archaic system … It’s really a bad thing for the country.”
     Trump said he is open to meeting Kim Jong Un, saying “ I would absolutely be honored to do it.”
     Trump ally Erdogan fired 3,900 from the civil service and military as “threats to national security” in his second post-referendum purge. Trump has filled 5% of key roles in the executive branch.
     Tillerson sent a survey to employees ahead of a major State Department overhaul involving significant job and budget cuts. Tillerson has yet to name a deputy, or fill the key roles vacated by early resignations.
     In a CBS interview, Trump denied that Russia hacked our election, saying it “could’ve been China, could’ve been a lot of different groups.”
     A massive coordinated hack and online leak of Macron’s emails occurred just 1 1/2 days before the French presidential election. Macron’s campaign blamed Russia for the attack.
     The leaks came within an hour of the midnight campaign blackout, during which politicians, media and citizens are legally required to pull back from any public election discussion.
     The head of Germany’s domestic intelligence agency accused Russia of gathering large amounts of political data in cyberattacks ahead of Germany’s September election.
     Sparking shock and outrage, Trump invited Philippines President Duterte, an authoritarian known for brutality, to the WH. Trump did not clear the invitation with the State Department.
     According to Duterte’s spokesman, Trump praised Duterte saying “you’re doing a great job.”
     Amid concern with Trump’s embrace of authoritarian rulers, Tillerson said American values, such as human rights, should not be a condition for US foreign policy.
     Trump Tower in the Philippines continues to use videos of Trump and Ivanka as a key selling point.
     The Moscow Times reported that someone is throwing chemicals at Russian opposition, causing them to go partially blind.
     USA Today compiled a list of 38 Russians opposed to Putin who were victims of unsolved murders or suspicious deaths in the past three years. Two such deaths were related to the Steele dossier/Trump-Russia ties.
     McCain said he was “looking at other options” after Trump ally Corker backed off from imposing more sanctions on Russia.
     In violation of the Hatch Act, Secretary Ross accompanied Trump to Pennsylvania for a campaign event to raise money for Trump’s 2020 campaign, and WH staffer Sandra Sanders tweeted about it.
     On Tuesday, without taking questions, Spicer walked out of a room full of reporters, as the Trump regime was forced to accept most of the Democrats’ wish list in order to avoid a government shutdown.
     The OGE sent a letter to the WH and executive branch agency heads asking for copies of any waivers for Trump regime members from ethics rules. According to the NYT, at least two such waivers have been granted.
     The OGE says it wasn’t consulted about Ivanka’s job, saying she should be considered a federal employee and subject to those rules.
     Voice of America, a government-funded news agency, posted a story and tweeted about Ivanka’s new book, raising questions about the Trump regime’s use of government sources to promote private business interests.
     A State Department account (@GenderAtState) also likely violated federal rules by retweeting a post promoting Ivanka’s book.
     After pushback from his Cabinet, Trump started to dismantle his “shadow Cabinet”&#8202;—&#8202;young, inexperienced spies placed at federal agencies.
     The IRS is demanding $7 billion in back taxes from the Mercer’s hedge fund. The Mercers’ donations and ties to the Trump regime make it unlikely they will pay.
     Congress allocated a whopping $120 million for the Trump Family’s security costs. Costs include business trips to Vancouver and Dubai by Trump’s sons, and ski weekends in Aspen and Whistler for Ivanka.
     The WSJ uncovered that Kushner had failed to report $1bn of loans in his financial disclosure. He also omitted his stake Cadre, a tech startup with ties to Goldman Sachs, George Soros and Peter Thiel.
     POLITICO reported that at least nine members of Trump’s transition team have registered as lobbyists, despite a five-year lobbying ban.
     Wilbur Ross said the Syria strike&#8202;—&#8202;which he viewed with Trump and Chinese President Xi at Mar-a-Lago&#8202;—&#8202;was “after-dinner entertainment.”
     Priebus told ABC that the Trump regime “looked at” changing libel laws to go after the media for articles “that have no basis or fact,” and “writing stories about constant contacts with Russia…”
     A Code Pink activist who briefly laughed during Sessions confirmation hearing was convicted in Virginia. Two others will also face charges.
     Trump’s new FCC Chairman Pai said the FCC would investigate Colbert for a joke made about Trump and Putin and “take appropriate action.”
     AP reported that Republican House Chair Hensarling told dozens of government agencies to exclude communications with his committee from FOIA requests. He was widely criticized.
     Citing emails obtained under the FOIA, CBS reported that Trump had direct involvement in hunting the National Park Service official who tweeted photos of Trump and Obama’s inauguration crowds.
     Seemingly to counter his unpopularity, Trump has mentioned the election results on 39% of the days since November 8th.
     In an article in New Yorker, writer Evan Osnos reported that Trump’s fitness to service is “officially part of the discussion in Congress.”
     Breaking a tradition of 18 years, a school district in Seattle canceled its international field trip over concerns of Trump’s border enforcement.
     Trump did away with a 16-year-old tradition of celebrating Cinco do Mayo at the WH.
     Sen Casey blasted Trump and his regime for deporting a mother and her 5-year-old son back to Honduras, where they would face grave danger. Despite Casey’s efforts to intervene, the deportation is moving forward.
     According to the ACLU, Texas is about to become the first “show me your papers” state.
     The Trump regime fired chief usher Angella Reid, the first woman and second African American to hold the job. The job typically involves a long tenure, so this Friday afternoon firing was viewed with curiosity.
     Trump said he may not fund historically black colleges, a 25-year-old program, saying the funding may be unconstitutional.
     In a memo, Trump ordered his regime to end Michelle Obama’s girls education program, “Let Girls Learn.”
     After campaigning on cracking down on drugs, a line of attack that seemed racially based, Trump proposed cutting funding for the Drug Control Office, the agency charged with cracking down, by 95%.
     Rape charges were dropped against an immigrant teen in Maryland. Fox News had devoted days of coverage to the case, using it to validate Trump’s immigration agenda.
     Several outlets reported that Gorka would accept a role outside the WH after being denied security clearance and over his associations with a Hungarian hate group. Gorka said these reports were “very fake news.”
     The Daily Beast reported that Trump and Bannon intervened to save Gorka, and for now, he will remain.
     On Wednesday, POLITICO reported that Lewandowski’s firm, Avenue Strategies, quietly signed a deal to represent Citgo, a US-based oil company owned by Venezuela, in its proposed sale to Russia’s Rosneft.
     Citgo has donated $500k to Trump inauguration. According to The Daily Beast, that money may have come from the Kremlin, at least indirectly.
     The owner of the 19.5% stake in Rosneft sold shortly after Carter Page’s July meeting with Putin allies in Russia, is still not known.
     A bi-partisans group of Senators called on Trump to block Citgo’s sale to Rosneft, citing concern that with control of Citgo, Russia could use its influence to counter US trade sanctions imposed in 2014.
     Amidst reports on Citgo and other questionable dealings, Lewandowski resigned from the Avenue Strategies, the firm he co-founded.
     Friday afternoon, Mark Green, Trump’s second pick for Army Secretary, withdrew as a nominee. Senators had expressed alarm at Green’s public homophobic statements, something Trump vetting missed or ignored.
     Rachel Maddow cited that Trump has yet to fill 57 of 58 senior level Pentagon positions which require Senate confirmation.
     Trump reportedly speaks to Rupert Murdoch almost every day. Some had speculated that Murdoch may be the biggest winner of Trump firing Bharara, as Fox News is under investigation in the Southern District.
     As the Senate Intel Committee got back on track, the Committee sent letters to several Trump insiders including Flynn, Manafort, Page and Stone, requesting records of their communication with Russia.
     Page said he planned to cooperate, but his records as a private citizen would be ‘minuscule in comparison’ to what the FBI had collected under a FISA warrant. Page was asked to list any Russian official or business executive he met with between June 16, 2015 and Jan. 20, 2017.
     WAPO reported that Trump transition staffers warned Flynn about contact with Kislyak. Flynn was warned on both Kislyak’s background and that contact with him would likely be monitored.
     WAPO reported Billingslea was among a small group of national security hands in the Trump transition team who were concerned about Flynn and Trump’s pro-Russia stance.
     AP reported the Obama administration was concerned about the request for info on Kislyak, and about Flynn’s contact with Russia. They also delayed telling the Trump team about planned sanctions against Russia.
     One punishment was to close two Russian compounds. AP reported the Obama administration feared if they told the Trump regime too far in advance, they might give Moscow lead time to clear information out.
     NBC further reported that the Obama administration gave the Trump regime only hours notice about closing Russian compounds.
     AP reported the Obama administration was also concerned about sharing info with the Trump transition team after classified documents were copied and removed from a secure facility.
     Sally Yates will testify Monday before the Senate that she gave a formal warning to Trump’s WH that Flynn was lying three weeks before he was fired. This contradicts the Trump regime’s version of what happened.
     Nine weeks have passed since Trump’s tweet accusing Obama of wiretapping Trump Tower. This week Trump said it has “been proven very strongly.”
     Rand Paul, a supporter of Trump’s false claim, also said he thinks Obama spied on him. Paul tweeted that he has requested info on whether he “was surveilled by Obama admin” or the Intelligence community.
     At an open Senate hearing, Comey reiterated that there was no spying on Trump Tower.
     On Thursday, Trump and the GOP passed a series of measures, including passage of Trumpcare/AHCA in the House, a watering down of Dodd Frank, and a ‘Religious Liberty’ EO which allows religious institutions to participate in politics, and power to decide on covering birth control.
     Beer was rolled in as the votes on Trumpcare were cast in the House, followed by a celebration at the WH&#8202;—&#8202;this, as more than 24 million Americans stood to lose healthcare coverage.
     After the vote and celebration, it became apparent that many House members never read Trumpcare or considered how it would impact their state/district. As House members returned home for an 11 day vacation, many hid and/or turned off their phones.
     Jason Chaffetz, who in Week 24 was noted to have left DC and halted his investigation of Flynn in order to get foot surgery, slithered back to DC to vote for Trumpcare.
     After Trumpcare passed the House, the non-partisan Cook Political Report said the vote hurt the re-election prospects of 20 Republicans.


Week 25: Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you, so… (https://medium.com/@Amy_Siskind/week-25-experts-in-authoritarianism-advise-to-keep-a-list-of-things-subtly-changing-around-you-so-c9e266046627)

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[Post 830]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-10-2017 07:05 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">NEW VIDEO: No man can fire the person investigating him. <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump">@realDonaldTrump</a> and our Democracy can no longer co-exist <a href="https://t.co/v6iw8risNE">pic.twitter.com/v6iw8risNE</a></p>&mdash; Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) <a href="https://twitter.com/KeithOlbermann/status/862359480859860992">May 10, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

No, really, you cannot fire the man who is investigating you.

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[Post 831]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 05-10-2017 07:58 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

"Trump is effectively guilty today of an impeachable offense, and if enough of the Republican members of the House and Senate are anything other than political whores and the fully-owned lickspittles of corporations and other special interests, Trump will be impeached."

The truly terrifying thing is that this doesn't seem like it will be treated as an impeachable offense by Republicans in the House and Senate, given how many of them have already made clear that they're perfectly a-okay with Trump's firing of Comey, and that they don't see why the Democrats are making a fuss about it.  

Even Susan Collins -- who I always thought was relatively sane, for a Republican in Congress -- has stated that she doesn't think there's any link at all between the FBI investigation and Comey's firing.


Sadly, I think it's pretty clear that the great majority of our Republican Congresscritters are nothing more than "political whores and the fully-owned lickspittles of corporations and other special interests."

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[Post 832]
Author : The Man
Date : 05-10-2017 08:02 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This is definitely the sort of thing that merits calling one&#8217;s elected representatives and senators, and probably writing and emailing them as well. There are so many outright dangerous aspects of the current situation that I&#8217;m not even certain I can elucidate them all, so I&#8217;m posting this here for feedback to make certain I&#8217;ve covered everything before I craft my message and call people. Feel free to provide suggestions.

 As Olbermann said, firing the man who&#8217;s investigating you is banana republic tinpot dictator stuff. It&#8217;s completely unacceptable in a democracy.


 The firing came out on the same day as a slate of new grand jury subpoenas appeared, and it&#8217;s clear the firing is related. This is a clear case of obstruction of an ongoing investigation.


 The firing occurred on the recommendation of AG Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III, who had already perjured himself regarding the case and claimed he would &#8220;recuse&#8221; himself from it. If he is recommending the firing of the FBI agent in charge of it, he has clearly not recused himself.


 Comey had recently asked for additional funding and manpower for the Russia investigation. The firing is clearly linked.


 It&#8217;s already public knowledge that Twitler was personally enraged that Comey insisted on continuing the investigation, and that this was his primary motivation for the firing. It&#8217;s impossible not to conclude that he is mentally unfit for the office of president. He is not sufficiently stable to lead, and his temperament poses a danger not merely to the country but to the globe. Someone in such a mental state cannot be trusted with the launch codes.


 The Republicans&#8217; response to this leads one to question whether they, too, are implicated. What doesn&#8217;t McConnell want us to know? His wife has a position in the Trumpov administration. Are they compromised by the Russians?


 We know the Russians acquired access the Republicans&#8217; email server, but we don&#8217;t know what they know. How many prominent Republicans are compromised? If they&#8217;re clean, why are they obstructing an investigation? What don&#8217;t they want us to find out?


 Is Russia blackmailing Twitler or other Republicans? Is that why they don&#8217;t want the investigation to proceed? Given today&#8217;s meeting with Lavrov, this is an extremely important question.


 Rosenstein&#8217;s memo didn&#8217;t recommend Comey be fired; it merely criticised him. Why is his report being used disingenuously as pretext for firing? Was he aware it would be used in this fashion? More here (https://twitter.com/EricColumbus/status/862140805934460929).


 The shitgibbon apparently demanded Comey end the grand juries investigating his Russian connections or be fired, according to Dave Bernstein. This is yet another cover-up in a long list of cover-ups, if true.


 The IC apparently warned France before its election that Russia was attempting to compromise the election results. But somehow, they couldn&#8217;t pull that off here. Why? What is being done to prevent the compromising of our elections from happening again?


 The WH press was barred from a meeting between Trumpovich, Lavrov, and Kislyak (whose connections to Flynn led to the latter&#8217;s firing), but the Russian press was allowed in. What were they hiding from us?
Help me out here. I&#8217;m certain I haven&#8217;t covered all the bases yet.

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[Post 833]
Author : The Man
Date : 05-10-2017 09:20 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I&#8217;m making another post for this, because human rights lawyer Scott Horton, based on reporting by the Financial Times, just dropped the mother of all bombshell reports, based on three FT stories.

Donald Trump Was Bailed Out of Bankruptcy by Russia Crime Bosses  | Alternet (http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/donald-trump-was-bailed-out-bankruptcy-russia-crime-bosses)

Haven&#8217;t even finished reading this, but the rabbit hole goes far, far deeper than I ever expected it to. I sort of feel like I almost owe the FT a subscription for their reporting here, and should also throw Horton some cash. This is the kind of investigative reporting the American press should have done last cycle, and completely failed to do (with a few notable exceptions, such as Fahrenhold, Eichenwald, and David Cay Johnston). It&#8217;s full of specifics and it&#8217;s incredibly damning.

Horton appears to have posted some of his conclusions on Facebook, and I will probably be closely following his feed (https://www.facebook.com/scott.horton.5648) for awhile (though I mostly pay little attention to the site).

e: apparently this story is actually a few months old, which I didn&#8217;t notice earlier, but it&#8217;s pretty pretty convincing evidence that the Russia stuff isn&#8217;t going away no matter what tactics Lord Smallgloves tries.

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[Post 834]
Author : erimir
Date : 05-10-2017 09:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

As has been noted by many others, Trump's administration is like a cross between House of Cards and Veep. But I'd also add a dose of The Manchurian Candidate.

Here's hoping that we don't also get a dose of Dr. Strangelove.

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[Post 835]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-10-2017 10:58 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Here's hoping that we don't also get a dose of Dr. Strangelove.

The degree of absurdity is already there.

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[Post 836]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-10-2017 11:10 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

You have to understand Montgomery country to understand why those rape charges were dropped.

You also have to believe the 14 year old child wanted to be penetrated and mouth fucked by and adult male and a 17 year old male in the school bathroom.

Liberals will blame the victim if there is a bigger political message to make.

Though they are going for the child pornography charges, because these predators took pictures of their victim...

So they are removing the rape charges because it became a national story that doesn't fit their worldview political message, but they are still going after the rapists.

Liberalism is a mental disorder.

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[Post 837]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-10-2017 11:13 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Keep in mind that the white liberals that work in DC and live in Montgomery country, with their $300,000 household incomes, don't send their kids to these public schools with the illegal immigrants, they send their white liberal rich children to private schools.

lol @ the hypocrites

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[Post 838]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 05-11-2017 01:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Amazingly, the front-page story in today's local newspaper has the headline:  "Trump fires FBI director over handling of emails."

The accompanying story is all about how this is all due to Comey's handling of the Clinton email "scandal."  The article stresses over and over again that this is about the Clinton emails, and how Trump did this at the urging of the Attorney General and Deputy Attorney General -- as if there was nothing suspicious or inappropriate about that.

In fairness, the article does very briefly mention that "some" have suggested that the firing might be linked to the ongoing investigations regarding Russian involvement in the election, but it immediately goes back to insisting that it's all about Comey's "inappropriate behavior" regarding the Clinton emails.


Oh, and it mentions that this might be a problem for Democrats, since they tend to regard Comey as an ally against Trump.  Really?


The entire article sounds like it's a word-for-word reprint of a White House press release.  Heck, it wouldn't entirely surprise me to find that it is.

Talk about "Why the Mainstream Media sucks"!

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[Post 839]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-11-2017 01:34 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

How you guys havn't figure out its a TV reality show yet, idk.

Its bad soap opera writing.

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[Post 840]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 05-11-2017 01:37 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Back during the campaign, I half-seriously suggested that Trump might have been a plant, intended to make the Republicans look bad.  At times like this, I wonder if maybe that really was the case, and that he has succeeded beyond anyone's wildest dreams.

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[Post 841]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-11-2017 01:47 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Back during the campaign, I half-seriously suggested that Trump might have been a plant, intended to make the Republicans look bad.  At times like this, I wonder if maybe that really was the case, and that he has succeeded beyond anyone's wildest dreams.

He and Clinton are pals, they have been for decades.

His job was to be as absurd as possible to make Clinton with her terrible decades long corruption baggage look appealing. Unfortunately, she really is sick, so they had to go with Trump.

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[Post 842]
Author : The Man
Date : 05-11-2017 01:55 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Back during the campaign, I half-seriously suggested that Trump might have been a plant, intended to make the Republicans look bad.  At times like this, I wonder if maybe that really was the case, and that he has succeeded beyond anyone's wildest dreams.
A rather small part of me still thinks that at some point he’s going to pull off a mask and reveal he’s really Andy Kaufman and has been trolling us for the last several decades.

I mean, it’s an absurd conspiracy theory without a single shred of supporting evidence, but the last couple of years have been so strange that it wouldn’t completely surprise me if it turned out to be true anyway.

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[Post 843]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-11-2017 02:10 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

See, poorly written soap opera.

No consistency in the characters.

Maxine Waters: I Don't Support Trump Firing Comey, I Would Support Hillary Clinton Firing Comey

Maxine Waters: I Don't Support Trump Firing Comey, I Would Support Hillary Clinton Firing Comey | Video | RealClearPolitics (http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2017/05/10/maxine_waters_i_dont_support_trump_firing_comey_i_would_support_hillary_clinton_firing_comey.html)

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[Post 844]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 05-11-2017 02:29 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

In some ways, I regard Trump "winning" the election as more an indictment of the Democrats than of the Republicans.

Why?  Well, the Republicans have been running candidates on a policy of racism, sexism, and blaming the poor and middle class for their own problems (while doing everything they can to stack the deck against the poor and middle class and in favor of the wealthy) for decades now.  Trump was simply willing to be a lot more open about it than most.


I mean, Trump ran a campaign in which he continually demonstrated that he had neither the intelligence, the education, nor the temperament to be President.  He ran an openly misogynistic, racist, and nativist campaign.  At times, it seemed like he was going out of his way to offend and insult as many potential voters as possible.  He lied -- oh sure, we expect political candidates to lie, but Trump did it so blatantly and outrageously that even Ronald Reagan must have been spinning in his grave and muttering "Dayum, that's some brazen shit right there!".


True, there were some complicating factors.  It didn't help that the complicit and dishonest "Mainstream Media" kept playing up "concerns" about Clinton while pretty-much ignoring far more serious concerns about Trump -- and meanwhile pushed the lie that Clinton and Trump were equally "problematic" candidates.  And Comey probably did cost Clinton the election.


But with all this, if the Democrats couldn't manage to field a candidate who would utterly destroy a boob like Trump in November, this is proof-positive that the Democratic National Committee needs to be razed to the ground and rebuilt from scratch, if you ask me.  Sadly, I see little evidence that they've learned any sort of lesson from any of this.

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[Post 845]
Author : erimir
Date : 05-11-2017 04:09 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

You know... most of the DNC staff HAS been replaced. So... I mean... But either way, I don't think of Clinton's campaign as an abject failure.

We can look at what the campaign did and evaluate not just based on the final outcome...

 Clinton and the Democrats put on an excellent convention (in my opinion), much better than Trump's. Both the polls and the news coverage seemed to support this.
 Clinton dominated the debates. Again, this was supported by polls and much coverage (and my personal view - particularly the first debate). She set a trap for Trump in that first debate that had him flailing for a week.
 Clinton had many good policy proposals. While people still whine that Democrats need to move to the left, on the whole her/the DNC's platform was the most progressive ever run by a Democrat.
 She had a fundamentally competent and professional campaign (it did not leak damaging info like a sieve, like Trump's). This is not to say it was amazing, it wasn't as good as Obama 2012, say, but compared to campaigns generally it seems to have been fine. We've seen plenty worse.
 She won the popular vote by 2% and only barely lost in the tipping point states. As far as "losers" go,
 only Al Gore can really claim to have lost by less.

There were plenty of mistakes, of course. She is not the greatest speechifier, and her ads may have focused on the wrong issues, resource allocation was probably not optimal (although spending more time in Wisconsin would not have saved the election - she spent plenty of time and money in PA and FL, and without those two WI was irrelevant). Clinton's baggage in combination with a ratfucking campaign by Russia, Wikileaks and elements within the FBI (building off years of work by the GOP to smear her) and a feckless both-sides media that amplified those efforts was enough to BARELY deliver the election for the GOP.

This in a year that should've favored them anyway: the Democrats were seeking a third term and the economy was just ok. You can also see that political polarization (tribalism) has steadily increased over time - a clue being that the GOP surely should've lost in 2008 by more than a measly 7 pts! They imploded the economy, failed disaster response, lied us into a war and then bungled it, tried to destroy Social Security and had many, many scandals. In a sane country, it would've been a rout. Yet nobody argues that Obama and the 2008 DNC were hopelessly incompetent.

Tribe trumps rational evaluation of the parties for enough voters to keep it close by historical standards, even when they have completely screwed the pooch (2008) or are running a bigoted, ignorant, impulsive, pussy-grabbing narcissist.

Also I think you're underselling the appeal of Trump's racism and misogyny. It was the continuation of a trend within the GOP, sure. But it was a significant difference from McCain and Romney. Surveys found a significantly stronger correlation between sexism/racism and support for Trump than for Romney, for example. I'd also see this:
the Republicans have been running candidates on a policy of racism, sexism, and blaming the poor and middle class for their own problems (while doing everything they can to stack the deck against the poor and middle class and in favor of the wealthy) for decades now.As evidence that beating Trump shouldn't have been a gimme. Republicans won quite a few elections with that formula, after all! But where Trump differed (although an informed reading of his history and statements would've revealed it to be obvious bullshit) was that he promised not to cut the social safety net and ran a significantly more economically centrist campaign. It was all lies, given his statements elsewhere, and his behavior being in contradiction to much of it, and the media should've made that clear. But instead it was Clinton's emails and unfiltered footage of Trump's podium.

Anyway, it doesn't look like an abject failure to me. There wasn't a magic formula to get an LBJ-style landslide, IMO, given the political and media environment. Utterly destroying Trump was not an easy lift, as disturbing as that conclusion is.

Which isn't to say they don't need to think about a lot of things and make changes. But I don't see why you would conclude that they need to be razed to the ground. That relies on basically viewing the election as a gimme, and I really don't think it was. And crucially, the Russian ratfucking campaign only began after the primaries were over. In hindsight we can say that Sanders was less vulnerable to Russia's attacks/they may have been less motivated to attack him, but there was no hint of that during the main part of the primaries.

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[Post 846]
Author : Dragar
Date : 05-11-2017 09:53 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I think the difference of opinion lies here: "She won the popular vote by 2% and only barely lost in the tipping point states. As far as "losers" go, only Al Gore can really claim to have lost by less."

Absolutely true. But look who Al Gore lost to, and look who Hilary lost to. She lost to Donald Trump, who suffered from the very reverse of everything you ascribe as a positive to Hilary: a worse convention, terrible in debates, terrible policies, and a terrible campaign that was surrounded by scandals at every turn.

And she still lost!

I agree with much of what you say, but it's hard to look at that and not wonder what the hell happened here. It seems too easy to write-off her loss to Trump's appeal to racism. Hilary had some unique downsides, and they were maybe more important this election than they would have been in any other.

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[Post 847]
Author : Kael
Date : 05-11-2017 01:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I think the tribalism is probably the single biggest factor. Even with a candidate as heinous and obviously full of shit as Trump, only a few of the more consistent conservative intellectuals and a significant minority of Mormons were willing to take a hard line against him up to and after the convention. This may be difficult to imagine, but you could almost certainly have fielded a candidate worse than Trump and still taken home 40%+ of the vote, so long as they had the (R) next to their name on the ballot. So, no, I don't see any scenario for destroying Trump that election, regardless of the Democratic candidate. You were never going to get that 30-40% of the voters that votes for party regardless.

I do think Clinton's "unique" weaknesses helped tip it from a narrow win to a narrow loss, but I find a lot of that particularly irritating to acknowledge or listen to people point out, since so many of those "weaknesses" are based on utter bullshit conspiracy theories. Trump may have laid it out in stark, horrifying relief, but the reality that appearances so often matter more than facts, especially in politics, is not new, and is a continuing source of frustration to me.

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[Post 848]
Author : erimir
Date : 05-11-2017 03:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

But look who Al Gore lost to, and look who Hilary lost to. She lost to Donald Trump, who suffered from the very reverse of everything you ascribe as a positive to Hilary: a worse convention, terrible in debates, terrible policies, and a terrible campaign that was surrounded by scandals at every turn.

And she still lost!

I agree with much of what you say, but it's hard to look at that and not wonder what the hell happened here. It seems too easy to write-off her loss to Trump's appeal to racism. Hilary had some unique downsides, and they were maybe more important this election than they would have been in any other."Terrible policies" is assuming a bit much. A number of Trump's policies were popular and helped him do as well as he did.

On a number of issues, he took both positions and the media didn't make him pay a price (this is partly what makes me a little skeptical that a more economically focused ad campaign would've been a winner - Trump might have simply lied even more about his economic plans and the media would have played along). And a number of those were areas where he took quite popular positions, that I would actually say were good: no cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security, for example. Tax the rich more. Capital gains taxes are too low. Healthcare for everyone, don't let people die in the street, it'll be terrific.

Well, he also said he was open to entitlement cuts (he said it to movement conservatives), Obamacare has to go (with Paul Ryan and McConnell, it was always obvious what that would mean) and as a consistently greedy conman who'd be working with the Congressional GOP, raising taxes on himself was not going to be a thing either. 

But there were a lot of people out there who believed it. His anti-trade stance (based on xenophobia, IMO, not concern for workers) was helped by the left, who used trade to attack Clinton and likely furthered the impression that he would be good or better than Clinton on that issue.

And like Kael, this leads me to believe that polarization/tribalism is perhaps the most important factor here. If you can see how terrible his campaign was, and to me it strains credulity that the only reason she didn't have a landslide was I dunno, Goldman Sachs speeches... My conclusion is that some of those things just didn't matter as much as we think they would.

Note the result in France: tribalism was not put into play in the same way as it is in the US. The center-right lined up behind Macron, and against Le Pen. The right-wing establishment in the US has no such principles. They were behind Trump because he had the R next to his name. Their team followed. The end.

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[Post 849]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 05-11-2017 06:22 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I think firing Comey is just going to make it that much harder for Trump to hire experienced, qualified staff.  If Trump values subservience over anything else, including past favors, people who can't feign this level of loyalty won't want to work for him.

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[Post 850]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-11-2017 06:38 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Even Spicer is looking to be at his limit.

https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--8kU6x1IO--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/q9hpfximmsga20dbcwpv.gif

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[Post 851]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 05-11-2017 07:34 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I think firing Comey is just going to make it that much harder for Trump to hire experienced, qualified staff.  If Trump values subservience over anything else, including past favors, people who can't feign this level of loyalty won't want to work for him.
That's ok.  He's not looking for experience or qualifications.

Firing Comey is also going to encourage a lot of leaking, which apparently infuriates Trump.  He's not the first president to have this problem.  For example, there was this one president who set up his own team to control leaks from within the White House.  I forget how that turned out.

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[Post 852]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-11-2017 10:53 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

http://media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/1337cbCOMIC-obamacare-scare.jpg

Who Will Rescue Us from That Scary, Menacing Obamacare? / Boing Boing (http://boingboing.net/2017/05/10/who-will-rescue-us-from-that-s.html)

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[Post 853]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-12-2017 01:11 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Strange how once the government backdoor payouts to big insurance corp stopped that they are all leaving Obamacare.

Nothing but a transfer of wealth from the working class to the elite class.

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[Post 854]
Author : erimir
Date : 05-12-2017 01:32 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Sure, as long as you ignore the Medicaid expansion, the significant subsidies to the working class and the tax hikes which fall almost exclusively on the elite class, both of which are part of Obamacare, then up is down, HIV is purple, the Earth is flat and you eat with your butt not your mouth.


MEANWHILE, Trump can't even stick to his story about Comey for two days. He now admits that the handling of the email case was pretextual and that the Russia investigation was his primary motivation:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump tells NBC that when he decided to fire Comey, &quot;I said you know, this Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made up story.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/QxtCX9jRtn">pic.twitter.com/QxtCX9jRtn</a></p>&mdash; Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) <a href="https://twitter.com/sahilkapur/status/862807971801255937">May 11, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I mean... this is just straight up obstruction of justice.

I seem to remember that obstruction of justice over a blowjob was an impeachable offense.

ITMFA

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[Post 855]
Author : Ari
Date : 05-12-2017 01:51 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I also like the twist that the electoral college makes it easier for democrats to win.
You can basically flip everything he says and hear the truth.

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[Post 856]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-12-2017 02:03 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

lol, dude, read the law, not the political rhetoric. I bet you didn't even know the law had payouts directly from government to big insurance corp.

That is the problem with liberals, they actually believe the political talking points, even in the face of what the law actually says, and the actual real world consequences of the law.

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[Post 857]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-12-2017 02:05 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I seem to remember that obstruction of justice over a blowjob was an impeachable offense.


No, that was over perjury during a state investigation of rape.

Nice try though, you must have read CNN instead of watching the actual impeachment hearings.

There are transcripts, you have the ability to educate yourself if you like.

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[Post 858]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-12-2017 02:09 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Hey Erimir, what good is having insurance if you cant afford the $6,000 deductible, thus can not access care?

Fucking tool.

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[Post 859]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 05-12-2017 02:17 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

To the archives of legal recordation! :batman3:

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[Post 860]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-12-2017 02:31 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

http://68.media.tumblr.com/789cfa44c3868d46846acd1522271b13/tumblr_om08eyLJuN1qbzeqwo1_1280.jpg

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[Post 861]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-12-2017 04:02 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Taxing health care makes it more affordable.

Liberalism is a mental disorder.

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[Post 862]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-12-2017 04:04 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Why don't the liberals advocate for tax free health care?

:turtleporn:

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[Post 863]
Author : JoeP
Date : 05-12-2017 09:45 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Russian foreign minister feigns shock over firing of James Comey - video | US news | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2017/may/10/russian-foreign-minister-feigns-shock-over-firing-of-james-comey-video)

:sniggle:

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[Post 864]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-12-2017 02:19 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The eternal moonshine of the addled mind.

Donald J. Trump on Twitter: "James Comey better hope that there are no "tapes" of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press!" (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/863007411132649473)

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[Post 865]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 05-12-2017 02:50 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:prayer:

But let's spare a thought for the president's poor lawyers, who have to watch this subpoena-fuel getting sprayed all over the internet in real time.

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[Post 866]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-12-2017 04:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Breaking News!11!!!

Ice Creme scandal at the White House!!

OMG!!!!1111!!1!!!!!

Trump gets 2 scoops of ice cream, others get 1 - CNN Video (http://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2017/05/12/trump-white-house-two-scoops-of-ice-cream-moos-dnt-erin.cnn)

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[Post 867]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-12-2017 05:02 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Donald J. Trump on Twitter: "China just agreed that the U.S. will be allowed to sell beef, and other major products, into China once again. This is REAL news!" (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/863020954427043840)

September, yo
China to reopen beef market to American producers after 13 years (https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2016/09/22/china-to-reopen-beef-market-to-american-producers-after-13-years.html)

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[Post 868]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-12-2017 05:11 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ever feel stuck in a job you hate?

https://images.plurk.com/66wZZAcR1T8BCtrNApjg.jpg

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[Post 869]
Author : Ari
Date : 05-12-2017 06:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Found on facebook,
https://scontent.fsnc1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/18342750_10210450613033887_7738798788385882186_n.jpg?oh=713827f75c01ec2eb5dfbbcf8b66ff58&oe=59C06211
https://scontent.fsnc1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/18446533_10210450613193891_4607812884612416649_n.jpg?oh=dade9d5a19f0c43f59d22220af708f51&oe=59B3A6D9

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[Post 870]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-12-2017 08:02 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The eternal moonshine of the addled mind.

Donald J. Trump on Twitter: "James Comey better hope that there are no "tapes" of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press!" (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/863007411132649473)

Trump. The screaming, raging of a malignant narcissist. Textbook, classic, laid bare.

Cool Hand Luke here:

Source: Comey is 'not worried about any tapes' - CNNPolitics.com (http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/12/politics/james-comey-dinner-trump/index.html)

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[Post 871]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-13-2017 07:27 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Maher with a decent roundup:

Bill Maher Reaction on Trump Firing FBI Director Comey (2017/05/12) #Comedy #JamesComey #FiredComey - YouTube

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[Post 872]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 05-13-2017 11:54 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Bill Maher: "So, to recap for you:  Trump fires the chief investigator into Russia, then he invites the Russians into his Oval Office the next morning, kicks out the American media but has the Russian state-run press there and confesses to obstruction of justice on live TV."

"But Hillary sent some emails from the wrong laptop."

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[Post 873]
Author : Zehava
Date : 05-13-2017 01:54 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

If he runs his businesses like he is the country (and I bet he does) it's no wonder so many of them have failed.

He is not looking for competence, he wants obedience.  Trump is always right, tow the line or GTFO.

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[Post 874]
Author : Corona688
Date : 05-13-2017 03:36 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I&#8217;m making another post for this, because human rights lawyer Scott Horton, based on reporting by the Financial Times, just dropped the mother of all bombshell reports, based on three FT stories.

Donald Trump Was Bailed Out of Bankruptcy by Russia Crime Bosses  | Alternet (http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/donald-trump-was-bailed-out-bankruptcy-russia-crime-bosses) This doesn't feel like it should be that much of a surprise.  Shitgibbon prone to "strategic bankruptcy" shenanigans, owner of ridiculous vanity properties and self-named vanity businesses goes to desperate lengths for money, who would have thought.  With luck this pans out into the hard confirmation we've all been hoping for.

Now then...

We're racking up long lists of blatantly obvious criminal acts committed in broad daylight by the commander in chief as he ineptly tries to cover his vast asscheeks.  We have enough cause for suspicion now.  Why hasn't he been arrested?

A conviction is not required to arrest someone.

Why hasn't he been arrested?

Not even a warrant is required to arrest someone when law enforcement can watch crimes happening in real time.
Who's job is it to do so?

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[Post 875]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-13-2017 05:10 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump: ‘In America We Do Not Worship Government, We Worship God’ (https://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/526650/)

Allahu Akbar, motherfuckers.

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[Post 876]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 05-14-2017 03:57 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump Warning to Comey Prompts Questions on &#8216;Tapes&#8217; (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/12/us/politics/trump-threatens-retaliation-against-comey-warns-he-may-cancel-press-briefings.html?_r=1&mtrref=undefined)
Mr. Comey made no comment, but later in the day he declined a request to testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday. According to a close associate of Mr. Comey, he is willing to testify, but wants it to be in public.
:popcorn:

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[Post 877]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-14-2017 06:31 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

http://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BBB1HyF.img

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[Post 878]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-15-2017 05:24 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Sure, I'll blame Trump even if nonsense to do so.

Republicans plan massive cuts to programs for the poor - POLITICO (http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/14/republicans-cuts-programs-food-stamps-welfare-veterans-238314)

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[Post 879]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 05-15-2017 08:59 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Fake News Factory. <a href="https://t.co/MOcPWYMgeU">pic.twitter.com/MOcPWYMgeU</a></p>&mdash; Tomthunkit™ (@TomthunkitsMind) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomthunkitsMind/status/863895298208391168">14 May 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 880]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-15-2017 07:03 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

WOO Nellie.


Week 26: Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you, so you’ll remember.

May 13, 2017

What stands out in Week 26 is our normalization of a leader who bold-faced lies to us, and the ease with which Trump continues to indulge in this behavior. We’ve entered uncharted territory: Trump fired the FBI director in charge of investigating him and his regime’s ties to Russia, and admitted he did so because of the investigation.

The other take-away of Week 26 is what you missed. We’re in such a state of constant chaos, it’s easy to overlook the ways the Trump regime continues to tear the fabric of our values, to loot every cent they can, and to move us further away from democracy.


 Despite Russian involvement, Macron defeated Le Pen handily in France’s presidential election, marking the third European country (Austria, Netherlands) to reject the Trump-like candidate since the US election.
     A shocking Guardian article detailed the use of data to influence the outcome of Brexit and the US election. Names tied to the scandal include Trump, Farage, Thiel, Bannon, and Mercer and his Cambridge Analytica.
     The article also warned that the Trump regime is already weaponizing US data for future elections, citing the company that helped Trump win has “been awarded contracts in the Pentagon and the US state.”
     While in Beijing for a meeting with potential investors for the family’s New Jersey project, Kushner’s sister mentioned Jared and the EB-5 visa program to market the investment. EB-5 visas allow immigrants a path to a green card for investing $500,000 in a project that creates US jobs.
     The Kushner family later apologized after being accused of kleptocracy by the media.
     A WAPO researcher who attended the meeting tweeted, “I was threatened, harassed and forced to delete recordings and photos of The Kushner family recruiting Chinese investors in US Green cards.”
     Page said he would no longer cooperate with the Senate Intel Comm’s request, saying he wants information he requested on the “unjustified civil rights violations by the Clinton/Obama regime.”
     Eric Trump reportedly told a reporter back in 2014, when asked about funding golf courses, “Well, we don’t rely on American banks. We have all the funding we need out of Russia.”
     Eric Trump later denied having said this, but Donald Jr. had similarly said at a real estate conference in 2008: “We see a lot of money pouring in from Russia.”
     Trump-connected lobbyists are making millions at major companies and foreign governments by touting their access to the Trump regime.
     Goldman Sachs hired a top Trump campaign staffer, David Urban, as a lobbyist.
     Eight Senate Democrats asked regulators to investigate whether Trump friend Carl Icahn violated insider trading laws in the biofuel market.
     Wilbur Ross doubled down on the Trump regime rhetoric with Canada on tariffs on Canadian softwood lumber, and warned Canada that “threats of retaliatory action” are “inappropriate.”
     Nikki Haley issued a strong statement on Venezuela, citing Maduro’s ‘disregard for the fundamental rights of his own people.’ As Venezuela’s state-owned oil company donated $500k to Trump inauguration, the rest of the regime has been silent.
     The State Depart has yet to resume daily press briefings.
     Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel revived the deleted EPA climate change webpage, which as cited in Week 24 was mysteriously taken down on a Friday night, and put the information up on Chicago’s website.
     Minutes after an ABC reporter asked Spicer why Trump’s campaign website still calls for a Muslim ban, that reference was deleted.
     Despite Trump’s promises to keep jobs in the US, Indiana’s Rexnord&#8202;—&#8202;in Pence’s home state nearby Carrier which Trump visited to much ballyhoo&#8202;—&#8202;is moving jobs to Mexico. Trump tweeted to blame Obama.
     On CBS’s “60 Minutes,” residents in Granger, IN lamented their neighbor, who had no criminal record and had been in the US for 20-years, being deported and separated from his wife and children, who are all citizens.
     AP reported the Trump regime targeted Haitian immigrants, seeking evidence of crimes as an excuse to deport them.
     A bill that passed the Texas house would allow adoption agencies to reject families on the basis of religion or sexual orientation.
     Dan Heyman, a Public News Service reporter, was arrested Tuesday night in West Virginia for persistently asking Secretary Price questions.
     Price commended the police who arrested the journalist.
     EPA dismissed five scientists from a major scientific review board, and replaced them with representatives from industries the EPA regulates.
     Later in the week, two EPA science board members resigned in protest.
     Trump signed an EO creating a commission on ‘election integrity’ to re-examine Hillary’s 3 million vote win and “fraud.” The commission will be led by Pence and noted xenophobe Kobach of Kansas.
     Rep Lewis issued a statement on the commission, saying “It’s only been 54 years since we were jailed, beaten, and killed for trying to cast a vote.”
     Reversing progress, Sessions instituted a tougher new criminal charging and sentencing policy&#8202;—&#8202;a noted failure from the 1980 and 1990s. Sessions policy will disproportionately impact people of color.
     ICE arrested 1,378 suspected “gang members” in what Fox News characterized as the largest gang sweep ever.
     Trump tweeted that China ‘just agreed that the U.S. will be allowed to sell beef, and other major products’ into China again. This deal was brokered by Obama last September.
     FP reported on Bannon’s attempts to get NSA McMaster fired, calling it the WH “Games of Thrones for morons.” McMaster remains one of the few Trump senior officials who was not part of the campaign.
     When asked about NSC’s duties at a daily press briefing, McMaster said “a lot of what we do at the NSC is trying to keep up with the President.”
     During the day of the Yates/Clapper hearing, Trump sent a total of 7 tweets at Yates, including one from the @POTUS account.
     CNN anchors Dana Bash and John King likened Trump’s tweets ahead of the hearing to “witness intimidation.”
     Yates testified that she met with WH counsel McGahn twice to warn him that Flynn had lied to Pence about his conversations with the Russian envoy and therefore Pence’s public statements were false.
     Yates warned McGahn that Flynn was compromised and could be blackmailed by the Russians. Yates met with McGahn on January 26 and 27, and was fired on Monday, January 30, allegedly for saying she would not defend the Muslim ban.
     Despite her warning, Flynn remained as Trump NSA for 18 days, sitting in on important foreign meetings and receiving classified information.
     The day after the Yates/Clapper hearing, Sen Graham said based on what he heard, he wants to investigate Trump’s business dealings.
     After Trump blamed Obama for Flynn having security clearance, NBC reported Flynn never received the broader security clearance required for an NSA.
     Trump briefly changed his Twitter cover Monday night to a statement that Clapper said ‘there is “no evidence” of collusion w/Russia and Trump.’ Trump repeated this lie all week, including in a Friday morning tweet.
     On Friday, Clapper told Andrea Mitchell that he didn’t say what Trump claimed.
     ProPublica reported that part of Comey’s testimony to the Senate Judiciary Comm on Huma Abedin was inaccurate. The FBI issued corrections just hours before Trump fired Comey.
     Following Clapper’s testimony on Monday, the Senate Intel Comm asked Treasury Dept agency FinCEN for more information on Trump’s business dealings.
     WSJ reported Friday FinCEN will provide info on businesses owned by Trump and family members to the Senate Intel Comm and the FBI. Ranking member Wyden is interested in shell companies and money laundering through property transfers.
     Vanity Fair reported that FBI sources said there are multiple inquiries in progress, including the cyber investigation and the business side. Bharara would have been investigating the business side as US AG SDNY.
     Late Friday night, the US Attorney SDNY Twitter account tweeted from acting AG Kim, ‘We will not allow the US financial system to be used to launder proceeds of crimes committed anywhere-here or in Russia.’
     On Friday, a bi-partisan group of 178 former US AGs and asst US AGs of SDNY wrote a letter to Rosenstein calling for a Special Prosecutor
     Law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius provided a letter showing Trump has limited business dealings with Russia. ABC reported Morgan, Lewis has deep ties to Russia and received a “Russia Law Firm of the Year” award in 2016.
     Trump’s initial stated basis for firing Comey was a letter from AG Sessions and Deputy AG Rosenstein, relating to Hillary’s emails. Of note, Sessions had agreed to recuse himself from the Trump-Russia investigation.
     Comey became the third person, after Yates and Bharara, fired by Trump while investigating him. Mary McCord who was the DOJ assistant AG overseeing the Trump-Russia probe also resigned without explanation.
     Shortly after the firing, CNN reported grand jury subpoenas for business records have been issued to Flynn as part of the FBI’s Russia investigation.
     The Senate Intel Comm also subpoenaed Flynn after he declined to comply with their April 28th letter unless he was offered immunity
     Trump’s popularity hit a new low in a Quinnipiac poll: 36% approve, 58% disapprove. The poll was conducted before the Comey firing.
     The morning after firing Comey, Tillerson and then Trump met with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov.
     Lavrov scolded Andrea Mitchell for asking Tillerson a question&#8202;—&#8202;“Who was giving you your manners, you know?” Tillerson did not intervene.
     Trump’s meeting took place at the WH, and included Lavrov and Kislyak. Photo credited to Russian news agency TASS emerged, showing of a joyous meeting. US media was excluded from both meetings.
     The WH readout of the meeting with Lavrov did not mention Kislyak. If not for Russian new agency photos, no one would know he was there.
     POLITICO reported the idea to exclude US press came from Putin. As did the insistence for the meeting at the WH.
     The Senate Intelligence Committee invited Comey to testify next Tuesday. He declined for now, saying he needed some time off first.
     NYT reported that days before the firing, Comey had asked Deputy AG Rosenstein for a significant increase in resources for the FBI’s investigation into Russian interference in the US election.
     General Michael Hayden, former director of the CIA and NSA, said of Trump’s successive firing of Yates, Bharara and Comey, “…it’s beginning to feel a little bit like Nicaragua around here.”
     FT said of Comey’s firing, “Putin chalked up another victory,” as Trump’s action resembles that of a non-democracy.
     Trump claimed that he followed the recommendation of his Deputy AG Rosenstein that Comey be fired over his handling of Hillary’s emails. By the next day, leaks led to multiple stories which contradicted that claim.
     This story would change again and again in the coming days&#8202;—&#8202;leaving surrogates having lied to the media. Pence said Trump fired Comey at the “recommendation of the Deputy AG,” seven times during a presser.
     WAPO reported that in fact Trump made a decision to fire Comey, and then met with Sessions and Rosenstein to craft a plan for how. Trump was totally unprepared for the media explosion and political backlash.
     Trump himself said in a NBC interview Thursday that he was thinking about the Russia investigation when he fired Comey, saying “…Russia is a made up story.”
     WAPO also reported that Trump was angry that Comey would not back his false Obama wiretapping claim, and that Comey focused on the Trump-Russia probe and not leaks.
     Reuters reported that Trump was infuriated that Comey would not preview his Senate testimony for Trump, Sessions and Rosenstein ahead of the May 3rd hearing.
     NYT reported that Trump and Comey’s dislike each another. Comey told associated that Trump was “outside the realm of normal,” even “crazy.”
     WSJ reported that Comey had started getting daily instead of weekly briefings in the past three weeks due to potential evidence of collusion.
     WSJ also reported that on Monday, Comey briefed lawmakers on his request to boost the investigation, and requested additional personnel from Rosenstein.
     In an open-letter to Rosenstein, 20 attorney generals called for an independent investigation, saying Trump’s firing of Comey was a violation of the public trust.
     Trump abandoned plans to visit the FBI after the Comey firing. According to NBC, Trump was told agents might not provide a warm reception.
     McClatchy reported Comey sought to expand his Trump-Russia probe to include Manafort, citing Manafort earned $80–100mm for political and business consulting work done for clients, including a Russian billionaire.
     Rachel Maddow reported that despite earlier indications he would do so, Manafort has yet to register as a foreign agent. Also, Sessions would not confirm if he has recused himself from matters involving Manafort.
     WSJ reported the Justice Dept requested Manafort’s bank records as part of a probe into the Trump campaign’s possible collusion with Russia in the 2016 election.
     WSJ also reported that NY AG Schneiderman and Manhattan DA Vance have been examining real-estate transactions by Mr. Manafort.
     On Thursday, acting FBI Director McCabe testified at a Sen Intel Comm open, televised hearing. McCabe said he will not update the WH on the Russian investigation.
     McCabe contradicted the Trump regime’s assertion that Comey was not well-liked at the FBI, saying “the vast majority of employees enjoyed a deep, positive connection to Director Comey.”
     Also contradicting WH claims, McCabe called the Trump-Russia investigation “highly significant.”
     Trump still claimed on Thursday that he had spoken to Comey three times about whether he was under investigation. When Sen Collins asked if that would standard practice, McCabe answered, “It is not.”
     POLITICO reported Rosenstein arrived at the Senate Intel Comm’s office while the open, televised hearing was taking place. Burr and Warner left the hearing, for what Burr said was a meeting “we can’t push off.”
     Sarah Flores, DOJ spokesperson lied that the meeting with Burr was previously planned, and is “nothing unusual.”
     NYT reported that at a WH dinner shortly after Trump took office, at Trump’s request, Comey declined to pledge his loyalty or discuss the Trump-Russia investigation.
     The dinner took place on January 27, the day after Yates initially informed the WH counsel that Flynn was compromised and subject to blackmail.
     Rudy Giuliani, who was also photographed at Trump Hotel DC the night of the Comey firing, was given a May 19 deadline by a judge in Detroit to produce his memo for Trump on the Muslim Ban.
     In a series of erratic early morning tweets Friday, Trump threatened to cease press daily briefings, and tweeted ‘Comey better hope that there are no “tapes” of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press!’
     A source close to Comey said he is “not worried about any tapes.”
     Presidential historian Michael Beschloss noted in a tweet, “Presidents are supposed to have stopped routinely taping visitors without their knowledge when Nixon’s taping system was revealed in 1973.”
     Top House and Senate Democrats demanded that Trump release any tapes of communication between he and Comey.
     Chaffetz asked the DOJ Inspector General to look at Comey’s firing. Democrats also asked him to look into whether Sessions has recused himself and whether the FBI investigation into Russia is properly staffed.
     Durbin and Feinstein called on Rosenstein to resign if he refuses to appoint a special counsel. Klobuchar said Senators plan next week to further push this demand in close doored meetings.
     On the backs of visit by Duterte and the Russian envoy, Trump will host brutal authoritarian Erdogan for a WH visit on May 16.




Week 26: Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you, so… (https://medium.com/@Amy_Siskind/week-26-experts-in-authoritarianism-advise-to-keep-a-list-of-things-subtly-changing-around-you-so-61ba023aee54?source=user_profile---------1-----------)

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[Post 881]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-15-2017 07:10 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So what changed, Obama just met with that guy at the White House last year??

US President Barack Obama and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gathered in the White House on Thursday to discuss Turkey's security
Erdogan meets with Obama in White House | TRT World (http://www.trtworld.com/turkey/erdogan-meets-with-obama-in-white-house-79712)

I guess your article means to say, when I point things out be afraid, be very afraid, and don't look to the past to see if anything has changed, just trust us, this is new and scary, and you should be scared.

Fucking tools.

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[Post 882]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-15-2017 07:42 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:pat:

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[Post 883]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-15-2017 09:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

More and more obvious as time goes on:

The Video That Suggests Trump Is Suffering from Alzheimer's | Alternet (http://www.alternet.org/personal-health/video-suggests-trump-suffering-alzheimers)

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[Post 884]
Author : Ari
Date : 05-15-2017 09:44 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

For me the defining moment of clear dementia was,
"Sure I'll sign your hat kid!"
*sign* "Who wants a MAGA hat?" *fling*
"Oops I'll get you another one kid."
*sign* "Who wants a MAGA hat?" *fling*

Followed by his multiple confusions of old or dead people as still being around, which is incredibly common with Alzheimers.

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[Post 885]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-15-2017 11:24 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

U.S. officials: Trump revealed highly classified information to Russian foreign minister and ambassador - Chicago Tribune (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-trump-revealed-classified-information-russians-20170515-story.html)

If only there had been some warning in June 2016. (http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump-intelligence-idUSKCN0YO24T)

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[Post 886]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 05-15-2017 11:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

He's just doing what a Russian intelligence asset would do.  Like, exactly what a Russian intelligence asset would do.  (I don't want to call him an "agent" because it would imply more agency that he probably has.)  Can we just go ahead and call him a Russian intelligence asset?  

Hey, maybe TASS has a picture of him disclosing classified national security information to Russian officials, since they were also allowed to attend that meeting, which US press was not permitted to do.  The meeting that happened the day after he fired Jim Comey for investigating his ties to Russia.  The one that Kislyak turned out to also be attending.  The guy that Jeff Sessions met with and didn't tell Congress about.

But hey, look at this stuff getting reported, thanks to those leaks that Trump is encouraging.

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[Post 887]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-16-2017 12:20 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

He's just doing what a Russian intelligence asset would do.  Like, exactly what a Russian intelligence asset would do. 

That would make Obama the worst President in the history of the United States, knowingly allowing a foreign agent to take the White House.

:wink:

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[Post 888]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 05-16-2017 01:05 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/YtQ2DpP.gif

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[Post 889]
Author : erimir
Date : 05-16-2017 02:39 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

He's just doing what a Russian intelligence asset would do.  Like, exactly what a Russian intelligence asset would do. 

That would make Obama the worst President in the history of the United States, knowingly allowing a foreign agent to take the White House.

:wink:You know, I would say that the way Obama handled the Russian interference is not a mark in his favor.

I think he was too afraid of seeming partisan and sat on what would've been far more important information for voters than where Hillary Clinton's email server was stored. I'm not sure what the optimal way of handling it would've been though.

Not particularly interested in discussing that question with you though :wink:

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[Post 890]
Author : Ari
Date : 05-16-2017 02:49 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Being projected on Trump's Hotel in DC,
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C_6Wj5dXUAQm76D.jpg

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[Post 891]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-16-2017 04:27 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Just as I said, Clinton had the email leaker murdered.

Family's private investigator: There is evidence Seth Rich had contact with WikiLeaks prior to death - Story | WTTG (http://www.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/254852337-story)

There is evidence Seth Rich had contact with WikiLeaks prior to death

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[Post 892]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-16-2017 04:28 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Being projected on Trump's Hotel in DC,

Love free speech.

The sad part is there is probably some city regulation which disallows the display.

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[Post 893]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-16-2017 04:31 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

You know, I would say that the way Obama handled the Russian interference is not a mark in his favor.

I think he was too afraid of seeming partisan and sat on what would've been far more important information for voters than where Hillary Clinton's email server was stored. I'm not sure what the optimal way of handling it would've been though.

Right, worst president ever. He tucked his balls in his anus and gave away the country to the Russians.

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[Post 894]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-16-2017 05:47 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="und" dir="ltr">&#9889;&#65039; &#8220;¯\_(&#12484;)_/¯&#8221;<a href="https://t.co/7LjekEcvUw">https://t.co/7LjekEcvUw</a></p>&mdash; The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheDailyShow/status/864248045428498432">May 15, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 895]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-16-2017 05:52 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://media.giphy.com/media/3og0IA2F7Vin5NK4lq/giphy.gif

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[Post 896]
Author : lisarea
Date : 05-16-2017 07:38 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Oh. Oh god, read this.

Our Lady of Complicity | Laurie Penny (http://thebaffler.com/war-of-nerves/ivanka-stepfordian-night-ghast-of-neo-capitalist-auto-taylorism)

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[Post 897]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 05-16-2017 08:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Oh. Oh god, read this.

Our Lady of Complicity | Laurie Penny (http://thebaffler.com/war-of-nerves/ivanka-stepfordian-night-ghast-of-neo-capitalist-auto-taylorism)

LOL NO U! (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1291568&postcount=5980)

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[Post 898]
Author : The Man
Date : 05-16-2017 08:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

About to head off to work so this will be brief. It appears that President* Dunning-Kruger burned an Israeli intelligence source who'd infiltrated Daesh. Are you tired of all the winning yet? So much winning.

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[Post 899]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 05-16-2017 08:58 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's cool, Israel is renowned for being both forgiving and consistently eager to forget old grievances.

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[Post 900]
Author : JoeP
Date : 05-16-2017 09:59 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Oh. Oh god, read this.

Our Lady of Complicity | Laurie Penny (http://thebaffler.com/war-of-nerves/ivanka-stepfordian-night-ghast-of-neo-capitalist-auto-taylorism)

LOL NO U! (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1291568&postcount=5980)

It's repost (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1291658#post1291658) week (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1291859#post1291859) on :ff:

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[Post 901]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-16-2017 10:04 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Just as I said, Clinton had the email leaker murdered.

Family's private investigator: There is evidence Seth Rich had contact with WikiLeaks prior to death - Story | WTTG (http://www.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/254852337-story)

There is evidence Seth Rich had contact with WikiLeaks prior to death

So this is being reported on the local Washington DC TV news.

The FBI has confirmed he was in contact with wikileaks.

There are direct ties from the DNC to the DC Mayors office which had the police investigation into the murder put on "stand-down".

The local DC news is really pushing the DNC link to the murder of Seth Rich.

WOW!!

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[Post 902]
Author : Watser?
Date : 05-16-2017 10:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm inclined to think Israel has all kinds of information on ISIS because they are de facto (at least) allies. And no, they wouldn't appreciate leakage.

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[Post 903]
Author : Angakuk
Date : 05-16-2017 11:03 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

However, these (https://www.butterfly.com/pages/our-product?gclid=CjwKEAjwxurIBRDnt7P7rODiq0USJADwjt5D4Y4Y4dIU9zf37GPWG2WJRO0Gl7QN3JN4X2MlU2kw3BoCmEDw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds) people do appreciate leakage.

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[Post 904]
Author : lisarea
Date : 05-16-2017 11:04 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Well, with the veritable firehose of posts on this high traffic discussion forum, is it any surprise that we're all a little promiscuous with the ignore feature?

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[Post 905]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 05-16-2017 11:19 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Welp, pretty much unvarnished obstruction of justice now.

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[Post 906]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-17-2017 12:00 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Spicer did an audio only press conference. Buzzfeed apparently added in a helpful reference image:

http://i.imgur.com/r4sTCMP.png

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[Post 907]
Author : The Man
Date : 05-17-2017 01:27 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNews">@FoxNews</a> reporting on the air now that they can&#39;t get a Republican member on the air right now to defend Trump</p>&mdash; Sarah Westwood (@sarahcwestwood) <a href="https://twitter.com/sarahcwestwood/status/864611207545843713">May 16, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

:lolhog:

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[Post 908]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-17-2017 02:13 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's even better.

Trump Officials on Comey Memo: ‘Don’t See How Trump Isn’t Completely F*cked’ (http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/05/16/trump-officials-on-comey-memo-dont-see-how-trump-isnt-completely-fcked)


A senior official in the Trump administration, who previously worked on the president’s campaign, offered a candid and brief assessment of the fallout from that string of bad press: “I don’t see how Trump isn’t completely fucked.”

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[Post 909]
Author : Stormlight
Date : 05-17-2017 06:10 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/80/9f/dc/809fdc2956824c16c00ca21a04ea70c4.jpg

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[Post 910]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-17-2017 06:21 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Donald Trump to deliver 'inspiring' speech on 'peaceful vision of Islam' in Saudi Arabia | The Independent (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-speech-radical-islam-peaceful-muslim-saudi-arabia-international-trip-a7739441.html)

https://kib207blanks.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/9b600341f792c68fd42606d0335d5d63.jpg

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[Post 911]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-17-2017 07:16 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

http://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/1494942564-20170516.png
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Being an Adult (http://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/being-an-adult)

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[Post 912]
Author : Corona688
Date : 05-17-2017 04:16 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's even better.

Trump Officials on Comey Memo: &#8216;Don&#8217;t See How Trump Isn&#8217;t Completely F*cked&#8217; (http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/05/16/trump-officials-on-comey-memo-dont-see-how-trump-isnt-completely-fcked)


A senior official in the Trump administration, who previously worked on the president&#8217;s campaign, offered a candid and brief assessment of the fallout from that string of bad press: &#8220;I don&#8217;t see how Trump isn&#8217;t completely fucked.&#8221;

That's more or less what people were saying before the election, though.

Now that he's in, Trump is calling your bluff.  You can't really do anything about an openly-corrupt president, even once popular opinion turns against him.  Even if he was murdering people in the streets, Congress would need to pass a bill to stop him, which he could always just veto.

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[Post 913]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-17-2017 07:11 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump's good buddy has some goons:

Violence warning.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="tr" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Erdo%C4%9Fan?src=hash">#Erdo&#287;an</a>'&#305;n korumalar&#305; kavgaya kar&#305;&#351;t&#305; <a href="https://t.co/gsi1iQ68Ye">https://t.co/gsi1iQ68Ye</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/amerikaninsesi?src=hash">#amerikaninsesi</a> <a href="https://t.co/Jv3g5E7AVA">pic.twitter.com/Jv3g5E7AVA</a></p>&mdash; Amerika'n&#305;n Sesi (@VOATurkish) <a href="https://twitter.com/VOATurkish/status/864631567972540417">May 17, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Make sure to report these crimes against American citizens by foreign nationals to Donald Trump's immigrant crime hotline.

https://www.ice.gov/voice

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[Post 914]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-17-2017 09:17 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Not a great angle, but looks like the protesters started attacking the guy in the suit first, with a punch from one guy and a kick from another.

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[Post 915]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-17-2017 10:26 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://images.plurk.com/6CoGnauLuLlFB5h4Apjg.jpg
Nice citizenship test, Jerome.

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[Post 916]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 05-18-2017 12:33 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

And so the Acting AG has appointed a special prosecutor (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/17/us/politics/robert-mueller-special-counsel-russia-investigation.html?_r=0) to investigate the Russia fiasco. Trump, who has the impulse control of a mentally defective two-year-old, won't be able to resist direct interference with Mueller's investigation. In short, dis gun be gud.

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[Post 917]
Author : Ari
Date : 05-18-2017 12:41 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Twitter may not be able to make a profit, but they may just enter the history books,
100 years from now school kids will be learning about it's role in the impeachment of a senile president who couldn't read.

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[Post 918]
Author : The Man
Date : 05-18-2017 01:43 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Holder is pleased with the Mueller appointment. It's important to note he's a former FBI director with a reputation as a straight shooter, and it looks like Rosenstein has given him far-reaching powers to investigate. Rosenstein appears to have been quite pissed off by the WH's attempt to pin the Comey firing on him.

At this rate, Twitler very well may not finish out his term.

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[Post 919]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 05-18-2017 01:57 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Our congressman likes the Mueller appointment (https://twitter.com/jaredpolis/status/864965089652334592) as well, but would still like to see a full-blown independent commission.

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[Post 920]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-18-2017 02:22 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So Joe Lieberman for FBI Director.

lol @ you guys think Trump is not part of the team

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[Post 921]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 05-18-2017 02:43 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Heh, Trump knew before he was even inaugurated that Flynn was in hock to the Russians and the Turks.  Impotent President can't even control his own staffers.  Bad management skills.  Sad!

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[Post 922]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-18-2017 03:07 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Putin laughs at political chaos in the US - BBC News (http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-39957800/putin-laughs-at-political-chaos-in-the-us)

In geopolitics, Russia laugh at YOU.

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[Post 923]
Author : The Man
Date : 05-18-2017 03:58 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WSJ: Information Trump shared with Russians came from key source that tracks ISIS threat  <a href="https://t.co/WlxFWIU9Oi">https://t.co/WlxFWIU9Oi</a> <a href="https://t.co/MuZiJCiU7q">pic.twitter.com/MuZiJCiU7q</a></p>&mdash; Yashar (@yashar) <a href="https://twitter.com/yashar/status/865025660133285889">May 18, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

So. Much. Winning.

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[Post 924]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-18-2017 04:18 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Nice citizenship test, Jerome.

The protesters and the security are all Turkish you fucking moron.

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[Post 925]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-18-2017 04:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That Turkish coup attempt last year, was Obama for it or against it?

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[Post 926]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-18-2017 05:04 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yashar @yashar
WSJ: Information Trump shared with Russians came from key source that tracks ISIS threat  (link: https://www.wsj.com/articles/israeli-source-seen-as-key-to-countering-islamic-state-threat-1495068912)
10:06 PM · May 17, 2017

Twitter (https://twitter.com/yashar/status/865025660133285889)

So. Much. Winning.

So does that means Trump is working with Israel and Russia to defeat the terrorists, or against Israel with Russia to defeat the terrorists?

ISIS is against Syria, and Russia is for Syria, so is Trump telling secrets which will help Israel or hurt Israel?

You dumb fucks have no idea, do you? Admit it.

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[Post 927]
Author : davidm
Date : 05-18-2017 06:14 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I know that dimwitted Jerome dreams of me, Donald Drumpf, fucking him up the ass while cooing at him that he is one of my dear little bumsen spielzeug, jawohl? But there is a problem. I, Drumpf, am a bird. Birds, both male and female, have cloacas that swell during mating season and then we rub our cloacas together. Does Jerome have a cloaca? Maybe. Or rather, Jerome just IS a cloaca. I guess I kind of have the hots for him after all. Groß! 
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CxchucBXEAAOxN8.jpg:large

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[Post 928]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-18-2017 07:11 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

House majority leader to colleagues in 2016: 'I think Putin pays' Trump - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/house-majority-leader-to-colleagues-in-2016-i-think-putin-pays-trump/2017/05/17/515f6f8a-3aff-11e7-8854-21f359183e8c_story.html?utm_term=.48c4501a9cf4)

:popcorn:

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[Post 929]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-18-2017 07:27 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The White House is on lockdown after someone attempted to climb over the fence</p>&mdash; Sky News Newsdesk (@SkyNewsBreak) <a href="https://twitter.com/SkyNewsBreak/status/864578842073198592">May 16, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">In which direction? <a href="https://t.co/Y8kCETii0h">https://t.co/Y8kCETii0h</a></p>&mdash; Dan Gillmor (@dangillmor) <a href="https://twitter.com/dangillmor/status/864615655366025216">May 16, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 930]
Author : The Man
Date : 05-18-2017 10:56 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

At this point, I think it is worth seriously speculating about how many people the scandal I&#8217;ve taken to calling Russia-a-Lago is going to bring down. Because let&#8217;s be honest: At this point, far, far more people than President* Dunning-Kruger are implicated. An element that didn't get much focus in the discussion of Paul Ryanbot 4000&#8217;s alleged sense of humour (which implies much more sophisticated programming than this particular model has ever displayed; I&#8217;m sceptical that the model can even consistently pass a Turing test, much less more complicated tests like Voight-Kampff or a semblance of humour) is this particular exchange from June 2016, leaked to the Washington Post as part of an audio recording:

McCarthy: [unintelligible]&#8230;I&#8217;ll GUARANTEE you that&#8217;s what it is.
[Unintelligible]
McCarthy: The Russians hacked the DNC and got the opp research that they had on Trump.
McCarthy: laughs
[Crosstalk]
Ryan: The Russian&#8217;s hacked the DNC&#8230;
McHenry: &#8230;to get oppo&#8230;
Ryan: &#8230;on Trump and like delivered it to&#8230;to who?

This is understandable, because you&#8217;ve also got Ryanbot 4000 admitting that President* Shitgibbon is on Putin&#8217;s payroll. But this is admitting that they were aware of foreign interference in the American election and sat on the knowledge for partisan gain. Which is inching ever closer to the territory of... light... treason (https://www.hulu.com/watch/1138).

And that&#8217;s where it seems to go with almost all of them. I can&#8217;t even hope to get a full handle on all the scandals going on right now. Tangerine Torquemada burned an Israeli asset who appears to have been one of the world&#8217;s foremost experts on Daesh, right? But it&#8217;s hard to maintain focus on that. Sessions violated his &#8220;recusal&#8221; last week with his apparent recommendation to fire Comey. Remember that? But how can we focus on that with the current breaking stories?

This is like a Bizarro World version of what was happening during the campaign: there were Kim Jong Orange scandals every day, but the media had the memory of a goldfish, so most of them ultimately had little to no impact on the election returns. But that&#8217;s not what&#8217;s happening here. We&#8217;re dealing with practised bureaucrats who have dealt with behaviour like this for their entire professional careers, and given that several of them rose to the top positions in their organisations, there are probably few people in the world more skilled at documenting criminal behaviour like this and building far-reaching cases encompassing as many people as are implicated in the conspiracies as possible.

And Cheeto Benito made it personal by firing Comey, and then threatening him, and then lying about conversations Comey had meticulously documented. Comey had meticulously documented every single conversation he had with the shitgibbon, because it&#8217;s the sort of thing he&#8217;s been trained to do, and he possessed the instincts to realise that the shitgibbon was the sort of person for whom such documentation could prove necessary. This is the level of preparation we are talking about.

And he pissed off Rosenstein, too, by drawing him into the Comey firing story. The echo of history here is difficult to avoid noticing; Mark Felt, of course, leaked to Woodward and Bernstein in large part because he was displeased with how Nixon had treated the FBI. But this is far more blatant. I don&#8217;t think there&#8217;s a parallel here. If you wrote it in a screenplay, as with too many other aspects of recent politics, you&#8217;d be criticised for being too on-the-nose with the symbolism. (Another case of reality&#8217;s symbolism being too unsubtle: the president* has sometimes been compared to The Manchurian Candidate. Shaw&#8217;s mother was based on Roy Cohn, who was the shitgibbon&#8217;s mentor. You couldn&#8217;t make this kind of thing up.)

At this point, I would consider the odds better than even that Manhattan Mugabe doesn&#8217;t finish out his first term, much less a second. He went to war with the FBI, and it&#8217;s clear how hilariously outmatched he is. He&#8217;s playing tic-tac-toe at such a basic skill level that he can&#8217;t win half the games where he&#8217;s given the first move. The FBI is playing Go.

The more intriguing question is how many people Napoleorange will bring down with him. I think it&#8217;s clear that Pence won&#8217;t survive. He had to have been in this up to his eyeballs as director of the shitgibbon&#8217;s transition team, and recent reporting has revealed how active a participant he has been in the cover-up efforts. Ryan seems deeply implicated as well. I think it&#8217;s quite possible that a successful impeachment of Persimmon Pustule will simultaneously bring down his co-conspirators. And, of course, we also need to consider the character (or, rather, the complete lack thereof) of the individual. I&#8217;m not certain Idiot Amin understands the concept of loyalty, and he certainly has never demonstrated it. If he realises he&#8217;s going down, he may try to take as many of his co-conspirators with him as possible. He certainly doesn&#8217;t seem to like Pence or Ryan much.

So if this breaks before 2019, we could be looking at President Hatch. If the Democrats retake the House in 2018, and the impeachments break after the new Congress is seated, we could see President Pelosi. Having probably the most vulgar misogynist who&#8217;s ever held the office succeeded by ~a girl~ would have a delicious taste to it that I&#8217;d find difficult to resist if I were writing an ending to this absurd soap opera. But it could be improved further. Pelosi would be the presumptive Speaker, but the Speaker doesn&#8217;t actually have to be a member of Congress. I can think of an immensely qualified individual, possibly the most qualified in our nation&#8217;s history, who could be named as Speaker instead. And, tellingly, this particular individual happened to receive more votes for the office of president than its current occupant did.

I&#8217;m just throwing out ideas here, but if I had to work with the absurd soap opera that is the script of American politics over the past couple of years and then graft a satisfying ending onto it, seeing the popular vote victor of 2016 belatedly installed as president does seem like the most satisfying one I could come up with. Because, let&#8217;s be honest, she&#8217;s fucking earned this. I doubt it&#8217;ll happen, but I also can&#8217;t think of anyone who&#8217;d be better qualified to clean up the mess this maladministration has left. And we need someone who&#8217;s capable of cleaning things up, because there probably hasn&#8217;t been a state of chaos like this in our government since the Civil War. So it&#8217;s something we should be seriously talking about.

(I do have to note another aspect of reality that dissatisfies me here: the first black president had to clean up Bush 43&#8217;s mess. Now it seems entirely possible that the first woman president will have to clean up Orangeymandias&#8217; mess. White people, please, stop fucking everything up for everyone else.)

Anyway, an aspect of the Russia story that hasn&#8217;t been discussed that often is that the Russians didn&#8217;t merely obtain DNC emails; they also obtained Republicans&#8217; emails. Those emails haven&#8217;t been published. We don&#8217;t really know whose emails they were, or what their contents were. But it is important to note that many high-ranking Republicans may be subject to Russian kompromat.

The question with Watergate was &#8220;What did the president know, and when did he know it?&#8221;. It&#8217;s not actually clear that the president* is capable of possessing knowledge, but we have to extend this question not merely to him but to his advisers, to high-ranking Republicans, and to anyone involved in the administration.

I&#8217;m in the midst of a move, and I&#8217;m heavily sleep-deprived as a result, so I&#8217;m still processing a lot of this. I honestly don&#8217;t think there is a comparable period in human history. I&#8217;m not sure a major world power has ever been in the hands of someone simultaneously this incompetent, this corrupt, this compromised by a foreign power, and this temperamentally ill-suited to the office. It was probably inevitable that the Shitgibbon Administration would end up being a flaming dumpster fire, but I think its sheer incompetence has far exceeded what any reasonable observer could have predicted. Every day there are so many new stories that it&#8217;s almost impossible to process all of them.

I&#8217;d like to apologise if this isn&#8217;t fully coherent. I haven&#8217;t proofread all of it. I may clean it up some after getting some sleep.

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[Post 931]
Author : Ari
Date : 05-18-2017 02:23 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The real actual Trump on Twitter, "This is the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history!"

Seriously, how do you parody this?

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[Post 932]
Author : erimir
Date : 05-18-2017 02:54 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So if this breaks before 2019, we could be looking at President Hatch. If the Democrats retake the House in 2018, and the impeachments break after the new Congress is seated, we could see President Pelosi.The problem with this is that conviction in the senate requires Republican votes.

While I could see them breaking under the pressure of Trump's incompetence and corruption, convicting Pence would be far less likely (since he's likely guilty of less and much better able to keep his trap shut to keep it from getting out of hand).

Furthermore, if Pelosi or another Democrat were next in line, the likelihood of Republicans voting to convict Pence drops to pretty near zero, unless there are absolutely explosive revelations about Pence.

Best case scenario, they agree to remove Pence if Democrats agree to confirm Pence's VP appointment (who would have to be somewhat moderate I suppose). After all, we must respect the will of the people Electoral College, which elected a Republican.
Pelosi would be the presumptive Speaker, but the Speaker doesn’t actually have to be a member of Congress. I can think of an immensely qualified individual, possibly the most qualified in our nation’s history, who could be named as Speaker instead. And, tellingly, this particular individual happened to receive more votes for the office of president than its current occupant did.If we're indulging this fantasy, I'd probably say that Biden would be the sensible choice for Democrats. He could take office, vow not to run for reelection, and probably could best portray it as taking the position to clean up the GOP's mess, not to exploit it.

Clinton taking office that way would be a poetic ending, but politically not a great idea, IMO.

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[Post 933]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-18-2017 06:21 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The real actual Trump on Twitter, "This is the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history!"

Seriously, how do you parody this?

He is a parody, that was the point. He was just there to make Clinton look good with her decades long string of corruption baggage.

Its just that she really is sick and they had to flip the script and put Trump in instead.

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[Post 934]
Author : The Man
Date : 05-19-2017 06:31 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So if this breaks before 2019, we could be looking at President Hatch. If the Democrats retake the House in 2018, and the impeachments break after the new Congress is seated, we could see President Pelosi.The problem with this is that conviction in the senate requires Republican votes.

While I could see them breaking under the pressure of Trump's incompetence and corruption, convicting Pence would be far less likely (since he's likely guilty of less and much better able to keep his trap shut to keep it from getting out of hand).

Furthermore, if Pelosi or another Democrat were next in line, the likelihood of Republicans voting to convict Pence drops to pretty near zero, unless there are absolutely explosive revelations about Pence.

Best case scenario, they agree to remove Pence if Democrats agree to confirm Pence's VP appointment (who would have to be somewhat moderate I suppose). After all, we must respect the will of the people Electoral College, which elected a Republican.So, I see your reasoning here, but I think it depends on the assumption that the current framing of the story is going to remain operative when the FBI and Mueller&#8217;s investigations have reached their conclusions. I find this highly unlikely.

This isn&#8217;t a question of obstruction of justice or something like that. I mean, the obstruction is the smoking gun, but there hasn&#8217;t been much discussion of what the weapon was used for. The most likely reason there is a cover-up is treason.

That might sound a bit hyperbolic right now, but let&#8217;s frame the issue correctly: Significant portions of the Republican Party colluded with a hostile foreign power to erode the foundations of our democracy. It&#8217;s not clear how many of them are active participants in it, but it&#8217;s now clear that Twitler is, wittingly or unwittingly, a Russian intelligence asset. By burning a source possessing key intelligence information on Daesh, Twitler has now endangered American lives. The conspiracy to get him placed into the highest elected office in the land, and then cover up the conspiracy, unquestionably qualifies as treason.

And we also already know that the Russians have kompromat on key Republicans through leaked RNC emails. It isn&#8217;t a matter of public knowledge which Republicans were compromised yet, and if the FBI/Mueller don&#8217;t know this yet, uncovering it is likely to become a key focus of their investigation. Remember, Mueller&#8217;s mandate to pursue his investigation is incredibly broad; anything that relates to the Twitler campaign&#8217;s collusion with Russia falls within his investigation&#8217;s domain. If Republicans are discovered to have been colluding with Russia or enabling the Twitler campaign/administration&#8217;s cover-up of its Russia ties, they fall into the scope of Mueller&#8217;s mandate.

So we&#8217;re not merely talking about &#8220;can people remain in office&#8221;. We&#8217;re talking about &#8220;can people escape sentencing for a capital crime&#8221;. I don&#8217;t know whether the death penalty is going to become a matter of serious question, but people can be and have been executed for treason. The Rosenbergs, of course, are one of the most infamous cases. I oppose the death penalty overall, but if we want to talk seriously about being a nation of laws, particularly after it&#8217;s become clear how thoroughly our institutions have become corrupted by a hostile foreign power, that discussion will lead to serious considerations of executing elected officials who collaborated with a hostile foreign power to undermine those institutions.

So Reagan&#8217;s First Commandment isn&#8217;t really going to be the operative issue here. It&#8217;s quite possible that the prevailing mood in Washington isn&#8217;t going to be about party unity. It&#8217;s going to be about not risking treason sentences. That&#8217;s going to lead to a significantly different political calculus than we see right now.

I can&#8217;t guarantee that all of these things will come to pass, of course. However, Pence is, as I said, up to his eyeballs in this stuff, and he might try not to talk much, but he&#8217;s very, very bad at covering things up. He&#8217;s been demonstrated to have lied on countless occasions (I don&#8217;t have a list, but I&#8217;m sure someone in the FBI already does). And we&#8217;ve seen Ryan treating the matter of collusion with Russia as a joke. To put this another way, we&#8217;ve seen Ryan treating the matter of treason as a joke. These people are not clean. If this is what we&#8217;ve seen, the FBI already has much, much more on them. I think the odds of either of them surviving a Twitler impeachment are close to zero.

For this reason, I honestly think President Hatch is the most likely outcome. He&#8217;s the first Republican in the chain of succession that doesn&#8217;t have obvious evidence of either collusion with the Russians or participation in a cover-up of collusion with the Russians as a matter of public knowledge already. I suspect the investigation will likely proceed to a point where all of this becomes public knowledge by November 2018. At this point, Republicans will likely wish to preserve what they can of their power, and getting rid of everyone who looks likely to fall anyway ensures that they at least retain the presidency for two years.

If things don&#8217;t progress to this point by the midterms, things will end up much, much worse for the Republicans. Because, again, I think we&#8217;ll end up with widespread discussions of Republican treason. You know how the Civil War was treason in defence of slavery? What we have right now is, essentially, treason in defence of tax cuts.

We should also remember that Democrats have been roughly +20% over their normal performance in the two special elections that have already occurred. These were before the outcry about the AHCA and, more to the point, before most of the evidence of treason had emerged. Gerrymandering breaks down badly if a large enough wave against the party that employs it occurs, and the Republican Party owes much of its House majority to gerrymandering. That doesn&#8217;t affect the Senate, of course. It&#8217;s unlikely that the Senate will flip in 2018. On the other hand, Republicans will likely end up looking towards 2020. They will know that, if they continue fucking things up as badly as they have been, there will almost certainly be a Democratic administration and a Democratic Senate after 2020 elections. And that could lead to further investigations that could uncover more crimes.

I may be overestimating how much this investigation will uncover, but after seeing how crazy-prepared Comey has been and how flabbergastingly incompetent Twitler and everyone who surrounds him are, I doubt it. If the Republicans don&#8217;t want their party name to be routinely preceded by the epithet &#8220;Vichy&#8221;, they&#8217;re going to have a lot of work to do to convince the public they&#8217;re clean. I predict they&#8217;ll end up fleeing the Twitler regime and anyone connected with it like rats fleeing a sinking ship. (I apologise to rats everywhere for the libellous simile.)

Pelosi would be the presumptive Speaker, but the Speaker doesn&#8217;t actually have to be a member of Congress. I can think of an immensely qualified individual, possibly the most qualified in our nation&#8217;s history, who could be named as Speaker instead. And, tellingly, this particular individual happened to receive more votes for the office of president than its current occupant did.If we're indulging this fantasy, I'd probably say that Biden would be the sensible choice for Democrats. He could take office, vow not to run for reelection, and probably could best portray it as taking the position to clean up the GOP's mess, not to exploit it.

Clinton taking office that way would be a poetic ending, but politically not a great idea, IMO.Biden probably would be less divisive, but he could end up criticised for being someone who had never been elected to the position of president. Clinton has, at least, won a popular vote for the presidency. (Then again, Biden has won both the popular and electoral vote for vice president twice, so I can still see a good argument for him).

I&#8217;m mostly going on terms of &#8220;who is best qualified for the job&#8221; when writing my fantasy ending. After the last couple of years, I don&#8217;t feel even remotely qualified to speculate on what is the politically savviest move, and I don&#8217;t actually know if anyone else in the country has much skill at predicting what is likely to be politically effective. I rather doubt it. Twitler has effectively ended up being the Mule to the Hari Seldon of political science. Nearly everything we thought we knew has been scrambled.

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[Post 935]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-19-2017 07:59 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-O_gF5ftrdYY/WAZ0JEgZ6_I/AAAAAAAAB5g/I3KNn1S7p4YpFgTgBtZOq5xB480SGw7rACPcB/s1600/IMG_1827.JPG

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[Post 936]
Author : The Man
Date : 05-19-2017 09:12 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Is Donald Trump a witch? - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2017/05/18/is-donald-trump-a-witch/?utm_term=.72a2b73f2c58)

I'm not going to excerpt, because I don't feel it would do the piece justice. It's worth reading in its entirety.

Also, this:

Trump isn't a toddler - he's a product of America's culture of impunity for the rich - Vox (https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/5/18/15654566/trump-toddler)

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[Post 937]
Author : JoeP
Date : 05-19-2017 05:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That might sound a bit hyperbolic right now
It does a little, but you write it so well it's plausible. My only reservation is how closely aligned it is with (my, perhaps your) wishful thinking.

I may be overestimating how much this investigation will uncover, but after seeing how crazy-prepared Comey has been and how flabbergastingly incompetent Twitler and everyone who surrounds him are, I doubt it. 
The bolded bit is beyond doubt. If hardly believable. 

(I apologise to rats everywhere for the libellous simile.)
Aside: after 10+ years of :ff: I can no longer read the word simile correctly :innocent: :simile:

Twitler has effectively ended up being the Mule to the Hari Seldon of political science.
Mind blown.

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[Post 938]
Author : JoeP
Date : 05-19-2017 06:10 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

srs question: why did Comey write to the FBI and to Congress in October about the extra batch of emails, when this wasn't obligatory and would obviously help Trump? while he was - it is more clear than ever - seriously investigating Trump?

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[Post 939]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-19-2017 06:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Because Comey is a Clinton guy, has been protecting them since Bill was in trouble for his pay-for-play pardon scheme, and Comey was a US Attorney.

What she did was criminal, and deep, so he was doing just enough to not be directly involved in the cover-up, whilst still helping the cover-up.

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[Post 940]
Author : Kael
Date : 05-19-2017 09:13 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

srs question: why did Comey write to the FBI and to Congress in October about the extra batch of emails, when this wasn't obligatory and would obviously help Trump? while he was - it is more clear than ever - seriously investigating Trump?
The best explanation I've heard so far was that he, like most everyone else, was convinced Hillary was going to win, and in the event that 1) she did win, and 2) some kind of transgression, serious or otherwise, turned up in the emails, he didn't want to get called out for "letting" her win by keeping quiet - which it should be noted is standard FBI protocol regardless, so he could have and should have defended his conduct with that. The Trump investigation, while serious, undoubtedly seemed like more of a side show. Not many people care what the losing party was up to after the election. Turns out not wanting to appear a partisan shill for the party that was going to win made him look like a partisan shill for the party that did win in a far more substantial way, but everything I've heard and read seems to indicate that he was as blindsided by Trump's squeaked victory as everyone else. 

Don't get me wrong, it was a massively bone-headed and improper move, violating a lot of standard procedures and best practices, but he seems to have come by the screw-up... honestly, I guess.

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[Post 941]
Author : Dragar
Date : 05-20-2017 09:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

On top of all that, there's great suspicion folks in the FBI branch of NY were leaking to Republicans (particularly Giuliani) - if Comey hadn't made a statement, they would have. Then you have a candidate - who was being attacked as elitist and out-of-touch and involved in various conspiracies - now mired in what would be framed as an FBI coverup. There was no good way out for Comey.

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[Post 942]
Author : Ari
Date : 05-20-2017 05:50 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DARtvLPUAAA_Ifr.jpg

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[Post 943]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-21-2017 12:54 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DAQ1JcFWsAUoRYM.jpg:large

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[Post 944]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-21-2017 01:58 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Oh look. Performance art.

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[Post 945]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 05-21-2017 02:30 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump daintily bends knee to, curtsies before Islamic fundamentalist foreign king (http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/330942/curtsy-trump-king-salman/)

http://i.imgur.com/rL7pdbW.jpg

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[Post 946]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-21-2017 02:42 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

lol, he is receiving a gift, you troll

:troll:

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[Post 947]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 05-21-2017 02:45 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

He is receiving the yoke of the Caliphate, bending the knee to Sharia.

His curtsey is adorable, though.

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[Post 948]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-21-2017 02:46 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump is a top, Obama is a bottom, and Bush is in love.

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/c8/1d/eb/c81deb76e5b94bc4b0cdf8bdf6911e84.jpg

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[Post 949]
Author : erimir
Date : 05-21-2017 03:34 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Did Trump curtsy to the King of Saudi Arabia? <a href="https://t.co/xsTGfg2m0J">pic.twitter.com/xsTGfg2m0J</a></p>&mdash; Jennifer Hayden (@Scout_Finch) <a href="https://twitter.com/Scout_Finch/status/865955240897597441">May 20, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

There's a definite curtsy after receiving the medal.

Trump is a cuck.

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[Post 950]
Author : Ari
Date : 05-21-2017 03:52 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trumpalumpa
I love prisoner Melania's face.
It says, "I was the one to call the servant to change his diaper and HE gets the medal!?"

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[Post 951]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 05-21-2017 04:19 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

lol Trump bent his knee to the Muslim king and now he's afraid to say "radical Islamic terrorism." Total cuck for Allah!  Sad!

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[Post 952]
Author : davidm
Date : 05-21-2017 07:15 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Horrified as I am by Cheeto Benito in the White House and a nation teeming with the ignorant, bilious buffoons like Jerome who voted for him, I take some solace from the study of history. Paradoxically, though, that solace is vitiated by despair. The solace is that Trump and Trumpism is not new; the despair is in the realization that there is no progress to history. In the 19th century the abolitionist Theodore Parker wrote:

I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one, my eye reaches but little ways; I cannot calculate the curve and complete the figure by the experience of sight; I can divine it by conscience. And from what I see I am sure it bends towards justice.

This was later condensed by Martin Luther King Jr. in his famous 1963 “I have a dream” speech: “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” This condensation was, so to say, retweeted by Barack Obama on that memorable, hope-filled night in November 2008 when he spoke in Chicago after defeating John McCain for the presidency. He uttered the same line; eight disillusioning years later, after a storm of Obama’s drones had murdered an unknown number of Afghans having weddings, he handed over the keys to the national car to an even bigger monster. This new monster bids fair to total the car in an epic crackup.

But it’s all of a piece. The moral arc of the universe does not, alas, bend toward justice, or toward anything at all. And throughout history, every progressive revolution is sooner or later met with a reactionary counter-revolution. Of course it’s also true that the reactionary counter-revolutions are later met with progressive counter-counter revolutions; so that provides a bit of hope. Nevertheless I remain, with good reason as I suppose, fundamentally pessimistic about the human prospect and I tend to agree with Schopenhauer that life itself is an unfortunate error and  it would have been better if the earth had remained in a crystalline state like the moon.

The idea that history is a chronicle of human progress is as misguided as the idea that evolution is a chronicle of biological progress. History, like evolution, is just one damned thing after another.

Lately I’ve been rereading the Open Yale Courses lectures of Prof. David Blight, which I first read years ago: The Civil War and Reconstruction Era, 1845-1877 (http://oyc.yale.edu/history/hist-119) For a Civil War and history buff like me, these lectures are a Zodsend and I am grateful to live in an era when I can read this stuff online for free. Did I just contradict myself about the illusory nature of progress? :shrug: One thing to note from these lectures: Reconstruction led straight to Jim Crow.

The entirety of the Open Yale Courses are here, (http://oyc.yale.edu) and I’ve been reading as many of them as I can as time allows. Soon I shall be a bona fide Yalie, though without the all-important piece of paper signifying that I have a degree from that august institution. 

In the eyes of Trumpistan, of course, my online Yale credentials will mark me as an Enemy of the People (i.e. of drooling ignorant old white men), but again this is nothing new. Intellectuals, like black people, the wimmins, gays, Native Americans, the transgendered, and many others, have always been despised by your babbling, palsied, foaming-at-the-mouth white racist uncle named Jerome who, during an unendurable Thanksgiving dinner, rails about how Barack Obama was born in Kenya and how Big Gummint should keep its mitts of his Social Security and Medicare.

I was driving toward some larger points here but those will have to wait, partly since I am out of time, but also because I don’t want to turn this post into a :tldr: In my next post, when I have time, I’ll offer my views on why Trump is not — as some have claimed — unprecedented in presidential history; quite to the contrary, not only does he have some important things in common with the odious Andrew Jackson, as he likes to fatuously brag, but I think he has even more in common with that equally odious other Andrew: Andrew Johnson.

So, more later. If anyone would like to participate in a thread to discuss Prof. Blight’s Yale Civil War lectures, I’d be up for that bigly. :2thumbsup:

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[Post 953]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-21-2017 08:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Jerome who voted for him

As is typical with those infected with liberalism, they just make shit up to suit their narrative, even after being informed their claim is false.

Its the only way to hold the thoughts you do, denial of reality.

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[Post 954]
Author : davidm
Date : 05-21-2017 08:54 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Jerome who voted for him

As is typical with those infected with liberalism, they just make shit up to suit their narrative, even after being informed their claim is false.

Its the only way to hold the thoughts you do, denial of reality.

Hmm! :chin:

Do you mean, dummy, like the time you asserted, doubly falsely, that the FBI director had determined that Hillary Clinton was guilty of a crime, but decided not to prosecute her?

It was doubly false, dummy, because:

Comey had not determined that Clinton was guilty of a crime --  just the opposite!

Even if he had claimed that Clinton was guilty of a crime, the FBI cannot prosecute anyone -- only recommend prosecution!

Is that the kind of "denial of reality" you mean, dummy?

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[Post 955]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-21-2017 09:01 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yes, of course, its the "vast right-wing conspiracy" against the Clintons, they commit no crimes.

Btw, what she did with the server is a crime, and she committed that crime to hide her communications which are the evidence of her pay for play crimes.

Remember, Comey was the US Attorney that 'cleared' Bill in his pay-for-play pardon crimes.

He would not have said anything about it if he wasn't unsure that her crimes would be exposed in some other way, he was covering his own ass.

Liberalism is a mental disorder, you expose this fact with each post.

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[Post 956]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-21-2017 09:07 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

By his own words you moron, she did violate the law, but he does not recommend prosecuting because it would be difficult to determine that she did it on purpose. lol

Selective prosecution, just like in the Bill pay-for-pardon case.

Taking money for pardons is a crime, and Bill did that, but its too hard to prove he did it on purpose, is what Comey said at the time.

The elite class rapes you and you defend them for it. That makes you a moron of the first order.

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[Post 957]
Author : Dragar
Date : 05-21-2017 09:24 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

By his own words you moron, she did violate the law, but he does not recommend prosecuting because it would be difficult to determine that she did it on purpose. lol

Prosecutors necessarily weigh a number of factors before bringing charges. There are obvious considerations, like the strength of the evidence, especially regarding intent. Responsible decisions also consider the context of a person&#8217;s actions, and how similar situations have been handled in the past.

In looking back at our investigations into mishandling or removal of classified information, we cannot find a case that would support bringing criminal charges on these facts. All the cases prosecuted involved some combination of: clearly intentional and willful mishandling of classified information; or vast quantities of materials exposed in such a way as to support an inference of intentional misconduct; or indications of disloyalty to the United States; or efforts to obstruct justice. We do not see those things here.

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[Post 958]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-21-2017 09:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yes, of course, its the "vast right-wing conspiracy" against the Clintons, they commit no crimes.

:cool:

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[Post 959]
Author : Watser?
Date : 05-21-2017 10:19 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:rolleye2:

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[Post 960]
Author : davidm
Date : 05-21-2017 10:20 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

By his own words you moron, she did violate the law...

Here ya go, fuckface:

In looking back at our investigations into mishandling or removal of classified information, we cannot find a case that would support bringing criminal charges on these facts.

... but he does not recommend prosecuting because it would be difficult to determine that she did it on purpose.

But that's not what you said, fuckface. You said that the FBI had the power to prosecute, and not just recommend prosecution.

So you were wrong when you claimed the FBI had determined that she had committed a crime (it did not) and you were wrong when you claimed it had the power to prosecute her (It does not).

Fuckface. :wave:

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[Post 961]
Author : davidm
Date : 05-21-2017 10:35 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Also from Comey's statement, douchebag:

As a result, although the Department of Justice makes final decisions on matters like this, we are expressing to Justice our view that no charges are appropriate in this case.

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[Post 962]
Author : The Man
Date : 05-21-2017 10:47 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I appreciate rebuttals of Jerome's bullshit, but does anyone still take him seriously? He's so transparently engaging in bad faith (and has on at least one occasion openly admitted that he is doing so) that I regard it as no different than engaging a creationist. I can't even express how much it's improved my experience of this site to put him on ignore.

In other Trump-related news:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/jimsciutto">@jimsciutto</a>  <a href="https://t.co/rjy0Kczty5">pic.twitter.com/rjy0Kczty5</a></p>&mdash; Drumpfster Fire (@drumpfsterfire1) <a href="https://twitter.com/drumpfsterfire1/status/866277499918991360">May 21, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
WaPo (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/ivanka-trump-meets-with-saudi-women-leaders-as-some-activists-remain-critical/2017/05/21/9406c4ee-3e08-11e7-adba-394ee67a7582_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_ivanka-9am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.39a28226e2cd):

&#8220;All the women that Ivanka Trump met have a guardian,&#8221; said Aziza al-Yousef, a 58-year-old activist here who has campaigned to abolish the guardianship rules [i.e., necessity of obtaining male permission for work, education, travel, healthcare, etc.]. A retired professor of computer science at King Saud University, she was recently rebuffed when she tried to deliver a 14,700-signature petition on eliminating the guardian system to the government.

&#8220;All these achievements depend on whether you&#8217;re lucky to be born in a family where your guardian will be understanding, will help you,&#8221; Yousef said. &#8220;If Ivanka is interested in women empowerment and human rights, she should see activists, and not just officials.&#8221;

&#8220;It&#8217;s not about Ivanka speaking at the meeting,&#8221; said activist Loujain al-Hathloul, &#8220;but is it actually useful for these women from Saudi Arabia to speak as well? Is their contribution in such events helpful to us Saudi women in general, not princesses or business owners or rich women? Does it actually help us? I doubt it.&#8221;

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">There is always an old Trump tweet <a href="https://t.co/m7zdlFmVcw">pic.twitter.com/m7zdlFmVcw</a></p>&mdash; Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) <a href="https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/865902296743505920">May 20, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
And remember how right-wingers were criticising Obama for his bow? Well, look at this total cuck:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Oh.. oh god it's even worse than originally thought <a href="https://t.co/3qvrrbVlfl">pic.twitter.com/3qvrrbVlfl</a></p>&mdash; Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) <a href="https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/865955834110652420">May 20, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
(Obviously that isn't the same Stephen Miller who works in the administration.)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It&#39;s kind of funny that the &quot;fuck your feelings&quot; crowd is now complaining non-stop that people aren&#39;t being nice enough to dear leader. <a href="https://t.co/q5UhuAWJmH">pic.twitter.com/q5UhuAWJmH</a></p>&mdash; Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) <a href="https://twitter.com/ParkerMolloy/status/865952653951590401">May 20, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Longtime Republican political consultant Rick Wilson, one of the few people in the party talking much sense right now, has this to say (https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/05/18/if-you-work-for-trump-its-time-to-quit/?utm_term=.39c67a03b068):

&#8230;Whether you&#8217;re a 20-something fresh off the campaign trail, or a seasoned Washington insider serving in the Cabinet, by now you&#8217;re painfully aware that you&#8217;re not making America great again; you&#8217;re barely making it to the end of the daily news cycle before your verbally incontinent boss, the putative leader of the free world, once again steers the proverbial car into a ditch. On every front, you&#8217;re faced with legal, political and moral hazards. The president&#8217;s job, and yours, is a lot harder than it looked, and you know the problem originates in the Oval Office&#8230;

You learned quickly that your job isn&#8217;t actually to serve the nation, manage your agency or fulfill the role you ostensibly play according to the White House org chart. In reality, you spend most of your time fluffing Trump&#8217;s ego. Either that or you&#8217;re making excuses for not being a more aggressive suck-up. If you&#8217;ve been ordained to appear on television as an administration surrogate, you know by now that your task isn&#8217;t to advocate for your agency or issue, but to lavish the president with praise&#8230;

You already know you can&#8217;t save the president because he doesn&#8217;t want to be saved. You already know there&#8217;s not another, better version of Trump getting ready to show up. You&#8217;re smart. You&#8217;re loyal. You&#8217;re sniffing the wind like a gazelle, nose filled with the scents of predators. You don&#8217;t want to break from the pack too soon, but there&#8217;s greater risk in waiting too long&#8230;

And, of course, SNL.

Hallelujah

Late-night comedy has been one of the few things keeping me grounded in this administration. In fact, it's probably a more reliable source of news than most actual newspapers or news programs these days.

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[Post 963]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-21-2017 10:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Late-night comedy has been one of the few things keeping me grounded in this administration. In fact, it's probably a more reliable source of news than most actual newspapers or news programs these days.

That explains a great deal about the indoctrinated partisan mind.

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[Post 964]
Author : erimir
Date : 05-21-2017 10:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Pictured: Trump engaging in some kind of Islamic spirit-cooking ritual
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DAYEeV0XkAMvYsQ.jpg

(Can you imagine if Obama was on camera doing that?)

So anyway, it seems that the new thing will be lavish parties for Trump whenever he goes abroad to a country where the leaders can get away with that.

It seems less likely that, say, the German public would be very pleased if Merkel treated Trump this way.

And Trump returns the favor by (attempting to*) say very nice things to them.

A problem here is that he's going to Israel as his next stop, and I can imagine that the very nice things he will say to them won't necessarily be the same things that the Saudis like. But hey maybe he'll shit on Iran more because that's something KSA and Israel agree on.

And of course, they won't be fooled by a single speech if he goes back home and keeps up the Muslim ban stuff.

*Trump's comments can be tone-deaf even while he's trying to be nice

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[Post 965]
Author : Watser?
Date : 05-21-2017 11:35 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump During the Campaign: "I will NEVER touch The Orb, even though its mysterious glow seduces and beguiles."
Trump Today:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DAX2CsmUAAAHZR4.jpg

https://twitter.com/NickGreene

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[Post 966]
Author : Watser?
Date : 05-21-2017 11:38 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A problem here is that he's going to Israel as his next stop, and I can imagine that the very nice things he will say to them won't necessarily be the same things that the Saudis like. But hey maybe he'll shit on Iran more because that's something KSA and Israel agree on.

Well, dur. Business as usual. Trump has been completely converted now.

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[Post 967]
Author : erimir
Date : 05-22-2017 12:14 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Right but my point is that Trump's instinct is to say whatever the people he's talking to want to hear, and in foreign policy, when you're talking to multiple countries, you have to balance the things you're going to say to different audiences.

I suspect Trump will not be great at this, and he might find himself causing an uproar by blatantly contradicting himself later in the trip.

But who knows, it seems like Trump's mostly going to stick to scripted speeches and getting gifts and bullshit flattery (which will keep him in a good mood), so he might have a "successful" trip after all.

Assuming more bombshell stories don't drop and/or he's not following the US news (doubtful)...

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[Post 968]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-22-2017 01:09 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Possibly this month's top captionable image:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The cold open of the new Bond movie is looking good <a href="https://t.co/txmSPBPDDe">pic.twitter.com/txmSPBPDDe</a></p>&mdash; Jess Dweck (@TheDweck) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheDweck/status/866369569463480320">May 21, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Attn Alex Jones <a href="https://t.co/ugEQ1OrE3b">pic.twitter.com/ugEQ1OrE3b</a></p>&mdash; John Hodgman (@hodgman) <a href="https://twitter.com/hodgman/status/866367178248945664">May 21, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

And of course:

22. No matter how tempted I am with the prospect of unlimited power, I will not consume any energy field bigger than my head. (http://www.eviloverlord.com/lists/overlord.html)

Especially with tiny hands.

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[Post 969]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-22-2017 01:11 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Twitter is really great sometimes. <a href="https://t.co/5bTLJT0MUd">pic.twitter.com/5bTLJT0MUd</a></p>&mdash; Thomas Leeper (@thosjleeper) <a href="https://twitter.com/thosjleeper/status/866320968909639681">May 21, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 970]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-22-2017 03:29 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

You are aware that it was the northern states that insisted on counting slaves as 3/5 for census purposes, yes?

Probably not, liberals tend to be indoctrinated as opposed to educated.


Free people, regardless of race, were counted the same. But don't let historical facts get in the way of your narrative!!

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[Post 971]
Author : davidm
Date : 05-22-2017 04:43 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

You are aware that it was the northern states that insisted on counting slaves as 3/5 for census purposes, yes?

Probably not, liberals tend to be indoctrinated as opposed to educated.


Free people, regardless of race, were counted the same. But don't let historical facts get in the way of your narrative!!

:lol:

You are such a stupid, clueless piece of gum on the sidewalk that was gnawed on and spat out by an imbecile. :yup:

There were two different issues at hand; one concerning taxation, and the other concerning representation in the House of Representatives. The three-fifths rule for purposes of representation benefited the slave holders.

Historian Garry Wills has postulated that without the additional slave state votes, Jefferson would have lost the presidential election of 1800. Also, "slavery would have been excluded from Missouri ... Jackson's Indian removal policy would have failed ... the Wilmot Proviso would have banned slavery in territories won from Mexico ... the Kansas-Nebraska bill would have failed.

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[Post 972]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-22-2017 04:54 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

You are aware that it was the northern states that insisted on counting slaves as 3/5 for census purposes, yes?

Probably not, liberals tend to be indoctrinated as opposed to educated.


Free people, regardless of race, were counted the same. But don't let historical facts get in the way of your narrative!!

:lol:

You are such a stupid, clueless piece of gum on the sidewalk that was gnawed on and spat out by an imbecile. :yup:

There were two different issues at hand; one concerning taxation, and the other concerning representation in the House of Representatives. The three-fifths rule for purposes of representation benefited the slave holders.

Historian Garry Wills has postulated that without the additional slave state votes, Jefferson would have lost the presidential election of 1800. Also, "slavery would have been excluded from Missouri ... Jackson's Indian removal policy would have failed ... the Wilmot Proviso would have banned slavery in territories won from Mexico ... the Kansas-Nebraska bill would have failed.

The thing with Jerome's snug reply is that it was a reply to a joke. Now a joke has a social function, that is to separate the in crowd from the out crowd. (https://storify.com/5thCircAppeals/on-trump-just-joking) A chunk of Jerome's :ff: persona is devoted to signalling 'out crowd'. Some call it the village contrarian, others might point out the sociopathic stalker tendencies, but whatever. Welcome to the internet. But whatever it is, this is why Jerome could not display any impulse control on that matter.

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[Post 973]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-22-2017 10:13 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">For clarification, this is not a Satanic ritual. <a href="https://t.co/CccP39fqN4">pic.twitter.com/CccP39fqN4</a></p>&mdash; The Church Of Satan (@ChurchofSatan) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChurchofSatan/status/866453928535236608">May 22, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 974]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-22-2017 01:38 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

There were two different issues at hand; one concerning taxation, and the other concerning representation in the House of Representatives. The three-fifths rule for purposes of representation benefited the slave holders.


Yes, to an indoctrinated moron that can not logic, counting slaves as 3/5 instead of a whole was a gain for the southern states.

You are a moron of the first degree.

They lost 40% of the slave population in regards representation in the national government.

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[Post 975]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-22-2017 01:41 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Presenting a falsehood as a joke is cover for being caught in a lie which is used for political propaganda purposes.

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[Post 976]
Author : Vivisectus
Date : 05-22-2017 02:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

moron that can not logic

Do lots of people say you are the best at logicking, Jerome?

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[Post 977]
Author : The Man
Date : 05-22-2017 02:10 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

As I said above, late night comedians have been making more sense of the news than possibly any other sources. Here is John Oliver:

Stupid Watergate, Pt. 1

Stupid Watergate, Pt. 2

Stupid Watergate, Pt. 3

Schrödinger's Arsehole

Stupid Watergate, today

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[Post 978]
Author : Stormlight
Date : 05-22-2017 03:09 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump During the Campaign: "I will NEVER touch The Orb, even though its mysterious glow seduces and beguiles."
Trump Today:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DAX2CsmUAAAHZR4.jpg

Nick Greene (@NickGreene) | Twitter (https://twitter.com/NickGreene)

He has a Palantir now??

FOOL OF A TRUMP!
:gandalf:

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[Post 979]
Author : Watser?
Date : 05-22-2017 06:34 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump on Islam: Neo-Orientalism and anti-Shi&#039;ism (https://www.juancole.com/2017/05/trump-orientalism-shiism.html)

Trump wants to site a center for combating extremist ideology in Saudi Arabia! The Wahhabi form of Islam practiced in that country encourages extremist ideology! The Saudis took the practice of takfir or excommunicating Sunnis and Shiites to the next level. In the 19th century they even excommunicated the Ottoman Emperor!
If the Saudis want to combat extremism, they have to formally abjure this unfortunate heritage of Wahhabism and roundly condemn the unilateral branding of people as non-Muslim when they maintain that they are Muslims. (In the Sunni and Shiite mainstream, takfir or excommunication of a Muslim is rare and disapproved).
Contemporary radical extremism in the Muslim world is founded on a few basic principles:
1. takfir or the excommunication of other Muslims for being insufficiently puritanical, anti-democratic, anti-Western, etc.
2. exalting holy war or &#8220;jihad&#8221; as they understand the word (it does not mean holy war but merely struggle for the faith in the Qur&#8217;an) to a basic pillar of the religion.
3. Willingness to commit suicide to blow other people up. Suicide is forbidden in mainstream Islam just as it is in Catholicism.
Saudi Arabia has to condemn all three&#8211; excommunication, the militarization of jihad, and homocidal self-sacrifice.
So Miller-Trump are barking up entirely the wrong tree here, as you would expect from completely ignorant people sticking their bare hands into about 50 bee hives.

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[Post 980]
Author : chunksmediocrites
Date : 05-23-2017 01:20 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Washington Post reports (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-asked-intelligence-chiefs-to-push-back-against-fbi-collusion-probe-after-comey-revealed-its-existence/2017/05/22/394933bc-3f10-11e7-9869-bac8b446820a_story.html?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.eb2407337e77) that after former FBI Director Comey told the House Intelligence Committee on March 20 that the FBI was investigating any connections between Russian attempts to manipulate the election and the Trump campaign:
Trump made separate appeals to the director of national intelligence, Daniel Coats, and to Adm. Michael S. Rogers, the director of the National Security Agency, urging them to publicly deny the existence of any evidence of collusion during the 2016 election.

Coats and Rogers refused to comply with the requests, which they both deemed to be inappropriate, according to two current and two former officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private communications with the president.
The article states that a memo was produced by the director of the NSA documenting the interaction and request; not clear if the DNI did as well.

Uh, not a legal expert, but that sure as fuck looks like a huge buttress to the obstruction of justice arguments. If one was going to impeach Trump. And if one had the support of- or at the very least no obstruction by- enough factions to make it stick. IMO the Mandarin class of the Federal government plus the Democrats isn't enough. And it won't work if the military, contractors, Wall Street, judiciary, and the Republicans merely lay back- at least one of them is going to have to buy in against Trump to get traction.

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[Post 981]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-23-2017 01:40 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump made separate appeals to the director of national intelligence, Daniel Coats, and to Adm. Michael S. Rogers, the director of the National Security Agency, urging them to publicly deny the existence of any evidence of collusion during the 2016 election.

Coats and Rogers refused to comply with the requests, which they both deemed to be inappropriate, according to two current and two former officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private communications with the president.

That is a good thing, right? Tell them to make a public testimony. If they lie in public, and they are dirty, this is a gift to the law enforcement trying to find corruption.

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[Post 982]
Author : chunksmediocrites
Date : 05-23-2017 03:52 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump made separate appeals to the director of national intelligence, Daniel Coats, and to Adm. Michael S. Rogers, the director of the National Security Agency, urging them to publicly deny the existence of any evidence of collusion during the 2016 election.

Coats and Rogers refused to comply with the requests, which they both deemed to be inappropriate, according to two current and two former officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private communications with the president.

That is a good thing, right? Tell them to make a public testimony. That's a false reframe. The report is that Trump asked them to state there's no evidence of collusion between members of the Trump campaign and Russia- before any investigation has been completed, and during an active FBI investigation. There's no alternate reality where that's interpreted as a positive. Republicans and FOXNews are running away from the POTUS, even they can't spin this into a sellable lie.

But I would expect no less from a fuckwit like Jerome, who likes to pretend Sandy Hook was a government plot, HIV isn't real, and that he has tenable positions. How can you find the time to defend Trump, what with all the pressure of running those medium-sized corporations, Jerome?

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[Post 983]
Author : lpetrich
Date : 05-23-2017 04:46 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

You are aware that it was the northern states that insisted on counting slaves as 3/5 for census purposes, yes?
That was a COMPROMISE. The Northern states wanted zero slaves counted, while the Southern ones wanted slaves counted as if they were free people.

Three-Fifths Compromise - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-Fifths_Compromise)

The Convention had unanimously accepted the principle that representation in the House of Representatives would be in proportion to the relative state populations. However, since slaves could not vote, white leaders in slave states would thus have the benefit of increased representation in the House and the Electoral College. Delegates opposed to slavery proposed that only free inhabitants of each state be counted for apportionment purposes, while delegates supportive of slavery, on the other hand, opposed the proposal, wanting slaves to count in their actual numbers. The compromise that was finally agreed upon—of counting "all other persons" as only three-fifths of their actual numbers—reduced the representation of the slave states relative to the original proposals, but improved it over the Northern position.[2] An inducement for slave states to accept the Compromise was its tie to taxation in the same ratio, so that the burden of taxation on the slave states was also reduced.

The Three-Fifths Compromise is found in Article 1, Section 2, Paragraph 3 of the United States Constitution, which reads:

    Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons.

The Constitution's creators weren't even explicit about slavery.

However, the Confederate Constitution was, and it even contained protection of slavery.

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[Post 984]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-23-2017 05:32 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The report is that Trump asked them to state there's no evidence of collusion between members of the Trump campaign and Russia- before any investigation has been completed, and during an active FBI investigation. 

Tell them to make a public testimony. If they lie in public, and they are dirty, this is a gift to the law enforcement trying to find corruption. 

Not seeing how you don't get this outside of partisanship.

Rooting for a team makes you a blind fool.



Think for a moment, say trump is a Russian agent, and these guys are Russian agents, what benefit is there for the comrade agents to decline to publicly declare they are not agents if they are in it with trump?

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[Post 985]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-23-2017 05:35 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The Northern states wanted zero slaves counted, while the Southern ones wanted slaves counted as if they were free people.



That is what I said, and you morons denied it because I said it.

This shows how intellectually lazy and dishonest you have to be to hold your world view.

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[Post 986]
Author : Vivisectus
Date : 05-23-2017 08:34 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump made separate appeals to the director of national intelligence, Daniel Coats, and to Adm. Michael S. Rogers, the director of the National Security Agency, urging them to publicly deny the existence of any evidence of collusion during the 2016 election.

Coats and Rogers refused to comply with the requests, which they both deemed to be inappropriate, according to two current and two former officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private communications with the president.

That is a good thing, right? Tell them to make a public testimony. That's a false reframe. The report is that Trump asked them to state there's no evidence of collusion between members of the Trump campaign and Russia- before any investigation has been completed, and during an active FBI investigation. There's no alternate reality where that's interpreted as a positive. Republicans and FOXNews are running away from the POTUS, even they can't spin this into a sellable lie.

But I would expect no less from a fuckwit like Jerome, who likes to pretend Sandy Hook was a government plot, HIV isn't real, and that he has tenable positions. How can you find the time to defend Trump, what with all the pressure of running those medium-sized corporations, Jerome?

Now also the earth if flat and everyone who does not think so is down with Satan.

Jerome, can we do lizard people next?

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[Post 987]
Author : erimir
Date : 05-23-2017 08:47 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The Northern states wanted zero slaves counted, while the Southern ones wanted slaves counted as if they were free people.



That is what I said, and you morons denied it because I said it.

This shows how intellectually lazy and dishonest you have to be to hold your world view.
I know there's no point, but I wanna see what Jerome comes up with.

You understand that counting the slaves 100% would actually have been bad for the slaves, right?

We get that the use of the 3/5th compromise as a metaphor for mistreatment of blacks throughout US history is not a perfect metaphor, as it would've been better for their interests had slaves not been counted at all (for purposes of Congressional apportionment and thus Electoral College apportionment), whereas the metaphor implies that they should've been counted fully to correspond with being treated as fully human.

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[Post 988]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-23-2017 02:22 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

lol, the northern states had slaves too, they just had many fewer, that is why the northern states wanted slaves counted as less than a whole.

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[Post 989]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-24-2017 01:09 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/866660538662739968-2-png__700.jpg

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[Post 990]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-24-2017 01:15 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://giant.gfycat.com/BriskGrossGordonsetter.gif
The world is onto you now, Don.

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[Post 991]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-24-2017 03:40 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Just checking, are you guys all ok with this kind of thing?

Read the Full Transcript of Trump’s Call With Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (https://theintercept.com/2017/05/23/read-the-full-transcript-of-trumps-call-with-philippine-president-rodrigo-duterte/)

The Intercept obtained a transcript of the call and is publishing it in full. On the call, Trump enthusiastically endorsed Duterte’s murderous “drug war” and repeatedly addressed the possibility of a U.S. nuclear strike on North Korea. The transcript, which contains numerous typographical errors, is an official document of the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs. Well-placed sources at the Palace and the Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed its authenticity to reporters for the Philippine news outlet Rappler, which collaborated with The Intercept on this story.

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[Post 992]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-24-2017 03:42 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Maybe he should use an email server off of government access ...

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[Post 993]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 05-24-2017 12:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Do we know yet whether he curtsied to the pope? Or does he only do that when he bends the knee to Islam (submission or surrender)?

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[Post 994]
Author : lpetrich
Date : 05-24-2017 01:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The Northern states wanted zero slaves counted, while the Southern ones wanted slaves counted as if they were free people.

That is what I said, and you morons denied it because I said it.
I didn't. I researched the issue, and I found that anti-slavery Northerners wanted 0, not 3/5.

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[Post 995]
Author : Watser?
Date : 05-24-2017 03:46 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

In other news my brother and sister-in-law were arrested in Rome today at an anti-Trump rally because she wrote Impeach Trump on something with a lipstick. :chuckle:

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[Post 996]
Author : Florence Jellem
Date : 05-24-2017 05:16 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

lol, the northern states had slaves too, they just had many fewer, that is why the northern states wanted slaves counted as less than a whole.

Excuse me, dear, but — serious question — do you happen to wipe your ass with your foot?

Flo asks only because my first husband did that, and it proved to be a real deal breaker over time, particularly since he didn’t always properly wash his toes and hence left “mud” stains in Flo’s living-room shag carpet. (Yes, he liked to traipse about barefoot as if he were living in a barnyard. And he smelled like a cow, too.)

Also, please see my question about Vlasic pickles in the other thread in which you and I are “engaged,” so to speak.

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[Post 997]
Author : Watser?
Date : 05-24-2017 06:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

http://19453-presscdn.pagely.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Trump-Israel-Saudi-Arabia-Iran-Mondoweiss.jpg

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[Post 998]
Author : Watser?
Date : 05-24-2017 08:13 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Boycott Trump!  Hit him where it Hurts | Informed Comment (https://www.juancole.com/2017/05/boycott-trump-where.html)

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[Post 999]
Author : Watser?
Date : 05-24-2017 11:05 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

In other news my brother and sister-in-law were arrested in Rome today at an anti-Trump rally because she wrote Impeach Trump on something with a lipstick. :chuckle:


She made USA Today

Italy PM Paolo Gentiloni to Trump: Open U.S. to more migrants (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/05/24/italy-prime-minister-lobbies-trump-migrants/102103516/)

http://scontent-ams3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/18582512_10210798636899424_278924655814908129_n.jpg?oh=59011dc58132945d9a6f34751aa733c0&oe=59ACBEE1

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[Post 1000]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 05-24-2017 11:17 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:applaud:  Tell her :ff: says well done! 

And she was detained for what, exactly?  Did she steal the lipstick?  Steal the map?  Assault someone?

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[Post 1001]
Author : Watser?
Date : 05-24-2017 11:24 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

They were talking about how he's a Head of State, so probably something to do with that. It was (and probably still is) illegal to insult a foreign head of state here, probably in Italy too, so they're sensitive about it. On the other hand she has two foreign passports (Dutch = EU and US), so possible double diplomatic incident. I don't think there will be charges. They just kept her out of sight for as long as Trump was there.

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[Post 1002]
Author : Watser?
Date : 05-25-2017 04:16 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

More on Trump's horrific stupidity regarding the Middle East:

&#8220;Iran must never be allowed to possess a nuclear weapon,&#8221; said the US commander-in-chief. Iran &#8220;must cease its deadly [sic] funding, training and equipping of terrorists and militias.&#8221; A Martian who might also have landed at Tel Aviv at the same time would surely conclude that Iran was the creator of Isis and that Israel was already bombing the cruel and violent cultists of the Islamic caliphate. And Martians &#8211; surely smarter than the US President &#8211; would thus be much amazed to discover that Israel has been bombing the Iranians and the Syrians and their militias, but has not once &#8211; ever &#8211; bombed Isis.
Donald Trump is trying to stick to the script - but he's about to really mess up in the Middle East | The Independent (http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/donald-trump-saudi-arabia-riyadh-israel-palestine-sunni-shia-a7749921.html)

On Sunday, CNN headlined a &#8220;reset&#8221; with the Arabs. On Monday, the BBC headlined a &#8220;reset&#8221; with Israel. What they both meant &#8211; but dared not say &#8211; is that Trump thinks he can get the Arabs and Israel to destroy the power of Iran after the horrid, moral years of Obama. That means &#8220;war&#8221;, preferably between Muslims. The &#8220;ultimate deal&#8221;, indeed.

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[Post 1003]
Author : chunksmediocrites
Date : 05-26-2017 01:21 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Just checking, are you guys all ok with this kind of thing?

Read the Full Transcript of Trump’s Call With Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (https://theintercept.com/2017/05/23/read-the-full-transcript-of-trumps-call-with-philippine-president-rodrigo-duterte/)

The Intercept obtained a transcript of the call and is publishing it in full. On the call, Trump enthusiastically endorsed Duterte’s murderous “drug war” and repeatedly addressed the possibility of a U.S. nuclear strike on North Korea. The transcript, which contains numerous typographical errors, is an official document of the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs. Well-placed sources at the Palace and the Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed its authenticity to reporters for the Philippine news outlet Rappler, which collaborated with The Intercept on this story.

I am 100% NOT OKAY with this kind of thing. The Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs tarnishes not just their department, but the Philippine people when they make so many typographical errors. They would be well served to retrain their stenographers. 
Perhaps as prison guards at Quezon City Jail, where a prison built to house 800 inmates instead holds 4,000, and inmates sleep in bunks in rotating shifts. Perhaps as a police officer, to assist in the extrajudicial killings of an estimated 756 suspected drug users by police so far.

How about you, Jerome? Are you "ok with this kind of thing?"

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[Post 1004]
Author : chunksmediocrites
Date : 05-26-2017 01:37 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Also, has anyone else heard that the Democrats really don't want Trump out of office/ impeached before 2018 mid-terms? The argument being it improves their chances of gaining seats, with Trump in office theoretically damaging the Republican brand, voting bloc, etc.

Maybe this is sausage making reality, but I hate how often the national Democrats appear to depend wholly on the other party being so abysmally shitty and bad that people feel like they have no choice to vote for (maybe a Democrat), rather than standing on the merits of their party platform. Ugh. I get the idea of varying motivations of the base, but just ugh.

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[Post 1005]
Author : erimir
Date : 05-26-2017 02:08 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Also, has anyone else heard that the Democrats really don't want Trump out of office/ impeached before 2018 mid-terms? The argument being it improves their chances of gaining seats, with Trump in office theoretically damaging the Republican brand, voting bloc, etc.I don't know. Their might be some thinking that that would be the ideal scenario.

On the other hand, if they have a shot at the king, it's not clear to me that it's in their interests to pass it up. The reason for that is because a world in which Trump is impeached and potentially convicted while the GOP controls Congress is one in which the GOP is having a civil war.

For Trump to be impeached, the revelations have to keep up the pace they had before Trump's trip, or there would need to be some absolutely bombshell audio/video of someone spilling the beans on collusion, bribes, or something. But Trump's not getting impeached without Republican votes, and he's certainly not getting convicted without getting some votes from some fairly red state senators. They'd need to strongly believe that getting rid of him is in their best interests.

The issue is that Trump is obsessed with winning, he's vindictive and spiteful. If they decided they need to get rid of them, he would not step down for the good of the party. He would try to rally his voters against the GOP establishment, and would make the process as painful as possible for them. And even if they succeeded, he would snipe at them from Twitter. So impeachment means they're in disaster containment mode and installing Mike Pence won't make that disaster just disappear. 

I fully believe if they could snap their fingers and convince Trump to step down and be supportive of the party and Pence, they would do that. But impeachment won't be pretty for them. So that is the reason that there's little chance of that happening before the midterms.

On the other hand, if Trump declares war on the GOP establishment (because he thinks they're the only reason he's unpopular, say) and they haven't impeached him, well... then they have a lot less reason not to go ahead and do it.

After the midterms, however, Democrats have a decent chance of controlling the House (and a much smaller chance of taking the Senate). This will mean they can conduct Congressional investigations, to harass Trump and more importantly, to uncover more malfeasance and make it more likely Trump becomes untenable.
Maybe this is sausage making reality, but I hate how often the national Democrats appear to depend wholly on the other party being so abysmally shitty and bad that people feel like they have no choice to vote for (maybe a Democrat), rather than standing on the merits of their party platform. Ugh. I get the idea of varying motivations of the base, but just ugh.I mean, I wish that weren't true, but I think it's as much about the voters as it is about the party, if not more. And perhaps even more about the media.

You see how public opinion on Obamacare only became positive once the prospect of actually losing it became real. There wasn't any magical way Democrats could have activated that loss aversion while they control the presidency and/or the senate. And that prospect is far more motivating than any ad or speech could be.

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[Post 1006]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-26-2017 03:10 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Impeachment for what, being a Russian spy?

That would make Obama the most shit President ever, sitting on his hands as a Russian spy takes over the country.

lol, the mainstream has liberals up their ass not knowing which direction to go.

Tools of the elite class is all you are.

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[Post 1007]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-26-2017 03:13 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

How about you, Jerome? Are you "ok with this kind of thing?"

I didn't see any crying from you guys when Obama was spying on the entire country ... Not sure why you have a problem with this..

:chin:

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[Post 1008]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-26-2017 03:14 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Also, has anyone else heard that the Democrats really don't want Trump out of office/ impeached before 2018 mid-terms? The argument being it improves their chances of gaining seats, with Trump in office theoretically damaging the Republican brand, voting bloc, etc.

So let a Russian spy run the country for a couple of years for your political gain.

You people really are sick fucks.

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[Post 1009]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-26-2017 03:18 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Though I did see you you cry when a DNC employee leaked the info that Clinton cheated Sanders in the primaries.

But you are so deluded you think it was the Russians, because that's what Clinton say, and we know they don't lie, lol

You people are being played for fools by the elite, Trump is an actor, and you are tools following a soap opera.

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[Post 1010]
Author : chunksmediocrites
Date : 05-26-2017 03:55 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

How about you, Jerome? Are you "ok with this kind of thing?"

I didn't see any crying from you guys when Obama was spying on the entire country ... Not sure why you have a problem with this..

:chin:

You failed to answer. How about you, Jerome? Are you "ok with this kind of thing?"

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[Post 1011]
Author : erimir
Date : 05-26-2017 04:00 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

You know, Jerome, there's such a thing as an edit button.

We wouldn't want you to get so spammy that people start invoking the rules on flooding.

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[Post 1012]
Author : Ari
Date : 05-26-2017 04:10 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

You know, Jerome, there's such a thing as an edit button.
We wouldn't want you to get so spammy that people start invoking the rules on flooding.
I have him on ignore for that very reason.

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[Post 1013]
Author : erimir
Date : 05-26-2017 04:14 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I have him on ignore as well, but I do sometimes read the posts. Usually I regret it.

Generally when there's a whole crop of them, it's best not to bother looking. Don't need to actually read them to know he's just spamming stupid little one- or two-liners though.

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[Post 1014]
Author : chunksmediocrites
Date : 05-26-2017 04:46 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Senators From Both Parties Blast "Outrageous" Trump call praising Duterte for Anti-Drug Killing Spree (https://theintercept.com/2017/05/25/senators-from-both-parties-blast-outrageous-trump-call-praising-duterte-for-anti-drug-killing-spree/)

So, Jerome, let me pose to you the same lazy, low-effort, Jazzercize version of trolling question you offered upthread: "Are you okay with this?"

This Key and Peele sketch is all I think of whenever you start blathering. 

Key & Peele - Black Republicans - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2tLyqfJd54&t=203s)

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[Post 1015]
Author : Ari
Date : 05-26-2017 07:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

He has pulled a Trump.*
That is I find his trolling sometimes amusing, sometimes annoying and every so occasionally aggravating, but in trying to push the annoyance too far has gotten himself blanked entirely.

*I don't know what this will eventually stick as, but I'm certain 'Trump' 'Trumpian' 'Trumpist' 'Trumpette' 'Trumpectum' or some variant of will become a phrase known for the next 50+ years.

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[Post 1016]
Author : Vivisectus
Date : 05-26-2017 08:05 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That would make Obama the most shit President ever, sitting on his hands as a Russian spy takes over the country.


I have seen a lot of this lately. It is like the righties are now so addicted to simply blaming Obama for everything from a stubbed toe to the weather that they are having a hard time stopping even though they are now fully in control.

Jerome is just the natural, if absurd conclusion: he blames Obama for making him vote for the single most incompetent president we have ever seen. Thanks Obama!

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[Post 1017]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-26-2017 08:38 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

He has pulled a Trump.*
That is I find his trolling sometimes amusing, sometimes annoying and every so occasionally aggravating, but in trying to push the annoyance too far has gotten himself blanked entirely.

*I don't know what this will eventually stick as, but I'm certain 'Trump' 'Trumpian' 'Trumpist' 'Trumpette' 'Trumpectum' or some variant of will become a phrase known for the next 50+ years.

Partial to Trumpiot myself.

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[Post 1018]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-26-2017 08:39 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That would make Obama the most shit President ever, sitting on his hands as a Russian spy takes over the country.


I have seen a lot of this lately. It is like the righties are now so addicted to simply blaming Obama for everything from a stubbed toe to the weather that they are having a hard time stopping even though they are now fully in control.

Jerome is just the natural, if absurd conclusion: he blames Obama for making him vote for the single most incompetent president we have ever seen. Thanks Obama!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Congratulations to anyone who had &quot;1&quot; for how many black presidents it would take for the GOP to elect the least qualified white dude alive!</p>&mdash; LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) <a href="https://twitter.com/LOLGOP/status/804829443105685504">December 2, 2016</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Congratulations to everyone who had &quot;one&quot; for &quot;How many black presidents would it take to get the GOP to side with Russia?&quot;</p>&mdash; LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) <a href="https://twitter.com/LOLGOP/status/814565013667061760">December 29, 2016</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Congratulations to everyone who had &quot;One&quot; for &quot;How many black presidents would it take to get the right to defend the American Nazi Party!</p>&mdash; LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) <a href="https://twitter.com/LOLGOP/status/800896171917144065">November 22, 2016</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 1019]
Author : Stormlight
Date : 05-26-2017 01:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/donald-trump-pope-francis-memes-fb__700-png.jpg

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[Post 1020]
Author : Watser?
Date : 05-26-2017 01:46 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Omg, Stormlight has me on ignore (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1292885&postcount=129) :freakout:

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[Post 1021]
Author : Stormlight
Date : 05-26-2017 02:23 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:unnod:

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[Post 1022]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-26-2017 03:24 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

... and liberals expose their racism once again, they can see Obama as nothing more than a 'black' President.

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[Post 1023]
Author : Watser?
Date : 05-26-2017 05:31 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Where's that quality trolling of yesterdecade?

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[Post 1024]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 05-26-2017 05:35 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Where's that quality trolling of yesterdecade?
Everything was better when Obama was President. :yup:

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[Post 1025]
Author : Watser?
Date : 05-26-2017 07:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:unnod:

...Hey mac, how we gonna do our, eh... businesses if you got me on ignore?
:boss:

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[Post 1026]
Author : Stormlight
Date : 05-26-2017 09:33 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

We'll get along buddy. We'll get along!
:mafioso:

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[Post 1027]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-27-2017 10:34 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

'He played me for a fool': Kentucky Trump supporter laments he should have voted for Hillary | Raw Story (http://www.rawstory.com/2017/05/he-played-me-for-a-fool-kentucky-trump-supporter-laments-he-should-have-voted-for-hillary/amp/)

A t shirt comes to mind.

https://teeshirtpalace-production.s3.amazonaws.com/spree/images/TTF2397-BLACK-AT/large/TTF2397-BLACK-AT.jpg?1475845569

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[Post 1028]
Author : JoeP
Date : 05-27-2017 10:59 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Whut? Do we not have posts on Cheeto Benito shoving the president of Montenegro?

Anyway, background in this

Breaking down Trump’s ‘shove’ - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/05/26/breaking-down-trumps-shove-the-internet-debates-and-montenegros-leader-shrugs/?tid=sm_fb&utm_term=.6cf4ca5829c9)

which introduces the interesting angle that it's not unrelated to Russia: 

Others on social media also viewed the “shove” as an attempt by Trump to revel in the spotlight and assert his “America first” mentality.

It did not go unmentioned that Trump brushed aside the leader of a country that last month defied Russia and pro-Russian opposition by ratifying its membership in NATO — a historic turn toward the West.

...

“Trump shoved Prime Minister of Montenegro at NATO meeting to please Putin, once again,” said one Twitter user.

So more "Russia first, America second"?

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[Post 1029]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 05-27-2017 12:46 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

On occasion, The Simpsons has been downright prophetic.  From "The Italian Bob":
Lisa:  "Dad, don't act like Mussolini."
Homer:  "Ooh, I thought I was doing Donald Trump."

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[Post 1030]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-27-2017 03:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Best one:

http://www.i-am-bored.com/images/articles/slideshows/2017/5/26/10937.jpeg

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[Post 1031]
Author : lisarea
Date : 05-28-2017 12:49 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

'Where did he go ' Little girl demands answers about Obama - YouTube

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[Post 1032]
Author : Watser?
Date : 05-28-2017 01:04 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Hey, I voted for the pizza too kid. Get used to losing elections. :cryhome:

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[Post 1033]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-28-2017 04:43 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

3rd carrier group moving to Korea, should be there this time next week, reports of over 200,000 US persons being removed from Korea during the month of June.

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[Post 1034]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-28-2017 04:58 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Speaking of pizza.

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[Post 1035]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-30-2017 09:47 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Week 28: Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you, so you’ll remember.

May 27, 2017

This week the Trump-Russia scandal reached the inner circle of Trump’s WH, as bombshells revealed Kushner is a central focus of the FBI investigation. The Trump regime established a war room as the walls of Trump-Russia cave in on them, with breaking news daily.

Also of note this week is the myriad of examples of Trump distancing our country from our traditional allies, and instead cozying up to brutal authoritarians. Human rights abroad are no longer a priority&#8202;—&#8202;the focus seems to have shifted to where the Trump organization has properties.


 Trump’s attorney said he wouldn’t sign his 2016 financial disclosure, a major departure from the norm. After OGE pushback, Trump said he would sign, but has yet to do so.
     The WH also blocked disclosure of names of former lobbyists who have been granted waivers to work in the WH or for federal agencies. Late Friday, the WH said they would comply, but has yet to do so.
     GOP Senators are considering changing rules to make it harder for Democrats to block Trump’s picks for circuit court judges. This follows the “nuclear option” which eased the path for Trump’s SCOTUS pick.
     Tillerson held a press conference in Riyadh on a new US-Saudi partnership. US media was excluded.
     NPR reported there’s been an unprecedented spike of white supremacist activity on college campuses since Trump was elected.
     Shortly after announcing his resignation from Congress, Chaffetz said individuals leaking info to the press should go to jail.
     Trump considered vetoing the temporary spending bill. Priebus asked Boehner to talk Trump into signing and keeping the government open.
     As the Trump regime’s visited Saudi Arabia, the kingdom announced it would invest $20bn in Blackstone’s new $40bn infrastructure fund.
     Saudi Arabia will also invest $100mm in Ivanka’s Women Entrepreneurs Fund. In addition to other human right’s abuses, the kingdom has one of the worst records globally for treatment of its women.
     During a photo op with Netanyahu on his visit to Israel, Trump confirmed the source of his leak to Lavrov and Kislyak at the WH by telling the press he “never mentioned the word or the name Israel.”
     FP reported that Israel changed its intelligence sharing with the US after Trump’s leak to Russia.
     Turkey summoned the US envoy to complain about the treatment of Ergodan’s bodyguards for beating up US protestors.
     Amid rising tensions, Turkey signed a $1.5mm contract with longtime Trump lobbyist Brian Ballard. Ballard’s firm has also recently signed contracts with the Dominican Republic and the Socialist Party of Albania.
     A leaked transcript prepared by the Philippines government of a phone call between Trump and Duterte described Trump praising the brutal authoritarian: “what a great job you are doing” with the drug problem.
     Also on the call with Duterte, Trump revealed the location of two US nuclear submarines.
     US officials were chastised for leaking the identity of the Manchester bomber to the press before British police officially named him.
     UK officials were also outraged when photos of the debris surfaced in the NYT, and said they would stop sharing information about the attack with their US counterparts. Later that day, sharing reportedly resumed.
     Flynn’s lawyer said his client would invoke his Fifth Amendment rights rather than comply with a Senate Intel Comm subpoena. Burr and Warner said they are considering holding Flynn in contempt.
     Christie told reporters that as head of Trump’s transition team, he told Trump not to hire Flynn in any capacity. Pence took over as head next.
     Sessions canceled his Monday testimony on DOJ funding before Congress, for fear the hearing would be overtaken by questions are the Trump-Russia scandal.
     Cummings said the House Oversight Comm has documents that show Flynn lied to security clearance investigators in 2016. Flynn claimed he was paid by “US companies,” not Russia’s RT, for his 2015 Moscow trip.
     CNN reported that Mueller visited FBI headquarters, and was briefed on the contents of Comey’s Trump memos.
     WAPO reported Trump asked intel chiefs Coats and Rogers to publicly say there was no collusion between Russia and Trump in the 2016 election. The goal was to “muddy the waters” about the FBI probe.
     Like Comey, Rogers was concerned about his conversations with Trump, and kept contemporaneous notes.
     WAPO also reported that WH staffers tried to get senior intel officers and members of Congress to push back on the stories that the Trump regime members were in frequent contact with Russian officials.
     Sen Duckworth sent a letter to the NSA requesting info on security sweeps of the Oval Office after Trump’s meeting with Lavrov and Kislyak.
     A member of the FEC called for an investigation into Russia’s purchase of Facebook ads to possibly boost Trump in the election.
     At a House hearing, former CIA director Brennan testified that he was convinced last summer that “the Russians were trying to interfere in the election. And they were very aggressive”
     Brennan also testified on significant contact between the Trump campaign and Russia, citing Russians efforts to get US persons “to act on their behalf either wittingly or unwittingly.”
     Brennan also said he alerted the FBI about the troubling pattern in July, seeming to form the basis for the start of the FBI investigation.
     Despite the Trump’s regime efforts to limit the scope of Mueller’s investigation&#8202;—&#8202;citing Kushner, Ivanka and Manafort are clients of his former law firm&#8202;—&#8202;the DOJ cleared Mueller to lead the Russia probe.
     The Senate Intel Comm subpoenaed two Flynn companies. Businesses, if corporations, cannot plead the Fifth.
     On Thursday, the Senate Intel Comm voted to give Burr and Warner blanket authority to issue subpoenas in the Trump-Russia probe.
     Burr and Warner asked Trump’s political organization to produce all Russia-related documents, emails and phone records going back to his campaign’s launch in June 2015.
     STAT reported on experts citing that the deterioration in Trump’s linguistic capabilities could reflect changes in the health of his brain.
     Infowars was given WH press credentials.
     The NEH chairman resigned amid Trump’s budget rollout which calls for huge cuts to domestic programs.
     A top Education Department official resigned after refusing DeVos’s orders to testify before a congressional oversight hearing.
     Trump released his budget with a $2tn double-counting error. Larry Summers described it as, “the most egregious accounting error in a presidential budget in the nearly 40 years I have been tracking them.”
     Trump’s Caribbean estate was quietly put on the market at a significantly higher price than he paid in 2013, again raising ethical concerns of potential buyers paying above market to gain access.
     NYT reported on ethical concerns over the Trump family golf business, as the PGA comes to Trump National, and access to Trump, who frequents his courses, is being touted as a marketing point for membership.
     Demonstrating how Trump’s friends continue to influence policy, Icahn is set to save $60mm for his oil refinery company CVR Energy in the first quarter due to planned easing of regulations.
     Giuliani attempted to distance himself from Trump’s Muslim Ban, despite his bragging on Fox News months ago that he was consulted by Trump.
     DeVos said states should have the flexibility to discriminate against LGBTQ students, and schools will not be at risk of losing federal funds.
     Although before taking office Trump promised to donate all profits earned from foreign governments back to the US Treasury, according to NBC, the Trump Organization is not tracking these payments. The Constitution bans presidents from receiving foreign government gifts.
     93% of key roles in the executive branch remain unfilled.
     Buzzfeed reported the guest reception manager at Mar-A-Lago, wife of a twice-convicted felon who likes to brag about his wife’s access, was assigned a WH email and phone and helped with Trump’s overseas plans.
     A new study found that tourism to the US has been on the decline since Trump took office, dropping by as much as 16%.
     The Carrier plant in Indiana, where to much ballyhoo Trump showcased saving 800 jobs, announced mass layoffs before Christmas. The jobs are being moved to Mexico.
     FP reported NATO countries were frantically preparing for their summit with Trump. One official said, “It’s like they’re preparing to deal with a child&#8202;—&#8202;someone with a short attention span and mood who has no knowledge of NATO, no interest in in-depth policy issues, nothing.”
     At the NATO summit in Brussels, Trump pushed the PM of Montenegro aside, before chastising participants for not paying their share of NATO costs. His behavior was met with uniform disgust by our allies.
     Trump also refused to clearly back Article 5, the one-for-all, all-for-one principle of NATO, and remained at odd with our allies over Russia.
     Trump also said of Germany, our close ally, “The Germans are bad, very bad.”
     Aya Hijazi, who Trump had bragged about negotiating her release from an Egyptian prison, told PBS’s Woodruff that Trump did not understand that it was el-Sisi’s regime that held her.
     On Wednesday, Greg Gianforte, running for Montana’s open Congressional seat, body slammed a reporter when asked about AHCA CBO scoring. Like Trump, Gianforte has had harsh rhetoric on the media. Gianforte was charged with assault the night before the election.
     Weeks before Jacobs had reported on Gianforte’s ownership of Russian index funds, whose holdings include companies like Rosneft which are under US sanctions.
     Press advocates cited four incidents between the press and public officials in the past month, saying Trump’s rhetoric has led to a “climate of anger, disrespect and hostility” towards the press.
     POLITICO reported that Trump reached out to former campaign staffers Lewandowski and Bossie about becoming crisis managers as the Trump-Russia scandal unfolds.
     In a surprising move, Trump hired his longtime personal lawyer Marc Kasowitz to represent him in the special counsel’s Trump-Russia probe.
     CNN reported the Trump regime is establishing a war room-type operation aimed at developing a rapid-response to Trump-Russia news.
     As the CBO came out with alarming scoring on Trumpcare/AHCA, Trump ally Gingrich called for the abolishment of the CBO.
     Trump’s budget targets undocumented immigrants by denying them tax credits and jobs, while significantly beefing up his deportation force.
     The Trump regime kept US reporters largely in the dark during his overseas trip this week: delaying readouts, keeping reporters at a distance, and refusing to hold new conferences.
     Trump ally Sheriff Clarke directed his staff waiting at the terminal to hassle a plane passenger after a brief exchange. The passenger is suing Clarke and his deputies involved.
     The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a nationwide injunction against Trump’s second Muslim Ban by a 10–3 vote. The Chief Judge said the ban, “drips with religious intolerance, animus, and discrimination.”
     In their efforts to highlight crimes committed by undocumented immigrants through their VOICE program, Trump’s DHS published a database with the personal information of abuse victims.
     For the first time in almost two decades, Tillerson declined to host a Ramadan event at the State Dept.
     In Portland, OR, a suspect hurled insults at Muslim women on a MAX train, before stabbing men who tried to stop him. Two are dead.
     According to the DOJ, Sessions did not disclose his meetings with Kislyak in his security clearance application.
     Sessions remains AG despite having lied both to the Senate under oath and on his security clearance application about Russia, as well as playing a role in Comey’s firing despite being recused on Trump-Russia matters.
     Members of the House Financial Services Comm asked Deutsche Bank to produce documents on Trump family loans. As mentioned in Week 18’s list, Deutsche has been fined for laundering money for Russia.
     NYT reported that US spies collected info last summer that top Russian officials were discussing how to exert influence on Trump through his aides, Manafort and Flynn.
     POLITICO reported that despite the Trump spin that Manafort was a minor player and not in touch with his regime, Manafort called Priebus the week before the inauguration to discuss the growing Russia scandal.
     WAPO reported that a fake Russian document which claimed assurances from AG Lynch to the Clinton campaign on the email investigation, influenced Comey’s handling of the investigation, including his unusual news conference in July without conferring with the DOJ.
     Although Comey had the Russian document for months before the July news conference, the FBI did not take the simple steps needed to prove it to be bad intelligence until after July.
     WIRED reported that Russian hackers are weaponizing “tainted” leaks&#8202;—&#8202;planting altered materials with disinformation alongside legitimate leaks.
     WSJ reported that a GOP political operative, Aaron Nevins, worked with the Russians to hurt Clinton and Democrats during the election&#8202;—&#8202;the first direct evidence of collusion.
     WAPO reported that the FBI “person of interest” in the WH referenced in their reporting last week is Kushner. The FBI is investigating Kushner for the extent and nature of his contacts with Russian officials.
     Further, WAPO reported the FBI is investigating possible coordination between the Trump campaign and Russia to influence the 2016 election, as well as possible financial crimes.
     The FBI informed House Oversight Comm chair Chaffetz that they will not turn over Comey’s memos, leaving open the prospect that Mueller is investigating Trump for obstruction of justice.
     Lieberman became the fourth candidate under consideration by Trump for FBI director to withdraw from consideration.
     After demurring on whether Trump would lift sanctions on Russia Thursday, top Trump adviser, under media scrutiny, said Friday the sanctions would remain in place.
     A Quinnipiac poll found that most Americans believe Trump is abusing his power (54–43), and most believe he is not honest (59–36).
     WAPO reported at a meeting at Trump Tower in early December, Kushner proposed to Kislyak setting up a secret communication channel between the Kremlin and the Trump regime using Russian diplomatic facilities.
     Kislyak was reportedly taken aback by the suggestion, and concerned Kushner’s request would expose Russian communication capabilities.
     Kushner’s goal was to avoid US intelligence monitoring. Flynn attended the meeting with Kislyak too.
     Of note, both Kislyak and Flynn secretly met with a UAE crown prince around the time that prince was setting up a meeting between Erik Prince and a Russian official in Seychelles (see Week 21’s list). Trump met that same UAE crown prince at the WH last week.
     Reuters reported that Kushner had at least three previously undisclosed contacts with Kislyak during and after the 2016 presidential campaign.
     Reuters reported FBI investigators are examining whether Russians suggested to Kushner or other Trump aides relaxing US sanctions in exchange for making bank financing available to the Trump regime.
     In response to the Reuters piece, Kushner’s lawyer issued a statement that Kushner, “has no recollection of the calls as described.”
     Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska has offered to cooperate with Congress in their investigation of Manafort in exchange for immunity. Noted in Week 27, Deripaska is suing AP for libel for reporting his ties to Manafort.
     Owners of Russian Alfa Bank sued Buzzfeed Friday in state court in Manhattan for publishing the Steele dossier.
     Amidst the Trump-Russia turmoil, Trump canceled his Iowa campaign rally scheduled for next week.


Week 28: Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you, so… (https://medium.com/@Amy_Siskind/week-28-experts-in-authoritarianism-advise-to-keep-a-list-of-things-subtly-changing-around-you-so-b772e6b7f47d?source=user_profile---------1-----------)

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[Post 1036]
Author : Corona688
Date : 05-30-2017 07:50 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

With a name like "patribotics" I'm posting here to have it dissected more than anything, this is too good to be true.  EXCLUSIVE: Judiciary Committee Considering Articles of Impeachment &#8211; patribotics (https://patribotics.blog/2017/05/20/exclusive-judiciary-committee-considering-articles-of-impeachment/)

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[Post 1037]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-30-2017 08:32 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The name like Patribotics made me think of the Mark 13 from Hardware (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware_(film)).

Anyway, let's see here. Louise Mensch. Oh my, bad sign right there (http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/26/msnbc-panelist-spouts-loony-conspiracy-theories-on-the-internet/).

While digging into an area that Ms Mensch has gone Full Jerome on I ran into this:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I'm tracking *45's number right now. He is growing by around 100 bots a minute. He is massing a propaganda army.</p>&mdash; SnowflakePrincess (@amandablount2) <a href="https://twitter.com/amandablount2/status/869618083723436033">May 30, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

So I checked it out, DJT Tweet followers are indeed going up about 1-2 per second. Twitter nerds are screaming about something 'War Room', including the generally reliable Jester Actual.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump">@realDonaldTrump</a> &lt;&lt; account has gained over 5 million followers in less than 3 days. Mostly bots. He's getting ready for something.</p>&mdash; J&#926;S&#358;&#926;R &#10026; &#916;C&#358;U&#916;L³³º¹ (@th3j35t3r) <a href="https://twitter.com/th3j35t3r/status/869548894925062144">May 30, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Bonus:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump">@realDonaldTrump</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FLASH?src=hash">#FLASH</a> Multiple people now reporting their account followed <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump">@realdonaldtrump</a> without them doing it. Check ur account.</p>&mdash; J&#926;S&#358;&#926;R &#10026; &#916;C&#358;U&#916;L³³º¹ (@th3j35t3r) <a href="https://twitter.com/th3j35t3r/status/869581500886417408">May 30, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 1038]
Author : JoeP
Date : 05-30-2017 10:07 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Too good to be true; plus, Louise Mensch. I'm going with nope.

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[Post 1039]
Author : erimir
Date : 05-30-2017 10:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

With a name like "patribotics" I'm posting here to have it dissected more than anything, this is too good to be true.  EXCLUSIVE: Judiciary Committee Considering Articles of Impeachment – patribotics (https://patribotics.blog/2017/05/20/exclusive-judiciary-committee-considering-articles-of-impeachment/)
This part:
Sources further say that the Supreme Court notified Mr. Trump that the formal process of a case of impeachment against him was begun, before he departed the country on Air Force One. The notification was given, as part of the formal process of the matter, in order that Mr. Trump knew he was not able to use his powers of pardon against other suspects in Trump-Russia cases. Sources have confirmed that the Marshal of the Supreme Court spoke to Mr. Trump.
Was pulled out of someone's ass.

The Chief Justice presides over the Senate trial in the case of the president being impeached (probably this would also apply to the Vice President as otherwise the VP would preside over their own trial), but the Supreme Court has no role in impeachment. The Marshal is responsible for the security of the Supreme Court itself (the building and justices) and other duties relating directly to the court. There is no reason the Marshal of the Supreme Court would be informing Trump of goings-on in the House of Representatives.

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[Post 1040]
Author : Watser?
Date : 05-31-2017 12:30 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Why Palestinians have already given up on Trump  - Opinion - Israel News | Haaretz.com (http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-1.791224)

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[Post 1041]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-31-2017 03:25 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

http://ll-media.tmz.com/2017/05/30/0530-kathy-griffin-graphic-donald-trump-head-cut-off-tyler-sheilds-9.jpg

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[Post 1042]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-31-2017 05:56 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Despite the constant negative press covfefe</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/869766994899468288">May 31, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

This has been up for almost an hour. At what point does the Secret Service boot the door down to see if he's alright?

Screengrabbed just because.
10486

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[Post 1043]
Author : ceptimus
Date : 05-31-2017 01:05 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

@DonovanKayyy tweeted:

At a spelling bee...
Judge: The word is covfefe
Contestant: Can you use it in a sentence?
Judge: Despite the constant negative press covfefe

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[Post 1044]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 05-31-2017 01:44 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

guys stop saying that, it's how the orb is activated

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[Post 1045]
Author : Miisa
Date : 05-31-2017 01:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I could have used that yesterday when those were my initial letters in a Scabble game. Dammit, *now* it's a word. :kickscan:

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[Post 1046]
Author : JoeP
Date : 05-31-2017 05:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Covfefe - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covfefe)

Yes.

Although
This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedia's deletion policy.
Resist!

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[Post 1047]
Author : JoeP
Date : 05-31-2017 05:59 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Goddamit. Someone already bought <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Covfefe?src=hash">#Covfefe</a>.com. Probably the Russians. <a href="https://t.co/duRrtb41PO">pic.twitter.com/duRrtb41PO</a></p>&mdash; Kristina Wong &#10052;&#65039; (@mskristinawong) <a href="https://twitter.com/mskristinawong/status/869779321107300352">May 31, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 1048]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-31-2017 07:38 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Has he appeared on camera yet? I'm wondering if we have a Weekend At Bernie's: Gone to Washington.

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[Post 1049]
Author : Ari
Date : 05-31-2017 08:47 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://scontent.fsnc1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-0/p480x480/18765662_10154376233326090_4509132483600716717_n.jpg?oh=7dddf34221781ac8649ea9a889f378a3&oe=59E11DD8

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[Post 1050]
Author : The Man
Date : 06-01-2017 08:09 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I don't believe this has been posted yet.

Rebecca Solnit: The Loneliness of Donald Trump | Literary  Hub (http://lithub.com/rebecca-solnit-the-loneliness-of-donald-trump/)

As is usual with Solnit's writing, there's a lot to think about here and I'll probably have more to say later. It's one of the most insightful takes I've read on Cheeto Benito.

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[Post 1051]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-04-2017 10:12 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Donald Trump Celebrates Pride Month By Pardoning One Queer Kid From His Administration's Homophobia (http://runt-of-the-web.com/pride-month)

Inspired by the National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation, only one child will benefit from this act. Trump commented, “I was thinking about those sweet little turkeys, so many murdered each year. So sad. But then one is saved! I wanted to recreate that but for the gays. Of course, all other LGBTQ youth will be left to fend for themselves.”

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[Post 1052]
Author : Ari
Date : 06-04-2017 10:31 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump joins with ISIS in attacking London, for being 'weak.'
Cowardly does so over twitter.  Sad.
NYT: After Britain Attack, Trump Feuds With London Mayor. (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/04/us/politics/britain-attack-trump-twitter-storm.html?_r=0)

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[Post 1053]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-05-2017 08:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump Just Exempted White House Staff from His Own Ethics Rules | Vanity Fair (http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/06/donald-trump-white-house-ethics-waivers)

#filltheswamp

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[Post 1054]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-07-2017 12:52 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here's the letter from Columbia Univ's Knight First Amendment Institute calling on Trump to unblock critics on Twitter or face legal action. <a href="https://t.co/qp5A65ebO7">pic.twitter.com/qp5A65ebO7</a></p>&mdash; Caroline O. (@RVAwonk) <a href="https://twitter.com/RVAwonk/status/872210743743184896">June 6, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

So it turns out the US President blocking people on Twitter might be unconstitutional. :lol:

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[Post 1055]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-07-2017 09:49 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here's the letter from Columbia Univ's Knight First Amendment Institute calling on Trump to unblock critics on Twitter or face legal action. <a href="https://t.co/qp5A65ebO7">pic.twitter.com/qp5A65ebO7</a></p>&mdash; Caroline O. (@RVAwonk) <a href="https://twitter.com/RVAwonk/status/872210743743184896">June 6, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>


in which millions of people respond, ask questions, and sometimes have those questions answered.

"sometimes" :sniggle:

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[Post 1056]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-07-2017 09:13 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.gyazo.com/1536f371a242cf491825aa05f6d5be34.png

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[Post 1057]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-07-2017 09:44 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

GOP on Twitter: "Trying to find something of substance in Comey’s opening statement like https://t.co/igLC4JPREg" (https://twitter.com/GOP/status/872536404844302336)

¯\_(&#12484;)_/¯

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[Post 1058]
Author : The Man
Date : 06-07-2017 11:23 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It doesn't look like anyone's actually posted Comey's prepared statement to Congress (https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/documents/os-jcomey-060817.pdf). It's a pretty damning case for obstruction of justice at the bare minimum.

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[Post 1059]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-08-2017 12:00 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Oh, {thanks} The Man. Now I have no excuse not to read it.

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[Post 1060]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-08-2017 12:01 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Eh, foreign internal politics. I'll wait for John Oliver.

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[Post 1061]
Author : Ari
Date : 06-08-2017 12:37 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's a pretty short and amusing read (at least for these types of documents).

Highlights,
&#8226;After his first visit with Trump Comey started documenting everything because it was so obviously hinky.  Something he never did with Obama.

&#8226;Trump pulled an'everyone's coming' switachroo I think many women will be familiar with.  'Let's get a group together for dinner, bring your family!'  Last minute, 'Nah, bring your family next time.'  *you show up to a two seat candle lit table*
Trump then immediately started questioning him about whether he would like to keep his job, wanting a private relationship with the head of the FBI.  No word on if sexual favors were traded.
&#8220;I need loyalty, I expect loyalty.&#8221; Trump told Comey.

&#8226;The day after Flynn resigned Trump held Comey back after a meeting, to speak to him privately about Flynn being a good guy and that the FBI should give him a break.

&#8226;The FBI began to suspect these private one on one meetings were to keep it off official records.

&#8226;As things progressed Trump called Comey personally to ask him to remove "the cloud" of the russia investigation off him.  Asking comey to make sure the press and public understood they weren't investigating Trump.

&#8226;Ending with Trump believing Comey was his personal servant and connection to the FBI claiming to have been "very Loyal" to him insinuating that Comey owed him reciprocal loyalty.

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[Post 1062]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-08-2017 12:55 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's a pretty short and amusing read (at least for these types of documents).

Highlights,
•After his first visit with Trump Comey started documenting everything because it was so obviously hinky.  Something he never did with Obama.

•Trump pulled an'everyone's coming' switachroo I think many women will be familiar with.  'Let's get a group together for dinner, bring your family!'  Last minute, 'Nah, bring your family next time.'  *you show up to a two seat candle lit table*
Trump then immediately started questioning him about whether he would like to keep his job, wanting a private relationship with the head of the FBI.  No word on if sexual favors were traded.
“I need loyalty, I expect loyalty.” Trump told Comey.

•The day after Flynn resigned Trump held Comey back after a meeting, to speak to him privately about Flynn being a good guy and that the FBI should give him a break.

•The FBI began to suspect these private one on one meetings were to keep it off official records.

•As things progressed Trump called Comey personally to ask him to remove "the cloud" of the russia investigation off him.  Asking comey to make sure the press and public understood they weren't investigating Trump.

•Ending with Trump believing Comey was his personal servant and connection to the FBI claiming to have been "very Loyal" to him insinuating that Comey owed him reciprocal loyalty.

:tealdeer:

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[Post 1063]
Author : Jerome
Date : 06-08-2017 01:02 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Hey, remember when Comey decided to not prosecute Bill Clinton for taking cash in exchange for pardons? Good times!

:chin:

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[Post 1064]
Author : Jerome
Date : 06-08-2017 01:04 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Comey is in CYA mode, you dumb fucks.

lol

Its all theater.

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[Post 1065]
Author : Jerome
Date : 06-08-2017 01:05 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's a pretty damning case for obstruction of justice at the bare minimum.

Which part exactly, do you think?

lol, you people are soo easily manipulated by headlines.

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[Post 1066]
Author : Jerome
Date : 06-08-2017 01:08 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump Just Exempted White House Staff from His Own Ethics Rules | Vanity Fair (http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/06/donald-trump-white-house-ethics-waivers)


Obama exempted the entire government from the 4th amendment .. where were you?

lol @ the ignorant tools of the elite class rooting for teams when the players are on the same team

:wave:

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[Post 1067]
Author : Ari
Date : 06-08-2017 02:07 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Today Trump 7:44am tweeted his pick for replacement FBI director.  
Something he appears to not have told the whitehouse he was going to do.
Trump's tweet tapping FBI chief catches Washington off-guard - CNNPolitics.com (http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/07/politics/trump-christopher-wray-fbi-surprise/index.html)

 As expected based on Trump's 'you suck my cock I'll not fire you while you're giving a press conference' attitude his pick has connections to the corrupt Trump organizations.

Comey's testimony is also interesting in light of Trump tweeting he has no connection to "the russia thing" only a day before firing Comey, it would appear Trump was displeased with Comey's lack of reassuring the public he wasn't being investigated.

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[Post 1068]
Author : Ari
Date : 06-08-2017 02:16 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:tealdeer:
&#8226;Trump tried to grab Comey by the pussy on a date.
&#8226;Comey said, "ew I'm documenting this for HR!"
&#8226;Trump said, "You're fired!" Turning to a camera only he can see.

:tealdeer:

Trump ->:bedtime:
Comey -> :vomit:


(Woah I seemed to have stumbled on a part of the hoard I didn't know existed)
:olmechd:
:celcross:
:henge:

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[Post 1069]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-08-2017 04:30 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Toolbox thread on what exactly is Obstruction and the lies you're gonna be told.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">(THREAD) Do NOT watch tomorrow&#39;s historic Senate hearing without understanding Obstruction of Justice. This thread explains it&#8212;please share. <a href="https://t.co/UNUpA7DvaJ">pic.twitter.com/UNUpA7DvaJ</a></p>&mdash; Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) <a href="https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/872532952055513088">June 7, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Hold onto your hats, Yanks.

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[Post 1070]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-08-2017 08:48 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

FBI Director nominee: Christopher Wray (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_A._Wray)

He works for King and Spalding (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_%26_Spalding).

Which has represented/is representing Rosneft (http://www.kslaw.com/imageserver/KSPublic/practice_areas/PAGS/RussiaEnergyKnowledge.pdf).

But her emails. ¯\_(&#12484;)_/¯

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[Post 1071]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-08-2017 02:44 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Toolbox thread on what exactly is Obstruction and the lies you're gonna be told.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">(THREAD) Do NOT watch tomorrow's historic Senate hearing without understanding Obstruction of Justice. This thread explains it—please share. <a href="https://t.co/UNUpA7DvaJ">pic.twitter.com/UNUpA7DvaJ</a></p>&mdash; Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) <a href="https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/872532952055513088">June 7, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Hold onto your hats, Yanks.

(5) The federal Obstruction of Justice statute does NOT take into account—or care about whatsoever—how a defendant's actions made you FEEL.

:wahmbulance:

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[Post 1072]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 06-08-2017 03:02 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:riveted:

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[Post 1073]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-08-2017 03:06 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Oh, {thanks} The Man. Now I have no excuse not to read it.

...

:tealdeer:


:tealdeer:
&#8226;Trump tried to grab Comey by the pussy on a date.
&#8226;Comey said, "ew I'm documenting this for HR!"
&#8226;Trump said, "You're fired!" Turning to a camera only he can see.

:tealdeer:

Trump ->:bedtime:
Comey -> :vomit:



And from the comments to Seth Abramson's tweetstorm:

Wait for the flurry of tweets once Trump sees Comey's statement. Wonder how long his staff can keep it away from his attention.

Although, it is 7 pages long, so will be beyond his attention span. Someone will have to make a one pager with bullet points first.

They'll have to reduce it to 140 characters.

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[Post 1074]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-08-2017 03:17 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Speaking of which, where are the Trumpster's tweets?

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[Post 1075]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-08-2017 03:50 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Comey: "I was honestly concerned that he might lie about the nature of our meeting."

:popcorn:

Via live reporting: Ex-FBI chief James Comey testifies on Trump and Russia - BBC News (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-us-canada-40193177)

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[Post 1076]
Author : Miisa
Date : 06-08-2017 04:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Has someone confiscated Trump's phone?

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[Post 1077]
Author : Ari
Date : 06-08-2017 06:07 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.makeagif.com/media/7-09-2016/f6TlnT.gif

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[Post 1078]
Author : Watser?
Date : 06-08-2017 06:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Kids Are Quoting Trump To Bully Their Classmates And Teachers Don't Know What To Do About It (https://www.buzzfeed.com/albertsamaha/kids-are-quoting-trump-to-bully-their-classmates?utm_term=.dbgBq1n5Y0#.bnyRXmoKdv)

In the parking lot of a high school in Shakopee, Minnesota, boys in Donald Trump shirts gathered around a black teenage girl and sang a portion of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” replacing the closing line with “and the home of the slaves.” On a playground at an elementary school in Albuquerque, New Mexico, third-graders surrounded a boy and chanted “Trump! Trump! Trump!”

On a school bus in San Antonio, Texas, a white eighth-grader said to a Filipino classmate, “You are going to be deported.” In a classroom in Brea, California, a white eighth-grader told a black classmate, “Now that Trump won, you're going to have to go back to Africa, where you belong.” In the hallway of a high school in San Mateo County, California, a white student told two biracial girls to “go back home to whatever country you're from.” In Louisville, Kentucky, a third-grade boy chased a Latina girl around the classroom shouting “Build the wall!” In a stadium parking lot in Jacksonville, Florida, after a high school football game, white students chanted at black students from the opposing school: “Donald Trump! Donald Trump! Donald Trump!”


:sad:

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[Post 1079]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 06-08-2017 06:13 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I think John McCain is unwell.

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[Post 1080]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-08-2017 07:44 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/0IJX965_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=high

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[Post 1081]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-08-2017 08:53 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Tweet thread, good bathroom reading:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">1. Here&#39;s what seems plausible to me. Trump just likes Flynn. Thinks he&#39;s just a good white dude.</p>&mdash; John Hodgman (@hodgman) <a href="https://twitter.com/hodgman/status/872837698029047808">June 8, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 1082]
Author : Jerome
Date : 06-08-2017 11:12 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

lol, so Comey testified today

He admitted to being a leaker

He admitted to being in collusion with the Clinton campaign

He admitted he told Trump that Trump was not being investigated, causing the New York Times and CNN to pull their fakes news stories

Btw, DC was pretty much shut down today, the bars were opened and offering free drinks for every Trump tweet during the testimony ... local news was advertising this morning for them..

lol, what a circus

lots of disappointed faces in the bars, Comey is in CYA mode, he is not giving them anything. Looks like Trump saying he taped the conversations has Comey on notice.

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[Post 1083]
Author : Ari
Date : 06-08-2017 11:16 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Your trolling must be this good to enter,
http://thehill.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumb_small_article/public/blogs/mccaindbackstweet.png?itok=kMtUlamB

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[Post 1084]
Author : erimir
Date : 06-09-2017 01:46 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Comey telling newspapers about conversations he had that are not classified is not criminal in any way.

It is "leaking" in that he supplied the information without going on the record. Doesn't happen to be illegal or any strike against his credibility.

I see somebody has been reading his idiotic conservative talking points though. And coming up with some even more idiotic ones too.

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[Post 1085]
Author : Jerome
Date : 06-09-2017 04:04 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Lying under oath is a crime.

Comey said he leaked information in response to Trump implying through a tweet that he had tapes of their conversations.

Comey's leak was published on May 12th, meaning the paper had the information first, before Trump's tweet on May 12th.

Comey claims in testimony he did not leak the information to his friend until Monday night, May the 15th...

:wave:

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[Post 1086]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-09-2017 04:17 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Hard to say what Jerome's trying to distract from this time. The Dodd Frank repeal? AHCA behind closed doors shenanigans? His bloodlust?

:meh:

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[Post 1087]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-09-2017 04:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Comey telling newspapers about conversations he had that are not classified is not criminal in any way.

It is "leaking" in that he supplied the information without going on the record. Doesn't happen to be illegal or any strike against his credibility.

I see somebody has been reading his idiotic conservative talking points though. And coming up with some even more idiotic ones too.

Here's one of the talking point sheets:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Got a copy of RNC/Trump talking points to fight Comey, distributed to supporters tonight (complete with gifs!). Here are the main points: <a href="https://t.co/cifVPGwUks">pic.twitter.com/cifVPGwUks</a></p>&mdash; Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) <a href="https://twitter.com/PhilipRucker/status/872642818589822981">June 8, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 1088]
Author : Florence Jellem
Date : 06-09-2017 04:53 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I think John McCain is unwell.

Flo must disagree, dear. I’m about as old as that dear Senator McCain, and in my opinion he proved today that he is a credit to his age cohort.

Flo knows whiskey, and whiskey drinkers. Can you imagine an 80-year-old man in his cups all night long crawling out of bed in the morning, and — without even showering — throwing on his clothes and staggering down to Capitol Hill, where he manages to formulate a few intermittently coherent questions without even obviously slurring his words? All of which amounted to, "but her email!"

When you’re 80 and you can do that, young man, then you can criticize. 

Jerome, do you like juicy pickles? :pickle: What are you doing a week from this Saturday? (You can PM me if you'd like.)

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[Post 1089]
Author : Miisa
Date : 06-09-2017 12:04 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

He got his phone back!

"Despite so many false statements and lies, total and complete vindication...and WOW, Comey is a leaker!"

:whoa:

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[Post 1090]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-09-2017 05:26 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Late-night TV hosts have a field day with the Comey hearing - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2017/06/09/late-night-tv-hosts-have-a-field-day-with-the-comey-hearing/?tid=hybrid_experimentrandomuk_2_na&utm_term=.13703b315ef9)

Conan: &#8220;Today, House Speaker Paul Ryan defended Donald Trump&#8217;s behavior saying, &#8216;The president&#8217;s new at this.&#8217; Ryan said, &#8216;And by &#8216;this&#8217; I mean &#8216;following the law.&#8217; &#8221;

Meyers: &#8220;Then there was House Speaker Paul Ryan &#8230; saying basically that Trump was too dumb to know that what he was doing was wrong. So wait, the president is just learning on the job? Even at Chipotle you have to shadow someone for a week.&#8221;

4) When Trump didn&#8217;t tweet at all, and his staff kept him busy during the testimony.

Colbert: &#8220;Trump said he was going to live-tweet during the testimony. And he didn&#8217;t. Which means Reince Priebus and Steve Bannon managed to keep tossing Trump&#8217;s phone back and forth the entire time.&#8221;

Meyers: &#8220;President Trump did not post on Twitter &#8230; well, he thought he did, but his aide switched his phone with a Speak & Spell.&#8221;

Colbert: &#8220;There was a whole team at the White House assigned to keep Trump busy Thursday morning with meetings so he wouldn&#8217;t watch TV and tweet during the hearing. But they weren&#8217;t optimistic, saying, &#8216;If he wants to watch it, it&#8217;s not like we can say, oh, the TV doesn&#8217;t work.&#8217; Oh yeah, he&#8217;s way too smart to fall for that. Have you tried turning the lights off and telling him he&#8217;s blind?&#8221;

Meyers: &#8220;It&#8217;s a sad state of affairs when the White House staff has to handle the president like a toddler on a road trip: &#8216;Okay, I got the iPad and the sticker book. Ziploc full of Cheerios, three binkys. I think we&#8217;re good!&#8217; &#8221;

Fallon: &#8220;Despite Comey&#8217;s testimony, a White House spokesperson said today is a regular Thursday at the White House. America was like, &#8216;Yeah. That&#8217;s what worries us.&#8217; &#8221;

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[Post 1091]
Author : Jerome
Date : 06-09-2017 10:24 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump implied again, at the press conference with the Romanian President, that he has tapes, and stated directly that Comey lied under oath at least twice.

This is the theater you were looking for.

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[Post 1092]
Author : Watser?
Date : 06-09-2017 11:48 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump keeps disagreeing with the Pentagon and the State Depratment as he trashes around like a lunatic bull in a Middle Eastern china shop...

TRUMP SLAMS QATAR FOR FUNDING TERROR AS TILLERSON URGES CALM (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_UNITED_STATES_QATAR?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2017-06-09-18-37-22)

Which is actually good, because this creates a rift between Qatar/Turkey and their non-government allies in the region and the Saudi dominated axis which will stop the Saudis from going to war on Iran. For now anyway.

Moar: Trump Trashes Key U.S. Ally in Defiance of His Diplomats (Again) (http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/06/trump-trashes-key-u-s-ally-in-defiance-of-his-diplomats.html)

Trump again criticizes Qatar as his aides scramble to head off crisis with the U.S. ally (http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-fg-trump-mideast-assess-20170609-story.html)

Meanwhile Turkey is cementing relations with Qatar:
Turkish food products flying off shelves in Qatari markets as blockage remains (https://www.dailysabah.com/economy/2017/06/09/turkish-food-products-flying-off-shelves-in-qatari-markets-as-blockage-remains)

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[Post 1093]
Author : Jerome
Date : 06-10-2017 12:12 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

You don't seem to understand your point.

Are you for or against supporting countries that fund terrorism?

Btw, Pakistan has sent troops to Qatar.

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[Post 1094]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 06-10-2017 12:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

TRUMP SLAMS QATAR FOR FUNDING TERROR AS TILLERSON URGES CALM (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_UNITED_STATES_QATAR?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2017-06-09-18-37-22)

"The nation of Qatar, unfortunately, has historically been a funder of terrorism at a very high level," Trump said, echoing an allegation the Saudi-led group has used to justify cutting diplomatic ties to the tiny gas-rich kingdom. "We have to stop the funding of terrorism."

Aww, isn't that cute?! Our little boy is growing up! Seems like only yesterday ol' Donnie was cuckishly bending a knee in supplication to the monarch of the fundamentalist Muslim nation that leads the world in state sponsorship of radical Islamic terrorism.

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[Post 1095]
Author : Watser?
Date : 06-10-2017 12:28 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

No, you see there's terrists and then there's like terrists.

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[Post 1096]
Author : Watser?
Date : 06-10-2017 12:29 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Are you for or against supporting countries that fund terrorism?

That's like saying Are you for or against countries?

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[Post 1097]
Author : Watser?
Date : 06-10-2017 12:29 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Which for the record I tend to be against!

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[Post 1098]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-10-2017 08:17 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

If this clickbait story on a a clickbait site has any legs to it, lol

FBI Notified After Mitch McConnell Exposed In $2.5M Money Funnel Connected To Putin (http://bipartisanreport.com/2017/06/09/fbi-notified-after-mitch-mcconnell-exposed-in-2-5m-money-funnel-connected-to-putin/)

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[Post 1099]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-10-2017 10:46 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Comey: He's guilty<br>Democrats: He's guilty<br>Trump: I'm guilty<br>Republicans: We may never get to the bottom of this</p>&mdash; Jason Miller (@longwall26) <a href="https://twitter.com/longwall26/status/872573662448291841">June 7, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

:lol:

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[Post 1100]
Author : Ari
Date : 06-10-2017 11:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Republicans: "What about Hillary? She's scary right?  Boo! Hillary!"
McCain: "Waiter! I ordered the soup!"

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[Post 1101]
Author : Watser?
Date : 06-10-2017 09:05 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A huge problem is the incompetence of the White House foreign policy shop and especially its National Security Council. To blame Iran for yesterday's ISIS attacks in Tehran is vile and scandalous. This will come back to hurt the U.S. To release a statement about a phone call with the "Crown Prince Mohamed Bin Zayet Al Nayhan of the United Arab Emirates" is blatant incompetence. A diligent reading of the names unveils that the "United Emirates" are a federation of emirates just as the "United States" are a federation of states. There is no kingdom of the UAE. There is some crown prince of the emirate of Abu Dhabi who has a bit of informal say within the UAE but there are also six other emirates with other crown princes and a federal UAE government structure in which the crown prince of Abu Dhabi only plays a minor role. The UAE structure is fragile. The federation could easily blow up over the current crisis with Qatar. The incompetent White House statement increases that chance.
MoA - News of the Day - Elections in Britain, Comey Testimony, Gulf Troubles (http://www.moonofalabama.org/2017/06/news-of-the-day-elections-in-britain-comey-testimony-gulf-troubles.html)

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[Post 1102]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-12-2017 04:29 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This is entirely miscellaneous but I'll put it here anyway.

<blockquote class="twitter-video" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">holy shit: altright nazi loser who thinks frog memes put trump in office vs the nazis who actually put him in office <a href="https://t.co/eiiB1JIvOP">pic.twitter.com/eiiB1JIvOP</a></p>&mdash; Sam &#65533;&#65533; Kriss (@sam_kriss) <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_kriss/status/874019528925171712">June 11, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

The irony of a Pepe dude getting frog marched.

ETA: Embed fail, here's the Tweet:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">holy shit: altright nazi loser who thinks frog memes put trump in office vs the nazis who actually put him in office <a href="https://t.co/eiiB1JIvOP">pic.twitter.com/eiiB1JIvOP</a></p>&mdash; Sam &#128043; Kriss (@sam_kriss) <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_kriss/status/874019528925171712">June 11, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 1103]
Author : erimir
Date : 06-12-2017 05:35 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I am confused by that video.

Where was that? What were they doing? Why was he being removed? Who was removing him?

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[Post 1104]
Author : Vivisectus
Date : 06-12-2017 08:25 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So, I hear there were some demonstrations against Sharia law in the USA? Werll, I say protest. But so far the turnout seems to be dozens rather than thousands. And the counter-demonstrations have been bigger in many cases.

I am a bit mystified by it. Why protest against something no-one is actually trying to make happen?

Meanwhile, this looks very interesting:

DC and maryland to sue Trump for breach of constitutional oath (https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/dc-and-maryland-to-sue-president-trump-alleging-breach-of-constitutional-oath/2017/06/11/0059e1f0-4f19-11e7-91eb-9611861a988f_story.html?utm_term=.bc4d0d250e42)

I will leave it up to the legal boffins to see if this could have legs, but I have been wondering why no-one seemed to be doing this thus far. Between this and Jeff Sessions doing damage control, it is gearing up to be an interesting week for Trump-watchers!

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[Post 1105]
Author : Ari
Date : 06-12-2017 09:20 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I am a bit mystified by it. Why protest against something no-one is actually trying to make happen?
Conspiracy sites have convinced Islamophobes that Sharia law *is* being implemented in the US and school children are being forced to worship allah and other nut job bullshit claims.

Snopes addressing Breitbart articles about Sharia law coming to texas.
Sharia Law Established in Texas (http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/shariatexas.asp)

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[Post 1106]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-12-2017 09:33 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I am confused by that video.

Where was that? What were they doing? Why was he being removed? Who was removing him?

Embed fail, I updated post. Was a protest demonstration about a Confederate statue and an internet Pepe-boy assumed he had all sorts of new friends.

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[Post 1107]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-12-2017 10:28 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Lengthy ranty tweet thread I found amusing and interesting, click in and scroll way up to the start "Game Theory 5" post and read it all the way down:

Eric Garland on Twitter: "So my friends - we&#39;re at the beginning of the end of the treason, and the beginning of our next chance to Do Better.

You ready?" (https://twitter.com/ericgarland/status/873658261379141633)

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[Post 1108]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-13-2017 09:25 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Week 30: Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you, so you’ll remember.

June 10, 2017

This week all eyes were on the Comey testimony, which opened the door for what could be obstruction of justice, an impeachable offense. Despite Republicans controlling the House, Senate and White House, legislative progress has largely come to a halt amid weekly and sometimes daily bombshells, as all eyes turn to the Trump-Russia scandal. Also of note is the complete disarray of the Trump regime, and the difficulty Trump is having hiring staff and even finding legal representation.


 In the aftermath of terrorists attacks in London Saturday night, Trump attacked the Mayor tweeting, “At least 7 dead and 48 wounded in terror attack and Mayor of London says there is “no reason to be alarmed!”
     The US ambassador to the UK contradicted Trump, tweeting from the embassy account we “Commend the strong leadership” of the Mayor.
     Trump used the attack as an opportunity to promote his Muslim Ban, “I am calling it what we need and what it is, a TRAVEL BAN!” Ironically, the Trump regime spent months denying it was a “ban.”
     Trump also criticized Sessions, tweeting the DOJ should have stayed with the first Muslim ban, “not the watered down, politically correct version.”
     Experts said Trump’s tweets would likely hurt the chances on appeal at the Supreme Court.
     NYT reported that Trump is fuming at Sessions, especially over his decision to recuse himself from the Russia investigation.
     Mattis tried to reassure allies at a conference in Singapore, asking them to “bear with us” after Trump’s disastrous foreign trip.
     POLITICO reported that Trump’s national security team was blind-sided when he left out the planned language reaffirming US commitment to Article 5 from his NATO summit speech in Brussels.
     A noose was found at a construction site in DC, marking the third noose found in the DC area this week.
     The Ku Klux Klan applied to hold a rally in Charlottesville on July 8th.
     Reuters reported that the Trump regime is seeking to reopen hundreds of cases of illegal immigrants who were granted a reprieve under Obama.
     Buzzfeed reviewed more than 50 reports of school bullying, and found that kids nationwide are using Trump’s words to taunt their classmates.
     Kim Weaver dropped her run for Congress against Trump ally, Steve King, after receiving multiple death threats.
     POLITICO reported that Tillerson has made himself largely inaccessible to staff and outsiders, funneling all inquiries through two staffers.
     The Mayor of Los Angeles said ICE’s aggressive raids could cause high tensions in his city to boil over: “I fear a tinderbox out there.”
     Canadian searches for flights to US cities have dropped by 43% since Trump’s first proposed Muslim Ban.
     Ivanka continued her efforts to reset her image, appearing on the cover of US Weekly with a headline, “Why I Disagree with My Dad.”
     Questions arose of whether it is constitutional for Trump to block users, given he Twitter communicate about domestic and foreign policy.
     Trump filed a 6 month extension for filing his 2016 taxes. His rationale for the extension is unknown.
     WSJ reported Saudi Arabia’s lobbyists and consultants spent $270k at the Trump Hotel DC as part of an effort to lobby Trump against a bi-partisan Act that lets Americans sue foreign countries over terrorist attacks.
     The DOJ argued Trump can accept payments from foreign governments, saying the emoluments clause doesn’t apply to “fair-market commercial transactions” like payments for hotel rooms and golf club fees.
     As questions remain on why Kushner met with VEB’s Gorkov, Bloomberg reported that Kushner is seeking a $250mm loan to pay back Chinese investors for a New Jersey luxury tower. US banks are wary to lend.
     WNYC reported the Kushner family is set to lose $6.5mm in annual tax credits for a property in Jersey City.
     The acting US ambassador to China resigned over Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Accord.
     The head of the US Patent Office resigned.
     85% of the top science jobs in Trump’s executive branch remain unfilled and do not have a nominee.
     The chief executive of Newseum warned that Trump’s denigration of the media would lead to the “delegitimization of journalists,” and encourage authoritarians to target reporters and newspapers around the world.
     Rep Gianforte agreed to pay $50k to the Committee to Project Journalists in a civil settlement for assaulting journalist Ben Jacobs.
     Mueller brought in several, well-known attorneys with relevant experience to join his special counsel Russia probe, including Michael Dreeben, the DOJ’s top criminal law expert.
     Yahoo reported four top law firmed turned down requests to represent Trump citing his unwillingness to listen to advice, potential harm to recruiting and client relationships, and his history of not paying bills.
     Forbes reported that at a charity golf tournament run by Eric Trump for St. Jude Children’s Research, $1.2 million of expenses paid to the Trump Organization had no documented receipts.
     Additionally, $500k was re-donated to other charities (4 of whom subsequently held tournaments at Trump golf courses), and $100k was funneled though the Eric Trump Foundation to the Trump Organization.
     The NY Attorney General’s office said it will look into these payouts by Eric Trump’s Foundation.
     Flynn turned over more than 600 pages of documents to the Senate Intel Comm. Most are business records, but also some personal documents.
     The Intercept published a leaked top-secret NSA document which detailed the efforts of Russian hackers to target a voting-software supplier and more than 100 local election officials just prior to Election Day.
     The FBI arrested the leaker: 25 year-old Reality Winner, a federal contractor in Augusta, Georgia. The FBI was able to track the leak to Winner after The Intercept provided a copy to the NSA for comment.
     Warner, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Intel Comm said Russian attacks on our election were broader and targeted more states than reported in The Intercept.
     Sen Klobuchar asked that the Senate Rules Comm get a classified briefing on the Russian vote hacking attempts.
     Deutsche Bank ignored the House Democrats’ request for information on Trump’s accounts and possible ties to Russia.
     Thursday, Deutsche Bank blamed privacy laws for preventing the bank from disclosing the information requested.
     At a Senate Intel Comm hearing Wednesday, Coats, Rogers and Rosenstein largely refused to answer senators’ questions. One conservative journalist called it contempt of Congress.
     A pro-Trump PAC ran ads attacking Comey as a “showboat” and a failure on the day of his testimony.
     WAPO reported Coats told associates Trump asked him to intervene to get Comey to back off the FBI’s investigation of Flynn in its Russia probe.
     Sources said the ask was made at the end of a briefing at the WH, when Trump asked everyone to leave the room, except Coats and Pompeo.
     NYT reported the day after Trump asked Comey to end the investigation of Trump, Comey told Sessions not to leave him alone with Trump.
     ABC reported that Trump lashed out repeatedly at Sessions in private meetings about recusing himself from Russia, and that Sessions in turn suggested he could resign.
     After allegations Nunes was behind the House Intel subpoenas on “unmasking,” Nunes refused to confirm if he had stepped aside in the Russia probe.
     VOX reported that Comey had spoken to three senior FBI officials (Rybicki, Baker, McCabe), who could vouch for his story that Trump asked him to shut down the Flynn investigation.
     Trump’s approval hit a new low in a Quinnipiac poll: approve 34%, disapprove 57%. Of note, Trump is almost underwater with white men!
     A senior State Dept official will travel to Russia to help solve the “irritants” in our relationship.
     Putin threatened Sweden with a military response to “eliminate the threat” if the country joins NATO.
     Former DNI Clapper said “Watergate pales” compared to what the US is confronting now.
     Ahead of his testimony Thursday, on Wednesday the Sen Intel Comm released seven pages of Comey’s testimony.
     Highlights include: unusually frequent contacts with Trump, Trump requested a loyalty pledge, Comey documented all contact, Trump focused on Russian hooker report, and Trump asked him to let Flynn off.
     Trump’s pick for FBI director, Wray, works for a law firm that counts among it’s clients Russian-state oil companies Rosneft and Gazprom
     Comey testified in an open session Thursday. Major networks covered the testimony as over 19 million watched. Many in DC caught “Comey fever” and played hooky to watch at restaurants and pubs.
     Among the highlights: Comey said Trump lied about him and the FBI; that Sessions had no choice but to recuse himself; and that he was fired because of the Russia investigation.
     Comey said he took notes starting directly after the first meeting on January 6 because he was concerned Trump “might lie.” Comey did not feel the need to take notes with Obama or W Bush.
     On Trump’s threat of having taped his conversations, Comey said, “Lordy, I hope there are tapes.” This spurred another round of demands by Democrats for Trump to produce the tapes, or admit he lied.
     Comey said Sessions seemed uncomfortable when Trump asked him to leave the room, “My sense was the attorney general knew he shouldn’t be leaving.” Comey said the same of Kushner.
     Comey said he leaked a memo about his meeting with Trump through a friend at Columbia to the NYT in hopes of getting a special counsel appointed.
     Comey testified he has given his memos to Mueller, and suggested the special counsel is investigating Trump for obstruction of justice.
     Comey said there was no doubt that Russia interfered in our election, saying, “they’re coming after America” and “they will be back.” He also noted this is an attack on our democracy, not a particular political party.
     Trump’s lawyer, Kasowitz responded, included a written statement where he misspelled President. He also got the timeline of the Comey memo wrong, and falsely accused Comey of leaking classified information.
     After the Comey testimony, Republicans mostly shied away from the camera this week, while Speaker Ryan offered a tepid defense for Trump’s actions: “he’s just new to this.”
     Numerous Trump surrogates spent the days surrounding Comey’s testimony by trying to smear him as a liar and attention seeker.
     NBC reported that during the Senate Intel Comm’s closed hearing, senators learned about a third, undisclosed meeting between Sessions and Russia. This confirms an item in Week 29, which the DOJ denied.
     PM May suffered a major setback in the UK elections, as her Conservative Party lost the majority. Her party’s loss also could spell trouble for Brexit.
     Senate Intel Comm staff will interview Kushner next week. NBC reported that Congress wants to ask Kushner if he was seeking funding for his NYC tower.
     Pelosi told MSNBC that she is looking into why Trump picked Saudi Arabia as his first country to visit. Past presidents, going back to Reagan had visited close allies Canada or Mexico first.
     Pelosi also said she is looking into why while at the visit in Saudi Arabia, Trump had cleared the room.
     Trump and Tillerson had an embarrassing difference in foreign policy on Qatar as Tillerson said there should “be no further escalation by parties in the region,” and Trump sided with Saudi Arabia and others, slamming Qatar as a sponsor of terrorism.
     Trump’s attorney said he would file a complaint against Comey for leaking his memo to his friend at Columbia.
     According to a letter from the US Office of Special Counsel, Trump’s social media director Scavino violated the Hatch Act in April when he tweeted a call to oust a member of the House. He was issued a warning.
     In a Friday speech with the president of Romania in the Rose Garden, Trump switched course again and said he would support Article 5 of the NATO pact.
     Trump also called Comey a liar and a “leaker,” and that Comey’s testimony showed there was “no collusion, no obstruction.”
     Trump also said he would be willing to tell his side of story under oath, “100 percent,” but still would not confirm if the “tapes” really exist.
     Top Democratic donor Tom Steyer called for impeachment hearings over obstruction of justice.


Week 30: Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you, so… (https://medium.com/@Amy_Siskind/week-30-experts-in-authoritarianism-advise-to-keep-a-list-of-things-subtly-changing-around-you-so-9705fea03cc9?source=user_profile---------1-----------)

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[Post 1109]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-13-2017 11:31 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Nixon Speed Run (http://nixonspeedrun.com) :lol:

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[Post 1110]
Author : Corona688
Date : 06-13-2017 06:47 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A noose was found at a construction site in DC, marking the third noose found in the DC area this week.

What?

[edit] Apparently symbols of black lynching, see here (http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/03/us/nooses-washington-dc/index.html)

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[Post 1111]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-13-2017 07:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Communications Over Various Feeds Electronically for Engagement act. (https://quigley.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/quigley-introduces-covfefe-act)

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[Post 1112]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 06-13-2017 08:04 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

No one has yet mentioned the cabinet meeting that started with all the staff heaping praise on the President?

Donald Trump just held the weirdest Cabinet meeting ever - CNNPolitics.com (http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/12/politics/donald-trump-cabinet-meeting/index.html)

:shudder:

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[Post 1113]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-13-2017 08:24 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

No one has yet mentioned the cabinet meeting that started with all the staff heaping praise on the President?

Donald Trump just held the weirdest Cabinet meeting ever - CNNPolitics.com (http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/12/politics/donald-trump-cabinet-meeting/index.html)

:shudder:

Where wee seen this before?

https://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/1375810/soldiers.jpg

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[Post 1114]
Author : Kevlar
Date : 06-13-2017 08:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump couldn't get a group of girls to do that.

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[Post 1115]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 06-13-2017 10:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I went looking for GWB's and BO's first cabinet meeting.

Obama's first meeting, he dominates the entire press conference - didn't listen to the whole thing, but he talked for 6 minutes while the cabinet listened, and the press asked a couple of questions which were answered.

Bush gets right to it, makes a brief statement and answered a couple of question from the press.

I didn't find Reagan's 1st cabinet meeting, but the ones I found fit the Obama mold - a few minutes speech then a smattering of questions.

Trump seems to be taking a new and unique approach to opening his cabinet meetings. 

After actually listening to it, about half the people's statements aren't as creepy as read.  Still, the fawning sycophantry by the bulk of the cabinet members is disgusting.

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[Post 1116]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-13-2017 10:34 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Stephen King on Twitter: "Trump has blocked me from reading his tweets. I may have to kill myself." (https://twitter.com/StephenKing/status/874646427091251201)

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[Post 1117]
Author : The Man
Date : 06-13-2017 11:30 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Thread from The Wire creator David Simon. Worth a read. Addresses several reasons Trumpovich is acting like he's guilty as fuck.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Thread: A year with some good detectives taught me that often WHAT ISN&#39;T SAID is the actual tell. And note what isn&#39;t discussed between....</p>&mdash; David Simon (@AoDespair) <a href="https://twitter.com/AoDespair/status/872966218738741250">June 8, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 1118]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-14-2017 03:31 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Thread from The Wire creator David Simon. On phone, can't embed. Worth a read. Addresses several reasons Trumpovich is acting like a person who's guilty as fuck.

Twitter (https://mobile.twitter.com/AoDespair/status/872966218738741250)

That's interesting on multiple levels.

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[Post 1119]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-15-2017 12:38 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Robert Mueller Chooses His Investigatory Dream Team (https://www.wired.com/story/robert-mueller-special-counsel-investigation-team/)

https://i.redd.it/20mcm1bo9m2y.jpg
We're ready for your testimony, Mister President

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[Post 1120]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-15-2017 05:11 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

From Reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/esist/comments/6hamhz/trump_has_already_set_off_every_early_warning/diwta68/), https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C3b0S8eUcAAIea2.jpg
And Trump has hit them all:

1. Powerful and continuing nationalism
  Trump cements 'America First' doctrine with Paris withdrawal (http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/336014-trump-cements-america-first-doctrine-with-paris-withdrawal)
  Trump Declines to Affirm NATO's Article 5 (https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/05/trump-declines-to-affirm-natos-article-5/528129/)
  Trump's budget cuts to UN programs could end up being a bad deal for the US military (http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-us-budget-cuts-to-un-peacekeeping-programs-2017-4)
  2. Disdain for human rights
  Trump Administration Warns That U.S. May Pull Out Of U.N. Human Rights Council (http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/06/531752892/trump-administration-warns-that-u-s-may-pull-out-of-u-n-human-rights-council)
  Donald Trump 'de-emphasised human rights' in Saudi Arabia speech (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-saudi-arabia-visit-human-rights-us-president-islamic-terrorism-iran-adam-schiff-a7748766.html)
  Trump to Reward Saudi War Crimes with Weapons (https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/05/20/trump-reward-saudi-war-crimes-weapons)
  3. Identification of enemies as a unifying cause
  Trump Scapegoats Unauthorized Immigrants for Crime (https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/03/trump-scapegoats-unauthorized-immigrants-for-crime/518238/)
  Trump Blames ‘Obstructionist’ Dems at First Full Cabinet Meeting (http://www.nbcnews.com/video/trump-blames-obstructionist-democrats-at-first-full-cabinet-meeting-965529155734)
  Blaming Muslims After Attack, Donald Trump Tosses Pluralism Aside (https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/14/us/politics/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-speeches.html)
  4. Supremacy of the military
  Trump proposes $54 billion defense spending hike (http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/16/politics/donald-trump-defense-budget-blueprint/index.html)
  Trump: I'm giving the military 'total authorization' (http://www.militarytimes.com/articles/trump-military-total-authorization-afghanistan-iraq)
  Trump Has Appointed More Generals in His Cabinet Than Any President Since World War II (https://www.democracynow.org/2016/12/16/trump_has_appointed_more_generals_in)
  5. Rampant sexism
  The American Health Care Act is filled with discrimination and sexism (http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/healthcare/325281-the-american-health-care-act-is-filled-with-discrimination-and)
  Trump Pulls Back Obama-Era Protections For Women Workers (http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-pulls-back-obama-era-protections-women-workers-n741041)
  Implicit sexism Trump displayed with Merkel is all too familiar to women (http://nytlive.nytimes.com/womenintheworld/2017/03/21/implicit-sexism-trump-displayed-with-merkel-is-all-too-familiar-to-women/)
  6. Controlled mass-media
  Breitbart and Infowars Become President Trump’s New Media Establishment (http://www.thedailybeast.com/breitbart-and-infowars-become-president-trumps-new-media-establishment)
  CNN, New York Times, other media barred from White House briefing (https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/cnn-new-york-times-other-media-barred-from-white-house-briefing/2017/02/24/4c22f542-fad5-11e6-be05-1a3817ac21a5_story.html)
  Robert Reich: Like a Tyrant, Trump Is Deploying Seven Techniques to Control the Media (https://www.democracynow.org/2016/12/20/robert_reich_like_a_tyrant_trump)
  7. Obsession with national security
  Revised executive order bans travelers from six Muslim-majority countries from getting new visas (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/new-executive-order-bans-travelers-from-six-muslim-majority-countries-applying-for-visas/2017/03/06/3012a42a-0277-11e7-ad5b-d22680e18d10_story.html)
  Trump defends airstrikes on Syria as vital to 'national security interest' (http://www.latimes.com/politics/washington/la-na-essential-washington-updates-trump-strike-on-syrian-airfields-in-1491531248-htmlstory.html)
  8. Religion and government intertwined
  Trump order to ease ban on political activity by churches (http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-religion-idUSKBN17Z2O2)
  Trump: ‘In America We Do Not Worship Government, We Worship God’ (https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/05/donald-trump-liberty-university/526650/)
  9. Corporate power protected
  Trump names Andrew Puzder, a fast-food CEO and critic of substantially raising the minimum wage, to head the Labor Department (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/get-there/wp/2016/12/08/trump-names-andrew-puzder-a-fast-food-ceo-and-critic-of-substantially-raising-the-minimum-wage-to-head-the-labor-department/?utm_term=.114a1d69b004)
  Meet the Billionaires who Run Trump's Government (http://www.newsweek.com/2017/04/14/donald-trump-cabinet-billionaires-washington-579084.html)
  10. Labor power suppressed
  Trump Administration Puts Support Behind Right-to-Work Laws (https://www.bna.com/trump-administration-puts-n57982083381/)
  Donald Trump Is Waging a War on Workers (https://www.thenation.com/article/donald-trump-is-waging-a-war-on-workers/)
  Trump signs bill killing Obama-era worker safety rule (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-worker-safety-bill-20170327-story.html)
  11. Disdain for intellectuals and the arts
  Donald Trump's War on Science (http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/donald-trumps-war-on-science)
  Trump's Budget Plan Cuts Funding For Arts, Humanities And Public Media (http://www.npr.org/2017/03/16/520401246/trumps-budget-plan-cuts-funding-for-arts-humanities-and-public-media)
  12. Obsession with crime and punishment
  Trump Praises Duterte for Philippine Drug Crackdown in Call Transcript (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/23/us/politics/trump-duterte-phone-transcript-philippine-drug-crackdown.html)
  Sessions restores tough drug war policies that trigger mandatory minimum sentences (http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-politics-sessions-drugwar-20170511-story.html)
  13. Rampant cronyism and corruption
  The Magnitude of Trump’s Cronyism Is Off the Charts—Even for Washington (https://www.thenation.com/article/the-magnitude-of-trumps-cronyism-is-off-the-charts-even-for-washington/)
  Trump sued by DC, Maryland over anti-corruption rules (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/06/12/trump-sued-by-dc-maryland-over-anti-corruption-rules.html)
  The Scary Power of Nepotism in Trump’s White House (https://newrepublic.com/article/141835/scary-power-nepotism-trumps-white-house)
  14. Fraudulent elections
  How GOP gerrymandering is protecting Trump (https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2017/05/19/how-gop-gerrymandering-is-protecting-trump/)
  Russian agents hacked US voting system manufacturer before US election – report (https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jun/05/russia-us-election-hack-voting-system-nsa-report)

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[Post 1121]
Author : Ari
Date : 06-15-2017 09:04 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

On a scale from 1 to wetting the bed, how guilty does he sound?
Crooked H destroyed phones w/ hammer, 'bleached' emails, & had husband meet w/AG days before she was cleared- & they talk about obstruction?

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[Post 1122]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-15-2017 09:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A source sent me RNC/Trump talking points for Repubs seeking to discredit tonight&#8217;s WaPo scoop on Mueller investigating Trump obstruction &#8212;&gt; <a href="https://t.co/ctwy2si9A7">pic.twitter.com/ctwy2si9A7</a></p>&mdash; Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) <a href="https://twitter.com/PhilipRucker/status/875166972614516737">June 15, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 1123]
Author : Ari
Date : 06-15-2017 09:38 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Hey gais, gais!  Did you know this is the single greatest witch hunt in American Political History!!
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DCYyE5DXoAA-P97.jpg:large

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[Post 1124]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-15-2017 10:13 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

http://freethought-forum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=10501&stc=1&d=1497561138

Source: Jared Yates Sexton on Twitter: "In the past few days my reporting has had me around more than a few Trump supporters, and what I've found has been surprising. 1/" (https://twitter.com/JYSexton/status/875452192743927808)

10501

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[Post 1125]
Author : erimir
Date : 06-15-2017 10:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Guidelines are for government employees to physically destroy electronic devices that contain sensitive information when they are to be replaced.

That whole "destroying phones" thing is actually attacking her for following the rules.

Can you imagine if someone stole one of her old phones? Yeah, that's the point of destroying them.

(The data was, of course, preserved. Just not on the old phone.)

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[Post 1126]
Author : Watser?
Date : 06-16-2017 12:11 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Very bad! And conflicted people! :^:

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[Post 1127]
Author : Watser?
Date : 06-16-2017 12:14 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Really. Now you start a new page, :ff: ?

Where am I pointing at now?!

Very bad! And Conflicted!!

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[Post 1128]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-16-2017 04:03 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump’s lawyer is completely out of his depth and giving bad legal advice: NYT report (http://www.rawstory.com/2017/06/trumps-lawyer-is-completely-out-of-his-depth-and-giving-bad-legal-advice-nyt-report/)

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[Post 1129]
Author : Ari
Date : 06-16-2017 04:28 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

http://freethought-forum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=10501&stc=1&d=1497561138

Source: Jared Yates Sexton on Twitter: "In the past few days my reporting has had me around more than a few Trump supporters, and what I've found has been surprising. 1/" (https://twitter.com/JYSexton/status/875452192743927808)

My recent experience 'argueing' (in quotes cause all I've done is ask them to back their shit up) with Trump supporters is that they are scared and angry and looking for a fight and want to feel that sweet sensation of winning, even if it's just in the random facebook comments.

More importantly they see liberals as one giant evil monster.  In one case angry old white lady kept getting me and another poster confused and kept claiming we were saying things that never appeared in the thread but were infact from MSNBC as if all liberals exist as some sort of hive mind Hydra monster.  I kept waiting for her to say Checkmate Atheists!

They could be dying and the world gone to complete shit, but as long as they get that rush of being on the winning team, it's all worth it!  As that rush is all they have left, better hold on tight to it, I hear Obama lurks in the night stealing people's good feelings, find out where he will strike next, InfoWars has your back.

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[Post 1130]
Author : erimir
Date : 06-16-2017 04:56 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

But... Trump only hires the best people!

It can't possibly be that a self-assured ignoramus isn't actually capable of identifying the best people.

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[Post 1131]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-16-2017 06:53 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

My recent experience 'argueing' (in quotes cause all I've done is ask them to back their shit up) with Trump supporters is that they are scared and angry and looking for a fight and want to feel that sweet sensation of winning, even if it's just in the random facebook comments.

More importantly they see liberals as one giant evil monster.  In one case angry old white lady kept getting me and another poster confused and kept claiming we were saying things that never appeared in the thread but were infact from MSNBC as if all liberals exist as some sort of hive mind Hydra monster.  I kept waiting for her to say Checkmate Atheists!

They could be dying and the world gone to complete shit, but as long as they get that rush of being on the winning team, it's all worth it!  As that rush is all they have left, better hold on tight to it, I hear Obama lurks in the night stealing people's good feelings, find out where he will strike next, InfoWars has your back.

I think I posted this somewhere in comedy:
Cartoon: Looking backward (http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/2/6/1630298/-Cartoon-Looking-backward)

Also talked to a friend who's watched his parents turn into that. Depressing.

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[Post 1132]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-16-2017 09:06 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump’s lawyer is completely out of his depth and giving bad legal advice: NYT report (http://www.rawstory.com/2017/06/trumps-lawyer-is-completely-out-of-his-depth-and-giving-bad-legal-advice-nyt-report/)

But... Trump only hires the best people!

It can't possibly be that a self-assured ignoramus isn't actually capable of identifying the best people.

Well, maybe he can identify good lawyers. It's just that good lawyers are really good at identifying him - and won't work with him.

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[Post 1133]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-16-2017 09:36 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump’s lawyer is completely out of his depth and giving bad legal advice: NYT report (http://www.rawstory.com/2017/06/trumps-lawyer-is-completely-out-of-his-depth-and-giving-bad-legal-advice-nyt-report/)

But... Trump only hires the best people!

It can't possibly be that a self-assured ignoramus isn't actually capable of identifying the best people.

Well, maybe he can identify good lawyers. It's just that good lawyers are really good at identifying him - and won't work with him.

Doublethink - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doublethink) :D

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[Post 1134]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-16-2017 10:03 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Doubleplusungood!

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[Post 1135]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-16-2017 10:37 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Look who hates the troops.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Commander in Chief can block <a href="https://twitter.com/votevets">@VoteVets</a>, the voice of 500k military veterans and families, but we will NOT be silenced. <a href="https://t.co/SaCN5hKU9R">pic.twitter.com/SaCN5hKU9R</a></p>&mdash; VoteVets (@votevets) <a href="https://twitter.com/votevets/status/874599756143755264">June 13, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

¯\_(&#12484;)_/¯

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[Post 1136]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 06-16-2017 06:20 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

OK, fine! Turns out Betsy DeVos is a great Education Secretary. After all, freedom to commit theft by deception and have the public pay for it (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/14/business/student-loans-for-profit-schools-colleges.html) is the core freedom from which all others freedoms derive.

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[Post 1137]
Author : Watser?
Date : 06-16-2017 07:50 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Editor&#8217;s Note: Aaron Cantú has reported for Mondoweiss and is now facing up to a possible 70 years in jail for his reporting during the Trump inauguration. Thanks to Baynard Woods for sharing this important story with us.
The indictment of journalist Aaron Cantú portends grim future for First Amendment &#8211; Mondoweiss (http://mondoweiss.net/2017/06/indictment-journalist-amendment/)

One man who traveled from Santa Fe is sitting with his lawyer off to the side. He wears a black suit and has a black goatee and identifies himself as Tejano. He looks around the room like he is taking notes. Everyone else has already been arraigned before Judge Lynn Leibovitz. But this man, Aaron Cantú, wasn&#8217;t indicted until May 30, just a week before the hearing. He is a journalist, who has written about policing, propaganda, drugs, and politics for The Intercept, Al Jazeera, The Baffler, and many other publications. Reporting from the RNC on the possibility of a Trump presidency, Cantú wrote, &#8220;dream darker.&#8221;

Now, like the others being charged, he&#8217;s facing 70 years in jail.

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[Post 1138]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-16-2017 08:47 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump partially rolls back Obama's Cuba thaw - BBC News (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40309598)

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[Post 1139]
Author : Ari
Date : 06-18-2017 03:14 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So Trumpy people really hate Shakespeare, or like anything that has the name "shakespeare"
Idiots Mad Over Trump-Like Julius Caesar Are Sending Vicious Hate Mail to the Wrong Theaters (http://jezebel.com/idiots-mad-over-trump-like-julius-caesar-are-sending-vi-1796198527)

And it looks like we need to explain what a "witch hunt" is too...

https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/qytvbl7eoce5xyev3edr.jpg

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[Post 1140]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 06-18-2017 04:11 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

NPR noted yesterday that many prominent Conservatives claim that if any theater company had done a production of Julius Caesar in which Caesar was modeled after Obama, Liberals and the "Mainstream Media" would have been outraged -- outraged, I tell you.  The problem, as NPR noted, was that in 2012, the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis did exactly that.

And the collective reaction of Liberals and the Mainstream Media was, "meh."  Some Conservative publications reviewed and praised the play (the American Conservative (http://www.theamericanconservative.com/shakesblog/obamas-ides-of-march/), for example), but neither did they seem to think it was a big deal, by and large.


Besides, as NPR pointed out, you have to seriously misinterpret and misunderstand Julius Caesar in order to come out of it thinking that it's a pro-assassination play.

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[Post 1141]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 06-18-2017 05:12 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Also, let's not overlook that nooses featured prominently with certain energetic anti-Obama factions.

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[Post 1142]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 06-19-2017 02:43 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://images.dailykos.com/images/413356/story_image/1342ckCOMIC-trump-in-the-crucible.png?1497486378

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[Post 1143]
Author : Watser?
Date : 06-19-2017 11:41 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I posted this in the News miscellany thread, but it's kinda beyond that:

The escalation over downed Syria jet, Trump is nowhere to be found. (http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/war_stories/2017/06/the_escalation_over_downed_syria_jet.html)

Trump still lacks Syria strategy as fighting escalates (http://www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-fg-syria-policy-20170619-story.html)

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[Post 1144]
Author : Watser?
Date : 06-20-2017 07:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ironically, the best hope for averting a dangerous escalation into a global conflict is to rely on Assad, Putin, Iran and Hezbollah to show restraint in the face of illegal military attacks by the United States and its Mideast allies inside Syria.
Because the assholes in charge of the US are absolutely determined to go to war with everyone in the Middle East they are not at war with already.

Spoiling for a Wider War in Syria – Consortiumnews (https://consortiumnews.com/2017/06/20/spoiling-for-a-wider-war-in-syria/)

Donald Trump's reckless impulsiveness makes what's happening in Syria all the more distressing (https://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/6/20/1673415/-Donald-Trump-s-reckless-impulsiveness-makes-what-s-happening-in-Syria-all-the-more-distressing?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+dailykos%2Findex+%28Daily+Kos%29)

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[Post 1145]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-20-2017 10:30 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ford to produce new Focus model in China (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/40345592)

America great yet?

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[Post 1146]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-22-2017 08:22 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

"I Need More Mexicans": A Kansas Farmer's Message to Trump - Bloomberg (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-20/-i-need-more-mexicans-a-kansas-farmer-s-message-to-trump)

Jobs for coal miners. Fixed. That was easy.

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[Post 1147]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-22-2017 11:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Remember the Carrier Jobs Trump &#039;Saved&#039;? Company Announces 600 Layoffs Before Christmas (http://www.newsweek.com/carrier-company-where-trump-rescued-800-jobs-now-announces-600-layoffs-ahead-614352)

https://media.tenor.com/images/deb6a2aecc59a705660bcec77bad7ad2/tenor.gif

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[Post 1148]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-24-2017 01:18 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Only Mass Deportation Can Save America - The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/16/opinion/only-mass-deportation-can-save-america.html?_r=1)

Oh wow, snark.

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[Post 1149]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-25-2017 10:56 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/9M1Qyf6Ucq">pic.twitter.com/9M1Qyf6Ucq</a></p>&mdash; Tom Tomorrow (@tomtomorrow) <a href="https://twitter.com/tomtomorrow/status/878022379917778944">June 22, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 1150]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-26-2017 08:34 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The Rude Pundit on Twitter: "Trump &#39;16: Election is rigged against me
Intel: Actually...
Obama: Let&#39;s tell people
McConnell: No
Trump &#39;17: Why didn&#39;t Obama bomb Russia?" (https://twitter.com/rudepundit/status/879310455679971328)

The Rude Pundit on Twitter: "GOP, Summer &#39;16: We must stand up for our values against Trump
GOP, Summer &#39;17: Wait, we don&#39;t have values. Whatever you want, Mr. President" (https://twitter.com/rudepundit/status/879161605543665664)

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[Post 1151]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-27-2017 07:21 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Misc:

U.S. Supreme Court allows partial travel ban to take effect pending appeals in October - World - CBC News (http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/supreme-court-travel-ban-1.4177987)

Meanwhile, lifeguards not mandated for any shower or bathing activity despite the statistics (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/16/health/research/16stats.html).

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[Post 1152]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-27-2017 11:11 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Misc:

U.S. Supreme Court allows partial travel ban to take effect pending appeals in October - World - CBC News (http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/supreme-court-travel-ban-1.4177987)


Can someone with a stronger level of attention than me explain why they've done this? It seems like caving in to Trumpster. Or actively supporting, given who they are.

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[Post 1153]
Author : erimir
Date : 06-27-2017 03:32 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A plausible theory I heard was that since the executive order in question expires in July anyway, by the time they issue a ruling they can avoid ruling on any issues of merit and just say "Oh it's expired already. Oh well."

In the meantime, they have avoided taking a position although they have given Trump a mild win.

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[Post 1154]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-28-2017 01:49 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I want this to be real.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Reportedly, POTUS just became so angry he tried to tip over his desk. Tried three times before giving up. Now, angry and embarrassed.</p>&mdash; Rogue POTUS Staff (@RoguePOTUSStaff) <a href="https://twitter.com/RoguePOTUSStaff/status/879346461267427328">June 26, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

There's actually a fascinating story to the desk: Resolute desk - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resolute_desk)

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[Post 1155]
Author : erimir
Date : 06-28-2017 04:00 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That desk is way too big for a table flip.

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[Post 1156]
Author : Ari
Date : 06-29-2017 10:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Hey everyone, remember all those times Obama was on the cover of Time magazine?
No reason, just thought that's a great memory we should all relish in again.  Real covers, not faked, why would a president need to fake a Time magazine cover?  Sad!
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DDe6MTvVYAApd8_.jpg:small

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[Post 1157]
Author : But
Date : 06-29-2017 11:01 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump Picks DAPL Lobbyist to Oversee EPA Water Safety in Same Week He Rolls Back Water Safeguards - YouTube

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[Post 1158]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-30-2017 10:39 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Let's blame Trump. Personally.

In case of mistaken identity, ICE detainee dies while in custody (http://www.northjersey.com/story/news/new-jersey/2017/06/27/case-mistaken-identity-ice-detainee-dies-while-custody/430631001/)

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[Post 1159]
Author : But
Date : 07-03-2017 10:08 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump Tweets a Video of Him Wrestling 'CNN' to the Ground - The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/02/business/media/trump-wrestling-video-cnn-twitter.html)

President Trump posted a short video to his Twitter account on Sunday in which he is portrayed wrestling and punching a figure whose head has been replaced by the logo for CNN.

The video, about 28 seconds long, appears to be an edited clip from a years-old appearance by Mr. Trump in WrestleMania, an annual professional wrestling event. The clip ends with an onscreen restyling of the CNN logo as “FNN: Fraud News Network.”

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[Post 1160]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-03-2017 10:31 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump Tweets a Video of Him Wrestling 'CNN' to the Ground - The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/02/business/media/trump-wrestling-video-cnn-twitter.html)

President Trump posted a short video to his Twitter account on Sunday in which he is portrayed wrestling and punching a figure whose head has been replaced by the logo for CNN.

The video, about 28 seconds long, appears to be an edited clip from a years-old appearance by Mr. Trump in WrestleMania, an annual professional wrestling event. The clip ends with an onscreen restyling of the CNN logo as “FNN: Fraud News Network.”

The delicious part of that is he's invoking a fake sport.

Also, since Trump is flashing 'Tough Guy' around, let's see hwo an actual tough guy acts:
Arnold Schwarzenegger terminates troll who questions need for Special Olympics | The Independent (http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/arnold-schwarzenegger-youtube-comment-special-olympics-troll-response-a7649466.html)

Also, The Arnold isn't much of a fan of The Donald, it seems.

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[Post 1161]
Author : BracesForImpact
Date : 07-04-2017 12:56 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Misc:

U.S. Supreme Court allows partial travel ban to take effect pending appeals in October - World - CBC News (http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/supreme-court-travel-ban-1.4177987)


Can someone with a stronger level of attention than me explain why they've done this? It seems like caving in to Trumpster. Or actively supporting, given who they are.

Unfortunately, I think it means that the Supreme Court was unmoved by the 1st amendment arguments on the case, and are likely to rule that the ban is constitutional. I hope I'm wrong.

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[Post 1162]
Author : Kyuss Apollo
Date : 07-06-2017 06:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DEBnIr3XgAYIW9T.jpg:large

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[Post 1163]
Author : Kyuss Apollo
Date : 07-07-2017 04:30 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DDxam4XVwAAG5a5.jpg:large

Fucking LOSER

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[Post 1164]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 07-07-2017 05:31 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's a funny ol' world. Yesterday, I had no idea who Agata Kornhauser-Duda was. Today she is my hero (http://metro.co.uk/2017/07/06/donald-trumps-handshake-fail-with-polish-first-lady-is-best-snub-of-2017-6760328/).

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[Post 1165]
Author : Crumb
Date : 07-07-2017 05:42 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm pretty sure she turned and shook his hand right after that.

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[Post 1166]
Author : JoeP
Date : 07-07-2017 06:14 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Even if she was just following protocol (whatever the protocol may be), Trumpster expected to be first and showed he has no idea what he's doing.

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[Post 1167]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-07-2017 08:32 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Missed some of these:

Week 32: Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you, so… (https://medium.com/@Amy_Siskind/week-32-experts-in-authoritarianism-advise-to-keep-a-list-of-things-subtly-changing-around-you-so-252680d31be6)

Week 33: Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you, so… (https://medium.com/@Amy_Siskind/week-33-experts-in-authoritarianism-advise-to-keep-a-list-of-things-subtly-changing-around-you-so-a9315863b6cd)

I'll just post links to these massive monsters.

And to her page:
Amy Siskind – Medium (https://medium.com/@Amy_Siskind)

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[Post 1168]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-09-2017 08:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Strong g20 analysis.

G20: Donald Trump cut an 'uneasy, lonely, awkward figure' among other leaders (http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/current-affairs/president-donald-trump-skewered-as-friendless-and-awkward-in-viral-takedown/news-story/cd92a7a425e8126e01b9c5bdb9143688)

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[Post 1169]
Author : JoeP
Date : 07-09-2017 09:02 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I propose a generic headline: {any place or event}: Donald Trump cut an 'uneasy, lonely, awkward figure' among {any people}.

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[Post 1170]
Author : JoeP
Date : 07-09-2017 09:04 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Strong g20 analysis.

G20: Donald Trump cut an 'uneasy, lonely, awkward figure' among other leaders (http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/current-affairs/president-donald-trump-skewered-as-friendless-and-awkward-in-viral-takedown/news-story/cd92a7a425e8126e01b9c5bdb9143688)

Strong Trump take-down.

Mr Trump is a man who craves power because it burnishes his celebrity. To be constantly talking and talked about is all that really matters... and there is no value placed on the meaning of words, so what is said one day can be discarded the next.

Donald Trump has pressed fast forward on the decline of the United States as a global leader.

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[Post 1171]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 07-11-2017 05:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump the Lesser tweets his emails to defend his good name. (http://www.pajiba.com/politics/donald-trump-jr-posted-the-emails-and-bless-his-poor-stupid-heart.php)

I'm posting this mostly for the :whygod: of the NYT reporter's tweet misery at the end.

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[Post 1172]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-11-2017 06:30 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm posting this mostly for the :whygod: of the NYT reporter's tweet misery at the end.

God dammit, I laughed.

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[Post 1173]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-11-2017 10:33 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The Rude Pundit on Twitter: "Really, at this rate, by the end of the week, the Times will have proof that Donald Trump, Jr. ran a pedophile ring under a pizza joint." (https://twitter.com/rudepundit/status/884625551188688896)

On Mars.

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[Post 1174]
Author : lisarea
Date : 07-11-2017 11:04 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

And his supporters won't give a shit because they're so malevolently stupid they don't care. 

As long as they still think their hero will make sure they never have to see another young black girl take a shop class or whatever their own personal salt lick is, they're A-OK with actual literal treason.

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[Post 1175]
Author : erimir
Date : 07-11-2017 11:20 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Every time you think it can't get stupider, it does.

It's so bizarre. Nobody would've believed you if you had told them about the last two years three years ago.

(To clarify, certain things like Trump being the GOP nominee are plausible. The details about how it all happened and the crazy things Trump and his family and associates would do are another thing.)

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[Post 1176]
Author : The Man
Date : 07-12-2017 12:56 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I&#8217;m not surprised that people are talking about treason charges now (for instance, Tim Kaine (http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/11/politics/tim-kaine-donald-trump-jr/index.html) [warning: autoplay video] mentioned the T-word today); as people may recall, I predicted this less than two months ago. I am surprised that it happened <em>this quickly</em>, though.

The election itself pretty much scrambled everything I thought I knew about politics. However, I&#8217;m surprised at how many of my suspicions regarding this administration&#8217;s conduct have been accurate, and I&#8217;m even more surprised at how quickly they&#8217;ve been made public knowledge. This administration is far more incompetent than I ever suspected possible, but other than that, they&#8217;re behaving more or less exactly how I predicted they would.

At this point, I think it&#8217;s clear that very nearly the president*&#8217;s entire administration is complicit in far more than obstruction of justice. I&#8217;m not a lawyer here, so take what I say on this with a grain of salt, but I see a justifiable case for at least espionage charges (even the Rosenbergs were apparently executed for espionage rather than treason; I don&#8217;t believe anyone has been convicted for treason in this country absent a declared state of war); the case for obstruction is also cut-and-dry and there are quite a few other offences that will probably also be proven, not least of which is likely to be money laundering for the Russian mob. Pence seems to be a serial perjurer, and I&#8217;m pretty sure at least Ryan and McConnell are guilty of various forms of collusion and conspiracy. This is almost certainly why they are attempting to stonewall investigations going forward, but given the apparent incompetence of very nearly everyone in the president*&#8217;s orbit, I don&#8217;t expect their collusion to go uncovered anymore than I expect the president*&#8217;s to.

I do have a couple of questions, though. <a href="http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/news/a56218/trump-junior-russian-meeting/">Charlie Pierce</a> adequately sums up one: what, exactly, <em>do</em> the Russians have on the president*? There&#8217;s good reason to believe that the president* doesn&#8217;t even <em>want</em> the job. So why the fuck did he run? The only explanation I&#8217;ve heard that makes any sense is Russian blackmail. They certainly have a lengthy track record of this kind of thing, and it certainly would be <em>terrifying</em> to be the victim of it, given how many whistleblowers against Russian actions have wound up dead. There&#8217;s substantial evidence suggesting that the president* is in hock up to his eyeballs for Russian loans. Again, I posted about this a few months back. The report made so little of a national impression that I wasn&#8217;t even aware of it for a few months after it came out, but I&#8217;m certain Mueller and Schneiderman (NY AG) know a lot more than was in Horton&#8217;s report.

The second is: Were the 2016 results even legitimate? I honestly never fully bought them. When it was revealed that the Russians tried to penetrate our electoral systems, I wasn&#8217;t surprised. Our electronic voting machines are heinously insecure, and some don&#8217;t even leave paper trails; IT professionals have been warning about this for decades. If I were going to try to undermine faith in the integrity of American elections, I could think of no better way to do this than by tampering with voting machines.

We have no proof that the Russians successfully tampered with our voting machines. But we have no proof that they <em>didn&#8217;t</em>, either. The Department of Homeland Security confirmed that it has not run an audit on voting machines to ensure they weren&#8217;t tampered with, and given the nature of some of these machines, they very likely <em>can&#8217;t</em>. There are some data security principles such as non-repudiation, authentication, integrity protection, and so on that can be used to safeguard electronic storage to a certain extent, but these machines appear to have employed few to none of those principles, and when they did employ them, they seem to have done so poorly. And many of these machines leave no paper trail. So in several crucial states (including Pennsylvania, Florida, South Carolina, Georgia), what we have, essentially, is a collection of 1s and 0s. There is little to nothing that can be done after the fact to ensure that these 1s and 0s have any resemblance to actual vote tallies.

So again, I ask: what assurance is there that Clinton even lost in 2016? Indeed, given the president*&#8217;s long, established history of accusing political opponents of doing things he himself either was already guilty of or proceeded to do in the future when he had the opportunity, the fact that he continually accused the election of being rigged <em>in Clinton&#8217;s favour</em> seems like a smoking gun. He is essentially psychological projection incarnate. Maybe he was accusing the election of being rigged for Clinton because he knew it was rigged the other way &#8217;round.

So if it&#8217;s true that 2016&#8217;s results weren&#8217;t legit, what gets done about it? Do we hold a new election and remove the fraudulent victors from office? There is no mechanism in the Constitution for invalidating a past election, because it was simply taken for granted that elections wouldn&#8217;t be given on fraudulent grounds.

And perhaps more importantly, how do we ensure future elections <em>aren&#8217;t</em> rigged? There is still precious little being done about these machines. I&#8217;ve written about this, too, before (quite recently, in fact), but people still aren&#8217;t discussing it much. Even if the Russians (or other malign actors) didn&#8217;t successfully infiltrate our voting machines this time, that doesn&#8217;t mean they won&#8217;t try in the future; indeed, various authority figures from James Comey to Richard Clarke have warned that this will likely recur. We ignore their warnings at our peril.

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[Post 1177]
Author : erimir
Date : 07-12-2017 01:12 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So in several crucial states (including Pennsylvania, Florida, South Carolina, Georgia), what we have, essentially, is a collection of 1s and 0s. There is little to nothing that can be done after the fact to ensure that these 1s and 0s have any resemblance to actual vote tallies.Eh, SC was out of reach. And the results in Georgia and Florida were in line with what the polls were saying. And in Pennsylvania, it matches the pattern in other similar states, and at any rate, you need at least FL + PA/GA to get to a win.

After the election, during the Jill Stein recount, the quants were saying that there was no correlation between the type of voting machine and the swing, once you account for other factors.

For example, people tried to make something of the voting machines in Wisconsin. I don't remember the exact details, but the correlation was eliminated once you accounted for other demographic factors (it was something like Milwaukee is one of the only places in WI that uses paper ballots or something like that), and the results in Minnesota which uses paper ballots statewide and has a Democratic governor were very consistent with what we saw in states like WI and PA.

I'd certainly be in favor of an audit of the machines used in 2016, and in particular, beefing up the security of our voting systems and ensuring that we have a paper trail or other physical record. But there is at least statistical evidence that the type of voting machine was not correlated with the results, and that suggests that the vote tallies were not hacked.
So again, I ask: what assurance is there that Clinton even lost in 2016? Indeed, given the president*&#8217;s long, established history of accusing political opponents of doing things he himself either was already guilty of or proceeded to do in the future when he had the opportunity, the fact that he continually accused the election of being rigged <em>in Clinton&#8217;s favour</em> seems like a smoking gun. He is essentially psychological projection incarnate. Maybe he was accusing the election of being rigged for Clinton because he knew it was rigged the other way &#8217;round.This, however, totally makes sense.

After all, just days after getting these emails and being told that the Russian government was interfering on his father's behalf (a revelation he received so nonchalantly that it suggests that Donnie Jr already knew about it) and then meeting with a Russian, Donnie Jr went on TV to say that the notion that Russia was helping daddy's campaign was nonsense.

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[Post 1178]
Author : Ari
Date : 07-12-2017 01:54 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Currently we're just trusting that the voting machines are basically safe, ironically, partly based on the technological ineptitude and disorganization of  the election, making very few single attack vectors useful on a majority of electronic polling machines because everyone's doing things a bit different.

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[Post 1179]
Author : The Man
Date : 07-12-2017 02:54 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So in several crucial states (including Pennsylvania, Florida, South Carolina, Georgia), what we have, essentially, is a collection of 1s and 0s. There is little to nothing that can be done after the fact to ensure that these 1s and 0s have any resemblance to actual vote tallies.Eh, SC was out of reach. And the results in Georgia and Florida were in line with what the polls were saying. And in Pennsylvania, it matches the pattern in other similar states, and at any rate, you need at least FL + PA/GA to get to a win.

After the election, during the Jill Stein recount, the quants were saying that there was no correlation between the type of voting machine and the swing, once you account for other factors.

For example, people tried to make something of the voting machines in Wisconsin. I don't remember the exact details, but the correlation was eliminated once you accounted for other demographic factors (it was something like Milwaukee is one of the only places in WI that uses paper ballots or something like that), and the results in Minnesota which uses paper ballots statewide and has a Democratic governor were very consistent with what we saw in states like WI and PA.

I'd certainly be in favor of an audit of the machines used in 2016, and in particular, beefing up the security of our voting systems and ensuring that we have a paper trail or other physical record. But there is at least statistical evidence that the type of voting machine was not correlated with the results, and that suggests that the vote tallies were not hacked.
Given the margins in several of these states, the vote tally wouldn&#8217;t have to be altered much to change the outcome of the election. Have the WI machines even been audited? I was under the impression that the attempted recount got shut down before that happened. If that&#8217;s the case, then it&#8217;s entirely possible they rigged the electronic totals and didn&#8217;t even bother fixing the paper trail. Why bother if they won&#8217;t be audited?

(I should note that paper trails aren&#8217;t infallible, either; one could be swapped out after-the-fact. I realise there are observers on Election Day that would prevent this, but it&#8217;s been months since the election. The odds that there would be impartial eyes on the ballots 24/7 for months after the election to prevent this are pretty slim.)

Even if we assume they left the states whose machines have paper trails alone, FL and PA combined come out to about 160,000 votes. It&#8217;s my understanding both states&#8217; totals could be within the polling margin of error and still have been hacked. It&#8217;s likely that, if the results <em>were</em> altered, they&#8217;d have been altered as little as necessary to get the desired outcome in order to avoid notice. Obviously, a margin of 3 votes would also be suspicious (and trigger an automatic recount in most states), but you&#8217;d also want to stay within the bounds of polling. So I&#8217;d expect vote totals only to be altered by ~1-2% per state where there were shenanigans &#8211; that&#8217;s within the margin of polling error as I understand it.

(Also, am I reading the numbers wrong? If I&#8217;m doing the maths right, flip FL and PA and the election goes to Clinton; that&#8217;s 49 points. Clinton would have 276 EV, and you need 270 to win.)

Finally, of course, voting machines aren&#8217;t the only point of attack. People could be purged from the voter rolls as well, thus invalidating their votes. (I believe there&#8217;s an apocryphal Stalin quote saying that who votes matters less than does who counts the votes.) From what I understand, DHS hasn&#8217;t confirmed that this didn&#8217;t occur either.

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[Post 1180]
Author : erimir
Date : 07-12-2017 02:58 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I meant Florida and either Pennsylvania or Georgia. PA+GA is not sufficient.

I mean it's possible, but there is statistical evidence against it. I just mean that you shouldn't view it as being no evidence either way. If they did it, they were very subtle and it would've been very close either way.

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[Post 1181]
Author : The Man
Date : 07-12-2017 03:11 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Well, that&#8217;s sort of what I was saying in my previous post, I think: you&#8217;d <em>want</em> to be subtle if you actually wanted to get away with changing the results. If the results diverge from polls by 20 points, a lot of people won&#8217;t believe they&#8217;re legit. If they diverge by 1, it&#8217;s unlikely they&#8217;ll notice. &#8220;Results are within polling margins of error&#8221; doesn&#8217;t prove that the election isn&#8217;t rigged; it simply proves that it isn&#8217;t <em>blatantly</em> rigged. And given how close the margins in several states were, it doesn&#8217;t need to be blatantly rigged to be decisively rigged.

I dunno. Maybe I&#8217;m reading your argument wrong, but I think we&#8217;re basically in agreement: if the vote totals were tampered with, the tampering was done with a light touch. But I don&#8217;t see why anyone would try anything <em>but</em> a light touch &#8211; that&#8217;s crucial if you actually want to get away with it.

I guess how much tampering you do depends whether you want to undermine faith in the process or whether you want to change the outcome. We know Russia wanted to undermine faith in our democratic outcome, but we also know they wanted the shitgibbon elected president. If we assume the latter is their primary motivation, then results within poll margins aren&#8217;t particularly convincing evidence against a rigged outcome.

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[Post 1182]
Author : Corona688
Date : 07-12-2017 03:17 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'll just post links to these massive monsters. I liked the monsters.

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[Post 1183]
Author : erimir
Date : 07-12-2017 04:03 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Well, that’s sort of what I was saying in my previous post, I think: you’d <em>want</em> to be subtle if you actually wanted to get away with changing the results. If the results diverge from polls by 20 points, a lot of people won’t believe they’re legit. If they diverge by 1, it’s unlikely they’ll notice. “Results are within polling margins of error” doesn’t prove that the election isn’t rigged; it simply proves that it isn’t <em>blatantly</em> rigged. And given how close the margins in several states were, it doesn’t need to be blatantly rigged to be decisively rigged.

I dunno. Maybe I’m reading your argument wrong, but I think we’re basically in agreement: if the vote totals were tampered with, the tampering was done with a light touch. But I don’t see why anyone would try anything <em>but</em> a light touch – that’s crucial if you actually want to get away with it.

I guess how much tampering you do depends whether you want to undermine faith in the process or whether you want to change the outcome. We know Russia wanted to undermine faith in our democratic outcome, but we also know they wanted the shitgibbon elected president. If we assume the latter is their primary motivation, then results within poll margins aren’t particularly convincing evidence against a rigged outcome.
Yes, but the fact that the results are consistent with what we saw in states/jurisdictions where you're suggesting that vote tampering didn't occur (because of the use of paper ballots) suggests that it would have to be even lighter than the baseline of "consistent with the polls".

Basically I'm saying you have two lines of evidence (the polling and results in similar jurisdictions) that suggest nothing strange happened. The polling is weaker evidence because it has a larger margin of errors, whereas you can run a demographic regression with many counties.

If we only had the polling to go on, the somewhat larger than typical polling error in the Midwest would make it more suspect.

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[Post 1184]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-12-2017 04:34 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'll just post links to these massive monsters. I liked the monsters.

Was on my phone. I like them too.

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[Post 1185]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-12-2017 04:51 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A number of questions here but why were top White House officials writing a response for the President&#39;s son?</p>&mdash; Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) <a href="https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/884974947822694401">July 12, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 1186]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-12-2017 07:54 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

10519

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[Post 1187]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-12-2017 08:02 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;Life's tough. Its even tougher if you're stupid&quot; John Wayne</p>&mdash; Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) <a href="https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/149542614830546946">December 21, 2011</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

'Life Is Hard; It's Even Harder When You're Stupid' (http://www.snopes.com/quotes/johnwayne/lifehard.asp) <-- false, btw

¯\_(&#12484;)_/¯

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[Post 1188]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-12-2017 08:27 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ed had a bad day (https://twitter.com/pattymo/status/884854358705360896).

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[Post 1189]
Author : Zehava
Date : 07-12-2017 11:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump the Lesser tweets his emails to defend his good name. (http://www.pajiba.com/politics/donald-trump-jr-posted-the-emails-and-bless-his-poor-stupid-heart.php)

I'm posting this mostly for the :whygod: of the NYT reporter's tweet misery at the end.

Here is the relevant section of Standard Form 86 (https://www.gsa.gov/portal/forms/download/116390) (that was filled out by Jared Kushner) that has Don Jr. in so much trouble:

20B.6    Have you or any member of your immediate family in the past seven (7) years had any contact with a foreign government, its establishment (such as an embassy, consulate, agency, military service, intelligence or security service, etc.) or it's representatives inside or outside the U.S.?

Mr. Kushner has submitted an "updated" form that now lists 100 such contacts in section 20B.6.  

100 fucking contacts with foreign governments or their agents in the last 7 years that he failed to disclose initially.  That is not an accident, that is willfully omitting information that he knew could jeopardize his ability to gain security clearance. It is lying on a NSA form.  

I can see forgetting something small that happened 7 years ago, but the meeting with Sergey Lavrov happened DURING the 2016 campaign.  If his memory is that fucking bad he shouldn't have security clearance to begin with.  So either Jared is suffering from memory loss or he is a fucking liar.

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[Post 1190]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-13-2017 05:51 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump's crusade against Qatar isn't about terrorism - it's revenge for a failed business deal | The Independent (http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/trump-kushner-qatar-saudi-arabia-failed-business-deal-a7836771.html)

Lines up with the revenge needs.

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[Post 1191]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 07-13-2017 07:58 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump people audition to be the next Kermit the frog voice...

:kermit:

Trump And Co. Audition To Voice Kermit The Frog - YouTube

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[Post 1192]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 07-13-2017 03:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So, some prominent Republicans (for example, Joe Scarborough) have been complaining that the modern Republican Party has lost its way, and that "it's no longer the Party of Reagan".  Well, they have nobody but themselves to blame.


https://c3.patreon.com/2/patreon-posts/6199758892284835168.png?t=1501113600&v=pDjmu9iv7N_QLM9uLx_uGGOxu375BWmb_Ffvx_LGhdI%3D

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[Post 1193]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 07-13-2017 04:29 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

By the way, I reject Scarborough's claim that "this is not the Party of Reagan."  The modern Republican Party is exactly the Party of Reagan.

After all, it was Reagan who proved that a platform based on racism, anti-intellectualism, demonization of the poor, demonization of the "Liberal Media," demonization of "Big Government," and overt favoring of the interests of the wealthy over those of everyone else -- could be a winning political strategy.

As such, Trump and the modern Republican Party are simply the logical result of nearly 40 years of following the path that Reagan blazed.

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[Post 1194]
Author : Corona688
Date : 07-13-2017 07:52 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ed had a bad day (https://twitter.com/pattymo/status/884854358705360896). Twitter's insane threading leaves me with no idea what's going on, which is presumably why people usually screenshot tweets they want to show - no guarantee of them seeing the same thing otherwise, or whether it'll be there the same day.

So, I remain mystified, but there was this, which may help in these trying times. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DEoQu4mUwAQA-lX.jpg

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[Post 1195]
Author : Corona688
Date : 07-13-2017 08:31 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump's crusade against Qatar isn't about terrorism - it's revenge for a failed business deal | The Independent (http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/trump-kushner-qatar-saudi-arabia-failed-business-deal-a7836771.html)

Lines up with the revenge needs. I have trouble believing that someone who forgot Australia's a Western ally destabilized the Middle East as some subtle masterstroke to fuck with Quatar.  He likes to make life miserable for business competitors, and only knows business warfare, where the consequences are liquidation, not extermination.  Playing the same tactic at a political level sends a very different message.

This is a good object lesson on why asshole hardball politics haven't, can't, and won't solve the middle east...

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[Post 1196]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-13-2017 10:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump Lawyer Marc Kasowitz Threatens Stranger in Emails: ‘Watch Your Back , Bitch’ - ProPublica (https://www.propublica.org/article/marc-kasowitz-trump-lawyer-threat-emails-maddow)

Classy.

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[Post 1197]
Author : lisarea
Date : 07-13-2017 10:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That man seems to suffer from poor impulse control! I can't imagine what Donald Trump would see in someone like that.

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[Post 1198]
Author : JoeP
Date : 07-14-2017 07:03 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I can't imagine what Donald Trump would see in someone like that.

Someone who's not going to get paid.

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[Post 1199]
Author : JoeP
Date : 07-14-2017 07:04 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Blackwater founder held secret Seychelles meeting to establish Trump-Putin back channel - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/blackwater-founder-held-secret-seychelles-meeting-to-establish-trump-putin-back-channel/2017/04/03/95908a08-1648-11e7-ada0-1489b735b3a3_story.html?utm_term=.87372738a1fa)

One thing's for sure, it wasn't going to be Putin's back channel.

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[Post 1200]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-14-2017 09:25 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Misc:

U.S. Supreme Court allows partial travel ban to take effect pending appeals in October - World - CBC News (http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/supreme-court-travel-ban-1.4177987)


Can someone with a stronger level of attention than me explain why they've done this? It seems like caving in to Trumpster. Or actively supporting, given who they are.

And now it's making about as much sense as the UK election results. (http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-ruling-idUSKBN19Z0A5)

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[Post 1201]
Author : Stormlight
Date : 07-15-2017 07:50 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

US Acting Assistant Secretary of State Stuart Jones fails to respond about democracy in Saudi Arabia - YouTube

:blank:

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[Post 1202]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-15-2017 09:21 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Taking time to consider his answer is an improvement over Spicer's flailing and hiding in the bushes. :nod:

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[Post 1203]
Author : Ari
Date : 07-15-2017 09:53 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

He's so still when thinking I checked to see if the video was still playing.
I'm also surprised there's anyone that's willing to get even close to this administration.

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[Post 1204]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-15-2017 10:05 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Propane Jane just had a good rant about the clusterfuck in the White House and how they can't even hire good help:

Propane Janeâ„¢ (@docrocktex26) | Twitter (https://twitter.com/docrocktex26)

Knock yourself out, decent reading.

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[Post 1205]
Author : The Man
Date : 07-15-2017 12:18 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Well of course they can't hire good help. Good help expects to get paid; there's no way it'd serve a horror show like this administration for free.

Which specific tweet was it, btw? Your link goes to her feed.

Plus:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It's starting to look like there were more people in that meeting than attended Trump's inauguration.</p>&mdash; John Lorenz (@StrangeShadows) <a href="https://twitter.com/StrangeShadows/status/885940981303885824">July 14, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>:ohsnap:

Also, too (via LGM (http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2017/07/little-donald-probably-still-lying)), Yglesias (https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/7/14/15971836/dont-believe-trump-jr) makes a good observation:

But there is still such a thing as common sense. I don&#8217;t believe Trump Jr.&#8217;s account, and neither should you. He&#8217;s a man with negative credibility on this matter, and despite his father&#8217;s talismanic invocation of the word &#8220;transparency,&#8221; he&#8217;s been anything but transparent about it.

It&#8217;s certainly conceivable that he&#8217;s telling the truth and no valuable information changed hands. But when you are caught lying over and over again about a meeting &#8212; first by saying it never happened and then slowly being caught out in lie after lie &#8212; a reasonable observer is going to doubt you when you claim that this time you&#8217;ve fully come clean.

Until Trump Jr. answers a lot more questions and produces a lot more information, there&#8217;s no reason to assume good faith on his part. The benefit of the doubt is a valuable commodity, and it&#8217;s one that those at the highest levels of Trumpland have squandered.

[&#8230;]

But as the old saying says, fool me twice, shame on me. Trump Jr. has already tried to fool us four or five times about this meeting, and there&#8217;s absolutely no reason we should trust him. Fox News, tellingly, has in part already moved on to justifying collusion, showing little faith from Trumpworld that the denials of collusion will hold up over the long run. Those of us who aren&#8217;t in the tank ought to muster at least the same level of skepticism.

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[Post 1206]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-15-2017 07:10 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Well of course they can't hire good help. Good help expects to get paid; there's no way it'd serve a horror show like this administration for free.

Which specific tweet was it, btw? Your link goes to her feed.

It was just the other day, *checking* how much of a tweet firehose-

https://media.tenor.com/images/2b9544a089521859dbc4253d05847fba/tenor.gif

Well, okay then.

Starts here:
Propane Janeâ„¢ on Twitter: "Nepotism is gonna be what takes them all down too. 
Oh, and emails... ☕� https://t.co/0npqdoWVKy" (https://twitter.com/docrocktex26/status/884806259286962176) Actually before that, she's revisiting some stuff from April, but you can reserve going in depth at your leisure.

Ends about here:
Propane Janeâ„¢ on Twitter: "Ivanka Trump implicated in Russia scandal https://t.co/MNM7eGWsyk via @shareblue" (https://twitter.com/docrocktex26/status/886054882121314306)

Probably easier to start at the end and start scrolling up until you reach the first, because Twitter threading.

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[Post 1207]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-16-2017 01:29 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Donald Trump calls Don Jr. a &#8220;high quality person.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/UPdld9qYWk">https://t.co/UPdld9qYWk</a> <a href="https://t.co/irWkLXSvNR">pic.twitter.com/irWkLXSvNR</a></p>&mdash; The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheDailyShow/status/886329567039950848">July 15, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 1208]
Author : Stormlight
Date : 07-17-2017 03:23 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

White House voter commission publishes names, numbers of worried citizens | Ars Technica (https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/07/white-house-voter-commission-publishes-names-numbers-of-worried-citizens/?comments=1)

Voter intimidation! We has it!

Shortly before the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity is set to have its first meeting on Wednesday July 19 the controversial committee published hundreds of pages from concerned citizens about the group&#8217;s work. In some cases, the White House released citizens&#8217; phone numbers and e-mail addresses, seemingly without their knowledge.

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[Post 1209]
Author : Nullifidian
Date : 07-17-2017 10:05 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Even assuming the best and saying that it's not deliberate, it's indicative of the sort of incompetence that should make everyone leery of having their private voter data handed over to the commission.

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[Post 1210]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-18-2017 12:27 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

What could possibly go wrong here?

  Tillerson to Shutter State Department War Crimes Office | Foreign Policy (http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/07/17/tillerson-to-shutter-state-department-war-crimes-office/)

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[Post 1211]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 07-18-2017 01:01 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Couldn't find any mention of Trump's nomination of John K. Bush to fill a vacancy on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, but this shit is totally off the goddamn rails. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted (11-9, along party lines) (http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2017/07/13/senate-committee-narrowly-approves-john-k-bush-fed/476898001/) to send the nomination to the full Senate. 

Nominating people you think will decide cases in a reliably "conservative" manner is one thing. You'd expect nothing different from a GOP administration. But this guy is a garden variety an unhinged lunatic wingnut blogger. Some of his more batshit batshittery is featured in the "Judicial Temperament" section starting on page 4 of this here report (https://www.afj.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/AFJ-Bush-Report.pdf). Jesus. Fucking. Fuck.

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[Post 1212]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-18-2017 02:56 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Some of his more batshit batshittery is featured in the "Judicial Temperament" section starting on page 4 of this here report (https://www.afj.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/AFJ-Bush-Report.pdf). Jesus. Fucking. Fuck.

In a talk he gave to a private Louisville club he chose, according to his written notes, to recite and apparently condone a quote by another author that employs an anti-gay slur: “I come here every year, and let me tell you one thing I’ve learned—this is no town to be giving people the impression you’re some kind of faggot.”

Spraying milk out my nose upon reading something is becoming a sign of 'This is perfectly normal in modern America.' :)

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[Post 1213]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-18-2017 10:04 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump Voters Were Wrong, So Fuck Their Opinions -  The Rude Pundit (http://rudepundit.blogspot.ca/2017/07/trump-voters-were-wrong-so-fuck-their.html)

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[Post 1214]
Author : Stormlight
Date : 07-18-2017 10:41 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Andy Serkis Becomes Gollum To Read Trump&#39;s Tweets - YouTube

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[Post 1215]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-19-2017 08:29 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"> <a href="https://t.co/5CS6SnulKq">pic.twitter.com/5CS6SnulKq</a></p>&mdash; Paws (#44) (@Cognac4Paws) <a href="https://twitter.com/Cognac4Paws/status/887367152281550848">July 18, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 1216]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-20-2017 06:33 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

http://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/1500415277-20170719.png
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Voters (http://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/voters)

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[Post 1217]
Author : Stormlight
Date : 07-20-2017 06:42 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Hillary Clinton is more unpopular than Donald Trump. Let that sink in | Daniel José Camacho | Opinion | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jul/19/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-unpopular-polling)

According to the latest Bloomberg National Poll, Trump has a net favorability of 41% whereas Clinton has a net favorability of 39%. If Democrats are to escape the political wilderness, they will have to leave Clinton and her brand of politics in the woods.

So, "President" Trump has a net favourability of 41%? Unbelievable ... :facepalm:

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[Post 1218]
Author : erimir
Date : 07-20-2017 09:48 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's favorability, not net favorability. His net is -14. And his net job approval is slightly worse, -16.

And it's one poll. Another recent poll found that by a margin of 49 to 42%, Americans would prefer Hillary were president instead of Trump (and a margin of 53 to 40% preferring Obama).

I suspect despite the respondents saying it wasn't the reason, Hillary losing was a big part of her numbers being so bad. Conversely, if she had won she'd probably have gotten a bump in her numbers. I'd like to believe particularly if Democrats had won the Senate and therefore she was able to appoint someone good to the Supreme Court, but I get the impression that that's not worth very much credit in the eyes of petulant leftists who would be disappointed that actually having the presidency doesn't mean you can just yell at Republicans in Congress and get what you want (it doesn't even necessarily work when they're the same party, as Trump is learning).

(Consider the difference in how Ruth Bader Ginsburg is seen compared to the man who appointed her, and how many idiots insisted Clinton would appoint someone who'd support Citizens United despite both of her husband's appointees dissenting in that case, etc.)

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[Post 1219]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-20-2017 09:51 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

10521

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[Post 1220]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 07-20-2017 12:41 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Drain the cockpit!

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[Post 1221]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 07-20-2017 02:06 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's favorability, not net favorability. 

Bloomberg labelled their graph "net favorable" &#8212;

https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iqRnOHPRcHuc/v2/-1x-1.png
&#8212; which raises the question "wtf are Bloomberg talking about?".

His net is -14. And his net job approval is slightly worse, -16.

So do we have her net figure?

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[Post 1222]
Author : erimir
Date : 07-20-2017 06:44 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I think they might have meant total instead of net? They might have asked about strongly vs somewhat favorable.

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[Post 1223]
Author : chunksmediocrites
Date : 07-21-2017 01:28 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I find the chest-beating in the US about how sinister Russia attempted to influence the sacred election process in our country to be the signal flare of people unversed in US history and foreign policy- do they know our government historically has been much more active than Russia in attempting to influence the outcome of foreign elections?
The U.S. is no stranger to interfering in the elections of other countries- LA Times Dec 2016: (http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-us-intervention-foreign-elections-20161213-story.html)
The U.S. has a long history of attempting to influence presidential elections in other countries &#8211; it&#8217;s done so as many as 81 times between 1946 and 2000, according to a database amassed by political scientist Dov Levin of Carnegie Mellon University.

That number doesn&#8217;t include military coups and regime change efforts following the election of candidates the U.S. didn&#8217;t like, notably those in Iran, Guatemala and Chile. Nor does it include general assistance with the electoral process, such as election monitoring.

Levin defines intervention as &#8220;a costly act which is designed to determine the election results [in favor of] one of the two sides.&#8221; These acts, carried out in secret two-thirds of the time, include funding the election campaigns of specific parties, disseminating misinformation or propaganda, training locals of only one side in various campaigning or get-out-the-vote techniques, helping one side design their campaign materials, making public pronouncements or threats in favor of or against a candidate, and providing or withdrawing foreign aid.
I don't want Russia influencing our elections. But it might make the US look a hair less hypocritical to stop doing this ourselves, or else acknowledge that this is what a number of nations do as a matter of course, including the US.

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[Post 1224]
Author : Watser?
Date : 07-21-2017 01:41 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:wb: chunks

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[Post 1225]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 07-21-2017 02:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Some of his more batshit batshittery is featured in the "Judicial Temperament" section starting on page 4 of this here report (https://www.afj.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/AFJ-Bush-Report.pdf). Jesus. Fucking. Fuck.

In a talk he gave to a private Louisville club he chose, according to his written notes, to recite and apparently condone a quote by another author that employs an anti-gay slur: “I come here every year, and let me tell you one thing I’ve learned—this is no town to be giving people the impression you’re some kind of faggot.”

Spraying milk out my nose upon reading something is becoming a sign of 'This is perfectly normal in modern America.' :)

To this day, John K. Bush comes to my house once a year and calls me a rectal prolapse faggot. And he's a judge now.
http://images2.fanpop.com/image/photos/14000000/Lt-Col-Henry-Blake-m-a-s-h-14057888-320-240.jpg

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[Post 1226]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 07-21-2017 06:11 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Happy trails and fare-thee-well to Melissa McCarthy impersonator Sean Spicer (http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/21/politics/sean-spicer-resigns-anthony-scaramucci/index.html). Regarding incoming communications director Anthony Scaramucci:

Trump has been pushing for Scaramucci to come in for a while, according to a source familiar with the decision.

Since the communications director job was open, he would install Scaramucci in that role. This source added that Spicer worried Scaramucci wouldn't know Washington and that it would fall to Spicer to do both jobs, which he considered to be untenable.

That's right - ol' Sean was apparently concerned that SOMEONE ELSE might turn out to be a Washington-illiterate fuck up.

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[Post 1227]
Author : erimir
Date : 07-21-2017 06:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Goldman Sachs-owned Hillary strikes again! We need to drain the swamp!

Oh wait, no, it's Trump hiring another Goldman Sachs alum.

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[Post 1228]
Author : Ari
Date : 07-21-2017 07:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I love that Trump admitted he didn't know what that phrase even meant and everyone just nodded like "yeah, we know."

Someone needs to get Trump under oath, it really doesn't matter about what, since he's incapable of not lying.

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[Post 1229]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-21-2017 08:02 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Frankie on Twitter: "I feel like every time a Trump employee quits, Oompa Loompas should appear & sing a song to teach us about the perils of gluttony & greed." (https://twitter.com/phranqueigh/status/888433690325471237)

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[Post 1230]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 07-21-2017 09:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:dddp:

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[Post 1231]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 07-21-2017 09:30 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Happy trails and fare-thee-well to Melissa McCarthy impersonator Sean Spicer (http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/21/politics/sean-spicer-resigns-anthony-scaramucci/index.html). 

"Trump wanted Scaramucci on television as a surrogate for the White  House and wanted to give him more of a formal title. There was simply no  understanding by the President that the communications director title  comes with lots of responsibilities, not just going on television,"

Making America Great Again turns out to be a lot harder than it looks. It's not just going on television ...

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[Post 1232]
Author : erimir
Date : 07-21-2017 11:33 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

If the Fox News folks wanted to make Trump follow a liberal agenda, they probably could get him to do it.

They can defend Trump on the Russia stuff, and then segue into how the ACA is really a Republican idea and we should expand it and Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan are betraying Trump, etc. etc. Trump would tweet out how it's unfair Obama gets credit for Republican ideas and we need more ACA, not less - except this time we'll do it right because Trump is better than Obama.

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[Post 1233]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 07-22-2017 12:08 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Anthony Scaramucci at his first press briefing, on Trump's poll numbers:

“The American people are actually playing a long game, and they really love the president.”

:uncupandball:

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[Post 1234]
Author : erimir
Date : 07-22-2017 12:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Step 1: Tell pollsters I don't like the president when I actually love him
Step 2: ???
Step 3: PROFIT!

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[Post 1235]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 07-22-2017 12:26 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yessir, and the closely guarded secret that is Step 2 is the very essence of the long game. :yup:

If we created artificially low approval numbers now, the Dems won't put much effort into the next presidential election and Trump will win reelection in a landslide come 2020, a REAL landslide this time!
:muahaha:

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[Post 1236]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-22-2017 12:33 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Anthony Scaramucci says he is sorry for calling Donald Trump a &quot;hack&quot; with a &quot;big mouth&quot; in 2015 <a href="https://t.co/vcdWAq1WmU">https://t.co/vcdWAq1WmU</a> <a href="https://t.co/M8Af6qq1jm">pic.twitter.com/M8Af6qq1jm</a></p>&mdash; CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNPolitics/status/888526932140204032">July 21, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Scaramucci on Pres. Trump: &quot;I think he&#39;s got some of the best political instincts in the world, perhaps in history&quot; <a href="https://t.co/k7qTriEv3G">https://t.co/k7qTriEv3G</a></p>&mdash; CNN (@CNN) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNN/status/888469967628230656">July 21, 2017</a></blockquote>
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http://i.imgur.com/NnoGhN1.gif

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[Post 1237]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-22-2017 12:47 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Walls don&#39;t work. Never have never will. The Berlin Wall 1961-1989 don&#39;t fall for it. <a href="https://t.co/urKlDWAhdt">pic.twitter.com/urKlDWAhdt</a></p>&mdash; Anthony Scaramucci (@Scaramucci) <a href="https://twitter.com/Scaramucci/status/671748363184971777">December 1, 2015</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We actually agree with the new <a href="https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse">@WhiteHouse</a> Communications Director on this. <a href="https://t.co/gmOavLJ54d">https://t.co/gmOavLJ54d</a></p>&mdash; ACLU National (@ACLU) <a href="https://twitter.com/ACLU/status/888477896196726784">July 21, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

This is going to be brilliant.

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[Post 1238]
Author : Jerome
Date : 07-22-2017 03:13 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Wait, are you guys trying to say communism is bad?


:ohmy:

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[Post 1239]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-22-2017 03:55 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:pat:

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[Post 1240]
Author : godfry n. glad
Date : 07-22-2017 04:16 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Wait, are you guys trying to say communism is bad?


:ohmy:

Great Wall of China?  Same thing.  No Commies then.

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[Post 1241]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-22-2017 06:09 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Conservatives are trashing Jeff Sessions' controversial asset-seizure program - Business Insider (http://www.businessinsider.com/civil-asset-forfeiture-doj-new-policy-2017-7)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Look, just because Sessions hasn't actually been convicted of a crime is no reason we can't start seizing his property now.</p>&mdash; Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) <a href="https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/888580073368031232">July 22, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 1242]
Author : The Man
Date : 07-22-2017 06:18 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Wait, are you guys trying to say communism is bad?


:ohmy:

Great Wall of China?  Same thing.  No Commies then.
How many people on this message board actually consider themselves communists, anyway? Lots of socialists or anarchists, but the only person here I can think of who's identified as a communist is Caligulette, who hasn't posted in awhile, sadly. (And I don't believe she's ever advocated a Soviet-style system, either.)

Happy trails and fare-thee-well to Melissa McCarthy impersonator Sean Spicer (http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/21/politics/sean-spicer-resigns-anthony-scaramucci/index.html). 

"Trump wanted Scaramucci on television as a surrogate for the White  House and wanted to give him more of a formal title. There was simply no  understanding by the President that the communications director title  comes with lots of responsibilities, not just going on television,"

Making America Great Again turns out to be a lot harder than it looks. It's not just going on television ...

I saw a good piece a few days ago about how this administration, for all that it complains about the "fake news media", is to historically unprecedented extents a creation of the media. Nearly everything it does seems calculated in terms of media response. I wish I'd saved the link.

(There have also, of course, been pieces written about how Fox & Friends seems like interactive television for a specific four-year-old, namely the president*. I apologise to four-year-olds everywhere for the libellous comparison.)

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[Post 1243]
Author : fragment
Date : 07-22-2017 12:17 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

How many people on this message board actually consider themselves communists, anyway? Lots of socialists or anarchists, but the only person here I can think of who's identified as a communist is Caligulette, who hasn't posted in awhile, sadly. (And I don't believe she's ever advocated a Soviet-style system, either.)
Yeah, I don't think you'll find many fans of the former eastern bloc here, or anywhere really.

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[Post 1244]
Author : Crumb
Date : 07-22-2017 04:46 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Except this guy: :pinko:

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[Post 1245]
Author : Stormlight
Date : 07-22-2017 06:35 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

How many people on this message board actually consider themselves communists, anyway? Lots of socialists or anarchists, but the only person here I can think of who's identified as a communist is Caligulette, who hasn't posted in awhile, sadly. (And I don't believe she's ever advocated a Soviet-style system, either.)
Yeah, I don't think you'll find many fans of the former eastern bloc here, or anywhere really.

Yeah but we all know that for this particular moron everybody on the left of Reagan or Thatcher is a communist. :facepalm:

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[Post 1246]
Author : Watser?
Date : 07-22-2017 07:47 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Caligulette is a troyskyist, that's the closest thing.

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[Post 1247]
Author : Ari
Date : 07-22-2017 11:26 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump, "Because you are basically saying from the moment the insurance, you’re 21 years old, you start working and you’re paying $12 a year for insurance,"

$12 a year for insurance, what the fuck is he...
Gerber Life | Grow Up Plan | Television Commercial | 2009 - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TeM87PwrhY)
As low as $1 a month, and these ads are shown on Fox news... ya don't say.

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[Post 1248]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-23-2017 02:28 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Anthony Scaramucci on Twitter: "Full transparency: I'm deleting old tweets. Past views evolved & shouldn't be a distraction. I serve @POTUS agenda & that's all that matters" (https://twitter.com/Scaramucci/status/888809731099435008)

That seems the opposite of transparency. :lol:

Also, kiss the ring, bitch! Kiss the ring!

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[Post 1249]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-25-2017 02:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump holds Trump-style rally at Boy Scouts event - CNNPolitics.com (http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/24/politics/trump-boy-scouts-rally/index.html)

Trump to Boy Scouts: 'We could use some more loyalty'

¯\_(&#12484;)_/¯

Bonus:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Boy Scouts of America are booing the first female nominee for President. How proud.</p>&mdash; Daniel Aubry (@Aubs89) <a href="https://twitter.com/Aubs89/status/889623379707387906">July 24, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 1250]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-25-2017 04:08 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

RESOLUTION


 
    Objecting to the conduct of the President of the United States. (https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-115hres456ih/html/BILLS-115hres456ih.htm)

Not sure if "interesting" or "holy shit".

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[Post 1251]
Author : Stormlight
Date : 07-25-2017 01:14 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump denounces Jeff Sessions for being 'weak' on Hillary Clinton | US news | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/25/donald-trump-jeff-sessions-weak-on-hillary-clinton-twitter-russia)

So ... the "President" of the United States criticizes the AG because he doesn't prosecute his political rivals. Wow.

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[Post 1252]
Author : Corona688
Date : 07-25-2017 08:21 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

RESOLUTION


 
    Objecting to the conduct of the President of the United States. (https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-115hres456ih/html/BILLS-115hres456ih.htm)

Not sure if "interesting" or "holy shit".

They put 'climate change' in there.  Bad idea.  Trump has a bad stance on it, but so does most of congress.

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[Post 1253]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 07-26-2017 07:18 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

D. L. Hughley on why Trump's core supporters seem to be completely unconcerned about how horrible Trump is:

DL HUGHLEY TRUMP SUPPORTERS ARE BETRAYING THE COUNTRY - YouTube

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[Post 1254]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-27-2017 03:21 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">IN AMERICA WE DON&#39;T WORSHIP GOVERNMENT - WE WORSHIP GOD!&#55356;&#57253;<a href="https://t.co/jIejSgVnnA">https://t.co/jIejSgVnnA</a></p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/890260758050856961">July 26, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="in" dir="ltr">CAN I GET AN ALLAHU AKBAR <a href="https://t.co/mSM0VTb3YY">https://t.co/mSM0VTb3YY</a></p>&mdash; Hend Amry (@LibyaLiberty) <a href="https://twitter.com/LibyaLiberty/status/890264800357482496">July 26, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Hend is one of the best things on Twitter right now.

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[Post 1255]
Author : Corona688
Date : 07-27-2017 08:02 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Who taught the commander in chief to use emoji I'm sure this will end well...

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[Post 1256]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-27-2017 10:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">And now he&#39;s all-caps trying to use Me to further divide Americans to distract from his Russian collusion. <br><br>Fuck you, Donald.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TraitorTrump?src=hash">#TraitorTrump</a> <a href="https://t.co/gLUdWObOcp">https://t.co/gLUdWObOcp</a></p>&mdash; God (@TheGoodGodAbove) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheGoodGodAbove/status/890261897928462337">July 26, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 1257]
Author : Crumb
Date : 07-27-2017 10:47 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Who taught the commander in chief to use emoji I'm sure this will end well...
I look forward to the first executive order written entirely in emoji.

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[Post 1258]
Author : JoeP
Date : 07-27-2017 11:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Who taught the commander cheeto in chief to use emoji I'm sure this will end well...

:fixed:

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[Post 1259]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-27-2017 11:49 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

When the head of the Boy Scouts of America apologizes for the conduct of the President of the US.

From the Chief: Our Perspective on the Presidential Visit - Scouting Wire : Scouting Wire (http://scoutingwire.org/chief-perspective-presidential-visit/)

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[Post 1260]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-28-2017 12:05 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Anthony Scaramucci Called Me to Unload About White House Leakers, Reince Priebus, and Steve Bannon (http://www.newyorker.com/news/ryan-lizza/anthony-scaramucci-called-me-to-unload-about-white-house-leakers-reince-priebus-and-steve-bannon/amp)

&#8220;What I&#8217;m going to do is, I will eliminate everyone in the comms team and we&#8217;ll start over,&#8221; he said. I laughed, not sure if he really believed that such a threat would convince a journalist to reveal a source. He continued to press me and complain about the staff he&#8217;s inherited in his new job. &#8220;I ask these guys not to leak anything and they can&#8217;t help themselves,&#8221; he said. &#8220;You&#8217;re an American citizen, this is a major catastrophe for the American country. So I&#8217;m asking you as an American patriot to give me a sense of who leaked it.&#8221;

:popcorn:

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[Post 1261]
Author : erimir
Date : 07-28-2017 01:45 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It seems like a journalist who was willing to burn bridges could cause some real chaos by fingering the wrong guy on purpose.

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[Post 1262]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-28-2017 03:21 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Imagine if someone were to hack/bribe someone at FOX News to do a signal intrusion of some sort. Ten minutes later feverish tweets about how only Trump is the one who can deal decisively with the bubonic plague carrying space aliens.

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[Post 1263]
Author : Corona688
Date : 07-28-2017 06:36 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Who taught the commander in chief to use emoji I'm sure this will end well...
I look forward to the first executive order written entirely in emoji. UNICODE at this point contains an eyeball, a heart, a bomb, and a lot of flags, so not out of the question.

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[Post 1264]
Author : Crumb
Date : 07-28-2017 03:52 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

What about a wall?

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[Post 1265]
Author : Corona688
Date : 07-28-2017 07:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

When the head of the Boy Scouts of America apologizes for the conduct of the President of the US.

From the Chief: Our Perspective on the Presidential Visit - Scouting Wire : Scouting Wire (http://scoutingwire.org/chief-perspective-presidential-visit/) That was a sublime nonapology which named absolutely nobody and can be read in many ways.

The behavior of the audience might be less political than the scouts just having a grudge with Obama peronally - he snubbed them one grand jamboree and phoned in another, which is almost as unheard of as Trump shitting up their stage.

I liked the suggestion I read in the comments there that a nondenominational BSA shouldn't be bringing in political authority figures.  Bring in a scientist, a veteran, something like that - they might have something interesting to say.

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[Post 1266]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-28-2017 09:01 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Okay, after some thought and a reread, I find the "apology to" as distinct from "apology if" an important point. Ultimately, a real apology is a change of behaviour going forward, but in this case, to what? Nebulous thought alert: How many long standing traditions need to get kicked to the curb because of Trump? Probably something bigger given 62 million people voted for pussy grabbin'.

Then then this comes along:  Boy Scouts president has 85 billion reasons to excuse Trump's wildly inappropriate Jamboree speech (https://www.rawstory.com/2017/07/boy-scouts-president-has-85-billion-reasons-to-excuse-trumps-wildly-inappropriate-jamboree-speech/)

What do you know, money again. And a revenge fueled man child in the oval office.

Standards are dead.

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[Post 1267]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-28-2017 09:36 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Did someone say revenge fueled man child?

Trump administration threatens retribution against Alaska over Murkowski health votes - Alaska Dispatch News (https://www.adn.com/politics/2017/07/26/trump-administration-signals-that-murkowskis-health-care-vote-could-have-energy-repercussions-for-alaska/?outputType=amp-type)

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[Post 1268]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 07-28-2017 10:15 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Anthony Scaramucci Called Me to Unload About White House Leakers, Reince Priebus, and Steve Bannon (http://www.newyorker.com/news/ryan-lizza/anthony-scaramucci-called-me-to-unload-about-white-house-leakers-reince-priebus-and-steve-bannon/amp)

“What I’m going to do is, I will eliminate everyone in the comms team and we’ll start over,” he said. I laughed, not sure if he really believed that such a threat would convince a journalist to reveal a source. He continued to press me and complain about the staff he’s inherited in his new job. “I ask these guys not to leak anything and they can’t help themselves,” he said. “You’re an American citizen, this is a major catastrophe for the American country. So I’m asking you as an American patriot to give me a sense of who leaked it.”

:popcorn:

Well now, that didn't take long (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/28/us/politics/reince-priebus-white-house-trump.html?_r=1). 

Time to shitcan these establishment Republicans and fill up the West Wing with true believers.

https://media3.giphy.com/media/xUn3CfpoGZIAk09Xoc/200w.gif

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[Post 1269]
Author : Ari
Date : 07-28-2017 10:23 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

In other news Scaramucci says Trump's colon is the healthiest he's ever seen.

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[Post 1270]
Author : Watser?
Date : 07-28-2017 10:32 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So ummmm...

Won't somebody please think of the children?
:helen:


What with all the profanities and all...

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[Post 1271]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-28-2017 11:38 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Anthony Scaramucci Called Me to Unload About White House Leakers, Reince Priebus, and Steve Bannon (http://www.newyorker.com/news/ryan-lizza/anthony-scaramucci-called-me-to-unload-about-white-house-leakers-reince-priebus-and-steve-bannon/amp)

“What I’m going to do is, I will eliminate everyone in the comms team and we’ll start over,” he said. I laughed, not sure if he really believed that such a threat would convince a journalist to reveal a source. He continued to press me and complain about the staff he’s inherited in his new job. “I ask these guys not to leak anything and they can’t help themselves,” he said. “You’re an American citizen, this is a major catastrophe for the American country. So I’m asking you as an American patriot to give me a sense of who leaked it.”

:popcorn:

Well now, that didn't take long (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/28/us/politics/reince-priebus-white-house-trump.html?_r=1). 

Time to shitcan these establishment Republicans and fill up the West Wing with true believers.

https://media3.giphy.com/media/xUn3CfpoGZIAk09Xoc/200w.gif

I'll just pretend the thanks button was a lol button this time around.

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[Post 1272]
Author : Ari
Date : 07-29-2017 12:57 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

New Yorker,
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DF3BFttXcAEeqg_.jpg

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[Post 1273]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-29-2017 02:13 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Spicer is texting Priebus right now: &quot;Come on by. I have &#55356;&#57210; in my mini-fridge. LOL!!&quot;</p>&mdash; The Rude Pundit (@rudepundit) <a href="https://twitter.com/rudepundit/status/891039849607778305">July 28, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 1274]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 07-29-2017 05:09 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'll just pretend the thanks button was a lol button this time around.

:unnod:

No need to pretend. The [Thanks] button is a multifunction tool. Much like "aloha." Or maybe, alolha?

:lolhog:

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[Post 1275]
Author : The Man
Date : 07-29-2017 05:44 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

@JohnJHarwood
Ryan-Priebus ally tells me Trump is moving toward "an independent WH" untethered from the Republican Party
5:36 PM - Jul 28, 2017 (https://twitter.com/JohnJHarwood/status/891049674580402177)

@JohnJHarwood
Ryan-Priebus ally to me: next phase of Trump presidency will be warfare against GOP Congress
5:23 PM - Jul 28, 2017 (https://twitter.com/JohnJHarwood/status/891046384870281216)

This is definitely a brilliant political strategy that is certain not to backfire on the president* in any way, especially with Republican Congresscritters already giving every indication that they'll side with Sessions over the president* if it comes down to it.

One thing I will never forgive this administration for is making me feel bad for horrible people like Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III, Reince Priebus, Sean Spicer, and so on. Yet all these people simply aren't as horrible as the president*.

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[Post 1276]
Author : JoeP
Date : 07-29-2017 11:41 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The [Thanks] button is a multifunction tool. 

:yup:

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[Post 1277]
Author : Crumb
Date : 07-29-2017 06:58 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

You're a multifunction tool! :you:

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[Post 1278]
Author : JoeP
Date : 07-29-2017 07:41 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:bowing:

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[Post 1279]
Author : JoeP
Date : 07-29-2017 07:42 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:dddp:

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[Post 1280]
Author : erimir
Date : 07-29-2017 08:14 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

One thing I will never forgive this administration for is making me feel bad for horrible people like Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III, Reince Priebus, Sean Spicer, and so on. Yet all these people simply aren't as horrible as the president*.
Oooh, that one is close though.

Personality-wise, it's undoubtedly true. Ideologically, Sessions is pure awful tho :kkktard:

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[Post 1281]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-29-2017 10:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Priebus ro Hannity: It’s &quot;actually a good thing&quot; that Trump got rid of me (VIDEO)<a href="https://t.co/cnN6DgNPq5">https://t.co/cnN6DgNPq5</a> <a href="https://t.co/fA8q5HjLrJ">pic.twitter.com/fA8q5HjLrJ</a></p>&mdash; Talking Points Memo (@TPM) <a href="https://twitter.com/TPM/status/891294225660350464">July 29, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

The replies. Here's just a few:
S Riches on Twitter: "@TPM 'The past was alterable. The past never had been altered. Oceania was at war with Eastasia. Oceania had always been at war with Eastasia'" (https://twitter.com/sparkedcat/status/891295449784745984)
David Bourgeois on Twitter: "@TPM Beaten-wife syndrome." (https://twitter.com/dwbourgeois/status/891297380603219968)
Real Shecky on Twitter: "@TPM Wow, does he have Stockholm syndrome, or what?" (https://twitter.com/TheRealShecky/status/891299289992966144)

And :rimshot:
BlueRootsRadio on Twitter: "@TPM Dr. Phil, we gotta an emergency visit situation." (https://twitter.com/BlueRootsRadio/status/891412529519448064)

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[Post 1282]
Author : lisarea
Date : 07-30-2017 12:27 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

My hypothesis is an extensive blackmail network, and I'm not kidding. Someone, probably someone Russian, has such vile and/or repulsive shit on most of these people that they have to go along with whatever is thrown at them.

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[Post 1283]
Author : Watser?
Date : 07-30-2017 12:30 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Scaramucci&#8217;s fed-up wife filed for divorce while nine months pregnant | Page Six (http://pagesix.com/2017/07/29/scaramuccis-fed-up-wife-left-him-while-nine-months-pregnant/)

I read this and thought it was joke news of the Borowitz/Onion kind. I am still not sure what to believe :freakout: :panic:

What is this world coming to?! :afraid2::lolwut:

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[Post 1284]
Author : lpetrich
Date : 07-30-2017 06:26 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump holds Trump-style rally at Boy Scouts event - CNNPolitics.com (http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/24/politics/trump-boy-scouts-rally/index.html)

Trump to Boy Scouts: 'We could use some more loyalty'

Loyalty?

What does he think he is? A monarch? This nation is supposed to be a republic, not a monarchy.

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[Post 1285]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-30-2017 08:29 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump holds Trump-style rally at Boy Scouts event - CNNPolitics.com (http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/24/politics/trump-boy-scouts-rally/index.html)

Trump to Boy Scouts: 'We could use some more loyalty'

Loyalty?

What does he think he is? A monarch? This nation is supposed to be a republic, not a monarchy.

I'm a subject of the Crown of Britain, and in my lifetime, I haven't seen anything like that from the Royal family, a few shitty remarks from Prince Philip aside. ¯\_(&#12484;)_/¯ In fact, in family lore it's just my great grandfather, an American, who was an engineer for Canadian Pacific Rail, once had in his engine one of those random kings from the early 1900s when they were changing them like so much underwear. The complaint was that the monarch didn't offer him one of his expensive cigarettes. :D

Now where have I heard the loyalty demands? I have connections to Venezuela, and holy shit. The airport full of banners of Chavez (When he was alive, I haven't been back since.) hugging children and smiling for the camera. This was back when there was still stock in supermarkets. Good luck getting milk, though.

So, with that in mind:

Evita Peron:
"Answer violence with violence. If one of us falls today, five of them must fall tomorrow."
"One cannot accomplish anything without fanaticism."
"Where there is worker, there lies a nation"

Augusto Pinochet:
"I'm looking at them from above, because God put me here."
"Not a single leaf moves in this country if I'm not the one moving it. I want that to be clear!" 

Idi Amin:
"Sometimes people mistake the way I talk for what I am thinking."

Mao Zedong:
"To read too many books is harmful."

Mobutu Sese Seko:
"The chief is the chief. He is the eagle who flies high and cannot be touched by the spit of the toad."

Robert Mugabe:
"It may be necessary to use methods other than constitutional ones."

Saddam Hussein:
"Politics is when you say you are going to do one thing while intending to another. Then you do neither." (lol, this guy got it.)

Silvio Berlusconi:
"I am the Jesus Christ of politics. I am a patient victim, I sacrifice myself for everyone."

Todor Zhivkov:
"This year - a factory of semiconductors. Next year - a factory of whole conductors!" :derp:
"We must make a radical turn, at 360 degrees." :derp:

Have fun!

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[Post 1286]
Author : Watser?
Date : 07-30-2017 03:44 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump holds Trump-style rally at Boy Scouts event - CNNPolitics.com (http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/24/politics/trump-boy-scouts-rally/index.html)

Trump to Boy Scouts: 'We could use some more loyalty'

Loyalty?

What does he think he is? A monarch? This nation is supposed to be a republic, not a monarchy.

Well, it's the closest thing to a monarchy of all the republics I know. Especially with the whole 'first lady' crap.

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[Post 1287]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-30-2017 09:26 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Psychiatry group tells members they can discuss Trump's mental health (https://www.statnews.com/2017/07/25/psychiatry-goldwater-rule-trump/)

Dahell is Stat News?

'Boston Globe' Owner Launches 'Stat News' Site Covering Life Sciences : NPR (http://www.npr.org/2015/11/04/454692304/boston-globe-owner-launches-stat-news-site-covering-life-sciences)

Oh. Hmm.

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[Post 1288]
Author : Watser?
Date : 07-30-2017 09:49 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Here's Trump's new ambassador here. It's Pete Hoekstra, who was born in Groningen and has a Friesian last name.

Gay rights opponent picked as ambassador to Netherlands by Trump | World news | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/26/gay-rights-opponent-picked-ambassador-netherlands-donald-trump-pete-hoekstra)

I'm sure we'll get along fine...

The Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant observed that Trump had &#8220;put a Dutchman in the Netherlands &#8211; but it is a Dutchman from the Netherlands of the 50s&#8221;.

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[Post 1289]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-31-2017 06:33 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump is threatening to cut Congress&#39;s pay if they don&#39;t repeal the ACA.<br><br>Congress, I&#39;d hire a lawyer.</p>&mdash; Andy Slavitt (@ASlavitt) <a href="https://twitter.com/ASlavitt/status/891818416499286017">July 31, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

¯\_(&#12484;)_/¯

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[Post 1290]
Author : Stormlight
Date : 07-31-2017 09:15 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump makes US seem a 'kleptocracy', says ex-ethics chief Walter Shaub | US news | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/31/trump-ethics-chief-walter-shaub-kleptocracy)

He added: &#8220;It certainly risks people starting to refer to us as a kleptocracy. That&#8217;s a term people throw around fairly freely when they&#8217;re talking about Russia, fairly or unfairly, and we run the risk of getting branded the same way. America really should stand for more than that.&#8221;

:capitalistpig:

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[Post 1291]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 07-31-2017 11:35 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump makes US seem a 'kleptocracy' ...


There, fixed.

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[Post 1292]
Author : lpetrich
Date : 07-31-2017 02:09 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

@JohnJHarwood
Ryan-Priebus ally tells me Trump is moving toward "an independent WH" untethered from the Republican Party
5:36 PM - Jul 28, 2017 (https://twitter.com/JohnJHarwood/status/891049674580402177)

@JohnJHarwood
Ryan-Priebus ally to me: next phase of Trump presidency will be warfare against GOP Congress
5:23 PM - Jul 28, 2017 (https://twitter.com/JohnJHarwood/status/891046384870281216)

How will DT get anything done? Does he expect to do everything by executive order? Or else by making deals with politicians individually? He'll have to start reaching out to Democrats in addition to Republicans if he will have any chance to get anything done.

Or am I doing more thinking that he is capable of? Would he say if he considered this issue "Ivanka! Ivanka! Help me! Help me!"?

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[Post 1293]
Author : lpetrich
Date : 07-31-2017 02:11 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Why the Trump dynasty will last sixteen years | Edward Luttwak (https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/public/trump-dynasty-luttwak/)

He states in it that

the President’s re-election committee is already hard at work, while his daughter Ivanka Trump is duly apprenticed in the White House that, according to my sources, she means to occupy as America’s first female President

So it's Donald Trump again in 2020, then Ivanka Trump in 2024 and 2028.

After noting Hillary Clinton's defeat of Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primaries,

As it was, of course, the victory of the Democratic establishment merely ensured the victory of the only Sanders counterpart on the Republican side with whom Sanders differed sharply on almost everything – except for the only thing that really mattered to both: the urgent need to mobilize government policies to increase American jobs and wages, in firm opposition to all the competing international and planetary priorities continuously proffered by elite Americans and their core institutions, along with Pope Francis and other leading figures.


He then discusses a rather curious issue: affordability of cars.

That is why the car affordability numbers revealed in June 2016 were so vastly significant in determining the outcome of the elections. Going by metropolitan areas, they extracted maximum affordable car prices from median incomes. The latter ranged from the stellar $87,210 of San Jose in the opulence of California’s Silicon Valley, all the way down to the $24,701 of deindustrialized Cleveland, Ohio, numbers that in turn yielded maximum affordable price limits of $32,855 in San Jose, and $7,558 in Cleveland – not actually the lowest number, which was Detroit’s $6,174, owing to high average insurance costs in that crime-afflicted city (at $1,131.40 per annum, as compared to Cleveland’s $659.47).

What made these seemingly obscure numbers nothing less than momentous was that the cheapest new car on sale in the United States in 2016 was the Nissan Versa sedan at $12,825, twice the level that average households could afford in Detroit or Cleveland, and more than average households could afford in cities ranging from Philadelphia, Orlando, Milwaukee, Memphis, Providence, New Orleans, Miami and Buffalo, as well as, a fortiori, in a very great number of smaller localities across the United States, even in high-income states such as California and Oregon, as well much more commonly in the lower-income Southern and rust-belt states.

Since Americans are so car-dependent, this means trouble.

He mentions two issues: wage stagnation and what he considers overregulation of car design: safety and fuel efficiency.

And both those purposes are much more costly to achieve than they could have been because they are subverted by the safety norms that prohibit the much lighter vehicles I happily drive in Japan, whose K-cars merrily drive up steep mountain roads in spite of their minuscule engines, and that also prohibit the several small cars sold in Europe for much less than the $12,825 of the cheapest US car.


Then there is a part where he seems to deny that natural gas is now underselling coal and where he seems to think that global warming is a non-issue. He also seems to think that former President Obama was trying to regulate coal to death.

Nothing on developing alternatives to coal, and eventually alternatives to natural gas -- he claims that wind and solar aren't cheap enough to compete with them.


What happens next depends on the fate of that other vector of the Trump strategy – his $1.3 trillion infrastructure plan which a White House team is striving to convert into an actual programme that specifies what is to be built where, and with what sort of funding, whether public or private.
That's way too optimistic. His infrastructure plans continue to be very vague, especially the funding of them. Tax breaks for Wall Streeters, apparently.

If the resulting employment generation kicks in fully by 2020, Trump will coast to re-election, especially if by then he can claim that the Mexican border is “sealed”, which will then result in his ordering the automatic legalization of all tax-paying and non-felonious illegal immigrants, giving him a chunk of the Hispanic vote as well, after decades of unfulfilled promises, including Obama’s.

That strikes me as also very optimistic. He might get some Hispanic votes, but his base would be outraged.

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[Post 1294]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-31-2017 07:01 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Why the Trump dynasty will last sixteen years | Edward Luttwak (https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/public/trump-dynasty-luttwak/)

He states in it that

the President’s re-election committee is already hard at work, while his daughter Ivanka Trump is duly apprenticed in the White House that, according to my sources, she means to occupy as America’s first female President

So it's Donald Trump again in 2020, then Ivanka Trump in 2024 and 2028.


I got a campaign song right here:

√♥ Don't Cry For Me Argentina √ Madonna √ Lyrics - YouTube

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[Post 1295]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 07-31-2017 07:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Mooch, we hardly knew ye (https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/07/31/us/politics/anthony-scaramucci-white-house.html).

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[Post 1296]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-31-2017 08:02 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

NOT CHAOS. No chaos. YOU'RE THE CHAOS.

:lol:

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[Post 1297]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-31-2017 08:44 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Simon Maloy on Twitter: "Scaramucci resigning to spend less time with his family" (https://twitter.com/SimonMaloy/status/892093360009359360)

:zing: <--- y u not a smilie?

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[Post 1298]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 07-31-2017 08:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Chaos? What chaos?
http://www.welovetheiraqiinformationminister.com/images/07-minister.jpg

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[Post 1299]
Author : JoeP
Date : 07-31-2017 09:30 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Clown car.

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[Post 1300]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-31-2017 09:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

At least Britain does it artfully.

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[Post 1301]
Author : Florence Jellem
Date : 07-31-2017 11:38 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Flo already misses The Mooch. This is not the Donald Trump I voted for.

In my dreams, Flo sees The Mooch entering a D.C.-area pastry shop. There is a dispute over whether the Mooch or another man is next in line. The Mooch makes the other guy leave the store, and then pulls a gun on the hired help. &#8220;Give me the pastry box,&#8221; the Mooch says. &#8220;Do I look like some kind of pussy to you?&#8221; After the terrified clerk gives The  Mooch his pastry box, The Mooch shoots him in the foot.

Much later, President Trump and The Mooch are driving on some lonely night highway. The Mooch is at the wheel. He is fucked up on drugs and has an accident. Their SUV overturns into a ravine. President Trump gets out of the wrecked vehicle and holds a handkerchief over The Mooch&#8217;s nose and mouth until he is dead.

That&#8217;s the kind of stuff Flo wanted from the Trump administration. And now I&#8217;ll never get it. :sadcheer:

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[Post 1302]
Author : Corona688
Date : 08-01-2017 03:08 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Mooch, we hardly knew ye (https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/07/31/us/politics/anthony-scaramucci-white-house.html).

A good question in the comments:

How does Mike Pence manage to stay out of all the drama?

Perhaps Pence is the leaker.

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[Post 1303]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-01-2017 05:40 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

LOLGOP on Twitter: "Scaramucci should do his first post-firing interview wearing wings made of feathers and melted wax." (https://twitter.com/LOLGOP/status/892134489597632513)

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[Post 1304]
Author : Stormlight
Date : 08-01-2017 06:20 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

At least Britain does it artfully.

:soso:

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[Post 1305]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-01-2017 07:53 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

At least Britain does it artfully.

:soso:

https://images.plurk.com/1znPZNr4WfNRBUuHApjg.jpg
Max and Leo discover Springtime for Brexit is a hit.

:lol:

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[Post 1306]
Author : Stormlight
Date : 08-01-2017 08:07 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Wouldn't it be a good idea to use the Benny Hill theme song as the new US national anthem?

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[Post 1307]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-01-2017 08:13 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Here you go!

Trump's First Acts - YouTube

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[Post 1308]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-02-2017 12:47 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Stonekettle on Twitter: "Trump is the result of a society that dismisses reason and intellect as "elitism" while lighting their farts on fire." (https://twitter.com/Stonekettle/status/892062112322920448)

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[Post 1309]
Author : MonCapitan2002
Date : 08-02-2017 01:31 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump is threatening to cut Congress's pay if they don't repeal the ACA.<br><br>Congress, I'd hire a lawyer.</p>&mdash; Andy Slavitt (@ASlavitt) <a href="https://twitter.com/ASlavitt/status/891818416499286017">July 31, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

¯_(&#12484;)_/¯

I suspect that if he actually attempted such a thing, it would be an impeachable offense.  There's this thing called checks and balances and its Congress with control of the check book, not the President.  Sadly, I can definitely see Trump blundering his way into causing a Constitutional Crisis.

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[Post 1310]
Author : Miisa
Date : 08-02-2017 11:07 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Does Trump still think he has to fire someone once a week? :confused: Or is he hoping if he goes back to what he did in the days of his TV show people will like him more?

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[Post 1311]
Author : Corona688
Date : 08-02-2017 05:19 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Worse, he actually does business that way.

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[Post 1312]
Author : Ari
Date : 08-02-2017 08:34 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump dictated son's misleading statement on meeting with Russian lawyer - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-dictated-sons-misleading-statement-on-meeting-with-russian-lawyer/2017/07/31/04c94f96-73ae-11e7-8f39-eeb7d3a2d304_story.html?utm_term=.87fd665d7482)

Dear Lawyers, my best son, Don Trump Jr. should be excused today from collusion class.  We already know the best colluders, the greatest.

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[Post 1313]
Author : erimir
Date : 08-02-2017 10:49 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Any 70-year-old father without a legal education would write a letter that potentially implicates him in legal troubles for for his 39-year-old son. Junior's just a baby! He doesn't know what happened!

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[Post 1314]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 08-03-2017 04:54 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Who knew treason could be so complicated?

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[Post 1315]
Author : Vivisectus
Date : 08-03-2017 08:30 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Meanwhile, Sessions bravely tackles an important problem in US society: the scourge of racism against white people in colleges and universities. (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/justice-department-plans-new-project-to-sue-universities-over-affirmative-action-policies/2017/08/01/6295eba4-772b-11e7-8f39-eeb7d3a2d304_story.html?utm_term=.38aa53f937b0) Just the thing to appeal to the average Trumpeteer. What about the average white guy, huh?

But why stop there? We should also stop the shameful and bigoted practice of holding charity drives for the poor and food-insecure, as this is essentially discrimination against the rich and well fed. And why do we let people raise money on facebook for people who need expensive treatment? This clearly excludes the healthy based on their medical history - more discrimination. Where is the free money for the well-off and healthy? They have it tough too!

I think Trump is on to a winner here. This is one area where he can score points with people inclined to support him. Another good tack to take would be to harp on how Christians are also way oppressed.

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[Post 1316]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-03-2017 08:43 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">republicans control the white house, both houses of congress, and the supreme court. let&#39;s check in on fox news <a href="https://t.co/yNSvkxAkTv">pic.twitter.com/yNSvkxAkTv</a></p>&mdash; John Whitehouse (@existentialfish) <a href="https://twitter.com/existentialfish/status/892926236397363200">August 3, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

:lol:

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[Post 1317]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-03-2017 08:56 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

But hey! Fox won't be needed anymore!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump has launched a &quot;REAL news&quot; program on his Facebook page, hosted by his daughter-in-law <a href="https://t.co/PLn7g0ZvoO">https://t.co/PLn7g0ZvoO</a> <a href="https://t.co/dWuDaXsTZP">pic.twitter.com/dWuDaXsTZP</a></p>&mdash; BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedNews/status/892720891414560768">August 2, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 1318]
Author : Stormlight
Date : 08-03-2017 09:43 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:projectilevomit:

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[Post 1319]
Author : MonCapitan2002
Date : 08-03-2017 10:59 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump wouldn't know real news if it whipped out its dick and beat him over the head with it.

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[Post 1320]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-03-2017 11:30 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump wouldn't know real news if it whipped out its dick and beat him over the head with it. peed on him.

:fixed:

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[Post 1321]
Author : The Man
Date : 08-03-2017 11:44 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump wouldn't know real news if it whipped out its dick and beat him over the head with it. peed on him the bed of the Moscow Ritz-Carlton presidential suite.  :fixed:  :fixed:

 Allegedly.

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[Post 1322]
Author : Ari
Date : 08-03-2017 08:18 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

"They were from wherever they were." - Greatest Trump.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DGT977AUQAAHo3p.jpg

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[Post 1323]
Author : The Man
Date : 08-03-2017 09:23 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Special Counsel Robert Mueller Impanels Washington Grand Jury in Russia Probe (https://www.wsj.com/articles/special-counsel-mueller-impanels-washington-grand-jury-in-russia-probe-1501788287)

Shit's about to go down, y'all.

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[Post 1324]
Author : The Man
Date : 08-04-2017 01:18 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Update to above: Reuters is reporting that the grand jury has issued subpoenas relating to Uday's June 2016 meeting in Trump Tower with every Russian ever.

:popcorn:

Also, this:

Secret Service vacates Trump Tower command post in lease dispute with presidentâ&#8364;&#8482;s company - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/secret-service-vacates-trump-tower-command-post-in-lease-dispute-with-presidents-company/2017/08/03/7338de16-785d-11e7-8f39-eeb7d3a2d304_story.html?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.52caef47255d)

Plus it looks like Carter Page had been under a FISA wiretap since 2014. I wonder what Mueller knows from that.

And this:

NEW: Flynn has updated his disclosure forms to reflect pay from Mercer family controlled Cambridge Analytica
https://twitter.com/yashar/status/893236329605214212

If this ends up bringing down the Mercers and/or Cambridge Analytica too, it'll be Christmas in August.

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[Post 1325]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-04-2017 02:45 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Congratulations to everyone who picked "one" for "How many black presidents would it take to elect a clown show of epic proportions." :lol:

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[Post 1326]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-04-2017 03:30 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Senate grabs Trump by the pussy. (http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/345261-senate-blocks-trump-from-making-recess-appointments-over-break)

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[Post 1327]
Author : erimir
Date : 08-04-2017 06:55 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Australia's PM Slowly Realizes Trump Is a Complete Idiot (http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/08/australias-pm-slowly-realizes-trump-is-a-complete-idiot.html)

I can't wrap my mind around how stupid Trump is. How did this happen? How can he not understand such a simple concept?

Does he have dementia that goes in and out or something? What's the deal? He doesn't always come off that stupid.

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[Post 1328]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 08-04-2017 06:05 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

http://www.celebitchy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/trump-newsweek.jpg

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[Post 1329]
Author : lisarea
Date : 08-04-2017 06:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Dementia does kind of ebb and flow, like with sundowning, so it would make sense that sometimes he's more out of it than others. Because yeah, that goes beyond his usual variety of hot take stupidity. 

I have no idea how anyone can not realize what a bad thing this is at this point, and I don't know any Trump supporters so I can ask them. Are they just not paying any attention? Are they themselves incapable of following something as simple as that, so they don't notice that Trump isn't understanding? Are they just so bitter that they somehow don't care?

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[Post 1330]
Author : Crumb
Date : 08-04-2017 06:09 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's all just FAKE NEWS!

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[Post 1331]
Author : lpetrich
Date : 08-04-2017 06:19 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So it's Donald Trump again in 2020, then Ivanka Trump in 2024 and 2028.


I got a campaign song right here:

√♥ Don't Cry For Me Argentina √ Madonna √ Lyrics - YouTube
What's the connection?

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[Post 1332]
Author : Watser?
Date : 08-04-2017 06:31 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's all just FAKE NEWS!

Bingo. That's what they're going with on Facebook...

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[Post 1333]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-04-2017 08:14 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I don't know any Trump supporters so I can ask them. 

www.facebook.com

Are they just so bitter that they somehow don't care?

No better answer than this one ...
D. L. Hughley on why Trump's core supporters seem to be completely unconcerned about how horrible Trump is:

DL HUGHLEY TRUMP SUPPORTERS ARE BETRAYING THE COUNTRY - YouTube (https://youtu.be/r0lokLbSZX8)

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[Post 1334]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-04-2017 09:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So it's Donald Trump again in 2020, then Ivanka Trump in 2024 and 2028.


I got a campaign song right here:

√♥ Don't Cry For Me Argentina √ Madonna √ Lyrics - YouTube
What's the connection?

Change one word and you get Don't cry for me America.

Toss in some fascist overtones and I hope that explains the joke.

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[Post 1335]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 08-05-2017 01:08 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I don't know any Trump supporters so I can ask them. 

www.facebook.com

Are they just so bitter that they somehow don't care?

No better answer than this one ...
D. L. Hughley on why Trump's core supporters seem to be completely unconcerned about how horrible Trump is:

DL HUGHLEY TRUMP SUPPORTERS ARE BETRAYING THE COUNTRY - YouTube (https://youtu.be/r0lokLbSZX8)

When I was waiting in line to vote back in November, I overheard a couple of people in front of me saying that they felt that neither Democrats nor Republicans truly represented their interests.  Consequently, they were planning to vote for Trump -- even though they were fully aware that he was a horrible person and that he certainly wasn't concerned with the welfare of poor and working-class Americans such as themselves.  So, what was their reasoning?  They figured that the entire system was corrupt and needed to be brought down, so that it could then be rebuilt from the bottom up.  And they figured that Trump was just the sort of person who would bring the entire system crashing down.


They even noted that there was no guarantee that if Trump did bring the entire system crashing to the ground that what would arise from the wreckage would be any better than what we currently have.  Nonetheless, they insisted, things were unlikely to become any worse from their perspective -- and might even get better.

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[Post 1336]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-05-2017 01:36 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Hey Ken Starr, nobody expects the fishing expedition. (http://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2017/08/04/ken-starr-intv.cnn)

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[Post 1337]
Author : godfry n. glad
Date : 08-05-2017 01:38 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So...

Scaramucci is canned with Kelly coming in.

No new communications director.

Trump is being moved to a 17 day 'working vacation' at a New Jersey golf course.

It sounds to me like the new Chief of Staff is moving his charge out of the festering source of ongoing leaks that is the White House.  It will be interesting to see if Kelly manages to take a 'leak-proof staff' with the president to Jersey.  Then, of course, there is the 'big leak' of the orange-faced monster.  We'll get to see if General Kelly can get Cheeto Benito to dial back the Tweets.

I'm betting not on both counts.  I give it two weeks; less than the estimated duration of the 'working vacation'.

Kelly gone by the new academic year?

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[Post 1338]
Author : MonCapitan2002
Date : 08-05-2017 02:39 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Australia's PM Slowly Realizes Trump Is a Complete Idiot (http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/08/australias-pm-slowly-realizes-trump-is-a-complete-idiot.html)

I can't wrap my mind around how stupid Trump is. How did this happen? How can he not understand such a simple concept?

Does he have dementia that goes in and out or something? What's the deal? He doesn't always come off that stupid.

I've actually watched a few clips from the David Pakman Show where they speculate on the possibility of Trump having dementia.  I think considering how his cognitive abilities seem to be declining before our very eyes, it is quite possible he is in fact suffering from dementia, which is terrifying when you consider he's essentially the most powerful person on the planet.

In some ways, I think he's worse off than he was during the campaign.  It's possible that the stress and demands of the job is accelerating whatever mental decline he's on.

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[Post 1339]
Author : erimir
Date : 08-05-2017 02:57 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The thing is that that conversation with Turnbull was six months ago...

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[Post 1340]
Author : MonCapitan2002
Date : 08-05-2017 02:59 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:shudder:  Ouch.  Yeah, that makes things even worse.

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[Post 1341]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 08-06-2017 12:30 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I generally don't much care for Bill Maher, but this shit is platinum.

New Rule: What If Obama Said It? | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) - YouTube

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[Post 1342]
Author : MonCapitan2002
Date : 08-06-2017 05:05 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That was one of his best New Rules segments in years.  The Obama impersonator did an excellent job imitating the real deal's cadence, which really elevated the quality of the skit.

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[Post 1343]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-07-2017 04:26 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'll just put this here.

Funding the Frog Squad - Melissa Ryan - Medium (https://medium.com/@melissaryan/funding-the-frog-squad-7ee4e6ca9b39)

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[Post 1344]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-07-2017 04:49 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The Hill on Twitter: "Trump admin to end Obama rule allowing nursing home residents to sue for mistreatment: https://t.co/f4V5EelF4f https://t.co/l6AWD5zt3u" (https://twitter.com/thehill/status/894299312737406976)
He seems nice.

Donald Trump has a sickening fetish for cruelty (http://amp.usatoday.com/story/537483001/)
Oh.

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[Post 1345]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-07-2017 03:47 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's Reichstag Barbie!

Commentator Kayleigh McEnany Moves From CNN to Anchor Pro-Trump ‘News of the Week’ Segment – Variety (http://variety.com/2017/biz/news/kayleigh-mcenany-cnn-donald-trump-video-watch-1202516918/amp/)

https://pmcvariety.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/kayleigh-mcenany-trump-tower.jpg

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[Post 1346]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-07-2017 04:14 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Christina Wilkie on Twitter: "Stephen Miller angrily saying the Emma Lazarus poem carved on the Statue of Liberty is meaningless because it was added later. https://t.co/QEvndKn28j" (https://twitter.com/christinawilkie/status/892827945236144130)

Adam Khan on Twitter: "Things that were "added later": New Testament, every Constitutional amendment ever, the "under God" part of the pledge, seatbelts, airbags… https://t.co/dobko9xeD5" (https://twitter.com/Khanoisseur/status/894355431564247041)

"The New Colossus" is a sonnet that American poet Emma Lazarus (1849–1887) wrote in 1883 to raise money for the construction of the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty.[2] In 1903, the poem was engraved on a bronze plaque and mounted inside the pedestal's lower level.

The New Colossus - Wikipedia (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Colossus)

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[Post 1347]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-07-2017 05:11 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

From one of the comments: Things that were added later: Europeans in North America.

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[Post 1348]
Author : Dingfod
Date : 08-07-2017 08:09 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

By the way, I reject Scarborough's claim that "this is not the Party of Reagan."  The modern Republican Party is exactly the Party of Reagan.

After all, it was Reagan who proved that a platform based on racism, anti-intellectualism, demonization of the poor, demonization of the "Liberal Media," demonization of "Big Government," and overt favoring of the interests of the wealthy over those of everyone else -- could be a winning political strategy.

As such, Trump and the modern Republican Party are simply the logical result of nearly 40 years of following the path that Reagan blazed.Donald Trump has pressed fast forward on the decline of the United States as a global leader.Trump is just a symptom, the disease is these people.

When I was waiting in line to vote back in November, I overheard a couple of people in front of me saying that they felt that neither Democrats nor Republicans truly represented their interests.  Consequently, they were planning to vote for Trump -- even though they were fully aware that he was a horrible person and that he certainly wasn't concerned with the welfare of poor and working-class Americans such as themselves.  So, what was their reasoning?  They figured that the entire system was corrupt and needed to be brought down, so that it could then be rebuilt from the bottom up.  And they figured that Trump was just the sort of person who would bring the entire system crashing down.


They even noted that there was no guarantee that if Trump did bring the entire system crashing to the ground that what would arise from the wreckage would be any better than what we currently have.  Nonetheless, they insisted, things were unlikely to become any worse from their perspective -- and might even get better.

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[Post 1349]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 08-07-2017 09:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's Reichstag Barbie!

Reichstag Barbie is now the official spokesperson for the Republican National Committee (http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/345614-kayleigh-mcenany-named-rnc-spokesperson). And, of course (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/kayleigh-mcenany-trump-videos_us_59888761e4b09a4d1ec68a93?df9):

The RNC didn’t rule out McEnany appearing in the “real news” videos while in her new role.

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[Post 1350]
Author : Corona688
Date : 08-08-2017 05:23 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

When I was waiting in line to vote back in November, I overheard a couple of people in front of me saying that they felt that neither Democrats nor Republicans truly represented their interests.  Consequently, they were planning to vote for Trump -- even though they were fully aware that he was a horrible person and that he certainly wasn't concerned with the welfare of poor and working-class Americans such as themselves.  So, what was their reasoning?  They figured that the entire system was corrupt and needed to be brought down, so that it could then be rebuilt from the bottom up.  And they figured that Trump was just the sort of person who would bring the entire system crashing down. I know another such person and he's watching the shitstorm with relish, openly betting on Trump's demise.  He's not pretending everything's OK and calling all trouble "fake news".  So I don't think this theory explains Trump's ongoing supporters.

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[Post 1351]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-08-2017 08:50 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump gets a folder full of positive news about himself twice a day – VICE News (https://news.vice.com/story/trump-folder-positive-news-white-house)

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[Post 1352]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-08-2017 09:01 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

JOBS JOBS JOBS! (http://thehill.com/policy/transportation/345763-trump-admin-kills-obama-era-plan-to-require-sleep-apnea-test-for-truck?amp)

And irresponsibility.

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[Post 1353]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-08-2017 10:59 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Gail The Goldfish on Twitter: "Twitter feed right now:
WE'RE DOOMED
cat pic
HOLY CRAP WHAT DID HE JUST
cat pic
I CANT BELIEVE
cat pic" (https://twitter.com/GailTheThird/status/895028772918804480)

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[Post 1354]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-09-2017 03:30 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yeah, and his is basically the run down of what happens when narcissists turn into an amorphous blob of wtf.

10535

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[Post 1355]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-09-2017 06:49 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Too long to read on the shitter without your legs falling asleep, but here's an analysis:

How to Deal With North Korea - The Atlantic (https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/07/the-worst-problem-on-earth/528717/)

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[Post 1356]
Author : ceptimus
Date : 08-09-2017 01:07 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump's evangelical advisor, Robert Jeffress, has advised that God has approved action against the Young 'un.

When it comes to how we should deal with evil doers, the Bible, in the book of Romans, is very clear: God has endowed rulers full power to use whatever means necessary - including war - to stop evil. In the case of North Korea, God has given Trump authority to take out Kim Jong Un.

That gives the government to the authority to do whatever, whether it's assassination, capital punishment or evil punishment to quell the actions of evildoers like Kim Jong Un. 

https://charismanews-secure-charismamedia.netdna-ssl.com/images/stories/2015/featured-news/Robert-Jeffress-portrait-lg.jpg

He has a good track record on issuing God's approval for wars, having previously advised on God's approval for Gulf War II.

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[Post 1357]
Author : Vivisectus
Date : 08-09-2017 01:33 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Punishing evil with evil punishment, even!

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[Post 1358]
Author : Ari
Date : 08-09-2017 06:41 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

If there's one thing the bible is adamant on, it's that nothing bad ever happens to greedy rulers who think themselves God.

As it says in two Corinthians the meek shall inherit the earth, and who among you is meeker than a president who needs his ego stroked at least twice a day.
Trump gets 'Propaganda Document' filled with favorable tweets, photos - Business Insider (http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-propaganda-document-admiring-tweets-photos-chyrons-2017-8)

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[Post 1359]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-09-2017 06:50 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Reminder about troll objectives and methods. Ten post thread but the first one summarizes.

Stonekettle on Twitter: "Remember, the objective is to disrupt public conversation and the ability of ideas to coalescence into coherent public positions
1/" (https://twitter.com/Stonekettle/status/895337766753636363)

Eta: and he's still going, lol

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[Post 1360]
Author : Ari
Date : 08-09-2017 08:13 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Renovations are proceeding as planned, (seen on twitter)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DGzu2grWAAAmTaX.jpg:small

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[Post 1361]
Author : Corona688
Date : 08-11-2017 01:01 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's gone already.  But it was there.

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[Post 1362]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-11-2017 06:28 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The Rude Pundit on Twitter: "Think of all the languages Donald Trump is being called a "cunt" in tonight. Gotta be a good dozen or so." (https://twitter.com/rudepundit/status/895837564191592448)

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[Post 1363]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-11-2017 11:01 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

&#50416;&#47112;&#44592; &#44057;&#51008; &#48120;&#52828;&#45448;

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[Post 1364]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-11-2017 11:12 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

BRAWNDO HAS WHAT PLANTS CRAVE. (https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2017/08/10/politics/kfile-sam-clovis-on-the-radio/index.html)

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[Post 1365]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-11-2017 11:39 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Donald J. Trump on Twitter: "Polls are starting to look really bad for Obama. Looks like he&#39;ll have to start a war or major conflict to win. Don&#39;t put it past him!" (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/258575681275965440)

:lol:

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[Post 1366]
Author : lisarea
Date : 08-11-2017 11:54 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Go look at it quick before it changes back:

Mike Pence is President (http://www.officialmikepence.com/)

Oh, wait. No rush after all: http://nymag.com/selectall/2017/08/no-mike-pences-website-wasnt-hacked.html

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[Post 1367]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 08-12-2017 12:02 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Mike Pence Facts (http://www.officialmikepence.com/facts/):

Mike Pence can play all of “Joker” by Steve Miller Band on guitar except the slide part after “Some people call me Maurice."

:laugh:

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[Post 1368]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-12-2017 02:44 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump threatens Venezuela with unspecified 'military option' | Reuters (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-venezuela-military-idUSKBN1AR2GR)

Fite em allllllll, Donnnieeee!

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[Post 1369]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-13-2017 04:42 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Twitter bots sticking with Trump (https://m.dailykos.com/stories/1688056)

10541

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[Post 1370]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-14-2017 04:29 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/inJ06Cj.jpg

Brilliant approach. No sarcasm.

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[Post 1371]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 08-14-2017 10:23 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump 'seriously considering' a pardon for ex-Sheriff Joe Arpaio | Fox News (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/08/14/trump-seriously-considering-pardon-for-sheriff-joe-arpaio.html)

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[Post 1372]
Author : The Man
Date : 08-15-2017 12:31 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

These Are Donald Trump's Racist Troops | New Republic (https://newrepublic.com/article/144306/donald-trumps-racist-troops)

Trump and many of his closest advisers aren&#8217;t making common cause with vile racists for political advantage. They are the vile racists, and are supporting fellow racists at substantial political risk because they want the racist vision to prevail.

[...]

Trump also admonished citizens to &#8220;love each other, respect each other, and cherish our history.&#8221; This all sounds banal enough until you place it in the context of the unrest itself. Nazis and neo-Confederates gathered in Charlottesville, nominally at least, to protest plans to remove a monument to Robert E. Lee from a city park. The generic appeal to history is the pretext racists use to support the valorization of a slave society and its military leaders. Trump didn&#8217;t just draw a moral equivalence between Nazis and counter-protesters, but took the Nazis&#8217; side in the dispute that motivated their violence.

[...]

The arrival of these ugly people and their ugly views into the halls of power would be alarming even if they hadn&#8217;t infiltrated the security services. Upon Trump&#8217;s election, the National Rifle Association transformed almost overnight from an organization that posed as a civil liberties advocacy group into, essentially, a pro-government paramilitary outfit. The fantasy of mowing protesters over with cars became so potent among Trump&#8217;s core supporters that Republicans in several states introduced legislation aimed at indemnifying motorists who strike protesters with motor vehicles.

The killing in Charlottesville wasn&#8217;t an unintended consequence of allowing white supremacists to coexist with others in the conservative coalition. It was the realization of concerted efforts to make their vision of politics a dominant strand within the party. That white supremacists and Nazis feel redeemed by Trump&#8217;s election, permitted by his words to stir up more Charlottesvilles, isn&#8217;t a consequence Trump and his brigade of racists have simply made peace with. It&#8217;s the thing in itself.

Read the whole article. After last weekend's events, calling this administration evil feels like it's still letting them off too lightly.

Also: Charlottesville Was Always Coming Because of Choices the Republican Party Has Made (http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a56979/charlottesville-donald-trump-republican/)

&#8230; [W]hen anybody, especially the president*, talks about what happened in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend, from the Citronella Putsch on Friday night, to the violence on Saturday morning, to the graphic fulfillment of the philosophy behind these lunatic laws on Saturday afternoon, tells you that what happened in Virginia has anything to do with &#8220;polarization,&#8221; or that it is a problem equally shared by Both Sides, that person is trying preemptively to pick history&#8217;s pockets.

Every Republican who ever played footsie with the militias out west owns this bloodshed.

Every Republican who ever spoke to, or was honored by, the Council of Conservative Citizens and/or the League of the South owns this bloodshed.

Every Republican administration that ever went out of its way to hire Pat Buchanan, and every TV executive who ever cut him a check, and every Republican who voted for him in 1992, and everyone who ever has pretended his views differed substantially from the ones in the streets this weekend, owns this bloodshed&#8230;

Anyone who followed the presidential campaign saw this coming. Frankly, I&#8217;m surprised there wasn&#8217;t more of it. Every Trump rally came with an implied promise of some kind of violence. Sometimes, the promise was fulfilled. Sometimes it wasn&#8217;t. But it was the dark energy behind that whole campaign. For all the relentless chin-stroking about the economically anxious and forgotten white working class, and for all the prayerful coverage of Donald Trump&#8217;s &#8220;populist&#8221; appeal, there was no question what was driving events on the Republican side.

If they merely wanted change, they had 16 other Republican candidates to choose from. But that wasn&#8217;t what got them out to the rallies, to bathe in that dark energy and chant their imprecations. That wasn&#8217;t what got them to the polls in droves. The inside voice, carefully honed by four decades of practice, had gone silent in favor of saying out loud all the spells and incantations that had worked their magic ever since Harry Dent had written the original book of spells and handed it to Richard Nixon&#8230;

We now know what the reaction will be if the institutions of government, and the people in them, get so sickened by this administration that they act to rid the country of it. Is there any doubt that a president* who, after the events of this weekend, can&#8217;t even see fit to rid himself of the fascists around him, including the ludicrous Dr. Sebastian Gorka, Ph.D., wouldn&#8217;t balk at encouraging paranoid violence as a means of self-preservation? Is there any doubt that a president* who could not even muster the gumption or the outrage to criticize Nazis for what they are wouldn&#8217;t blink at bringing the temple down on his own head either out of pure childish pique, or because he doesn&#8217;t know any other way?

Except for himself and (possibly) his family, there is nothing this president* cares enough about to keep from destroying it if he thinks he has to do so. And, if he thinks he has to do it, he will use whatever tools are at hand, because why wouldn&#8217;t he? Nobody in the party he purportedly leads has shown any willingness to do anything more than moan about how Troubled they are at what he&#8217;s doing. And a lot of what his administration is doing comes from the same place in our history out of which James Fields, Jr. and his automobile came barreling in the summer sunshine of a Saturday afternoon. The administration still employs Kris Kobach for the purpose of suppressing minority voters. The administration is still in court defending the rights of oppressed white college applicants. Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III is still the attorney general, and a lot of people are trying to get the inside voice to speak again. Somebody never stopped whistling Dixie&#8230;

They never fail to be even more vile than I expect them to be. I don't think they're capable of it.

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[Post 1373]
Author : The Man
Date : 08-15-2017 11:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I think he may be going full Nazi, guys.

Trump melts down at press conference - Lawyers, Guns & Money  : Lawyers, Guns & Money (http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2017/08/trump-melts-press-conference)

If there are any deities out there listening, please let this cause the end of his administration.

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[Post 1374]
Author : Stormlight
Date : 08-16-2017 06:38 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Remember when we made fun of Italy and Berlusconi? Yeah.

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[Post 1375]
Author : Stormlight
Date : 08-16-2017 07:00 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Feds demand 1.3 million IP addresses of those who visited Trump protest site | Ars Technica (https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/08/feds-demand-1-3-million-ip-addresses-of-those-who-visited-trump-protest-site/?comments=1)

"The request from the DOJ demands that DreamHost hand over 1.3 million visitor IP addresses&#8212;in addition to contact information, e-mail content, and photos of thousands of people&#8212;in an effort to determine who simply visited the website," DreamHost said in a blog post. "That information could be used to identify any individuals who used this site to exercise and express political speech protected under the Constitution&#8217;s First Amendment. That should be enough to set alarm bells off in anyone&#8217;s mind."

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[Post 1376]
Author : Vivisectus
Date : 08-16-2017 09:24 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I think he may be going full Nazi, guys.

Trump melts down at press conference - Lawyers, Guns & Money  : Lawyers, Guns & Money (http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2017/08/trump-melts-press-conference)

If there are any deities out there listening, please let this cause the end of his administration.

It is an interesting lithmus test. I worry that there may be a lot of folks who think like this (https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/8/15/16148144/alabama-conservatives-on-charlottesville).

They are apparently worried about the right to free speech of people who oppose free speech and favor authoritarianism. I was especially struck by the fact that Trump, in his first statement, called anti nazis protester bigoted without getting challenged too hard on that. So now it is bigotry to be against people who are bigoted?

And hey those black lives matters protesters are scary too mmmkay? Also, anti-fascism is fascism, because violence. Also Obama did it with his vicious racialist rhetoric. This last one is especially rich.

I fear it may not be the colossal, monumental blunder you would hope and expect it to be.

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[Post 1377]
Author : The Man
Date : 08-16-2017 11:59 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's a bit like the frog in boiling water. I wrote awhile back that there was a point beyond which I'd want to get the fuck out of the country. Nazis having rallies in public and flat-out killing people seems like a rather horrifying milestone. It's rather ironic (and depressing) that the German chancellor issued a vastly more unambiguous denunciation of Nazism than the American president. I think I'd feel safer in Germany right now.


This seems about right:

When "Free Speech" Kills - The Establishment (https://theestablishment.co/when-free-speech-kills-9cb1353086e9)

Key quotes:

In truth, it&#8217;s marginalized people, queer/trans people and women of color like myself, who often look askance at the tremendous amount of ink spilled by white men like Greenwald defending the untrammeled rights of people who A) say they want to kill us and take away our rights, and B) do so on a regular basis.

We don&#8217;t look at Nazis being too scared to march and think &#8220;there but for the grace of God go I,&#8221; but instead think, &#8220;good, I can breathe that much easier.&#8221;

[...]

Since Greenwald is so eager to liken us to Dick Cheney, I might point out that this invidious equation of fascists, socialists, and communists is itself a popular right wing talking point. But one need only say this: there are many kinds of socialism and communism that are not Stalinism; there is no expression of fascism but Hitlerism. We can and should be able to make moral judgements accordingly.

Our deaths&#8202;&#8212;&#8202;the deaths of trans folks, POC, and members of other marginalized communities&#8202;&#8212;&#8202;are the true content of Nazi, white supremacist, and neo-Confederate speech. Their rallies are &#8220;peaceful&#8221; in the way Richard Spencer&#8217;s promise of &#8220;peaceful ethnic cleansing&#8221; is peaceful.

Contrary to Greenwald&#8217;s bizarre fantasy about how all non-whites agree with his absolutism, we understand that reality and organize around it. Securing unlimited rights for Nazis does not guarantee my rights; it forfeits them. Bear in mind who Fields targeted with his car: a group of protesters, many of whom were women and people of colour carrying &#8220;Black Lives Matter&#8221; signs.

As I was at pains to point out months ago, this vision of untroubled free speech always runs afoul of the fact that there are rights conflicts in any democracy. No one person can have unlimited rights, lest they inevitably interfere with the rights of others. In this case, the privileged indulgence in the rights of Charlottesville&#8217;s Nazi marchers conflicted quite directly with the right to life putatively enjoyed by the counter-protesters (who all comprise direct targets of Nazi violence).

How many of us must die before liberal and left wing white men realize that they&#8217;re not the ones being asked to make the ultimate sacrifice so they can hold on to a parlor game principle? Why do they not see that the &#8220;free speech&#8221; argument creates a moral loophole large enough for these murderers to drive through?

Jeremy Christian, who murdered two men on a light rail train in Portland, OR, reportedly said &#8220;Get stabbed in your neck if you hate free speech&#8221; to police, days after attending a &#8220;free speech rally&#8221; in the city that hosted extreme right wing groups. These people are adopting this term for a reason. When we use &#8220;free speech&#8221; as moral spackle to cover up the true content of these people&#8217;s&#8217; beliefs and deeds, they will take that as a cue and use it accordingly.

This nonsense will keep getting people killed until we grow up as a society and accept that we can make decisive moral judgements about speech acts. Taking action against Nazis is not a slippery slope; it&#8217;s a sticky floor. It is the ethical ground on which we must stand in order to take our bearings.

The catastrophic failure of mealy mouthed &#8220;both sides&#8221;-ism, which Greenwald&#8217;s editorial is but the liberal version of, was revealed this week when Trump&#8217;s initial condemnation only blamed nameless &#8220;many sides&#8221; for violence that had a single source.

To look at how white supremacists, neo-Confederates, and Nazis cheered on that statement, even though it (in some vague, abstract way) condemned them, is instructive. It tells you how and why they thrive on moral ambiguity and relativism, why condemning &#8220;both sides&#8221; is illusory in its fairness and how it actually emboldens the true culprits by enabling them to skulk in the shadows of namelessness.

[...] every inch of permission granted by our liberal thought-leaders, and the leftists who&#8217;ve abetted their arguments, every bit of digital earth ceded by Twitter, Google, and Facebook, every &#8220;it&#8217;s the principle of the thing!&#8221; argument made by well-meaning whites in defense of our would-be assassins, brought us closer and closer to the point where Charlottesville was inevitable.

As so many of us pointed out, the Klansmen, Nazis, and neo-Confederates were marching en masse in broad daylight without hoods or masks. That boldness has its origins in the permission granted by powerful institutions and prominent commentators who said the &#8220;marketplace of ideas&#8221; would crush Nazism, in Twitter&#8217;s ongoing failure to stamp out the Nazi presence on the platform, in the excuses made by liberal/left commentators eager to score easy points off of student activists rather than do the hard work needed to fight an actual threat to freedom.

All this in the name of that foolish consistency that Emerson excoriated so long ago, as if discernment were not also a moral and intellectual skill.

I could say &#8220;the time for illusions is over&#8221; or some such thing, but people of color have been dying for decades so that people like Greenwald or Chait could cling to a fantasy of &#8220;free speech&#8221; that never includes us when we need it most, that privileges the speech rights of our murderers over our right to live. It needs to stop now.

I am not the price to be paid for the hobgoblin of your consistent arguments.

Again, read the whole thing.

As I've gotten older, I've gotten more and more sceptical of "free speech" as an end to itself. At this point I think little more highly of people who hide behind it as a defence for atrocities than I think of gun nuts who hide behind the Second Amendment. The ACLU should be doing some serious soul-searching right now; I'm going to be redirecting my donations to the SPLC for some time, I suspect.

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[Post 1378]
Author : erimir
Date : 08-16-2017 06:46 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Man, fuck Glenn Greenwald.

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[Post 1379]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-16-2017 08:03 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Marco Rubio on Twitter: "We cannot be a party that nominates someone who refuses to condemn white supremacists and the Ku Klux Klan." (https://twitter.com/marcorubio/status/704015546849820673)

lol 2016

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[Post 1380]
Author : Vivisectus
Date : 08-17-2017 04:18 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump lawyer forwards an email by a conspiracy nut: Washington and Lee were basically the same person. You literally cannot be against one and and in favor of the other.

Trump Lawyer Forwards Email Echoing Secessionist Rhetoric - NYTimes.com (https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/08/16/us/politics/trump-lawyer-email-race-charlottesville.html?smid=tw-nytpolitics&smtyp=cur&referer=https://t.co/YzEe5gpFLP?amp=1)

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[Post 1381]
Author : The Man
Date : 08-18-2017 09:22 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It sounds like Mueller&#8217;s investigation may be about to turn another corner, as shoes have continued to drop. I do wonder whether we&#8217;re going to have to go through Imelda Marcos&#8217; entire collection before we&#8217;re rid of the Nazi-in-Chief, though.

Felix Sater: Donald Trump&#8217;s Original Russia Connection (http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/08/felix-sater-donald-trump-russia-investigation.html)

On June 19 in a courtroom in Downtown Brooklyn, a federal judge took up the enigmatic case of an individual known as John Doe. According to the heavily redacted court record, Doe was an expert money launderer, convicted in connection with a stock swindle almost 20 years ago. But many other facts about his strange and sordid case remained obscured. The courtroom was filled with investigative journalists from numerous outlets along with lawyers petitioning to unseal documents related to the prosecution. &#8220;This case,&#8221; argued John Langford, a First Amendment specialist from Yale Law School who represented a Forbes editor, implicates an &#8220;integrity interest of the highest order.&#8221; The public had a right to know more about Doe&#8217;s history, Langford argued, especially in light of &#8220;the relationship between the defendant in this case and the president of the United States.&#8221;

John Doe&#8217;s real name, everyone in the courtroom knew, was Felix Sater. Born in Moscow and raised in Brooklyn, Sater was Donald Trump&#8217;s original conduit to Russia. As a real-estate deal-maker, he was the moving force behind the Trump Soho tower, which was built by developers from the former Soviet Union a decade ago. Long before Donald Trump Jr. sat down to talk about kompromat with a group of Kremlin-connected Russians, Sater squired him and Ivanka around on their first business trip to Moscow. And long before their father struck up a bizarrely chummy relationship with Vladimir Putin, Sater was the one who introduced the future president to a byzantine world of oligarchs and mysterious money.

Sater was a canny operator and a colorful bullshitter, and there were always many rumors about his background: that he was a spy, that he was an FBI informant, that he was tied to organized crime. Like a lot of aspects of the stranger-than-fiction era of President Trump, these stories were both conspiratorial on their face and, it turns out, verifiably true. Langford read aloud from the transcript of a 2011 court hearing, only recently disclosed, in which the Justice Department acknowledged Sater&#8217;s assistance in investigations of the Mafia, the Russian mob, Al Qaeda, and unspecified &#8220;foreign governments.&#8221; A prosecutor once called Sater, in another secret proceeding, &#8220;the key to open a hundred different doors.&#8221; Many were wondering now whether he could unlock the truth about Trump and Russia.

In the universe of what the president has called, with telling self-centrism, his &#8220;satellite&#8221; associates, Sater spins in an unmapped orbit. The president has said under oath that he &#8220;really wouldn&#8217;t know what he looked like&#8221; if they were in the same room. (For the record, Sater is 51 years old and olive-complexioned, with heavy-lidded eyes.) Yet their paths have intersected frequently over the years. Most recently, in February, the Times reported that Sater had attempted to broker a pro-Russian peace deal in Ukraine, handing a proposal to Michael Cohen, the president&#8217;s personal attorney, to pass to Michael Flynn, who was then still the national-security adviser. Both Cohen and Flynn are now reported to be under scrutiny by the FBI, in connection with special counsel Robert Mueller&#8217;s investigation of Russia&#8217;s election interference and Trump&#8217;s campaign.

If there really is a sinister explanation for the mutual affinity between Trump and Putin, it almost certainly traces back to money&#8230;

Forget Charlottesville &#8212; Russia is still the true Trump scandal | The Spectator (https://www.spectator.co.uk/2017/08/forget-charlottesville-russia-is-still-the-true)

A vague outline of the truth is starting to emerge from the fog. It is that the Russians made continual attempts to get close to Trump and his associates, part of what the US intelligence agencies all agree was a Kremlin plot to subvert the election. Trump&#8217;s supporters believe that any such approaches never went anywhere (as Jr says happened with his meeting) or that the tough New York property developer from The Apprentice was playing the Russians without being played himself. Trump&#8217;s enemies, believing him to be a man with no moral compass, imagine he was only too eager to take whatever was being offered: information; weird sex in a Moscow hotel room; money, lots of it, for his businesses.

This is why it is so important that the FBI investigation, led by a special counsel, Robert Mueller, now appears to be reaching back into Trump&#8217;s business past. Mueller&#8217;s team of prosecutors includes a number of experts in money-laundering and New York real estate. The US media is speculating that he is trying to build an old-fashioned wire fraud, tax evasion and racketeering case against Trump. This is a neuralgic issue for the President. In a New York Times interview he agreed that any investigation of his finances was a &#8216;red line&#8217; Mueller should not cross. &#8216;I would say yeah. I would say yes. By the way, I would say, I don&#8217;t &#8212; I don&#8217;t &#8212; I mean, it&#8217;s possible there&#8217;s a condo or something, so, you know, I sell a lot of condo units, and somebody from Russia buys a condo, who knows?&#8217; Trump&#8217;s most recent partner in &#8216;selling a lot of condos&#8217; was a man called Felix Sater. Sater was once jailed for stabbing a man in the face with the broken stem of a martini glass. He was convicted of a massive stock fraud &#8212; a partnership between the Russian and Italian-American mafias &#8212; but stayed out of jail by becoming an FBI informant.

For several weeks there have been rumours that Sater is ready to rat again, agreeing to help Mueller. &#8216;He has told family and friends he knows he and POTUS are going to prison,&#8217; someone talking to Mueller&#8217;s investigators informed me. Sater himself added fuel to this fire when he told New York magazine last week: &#8216;In about the next 30 to 35 days, I will be the most colourful character you have ever talked about. Unfortunately, I can&#8217;t talk about it now, before it happens. And believe me, it ain&#8217;t anything as small as whether or not they&#8217;re gonna call me to the Senate committee.&#8217;

Sater and Manafort together would pose a deadly threat to Trump&#8217;s presidency if they testify that Russian money in his businesses led to information being exchanged with Russian intelligence. This is exactly the relationship &#8212; an &#8216;exchange running between them for at least eight years&#8217; &#8212; that the former MI6 officer Christopher Steele described in his &#8216;dossier&#8217;. At a news conference this week at his New Jersey golf club, the President bizarrely asserted that the Steele dossier had been paid for by Russia in order to damage him. This is the latest twist in Trump&#8217;s response to the dossier, which began with flat denials in January that he had been filmed by Russian intelligence with prostitutes in a Moscow hotel room.

That remains unproven. Nevertheless, Steele is not the only source. I heard of Russian kompromat &#8212; compromising material &#8212; on Trump from two sources months before the Steele dossier came to light. That might be evidence for Trump&#8217;s statement that Russian intelligence, as well as the US agencies, are out to get him. There are, though, reports of witnesses in the hotel who corroborate Steele&#8217;s reporting. These include an American who&#8217;s said to have seen a row with hotel security over whether the (alleged) hookers would be allowed up to Trump&#8217;s suite. The dossier&#8217;s account of hookers in a Moscow hotel room was the subject of gossip among a select group of journalists, politicians, and intelligence people for months before it was published. Now, claims are circulating of more tapes showing even more extreme behaviour. Expect these allegations to emerge in due course.

Some Republicans in Congress are tiring of the Trump reality show, a mix of The Sopranos and the Kardashians. The Mueller inquiry plods along relentlessly but prosecuting a president is a political decision. Reckless as ever, the President has tweeted criticism of the Senate&#8217;s Republican leader, Mitch McConnell, whose help he will need if Mueller finds anything damning. The President&#8217;s ordinary supporters don&#8217;t care. They fear that they are losing their country &#8212; this was an election above all about race; all else is trivia to them, an iEnquirer headline.

Even if all the allegations are shown to be true, Trump will simply emerge as the person they supposed him to be when they voted for him.

Sater has also said he thinks he and the president* will be going to prison soon, while the president*&#8217;s ghostwriter for The Art of the Deal, Tony Schwartz, appears to think he will soon be forced to resign. Several sources with varying degrees of connections have suggested that things are going to reach a turning point within the next few weeks, including Rick Wilson, who seems to have known the contents of the Steele dossier before it was actually public knowledge, as well as Schwartz. Wilson recently retweeted a message he&#8217;d posted shortly after the election with a cryptic explanation:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Remember, remember,<br>The 8th of November,<br>'Twas Putin, and treason and plot;<br>I see no reason<br>Why pro-Russian treason<br>Should ever be forgot.</p>&mdash; Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheRickWilson/status/807720326884900864">December 10, 2016</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Just wanted to re-up this. You'll know why in about two weeks. <a href="https://t.co/2Ez1uRlqKA">https://t.co/2Ez1uRlqKA</a></p>&mdash; Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheRickWilson/status/898343190654210048">August 18, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

All I can add is that I sincerely hope our national nightmare will be over soon. I don&#8217;t know if I can take another three and a half years of this.

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[Post 1382]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 08-18-2017 11:18 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

All I can add is that I sincerely hope our national nightmare will be  over soon. I don&#8217;t know if I can take another three and a half years of  this.

:hmmm: 

I think the biggest mistake you Americans can make right now is to allow yourselves to be lulled into believing that Trump is your nightmare.  He's just the abscess on the arse of your nightmare.  

The Nazification of white voters is your nightmare and you aren't going to wake up from it just by toppling Trump.  

Remind me, who is Mike Pence again?

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[Post 1383]
Author : Vivisectus
Date : 08-18-2017 11:36 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

MIKE PENCE FOR PRESIDENT
How Much Worse Could It Be?

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[Post 1384]
Author : Vivisectus
Date : 08-18-2017 11:36 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

We may find out :shudder:

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[Post 1385]
Author : godfry n. glad
Date : 08-18-2017 05:38 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The problem is that Pence is complicit.  He should be removed with Trump.

The next problem is that Ryan is complicit.  He, too, should be removed with Trump.

That would take us to Senate President Pro Tempore...Orrin Hatch.  So far as I know, he is not complicit in any aspect of the treason and conspiracy.

Is Orrin Hatch any better than Mike Pence?

And, I warrant that not much of any of this will come to pass.  I am curious to see what DOES happen, because I have advanced to the point that I suspect that an extra-constitutional method may be necessary to right the ship of state.  Is there any institution adequate to play the role of the modern Praetorian Guard?

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[Post 1386]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 08-18-2017 06:09 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

And today, it's bye bye and happy trails to Steve Bannon.

It's only a matter of time until Melania and the young 'uns are answering phones and scrubbing toilets at the White House.

ETA: Okay, that explains things. I hadn't read about Bannon drunk-dialing Robert Kuttner (http://prospect.org/article/steve-bannon-unrepentant?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=sendto_newslettertest&stream=top-stories) a couple of days back. 

The conversation ended with Bannon inviting me to the White House after Labor Day to continue the discussion of China and trade. We&#8217;ll see if he&#8217;s still there. 

:laugh:

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[Post 1387]
Author : lisarea
Date : 08-18-2017 06:24 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's too bad our li'l passive aggressive racist doesn't have the guts to post in this thread. He's already in over his head just picking at the low-hanging Peacegirl fruit, I guess.

Funny that, though, that you can't even drag a Trump fanboi out to defend the guy in public. Maybe they have some self awareness after all.

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[Post 1388]
Author : davidm
Date : 08-18-2017 06:26 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

And today, it's bye bye and happy trails to Steve Bannon.

It's only a matter of time until Melania and the young 'uns are answering phones and scrubbing toilets at the White House.

Maybe it'll get to be like that scene toward the climax of The Fountainhead, where the publisher Gail Wynand and his wife, Dominique Francone (though really Howard Roark's fuck toy) are  putting out the New York Banner by themselves after the newspaper's staff walked out on strike, because really, who needs labor or labor unions? There's no question if push came to shove, the publisher of any newspaper could put out the paper by himself without any employees.  

We are living through such a tragic time now that even humor and satire, always my personal life preservers, don't suffice. This sad chapter in our malignant history is not going to end well.

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[Post 1389]
Author : erimir
Date : 08-18-2017 06:29 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Mike Pence is a sanctimonious sociopath, instead of a narcissistic sociopath.

He would be the most committed evangelical figure to get control of the government yet, worse than Bush. Bush was bad, but tbh I don't think he was a true believer on some of those religious right issues (based on reports of how he interacted with gay people in his personal life, for example). With Mike Pence not only would he be running on homophobia, but I wouldn't be surprised if he would actually try to purge the executive of LGBT staffers.

However, Mike Pence I feel is less likely to start a war or launch a nuke because he feels his manhood is being questioned, so in that sense I would sleep easier at night. And he doesn't have anywhere near the same appeal with socially* conservative/economic populist voters that Trump does. Winning back voters we lost in Michigan, for example, I think would be significantly easier with Pence assuming all else equal (approval ratings, economic conditions).

*I mean racists and certain types of misogynists, rather than religious homophobes and anti-abortion misogynists, who obviously would prefer Pence. However, those types were pretty all-in on Trump anyway because 1. the Supreme Court 2. they have no other options and don't tend to go for third-party voting the way that leftists do and 3. a lot of them are also racists anyway

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[Post 1390]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 08-18-2017 07:19 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

He's already in over his head just picking at the low-hanging Peacegirl fruit, I guess.

Serving as Jerome's lulzcow in the science forum is hard work, or so I'm told.

Maybe they have some self awareness after all.

:wish:

This sad chapter in our malignant history is not going to end well.

At this point it may not end at all, at least until the nation's devolved to early 20th Century Ottoman Empire status and gets divvied up among other nations.

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[Post 1391]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 08-18-2017 08:05 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I lubs me some DPRK News Service (https://twitter.com/DPRK_News/status/898588831821070337). Great photo of Bannon. Nothing says "Aryan overlord" like a whiskey nose and liver spots.

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[Post 1392]
Author : Limoncello
Date : 08-18-2017 08:20 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Who's left from this photo?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DHiOMaMUAAAbv6D.jpg

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[Post 1393]
Author : Ari
Date : 08-18-2017 08:31 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I was about to say the painting in the background, but I bet that's been replaced by a giant photoshoped magazine cover.

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[Post 1394]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 08-18-2017 08:45 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Who's left from this photo?

Trump and Pence are still around, sad to say.

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[Post 1395]
Author : The Man
Date : 08-18-2017 09:12 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

My personal take is that Pence is terrible, but he's a conventional kind of terrible that doesn't leave you worried whether the world is going to erupt into nuclear war. That remains a legitimate danger with the president*. The difference is more one of personality than politics; both of them have horrible right-wing authoritarian beliefs, but only one of them is a danger of being baited into starting a nuclear war via tweet.

godfry's contention that Pence and Ryan are both complicit does seem accurate, though. The question is whether they'd all fall at once. If they do, I could, as I've said before, very easily see us ending up with President Hatch. And as much as I dislike Hatch, I think he may be a lesser kind of terrible than either Pence or Ryan - he's a holdover from a less polarised political climate.

The other major improvement Pence, Ryan, or Hatch would represent is that I can't see any of them voicing overt support for Nazis and white supremacists. For presumably obvious reasons, that's a major personal consideration.

In any case, it sounds like new polls are about to break and they're going to be brutal:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">2 hill staffers just told me Republicans got polling numbers back tonight &amp; they're disastrous-Tmrw could be worst day for Trump since inaug</p>&mdash; Scott Dworkin (@funder) <a href="https://twitter.com/funder/status/898376899080187909">August 18, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/funder">@funder</a> This is the time they'd normally expect to be getting some fresh polling in. Ive also heard hints that polls don't look as expected.</p>&mdash; Liz Mair (@LizMair) <a href="https://twitter.com/LizMair/status/898540956063891457">August 18, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Also, too:

Trump Called Heather Heyer’s Mother During Her Funeral. Did He Think She’d Put Him on Speaker? | Wonkette (https://wonkette.com/621859/trump-called-heather-heyers-mother-during-her-funeral-did-he-think-she-was-going-to-put-him-on-speaker)

She's now refusing to talk to him at all. Good for her.

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[Post 1396]
Author : erimir
Date : 08-18-2017 09:35 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I haven't seen any indication yet of Trump's numbers suffering.

He's actually recovered from the aftermath of Trumpcare failure. Which still leaves him at a pretty low level.

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[Post 1397]
Author : The Man
Date : 08-18-2017 09:41 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I&#8217;m under the impression that these were internal polls; Wilson and Mair both do a lot of campaign consulting, so I suspect they both see a lot of numbers that we as members of the general public never get to see. The public ones accounting for Tuesday&#8217;s clusterfuck should probably start appearing in the next day or two.

Also, too, story on the president*&#8217;s hypocrisy on art:

Donald Trump&#8217;s Drunk History | Wonkette (https://wonkette.com/621837/donald-trumps-drunk-history)

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[Post 1398]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-18-2017 09:45 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Nation Desperately Hopes Real Reason for Bannon’s Exit Will Not Involve Sex Tape | The New Yorker (http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/nation-desperately-hopes-real-reason-for-bannons-exit-will-not-involve-sex-tape)

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[Post 1399]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 08-18-2017 10:22 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Congratulations, you bespectacled shitpile. You finally have gotten to the point that the majority of voters in the United States were at on Election Day. Everyone of us was screaming, "Trump's a fraud, he's a liar, he's never done anything in his horrible life other than con people out of their money. Jesus fuckballs, why the fuck are you believing him?" But you, with your fancy-ass Harvard degree and your desire to polish the turd of Trump's chaos until it had the kind of erudite shine that could justify you and your miserable, greedy friends voting for him like it was some kind of big joke, now you realize, "Mr. Trump’s behavior grows only more reprehensible." Motherfucker, did you not read or hear anything about this man's reprehensible life? About all the people he shit all over? About the misery he's caused? About his abject failure as a businessman? 

Fuck You, Guy Who Regrets Voting for Trump (http://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2017/08/fuck-you-guy-who-regrets-voting-for.html)

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[Post 1400]
Author : ceptimus
Date : 08-19-2017 12:05 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DHiOMaMUAAAbv6D.jpg

It reminds of the publicity photos of kim jong-un where all his yes-men stand around with their little notepads so they can jot down any pearls of wisdom he happens to utter.

Of course, when kim gets rid of no-longer-required assistants, they aren't just sacked...

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[Post 1401]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-19-2017 12:37 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Who's left from this photo?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DHiOMaMUAAAbv6D.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DHiAUyAUAAABuyQ.jpg

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[Post 1402]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 08-19-2017 07:03 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Heh.  Onion sister site Clickhole:


Next-Level Gaming: The New ‘Call Of Duty’ Will Penalize Players For Shooting Nazis Who Are Actually Very Fine People (http://www.clickhole.com/article/next-level-gaming-new-call-duty-will-penalize-play-6513)

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[Post 1403]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-19-2017 07:40 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A minute later and I'm still laughing.

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[Post 1404]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 08-19-2017 12:11 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This ...

Terror Lynching in America - YouTube

... could have gone in a number of threads.  But I'm putting it here because Trump is King of the white supremecists.

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[Post 1405]
Author : Vivisectus
Date : 08-19-2017 04:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Hahaha Bannon is not out the door for more than an hour, and Breitbart is attacking trump, saying he will just turn into another liberal like de Governator did. The Bannon crowd is in a lovely turmoil by the looks of it.

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[Post 1406]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-19-2017 05:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Breitbart is now a fake news cuckservative rag. Who needs them when Reichstag Barbie hosts Real News(tm). :lol:

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[Post 1407]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-19-2017 07:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Kennedy Center thanks Trump for 'gesture' of not attending annual honors | TheHill (http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/347202-kennedy-center-on-trump-not-attending-annual-honors-we-are?amp)

:lol: :ouch:

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[Post 1408]
Author : godfry n. glad
Date : 08-19-2017 11:06 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Kennedy Center thanks Trump for 'gesture' of not attending annual honors | TheHill (http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/347202-kennedy-center-on-trump-not-attending-annual-honors-we-are?amp)

:lol: :ouch:

So...What they are saying is they are glad Cheeto Benito has bowed out, right?

This is because they were afraid if he presided, the award winners know that there would be no honor and would refuse to show.  It would be a crappy, under-attended award show...just like his inauguration?

He is not under the impression that everybody in Hollywood wants to be where he is, kiss his arse, and suck his dick?  I mean, really...there would be molto pussy to grab, too.  So this gesture surprises me.   I suspect somebody else has intervened.  They were probably afraid he'd trawl the dressing rooms.

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[Post 1409]
Author : lisarea
Date : 08-19-2017 11:36 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

They were probably afraid of the inevitable all-star serenade:

When Will You Die? - They Might Be Giants (Official Video) - YouTube

Pls Lionel Ritchie, you know he'll be watching on TV.

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[Post 1410]
Author : erimir
Date : 08-20-2017 01:51 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

While I wouldn't be surprised if the people at the Kennedy Center really are relieved that Trump is not going to the gala, I assume they only thanked him for not attending because he himself* said it was because he didn't want to disrupt the night for the honorees. A couple of those being honored said they would not come if Trump was there.

Which is to say that the Kennedy Center is not technically disrespecting Trump, although one could speculate that they might issue a more regretful statement if Obama were in the same position.

*Ok, probably a staffer since Trump wouldn't write something so tactful

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[Post 1411]
Author : Vivisectus
Date : 08-20-2017 12:11 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

And Trump, the man who needs two days to get all the facts in when he has to decide if he sides with nazi's or anti-nazi protesters, decries anti-police agitators at Boston anti-fascist rallies. Then thanks them for their healing protests.

Trump cites "anti-police agitators," in Boston, then thanks crowds for protesting "hate" - CBS News (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-calls-boston-protesters-anti-police-agitators-praises-law-enforcement/)

Meanwhile, the Trumpeters continue to wonder what the problem is, as it seems this is pretty much what they wanted and remain happy they got it:

Despite Harsh Rebuke for Charlottesville Stance, Trump's Base Remains Loyal | Common Dreams (https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/08/18/despite-harsh-rebuke-charlottesville-stance-trumps-base-remains-loyal#)

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[Post 1412]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-20-2017 05:24 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

What a nutty week:

Week 40: Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you, so… (https://medium.com/@Amy_Siskind/week-40-experts-in-authoritarianism-advise-to-keep-a-list-of-things-subtly-changing-around-you-so-eb3a830375a9)

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[Post 1413]
Author : Ari
Date : 08-21-2017 07:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The RNC would like you to rate Trump's performance.  Your options,
Great
Good
Okay
Other
Official Presidential Job Performance Poll | GOP (https://gop.com/rate-trump-job-performance/)

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[Post 1414]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 08-21-2017 07:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Completely bogus poll, given the lack of a "Spectacular. Best presidential job performance of all time. I know presidential job performance, and believe me, this is totally the best. Please try not to be jealous of President Trump's job performance" option.

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[Post 1415]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 08-21-2017 08:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Failure to have the option for Unpresidented Performance.

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[Post 1416]
Author : erimir
Date : 08-21-2017 09:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Stupid is as stupid does. Our <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS">@POTUS</a>. Apparently advice from NASA and all eye drs is fake news too. SMH <a href="https://t.co/5XznfMLNuu">pic.twitter.com/5XznfMLNuu</a></p>&mdash; Mark S. Zaid (@MarkSZaidEsq) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkSZaidEsq/status/899714444661600256">August 21, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I cannot handle this right now. <a href="https://t.co/JXjuHH2ivA">pic.twitter.com/JXjuHH2ivA</a></p>&mdash; Jules (@jules_su) <a href="https://twitter.com/jules_su/status/899707355180527616">August 21, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Ok, it was only for a second, but...

And I guess he did it more than once, as seen by the pictures...

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[Post 1417]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-21-2017 09:54 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Even the firm that hired actors to cheer Trump’s campaign launch had to wait to be paid - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/01/20/even-the-firm-that-hired-actors-to-cheer-trumps-campaign-launch-had-to-wait-to-be-paid/?utm_term=.3dace8983741)

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[Post 1418]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 08-22-2017 01:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ok, it was only for a second, but...

And I guess he did it more than once, as seen by the pictures...

So that's the reason the presidential protection budget is so out of hand - the Secret Service is spending all day, every day making sure Trump doesn't stick his tongue in a live light socket, stick his dick in a Slap Chop, jolly off the roof of some 50-story building, etc.

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[Post 1419]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 08-22-2017 06:29 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

According to at least one report, somebody (presumably, one of his advisors) yelled "Don't look!" just before he looked for the first time.  Of course, you can't see squat when you're squinting like that, so the idiot looked again.


So, he doesn't listen to sage advise (or common sense), and he doesn't learn from his mistakes.  


Yup, that's about what I've come to expect from this guy.

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[Post 1420]
Author : Vivisectus
Date : 08-22-2017 02:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trumpy-poo is heading to Arizona for another rally. What kind of president keeps on doing those?

He is expected to do what makes his followers the most happy, which is demonize immigrants.

At least a counter-protest seems to be gathering steam too.

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[Post 1421]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-22-2017 03:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

What kind of president keeps on doing those?
One who isn't, and probably hasn't been for a long time, preparing for the next presidential campaign ... but for civil war. Which might take the form of (continued) domestic terrorism. 

He is expected to do what makes his followers the most happy, which is demonize immigrants.

Consistent.

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[Post 1422]
Author : erimir
Date : 08-22-2017 07:32 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

He does rallies because he likes an adoring crowd, I believe that is the primary motivation.

The most narcissistic answer is usually correct.

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[Post 1423]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-22-2017 08:15 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The most pessimistic answer is usually best.

:fixed:

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[Post 1424]
Author : Ari
Date : 08-22-2017 09:21 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Little known fact, Trump is actually the bus from speed, only if he doesn't get praise every 12 hours he'll explode.

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[Post 1425]
Author : The Man
Date : 08-22-2017 09:41 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Little known fact, Trump is actually the bus from speed, only if he doesn't get praise every 12 hours he'll explode.
This could actually be literally true; it's been reported that his staff prepares a "Propaganda Document" full of flattering news stories and Tweets about him twice a day.

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[Post 1426]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-23-2017 03:59 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

According to at least one report, somebody (presumably, one of his advisors) yelled "Don't look!" just before he looked for the first time.  Of course, you can't see squat when you're squinting like that, so the idiot looked again.


So, he doesn't listen to sage advise (or common sense), and he doesn't learn from his mistakes.  


Yup, that's about what I've come to expect from this guy.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">How I imagine this went: <a href="https://t.co/rGrx0Y9DbZ">pic.twitter.com/rGrx0Y9DbZ</a></p>&mdash; Hend Amry (@LibyaLiberty) <a href="https://twitter.com/LibyaLiberty/status/900032030640979968">August 22, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 1427]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-23-2017 08:05 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I guess we'll see shortly if this is Kristallnacht important:

 WATCH: Police deploy ‘chemical weapons’ against protestors after Trump's 'angry, divisive' campaign speech (http://www.rawstory.com/2017/08/watch-police-deploy-chemical-weapons-against-protestors-after-trumps-angry-divisive-campaign-speech/)

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[Post 1428]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-23-2017 08:17 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Tom Tomorrow on Twitter: "Watching on CNN as the President says "CNN doesn&#39;t want you to watch what I&#39;m saying" wtf" (https://twitter.com/tomtomorrow/status/900185975321747458)

This would be funny if not for all the nukes.

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[Post 1429]
Author : Ari
Date : 08-23-2017 09:17 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Genius in chief actually thinks clean coal is where you dig the coal up and then wash it off.
"We’ve ended the war on beautiful, clean coal. And it’s just been announced that a second brand-new coal mine where they’re going to take out clean coal — meaning they’re taking out coal, they’re going to clean it — is opening in the state of Pennsylvania."

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[Post 1430]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 08-23-2017 09:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Every time you think that he can't say anything dumber ...

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[Post 1431]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 08-23-2017 10:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This could just as easily go in the "racism" thread ...

Donald Trump, Eugenicist (https://www.youtube.com/embed/3Yh0jAxOxGE)

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[Post 1432]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-24-2017 09:34 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Irony:

Trump to hear recommendations for national monuments | TheHill (http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/347711-trump-to-hear-recommendations-for-national-monuments?amp)

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[Post 1433]
Author : It's Me!
Date : 08-24-2017 09:48 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Every time you think that he can't say anything dumber ...
I never think that, because give it 24 hours and he will.

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[Post 1434]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 08-25-2017 08:08 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Whoever made this, you&#39;re killing me. <a href="https://t.co/ytnF2yeQ2V">pic.twitter.com/ytnF2yeQ2V</a></p>&mdash; Jay Kuo (@nycjayjay) <a href="https://twitter.com/nycjayjay/status/900737117101236226">24 August 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 1435]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 08-25-2017 09:42 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Master list of everything Trump has undone:

What Trump has undone - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/08/24/what-trump-has-undone/?utm_term=.71459a72194d)

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[Post 1436]
Author : It's Me!
Date : 08-26-2017 01:16 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Dirtbag bigot Arpaio gets pardon. In other news, Trump still a douche.


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[Post 1437]
Author : It's Me!
Date : 08-26-2017 01:33 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

POS Seb Gorka resigns. World rejoices.

http://thefederalist.com/2017/08/25/breaking-sebastian-gorka-resigns-from-trump-administration/


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[Post 1438]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-26-2017 01:46 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yet he hasn't yet found the time to sign the disaster declaration Texas has asked for, he fucked off to Camp David instead waving and saying, "Good luck to everybody!"

Trump might make early disaster declaration for Hurricane Harvey - CNNPolitics (http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/25/politics/trump-harvey-declaration/index.html)

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[Post 1439]
Author : Ari
Date : 08-26-2017 01:48 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I expected nothing less.  At this point I think he's doing things just cause he likes the hate and he's playing his followers, trying to see what shit he can get them to defend.  He's been pretty blatant about finding it funny that he can do no wrong in some people's eyes.

Calling it now, 1 in 10 chance that if he isn't deposed soon, he will actually shoot someone or try to presidentially order someone he doesn't like to death.  1 in 2 chance one of his followers will shoot a peaceful activist and he will congratulate them by name and offer a pardon.

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[Post 1440]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-26-2017 02:01 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Oh hey, he managed to find time for this too! Trump signs directive banning transgender military recruits - CNNPolitics (http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/25/politics/trump-transgender-military/index.html)

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[Post 1441]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 08-26-2017 03:02 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

POS Seb Gorka resigns. World rejoices.

http://thefederalist.com/2017/08/25/breaking-sebastian-gorka-resigns-from-trump-administration/


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Cold comfort...  There's at least one more white nationalist in the white house - I'm thinking of Stephen Miller, and then there's the fucking pardon of Arpaio...

...and the rest of Trump's administration.

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[Post 1442]
Author : The Man
Date : 08-26-2017 03:16 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Dirtbag bigot Arpaio gets pardon. In other news, Trump still a douche.


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Madison explicitly stated that abuse of presidential pardon power was grounds for impeachment. Just saying.

Not that this Congress full of ratfuckers gives a damn about original intent, mind you.

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[Post 1443]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-26-2017 06:04 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

In other news:
Whitehouse.com, Your Favorite 90s Porn Site, Is Now Protesting the Trump Presidency - Motherboard (https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/wjj4vx/whitehousecom-your-favorite-90s-porn-site-is-now-protesting-the-trump-presidency)

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[Post 1444]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-26-2017 06:22 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Whoomp there it is:

Mueller subpoenas firms that worked with Manafort' for Ukraine - NY Daily News (http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/mueller-subpoenas-firms-worked-manafort-ukraine-article-1.3443080)

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[Post 1445]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-26-2017 10:30 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

LOLGOP on Twitter: "Two weeks after Charlottesville, Trump pardoned a guy who bragged about running a concentration camp. Fin." (https://twitter.com/LOLGOP/status/901291068184023041)

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[Post 1446]
Author : It's Me!
Date : 08-27-2017 03:04 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Carl Icahn&#x2019;s Failed Raid on Washington (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/08/28/carl-icahns-failed-raid-on-washington/amp)

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[Post 1447]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-28-2017 04:56 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ivanka,<br><br>I&#39;m trying to decide between donating to the Red Cross to help Houston or buying the book your dad recommended.<br><br>what should I do? <a href="https://t.co/aS8OP1wnFs">https://t.co/aS8OP1wnFs</a></p>&mdash; Frederick Douglass (@HITEXECUTIVE) <a href="https://twitter.com/HITEXECUTIVE/status/901898128000860161">August 27, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 1448]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-28-2017 05:05 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I photoshopped Hillary Clinton&#39;s tweets onto Trump&#39;s page &amp; now I live in a fantasy world where this how the president expresses himself... <a href="https://t.co/n8JXhONiEw">pic.twitter.com/n8JXhONiEw</a></p>&mdash; Morgan Murphy (@morgan_murphy) <a href="https://twitter.com/morgan_murphy/status/901904682301325312">August 27, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 1449]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-28-2017 08:10 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

What a surprise.

Trump Cybersecurity Advisors Resign, Citing His &#8216;Insufficient Attention&#8217; to Threats (http://fortune.com/2017/08/26/trump-cybersecurity-advisors-resign/)

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[Post 1450]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-28-2017 09:52 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Feeling a bit bleak, there, America?

Worthy read for a coach pep talk:
https://www.facebook.com/Stonekettle/posts/1437680882933977

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[Post 1451]
Author : The Man
Date : 08-28-2017 09:04 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump Russian Buddy Bragged About Using Russia To Elect Trump. TOTALLY NORMAL. | Wonkette (https://wonkette.com/622267/trump-russian-buddy-bragged-about-using-russia-to-elect-trump-totally-normal)

Really, who among us hasn't emailed Putin's press secretary saying "Our boy can become president of the USA and we can engineer it"? Happens all the time.

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[Post 1452]
Author : The Man
Date : 08-29-2017 12:24 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The president* said he pardoned Arpaio during the hurricane because the ratings would be higher, because that's the kind of ham-fisted political satire we're living in now. Lex Luthor is a more nuanced (and, for that matter, ethical) character than the shitgibbon.

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[Post 1453]
Author : Ari
Date : 08-29-2017 02:51 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

In some ways we should be glad the hateful nutjob racists have gathered around someone who doesn't give a shit about them and thinks he's still on his reality TV show.

I would posit that Trump doesn't truly believe anyone else is actually conscious but himself.

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[Post 1454]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-29-2017 08:54 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Our president is very engaged and responsive to what&#39;s happening <a href="https://t.co/vgzz69wWnJ">pic.twitter.com/vgzz69wWnJ</a></p>&mdash; Matt Bors (@MattBors) <a href="https://twitter.com/MattBors/status/902214522823471105">August 28, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 1455]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-29-2017 07:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm sure this won't come back to bite anyone in the ass in the next decades:

Donald Trump scrapped Barack Obama's flood protection standards days before Hurricane Harvey | The Independent (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-barack-obama-flood-protections-flooding-hurricane-harvey-houston-texas-a7916476.html)

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[Post 1456]
Author : erimir
Date : 08-29-2017 11:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

My brother said something about this a few hours ago, and I assumed it was a joke about what Trump "would" say.

But it's real.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&#8220;What a crowd, what a turnout,&#8221; Trump said from atop this firetruck, addressing hurricane victims. <a href="https://t.co/0EdsLctHDi">pic.twitter.com/0EdsLctHDi</a></p>&mdash; Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) <a href="https://twitter.com/christinawilkie/status/902591642976256000">August 29, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

The :whatthefuck: moments never cease.

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[Post 1457]
Author : Ari
Date : 08-29-2017 11:12 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The people of Texas should remember not to hate the Hurricane, there are good people on both sides of this, on both sides.  I'm not one to condemn Harvey without all the facts.

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[Post 1458]
Author : erimir
Date : 08-29-2017 11:14 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

You might think that, you might be thinking that. Harvey sounds so sweet and innocent, like a very fine person, but you'd be wrong.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump in Austin on Harvey: &quot;It sounds like such an innocent name, Ben (Carson), right, but it&#39;s not innocent.&quot; Per pool...</p>&mdash; Jim Acosta (@Acosta) <a href="https://twitter.com/Acosta/status/902642214127489024">August 29, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 1459]
Author : Ari
Date : 08-29-2017 11:19 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's odd feeling relief that a hurricane is named after a man so our big man in chief doesn't dismiss it as having a lady fit.

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[Post 1460]
Author : The Man
Date : 08-29-2017 11:50 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

My brother said something about this a few hours ago, and I assumed it was a joke about what Trump "would" say.

But it's real.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“What a crowd, what a turnout,” Trump said from atop this firetruck, addressing hurricane victims. <a href="https://t.co/0EdsLctHDi">pic.twitter.com/0EdsLctHDi</a></p>&mdash; Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) <a href="https://twitter.com/christinawilkie/status/902591642976256000">August 29, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

The :whatthefuck: moments never cease.

Trump has not merely broken Godwin's Law but has also taken Poe's Law to new levels. He's broken everyone's ability to distinguish parody from reality.

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[Post 1461]
Author : Ari
Date : 08-29-2017 11:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Available soon! (yes the hat is real).
Trump's product model looks enthused!
https://i.amz.mshcdn.com/ivucKlIctrUl2vxTNUzHZBbgCnc=/950x534/filters:quality(90)/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fimage%2F577228%2Fe7a5e6c9-0c44-4449-a2e6-f72a521937e1.jpg

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[Post 1462]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-30-2017 09:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

KKK Hoods & Russian Flags Appear In Trump Tower Gift Shop: Gothamist (http://gothamist.com/2017/08/29/trump_tower_gift_shop.php)

lol

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[Post 1463]
Author : Ari
Date : 09-04-2017 12:24 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Have a good time everybody!
:romeboogie:
:drowned::drowned::drowned::drowned::drowned:
:drowned::drowned::drowned::drowned::drowned:
:drowned::drowned::drowned::drowned::drowned:
:drowning::drowning::drowning::drowning::drowning:
:drowning::drowning::drowning:
:drowning:
Look at those waves, they love me!

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[Post 1464]
Author : JoeP
Date : 09-04-2017 09:52 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:golfclap:

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[Post 1465]
Author : The Man
Date : 09-04-2017 09:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Perhaps we will have to go through Imelda's whole shoe collection, but the dropping continues at a steady pace:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">How's THIS for a bombshell? It comes from BBC World News Correspondent Paul Wood (and was published in THE SPECTATOR, a weekly UK magazine): <a href="https://t.co/S9d8ZDu7jn">pic.twitter.com/S9d8ZDu7jn</a></p>&mdash; Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) <a href="https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/904416600081739780">September 3, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">2/ Then there's THIS bombshell, which is ALSO by BBC World News Correspondent Paul Wood (and also from THE SPECTATOR, a weekly UK magazine): <a href="https://t.co/3jrAKjNqNf">pic.twitter.com/3jrAKjNqNf</a></p>&mdash; Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) <a href="https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/904418054335074305">September 3, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">3/ And of course THIS BBC-published report from BBC World News Correspondent Paul Wood can't POSSIBLY be retweeted enough times, in my view: <a href="https://t.co/zKUmxqgVcC">pic.twitter.com/zKUmxqgVcC</a></p>&mdash; Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) <a href="https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/904419482277474305">September 3, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

There's a golden opportunity for a stream of great puns here, but I'll resist the temptation to shower you with too many so that others can contribute before the flow slows to a trickle. It could just be yellow journalism, but I suspect the stains of this administration's crimes run too deep to wash away with a simple "fake news!"

...oh, I don't think anyone mentioned that Mueller brought the IRS in.

Mueller Enlists the IRS for His Trump-Russia Investigation (http://www.thedailybeast.com/exclusive-mueller-enlists-the-irs-for-his-trump-russia-investigation)

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[Post 1466]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-04-2017 09:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

10570

Enraging thread:
Talia Lavin on Twitter: "I've been subscribed to EPA news alerts for over a year now. Since the election, the shift is absolutely nuts. 1/" (https://twitter.com/chick_in_kiev/status/904175246294614017)

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[Post 1467]
Author : Ari
Date : 09-04-2017 09:42 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's fun watching Trump undo everything the republican party worked for.
They have been trying to nutter the EPA for years, but keep it entact to appear like they are doing something.  Now, the pretense is over and their hard work won't last beyond Trump, as there's clearly a rebuild everything coming once we deal with our nazi problem.

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[Post 1468]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-06-2017 08:41 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Week 42: Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you, soâ&#8364;¦ (https://medium.com/@Amy_Siskind/week-42-experts-in-authoritarianism-advise-to-keep-a-list-of-things-subtly-changing-around-you-so-a1fbe96c91ca?source=user_profile---------1----------------)

Despite being a summer week heading into Labor Day weekend, Week 42 is the longest list so far, with the most items relating to Trump-Russia. News reports indicate the Mueller probe in moving ahead on many fronts, and uncovering damaging evidence about the Trump regime.

This week Trump was unable to control the narrative. Media accounts paint a disturbing picture of a leader who is stormy, depressed, angry, unsteady and increasingly isolated. Resignations and firings continue en masse, as Trump&#8217;s WH continues to be filled with drama and showcase his inability to work with others and hire talent.

Stories less covered continue to detail bigotry towards, and stripping away rights and protections of, marginalized communities and women. Another continuing theme is the dismantling of government programs and initiatives, alongside instituting authoritarian measures.

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[Post 1469]
Author : It's Me!
Date : 09-06-2017 12:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Is it wrong to hope that Irma wipes out Mar-A-Lago?


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[Post 1470]
Author : Zehava
Date : 09-06-2017 03:05 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Is it wrong to hope that Irma wipes out Mar-A-Lago?


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If it is wrong, then I don't want to be right.

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[Post 1471]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-07-2017 03:22 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

In disorganized clown car news:

Ryan calls a thing disgraceful, Trump approves it right away. (http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/06/hill-trump-relations-242411)

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[Post 1472]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-07-2017 06:36 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Which leads to a great new pick for the White House Press Secretary:

Doctor Rockso does cocaine - YouTube

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[Post 1473]
Author : Ari
Date : 09-07-2017 07:06 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Just in case you thought it couldn't get more B-Movie villian...

Trump has brought jobs to america!
Making medals of his face to sell for $45 each on his site.
http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.3474655.1504725714!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/article_1200/medal7n-3-web.jpg

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[Post 1474]
Author : Zehava
Date : 09-07-2017 04:22 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

You sure those are made in America?  Look like  a cheap ass Chinese product to me.

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[Post 1475]
Author : Ari
Date : 09-07-2017 09:07 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yep, made by MedalCraft in Wisconsin, the company seems to specialize in quick proofing and turn around for corporate awards and other useless swag like coasters and belt buckles.  They're one step above collectable Elvis plates.  Making medals of his face is part of his Make America Great Again vocational programs, since as we all know, easily automated medal creation is a big american business, what with all those participation trophies we hand out...

I'm amused that they don't seem to know how to take a proper photo of a coin.  It's not that hard either!

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[Post 1476]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-08-2017 07:11 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump needs help from media on how to donate to Harvey relief (https://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/g00/3_c-5eee.lmibpivlbifmauio.kwu_/c-5UWZMXPMCA09x24pbbx78ax3ax2fx2feee.lmibpivlbifmauio.kwux2f121551x2faizip-pcksijmm-aivlmza-pizdmg-lwvibqwva-acoomabqwvax2fx3fcbu_kiux78iqovx3dMkpwjwfx26cbu_umlqcux3dAwkqitx26cbu_awczkmx3dBeqbbmz_$/$/$/$#link_time=1504313307).

:c

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[Post 1477]
Author : Ari
Date : 09-08-2017 07:32 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

From a side link,
"Teresa Jo Burchfield, the wife of a legal ethics adviser for President Trump, was arrested Tuesday in the back seat of a car where she was having sex with an inmate at the Fauquier County Adult Detention Center, the Fauquier Times reports."

Seems about right!

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[Post 1478]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-08-2017 09:12 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

10571

Full thread here:
Seth Hanlon on Twitter: "A pretty nutty thing is happening in the House Ways&Means Cmte this pm. The Republicans are voting to keep Trump&#39;s tax returns hidden. 1/" (https://twitter.com/SethHanlon/status/905824189696880644)

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[Post 1479]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-09-2017 08:37 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/VicenteFoxQue">@VicenteFoxQue</a> is the president America needs. <a href="https://t.co/to2e4QWUyk">pic.twitter.com/to2e4QWUyk</a></p>&mdash; Super Deluxe (@superdeluxe) <a href="https://twitter.com/superdeluxe/status/905816189108027393">September 7, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 1480]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-11-2017 11:58 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Week 43: Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you, so… (https://medium.com/@Amy_Siskind/week-43-experts-in-authoritarianism-advise-to-keep-a-list-of-things-subtly-changing-around-you-so-d1621f9224f8?source=user_profile---------1----------------)

Week 43: Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you, so you&#8217;ll remember.

September 9, 2017

This week the Mueller probe edged towards engulfing Trump&#8217;s entire inner-circle. Also of great import, Facebook finally admitted to the company&#8217;s role in allowing Russian bots to infiltrate our election. Speculation grew that a foreign entity influenced our election, and that the Trump campaign was complicit.

This week the Trump regime continued its assault on marginalized communities and women, rescinding DACA and taking away protections for victims of campus sexual assault. A second major hurricane illuminated the extent to which the Trump regime has already deconstructed federal agencies like the EPA and State Department.

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[Post 1481]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-13-2017 10:29 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Sure, let's blame Trump.

Trump voting commission will review proposal for background checks for voters | The Kansas City Star (http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article172638276.html)

What the everliving hell is going on in your country, 'Merica?

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[Post 1482]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-13-2017 10:32 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

He seems to have lost some weight (http://occupydemocrats.com/2017/09/12/this-image-going-viral-pro-trump-social-media-theres-big-problem/).

Or not.

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[Post 1483]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-14-2017 08:41 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Today looks interesting, in a people lighting their hair on fire kind of way.

https://twitter.com/FoxNews/status/908324675637440512

Anything but that fence renovation and DACA tweet from this morning, eh, FOX?

Oh, and it's Ukraine, not 'the' Ukraine.

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[Post 1484]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-15-2017 12:05 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

In the interests of not taking over the miscellany with GOP lolz, here.

O'Reilly blames 'forces of evil' for Fox firing | TheHill (http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/350710-oreilly-blames-radical-left-for-fox-ouster-these-forces-of-evil-and?amp)

Party of personal responsibility.

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[Post 1485]
Author : But
Date : 09-15-2017 12:10 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Oh, and it's Ukraine, not 'the' Ukraine.

Name of Ukraine - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_Ukraine#.22Ukraine.22_versus_.22the_Ukraine.22)

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[Post 1486]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-15-2017 12:40 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Oh, and it's Ukraine, not 'the' Ukraine.

Name of Ukraine - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_Ukraine#.22Ukraine.22_versus_.22the_Ukraine.22)

In 1993 the Ukrainian government requested that the article be dropped.

Referring to the country as "the Ukraine" instead of "Ukraine" is considered insulting and derogatory by many Ukrainians.[41][42] It now implies disregard for the country's sovereignty, according to U.S. ambassador William Taylor. He noted that it continues in Russian usage (where the common form na Ukraine, "in the Ukraine", dates to the Soviet period), and has parallels in (particularly British) English, where forms such as "the Lebanon" were once usual for non-sovereign territories, as one would for instance refer to "the Rocky Mountains".

Okay?

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[Post 1487]
Author : But
Date : 09-15-2017 01:55 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

In 1993 the Ukrainian government requested that the article be dropped.

:nope:

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[Post 1488]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-15-2017 03:34 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

In 1993 the Ukrainian government requested that the article be dropped.

:nope:

¯\_(&#12484;)_/¯

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[Post 1489]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-15-2017 07:26 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The date on this.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I&#39;m telling you, the Trump/Schumer/Pelosi Amnesty Act of 2017 is going to be so amazing you won&#39;t believe it. <a href="https://t.co/j4rRbOFG2u">https://t.co/j4rRbOFG2u</a></p>&mdash; Scott Lincicome (@scottlincicome) <a href="https://twitter.com/scottlincicome/status/697933013380964352">February 11, 2016</a></blockquote>
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[Post 1490]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-15-2017 09:44 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A prediction about Sean Spicer, and his fellow garbage fire enablers. <a href="https://t.co/XCnuHwfVgu">pic.twitter.com/XCnuHwfVgu</a></p>&mdash; jay smooth (@jsmooth995) <a href="https://twitter.com/jsmooth995/status/869686937745076224">May 30, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 1491]
Author : JoeP
Date : 09-15-2017 10:42 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

In 1993 Ukrainian government requested that article be dropped.



:fixed:

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[Post 1492]
Author : SR71
Date : 09-15-2017 07:14 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I am the opposed to the dropping of the "the article".

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[Post 1493]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-17-2017 09:32 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Feinstein: Trump Jr. public testimony will happen this fall | TheHill (http://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/351062-feinstein-trump-jr-public-testimony-will-happen-this-fall?amp)

GET ME MY POPCORN

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[Post 1494]
Author : JoeP
Date : 09-17-2017 09:46 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Via Stonekettle station

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Loser terrorists must be dealt with in a much tougher manner.The internet is their main recruitment tool which we must cut off &amp; use better!</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/908643633901039617">15 September 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Now, apply the principle "every accusation is a confession".

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[Post 1495]
Author : JoeP
Date : 09-17-2017 09:46 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:dddp:

Instead of controlling the internet, the internet is double posting.

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[Post 1496]
Author : It's Me!
Date : 09-19-2017 09:21 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Manafort in deep doodoo.

US government wiretapped former Trump campaign chairman - CNNPolitics (http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/18/politics/paul-manafort-government-wiretapped-fisa-russians/index.html)

Donnie Jr to the Secret Service: I needs some private time to talk to my Ruskie friends. 

http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/18/politics/donald-trump-jr-secret-service-protection/index.html

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[Post 1497]
Author : JoeP
Date : 09-21-2017 10:38 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

&#8216;Sound of a dog barking&#8217;: North Korea ridicules Trump threat | World news | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/21/sound-of-a-dog-barking-north-korea-ridicules-trump-threat)

North Korea&#8217;s foreign minister, Ri Yong-ho, has issued a withering riposte to Donald Trump, likening his threat to destroy the regime to the &#8220;sound of a dog barking&#8221;, adding that he &#8220;felt sorry&#8221; for the US president&#8217;s advisers.

Yes.

&#8220;If he was thinking he could scare us with the sound of a dog barking, that&#8217;s really a dog dream,&#8221; he added. In Korean, a dog dream is one that makes little sense.

Yes. 

What a great turnout!
:dog:

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[Post 1498]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-22-2017 08:10 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Hey, new word: Kim Jong Un Insulted Donald Trump And Taught America A New Word At The Same Time (http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/kim-jong-un-donald-trump-dotard_us_59c46bfee4b01cc57ff114e5)

According to Merriam-Webster, a &#8220;dotard&#8221; is a &#8220;person in his or her dotage,&#8221; with &#8220;dotage&#8221; further defined as &#8220;a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness.&#8221;

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[Post 1499]
Author : JoeP
Date : 09-22-2017 08:30 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Americuh didn't know that word?

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[Post 1500]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-22-2017 08:51 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Well, no. America doesn&#8217;t have a House of Lords.

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[Post 1501]
Author : JoeP
Date : 09-22-2017 10:32 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Good point. Very good point.

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[Post 1502]
Author : godfry n. glad
Date : 09-22-2017 05:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Oh, and it's Ukraine, not 'the' Ukraine.

Name of Ukraine - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_Ukraine#.22Ukraine.22_versus_.22the_Ukraine.22)

Is good.  I be thanking you for that.

Is 'moose and squirrel', not 'the moose and the squirrel.'

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[Post 1503]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-23-2017 02:32 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Stonekettle on Twitter: "This Trump rally is some seriously Third World shit." (https://twitter.com/Stonekettle/status/911386956822609922)

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[Post 1504]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-23-2017 04:52 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Week 44: Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you, so… (https://medium.com/@Amy_Siskind/week-44-experts-in-authoritarianism-advise-to-keep-a-list-of-things-subtly-changing-around-you-so-7fbc1a8d7e01?source=user_profile---------1----------------)

Front and center this week were reports on Russia’s use of social media to influence the US election, possibly with help from the Trump regime. As well, a slew of reporting continued to build the evolving mosaic of connections and quid pro quo between members of the Trump regime and Putin allies.

Trump’s short-lived pivot ended abruptly late in the week when he again evoked “both sides” on Charlottesville, then started an embarrassing tweet storm about a tragic bombing in London. An interview by Rachel Maddow of Hillary on her new book, provided a momentary pause and wake up call for how much our country has changed&#8202;—&#8202;both our global standing and government competency&#8202;—&#8202;under a leader who admires, and aspires to authoritarianism.

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[Post 1505]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-23-2017 05:07 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I feel like Trump and Kim Jong Un are two power-crazy, paranoid, dangerous men-children.  But Kim Jong Un has a better English vocabulary.</p>&mdash; Amy Siskind (@Amy_Siskind) <a href="https://twitter.com/Amy_Siskind/status/911436523408695296">September 23, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 1506]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-23-2017 06:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

She seems nice: Ann Coulter suggests ‘death squads for the people who ruined America’ with immigration | Raw Story (http://www.rawstory.com/2017/09/ann-coulter-suggests-death-squads-for-the-people-who-ruined-america-with-immigration/amp/)

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[Post 1507]
Author : Ari
Date : 09-23-2017 06:23 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I do have to say, it's given me great amusement to see the lady who wrote a book on why Trump is God now hating the shit out of him after she realized a bit too late that he doesn't actually care about anything he says so long as it gets him cheers.

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[Post 1508]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 09-23-2017 08:18 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I do have to say, it's given me great amusement to see the lady who wrote a book on why Trump is God now hating the shit out of him after she realized a bit too late that he doesn't actually care about anything he says so long as it gets him cheers.

This probably angers her even more because she's done exactly the same, but with a consistent core philosophy and only to a very specific audience .  Just think of how much more money she could have earned if she had a few less principles.

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[Post 1509]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-26-2017 02:18 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Stonekettle on Twitter: "If you&#39;re in Puerto Rico right now waiting for help, take comfort in knowing your president is making football safe from black people" (https://twitter.com/Stonekettle/status/912309474676940800)

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[Post 1510]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-27-2017 08:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Let's blame Trump for this too:

US won't waive shipping restrictions for Puerto Rico relief | TheHill (http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/352597-us-wont-waive-shipping-restrictions-for-puerto-rico-relief)

In a letter to the department on Tuesday, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) urged DHS to rethink the decision, citing the agency's willingness to waive the Jones Act for relief efforts in the wake of hurricanes Harvey and Irma.

But wait!

The agency has in the past waived the rule to allow cheaper and more readily-available foreign vessels to supply goods to devastated areas. But DHS said Tuesday that waiving the act for Puerto Rico would not help the U.S. island territory due to damaged ports preventing ships from docking.

https://i.imgflip.com/1wlqof.jpg

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[Post 1511]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-27-2017 08:20 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Week 45: Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you, so… (https://medium.com/@Amy_Siskind/week-45-experts-in-authoritarianism-advise-to-keep-a-list-of-things-subtly-changing-around-you-so-bf4226b63a4e?source=user_profile---------1----------------)

Week 45 is the week of Paul Manafort&#8202;—&#8202;who now in retrospect, seems an even more odd choice by Trump for campaign manager. As Mueller zeroes in on Manafort and Flynn, almost every Trump campaign and WH staffers, past and present, is being drawn in to the expanding Russia probe. This week several regime members drew heat for unrepentant kleptocracy.

This week DHS informed 21 states they were targeted by Russia, strangely a year later and on a late afternoon on Friday. Trump, who benefitted from a slight approval rating reprieve courtesy of positive media coverage, continues to deny Russian involvement and to act erratically and unbefitting of the office on both foreign policy and domestic issues. Trump also continues to ignore what is shaping up to be a humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico.

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[Post 1512]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-27-2017 11:04 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The Trump Collection: Deleted Tweets

https://projects.propublica.org/politwoops/user/POTUS

Seems he backed a loser in Luther.

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[Post 1513]
Author : Limoncello
Date : 09-27-2017 03:23 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Twitter may be increasing tweet character allowance from 140 to 280... can you imagine Trump tweets with all the extra space?

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[Post 1514]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 09-27-2017 06:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

While I'm generally in favor of anything that makes Trump sad/upset, could there really be a worse choice than Roy Moore?

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[Post 1515]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-27-2017 07:02 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Will police using the word &#8220;degenerates&#8221; to describe a group of people (http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2017/09/27/michigan-state-police-director-facebook-post/707202001/) do?

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[Post 1516]
Author : erimir
Date : 09-27-2017 08:10 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

If Roy Moore wants to grandstand and cause problems for establishment Republicans, he might actually be more beneficial to the Democrats than Strange. He has said he doesn't want McConnell to be majority leader, for example.

Just looking for the silver lining.

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[Post 1517]
Author : Zehava
Date : 09-27-2017 09:53 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Will police using the word “degenerates” to describe a group of people (http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2017/09/27/michigan-state-police-director-facebook-post/707202001/) do?

"It was a mistake to share this message on Facebook"

i.e you are all still degenerates, I just shouldn't have said it out loud.

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[Post 1518]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-28-2017 12:03 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Calvin and Hobbes sendup:

https://thenib.com/donald-and-john

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[Post 1519]
Author : It's Me!
Date : 09-28-2017 03:35 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's Wednesday. Derp.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170928/8d2c4fb3088844e9a7bcece96226a171.jpg

Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk

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[Post 1520]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-28-2017 08:02 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Let that sink in. <a href="https://t.co/Te32Srn61l">pic.twitter.com/Te32Srn61l</a></p>&mdash; Hend Amry (@LibyaLiberty) <a href="https://twitter.com/LibyaLiberty/status/913460737762246656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 28, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 1521]
Author : Ari
Date : 09-28-2017 08:05 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

In that twitter thread someone said they called the school and the school informed them the constitution doesn't apply to extra curricular activities.  So at least we know the children are getting a good education.

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[Post 1522]
Author : It's Me!
Date : 09-29-2017 04:08 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Tom Price offers to pay back 12% of the private jet fares he racked up since May. What an outstanding guy and true fiscal conservative. 

Between security details, flights to Oklahoma and a second soundproof booth at the EPA, Pruitt has run up a 913k bill in 2017, and the booth only accounts for about 30k of that.

Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk

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[Post 1523]
Author : It's Me!
Date : 09-29-2017 10:32 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Bye bye Tom Price, you piece of shit. 

Sad thing is, he'll wind up in a seven figure lobbying job now. 

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[Post 1524]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-29-2017 10:48 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

'Close to genocide': San Juan mayor's dire appeal to US for Puerto Rico relief | World news | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/29/san-juan-mayor-criticizes-us-officials-for-calling-puerto-rico-relief-effort-good-news)

Trump again referred to the island&#8217;s debt crisis, saying it would have to work with federal authorities to determine how to pay for a massive recovery effort compounded by &#8220;the tremendous amount of existing debt already on the island&#8221;.

https://i.imgflip.com/1ws1wx.jpg

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[Post 1525]
Author : godfry n. glad
Date : 09-29-2017 11:01 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It sounds like it is time for a Jubilee for Puerto Rico.

Write off ALL debt.  Puerto Rico and all Puerto Ricans there start over with a clean slate.

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[Post 1526]
Author : It's Me!
Date : 09-29-2017 11:05 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I think the next statehood vote will go much differently. 

Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk

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[Post 1527]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 09-29-2017 11:07 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

“This is an island, surrounded by water, big water, ocean water.”

I can't believe I find myself missing the days when we had a relatively intelligent person in the White House, like Dubya.

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[Post 1528]
Author : Ari
Date : 09-29-2017 11:21 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Bush was a bit simple, (and amusingly I think his painting and occasional photo op with other president for good causes but otherwise chill life is partly him recognizing people puppeted this simpleness) but with Trump It sometimes feels like an actual child speaking.

Let's look at that actual quote,
“In Texas, we can ship the trucks right out there. And you know, we’ve gotten A-pluses on Texas and on Florida, and we will also on Puerto Rico. But the difference is, this is an island sitting in the middle of an ocean. And it’s a big ocean; it’s a very big ocean. And we’re doing a really good job.”  “Frankly, we’re doing — and it’s the most difficult job because it’s on the island — it’s on an island in the middle of the ocean,” he said. “It’s out in the ocean. You can’t just drive your trucks there from other states.”-Trump
Just think of this in a child's reasoning, things go places on trucks, trucks are cool they go vroom.  On the road they can go through puddles.  But not in the ocean.  The ocean is big.  How can we get stuff to people in the ocean if we can't go vroom vroom??  Don't you see the problem?  It's a huge problem?  Big oceans are tough. That makes me sad. That's ok, I'm a good boy!

I don't think he understands even the basics of shipping and infrastructure.  He's just always told someone "make sure we have MAGA hats" and they took care of the Chinese mass production and shipping and he imagines it like the scene from Willy Wonka where there's a factory somewhere in America where hundreds of trucks line up and simultaneously roll out from the factory to every city in America.

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[Post 1529]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-30-2017 12:13 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Dubya seemed very aware he'd pushed the Peter Principle to the outer extreme, and it wouldn't surprise me if in some memoir sometime he mentions, "I called on my dad a lot for advice, and sometimes, Bill (Clinton) or Jim (Carter)."

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[Post 1530]
Author : godfry n. glad
Date : 09-30-2017 01:00 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I was under the impression that Dick Cheney was paired with him so that 'Uncle Dickey' was there to keep a rein on W.

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[Post 1531]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-30-2017 01:21 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Same, but I feel generous.

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[Post 1532]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-01-2017 12:55 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Donald J. Trump on Twitter: "To the people of Puerto Rico:
Do not believe the #FakeNews!
#PRStrong🇵🇷" (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/914216744385904640)

...what news with no power?

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[Post 1533]
Author : The Man
Date : 10-01-2017 12:32 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

NSA warned White House against using personal email - POLITICO (http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/29/white-house-private-email-nsa-warning-243324)

I'm really getting tired of the terrible, ham-fisted writing in this season. The writers could at least try putting some nuance into their characterisation again. Having the party in power be hypocrites about literally everything stopped being interesting several months ago. Can't we get the black guy who used to be the lead back? He was cool.

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[Post 1534]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 10-01-2017 07:19 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

BUT.
HER.
EMAILS.

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[Post 1535]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 10-01-2017 08:12 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The people of Puerto Rico probably shouldn't expect much help from our Sociopath in Chief (https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/10/1/1702877/-Recent-Released-Audio-Trump-Mocks-a-Dying-Man-Proving-He-s-A-Sociopath), because Trump "doesn't give a damn about people of color (https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/10/1/1703156/-General-Russel-Honor-led-Katrina-relief-says-Trump-doesn-t-give-a-damn-about-people-of-color)."

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[Post 1536]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-03-2017 09:18 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Hundreds of White House emails sent to third Kushner family account - POLITICO (http://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/02/jared-kushner-email-account-white-house-243389)

Hillary something something Obama birth certificate something.

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[Post 1537]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-03-2017 09:16 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Long angry thread about Trump's Puerto Rico response and visit:

Jeremy Konyndyk on Twitter: ""Never tweet angry" is usually good advice and I try to adhere to it. But right now, the hell with that. THIS IS APPALLING. 1/ https://t.co/QENmxTjIu1" (https://twitter.com/JeremyKonyndyk/status/915261666631307264)

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[Post 1538]
Author : Ari
Date : 10-03-2017 10:09 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

"Have a good time" - Trump to flood victims.
I stand by my belief he doesn't just lack all empathy but doesn't think other people are real.

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[Post 1539]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-04-2017 03:50 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.redd.it/bx2uvci3qppz.jpg

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[Post 1540]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-04-2017 07:11 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Week 46: Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you, so… (https://medium.com/@Amy_Siskind/week-46-experts-in-authoritarianism-advise-to-keep-a-list-of-things-subtly-changing-around-you-so-e23a6920c44b)



This week the country turned to a humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico, where 3.5mm Americans lack basics like water, food, medicine and electricity. At least 16 have already died. Trump seemed split between denying the crisis altogether, and blaming Puerto Rico, its officials and the media. The regime&#8217;s late and inadequate response to Hurricane Maria is the clearest fallout of Trump&#8217;s unstaffed federal agencies.

This week Trump&#8217;s regime came under increased scrutiny for blatant and irreverent kleptocracy. HHS Secretary Price was the first casualty from unfolding scandals of several regime members involving millions spent on chartered and military flights, and other wasted taxpayer money. Social media giants Facebook and Twitter also took center stage in the probe of Russia&#8217;s involvement with the 2016 election, and possible Trump campaign complicity.

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[Post 1541]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 10-06-2017 08:49 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

GOP maff, courtesy of a Lolorado politics blog I visit:

http://www.coloradopols.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/RepublicanMath-CP.jpg

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[Post 1542]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-06-2017 09:03 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'll just put stuff about this slimeball here:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Milo&#8217;s account passwords (shared w coworkers) pay tribute to Kristallnacht and the expulsion of Jews from England<a href="https://t.co/Zfb8WNDkuQ">https://t.co/Zfb8WNDkuQ</a> <a href="https://t.co/RpBljeaqvx">pic.twitter.com/RpBljeaqvx</a></p>&mdash; Matt Mittenthal (@mattmittenthal) <a href="https://twitter.com/mattmittenthal/status/916038497529663488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 5, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 1543]
Author : erimir
Date : 10-06-2017 10:26 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

To be honest, Milo is such a troll and so dishonest that I don't even take it for granted that he's telling the truth when he says/indicates:

1. He married a black man. I'll believe it's a legal reality when the paperwork is filed and the man presents himself and I may never believe it's a sincere relationship
2. His mother is/was Jewish. I'd like someone to try to get confirmation from the woman herself.
3. He's gay. This one seems the least likely to be a lie, but still...

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[Post 1544]
Author : The Man
Date : 10-06-2017 11:09 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I personally make it a policy not to believe anything Milo says.

In other news, seems like Mueller's investigation is taking the Steele dossier extremely seriously, and a lot of it has already been proven true. In particular, it sounds like Mueller is in contact with Steele as well as with some of Steele's sources, and the intelligence community seems to take it as at least 80% accurate. If even half of it is accurate, it's arguably the most substantial act of treason in the history of the country. It seems as though Putin takes it seriously as well, since one source connected to the dossier seems to have been murdered. This entire thread from Seth Abramson is worth reading.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">THIS IS HUGE. Please share this news.<br><br>A substantial percentage of the Steele Dossier has already been proven true. <a href="https://t.co/Z3Ap2ulrCJ">https://t.co/Z3Ap2ulrCJ</a></p>&mdash; Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) <a href="https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/916073706505560064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 5, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

And to answer the inevitable question, all signs point to there being at least one pee tape.

There is more than one [Trump] tape, audio and video, from more than one place, on more than one date, of a sexual nature.

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[Post 1545]
Author : erimir
Date : 10-06-2017 11:45 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I don't want to watch the pee tape... but also I want to watch the pee tape.

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[Post 1546]
Author : Ari
Date : 10-07-2017 01:26 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

"Free speech week" in Berkeley turned out to be so much of a bust that I wouldn't be surprised if Milo was trolling with it too.  After all sorts of worry about "dangerous" antifa and violence he cancelled his free speech week, and now PC conservative crybabies are sueing UC Berkeley for freedom of speech violations after it was announced Berkeley is investigating on campus hate speech by students connected to the event.

In the same way that Trump basically lives on praise, there are some that survive on feeling persecuted, even if they have to start the fight just to scream unfair.

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[Post 1547]
Author : Miisa
Date : 10-07-2017 10:21 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

3. He's gay. This one seems the least likely to be a lie, but still...

Nice try. Straight people don't want him either, so you can't dump him on them.

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[Post 1548]
Author : erimir
Date : 10-07-2017 06:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Perhaps he's asexual?

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[Post 1549]
Author : Miisa
Date : 10-08-2017 11:08 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:swords:

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[Post 1550]
Author : Ari
Date : 10-08-2017 04:07 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DLlHmoAW0AEQeob.jpg
Now that you've read Trump's account of it, here, listen to the defening cheers!  Chant along as they do, Trump Trump Trump....
Donald Trump throws paper towels into crowd at Puerto Rico relief center - YouTube

Fictional world, he lives in a fictional world.

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[Post 1551]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-09-2017 12:15 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Vice President Pence on Twitter: "I left today&#39;s Colts game because @POTUS and I will not dignify any event that disrespects our soldiers, our Flag, or our National Anthem." (https://twitter.com/VP/status/917074120084516865)

Baratunde on Twitter: "I respect your right to protest but think a football game is an inappropriate place to flaunt your politics. https://t.co/uZoeBLNV23" (https://twitter.com/baratunde/status/917140377735499777)

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[Post 1552]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-09-2017 12:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Donald Trump Marks Hispanic Heritage Month By Mocking The Puerto Rican Accent | HuffPost (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-puerto-rico-spanish-accent_us_59d881dee4b072637c443a6e)

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[Post 1553]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-09-2017 12:22 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Vice President Pence on Twitter: "I left today's Colts game because @POTUS and I will not dignify any event that disrespects our soldiers, our Flag, or our National Anthem." (https://twitter.com/VP/status/917074120084516865)

Baratunde on Twitter: "I respect your right to protest but think a football game is an inappropriate place to flaunt your politics. https://t.co/uZoeBLNV23" (https://twitter.com/baratunde/status/917140377735499777)

Bonus!

Carol Fitzpatrick on Twitter: "You joined Trump's ticket after he attacked McCain for becoming a POW in Vietnam. You stayed with him when he attacked a Gold Star family. https://t.co/BDq9oqYomt" (https://twitter.com/crl_fitzpatrick/status/917079023695491072)

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[Post 1554]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-09-2017 07:00 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Week 47: Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you, so… (https://medium.com/@Amy_Siskind/week-47-experts-in-authoritarianism-advise-to-keep-a-list-of-things-subtly-changing-around-you-so-4d2a98d43d18#---0-210)

This was a dark week for our country, with the unfolding humanitarian crises in Puerto Rico and USVI, and the deadliest mass shooting in modern history in Las Vegas. Trump’s tin-ear and lack of empathy to these events were conspicuous in his ominous “calm before the storm” statement Thursday.

Amid the chaos, major stories broke on Kushner and Ivanka’s use of personal email accounts, all of which were surreptitiously moved to a Trump Organization server. Mueller’s Russia probe continued full-steam, and news of a meeting with Christopher Steele indicated the dossier is likely being used as a roadmap. As with every weekly list, this week rights and protections were taken away from women and marginalized communities.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here’s a story in Week 47 that got lost in the chaos: Russia knew not only to target WI and MI, but also which demos.<a href="https://t.co/XiCvrDbyd8">https://t.co/XiCvrDbyd8</a> <a href="https://t.co/32xDufnXJ2">pic.twitter.com/32xDufnXJ2</a></p>&mdash; Amy Siskind (@Amy_Siskind) <a href="https://twitter.com/Amy_Siskind/status/917134094802325505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 8, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Compare that tweet to:

Facebook ‘Embeds’ Advised Trump’s Campaign, Digital Director Says - Bloomberg (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-07/facebook-embeds-helped-trump-win-parscale-tells-60-minutes)

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[Post 1555]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-09-2017 09:36 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The Republican’s Guide to Presidential Etiquette (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/10/08/opinion/editorials/republican-etiquette-guide.html)

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[Post 1556]
Author : erimir
Date : 10-09-2017 06:50 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Should things he did during the campaign be counted?

Because they left off a lot of stuff if so. Pussy grabbing and insulting veterans and their families, lying about giving to charity, encouraging violence, blood coming from wherever, insulting an opponent's wife's appearance, accusing his father of colluding in the assassination of JFK, reacting to mass shootings by congratulating yourself, etc.

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[Post 1557]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 10-09-2017 08:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Should things he did during the campaign be counted?


It should, but he was going to "pivot" and become Presidential once he assumed office. 

:LMAO:

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[Post 1558]
Author : erimir
Date : 10-09-2017 09:13 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Oh yeah, and this:

Unpresidential! Disrespecting the Oval Office!
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r1AxIJszWSA/S1uLCqsRnuI/AAAAAAAAGnw/GOS7K__O3xw/s400/cannon.JPG

Look at him! Leaning on a desk! That's FOR PAPERS, NOT your upper rear thighs! And uh... that other guy is eating in the Oval Office. Disgusting! And an APPLE of all things! Apples are un-American!

BIGLY PRESIDENTIAL. Such dignity! Tremendously respectful! Elect this man president!
https://media.giphy.com/media/UsYpKp9s2gTy8/giphy.gif

Look at that ni... ahem, tyrannical thug, putting his feet up on the desk!
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r1AxIJszWSA/S10E6a4b7EI/AAAAAAAAGpY/ZyFoKImlubs/s400/cannon3

Wow. The black and white in the photo really makes you feel the weight of history and dignity. We were lucky such a presidential man was in the Oval Office on 9/11.
https://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/static/images/item/20100125-bushovaloffice.jpg

Anyway, there's just something about that Obama that doesn't seem presidential, while those other two seem very presidential for some reason.

(That photo of Obama with Axelrod eating an apple was in a blog post about Obama disrespecting the Oval Office linked to by the Fox News website.)

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[Post 1559]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-09-2017 09:26 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Last week or so the Dallas Cowboys owner linked arms with players and took a knee. Before the anthem. Then everyone stood for it.

Publicity stunt.

Jerry Jones Says Any Cowboys Player Who 'Disrespects' the Flag Won't Play | Bleacher Report (http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2737631-jerry-jones-says-a-cowboys-player-who-disrespects-the-flag-wont-play)

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[Post 1560]
Author : JoeP
Date : 10-09-2017 09:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Anyway, there's just something about that Obama that doesn't seem presidential, while those other two seem very presidential for some reason.

I know this one. Wait, don't tell me. Isn't it something to do with his not having been born in the US?

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[Post 1561]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-10-2017 04:13 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Hacker study: Russia could get into U.S. voting machines - POLITICO (http://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/09/russia-voting-machines-hacking-243603)

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[Post 1562]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-10-2017 06:48 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

White House lets Jones Act waiver expire for Puerto Rico | TheHill (http://thehill.com/latino/354561-white-house-lets-jones-act-waiver-expire-for-puerto-rico)

Very interesting inside:
Lawmakers in Congress are still pushing to roll back the Jones Act, with Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) recently introducing legislation that would permanently exempt Puerto Rico from the shipping law.

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[Post 1563]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-10-2017 07:08 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">And, It Cost The American People Over 250,000 For This Stunt! <a href="https://t.co/booXmBeFDT">pic.twitter.com/booXmBeFDT</a></p>&mdash; Merlin&#39;s Mom &#10024; (@mersmom8) <a href="https://twitter.com/mersmom8/status/917556657550446593?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 10, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 1564]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 10-10-2017 05:38 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Pence takes a knee for Trump...
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Pence takes a knee. (h/t <a href="https://twitter.com/Cog_Dis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Cog_Dis</a>) <a href="https://t.co/jkrsWFheCF">pic.twitter.com/jkrsWFheCF</a></p>&mdash; Karoli (@Karoli) <a href="https://twitter.com/Karoli/status/917587256637976576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">10 October 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 1565]
Author : Ari
Date : 10-10-2017 09:42 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

[woman interviewer]: "You're not known to be a humble man...."
Trump: *interrupting her* "I think I actually am humble, I think I'm much more humble than you would understand."
:roflmao:

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[Post 1566]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-11-2017 12:12 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A college professor criticized Trump. Now the White House wants an investigation - Salon (https://www.salon.com/2017/10/10/a-college-professor-criticized-trump-now-the-white-house-wants-an-investigation/)

Stonekettle on Twitter: "This is how fascism always begins https://t.co/brUlWDBnOe" (https://twitter.com/Stonekettle/status/917868017484169222)

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[Post 1567]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-11-2017 05:15 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Donald Trump: I consult myself on foreign policy - POLITICO (http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-gop-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/03/trump-foreign-policy-adviser-220853)

Asked on MSNBC&#8217;s &#8220;Morning Joe&#8221; who he talks with consistently about foreign policy, Trump responded, &#8220;I&#8217;m speaking with myself, number one, because I have a very good brain and I&#8217;ve said a lot of things." 

:|

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[Post 1568]
Author : The Man
Date : 10-11-2017 05:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Donald Trump: I consult myself on foreign policy - POLITICO (http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-gop-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/03/trump-foreign-policy-adviser-220853)

Asked on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” who he talks with consistently about foreign policy, Trump responded, “I’m speaking with myself, number one, because I have a very good brain and I’ve said a lot of things." 

:|

That's a fairly old quote, old enough that Billy West recorded it as Zapp Brannigan. With the shitstorm of news around this president*, I can see how it might be getting passed around again, though.

Zapp reads Trump quotes, Vol. 2

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[Post 1569]
Author : Ari
Date : 10-11-2017 05:44 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The humblest president around challenged Rex Tillerson to an IQ test because of just how humble he is. Too bad he's going to wuss out just like he does with everything else.  
President Trump challenges Rex Tillerson to IQ test - NY Daily News (http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/president-trump-challenges-rex-tillerson-iq-test-article-1.3553252)

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[Post 1570]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-11-2017 08:43 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The humblest president around challenged Rex Tillerson to an IQ test because of just how humble he is. Too bad he's going to wuss out just like he does with everything else.  
President Trump challenges Rex Tillerson to IQ test - NY Daily News (http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/president-trump-challenges-rex-tillerson-iq-test-article-1.3553252)

I'm sure Trump's results would be every bit as amazing as Kim Jong Il's golf scores. Now if only The Donald could golf like that.

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[Post 1571]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-11-2017 11:05 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump presidency at 'lunge for nuclear football' stage | MSNBC (http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-presidency-at-lunge-for-nuclear-football-stage-1069141571559)

The words used were 'can imagine'.

I'd say 'yet here we are'.

But we've been here since:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;A man you can bait with a tweet is not a man we can trust with nuclear weapons.&quot; —Hillary</p>&mdash; Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) <a href="https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/758864218439286784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 29, 2016</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 1572]
Author : Stormlight
Date : 10-11-2017 12:17 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Feds demand 1.3 million IP addresses of those who visited Trump protest site | Ars Technica (https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/08/feds-demand-1-3-million-ip-addresses-of-those-who-visited-trump-protest-site/?comments=1)

"The request from the DOJ demands that DreamHost hand over 1.3 million visitor IP addresses—in addition to contact information, e-mail content, and photos of thousands of people—in an effort to determine who simply visited the website," DreamHost said in a blog post. "That information could be used to identify any individuals who used this site to exercise and express political speech protected under the Constitution’s First Amendment. That should be enough to set alarm bells off in anyone’s mind."

Court significantly reins in what data anti-Trump website must give to feds | Ars Technica (https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/10/court-reins-in-what-data-anti-trump-website-must-give-up-to-feds/)

However ...

"The judge has decided to allow a search of emails from anonymous users (without their identifying information) even though the government never showed that it had a good reason to look at those emails," Levy e-mailed in a statement.

"And he will allow the government to make its justifications under seal, based on a presumption (without any evidence) that secrecy is needed to protect the government’s investigation. In this way, the judge is denying Public Citizen and DreamHost the opportunity to explain why the government’s arguments for a search protocol or access to a particular record should be rejected."

Heil Trump.

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[Post 1573]
Author : The Man
Date : 10-11-2017 01:09 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I can't find an uncensored version yet, but this Eminem freestyle is pure fire.

 Eminem - The Storm

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[Post 1574]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 10-11-2017 03:41 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I liked that he was willing to basically say 'fuck you' to any of his fans that remain Trump fans. That has to be a non-zero amount of people and that he's willing to ostracise them to make a point about how Trump is a fucking racist asswipe is pretty cool imo.

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[Post 1575]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-11-2017 07:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump just issued a direct threat to the media - CNNPolitics (http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/11/politics/donald-trump-media-tweet/index.html)

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[Post 1576]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-11-2017 10:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I can't find an uncensored version yet, but this Eminem freestyle is pure fire.

 Eminem - The Storm (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LunHybOKIjU)

I liked that he was willing to basically say 'fuck you' to any of his fans that remain Trump fans. That has to be a non-zero amount of people and that he's willing to ostracise them to make a point about how Trump is a fucking racist asswipe is pretty cool imo.

A take on that:

Eminem On Trump - The Big Picture (http://ritholtz.com/2017/10/eminem-calls-donald-trump/)

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[Post 1577]
Author : lisarea
Date : 10-11-2017 10:54 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

But that's not true. Lots of musicians have spoken out against Trump. Where is that even coming from?

I can't say necessarily whether any of them have thought to say, explicitly, "Fuck you" to Trump supporting fans, but plenty have implied it. 

Real quick here's one list of celebrities who've spoken out against him, and potentially alienated fans:

20 Celebrities Who Have Spoken Out Against Donald Trump (https://www.vibe.com/2016/03/celebrities-against-donald-trump/)

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[Post 1578]
Author : erimir
Date : 10-12-2017 12:04 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump just issued a direct threat to the media - CNNPolitics (http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/11/politics/donald-trump-media-tweet/index.html)
Sorry but I barfed because I gave a click to :projectilevomit:Chris Cillizza:projectilevomit:

He can :diaf:

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[Post 1579]
Author : Stormlight
Date : 10-12-2017 06:43 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump just issued a direct threat to the media - CNNPolitics (http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/11/politics/donald-trump-media-tweet/index.html)

"It is the press, above all, which wages a positively fanatical and slanderous struggle, tearing down everything which can be regarded as a support of national independence, cultural elevation, and the economic independence of the nation."

:disnut:

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[Post 1580]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-12-2017 07:40 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump here argues that because the stock market has gone up that means he&#39;s reducing the federal debt. He&#39;s very confused. <a href="https://t.co/4opIZZeEd6">pic.twitter.com/4opIZZeEd6</a></p>&mdash; Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) <a href="https://twitter.com/JuddLegum/status/918281845275586560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 12, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

:wtf:

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[Post 1581]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-13-2017 04:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I commend Roger Ailes for publicly supporting <a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FoxNews</a>’ employees against the Obama administration's intimidation of its reporters.</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/339462196042031104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 28, 2013</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

¯\_(&#12484;)_/¯

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[Post 1582]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-13-2017 09:33 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Donald Trump has state visit to UK downgraded 'and will not be guest of the Queen' | The Independent (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/donald-trump-state-visit-uk-no-queen-visit-working-downgrade-tour-us-president-latest-a7994356.html)

:english:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"> <a href="https://t.co/2wORAXNgxH">pic.twitter.com/2wORAXNgxH</a></p>&mdash; VeryInterestedOne (@one_interested) <a href="https://twitter.com/one_interested/status/918315749738889216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 12, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 1583]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-14-2017 09:16 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Donald J. Trump on Twitter: "TEXAS: We are with you today, we are with you tomorrow, and we will be with you EVERY SINGLE DAY AFTER, to restore, recover, and REBUILD!" (https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/904025340049285121)
Donald J. Trump on Twitter: "...We cannot keep FEMA, the Military & the First Responders, who have been amazing (under the most difficult circumstances) in P.R. forever!" (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/918432809282342912)

¯\_(&#12484;)_/¯

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[Post 1584]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-17-2017 08:49 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'll put it here:

Has Trump caused white Evangelicals to change their tune on morality? - Brookings (https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2016/10/19/has-trump-caused-white-evangelicals-to-change-their-tune-on-morality/)

(Brookings?) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brookings_Institution)

Commentary thread here:
Zach Wahls on Twitter: "1/ This came out year ago, and it didn&#39;t get much attention because it was overshadowed by the election itself: https://t.co/F0uI2KcCPd" (https://twitter.com/ZachWahls/status/920083283958030336)

Money shot:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">8/ We also know, courtesy of <a href="https://twitter.com/JonHaidt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JonHaidt</a>, that a huge amount of our moral reasoning is really post-hoc justification of our gut reaction.</p>&mdash; Zach Wahls (@ZachWahls) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachWahls/status/920085920350654464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 17, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 1585]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 10-17-2017 06:18 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Inquiring Minds podcast:

196 Allen Frances - A Psychiatrist Analyzes the Age of Trump (https://inquiring.show/episodes/2017/10/16/196-allen-frances-a-psychiatrist-analyzes-the-age-of-trump)

Dude has a new book out (Twilight of American Sanity: A Psychiatrist Analyzes the Age of Trump) which basically argues Trump is a shit person, but calling him mentally ill doesn't help destigmatize the mentally ill or stop Trump.

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[Post 1586]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 10-17-2017 08:34 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump makes more shit up and then moonwalks it straight back ...

Trump denigrates Obama over false fallen soldier claim - BBC News (http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-41646338/trump-denigrates-obama-over-false-fallen-soldier-claim?ocid=socialflow_facebook&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=facebook)

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[Post 1587]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-21-2017 07:14 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

John Kelly and the Language of the Military Coup | The New Yorker (https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/john-kelly-and-the-language-of-the-military-coup)

Air Force could recall as many as 1,000 retired pilots to address serious shortage (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/10/20/air-force-recall-many-1-000-retired-pilots-address-serious-shortage/785344001/)

Quite the combo there.

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[Post 1588]
Author : Crumb
Date : 10-21-2017 06:21 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trumpy Bear Official Commercial - YouTube

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[Post 1589]
Author : Ari
Date : 10-21-2017 07:35 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DMqz0YiVAAAdOEO.jpg:small
The files are to be legally declassified Oct 26, unrelated to Mr. Tiny hands and his need to take credit for everything.

Future tweets we might expect... "I, will allow santa to bring you presents this December" and "I, the greatest president in the universe, will allow the change from 2017 to 2018, I said to them, 2017 is old, we should change it to 2018 and they did! I hear America is the first to do this, cutting edge time, they pull the time up and clean it, smoothest time, the best."

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[Post 1590]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-22-2017 12:37 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Donald Trump Is Rush-Shipping Condolences to Military Families - The Atlantic (https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/10/donald-trump-is-rush-shipping-condolences-to-military-families/543606/)

Better late than never?

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[Post 1591]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-22-2017 06:14 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Week 49: Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you, so you’ll remember. (https://medium.com/@Amy_Siskind/week-49-experts-in-authoritarianism-advise-to-keep-a-list-of-things-subtly-changing-around-you-so-dc7e777ac601?source=user_profile---------1----------------)

This was one of, if not the worst week for our country since Trump took office. As the length of the list reveals, this was a week of complete chaos and eroding norms. There was an observable sense of exhaustion, anger, sadness, fear and loss among Americans.

With Trump effectively driving the narrative around his handling of a fallen soldier, there was little coverage or focus on most items on this list. Many of these news stories would in normal times be front page coverage for months. Investigations of Russian interference quietly progressed on several fronts, and alarmingly Trump and some prominent regime members continue to deny the existence of, and take steps to protect against Russian involvement.

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[Post 1592]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-22-2017 10:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Tossed in this cesspool just because:

Many Donald Trump voters in Houston who got Hurricane Harvey money don't think Puerto Rico residents should get the same for Hurricane Maria - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/many-trump-voters-who-got-hurricane-relief-in-texas-arent-sure-puerto-ricans-should/2017/10/20/32da835c-b344-11e7-9e58-e6288544af98_story.html)

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[Post 1593]
Author : The Man
Date : 10-23-2017 08:08 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

John McCain knows how to throw shade with the best of them.

One aspect of the [Vietnam] conflict, by the way, that I will never, ever countenance is that we drafted the lowest income level of America and the highest income level found a doctor that would say they had a bone spur. That is wrong. That is wrong. If we are going to ask every American to serve, every American should serve.

(Via Shots Fired &#8211; Balloon Juice (https://www.balloon-juice.com/2017/10/22/shots-fired/))

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[Post 1594]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-23-2017 11:49 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

KRANG 👻 NELSON on Twitter: "TRUMP: golf
KELLY: sir after this week I-
TRUMP: GOLF
K: sir pl-
T: GOLF 
T (throwing food): GOLF GOLF GOLF
K: ok..golf
T (satisfied): golf." (https://twitter.com/KrangTNelson/status/922272624415211520)

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[Post 1595]
Author : godfry n. glad
Date : 10-23-2017 06:42 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

John McCain knows how to throw shade with the best of them.

https://www.balloon-juice.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-22-at-9.30.44-PM.png

(Via Shots Fired – Balloon Juice (https://www.balloon-juice.com/2017/10/22/shots-fired/))

I ain't no fortunate son. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40JmEj0_aVM)

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[Post 1596]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-24-2017 04:25 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Bad Dudes Unwilling To Rescue Current President <a href="https://t.co/H2vZG5yC9C">https://t.co/H2vZG5yC9C</a></p>&mdash; Hard Drive (@HardDriveMag) <a href="https://twitter.com/HardDriveMag/status/922523018298933250?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 23, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 1597]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 10-24-2017 05:50 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

[Thanks]ed for Bad Dudes reference moreso than the content-context of the Bad Dudes reference.

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[Post 1598]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-24-2017 08:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Douche Henge - A pre-emptive monument for soon-to-be former POTUS near idyllic US/Mex border consisting of 8 flattish obelisks w no purpose. <a href="https://t.co/lBmNgWtPEb">pic.twitter.com/lBmNgWtPEb</a></p>&mdash; J&#926;S&#358;&#926;R &#10026; &#916;C&#358;U&#916;L³³º¹ (@th3j35t3r) <a href="https://twitter.com/th3j35t3r/status/922895923646152704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 24, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">^^^ Coincidentally, here's what the original worshippers at the original Stone Henge dressed up as. <a href="https://t.co/REiSBceZDa">pic.twitter.com/REiSBceZDa</a></p>&mdash; J&#926;S&#358;&#926;R &#10026; &#916;C&#358;U&#916;L³³º¹ (@th3j35t3r) <a href="https://twitter.com/th3j35t3r/status/922899461432516609?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 24, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 1599]
Author : Kael
Date : 10-25-2017 12:12 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

"Original" :unnope:

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[Post 1600]
Author : But
Date : 10-25-2017 01:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Harvard psychiatrist Lance Dodes: Donald Trump is a "sociopath" and "a very sick individual" - Salon.com (https://www.salon.com/2017/09/12/harvard-psychiatrist-lance-dodes-donald-trump-is-a-sociopath-and-a-very-sick-individual/)

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[Post 1601]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-25-2017 11:05 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump says he may negotiate on 401(k) tax break | TheHill (http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/357154-trump-says-he-can-negotiate-on-401k-tax-break)

Suckers! :yes:

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[Post 1602]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-25-2017 11:07 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The hits keep coming!

REPORT: Trump Decides Not To Deport Fugitive Chinese Billionaire After Learning He's A Member At Mar-A-Lago - Joe.My.God. (http://www.joemygod.com/2017/10/25/report-trump-decides-not-deport-chinese-billionaire-learning-hes-member-mar-lago/)

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[Post 1603]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-26-2017 08:32 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Jobs Jobs Jobs!

Under Trump, Made in America Is Losing Out to Russian Steel - Bloomberg (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-25/under-trump-made-in-america-is-losing-out-to-russian-steel)

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[Post 1604]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-27-2017 11:07 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Nothing to see here. Move along.

Private prison company moves annual conference to Trump golf course | TheHill (http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/357282-private-prison-company-moves-annual-conference-to-trump-golf-course)

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[Post 1605]
Author : The Man
Date : 10-28-2017 01:56 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Mueller has evidently handed down his first charges. Still sealed though.

Exclusive: First charges filed in Mueller investigation - CNNPolitics (http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/27/politics/first-charges-mueller-investigation/index.html)

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[Post 1606]
Author : erimir
Date : 10-28-2017 06:33 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Mueller The Marshal of the Supreme Court has evidently handed down his first charges and issued a writ of habeus impeachmentus to President Trump. Still sealed though.:fixed:

Mensched!

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[Post 1607]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-28-2017 08:42 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Roger Stone is handling tonight’s news like the dapper gentleman he is <a href="https://t.co/trojChlac2">pic.twitter.com/trojChlac2</a></p>&mdash; Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) <a href="https://twitter.com/ndrew_lawrence/status/924118607143096320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 28, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

"Covksucker is the new covfefe."

Snapshotted some myself for posterity sake:

10597

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[Post 1608]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-28-2017 08:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Thrad:

Popehat on Twitter: "A mini-lawsplainer about sealed federal indictments:  /1" (https://twitter.com/Popehat/status/924278004049514496)

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[Post 1609]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-28-2017 10:31 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&#55357;&#56834;&#55357;&#56834;&#55357;&#56834;&#55357;&#56834;&#55357;&#56834;&#55357;&#56834;&#55357;&#56834;&#55357;&#56834;&#55357;&#56834;&#55357;&#56834;<br>Looks like <a href="https://twitter.com/RogerJStoneJr?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RogerJStoneJr</a> is getting a taste for Twitter jail before heading to max...<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheResistance?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TheResistance</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TrumpRussia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TrumpRussia</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Mueller?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Mueller</a> <a href="https://t.co/AifjQTbFxw">pic.twitter.com/AifjQTbFxw</a></p>&mdash; Schatz &#10084;&#65039;&#8217;s Mueller (@emjbourne) <a href="https://twitter.com/emjbourne/status/924385839790153728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 28, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

lol

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[Post 1610]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-29-2017 08:00 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Tweet. For. Everything.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Former President Jimmy Carter is so happy that he is no longer considered the worst President in the history of the United States!</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/376323127393136641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 7, 2013</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 1611]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-29-2017 09:50 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Since history leads to the present:

ta111199 comments on Robert Mueller's Office Will Serve First Indictment Monday, Source Confirms (https://np.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/79b4z2/robert_muellers_office_will_serve_first/dp0khrf/)

“I made a comment recently where I claimed that Republican administrations had been much more criminally corrupt over the last 50 plus years than the Democrats. I was challenged (dared actually) to prove it. So I did a bit of research and when I say a bit I mean it didn’t take long and there is no comparison.

When comparing criminal indictments of those serving in the executive branch of presidential administrations, it’s so lopsided as to be ridiculous. Yet all I ever hear about is how supposedly “corrupt” the Democrats are. So why don’t we break it down by president and the numbers?

Obama (D) – 8 yrs in office. Zero criminal indictments, zero convictions and zero prison sentences. So the next time somebody describes the Obama administration as “scandal free” they aren’t speaking wishfully, they’re simply telling the truth.

Bush, George W. (R) – 8 yrs in office. 16 criminal indictments. 16 convictions. 9 prison sentences.

Clinton (D) – 8 yrs in office. 2 criminal indictments. One conviction. One prison sentence. That’s right nearly 8 yrs of investigations. Tens of millions spent and 30 yrs of claiming them the most corrupt ever and there was exactly one person convicted of a crime.

Bush, George H. W. (R) – 4 yrs in office. One indictment. One conviction. One prison sentence.

Reagan (R) – 8 yrs in office. 26 criminal indictments. 16 convictions. 8 prison sentences.

Carter (D) – 4 yrs in office. One indictment. Zero convictions and zero prison sentences.

Ford (R) – 4 yrs in office. One indictment and one conviction. One prison sentence.

Nixon (R) – 6 yrs in office. 76 criminal indictments. 55 convictions. 15 prison sentences.

Johnson (D) – 5 yrs in office. Zero indictments. Zero convictions. Zero prison sentences.

So, let’s see where that leaves us. In the last 53 years, Democrats have been in the Oval Office for 25 of those years, while Republicans held it for 28. In their 25 yrs in office Democrats had a total of three executive branch officials indicted with one conviction and one prison sentence. That’s one whole executive branch official convicted of a crime in two and a half decades of Democrat leadership.

In the 28 yrs that Republicans have held office over the last 53 yrs they have had a total of (a drum roll would be more than appropriate), 120 criminal indictments of executive branch officials. 89 criminal convictions and 34 prison sentences handed down. That’s more prison sentences than years in office since 1968 for Republicans. If you want to count articles of impeachment as indictments (they aren’t really but we can count them as an action), both sides get one more. However, Clinton wasn’t found guilty while Nixon resigned and was pardoned by Ford (and a pardon carries with it a legal admission of guilt on the part of the pardoned). So those only serve to make Republicans look even worse.

With everything going on with Trump and his people right now, it’s a safe bet Republicans are gonna be padding their numbers a bit real soon.

So let’s just go over the numbers one more time, shall we? 120 indictments for Republicans. 89 convictions, and 34 prison sentences. Those aren’t “feelings” or “alternate facts.” Those are simply the stats by the numbers. Republicans are, and have been for my entire lifetime, the most criminally corrupt party to hold the office of the presidency.

So those are the actual numbers. Feel free to copy and paste!”

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[Post 1612]
Author : JoeP
Date : 10-30-2017 12:10 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That just shows how biased the judiciary are.

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[Post 1613]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-30-2017 01:05 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Thrad wishing y’all hope.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A year ago I talked a lot about the need to remember what normal is, and to rest for what was coming. This year is what I meant.</p>&mdash; Linda Tirado (@KillerMartinis) <a href="https://twitter.com/KillerMartinis/status/924768546277810176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 29, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 1614]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-30-2017 06:49 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A graphic making the rounds: 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Facts are important. <a href="https://t.co/3pHf7fYBRI">pic.twitter.com/3pHf7fYBRI</a></p>&mdash; Shirley's Galaxy&#128049;&#128062; (@ShirleyClowder) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShirleyClowder/status/924280975567200256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 28, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Hat tip:
Joy Ann Reid And Panel Take Apart The 'Uranium One' Lies  | Crooks and Liars (http://crooksandliars.com/2017/10/joy-ann-reid-and-panel-take-apart-uranium)

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[Post 1615]
Author : Ari
Date : 10-30-2017 06:52 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I've been extra amused by this one, like are we seriously worried Russia has Uranium? Even if that was 100% nuclear bomb grade uranium, what, is Russia going to suddenly have too many nuclear bombs or something?

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[Post 1616]
Author : The Man
Date : 10-30-2017 10:00 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Not all heroes wear capes. This Woman Flipped Off Trump's Motorcade & Twitter Is Calling Her a Hero  (https://www.bustle.com/p/this-woman-flipped-off-trumps-motorcade-twitter-is-calling-her-a-hero-3065207)

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[Post 1617]
Author : SR71
Date : 10-30-2017 05:02 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A graphic making the rounds: 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Facts are important. <a href="https://t.co/3pHf7fYBRI">pic.twitter.com/3pHf7fYBRI</a></p>&mdash; Shirley's Galaxy&#55357;&#56369;&#55357;&#56382; (@ShirleyClowder) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShirleyClowder/status/924280975567200256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 28, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Hat tip:
Joy Ann Reid And Panel Take Apart The 'Uranium One' Lies  | Crooks and Liars (http://crooksandliars.com/2017/10/joy-ann-reid-and-panel-take-apart-uranium)

lolfox is still flogging this to delf :freakout:

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[Post 1618]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-30-2017 07:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">CNN: &#8220;Mueller indictments!&#8221;<br>MSNBC: &#8220;Mueller indictments!&#8221;<br>FOX: &#8220;OMG PRESIDENT HILLARY&#8217;S GONNA BE IMPEACHED&#8221;</p>&mdash; shauna (@goldengateblond) <a href="https://twitter.com/goldengateblond/status/924813472373792768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 30, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 1619]
Author : The Man
Date : 10-30-2017 07:58 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A graphic making the rounds: 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Facts are important. <a href="https://t.co/3pHf7fYBRI">pic.twitter.com/3pHf7fYBRI</a></p>&mdash; Shirley's Galaxy&#65533;&#65533;&#65533;&#65533; (@ShirleyClowder) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShirleyClowder/status/924280975567200256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 28, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Hat tip:
Joy Ann Reid And Panel Take Apart The 'Uranium One' Lies  | Crooks and Liars (http://crooksandliars.com/2017/10/joy-ann-reid-and-panel-take-apart-uranium)

lolfox is still flogging this to delf :freakout:

Gotta distract from Paulie et al.'s indictments for conspiracy against the United States, ya know. An important bit of context: Manafort ran the shitgibbon's campaign for 144 days; Bannon, 83. Useful to keep in mind when the president* and his stooges claim not to know him.

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[Post 1620]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-30-2017 08:03 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Newt&#8217;s helping!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WATCH: Newt Gingrich Last August: &quot;Nobody should underestimate how much Paul Manafort did to get this campaign to where it is right now.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/WXIo1IErT0">pic.twitter.com/WXIo1IErT0</a></p>&mdash; Yashar Ali &#55357;&#56344; (@yashar) <a href="https://twitter.com/yashar/status/844547631678455808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 22, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 1621]
Author : Ari
Date : 10-31-2017 12:37 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Well that's settled then,
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DNZMGfxVwAAWF2C.jpg:small

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[Post 1622]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-31-2017 12:46 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Not a crook.

#nixonspeedrun

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[Post 1623]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-31-2017 06:15 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Paul Manafort judges: Who are Deborah A. Robinson and Amy Berman Jackson? | Fox News (http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/10/30/paul-manafort-judge-who-is-deborah-robinson.html)

Fox now attacking the judges.

And I can't stop laughing at this whole clusterfuck.

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[Post 1624]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-31-2017 06:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

10599

Source thread:
Brian Klaas on Twitter: "1. OK, so this is the summary of the Trump/Fox News argument this week. Let's try to follow it. It makes absolutely no sense. Here we go:" (https://twitter.com/brianklaas/status/924745513039253504)

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[Post 1625]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-31-2017 06:25 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Week 50: Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you, so you’ll remember. (https://medium.com/@Amy_Siskind/week-50-experts-in-authoritarianism-advise-to-keep-a-list-of-things-subtly-changing-around-you-so-8e5b958887dc?source=user_profile---------1----------------)

October 28, 2017

The feelings of anxiety and fear amid continued chaos and eroding norms were palpable in this second-consecutive, record-setting week. The Trump regime continued their attacks on rights and protections, while the Republican Party split deepened after a historic anti-Trump/save our country speech by Senator Jeff Flake.

The week closed with the unexpected news that the Mueller probe has produced its first results: charges filed in federal court. The news provided the first relief, and possible accountability after unending news of corruption, incompetence and kleptocracy. The humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico worsened amid news of an insider-deal and cover-ups, as Trump continued to turn a blind eye of indifference.

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[Post 1626]
Author : Ari
Date : 10-31-2017 07:11 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

*gasp* those who scream about false flag operations are the ones trying to create false flag operations.
30 minutes after Offenhartz tweeted the picture, Cernovich copied it and posted it without context or credit. &#8220;NAMBLA sign at Columbia protests,&#8221; Cernovich tweeted, &#8220;these people are sick.&#8221;

Other alt-right personalities like Jack Posobiec and Watson quickly followed suit, with Watson writing an InfoWars post &#8220;Antifa Activists Carry Pro-Pedophile Sign At Cernovich Protest.&#8221;

And in under two hours, Donald Trump Jr. was buying into the conspiracy theory. The president&#8217;s son liked Cernovich&#8217;s tweet calling protestors &#8220;sick,&#8221; as well as two tweets from Watson that claimed &#8220;antifa and social justice warriors&#8221; were allying with pedophiles, and that the picture was &#8220;coffin nails to the left.&#8221;
https://www.thedailybeast.com/alt-right-frames-protesters-as-pedophiles-with-fake-nambla-sign
It's just that easy to play the Trump family.

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[Post 1627]
Author : The Man
Date : 10-31-2017 09:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Some people are saying that the reason Donald Trump won't release his tax returns is because he wants to hide his contributions to NAMBLA. I'm not saying this is true, but I saw it on the Internet, and it would be irresponsible not to speculate. Sad!

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[Post 1628]
Author : JoeP
Date : 10-31-2017 10:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

NAMBLA? Is that what led Trump to imagine NAMBIA?

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[Post 1629]
Author : godfry n. glad
Date : 10-31-2017 10:48 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

NAMBLA? Is that what led Trump to imagine NAMBIA?

Isn't that were covfefe comes from?

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[Post 1630]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-01-2017 10:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Vanity Fair: Trump blaming Kushner for Mueller investigation | TheHill (http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/358248-vanity-fair-trump-blaming-kushner-for-mueller-investigation)

He knew what he signed up for. :popcorn:

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[Post 1631]
Author : The Man
Date : 11-02-2017 04:15 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Hackers Compromised the Trump Organization 4 Years Ago&#8211;and the Company Never Noticed &#8211; Mother Jones (http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/11/hackers-compromised-the-trump-organization-4-years-ago-and-the-company-never-noticed/)

BUT

HER

EMAILS

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[Post 1632]
Author : erimir
Date : 11-02-2017 06:00 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Sure, Donald Trump's businesses may have lax IT security and been hacked by criminals who utilized their domains to spread malware, and had their customer's information including sensitive credit card numbers and other personal information way back in 2015 (http://time.com/money/4509626/trump-hotel-company-fine-data-breach/) (that's all in the past though! As are the data breaches that happened this year (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-trumphotels-cyber/trump-hotels-discloses-data-breach-at-14-properties-idUSKBN19X2G2) and last year)...

And sure, if we're being charitable*, Donald Trump hired a criminal foreign agent with ties to a hostile foreign power to run his campaign despite knowing the "best people" and engaging in "extreme vetting"... Again, being charitable, this shows staggering incompetence and negligence, especially given that there were reports at the time in the news about how shady Manafort was and how he was a scandal waiting to happen, incompetence and negligence which was repeated in the hiring of Michael Flynn, an agent of yet another foreign power, who managed to make his way into the White House! Sure, this should be a five-alarm scandal about how people this clueless and careless should have nothing to do with our foreign policy at a minimum... Never mind whether they're actively colluding with foreign powers, sure...

And sure, the official State Department email servers were hacked, so it turns out that using the proper email server would not have improved the situation in any way, BUT...

BUT Hillary Clinton used a private server which may have been hacked, although we have no evidence that it was (which just goes to show how sophisticated the hackers were!), and she had three emails out of tens of thousands that were marked as classified which she shouldn't have had on that email account, which significantly** raises the stakes of her emails being potentially hacked! She (potentially) compromised national security (slightly)!  She should have definitely compromised national security (slightly) by using the State Department server which we know was hacked!

LOCK HER UP! LOCK HER UP! LOCK HER UP!

*Less charitably, Trump hired Manafort precisely because he was a criminal connected to the Kremlin

**not really

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[Post 1633]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-02-2017 11:34 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Can&#8217;t believe we&#8217;re almost a year into Infrastructure Week.</p>&mdash; John Dingell (@JohnDingell) <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnDingell/status/925878878131941377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 1634]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-03-2017 01:32 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Among other things:

GOP tax bill would allow churches to endorse political candidates | TheHill (http://thehill.com/policy/finance/358447-gop-tax-bill-would-allow-churches-to-endorse-political-candidates)

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[Post 1635]
Author : Stormlight
Date : 11-03-2017 12:15 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Newly released e-mails show Ivanka Trump kept using personal account | Ars Technica (https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/11/newly-released-e-mails-show-ivanka-trump-kept-using-personal-account/)

lol

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[Post 1636]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-03-2017 07:17 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump was expressing political opinion by calling sexual-harassment accusers ‘liars,’ his attorneys argue - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-was-expressing-political-opinion-by-calling-sexual-harassment-accusers-liars-his-attorneys-argue/2017/11/01/385e755a-beec-11e7-959c-fe2b598d8c00_story.html)

More lol

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[Post 1637]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-03-2017 07:33 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Republicans introduce resolution to remove Mueller as special counsel - Business Insider (http://www.businessinsider.com/republicans-introduce-bill-to-remove-bob-mueller-from-special-counsel-2017-11)

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[Post 1638]
Author : JoeP
Date : 11-03-2017 08:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

And that's exactly what you'd expect them to do.

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[Post 1639]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-03-2017 08:32 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Matt Gaetz of Florida
While serving in the state house, Gaetz joined with State Senator Joe Negron to propose legislation "designed to accelerate the execution of many of the 404 inmates on Florida's death row" by requiring the Governor to sign a death warrant for those inmates who have exhausted their appeals, noting, "Only God can judge. But we can sure set up the meeting."
Andy Biggs of Arizona
Former President Obama's frequent use of executive orders to go around Congress was arguably the most unconstitutional in American history.
Louie Gohmert of Texas
On December 16, 2012, two days after the Sandy Hook shootings, Gohmert appeared on Fox News Sunday and suggested that the tragedy would have never happened had the teachers been armed.

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[Post 1640]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-03-2017 10:21 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Misc lengthy read by a Brit journalist and his experiences in America since Reagan.

The time when America stopped being great - BBC News (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41826022)

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[Post 1641]
Author : erimir
Date : 11-03-2017 11:53 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's strange how the Uranium One thing is so scandalous, yet the Republicans aren't trying to undo this criminally corrupt deal or pass any laws that would make such deals harder... :chin:

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[Post 1642]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-04-2017 02:45 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">That happens when you meet Russian intel. Take a sip of your drink ... wake up naked and raw a day later in Chechnya. Can't remember shit. <a href="https://t.co/G8faOp6n8z">https://t.co/G8faOp6n8z</a></p>&mdash; Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) <a href="https://twitter.com/Stonekettle/status/926572743247712257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 3, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 1643]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-04-2017 07:27 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

EPA names industry, state officials to advisory boards | TheHill (http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/358640-epa-names-industry-state-officials-to-advisory-boards)

Some of the new advisers have controversial scientific views, including one who believes air quality is too clean for children,

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[Post 1644]
Author : erimir
Date : 11-04-2017 08:26 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

There is something to too much time indoors not being exposed to things being related to the development of allergies.

Of course, the solution is to send them outside, not to put more pollutants into the air.

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[Post 1645]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-04-2017 09:58 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ritholtz on the tax thing:

Digging Into the Details of Trump's Tax Reform Plan - Bloomberg (https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-11-03/digging-into-the-details-of-trump-s-tax-reform-plan)

My fave line:

Whatever doubts I harbored that “deficit chickenhawks” were anything other than hypocrites have now been eviscerated.

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[Post 1646]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-05-2017 04:11 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump said Japan should have shot down overflying North Korea missiles | The Japan Times (https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/11/05/national/politics-diplomacy/trump-said-japan-shot-overflying-north-korea-missiles/#.Wf5rH1tSzX4)

The U.S. president said he could not understand why a country of samurai warriors did not shoot down the missiles, the sources said.

:doh:

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[Post 1647]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-05-2017 04:21 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">In other news the tourist trap street acts around the Santa Monica pier are getting really weird. <a href="https://t.co/grCwPIsq8k">pic.twitter.com/grCwPIsq8k</a></p>&mdash; Javier Panzar &#55358;&#56709; (@jpanzar) <a href="https://twitter.com/jpanzar/status/926966675508944896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 5, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 1648]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-06-2017 07:51 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"> <a href="https://t.co/mI9oc8Uf5D">pic.twitter.com/mI9oc8Uf5D</a></p>&mdash; SunDevilinCA (@Bweiser87) <a href="https://twitter.com/Bweiser87/status/927405906920271874?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 6, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 1649]
Author : erimir
Date : 11-06-2017 07:58 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

As a computational linguist, I just wanna say that word clouds are awful.

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[Post 1650]
Author : JoeP
Date : 11-06-2017 08:15 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I am torn between making a cunning linguist joke and asking you to expand on why word clouds are awful. I'm sure they are but I don't want the bother of coming up with reasons myself.

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[Post 1651]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-06-2017 08:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/8IrECizh.jpg

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[Post 1652]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-06-2017 08:57 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Big one:

Week 51: Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you, so you’ll remember. (https://medium.com/@Amy_Siskind/week-51-experts-in-authoritarianism-advise-to-keep-a-list-of-things-subtly-changing-around-you-so-dcc96e7a7e0a?source=user_profile---------1----------------)

“It’s like Christmas Eve,” said one person on Twitter Sunday night, as the country braced for the first indictments from the Mueller probe on Monday. The indictment of Paul Manafort was expected, of his business associate Rick Gates, less so. But what riveted the country were the court documents and emails of Trump adviser George Papadopoulos, who is cooperating in the Mueller probe. Bedlam in the Trump regime ensued, as one aide put it, “it’s every man for himself!”

This week Trump made his most aggressive statements against the DOJ, FBI, and court systems for not doing what he thinks they should do. Alarm bells of authoritarianism and not normal were ringing, as were warnings from even some Republicans not to interfere with the Mueller investigation.

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[Post 1653]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-06-2017 08:44 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This might be interesting:

Trump Jr. Hinted at Review of Anti-Russia Law, Moscow Lawyer Says - Bloomberg (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-06/trump-jr-said-anti-russia-law-may-be-reviewed-moscow-lawyer-says)

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[Post 1654]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-06-2017 09:42 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:lol:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The president is America&#8217;s most casually grandiose person outside of hip-hop. <a href="https://t.co/3gC2lqPUKv">pic.twitter.com/3gC2lqPUKv</a></p>&mdash; Daniel Dale (@ddale8) <a href="https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/927649623644262403?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 6, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 1655]
Author : Limoncello
Date : 11-07-2017 04:24 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i-cdn.embed.ly/1/display?key=fd92ebbc52fc43fb98f69e50e7893c13&url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fvlklhf9ga0wz.jpg

Explanation (https://www.indy100.com/article/a-woman-found-donald-trump-in-her-dogs-ear-8040191?utm_source=indy&utm_medium=top5&utm_campaign=i100)  :beagle: :unallears:

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[Post 1656]
Author : JoeP
Date : 11-07-2017 05:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

"If you gaze too long into the earbyss ..."

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[Post 1657]
Author : godfry n. glad
Date : 11-10-2017 06:14 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trevor Noah got it right...when he returns home, the president it going to find Putin, demanding to know, "I hear you've been traveling all over Asia and meeting new people... Who is Xi?"  

https://img.etimg.com/thumb/msid-60997610,width-300,imglength-218604,resizemode-4/dokalam-ii-reflects-xi-jinpings-home-global-game-plans.jpg

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[Post 1658]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-10-2017 10:12 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Happy Veteran's Day! (http://thehill.com/homenews/news/359583-program-placing-service-dogs-with-wounded-veterans-told-to-vacate-offices-at)

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[Post 1659]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 11-10-2017 11:32 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's looking very much like Trump wants Hillary Clinton locked up to gain access to her wardrobe (https://twitter.com/KeithOlbermann/status/929110414755090432).

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[Post 1660]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-11-2017 12:28 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">He just needed the proper clownification to complete the outfit.<br>There. Now it works for him. <a href="https://t.co/IXAdteyGK2">pic.twitter.com/IXAdteyGK2</a></p>&mdash; NIK VENTURE (@NIK_VENTURE) <a href="https://twitter.com/NIK_VENTURE/status/929136022507704320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 10, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 1661]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-11-2017 09:03 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Today's LOL J/K

McConnell 'misspoke' on claim that no one in middle class would get tax increase | TheHill (http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/359845-mcconnell-misspoke-on-claim-that-no-one-in-middle-class-would-get)

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[Post 1662]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 11-11-2017 08:50 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

SPLC has a new resource: Hate in the Whitehouse.

Hate in the White House — October | Southern Poverty Law Center (https://www.splcenter.org/hate-in-the-white-house-october)

I am not surprised Jeff Sessions is in more than half the headlines.

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[Post 1663]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-11-2017 08:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump endorsed him, I'll put it here:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">There are unfortunate spelling errors, and then there&#39;s this. <a href="https://t.co/hOct23xDBQ">pic.twitter.com/hOct23xDBQ</a></p>&mdash; Ben Jones (@BW_Jones) <a href="https://twitter.com/BW_Jones/status/929387493614608390?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 11, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

(Did Trump endorse him? I'm not even sure I care. I'll still put it here.)

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[Post 1664]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 11-11-2017 09:23 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump endorsed the other Republican in the primary.  I don't know if Trump endorsed Moore once he got the nomination.

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[Post 1665]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 11-12-2017 02:33 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump has sort-of endorse Moore.  After Moore defeated Strange in the primary, Trump tweeted: &#8220;Congratulations to Roy Moore on his Republican Primary win in Alabama. Luther Strange started way back & ran a good race. Roy, WIN in Nov!&#8221; (https://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/26/alabama-senate-trump-strange-moore-243171)

Reportedly, the Sociopath in Chief was quite put out when his favored candidate was defeated in the primary.

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[Post 1666]
Author : Ari
Date : 11-12-2017 03:53 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

In the days most insane tweet from the Leader of the Free World!
Why would Kim Jong-un insult me by calling me "old," when I would NEVER call him "short and fat?" Oh well, I try so hard to be his friend - and maybe someday that will happen!
Yes, our 'president' both just called the winner of craziest dictator 2016 fat and suggests he wants to be friends with him.

Sadly this isn't a tweet as it's well in the running,
“You can only ask [Putin] so many times. .&#8201;.&#8201;. He said he absolutely did not meddle in our election. He did not do what they are saying he did.
“I really believe that when he tells me that, he means it. .&#8201;.&#8201;. I think he’s very insulted, if you want to know the truth,”

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[Post 1667]
Author : The Man
Date : 11-12-2017 07:09 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

In the days most insane tweet from the Leader of the Free World!
Why would Kim Jong-un insult me by calling me "old," when I would NEVER call him "short and fat?" Oh well, I try so hard to be his friend - and maybe someday that will happen!
Yes, our 'president' both just called the winner of craziest dictator 2016 fat and suggests he wants to be friends with him.

Sadly this isn't a tweet as it's well in the running,
&#8220;You can only ask [Putin] so many times. .&#8201;.&#8201;. He said he absolutely did not meddle in our election. He did not do what they are saying he did.
&#8220;I really believe that when he tells me that, he means it. .&#8201;.&#8201;. I think he&#8217;s very insulted, if you want to know the truth,&#8221; To be Scrupulously Fair to Trump, Angela Merkel is actually the leader of the free world. Trump's administration is so dysfunctional that I'm not actually certain he qualifies as a leader of anything.

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[Post 1668]
Author : JoeP
Date : 11-12-2017 04:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The Strange Pleasure of Seeing Carter Page Set Himself on Fire (https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-strange-pleasure-of-seeing-carter-page-set-himself-on-fire)

Profoundly disconnected, socially awkward, and reeking of late-stage virginity, he gives off the creepy Uncanny Valley vibe of a rogue, possibly murderous android or of a man with a too-extensive knowledge of human taxidermy and a soundproofed van.

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[Post 1669]
Author : Corona688
Date : 11-12-2017 08:02 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/84Kz3H2.png

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[Post 1670]
Author : The Man
Date : 11-13-2017 04:54 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Seth Abramson has broken some potentially explosive stories involving Papadopoulos.  Both threads are worth reading in their entirety.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">(THREAD) BREAKING: George Papadopoulos claims to have had direct, significant contact with Trump on two occasions the White House never disclosed&#8212;and possibly a one-on-one meeting. His claims prove Trump is lying about his relationship with Papadopoulos. Please read on and share. <a href="https://t.co/HLMG3sNMOX">pic.twitter.com/HLMG3sNMOX</a></p>&mdash; Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) <a href="https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/929754259561775104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 12, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">(THREAD) BREAKING: In May &#39;16, after months of selling a Trump-Kremlin meet to Team Trump, Papadopoulos secretly went to Athens to meet a Putin ally. Putin was then in Athens meeting the same man&#8212;the only 48 hours Putin was in the EU during the campaign. Please read on and share. <a href="https://t.co/lhy75ZISwB">pic.twitter.com/lhy75ZISwB</a></p>&mdash; Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) <a href="https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/929800331453784064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 12, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 1671]
Author : The Man
Date : 11-14-2017 01:32 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Julia Ioffe's latest scoop:

The Secret Correspondence Between Donald Trump Jr. and WikiLeaks - The Atlantic (https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/11/the-secret-correspondence-between-donald-trump-jr-and-wikileaks/545738/)

The actual gun may remain as yet undiscovered, but there certainly is a lot of smoke here.

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[Post 1672]
Author : erimir
Date : 11-14-2017 02:40 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I mean, if our standard is direct collusion between Trump and a Russian operative either with an official position or claiming to work on behalf of the Russian government... we might never get that. Daddy Trump is certainly stupid enough to say something like that in an email, the problem there is that I get the impression that he doesn't use email. It's going to be hard to have a recording or something in writing from Trump as a result, although I suppose there could be writing from someone in the campaign discussing Trump's knowledge.

But it's not that hard to connect the dots between Russian hackers, Wikileaks, Donald Jr and Donald Sr. And there are the other connections, Drumpf calling for Russia to release Clinton's emails, and all the suspicious behavior...

In a legal court it's not quite enough to get Trump himself (but we also don't know everything Mueller knows) but I think it seems quite a bit more likely than not that people in Trump's campaign were colluding with Russia* or people they knew were acting on Russia's behalf, and Trump himself knew this even if he wasn't involved with the details (which he probably wasn't).

And the fact that Trump is trying to cover it up and obstruct the investigation is pretty much about as blatant as it could be while still counting as a cover up.

Also fuck Glenn Greenwald and others on "the left" who are constantly defending Rapey Legolas. His agenda was obvious, but now that the explicit proof has come out... :crickets: (No tweets since the news came out.)

This thread documents his constant defending Assange and attacking those who pointed out that Wikileaks behavior was pretty much acting exactly how you would expect them to if their goal was to damage Clinton and help Trump, rather than "government transparency."

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hmmm. I'm starting to suspect that this may not have been entirely true. Your thoughts <a href="https://twitter.com/ggreenwald?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ggreenwald</a>? <a href="https://t.co/aQ17zocnw9">pic.twitter.com/aQ17zocnw9</a></p>&mdash; Centrism Fan Acct &#65533;&#65533; (@Wilson__Valdez) <a href="https://twitter.com/Wilson__Valdez/status/930197992765886472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 13, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

*ETA: What we've seen from Don Jr is actually incredibly damaging, as it shows him actively collaborating with Wikileaks, who seem to be basically an agent of Russia, but more importantly his meeting with Russians at Trump Tower where he eagerly accepted aid offered on behalf of the Russian government. He claims it came to nothing, they didn't give him anything, but if after a series of lies about the circumstances and content of the meeting successively disproven by evidence you're still willing to take his word on anything, I've got a bigly great university for you to enroll in. And Papadopoulos certainly was attempting to collude with Russia. So I guess I'm actually underselling it.

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[Post 1673]
Author : erimir
Date : 11-14-2017 07:29 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">11/ But Assange's worldview &amp; his perception of WL's functions - as well as his strong dislike for Clinton, who wanted to imprison him - have been very clear for quite a long time, as has his view that impeding US hegemony through leaks is a virtue.</p>&mdash; Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) <a href="https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/930402730664976384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 14, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>So very clear Assange was out to get Clinton. Clear to to everyone. Like this guy...
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Yes: imposing shallow partisan goals on Assange is so inane. <a href="https://twitter.com/zunguzungu?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@zunguzungu</a>'s essay on WL's philosophy is still great <a href="https://t.co/xeUWFvR5p3">https://t.co/xeUWFvR5p3</a> <a href="https://t.co/hFBxOmRhvV">https://t.co/hFBxOmRhvV</a></p>&mdash; Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) <a href="https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/786933294424350720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 14, 2016</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
:chin::chin::chin:

(I also like how he includes images of instances of him criticizing Wikileaks for releasing information on random citizens, as if it has anything to do with the criticism that Assange was a partisan actor which was obvious by the timing, promotion and spin put on their releases* in 2016 as well as the fact that they didn't release anything damaging to Republicans or Trump. Greenwald was willing to criticize Assange for some things... but actively attacked those who said Wikileaks was pro-Trump. No mea culpa for being wrong wrong wrong about that, just "I've criticized them too (about other, unrelated things)!")

*Had to catch myself calling them "leaks". They're not "leaks" when they're hacked and stolen from private citizens.

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[Post 1674]
Author : Ari
Date : 11-14-2017 07:42 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

According to Assange fans Hillary was absolutely going to drone strike him, like her evil snake fingers were hovering over the red "Bomb assange" button she's been carrying around, and so as any good and unbiased person who wants to release the truth, he tried to guide what her opponent should say about her to damage her.

I'm sure it has absolutely nothing to do with Assange's clear hatred of women and his pride in Trump for not taking "no" for an answer.  None at all.

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[Post 1675]
Author : The Man
Date : 11-14-2017 09:39 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

*Had to catch myself calling them "leaks". They're not "leaks" when they're hacked and stolen from private citizens.

To be Scrupulously Fair, phishing technically isn't hacking, either; it's a case of gaining illegitimate entry through social engineering. The crucial difference is that hacking involves exploring technological security flaws, while social engineering involves tricking humans. It is certainly theft though.

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[Post 1676]
Author : The Man
Date : 11-15-2017 01:39 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Secret Finding: 60 Russian Payments "to Finance Election Campaign of 2016" (https://www.buzzfeed.com/jasonleopold/secret-finding-60-russian-payments-to-finance-election?utm_term=.tuDJ4l8Bba#.qnw7EkZVAJ)

On Aug. 3 of last year, just as the US presidential election was entering its final, heated phase, the Russian foreign ministry sent nearly $30,000 to its embassy in Washington. The wire transfer, which came from a Kremlin-backed Russian bank, landed in one of the embassy&#8217;s Citibank accounts and contained a remarkable memo line: &#8220;to finance election campaign of 2016.&#8221;

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[Post 1677]
Author : The Man
Date : 11-15-2017 09:45 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and wife Louise Linton holding new $1 bills with his signature on them <a href="https://t.co/dUHzqlv66o">https://t.co/dUHzqlv66o</a> <a href="https://t.co/d4CoYsu5cs">pic.twitter.com/d4CoYsu5cs</a></p>&mdash; Hunter Schwarz (@hunterschwarz) <a href="https://twitter.com/hunterschwarz/status/930873142406508544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 15, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

These tone-deaf motherfuckers. We're gonna need a bigger tumbrel.

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[Post 1678]
Author : Corona688
Date : 11-15-2017 09:53 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Secret Finding: 60 Russian Payments "to Finance Election Campaign of 2016" (https://www.buzzfeed.com/jasonleopold/secret-finding-60-russian-payments-to-finance-election?utm_term=.tuDJ4l8Bba#.qnw7EkZVAJ)

On Aug. 3 of last year, just as the US presidential election was entering its final, heated phase, the Russian foreign ministry sent nearly $30,000 to its embassy in Washington. The wire transfer, which came from a Kremlin-backed Russian bank, landed in one of the embassy&#8217;s Citibank accounts and contained a remarkable memo line: &#8220;to finance election campaign of 2016.&#8221;

To be clear, that's 60 wire transfers to Russian embassies the world over.  That's a bit less obvious what it's for, particularly since 2016 was also a Russian election year.  A lot of it's probably dirty money, question is, whose dirty money?  Where'd it go?  It's interesting but not incriminating, unfortunately.

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[Post 1679]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-16-2017 01:15 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Small game company versus the eminent domain king.

Cards Against Humanity buys land to block Trump border wall, company says | New York's PIX11 / WPIX-TV (http://pix11.com/2017/11/14/cards-against-humanity-buys-land-to-block-trump-border-wall-company-says/)

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[Post 1680]
Author : The Man
Date : 11-16-2017 01:45 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Credit where due; pretty good trolling from Rubiobot:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Similar,but needs work on his form.Has to be done in one single motion &amp; eyes should never leave the camera. But not bad for his 1st time <a href="https://t.co/s49JtyRo3S">https://t.co/s49JtyRo3S</a></p>&mdash; Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) <a href="https://twitter.com/marcorubio/status/930902480623321088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 15, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
To be clear, that's 60 wire transfers to Russian embassies the world over.  That's a bit less obvious what it's for, particularly since 2016 was also a Russian election year.  A lot of it's probably dirty money, question is, whose dirty money?  Where'd it go?  It's interesting but not incriminating, unfortunately.The payments to other countries aren't necessarily that suspicious with specific respect to our election (though it does raise questions about things like Brexit). The $30k here should certainly be investigated though.

Small game company versus the eminent domain king.

Cards Against Humanity buys land to block Trump border wall, company says | New York's PIX11 / WPIX-TV (http://pix11.com/2017/11/14/cards-against-humanity-buys-land-to-block-trump-border-wall-company-says/)
I really need to finally buy this game

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[Post 1681]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 11-16-2017 08:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The House passed that tax bill (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/16/us/politics/house-tax-overhaul-bill.html) today, over the objection of all the Dems and 13 Republicans. This one's a goddamn lulu, featuring huge tax cuts for the rich, sizeable future tax increases for the poor and middle class (cuz, you know, they aren't paying their fair share), Obamacare evisceration, and even a subtle nod to fetal personhood.

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[Post 1682]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 11-17-2017 01:20 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Drill, baby, drill (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/16/us/keystone-pipeline-leaks-south-dakota.html?action=Click&contentCollection=BreakingNews&contentID=66093570&pgtype=Homepage&_r=0). 

With oil and gas exports being pretty much the be-all and end-all of the administration's "energy plan," this kind of shit is only going to get worse.

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[Post 1683]
Author : Stormlight
Date : 11-17-2017 02:47 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump picks ghost hunter to be federal judge - BBC News (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42001038)

One of President Donald Trump's judicial nominees is a ghost hunter who has written several novellas about paranormal activities.
The appointment of Brett Talley, 36, for a lifetime post as an Alabama federal judge is raising eyebrows because he has never tried a case.
It also emerged he failed to disclose on a conflict-of-interest questionnaire that his wife is a White House lawyer.
But he did divulge his Tuscaloosa Paranormal Research Group membership.
Mr Talley was approved last week by the Senate committee on a party-line vote, and he is likely to be confirmed by the full chamber soon.
His nomination is part of President Trump's efforts to expand the presence of conservative jurists in American courtrooms, say analysts.
The Harvard-educated lawyer was unanimously deemed "not qualified" by the American Bar Association to serve an appointment on the US District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.

lol

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[Post 1684]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-17-2017 05:35 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ladies and Gentlemen, the President of the United States:

Donald J. Trump on Twitter: "The Al Frankenstien picture is really bad, speaks a thousand words. Where do his hands go in pictures 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 while she sleeps? ....." (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/931357870024687616)

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[Post 1685]
Author : erimir
Date : 11-17-2017 05:40 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm sure Donald could recommend some places someone who's a star could put his hands.

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[Post 1686]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-18-2017 10:20 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Narco-a-lago:Â*Money-Laundering at the Trump Ocean Club, Panama | Global Witness (https://www.globalwitness.org/en-gb/campaigns/corruption-and-money-laundering/narco-a-lago-panama/#chapter-0/section-0)

Surprise!

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[Post 1687]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-18-2017 10:36 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It’s the 80s!

Donald Trump's 'Spitting Image' to go on show - BBC News (http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-42019474)

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[Post 1688]
Author : JoeP
Date : 11-18-2017 11:12 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It’s the 80s!

Donald Trump's 'Spitting Image' to go on show - BBC News (http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-42019474)

https://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/10D4B/production/_98793986_20171107_scvadonaldtrump_0007.jpg

It's not exactly a caricature is it? I mean nothing has been exaggerated much.

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[Post 1689]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-18-2017 08:03 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

GOP Sneaks Creation of Fetal Personhood Into Tax Bill in Giant Giveaway to Anti-Choice Religious Right | Alternet (https://www.alternet.org/right-wing/gop-sneaks-creation-fetal-personhood-tax-bill-giant-giveaway-anti-choice-religious-right)

A 'person' for 'federal tax purposes'.

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[Post 1690]
Author : Nullifidian
Date : 11-19-2017 01:52 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So does that mean that pregnant women will be able to claim the same tax exemptions as landlords?

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[Post 1691]
Author : The Man
Date : 11-19-2017 04:42 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I did a quick-sketch comic with The Hulk <a href="https://t.co/eAt6dx4A6Y">pic.twitter.com/eAt6dx4A6Y</a></p>&mdash; Dave Kellett (@davekellett) <a href="https://twitter.com/davekellett/status/931626413152657408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 17, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

FYI, I am both of these characters, somehow at the same time.

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[Post 1692]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-19-2017 09:54 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Eric Trump: My father is 'not playing' on national security | TheHill (http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/361120-eric-trump-my-father-is-not-playing-on-national-security)

lol

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[Post 1693]
Author : godfry n. glad
Date : 11-20-2017 12:30 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

JOE!

Don't be couthless.

That was obscene.  Think of the childlike!

I almost hurled.

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[Post 1694]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-21-2017 07:05 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ladies and gentlemen, the Executive branch of the Government of the United States:

Sarah Sanders Makes White House Reporters Say What They're Thankful For Before Answering Their Questions - Joe.My.God. (http://www.joemygod.com/2017/11/20/sanders-makes-white-house-reporters-say-theyre-thankful-answering-questions-video/)

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[Post 1695]
Author : Nullifidian
Date : 11-22-2017 10:53 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

First the Trump supporters sent threats to theaters (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40332236) that merely had "Shakespeare" in their names, thinking they were addressing their complaints to the Public Theater about their performance of Julius Caesar, and now they've demonstrated their incompetence once again by attacking LeVar Burton, thinking that he's LeVar Ball (http://www.sacbee.com/entertainment/celebrities/article186086628.html). :mlpfacepalm:

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[Post 1696]
Author : Zehava
Date : 11-22-2017 11:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

People are stupid.

I see it everyday in my job.  The awareness of the average person is shockingly low.

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[Post 1697]
Author : Stormlight
Date : 11-23-2017 06:15 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Which is why I'm strictly opposed to all this "referendum" craze. Yeah, let's ask the people what should be done about gay marriage, separation of church and state, immigration and what people can or cannot wear in public! Fuck the people. 90% of them shouldn't even be allowed to vote. And that includes me. Fuck.

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[Post 1698]
Author : SR71
Date : 11-23-2017 07:35 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Cool it, Stromlight.  The mods will let you know when you're allowed to have your own opinions.  

:tsktsk:

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[Post 1699]
Author : Stormlight
Date : 11-23-2017 02:17 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:cryhome:

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[Post 1700]
Author : The Man
Date : 11-24-2017 05:31 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Thread. I'm not well versed enough on the legal issues to know how plausible it is, but most observers seem to concur at least with the observation that Flynn and his legal team clamming up is not good news for the Shitgibbon Administration.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">THREAD: What does today&#39;s news that Flynn&#39;s lawyers are no longer sharing information with the Trump legal team tell us about the state of Mueller&#39;s investigation? (Hint: It tells us a lot.)</p>&mdash; Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) <a href="https://twitter.com/renato_mariotti/status/933892591145320449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 1701]
Author : The Man
Date : 11-26-2017 05:50 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The latest shoe to drop: Mueller has opened a probe on Kushner, per the Jerusalem Post.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="da" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BREAKING</a>: Mueller opens probe of Kushner <a href="https://t.co/QAvKof3ZBe">https://t.co/QAvKof3ZBe</a> <a href="https://t.co/G4arJSFYsn">pic.twitter.com/G4arJSFYsn</a></p>&mdash; The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jerusalem_Post/status/934604151526342656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 26, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

ETA: Silverman has more in the comments at BJ (https://www.balloon-juice.com/2017/11/25/late-night-horrorshow-open-thread-living-in-the-awful-parts-of-the-past/).

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[Post 1702]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-27-2017 04:52 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mr. President, just to clarify things, I wanted to offer a few statistics. Number of times you were Person of the Year during the 7 years I was editor of Time: 0. Number of times you were on the cover: 0. Number of times you made the Time 100 influentials list: 0. Thanks anyway!</p>&mdash; Richard Stengel (@stengel) <a href="https://twitter.com/stengel/status/934410771806683136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 25, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 1703]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-28-2017 03:10 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This shouldn&#39;t have to be said: Mocking our nation&#39;s first inhabitants&#8212; in front of a portrait of Andrew Jackson&#8212; is not how you honor Native American code talkers. <a href="https://t.co/iL9wWXKzIY">https://t.co/iL9wWXKzIY</a></p>&mdash; ACLU (@ACLU) <a href="https://twitter.com/ACLU/status/935256386056830976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 27, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 1704]
Author : Stormlight
Date : 11-29-2017 01:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump retweets British far-right leader's anti-Muslim videos | US news | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/29/trump-account-retweets-anti-muslim-videos-of-british-far-right-leader)

Wonderful. And don't you dare call him a Nazi.

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[Post 1705]
Author : erimir
Date : 11-29-2017 09:06 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yes, but Obama used drones in Muslim countries.

Virulently racist rhetoric has never led to worse outcomes than that, so Bush/Obama/Killary/Trump, all the same really.

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[Post 1706]
Author : Ari
Date : 11-30-2017 04:50 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DP14yY1WkAEJn1h.jpg

Well what's so bad about that you might think?
Thats not Theresa May, he tweeted at the wrong person!  
He can't even twitter right and that's what he does all day!

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[Post 1707]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-30-2017 09:36 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The latest shoe to drop: Mueller has opened a probe on Kushner, per the Jerusalem Post.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="da" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BREAKING</a>: Mueller opens probe of Kushner <a href="https://t.co/QAvKof3ZBe">https://t.co/QAvKof3ZBe</a> <a href="https://t.co/G4arJSFYsn">pic.twitter.com/G4arJSFYsn</a></p>&mdash; The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jerusalem_Post/status/934604151526342656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 26, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

ETA: Silverman has more in the comments at BJ (https://www.balloon-juice.com/2017/11/25/late-night-horrorshow-open-thread-living-in-the-awful-parts-of-the-past/).

Here be why he was as losing his mind on Twitter all day.

Jared Kushner met with special counsel about Flynn - CNNPolitics (http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/29/politics/jared-kushner-special-counsel/index.html)

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[Post 1708]
Author : Watser?
Date : 11-30-2017 03:24 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Dutch officials debunk Donald Trump's Britain First tweet about 'Muslim migrant' | The Independent (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/donald-trump-britain-first-tweet-dutch-officials-muslim-migrant-video-netherlands-prosecution-a8083011.html)

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[Post 1709]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-30-2017 08:26 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://img00.deviantart.net/6169/i/2017/334/f/5/the_us_is_run_by_a_budgie__by_jollyjack-dbvb7zf.jpg
The US is run by a budgie. (https://www.deviantart.com/art/The-US-is-run-by-a-budgie-717719595)

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[Post 1710]
Author : curses
Date : 11-30-2017 11:34 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm gonna leave this here since everything these days seems to originate at the Cheeto in the White House.
Walmart Pulls T-Shirts That Hint At Lynching Journalists : The Two-Way : NPR (https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/30/567503989/walmart-pulls-t-shirts-that-hint-at-lynching-journalists)

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[Post 1711]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-01-2017 02:57 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump Pressed Top Republicans to End Senate Russia Inquiry - The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/30/us/politics/trump-russia-senate-intel.html)

Mr. Burr said Mr. Trump was not fully aware of the impropriety of his request because the president still has the mind-set of a businessman rather than a politician. “Businessmen are paid to skip things that they think they can skip and get away with,” he said.

Well, okay then.

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[Post 1712]
Author : erimir
Date : 12-01-2017 03:51 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Maybe this is why Richard Burr hit himself in the face with a crowbar.

Anyway, I think he should do more of that.

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[Post 1713]
Author : But
Date : 12-01-2017 05:14 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Mr. Burr said Mr. Trump was not fully aware of the impropriety of his request because the president still has the mind-set of a businessman psychopath rather than a politician.:fixed:

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[Post 1714]
Author : The Man
Date : 12-01-2017 03:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Mr. Burr said Mr. Trump was not fully aware of the impropriety of his request because the president still has the mind-set of a businessman psychopath rather than a politician.:fixed:

:look:

...Sorry, I don't understand what the difference is between your version and the article's version.

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[Post 1715]
Author : Ari
Date : 12-01-2017 04:36 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

NO COLLUSION!
Michael Flynn reaches plea deal on charge of lying to FBI in Russia probe - ABC News (http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/michael-flynn-charged-making-false-statements-fbi-documents/story?id=50849354)
"Michael Flynn promised "full cooperation to the Mueller team" and is prepared to testify that as a candidate, Donald Trump "directed him to make contact with the Russians."

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[Post 1716]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-01-2017 06:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://www.instagram.com/p/BcKtEUUg4Qa/

https://twitter.com/Comey/status/936641449294286848

lol

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[Post 1717]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-01-2017 08:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The president's campaign manager and National Security Advisor are both under arrest better hurry up and give Trump a billion dollar tax break before we can figure out what's going on!</p>&mdash; LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) <a href="https://twitter.com/LOLGOP/status/936601678110969856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 1, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 1718]
Author : Kyuss Apollo
Date : 12-01-2017 08:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Traditionally the White House Christmas tree lighting is standing room only. This is what it looked like tonight as President Trump spoke. <br>&#55357;&#56568;<a href="https://twitter.com/SteveRudinABC7?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SteveRudinABC7</a> <a href="https://t.co/5nYRJTbvsP">pic.twitter.com/5nYRJTbvsP</a></p>&mdash; Sam Sweeney (@SweeneyABC) <a href="https://twitter.com/SweeneyABC/status/936387262404755457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 1, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 1719]
Author : godfry n. glad
Date : 12-02-2017 01:24 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Happy Holidays!  And, Season's Greetings!

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[Post 1720]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-02-2017 06:20 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Apparently, it's fine to sign a contract without actually reading it.

Mitch McConnell Just Admitted That No One Is Allowed To Read The Tax Cut Bill Until After It Passes (http://www.politicususa.com/2017/12/01/mitch-mcconnell-admitted-allowed-read-tax-cut-bill-passes.html)

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[Post 1721]
Author : The Man
Date : 12-02-2017 09:49 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Senate squeezes out steaming pile of shit. Corker the lone R no vote. The House will probably rubber-stamp it because we live in the Upside-Down now, apparently.

On the plus side, Flynn is a major domino to fall. There is now an extremely solid case for both collaboration with a foreign adversary on Trump's part and further proof of obstruction of justice.

I want to say more, but at this point it would mostly be an incoherent scream of rage. Or else the weary resignation in what's probably the greatest Grateful Dead performance ever:

Morning Dew (Cornell 5/8/77)

(The song is about the last two surviving humans after a nuclear apocalypse.  It would be deadly for them to go outside due to radioactivity, but ultimately... well, if you haven't heard the end of the song yet, I won't spoil it. On another note, this song should not be as topical as it is.)

ETA: I feel like that ended off on too bleak a note, so have a Lawfare thing.

The Flynn Plea: A Quick and Dirty Analysis - Lawfare (https://www.lawfareblog.com/flynn-plea-quick-and-dirty-analysis)

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[Post 1722]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 12-02-2017 03:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Apparently, it's fine to sign a contract without actually reading it.

https://i.imgur.com/CDqD1KV.jpg

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[Post 1723]
Author : The Man
Date : 12-03-2017 04:52 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DP14yY1WkAEJn1h.jpg

Well what's so bad about that you might think?
Thats not Theresa May, he tweeted at the wrong person!  
He can't even twitter right and that's what he does all day!

This isn't even the first time Trump has addressed the wrong T(h)eresa May. People have probably already forgotten, but he invited the porn star Teresa May (note the different spelling) to the White House.

Also, there's this:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Well, that&#39;s quite a thing for a Trump official to have said in an email. <a href="https://t.co/CHqYHf2b9b">https://t.co/CHqYHf2b9b</a> <a href="https://t.co/Cq7YvUWSJ2">pic.twitter.com/Cq7YvUWSJ2</a></p>&mdash; Daniel Dale (@ddale8) <a href="https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/937064902841241600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 2, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

To be fair, as Dale points out later in the Twitter thread, it's possible that she was summarising the Democrats' perception of events rather than her own, but even then, it's a strange thing to have written in the context of an internal communication.

And there's also this:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Oh my god, he just admitted to obstruction of justice. If Trump knew Flynn lied to the FBI when he asked Comey to let it go, then there is your case. <a href="https://t.co/c6Wtd0TfzW">https://t.co/c6Wtd0TfzW</a></p>&mdash; Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) <a href="https://twitter.com/matthewamiller/status/937009631662104578?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 2, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 1724]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-03-2017 09:28 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/UvO6cQGcme">pic.twitter.com/UvO6cQGcme</a></p>&mdash; Christmas (Bobby please come home) (@BobbyBigWheel) <a href="https://twitter.com/BobbyBigWheel/status/937014398895448065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 2, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 1725]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-03-2017 09:45 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">LOL. Today&#39;s exam at the Indian Statistical Institute. See Qn 5. <a href="https://t.co/TrHHpyGCCP">pic.twitter.com/TrHHpyGCCP</a></p>&mdash; Grieve Chelwa (@gchelwa) <a href="https://twitter.com/gchelwa/status/936673642045476864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 1, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 1726]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 12-04-2017 10:22 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Not to worry, you guys. Trump is in the clear because, as a matter of law, POTUS can't commit obstruction of justice. 

:larrythrust:
“For years, professors have engaged in a type of professorial parlor game of unanswered questions ranging from the definition of 'emoluments' to prosecuting a president in office to charging a president with obstruction. To its great peril, the Trump administration seems intent on answering each of these questions.”

Prof. Jonathan Turley (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/12/04/trumps-lawyer-says-a-president-cant-technically-obstruct-justice-experts-say-thats-fanciful/?tid=pm_politics_pop&utm_term=.1e08e9f81214)

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[Post 1727]
Author : Zehava
Date : 12-04-2017 11:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/gallery/files/4/7/0/i_am_the_law.png

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[Post 1728]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-05-2017 10:02 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Billy Bush: Yes, Donald Trump, You Said That - The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/03/opinion/billy-bush-trump-access-hollywood-tape.html)

Huh.

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[Post 1729]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-05-2017 10:16 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Squinting hard

Trump White House Weighing Plans for Private Spies to Counter “Deep State” Enemies (https://theintercept.com/2017/12/04/trump-white-house-weighing-plans-for-private-spies-to-counter-deep-state-enemies/)

The Intercept. Still, watching this.

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[Post 1730]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-05-2017 10:26 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Misc:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Just in case any Republican ever again tries to claim passage of Obamacare was &#8220;rammed through&#8221;, here&#8217;s a comparison: <a href="https://t.co/kgZz8Td1MU">pic.twitter.com/kgZz8Td1MU</a></p>&mdash; Matthew Chapman (@fawfulfan) <a href="https://twitter.com/fawfulfan/status/937671184744927232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 4, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 1731]
Author : Limoncello
Date : 12-06-2017 05:29 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

uhh some impeachment vote thingy today?

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[Post 1732]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-09-2017 01:11 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It’s been quite a journey from “Obama’s candidacy might collapse because his pastor said America has done evil things that produced 9/11” to “Trump campaigns for man who says America has done evil things that produced 9/11.” <a href="https://t.co/iExFNjalrs">https://t.co/iExFNjalrs</a></p>&mdash; Daniel Dale (@ddale8) <a href="https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/939128910649884672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 8, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 1733]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 12-09-2017 04:32 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm thinking that maybe I should get a t-shirt with this image on it:

https://cdn3.f-cdn.com/contestentries/1058111/9957601/59530f71ea702_thumb900.jpg

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[Post 1734]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 12-09-2017 11:45 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Why, TLR?  What useful idea does it convey? What good would it do?

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[Post 1735]
Author : JoeP
Date : 12-09-2017 05:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Why, TLR?  What useful idea does it convey? What good would it do?

Is it OK to punch a Nazi in the head? - Freethought Forum (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=29627&highlight=nazi)

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[Post 1736]
Author : Zehava
Date : 12-09-2017 08:52 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Why, TLR?  What useful idea does it convey? What good would it do?

Is it OK to punch a Nazi in the head? - Freethought Forum (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=29627&highlight=nazi)

I was thinking more of a rebuke of his "grab them by the pussy" remark.

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[Post 1737]
Author : JoeP
Date : 12-09-2017 09:12 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Why, TLR?  What useful idea does it convey? What good would it do?

Is it OK to punch a Nazi in the head? - Freethought Forum (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=29627&highlight=nazi)

I was thinking more of a rebuke of his "grab them by the pussy" remark.

I was thinking a punch in the head would be a pretty clear rebuke.

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[Post 1738]
Author : Watser?
Date : 12-09-2017 11:15 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Rebuke 'm in the balls!

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[Post 1739]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-10-2017 12:40 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Rebuke 'm in the balls!

Misread rebuke as nuke.

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[Post 1740]
Author : Watser?
Date : 12-10-2017 12:57 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That would be a tad much...

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[Post 1741]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-10-2017 01:08 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That would be a tad much...

Everything’s a tad much these days. :)

Also, lolswamp

Trump Financial Regulator Mulvaney Pushed CFPB To Back Off Industry That Bankrolled Him (http://www.ibtimes.com/political-capital/trump-financial-regulator-mulvaney-pushed-cfpb-back-industry-bankrolled-him)

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[Post 1742]
Author : Watser?
Date : 12-10-2017 01:11 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump's Transition Team Colluded With Israel. Why Isn't That News? (https://theintercept.com/2017/12/05/michael-flynn-jared-kushner-israel-settlements-trump/)

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[Post 1743]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-10-2017 09:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Now Joe Arpaio wants to run for Jeff Flake’s Senate seat (https://www.salon.com/2017/12/08/now-joe-arpaio-wants-to-run-for-jeff-flakes-senate-seat/)

But of course.

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[Post 1744]
Author : JoeP
Date : 12-10-2017 10:40 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Rebuke 'm in the balls!

Misread rebuke as nuke.

Rebuke 'm from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

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[Post 1745]
Author : erimir
Date : 12-10-2017 09:22 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It sure is weird how there are some people for whom Russian collusion and meddling are fake news despite all the evidence involving numerous major Trump campaign people, but one discovery about (((Kushner))) trying to undermine the Obama admin to benefit Israel and they're all in on "Israeli collusion."

But really, ¿Porqué no los dos? :shrug:

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[Post 1746]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-11-2017 10:38 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Not shy about throwing Roy Moore shit into this toxic waste dump:

	Richard Shelby on Roy Moore: 'The Republican Party can do better' | 						AL.com (http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/12/richard_shelby_on_roy_moore_th.html)

"I didn't vote for Roy Moore. I wouldn't vote for Roy Moore. I think the Republican Party can do better," Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., told CNN's Jake Tapper.

That’s Alabama’s GOP senior senator.

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[Post 1747]
Author : Watser?
Date : 12-11-2017 01:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Finally news?

IsraelGate: The Arrogance of Jewish Power in the United States - American Herald Tribune (https://ahtribune.com/us/israelgate/2053-american-jews.html)

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[Post 1748]
Author : erimir
Date : 12-11-2017 07:22 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I've never heard of American Herald Tribune. You sometimes link to weird news sites. But assuming it's a good site, it's not particularly popular in the US, so I'd say no, it doesn't mean much. But:

December 1, Buzzfeed: It Was Kushner Who Told Flynn To Make Calls About Israel UN Vote, Source Says (https://www.buzzfeed.com/aramroston/it-was-kushner-who-told-flynn-to-make-calls-about-israel-un)

December 7, Salon: https://www.salon.com/2017/12/07/flynn-indictment-exposes-collusion-with-israel-not-russia_partner/

Your own friends at the Intercept also count as the news.

I suppose none of those sites count as "mainstream news", but Buzzfeed and Salon are certainly far more well-known than the American Herald Tribune...

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[Post 1749]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-12-2017 12:16 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Can’t bring yourself to vote for a Democrat? Write in a football coach! (http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/democratic-group-urges-alabama-voters-write-football-coaches/story?id=51721074)

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[Post 1750]
Author : erimir
Date : 12-12-2017 12:49 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Why would a Democrat supporting group urge voters to vote for a third candidate?

Don't they know that those voters would be bravely standing up to the two-party system and thus helping to bring down the pernicious Democratic-Republican duopoly? They are sowing the seeds of their own downfall!

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[Post 1751]
Author : erimir
Date : 12-12-2017 11:52 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Anyway, I have it on good authority that as long as the New York Times covered the news, we must not question their editorial decisions to emphasize or de-emphasize stories.

Michael Flynn Pleads Guilty to Lying to the F.B.I. and Will Cooperate With Russia Inquiry - The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/01/us/politics/michael-flynn-guilty-russia-investigation.html)

According to prosecutors, on Dec. 22, Mr. Flynn discussed with Mr. Kislyak an upcoming United Nations Security Council vote on whether to condemn Israel&#8217;s building of settlements. At the time, the Obama administration was preparing to allow a Security Council vote on the matter.
Mr. Mueller&#8217;s investigators have learned through witnesses and documents that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel asked the Trump transition team to lobby other countries to help Israel, according to two people briefed on the inquiry. Investigators have learned that Mr. Flynn and Mr. Kushner took the lead in those efforts.
Well, case closed, it has been covered by major US media. Any criticism of their coverage would just be intended to exonerate Clinton for being a shitty candidate because it's never her fault. What would you have them do, not cover it? Dedicate the entire front page to it for a month? These are the only other options.

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[Post 1752]
Author : Ari
Date : 12-14-2017 05:28 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:haha:
Does Trump even know when he's born?
Trump was an entire month off his birthday selecting July instead of June. Meanwhile Melania forgot to sign her ballot envelope, Ivanka sent it in a day late and Kushner didn't bother returning it. 
Donald Trump got his birthday wrong while filling out a voting form for the New York mayoral election | The Independent (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-birthday-forget-voting-form-family-ivanka-melania-jared-new-york-mayor-election-a8106681.html)

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[Post 1753]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-15-2017 11:02 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I'm not sure non-attorneys fully understand how horrifying this video clip really is, so allow me to explain a few things about this... <a href="https://t.co/vJrLclifBf">https://t.co/vJrLclifBf</a></p>&mdash; Respectable Lawyer (@RespectableLaw) <a href="https://twitter.com/RespectableLaw/status/941557383247073280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 15, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Smol Thrad

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[Post 1754]
Author : lisarea
Date : 12-16-2017 12:04 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I could tell it was bad because I knew one of the answers.

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[Post 1755]
Author : davidm
Date : 12-16-2017 12:15 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Anyway, I have it on good authority that as long as the New York Times covered the news, we must not question their editorial decisions to emphasize or de-emphasize stories.

I never said that. You're a fucking idiot.

I didn't even bother to read your post in response to my post about the Times Comey coverage because I know you're a fucking idiot and didn't want to waste my time on your usual clueless whining.

I just happened to run across your latest vomit, quoted above, by happenstance. Here is my response. You're welcome.

Note that I almost never bother reading what you write, except by accident. So there is really no reason for you to respond further, unless you want to continue to make a fool of yourself.

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[Post 1756]
Author : davidm
Date : 12-16-2017 12:20 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Note that in the post in question, in which you displayed the front page of the Times on the Comey story, you said nothing about emphasis, but merely about reporting. Your clear implication was that you would have had the Times not report the news.

Now you've shifted over to a claim of emphasis. Sorry, Comey's decision to reopen the Clinton email investigation was big news and deserved the coverage it got. Shooting the messenger is stupid but then you are stupid.

Finally, did you actually read that lead story, plus the analysis?

Oh, I'm betting not.

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[Post 1757]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 12-16-2017 12:26 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Jesus Christ. What a fucking donkey that judge nominee is.

Sen. Kennedy: Do you know what a motion in limine is?

:donkey: : Yes, again, that's not something I deal with on a daily basis, but please keep in mind that I'm on the FEC and we do lots of litigation and have lots of lawyers and America is great and look at the monkey! Look at the silly monkey!! And ....

Sen. Kennedy: 'Scuse me, but I've only got 5 minutes here. Do you know what a motion in limine is?

:donkey: : No.

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[Post 1758]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-16-2017 12:45 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This whole thing reminds me more and more of Chavez&#8217; takeover in Venezuela. Purge old competent officials and administrators, and replace with loyalists, lackeys, and ideologues who have no competence in that area.

Related reading: Tascon List (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasc%C3%B3n_List). Coming to an America near you.

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[Post 1759]
Author : erimir
Date : 12-16-2017 12:56 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Note that I almost never bother reading what you write, except by accident. So there is really no reason for you to respond further, unless you want to continue to make a fool of yourself.
I'm pretty sure that your continued posting is revealing far more negative about you than it is about me.

You should probably stick to playing for cheap laughs against delusional conspiracy theorists like peacegirl.
Note that in the post in question, in which you displayed the front page of the Times on the Comey story, you said nothing about emphasis, but merely about reporting.Bold move, making such a stupid statement right after you called me a fucking idiot.
Here are the relevant portions of the post in question:
I can think of a few more humiliating debacles for the US media in the past month or in the past year.
[...]
Past year (give or take):
https://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/static/uploader/image/2016/10/30/nytsat.png

I didn't say anything about reporting or emphasis. In fact, I said nothing about the image at all. I understand that this makes my meaning a little vague, but that is no basis for you to claim that I meant one thing and not another as a rebuttal to my own clarifications, you fucking idiot.
Your clear implication was that you would have had the Times not report the news.Please, go ahead and unpack how the fuck that works. You have the post right there. There is no such clear implication - there's no possible argument that what I said conveys that implication at all, much less that it's the only or most plausible interpretation.

Your behavior is so rancid that I have to conclude that it's not mistakes but active dishonesty and bad faith.
Now you've shifted over to a claim of emphasis.See this projection here? The claim that one should've taken from my original post was that I thought the NYT's coverage of the Comey letter was a debacle in some aspect. I can see how you wouldn't realize I was using it as a metonym for the media's coverage of the email scandals in general. But I got more specific about my meaning in response to your criticisms (but you claim you didn't read that post). But you're depicting me as the dishonest one here.
Sorry, Comey's decision to reopen the Clinton email investigation was big news and deserved the coverage it got. Shooting the messenger is stupid but then you are stupid.In other words, you're basically arguing that the narratives that the media creates and editorial decisions of emphasis are inherently justified. It's a big story because the media decided it was a big story, thus it affected the election, making it a big story. You have no argument that the substance of the scandal or the evidence described in the Comey letter were important for voters or governance or anything like that. Just a bare assertion that it was a big story. Like I said, you would never accept such arguments if they concerned anything but coverage of Hillary Clinton (or other Democrats you hate). If the subject were Israel-Palestine or the Iraq War, you would criticize similar decisions.

You have no response to this, so you set up dishonest straw men of my arguments, insult me and wave off the whole thing.

Like I said before: my god, you're full of shit.

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[Post 1760]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-16-2017 04:26 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

CDC gets list of forbidden words: fetus, transgender, diversity - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/cdc-gets-list-of-forbidden-words-fetus-transgender-diversity/2017/12/15/f503837a-e1cf-11e7-89e8-edec16379010_story.html)

Next up, flat earth.

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[Post 1761]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 12-16-2017 08:25 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Oh, sure. Everybody knows what the Daubert Standard is. That's when you have certain rules for, you know, those people, but us rich and powerful and famous people don't have to follow them.

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[Post 1762]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-16-2017 08:14 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Real estate mogul elected president gets tax cuts that benefit real estate moguls. (http://www.ibtimes.com/political-capital/donald-trump-gop-leaders-could-be-enriched-last-minute-tax-break-inserted-final)

This whole thing reminds me more and more of Chavez’ takeover in Venezuela.

heh

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[Post 1763]
Author : The Man
Date : 12-16-2017 10:19 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The big difference, of course, being that for all his faults, Chávez actually was a populist, whereas Trump just plays one on TV. Chávez definitely had a tendency towards demagoguery, too, though, and the parallels there are definitely alarming. At the same time, Chávez was much more competent and, frankly, smarter than Trump.

Anyway, I'm posting because of this.

Scoop: Mueller obtains "tens of thousandsâ&#8364;� of Trump transition emails - Axios (https://www.axios.com/scoop-mueller-obtains-tens-of-thousands-of-trump-transition-emails-2517994590.html)

BUT THEIR EMAILS

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[Post 1764]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-17-2017 03:21 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Rumours, rumours.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">(THREAD) There&#39;s now a rumor in Congress that Trump plans to fire Special Counsel Mueller on December 22. If this happens, it will trigger a constitutional crisis. This thread explains what&#39;s happening and what to do&#8212;please read and share it widely. <br><br>This is an actual emergency. <a href="https://t.co/3UMG39V4q3">pic.twitter.com/3UMG39V4q3</a></p>&mdash; Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) <a href="https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/942146451026608128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 16, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Thrad.

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[Post 1765]
Author : The Man
Date : 12-17-2017 06:38 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This thread from Renato Mariotti is also well worth a read.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">THREAD: Why are Trump&#8217;s lawyers upset that Mueller obtained transition emails from a government agency? (Hint: They&#8217;re just playing politics, but this is a bad sign for them.)</p>&mdash; Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) <a href="https://twitter.com/renato_mariotti/status/942168454647484417?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 16, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Edit: as is this:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Settle in, politikids. <br><br>You're going to enjoy this...<br><br>I've read the full letter Trump transition team attorneys sent to legislators re: Mueller obtaining their emails.<br><br>It has a delicious reveal.<br><br>1/<a href="https://t.co/gHZPrX3CVn">https://t.co/gHZPrX3CVn</a></p>&mdash; The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) <a href="https://twitter.com/HoarseWisperer/status/942221228483469312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 17, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Once again, shoulda listened to Stringer Bell.

The Wire - Criminal Conspiracy Notes

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[Post 1766]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-17-2017 10:34 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Then and now, Rosemary Duffy has expressed her political opinions | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (http://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-local/2017/07/05/Nixon-Trump-Crafton-woman-Rosemary-Duffy-son-recreate-sign/stories/201707050046)

She didn't give up.

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[Post 1767]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-18-2017 05:10 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/5talIrV.jpg

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[Post 1768]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-18-2017 08:42 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Diversity fetus science-based vulnerable evidence-based transgender entitlement, motherfucker</p>&mdash; William Gibson (@GreatDismal) <a href="https://twitter.com/GreatDismal/status/942275995616157697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 17, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 1769]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-18-2017 09:34 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

"Weird Al" Yankovic - Christmas At Ground Zero - YouTube

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[Post 1770]
Author : JoeP
Date : 12-18-2017 02:15 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Some Al Jazeera commentary

Is Moore's defeat in Alabama a cause for celebration? | Racism | Al Jazeera (http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/moore-defeat-alabama-celebration-171215111128608.html) (A: not very much)

Trump, tribalism and the end of American capitalism | Business & Economy | Al Jazeera (http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/trump-tribalism-american-capitalism-171213074012028.html) (for tribalism, read racism)

Donald Trump: A president swallowed by history | Trump | Al Jazeera (http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/donald-trump-president-swallowed-history-171211114924136.html) (Jerusalem)

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[Post 1771]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-18-2017 05:53 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A few threads for this, so I’ll put it here:

Jayda Fransen: Twitter suspends Britain First leader retweeted by Donald Trump | The Independent (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/jayda-fransen-britain-first-twitter-suspend-donald-trump-retweet-deputy-leader-a8116831.html)

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[Post 1772]
Author : erimir
Date : 12-18-2017 10:20 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Some Al Jazeera commentary

Is Moore's defeat in Alabama a cause for celebration? | Racism | Al Jazeera (http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/moore-defeat-alabama-celebration-171215111128608.html) (A: not very much)
It's Alabama.

Fact is that people are pretty predictable, and in the US, partisan polarization has made it so that there are usually less wild swings in the vote than there might be in multiparty democracies.

A Democrat barely winning in Alabama equates to a 30-point swing from the last election. For perspective, only about 83 seats in the US House are more Republican leaning than Alabama is as a whole. A uniform 30-point swing from the partisan lean in the House would give Democrats the largest Congressional majority... ever. In the history of the US House of Representatives.

It would mean despite Democrats (+Sanders and King) having 26 seats up in the Senate to the GOP only having 8, they would gain 4 to 7 seats (depending on whether you also flip WV and ND to the GOP, and whether McCain has left the senate), winning only 2 to 4 seats out of 34 to 35 senate races.

If that were the result in the the Congressional elections, there's no question this guy would see it as incredible. Many incumbent Republicans would lose by landslide margins. But since it's only one seat, he's focused on the narrow margin in a way he would not focus on individual margins in difficult seats in a general election.

Even before the child molestation allegations, Roy Moore was running about 20 pts behind Trump, which would also be amazing. That, if replicated, would result in Republicans losing about 100 seats in the House.

Roy Moore was an unusually bad candidate not just because of the pedophilia, though, and he wasn't the incumbent, so it's fair to say that Republicans probably won't do that bad (although I wouldn't underestimate the GOP base's ability to nominate nutjobs and crooks). But you don't need to do anywhere near as well as Jones did in Alabama for Democrats to win a landslide and easily retake the House.

But his narrow defeat [...]

Perhaps the tidal wave that put Trump in the White House and Republicans in control of all branches of government, has begun to recede.Trump lost the popular vote and won the electoral college by winning three states by less than 1% (and Florida by about 1%). Republicans won the House popular vote by about 1%, and lost seats in both the House and Senate.

He calls that a "tidal wave" while considering the narrow victory in Alabama unremarkable, when it had been a landslide for Republicans in the past few elections.
But if some of the worst candidates in history can be nearly elected, it means that the backward logic and disguised appeal to pre-civil war racism and women as second class citizens without voting or property rights remain powerful and dangerous.This part is correct, but it's also correct to note that those things are much more powerful in Alabama than in the country as a whole.

And yes, it is depressing that Alabama is like that. But in the large majority of the country, Moore would've lost in a massive landslide.

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[Post 1773]
Author : The Man
Date : 12-19-2017 10:02 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A Senate Democratic aide says the parliamentarian has found two provisions violate the Byrd rule, meaning the bill would need to be passed by the House of Representatives AGAIN<a href="https://t.co/pNriUh8Grb">https://t.co/pNriUh8Grb</a> <a href="https://t.co/1EPkGVdg1n">pic.twitter.com/1EPkGVdg1n</a></p>&mdash; Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) <a href="https://twitter.com/ryangrim/status/943231737282297856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Just In: the House has to vote on the tax bill AGAIN. <br>Why? Dems challenged 3 parts of bill on the Byrd Rule and they won. <br>The 3 issues are:<br>1. Using 529 plans for homeschooling expenses <br>2. The title of the bill<br>3. Part of criteria used for uni endowment tax <a href="https://t.co/g3CzQ1A38s">pic.twitter.com/g3CzQ1A38s</a></p>&mdash; Heather Long (@byHeatherLong) <a href="https://twitter.com/byHeatherLong/status/943233931775799296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Even after seeing it repeatedly demonstrated, I'm still astonished at how bad the Republicans are at this.

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[Post 1774]
Author : erimir
Date : 12-19-2017 10:18 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The title is impermissible? :chin:

That's interesting. I'm assuming it's not because it's a dishonest bullshit name, but based on some other rule.

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[Post 1775]
Author : erimir
Date : 12-20-2017 02:51 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Donald Trump’s First Year Set a Record for Use of Special Operations Forces | The Nation (https://www.thenation.com/article/donald-trumps-first-year-set-a-record-for-use-of-special-operations-forces/)

It's a good thing the president isn't interested in gallivanting abroad in search of dragons. He is a non-interventionist.

Hopefully, we can have some better reasoning on the left on these issues than we got in 2016. Just saying you voted against invading Iraq/were opposed to it (but not in Congress) is not a coherent foreign policy, and it won't necessarily make a difference in addressing this sort of militarism. Unfortunately, I'm not optimistic since Americans in general seem to like the militarism. Cutting the military to pay for useful programs doesn't seem like it will get much favor in the population.

A thought I've had, since I did research that was funded by DARPA but which was not obviously military-related and could easily have been funded by NSF, say. One strategy that can be used is funneling money to non-military research and infrastructure and calling it that. And then maybe later, perhaps, reorganizing?

Similar to the GOP starve-the-beast approach of cutting taxes, wailing about the deficit, and then cutting spending. Convert military spending into science and infrastructure spending, and then later say oh, this spending isn't being cut, just recategorized.

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[Post 1776]
Author : JoeP
Date : 12-20-2017 09:56 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Even after seeing it repeatedly demonstrated, I'm still astonished at how bad the Republicans are at this.

The party of small government doesn't want to face any accusations that federal government might actually be any good.

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[Post 1777]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-22-2017 10:26 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump signs tax bill. Questions whether he's getting enough credit <a href="https://t.co/n7INYqKihI">https://t.co/n7INYqKihI</a></p>&mdash; Michael Tackett (@tackettdc) <a href="https://twitter.com/tackettdc/status/944270207064969217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 22, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Imagine being mad you&#39;re not getting enough credit for giving yourself a $100 million tax cut. <a href="https://t.co/ywllkjgHl6">https://t.co/ywllkjgHl6</a></p>&mdash; LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) <a href="https://twitter.com/LOLGOP/status/944299372136882176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 22, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Maybe Trump should announce bonuses for all the guest workers at his properties he hires while deporting Dreamers.</p>&mdash; LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) <a href="https://twitter.com/LOLGOP/status/944299724085088256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 22, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 1778]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-22-2017 10:48 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I asked some experts on Abraham Lincoln whether Trump was correct to call Lincoln a &quot;regulation cutter.&quot; The responses were fun. <a href="https://t.co/0pirrxtdhI">pic.twitter.com/0pirrxtdhI</a></p>&mdash; Daniel Dale (@ddale8) <a href="https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/944291866119430144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 22, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 1779]
Author : Ari
Date : 12-23-2017 01:36 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm kinda surprised "Black" wasn't an option as well.
(Yes this is a real poll put out by the real president).
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DRrgxwhV4AAdxlK.jpg:small

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[Post 1780]
Author : Pyrrho
Date : 12-23-2017 01:49 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump has changed some of the memorabilia.

Trump changes presidential coin, includes 'Make America Great Again' - Business Insider (http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-makes-changes-to-presidential-coin-2017-12)

President Donald Trump has made several alterations to what is known as the presidential "challenge coin," including replacing the US motto, "E Pluribus Unum," with "Make America Great Again," The Washington Post reported Friday.

The Latin phrase, which appears on US currency, means "Out of many, one." Now the challenge coin features the Trump campaign slogan on both sides.

Presidents have for about two decades given the coins as mementos.

Other changes to the coin include removing the 13 arrows representing the original 13 colonies and making it much thicker than its predecessors. Trump's name also appears three times on it.

One White House aide told The Post the coin was "very gold," adding that Trump "wanted to weigh in on" its design.

Another aide told The Post that the coins would be "used in ways they haven't been in the past," possibly being distributed at rallies and to donors.

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[Post 1781]
Author : Ari
Date : 12-23-2017 03:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Omg you should have included the photo, just incase anyone was picturing he stuck with the traditional round shape of a coin.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DRrdTBdW0AEn08C.jpg:small

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[Post 1782]
Author : Pyrrho
Date : 12-23-2017 03:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I hadn't seen that photo but the new thing is as tacky as I might have expected.

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[Post 1783]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 12-23-2017 08:05 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Not that it should surprise anyone, since he ran on a platform of bigotry and hatred, and since he has tolerated bigotry (if not encouraging it) ever since, but Trump is apparently a world-class bigot.

https://twitter.com/BruceBartlett/status/944628894367453184


https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DRv--KkWkAA_iZ_.jpg


https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DRv_9QcVwAEPutX.jpg

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[Post 1784]
Author : The Man
Date : 12-27-2017 09:38 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Mueller Investigation Looking at RNC Digital Operation &#8211; Balloon Juice (https://www.balloon-juice.com/2017/12/27/mueller-investigation-looking-at-rnc-digital-operation/)

I've been saying for months that Trump isn't going to be the only politician taken down by this. Here's further supporting evidence.

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[Post 1785]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-29-2017 06:29 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">In the East, it could be the COLDEST New Year&#8217;s Eve on record. Perhaps we could use a little bit of that good old Global Warming that our Country, but not other countries, was going to pay TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS to protect against. Bundle up!</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/946531657229701120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 29, 2017</a></blockquote>
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The irony here is Jill Stein voters helped hand this guy the office.

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[Post 1786]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 12-29-2017 07:05 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The anti-climate change, anti-evolution right winger at my old job used to say shit like this as (mostly) a joke, partly because he hated the cold.  I would vote for him for President over Trump any day, and he'd be terrible at the job.  At least I know that guy actually cares about people sometimes.

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[Post 1787]
Author : JoeP
Date : 12-29-2017 12:11 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump Tries To Insult Obama With Error Message And Humiliates Himself (https://bluestatedaily.com/trump-insult-obama-error-message/)

Trump sends a "back to work" tweet ... while golfing. Then people discover this:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The website of Donald Trump, who has spent several days in a row at the golf course, is coded to serve up the following message in the event of an internal server error: <a href="https://t.co/zrWpyMXRcz">https://t.co/zrWpyMXRcz</a> <a href="https://t.co/wiQSQNNzw0">pic.twitter.com/wiQSQNNzw0</a></p>&mdash; Christopher Ingraham (@_cingraham) <a href="https://twitter.com/_cingraham/status/946462990504681472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">28 December 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

And also that due to a Javascript coding error it won't actually get displayed.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Is there anything that man can&#39;t fail at? Truly remarkable.<br><br>Isn&#39;t there some clip of trump bragging about how he pays developers pennies to get software built? Seems apropos</p>&mdash; &#128065; &#9829; &#129299; &#128176; (@tw1trsux) <a href="https://twitter.com/tw1trsux/status/946482459868352512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">28 December 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 1788]
Author : Ari
Date : 12-29-2017 04:04 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's now been fixed, which as the twitter points out means there's at least a few people at the White House that are sensitive to Trump's constant golfing making a mockery of the GOP and their complaints over Obama's golf habits.

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[Post 1789]
Author : Ari
Date : 01-01-2018 09:05 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Welcome 2018,
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DSerfE-V4AAbNYf.jpg:small

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[Post 1790]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 01-01-2018 09:11 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

You know, I don't think I've ever seen a photograph of the two of them in which Melania looks happy to be in the Sociopath-in-Chief's presence.

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[Post 1791]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-01-2018 09:17 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

She has a perpetual I Regret Some Of My Life's Choices look.

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[Post 1792]
Author : SR71
Date : 01-02-2018 06:34 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yeah, it doesn't seem like a micro expression, more of a chiseled in stone expression.

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[Post 1793]
Author : Ari
Date : 01-02-2018 11:58 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

She already has resting high fashion model face, which is basically "I am above this but shall show no emotion" With the flat lips and squint eyes (that she does no service blackening with coal) so it's not that much of a slip from dead stare to disgust, especially when Trump is around, but it's also telling it breaks down around Trump considering how practiced she is at it.

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[Post 1794]
Author : Stormlight
Date : 01-03-2018 07:27 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Donald Trump boasts that his nuclear button is bigger than Kim Jong-un's | US news | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/03/donald-trump-boasts-nuclear-button-bigger-kim-jong-un)

The US president used Kim Jong-un&#8217;s New Year&#8217;s Day speech as the basis for his latest provocative tweet against the leader, whom he has previously referred to as &#8220;little rocket man&#8221;, saying the &#8220;nuclear button&#8221; in Washington is &#8220;much bigger and more powerful&#8221; than Kim&#8217;s &#8211; &#8220;and my button works!&#8221;.

God what a childish moron. Fucking hell.

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[Post 1795]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-03-2018 09:04 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A day in the life of the president who doesn&#8217;t watch much TV primarily because of documents. <a href="https://t.co/JMt0inwOGR">pic.twitter.com/JMt0inwOGR</a></p>&mdash; Daniel Dale (@ddale8) <a href="https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/948416574670688256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 3, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 1796]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-03-2018 07:58 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

How much projection can fit on a page? Now we know.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Pres. Trump releases statement on Steve Bannon: &quot;When he was fired, he not only lost his job, he lost his mind.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/WPUgVyRm0u">pic.twitter.com/WPUgVyRm0u</a></p>&mdash; NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (@NBCNightlyNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/NBCNightlyNews/status/948630038714486784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 3, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 1797]
Author : Ari
Date : 01-03-2018 08:24 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

"Steve doesn't represent my base, he's only in it for himself."
:rofl:
Ok, whatever you say Trump's ghost writer.
I hope every other Trump shill is listening to him throw Bannon under the bus, by the end of this I assume he will blame literally everyone including the maid.

Speaking of the maid,
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DSo8OTNU8AAHPS1.jpg:small

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[Post 1798]
Author : Limoncello
Date : 01-03-2018 09:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

She already has resting high fashion model price escort face,

:fixed:

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[Post 1799]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-04-2018 07:26 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Behind the scenes at the Trump White House: Uglier, meaner, and simply dumber than you can imagine (https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/1/3/1729537/-Behind-the-scenes-at-the-Trump-White-House-Uglier-meaner-and-simply-dumber-than-you-can-imagine)

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[Post 1800]
Author : erimir
Date : 01-04-2018 09:36 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I don't know what the deal is with Trump and Bannon, if they're really having a blowup breakup and will start trying to destroy each other, or if Bannon is playing at some game, or what. Or maybe he thinks he's playing a game but it will not work out the way he thinks, or what.

But I do know that it is kind of amusing. Here's rooting for injuries.

Also it's still :facepalm: at times at the reports about Trump's buffoonery/awfulness.

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[Post 1801]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-04-2018 09:58 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Thrad

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Today is all because there was never an ideology or unifying purpose to Trump or his campaign. It&#39;s always been about personal fulfillment and enrichment, rampant opportunism. 1/</p>&mdash; Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) <a href="https://twitter.com/JYSexton/status/948625860743057409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 3, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 1802]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-06-2018 12:18 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Week 59: Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you, so you’ll remember. (https://medium.com/@Amy_Siskind/week-59-experts-in-authoritarianism-advise-to-keep-a-list-of-things-subtly-changing-around-you-so-cb6ff326e3b1?source=user_profile---------1----------------)

In what was expected to be a quiet holiday week, Trump managed to generate a fair amount of controversy and concern. Along with his regime and some in the Republican Party, Trump continued to attack American institutions and Mueller. A NYT interview revealed Trump still does not understand, or choose to accept, the boundaries of his power in our democracy&#8202;—&#8202;and he continues to lie, irreverently. The issue of Trump’s mental health also resurfaced this week.

As Republicans and Trump’s White House prepare for the wrath of the American people in 2018&#8202;—&#8202;the Resistance and even their own shrinking base&#8202;—&#8202;Trump seems cocooned from news and real information. The Mueller probe continues in earnest and is expanding its focus, just as Trump’s lawyer continue to assure him the investigation will soon conclude&#8202;—&#8202;setting the two on a collision course heading into 2018.

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[Post 1803]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-06-2018 02:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Return of the lovable dork - Scandinavia and the World (https://satwcomic.com/return-of-the-lovable-dork)

Right down to the commentary at the bottom.

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[Post 1804]
Author : Ari
Date : 01-06-2018 03:06 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Twitter, 'We are complicit in the coming nazi nuclear cuck war.'

There’s been a lot of discussion about political figures and world leaders on Twitter, and we want to share our stance.

Twitter is here to serve and help advance the global, public conversation. Elected world leaders play a critical role in that conversation because of their outsized impact on our society.

Blocking a world leader from Twitter or removing their controversial Tweets would hide important information people should be able to see and debate. It would also not silence that leader, but it would certainly hamper necessary discussion around their words and actions.

We review Tweets by leaders within the political context that defines them, and enforce our rules accordingly. No one person's account drives Twitter’s growth, or influences these decisions. We work hard to remain unbiased with the public interest in mind.

We are working to make Twitter the best place to see and freely discuss everything that matters. We believe that’s the best way to help our society make progress.
World Leaders on Twitter (https://blog.twitter.com/official/en_us/topics/company/2017/world-leaders-and-twitter.html)

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[Post 1805]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-06-2018 04:00 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

nazi nuclear cuck war

This is my new favourite term.

And now I'll read the rest of your post.

Ah yes. That.

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[Post 1806]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-06-2018 09:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

10644

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[Post 1807]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 01-07-2018 05:23 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

My current operating theory is that the Republicans know that Trump is unfit for office, but are holding out until after January 2019 to get rid of Trump because they're hoping Pence can serve the rest of his term and be elected twice more.

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[Post 1808]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-07-2018 08:15 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump claims Mexico will pay for wall _ day after seeking $18bn from Congress | US news | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/06/donald-trump-mexico-border-wall-funding)

lol k

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[Post 1809]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 01-07-2018 10:13 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yo @realDonaldTrump, say hello to an actual "stable genius."

&#8212; Francis the Talking Mule (@realFrancisTheTalkingMule)

Yo "stable genius," I heard you like to talk about how big certain stuff is. Guess who has 4 hooves and is much bigger than you. And mine works, believe me.

&#8212; Francis the Talking Mule (@realFrancisTheTalkingMule)

Ivana, Marla and Melania never met @realFrancisTheTalkingMule. Just sayin' ...

&#8212; Francis the Talking Mule (@realFrancisTheTalkingMule)

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[Post 1810]
Author : erimir
Date : 01-08-2018 12:46 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yeah but Francis is sterile and Trump is, if anything, too fertile.

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[Post 1811]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-08-2018 09:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I am starting to think that there is something seriously wrong with President Obama&#39;s mental health. Why won&#39;t he stop the flights. Psycho!</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/522664117438775296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2014</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

¯\_(&#12484;)_/¯

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[Post 1812]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-10-2018 06:24 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Today, it was my great honor to sign a new Executive Order to ensure Veterans have the resources they need as they transition back to civilian life. We must ensure that our HEROES are given the care and support they so richly deserve! <a href="https://t.co/0MdP9DDIAS">https://t.co/0MdP9DDIAS</a> <a href="https://t.co/LP2a8KCBAp">pic.twitter.com/LP2a8KCBAp</a></p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/950866561153331202?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 9, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

And out comes the time machine:

Trump on McCain: 'He's a war hero because he was captured' - Chicago Tribune (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/84026237-157.html)

¯\_(&#12484;)_/¯

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[Post 1813]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 01-10-2018 05:50 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The response (https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180108/20341838963/publisher-not-all-impressed-trumps-defamation-threat-letter-promises-to-defend-first-amendment.shtml?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+techdirt%2Ffeed+%28Techdirt%29) to the Fire and Fury cease and desist is brutal:

My clients do not intend to cease publication, no such retraction will occur, and no apology is warranted.

My personal favorite (not listed in the linked article) is the threat at the end:

Lastly, the majority of your letter indeed, seven full pages is devoted to instructing
Henry Holt and Mr. Wolff in meticulous detail about their obligations to preserve documents that
relate in any way to the book, the article, President Trump, his family members, their businesses,
and his Presidential campaign. While my clients do not adopt or subscribe to your description of
their legal obligations, Henry Holt and Mr. Wolff will comply with any and all document
preservation obligations that the law imposes upon them. At the same time, we must remind you
that President Trump, in his personal and governmental capacity, must comply with the same
legal obligations regarding himself, his family members, their businesses, the Trump campaign,
and his administration, and must ensure all appropriate measures to preserve such documents are
in place. This would include any and all documents pertaining to any of the matters about which
the book reports. Should you pursue litigation against Henry Holt or Mr. Wolff, we are quite
confident that documents related to the contents of the book in the possession of President
Trump, his family members, his businesses, his campaign, and his administration will prove
particularly relevant to our defense.

i.e.  You sue us, we'll do a document discovery on your ass.  Do you think you'd really like that?

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[Post 1814]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-10-2018 09:02 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

All that threat needs is an embedded picture of a Dominatrix, a baseball bat, and an insufficient tube of lube.

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[Post 1815]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-11-2018 08:35 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump said the US sold Norway F-52s, but no such aircraft exists - Business Insider (http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-us-sold-norway-f-52s-2018-1)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The F-52&#39;s capabilities look really impressive <a href="https://t.co/WI2DzIaQwt">pic.twitter.com/WI2DzIaQwt</a></p>&mdash; Alexander Clarkson (@APHClarkson) <a href="https://twitter.com/APHClarkson/status/951189511987482624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 10, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 1816]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-11-2018 09:43 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Laughter was probably the wrong response to this but here we are. (http://www.newsweek.com/donald-trumps-spiritual-adviser-paula-white-suggests-people-send-her-salary-775228)

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[Post 1817]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-11-2018 10:20 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'll blame Donald, sure:

Walmart quietly lays off thousands of workers after bonus announcement – ThinkProgress (https://thinkprogress.org/walmart-bonus-layoffs-ed187882b011/)

Even though it's as much to do with the kleptocrats in the other branches.

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[Post 1818]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-12-2018 02:49 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Rather lived through Johnson and Nixon's language.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The latest outrage from President Trump disparaging immigrants from what he calls &quot;shithole&quot; countries is a new low. It&#39;s disgraceful for him, the country, and every American.</p>&mdash; Dan Rather (@DanRather) <a href="https://twitter.com/DanRather/status/951592033831018497?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 11, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 1819]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-12-2018 02:55 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Vicente Fox to Trump: 'Your mouth is the foulest shithole in the world' (http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/vicente-fox-to-trump-your-mouth-is-the-foulest-shithole-in-the-world/article/2645701)

¯\_(&#12484;)_/¯

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[Post 1820]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-12-2018 08:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I awoke to the news that (a) Trump has cancelled his visit to Britain (we are distraught) and (b) he used the phrase "shithole countries".

Am disappoint that we aren't a shithole country and these news items aren't connected.

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[Post 1821]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 01-12-2018 08:28 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Oh, you'll love why he "cancelled" his trip. It's because Obama (WEAK!) sold the embassy there. Or something. It has nothing to do with Brits not wanting him to come visit. Nothing at all. Also, Britland is a White Nation so of course it's not a Shithole.

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[Post 1822]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-12-2018 08:54 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Naturally, sometime after waking (specifically, after enough coffee) I read the detail behind the news. And indeed, Britain is the kind of country that looks down on others (Poland. Pakistan. Somalia. Syria.) as shithole countries. The parallel would be if Nigel Farage cancelled a visit to Syria because he realised no one cared.

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[Post 1823]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-12-2018 08:55 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

There are shithole countries.

And there are shitting countries.

It all makes sense.

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[Post 1824]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-12-2018 03:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

ICE detains immigrant rights leader, sparking massive protest - NY Daily News (http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/manhattan/ice-detains-immigrant-rights-leader-sparking-massive-protest-article-1.3751320)

City councillors arrested for protesting the arrest.

#totallynotfascism

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[Post 1825]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-12-2018 07:23 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This is clearly the result of rushed legislation (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tax-repatriation/corporations-may-dodge-billions-in-u-s-taxes-through-new-loophole-experts-idUSKBN1F035Q)

¯\_(&#12484;)_/¯

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[Post 1826]
Author : Ari
Date : 01-12-2018 07:26 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's as if our president once suggested that cheating and getting away with it was just good business strategy or something of the sort.

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[Post 1827]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-12-2018 08:11 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Botswana says, "Say that to my face."

10645

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[Post 1828]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-12-2018 08:23 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

(I have time on my hands today.)

US ambassador to Panama resigns, says cannot serve Trump (https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/12/us-ambassador-to-panama-resigns-says-cannot-serve-trump.html)

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[Post 1829]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-12-2018 08:45 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">After Trump cited disapproval with London&#39;s new US embassy as the reason for canceling his visit to the city, Madame Tussauds placed a waxwork of the President outside the building <a href="https://t.co/DCRryl67cs">https://t.co/DCRryl67cs</a> <a href="https://t.co/bCleYEoe6A">pic.twitter.com/bCleYEoe6A</a></p>&mdash; CNN (@CNN) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNN/status/951787612238426112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 12, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 1830]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-12-2018 09:32 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hey Tomi, Washington Post shithole bureau chief here. Love your foreign affairs reporting. Did you know there are 8.7 million Americans living overseas? Can&#8217;t imagine why they would leave home. <a href="https://t.co/Vazd6Ts3Pe">https://t.co/Vazd6Ts3Pe</a></p>&mdash; Kevin Sieff (@ksieff) <a href="https://twitter.com/ksieff/status/951814314947616771?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 12, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 1831]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-12-2018 09:54 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

lol @ today

Trump Lawyer Arranged $130,000 Payment for Adult-Film Star's Silence - WSJ (https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-lawyer-arranged-130-000-payment-for-adult-film-stars-silence-1515787678)

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[Post 1832]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-12-2018 11:11 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Carrier plant layoffs: Worker thought Trump would save her job. She was wrong. - NBC News (https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/carrier-plant-layoffs-worker-thought-trump-would-save-her-job-n836261)

https://media1.tenor.com/images/a95897d8520378e9761efe110abf8469/tenor.gif

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[Post 1833]
Author : Sock Puppet
Date : 01-13-2018 12:28 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Who could've guessed that a narcissistic, pathological liar wouldn't be looking out for you?

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[Post 1834]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 01-13-2018 01:09 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

What an ungrateful asshole! All Renee Elliot needs to do is apply for one of those billion or so new jobs Trump created in the coal industry.

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[Post 1835]
Author : But
Date : 01-13-2018 01:39 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yes, there are now all these people who clean the coal with a brush and a bucket of soapy water.

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[Post 1836]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-13-2018 02:48 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Amazing. The US Embassy has issued its own statement this evening apparently correcting the US President on the building costs. <a href="https://t.co/Mif9WfYBxO">pic.twitter.com/Mif9WfYBxO</a></p>&mdash; Carl Dinnen (@carldinnen) <a href="https://twitter.com/carldinnen/status/951905669745176576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 12, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>


At this rate, I half expect a country to get fed up and expel the US Embassy in their nation, only to have the Ambassador request of that country political asylum for themselves and the entire building's staff.

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[Post 1837]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-13-2018 05:34 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Wasn't today fun? Here, have a cookie!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Satan: &lt;unlocking cell door&gt; Good news. You&#39;ve been pardoned. <br><br>Dick Nixon: What? <br><br>Satan: <br><br>Nixon: <br><br>Satan: Seriously. You can go. We&#39;re sorry<br><br>Nixon:<br><br>Satan:  <br><br>Nixon: Is it that Trump guy? <br><br>Satan: Just leave.</p>&mdash; Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) <a href="https://twitter.com/Stonekettle/status/951941574132486144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 12, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 1838]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-13-2018 07:03 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's the weekend!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Why is there a 37 MINUTE lull between these messages?! <a href="https://t.co/EolGimjdYA">pic.twitter.com/EolGimjdYA</a></p>&mdash; Yunji de Nies (@yunjid) <a href="https://twitter.com/yunjid/status/952250834124914688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 13, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 1839]
Author : Ari
Date : 01-13-2018 07:39 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Amusingly the answer appears to be that it took them that long to figure out how to send out the second message.
Things you should never do, including "This is not a drill" in the text used when running a drill of the system.

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[Post 1840]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-13-2018 08:24 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I sent that to a Millennial friend and said "Welcome to my childhood." with a link to The The - Armageddon Days Are Here (Again).

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[Post 1841]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-14-2018 10:00 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I sent that to a Millennial friend and said "Welcome to my childhood." with a link to The The - Armageddon Days Are Here (Again).

She wrote back "The feeling when you were hoping Armageddon was real because student loans."

I didn't want kids to know life under MAD.

But here we are.

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[Post 1842]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-14-2018 07:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump pardoned him, let's blame Trump.

Trump ally Joe Arpaio Resurrects Obama 'Birther' Conspiracy When Quizzed About Hawaii Missile Scare (http://www.newsweek.com/trump-ally-and-senate-candidate-joe-arpaio-resurrects-obama-birther-conspiracy-780933)

lol

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[Post 1843]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-14-2018 08:10 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

And even more :wtf:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A 24-year-old is running drug policy because experts won&#8217;t work for Trump <a href="https://t.co/q51dn3zse8">https://t.co/q51dn3zse8</a></p>&mdash; Oliver Willis (@owillis) <a href="https://twitter.com/owillis/status/952614425449594880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 14, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 1844]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-15-2018 03:17 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Same.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">so apparently the answer to &#8220;what I would do in the event of nuclear war&#8221; is: make posts online</p>&mdash; KT NELSON (@KrangTNelson) <a href="https://twitter.com/KrangTNelson/status/952255046040870912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 13, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 1845]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-16-2018 08:37 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="tr" dir="ltr">On sale here in Honolulu <a href="https://t.co/ZMwkjZnkdj">pic.twitter.com/ZMwkjZnkdj</a></p>&mdash; Alastair Gale (@AlastairGale) <a href="https://twitter.com/AlastairGale/status/952725441252614149?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 15, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 1846]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-17-2018 12:09 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Has anyone coined &quot;girther&quot; for those who belive the president weighs more than his doctor reports?</p>&mdash; Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) <a href="https://twitter.com/chrislhayes/status/953379719843602432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 16, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 1847]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-17-2018 04:18 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">There goes his only plausible defense in the inevitable criminal trial. <a href="https://t.co/QHTnnNsUIR">pic.twitter.com/QHTnnNsUIR</a></p>&mdash; Ally (@missmayn) <a href="https://twitter.com/missmayn/status/953432314406514688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 17, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 1848]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-17-2018 04:21 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

CNN's Acosta says White House staff sought to drown out his questions | TheHill (http://thehill.com/homenews/media/369167-cnns-acosta-says-white-house-staff-sought-to-drown-out-his-questions)

Welp.

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[Post 1849]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 01-17-2018 04:46 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

"girther"

Let's not associate that particular word with that person.

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[Post 1850]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 01-17-2018 11:46 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

There's a long and well-established tradition of the White House and White House Physicians concealing (and sometimes outright lying about) the President's health issues.  See FDR and JFK for examples.

Is the announcement that our current "President" is in excellent physical and mental health really to be taken seriously?

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[Post 1851]
Author : Zehava
Date : 01-17-2018 02:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

There's a long and well-established tradition of the White House and White House Physicians concealing (and sometimes outright lying about) the President's health issues.  See FDR and JFK for examples.

Is the announcement that our current "President" is in excellent physical and mental health really to be taken seriously?

It's a much propaganda as when Kim Jong Un's physician's declare him in perfect health/state of mind.

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[Post 1852]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 01-17-2018 05:29 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

There's a long and well-established tradition of the White House and White House Physicians concealing (and sometimes outright lying about) the President's health issues.  See FDR and JFK for examples.

Is the announcement that our current "President" is in excellent physical and mental health really to be taken seriously?

It's a much propaganda as when Kim Jong Un's physician's declare him in perfect health/state of mind.

Holy shit.  His official stats say he's 75 inches (6'3" or 190 cm) and 239 pounds (108.4 Kg).  Is that what his driver's license says?

I'm guessing the height is off, and the weight is accurate enough, because I'd be shaped more like Trump if I added 20-25 pounds to my lower half.

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[Post 1853]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 01-17-2018 07:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Holy shit.  His official stats say he's 75 inches (6'3" or 190 cm) and 239 pounds (108.4 Kg).  

:lol:

Fucker's left leg weighs 239. Here's hoping they saved William Howard Taft's bathtub.

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[Post 1854]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-18-2018 07:24 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Nothing like hoping for a large number of civilian deaths to save a presidency. (http://www.rawstory.com/2018/01/trump-says-privately-that-a-terror-attack-could-save-him-and-gop-from-2018-election-bloodbath-report/)

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[Post 1855]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-18-2018 10:42 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Dammit, I laughed:

Hungarian Police Have A Warrant Out For Former Trump Adviser Sebastian Gorka (https://www.buzzfeed.com/hayesbrown/hungarian-warrant-for-sebastian-gorka?utm_term=.ttNJDRZ73D#.frzynN3J8n)

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[Post 1856]
Author : erimir
Date : 01-19-2018 07:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This man is our president <a href="https://t.co/sqMS7uhN1W">pic.twitter.com/sqMS7uhN1W</a></p>&mdash; Todd Dracula (@ToddDracula) <a href="https://twitter.com/ToddDracula/status/954410865993879558?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 19, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
You can tell how deeply and personally committed Trump is to the pro-life cause by his mastery of their talking points.

(Of course, his judicial nominees are mostly anti-abortion extremists/misogynists because he's outsourced his judicial vetting to right-wing whackjobs, so they don't care.)

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[Post 1857]
Author : The Man
Date : 01-19-2018 08:03 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

You can tell how deeply and personally committed Trump is to the pro-life cause by his mastery of their talking points.

(Of course, his judicial nominees are mostly anti-abortion extremists/misogynists because he's outsourced his judicial vetting to right-wing whackjobs, so they don't care.)

Despite his history of not paying contractors, after this week's news that he paid $130,000 in hush money to Daniels and didn't use condoms with her, I would place the odds that Trump has personally paid for at least one abortion at 99.9% or higher. The odds that he has personally paid for a double-digit number of abortions are probably at least 75%.

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[Post 1858]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 01-20-2018 12:38 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yeah, you know how Trump is supposedly in "excellent health."  Yeah, that claim is probably Grade A prime bullcrap (https://www.salon.com/2018/01/18/not-just-girthers-doctors-question-trumps-health-report/).

Asked by the Times about Trump's so-called excellent health, Maron offered his opinion: "God, no."


Semi-serious question:  If Trump were to have a stroke -- one that was anywhere from mild to rather serious, but not outright debilitating -- would anyone even notice?

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[Post 1859]
Author : erimir
Date : 01-20-2018 12:41 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The slurring of words would probably become more frequent.

If he had facial paralysis, we would probably notice that. He does like to make some exaggerated expressions.

The incoherence of his thought would be pretty similar though.

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[Post 1860]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-20-2018 04:46 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

One Weekend At Bernie's presidency, coming right up.

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[Post 1861]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-20-2018 06:55 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Filed under written by a petulant child:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DT9Xqj3XUAA9zBo.jpg

Under normal circumstances I'd call Pelosi's response crass as well, but times, they ain't normal.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here’s where we’re at: <br><br>Republicans – who control the House, Senate, and WH – are on the verge of making <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TrumpShutdown?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TrumpShutdown</a> a reality because they refuse to protect DREAMers and provide long-term certainty for our military, the opioid crisis, CHIP, and other key issues.</p>&mdash; Nancy Pelosi (@TeamPelosi) <a href="https://twitter.com/TeamPelosi/status/954545337368113157?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 1862]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-20-2018 07:20 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Misc:

Everything you need to know about a government shutdown | PolitiFact  (http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2018/jan/19/everything-you-need-know-about-government-shutdown/)

Re: 2013:
All told, when Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said that "it cost us more to shut the government down than to keep it open," we rated it True.

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[Post 1863]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 01-20-2018 11:29 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Kind of a good rehash of Trump's dismantling of civil rights:

America the Trumped: 10 ways the administration attacked civil rights in year one | Southern Poverty Law Center (https://www.splcenter.org/20180119/america-trumped-10-ways-administration-attacked-civil-rights-year-one)

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[Post 1864]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-21-2018 01:46 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Duckworth slams Trump: I won't be lectured on military needs by a 'five-deferment draft dodger' | TheHill (http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/369960-dem-slams-trump-i-wont-be-lectured-on-military-needs-by-a-five-deferment)

https://media2.giphy.com/media/3og0IzNaAxQb8tJq5W/giphy.gif

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[Post 1865]
Author : Vivisectus
Date : 01-21-2018 10:28 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

LOL @ cadet bonespurs

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[Post 1866]
Author : erimir
Date : 01-22-2018 03:52 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

TFW somehow Donald Trump manages to be less of an asshole than the other people in the room:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This entire story is astounding&#8212;both in terms Trump&#39;s lack of interests in details of anything &amp; in terms of Miller, Kelly, &amp; Krikorian running the immigration show.  <a href="https://t.co/GuFB7DQ2uK">https://t.co/GuFB7DQ2uK</a> <a href="https://t.co/9eiOpbR1rs">pic.twitter.com/9eiOpbR1rs</a></p>&mdash; Taniel (@Taniel) <a href="https://twitter.com/Taniel/status/955281086388604931?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 22, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Imagine how hard you have to work at being an asshole for that.

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[Post 1867]
Author : The Man
Date : 01-23-2018 06:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The "rent" in Trump Tower seems to have cost an oddly specific number: $130,000. Now where else have I seen this number in the news lately? ... oh, right.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">President Trump is accused of paying $130,000 in hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels to hide an affair a month before the election. In what is probably just a coincidence, the Trump campaign transferred $130K to the Trump businesses a month after the election. <a href="https://t.co/KKknIC9ClC">pic.twitter.com/KKknIC9ClC</a></p>&mdash; Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) <a href="https://twitter.com/CREWcrew/status/955827857221193728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 23, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

To be Scrupulously Fair, I guess renting access to a porn star's vagina is a <em>kind</em> of rent.

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[Post 1868]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-23-2018 06:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.pinimg.com/474x/b8/6f/8c/b86f8c68627dc3505a4061be580eae03--united-states-british.jpg

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[Post 1869]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-23-2018 09:35 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Donald J. Trump on Twitter: "Leadership: Whatever happens, you&#39;re responsible. If it doesn&#39;t happen, you&#39;re responsible." (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/398887965302091776)

¯\_(&#12484;)_/¯

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[Post 1870]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-23-2018 10:36 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Jerusalem expert slams Pence for treating his city like an 'end-of-days Biblical theme park' (https://www.rawstory.com/2018/01/jerusalem-expert-slams-pence-treating-city-like-end-days-biblical-theme-park/)

https://i.imgflip.com/238d9p.jpg

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[Post 1871]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-25-2018 01:35 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Guess which Don is tilting at windmills this time. (http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-38069605)

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[Post 1872]
Author : Sock Puppet
Date : 01-25-2018 03:22 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Jebus Crispy Fucknuggets. We&#8217;re just not pumping enough shit into the air with our coal and oil profiteering! We&#8217;ve got to stop this clean energy nonsense!

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[Post 1873]
Author : Ari
Date : 01-25-2018 03:28 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump is a big supporter of clean energy, that's why he wants to move these dirty windmills offshore to be cleaned by natural salt water.  I mean, obviously!  It's certainly not because they ruin the view of the golf courses on another day of golfing.

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[Post 1874]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-25-2018 08:32 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump had never justified his lie that Andrew McCabe&#8217;s wife got money from Hillary Clinton, when in fact she got campaign donations, while running in Virginia, from allies of Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe. Tonight, he explained: &#8220;Terry is Hillary.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/yV5J0bRf5T">https://t.co/yV5J0bRf5T</a></p>&mdash; Daniel Dale (@ddale8) <a href="https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/956313396588236801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 24, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

¯\_(&#12484;)_/¯

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[Post 1875]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-25-2018 11:39 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The Trumps asked to borrow a Van Gogh but the Guggenheim offered a solid gold toilet instead. - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/the-white-house-wanted-a-van-gogh-the-guggenheim-offered-a-used-solid-gold-toilet/2018/01/25/38d574fc-0154-11e8-bb03-722769454f82_story.html?utm_term=.89f372943740)

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[Post 1876]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-26-2018 01:25 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Tomorrow looks interesting.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here&#8217;s Trump&#8217;s public schedule for tomorrow. <a href="https://t.co/horlBHNIF9">pic.twitter.com/horlBHNIF9</a></p>&mdash; Daniel Dale (@ddale8) <a href="https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/956688614091616256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 26, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 1877]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-26-2018 03:28 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

USDA Chief to People on Food Stamps: Get a Job – Mother Jones (https://www.motherjones.com/food/2018/01/usda-chief-to-people-on-food-stamps-get-a-job/)

Report: Walmart Workers Cost Taxpayers $6.2 Billion In Public Assistance (https://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2014/04/15/report-walmart-workers-cost-taxpayers-6-2-billion-in-public-assistance/#821c074720b7)

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[Post 1878]
Author : erimir
Date : 01-26-2018 06:04 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Dutch agencies provide crucial intel about Russia's interference in US-elections - Media - Voor nieuws, achtergronden en columns (https://www.volkskrant.nl/media/dutch-agencies-provide-crucial-intel-about-russia-s-interference-in-us-elections~a4561913/)

Interesting. I suppose depending how the Mueller investigation and various other things go, we may find out more about this...

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[Post 1879]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-26-2018 08:49 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The Trumps asked to borrow a Van Gogh but the Guggenheim offered a solid gold toilet instead. - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/the-white-house-wanted-a-van-gogh-the-guggenheim-offered-a-used-solid-gold-toilet/2018/01/25/38d574fc-0154-11e8-bb03-722769454f82_story.html?utm_term=.89f372943740)

Amanda Palmer posted this with the line ART 1, WHITE HOUSE 0. YOUR MOVE, POTUS.
I was unable to comment because I couldn't decide between suggesting a gold-plated turd instead, or YOUR MOVEMENT, POTUS.

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[Post 1880]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-28-2018 11:46 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

'Get out of the country!': Navajo lawmaker harassed by Arizona Trump supporters accusing him of being here 'illegally' (https://www.rawstory.com/2018/01/get-country-navajo-lawmaker-harassed-arizona-trump-supporters-accusing-illegally/)

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[Post 1881]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-29-2018 08:09 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The Nazissist hasn't yet made being Native American illegal, but his supporters trust him to get it done.

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[Post 1882]
Author : lpetrich
Date : 01-29-2018 04:45 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

'Get out of the country!': Navajo lawmaker harassed by Arizona Trump supporters accusing him of being here 'illegally' (https://www.rawstory.com/2018/01/get-country-navajo-lawmaker-harassed-arizona-trump-supporters-accusing-illegally/)

¯_(&#12484;)_/¯
:eek:


One dark-skinned Arizonian who was asked if he was in the country “illegally” was Rep. Eric Descheenie (D-Chinle).

Rep. Descheenie is a Navajo lawmaker.

“I’m indigenous to these lands,” Rep. Descheenie said. “My ancestors fought and died on these lands. I just told them, ‘Don’t ask me that question.’”

Strictly speaking, his ancestors were also immigrants, but much earlier ones.

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[Post 1883]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-29-2018 06:11 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I am DISTRAUGHT <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Grammys?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Grammys</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PattiLuPone?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PattiLuPone</a> <a href="https://t.co/apmS3ukRJX">pic.twitter.com/apmS3ukRJX</a></p>&mdash; Aaron Vallely (@Vallmeister) <a href="https://twitter.com/Vallmeister/status/957839760311152640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 29, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Welp.

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[Post 1884]
Author : Ari
Date : 01-30-2018 04:09 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trunp will mow give the state of the uniom!
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DUvAXqHWkAA7lhp.jpg:small
It's not just one or two but a bunch of people of posted pictures of their tickets.

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[Post 1885]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-30-2018 05:04 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

FBI deputy director and enemy in Trump's mind Andrew McCabe bails out (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42865202)

U.S. House Panel Votes to Release Memo Possibly Based On A Possibly True Story (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-29/republicans-push-to-release-memo-alleging-fbi-anti-trump-abuses)

Trump won't impose Russia sanctions. (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-russia-sanctions/trump-administration-declines-to-apply-new-russia-sanctions-for-now-idUSKBN1FI2V7)

Happy Monday, Venezuela America!

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[Post 1886]
Author : erimir
Date : 01-30-2018 05:58 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Weird things that probably don't mean anything:
 Trump made a lot of business trips to Russia, yet never made any deals for business in Russia that we know of
 Trump does have connections through his real estate business to Russian and Central Asian criminal figures, although I'm sure he had no idea that they were sketchy people given his reputation for scrupulous business ethics
 Trump is nicer to Putin than any other world leader
 Trump doesn't support sanctions against Russia and won't implement legally required sanctions against the country
 Trump didn't do any collusion with Russia, yet he has no interest in what Russia was up to despite having no legal reason to have a problem with this
 Trump claims that Hillary Clinton and the Democrats were actually the ones that colluded with Russia, yet he still doesn't seem to be interested in what Russia was doing interfering in our elections nor does he feel the US should retaliate against them in any way
 Trump is totally innocent, but he fired the director of the FBI investigating him, and publicly said it was about the Russia investigation after offering an obvious lie as the reason first, fired the DOJ official who warned him about Flynn talking to Russia about sanctions, rages against Sessions for recusing himself from the Russia investigation, tried to fire Mueller, repeatedly attacked the deputy FBI director until he resigned and now appears to be preparing to attack the deputy AG who he stands in the way of firing Mueller

This is the behavior of an innocent man who's just fighting back against an unfair witch hunt and probably has no connections to Russia that should be concerning.

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[Post 1887]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 01-30-2018 04:29 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

President Donald Trump being interviewed by Piers Morgan is like watching Komodo dragons fucking, all squawks and scratching and poisoned drool, the scaly flesh-slapping sounds as the corpse-devouring creatures fling their savage tails and flick their forked tongues, not so much a sex act as a grim reminder that sometimes fucking looks like slow murder. 

What Did That Dumb Orange Motherfucker Say to That Dumb British Motherbuggerer (http://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2018/01/what-did-that-dumb-orange-motherfucker_29.html)?

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[Post 1888]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-30-2018 04:50 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

President Donald Trump being interviewed by Piers Morgan 


Did we already have the quote from the Last Leg?

"The man who hates fake news being interviewed by the man who invented it"

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[Post 1889]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-30-2018 05:21 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Meanwhile

https://i.imgur.com/nDSXGsC.png

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[Post 1890]
Author : erimir
Date : 01-30-2018 10:05 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I would like to suggest that the incredibly hostile reception Trump received from the world economic elite at Davos suggests that he will truly be a hindrance to multinational corporate dominance and their exploitation of poorer countries. They recognize what a threat Trump is to the neoliberal world order.

This is why anti-colonialists prefer Trump.

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[Post 1891]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-30-2018 10:29 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Meanwhile, Mulroney: Nobody ‘in his right mind’ would terminate NAFTA, former PM Mulroney tells Congress (https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2018/01/30/nobody-in-his-right-mind-would-terminate-nafta-former-pm-mulroney-tells-congress.html)

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[Post 1892]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-31-2018 04:55 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Donald Trump just asked Congress to end the rule of law.  (https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/01/donald-trump-just-asked-congress-to-end-the-rule-of-law.html)

 But Trump’s speech was also deeply dangerous for an even more important reason: Under the cover of his soothing rhetoric about unity and bipartisanship, Trump called on Congress to give him unprecedented and unquestionably antidemocratic powers: “Tonight,” he said, “I call on the congress to empower every Cabinet secretary with the authority to reward good workers—and to remove federal employees who undermine the public trust or fail the American people.”

By design, it is easy to overlook the true significance of the second half of that phrase. But dwell on it for a moment, and imagine what this would actually look like in practice. Under Trump’s proposal, any Cabinet secretary could decide that, say, a law enforcement official investigating the president had “undermined the public trust” or “failed the American people”—and fire him on the spot. In other words, Trump is calling for an end to any semblance of independence for the IRS, the FBI, the Department of Justice, or any other federal agency. 

Also:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">AHEM. <a href="https://t.co/aUl2DTpkNf">pic.twitter.com/aUl2DTpkNf</a></p>&mdash; JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeMyGod/status/958547661984096257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 31, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>


I miss boring.

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[Post 1893]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-31-2018 02:50 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Round-up in a depressingly funny format. Thrad.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">THREAD: Respectable Lawyer answers your questions about the State of the Union. <a href="https://t.co/xMaxBtU8Me">pic.twitter.com/xMaxBtU8Me</a></p>&mdash; Respectable Lawyer (@RespectableLaw) <a href="https://twitter.com/RespectableLaw/status/958545570959937536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 31, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 1894]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-01-2018 05:30 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Fanfic of a fanfic.

Schiff says White House was sent an altered Russia memo - NBC News (https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/schiff-says-white-house-was-sent-altered-russia-memo-n843556)

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[Post 1895]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-01-2018 08:54 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://media.newyorker.com/cartoons/5a7345db6707032064baee1b/master/w_649,c_limit/DC020118.jpg

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[Post 1896]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-03-2018 10:09 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Those Canadians just won't mind their own business.

This GOP memo is nonsense - Toronto Star (https://www.thestar.com/news/world/analysis/2018/02/02/this-gop-memo-is-nonsense.html)

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[Post 1897]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-03-2018 06:19 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This memo totally vindicates &#8220;Trump&#8221; in probe. But the Russian Witch Hunt goes on and on. Their was no Collusion and there was no Obstruction (the word now used because, after one year of looking endlessly and finding NOTHING, collusion is dead). This is an American disgrace!</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/959798743842349056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 3, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

https://i.imgflip.com/23w8ut.jpg

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[Post 1898]
Author : JoeP
Date : 02-03-2018 06:29 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

If "Trump" refers to himself as "Trump" I think we all should. "President" "Trump".

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[Post 1899]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-03-2018 08:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">When you&#39;re attacking FBI agents because you&#39;re under criminal investigation, you&#39;re losing <a href="https://t.co/SIoAxatCjp">https://t.co/SIoAxatCjp</a></p>&mdash; Sarah Sanders (@SarahHuckabee) <a href="https://twitter.com/SarahHuckabee/status/794255968448020480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 3, 2016</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

lol. k.

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[Post 1900]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-06-2018 06:26 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DVXYAYRW4AApbof.jpg:large

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[Post 1901]
Author : lisarea
Date : 02-06-2018 06:54 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I searched for that may-may of the guy correcting the spelling to *you'r but instead I got this video Glasses According to Face Shape for Men in Hindi, so here you go:

Choose The Best Glasses For Your Face Shape | Glasses According to Face Shape for Men in Hindi - YouTube

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[Post 1902]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-07-2018 12:45 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Wittes and Rauch: Boycott the Republican Party - The Atlantic (https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/03/boycott-the-gop/550907/)

We’re proposing something different. We’re suggesting that in today’s situation, people should vote a straight Democratic ticket even if they are not partisan, and despite their policy views. They should vote against Republicans in a spirit that is, if you will, prepartisan and prepolitical. Their attitude should be: The rule of law is a threshold value in American politics, and a party that endangers this value disqualifies itself, period. In other words, under certain peculiar and deeply regrettable circumstances, sophisticated, independent-minded voters need to act as if they were dumb-ass partisans.

Bolding, mine.

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[Post 1903]
Author : JoeP
Date : 02-07-2018 10:43 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

But, everybody* who voted for Trump was already alienated from democracy and the rule of law and believes that it's so broken the best thing is to vote in the showman and destroy it from within. Right?

* pretend I allowed for 1% - 99% exceptions here

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[Post 1904]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-08-2018 04:12 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Since Donald Trump thinks its treason to not clap when the President speaks, I thought I&#39;d share this footage of Trump committing treason. <a href="https://t.co/i8DUNfFqlP">pic.twitter.com/i8DUNfFqlP</a></p>&mdash; Frederick Douglass (@gettinnoticedmo) <a href="https://twitter.com/gettinnoticedmo/status/960732070396944384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 6, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 1905]
Author : The Man
Date : 02-08-2018 06:53 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Since Donald Trump thinks its treason to not clap when the President speaks, I thought I'd share this footage of Trump committing treason. <a href="https://t.co/i8DUNfFqlP">pic.twitter.com/i8DUNfFqlP</a></p>&mdash; Frederick Douglass (@gettinnoticedmo) <a href="https://twitter.com/gettinnoticedmo/status/960732070396944384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 6, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

As usual, he accused his opponents of something he himself did. It is always, always, ALWAYS projection with these motherfuckers. You could probably build a passable Republican by training an AI to follow the following rules:

 IGMFY (I Got Mine; Fuck You).
 Cleek's Law (Today's 'conservatism' is the opposite of what liberals want today, updated daily).
 It's Always Projection.
 The Object of Power Is Power.I think it would probably fool other Republicans, but it might not pass a Turing test, because I don't think the Republicans would pass a Turing test either. (Or a Voight-Kampff test. There are eight letters that appear in both "Replicant" and "Republican". Coincidence? It is irresponsible not to speculate.)

<hr />
In other news, in the "even a blind squirrel finds an acorn occasionally" department, the Daily Mail has broken an absolutely horrifying story about serial domestic abuse by White House staff secretary Rob Porter, who has just resigned (when there's photographic evidence, that's pretty much game over). Moreover, the Mail has established that Gen. Kelly, for whatever reason, knew about the domestic abuse and did nothing about it - in fact, kept defending Porter. I can't read why he chose this specific hill to die on - I mean, he'd pretty much already outed himself as a misogynist, but still. Kelly has claimed that he didn't know about Porter's abuse, but the Mail and other sources seem to have convincingly discredited these claims already.

Of course, this is the Mail, so they're still milking as many stories out of it as possible. I'll link two of the more relevant ones and leave it at that. Trigger warning for assault, strangulation, and probably half a dozen other things I'm too dazed to think of right now. The articles have photos.

John Kelly 'shocked' by Rob Porter abuse allegations | Daily Mail Online (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5365657/John-Kelly-shocked-Rob-Porter-abuse-allegations.html)

Ex-wife of Trump aide Rob Porter tells of abusive marriage | Daily Mail Online (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5359731/Ex-wife-Rob-Porter-Trumps-secretary-tells-marriage.html#ixzz56TmBjOCY)

And here's a testimony from one of Porter's ex-wives (ALL THE TRIGGER WARNINGS).

Why I Stayed (http://www.bornebackceaselessly.com/journal/2017/4/24/why-i-stayed)

Now, if you'll excuse me, I think I'm going to be ill.

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[Post 1906]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-08-2018 08:04 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Allow me to make it worse:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">One unreported detail: Tuesday night as I went to Sarah Sanders&#39; office to review the White House&#39;s response to our story about Rob Porter, Porter himself appeared from down the hall. He audibly growled at me. I stared him down. He exhaled loudly and walked into Sarah&#39;s office.</p>&mdash; David Martosko (@dmartosko) <a href="https://twitter.com/dmartosko/status/961435660686151682?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 8, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

lol, he growls at people.

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[Post 1907]
Author : JoeP
Date : 02-08-2018 10:29 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It is always, always, ALWAYS projection with these motherfuckers. You could probably build a passable Republican by training an AI to follow the following rules:

 IGMFY (I Got Mine; Fuck You).
 Cleek's Law (Today's 'conservatism' is the opposite of what liberals want today, updated daily).
 It's Always Projection.
 The Object of Power Is Power.

Somebody should get onto this. 

:control: good thing liv isn't here any more ...

You could probably make the AI even more passable (but no more Turingable) by adding "Regularly accuse others of values this AI develops."

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[Post 1908]
Author : SR71
Date : 02-08-2018 05:22 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I concur with the General (Retired).

Retired Major General Torches 'Strongman' Trump in Blistering Op-Ed | Alternet (https://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/retired-major-general-torches-strongman-trump-blistering-op-ed)

Donald Trump has continually shown himself to have authoritarian tendencies, and this is just another worrisome example.

For someone who just declared that it was &#8216;treasonous&#8217; to not applaud him, and for someone who has, in the past, admired the tactics of everyone from Saddam Hussein to Vladmir Putin, it is clear that a military parade isn&#8217;t about saluting the military&#8212;it is about making a display of the military saluting him.

The military is not Donald Trump&#8217;s to use and abuse this way. Our military is the very best in the world&#8212;they are not to be reduced to stagecraft to prop up Donald Trump&#8217;s image. Any commander in chief who respects the traditions of the military would understand that.

Unfortunately, we do not have a commander in chief, right now, as much as we have a wannabe banana republic strongman.

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[Post 1909]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-08-2018 05:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

You could say...

Major General found the very model of modern authoritarian?

I'll show myself out.

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[Post 1910]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-08-2018 10:16 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Not following orders. Thrad.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">So, yeah, about that.<br><br>I put in my two weeks notice.<br><br>I work at Montana Department of Labor.<br><br>There were going to be ICE subpoenas for information that would end up being used to hunt down &amp; deport undocumented workers. <a href="https://t.co/TqBBjPDmNa">https://t.co/TqBBjPDmNa</a></p>&mdash; Jordon Dyrdahl-Roberts (@dyrbert) <a href="https://twitter.com/dyrbert/status/961397823580266496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 8, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 1911]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-09-2018 04:09 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.gyazo.com/e903c60abfa7e7ecf52ea19c8a3cadc6.png

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[Post 1912]
Author : JoeP
Date : 02-09-2018 03:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

via Dude Who Killed Bin Laden Tells Cadet Bone Spurs To Shove Dumb Military Parade Up His Ass | Wonkette (https://wonkette.com/629514/dude-who-killed-bin-laden-tells-cadet-bone-spurs-to-shove-dumb-military-parade-up-his-ass)

Speak softly and carry a big stick! That was the old expression we were trying to think of!

Unfortunately, in the case of Donald Trump, it&#8217;s RAMBLE LIKE A GREAT BIG LOUD STUPID AND CARRY SOME BIG MACS TO BED.

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[Post 1913]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-09-2018 09:24 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

10666

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[Post 1914]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-10-2018 07:07 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.redd.it/gp1va5m5c8f01.jpg
¯\_(&#12484;)_/¯

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[Post 1915]
Author : Dingfod
Date : 02-10-2018 04:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Headline float for Trumpitrumpittytrump Parade has been chosen.

http://media.syracuse.com/us-news/photo/2017/08/10/trump-chicken-f7f6efd371999bf5.jpg

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[Post 1916]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-10-2018 06:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Winter Olympics 2018: Donald Trump, Kim Jong Un impersonators make fake news at opening ceremony | Athletics | Sporting News (http://www.sportingnews.com/athletics/news/winter-olympics-2018-donald-trump-kim-jong-un-impersonators-thrown-out-opening-ceremony/1u0199n3whnse1xzy7l38zpzek)

:lol:

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[Post 1917]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-10-2018 09:46 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

At Olympics opening ceremony, Pence refuses to stand for any country except the U.S. – ThinkProgress (https://thinkprogress.org/pence-doesnt-stand-for-korea-3b61775b4269/)

lol. k.

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[Post 1918]
Author : lpetrich
Date : 02-10-2018 09:53 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

After recently seeing a video in which President Trump brags that he is the greatest at a variety of things, I got an idea of what he might someday say. Something that he might already have said.

"Nobody is more humble than me."

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[Post 1919]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-10-2018 09:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

After recently seeing a video in which President Trump brags that he is the greatest at a variety of things, I got an idea of what he might someday say. Something that he might already have said.

"Nobody is more humble than me."

More than that, he's more humble than you would understand.

Donald Trump Claims He&#39;s Humble 7/17 - YouTube

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[Post 1920]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-11-2018 01:11 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">4 things wrong with this 43-word tweet.<br>- Dems didn&#39;t control all three &#39;til &#39;09<br>- Dems passed DREAM Act in &#39;10; GOP filibuster killed it<br>- DACA, created by Dem, didn&#39;t exist until &#39;12<br>- Trump cancelled DACA; Dems simply want to re-protect enrollees; GOP demands steep concessions <a href="https://t.co/7iaPEDuiSE">pic.twitter.com/7iaPEDuiSE</a></p>&mdash; Daniel Dale (@ddale8) <a href="https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/962409172888379394?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 10, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I deleted my first try at this tweet because I messed up the first bullet. My brain hurts and I am leaving</p>&mdash; Daniel Dale (@ddale8) <a href="https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/962409299262820352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 10, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 1921]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-12-2018 07:06 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">7:30 Fox &amp; Friends segment <br>7:54 Trump tweet about Fox &amp; Friends segment <br>8:34 Fox &amp; Friends headline about the Trump tweet about the Fox &amp; Friends segment. <br><br>This is how the news cycle is made nowadays. <a href="https://t.co/gPuA2Jw1BO">pic.twitter.com/gPuA2Jw1BO</a></p>&mdash; Lis Power (@LisPower1) <a href="https://twitter.com/LisPower1/status/963049947816972289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 12, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

¯\_(&#12484;)_/¯

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[Post 1922]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-13-2018 03:54 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

As usual, he accused his opponents of something he himself did. It is always, always, ALWAYS projection with these motherfuckers.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump said today that the reason Germany, other European countries and South Korea didn&#39;t repay the U.S. for its post-World War II assistance was that presidents prior to him &quot;were lazy.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/LQkr8KcK8d">pic.twitter.com/LQkr8KcK8d</a></p>&mdash; Daniel Dale (@ddale8) <a href="https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/963180713288916992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 12, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 1923]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 02-14-2018 01:54 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump's Longtime Lawyer Paid Stormy Daniels Out of His Own Pocket - The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/13/us/politics/stormy-daniels-michael-cohen-trump.html)

"Neither the Trump Organization nor the Trump campaign was a party to  the transaction with Ms. Clifford [Stephanie Gregory Clifford, her real  name], and neither reimbursed me for the payment, either directly or  indirectly" Mr. Cohen said

So that's two proxies for Trump ruled out categorically.  

:chin: Do any possibilities remain in the frame?  .... Why Yes, Yes!  Trump himself, undisguised by any of his corporate shells or shills, might yet have been a party to the transaction and reimbursed Cohen directly or, er ... directly.

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[Post 1924]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-14-2018 08:16 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

GOP women frustrated by Trump’s approach to abuse charges | PBS NewsHour (https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/gop-women-frustrated-by-trumps-approach-to-abuse-charges)

https://media.giphy.com/media/Y4LofqjVRhXzO/giphy.gif

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[Post 1925]
Author : JoeP
Date : 02-14-2018 09:03 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Is "GOP women" a category like "Christmas turkeys"?

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[Post 1926]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 02-14-2018 09:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

GOP women frustrated by Trump&#8217;s approach to abuse charges | PBS NewsHour (https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/gop-women-frustrated-by-trumps-approach-to-abuse-charges)

https://media.giphy.com/media/Y4LofqjVRhXzO/giphy.gif

&#8220;It&#8217;s the mixed signals. They&#8217;ve just got to be stronger, more consistent, clearer in the message&#8221; to women, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said Tuesday.
Uh, no.  Your problem is that Trump has been very consistent and very clear when it comes to how he views women.  Capito and other "GOP women" are deep in denial if they think otherwise.

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[Post 1927]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-15-2018 05:06 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Flashback last year. Feb 28, 2017: Trump Signs Bill Revoking Obama-Era Gun Checks for People With Mental Illnesses (https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-signs-bill-revoking-obama-era-gun-checks-people-mental-n727221)

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[Post 1928]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 02-15-2018 05:20 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Countdown to Trump declaring that the Florida shooting was because Obama failed to do his job of keeping guns out of the hands of the mentally ill: 

5 ... 4 ... 3 ... 2 ... 1 ...

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[Post 1929]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 02-16-2018 11:17 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

White House refuses to release photo of Trump gun law repeal - BBC News (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43088644)

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/936/cpsprodpb/17274/production/_100063849_gettyimages-646354350.jpgThe White House released a photo of a different bill signing from the same day relating to environmental regulations

What's worth noting, however, is that the White House - with its  reluctance to provide evidence of the bill-signing - is acknowledging  this could be a damaging for them. Presidential strategists probably  envision photographs of the event in countless Democratic campaign  adverts. 

The president reportedly told aides after Parkland that  they have to "do something" in response.  The White House's reluctance to  own up to its only legislative action on firearms is another indication  that, when it comes to gun control, they may feel the ground shifting  beneath their feet.

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[Post 1930]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 02-18-2018 08:30 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump, in his typical lack of emotional intelligence, is seen smiling and giving thumbs up during pictures with victims and first responders.

While I expect that lack of tact from our current President, I saw some people complain about the other people smiling in the picture.

I don't blame them at all, first, they've been giving the honor of meeting the President, even if the office is being held by a horrible human being. Second, it's pretty clear they're being asked to pose for a picture, and most people smile when posing for a picture.


The reason you se all these great pictures of Obama reacting with compassion is not only because Obama was a good person, but because he gave access and discretion to his official photographer. Trump would prefer to pose.

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[Post 1931]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-18-2018 09:03 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The reason you se all these great pictures of Obama reacting with compassion is not only because Obama was a good person, but because he gave access and discretion to his official photographer. Trump would prefer to pose.

Then there's the things he did quietly:
The President's Devotional: What Obama 'Did In Secret' In Newtown (EXCERPT) | HuffPost (https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/26/the-presidents-devotional_n_4158485.html)

tl;dr He met with the families personally.

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[Post 1932]
Author : lisarea
Date : 02-19-2018 08:20 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

WTF?

https://www.facebook.com/RepBost/posts/2012767862084394:0

He's posing handing a gallon-sized Ziploc bag of (thoughts and) prayer cards to that Trimp guy. I won't even assume what it's about, but the most obvious thing makes zero sense at all. 

Why? What is happening at all?

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[Post 1933]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 02-19-2018 08:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Actually, I can't help but suspect it's an incredibly cynical ploy:  "In these trying times, we must remember to give our love and support to ... our beleaguered President."



I may be sick ...

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[Post 1934]
Author : Ari
Date : 02-19-2018 09:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Good to know our prayers have been delivered to republican Jesus. 
After sorted for whiteness prayees will be sent a MAGA hat discount code and one lucky winner will have their prayers answered with an Ar-15 signed by our president.

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[Post 1935]
Author : Kael
Date : 02-19-2018 09:20 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I kind of enjoy the shamelessly, absurdly magical thinking of some religious people, like "hey, these prayers will prayer better if we write them on cards and hand them to people, because I guess sometimes Jesus just likes a little hand-written note, you know?" Of course those very same people are dismissive or hostile to other groups' methods, like rosary beads or prayer wheels - or what I grew up with, that the magic could work for anyone but it worked best if magic-imbued men used magic-imbued oil to do the magic. But yes, in the case of politicians it's nothing but cynicism. There are few true believers in that crowd, they just know how well faking it sells to the voters.

Personally, back when I was religious I really resented the ones who were more obviously faking, and I never understood why more religious people didn't push back against the clear condescension of basically being told "I know you'll vote for me no matter what I do if I just say 'Jesus' loudly and often enough..."

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[Post 1936]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-20-2018 04:56 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/9LoWkjI.jpg

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[Post 1937]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 02-20-2018 03:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Who did this? I just can&#39;t stop laughing at this! &#129315;&#129315;&#129315; <a href="https://t.co/zykANTyCLM">pic.twitter.com/zykANTyCLM</a></p>&mdash; Cajun_Infusion (@lori_thib) <a href="https://twitter.com/lori_thib/status/965427902090240001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">19 February 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 1938]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-21-2018 08:53 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump Is No Longer Bothering to Conceal His Corruption (http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/02/trump-is-no-longer-bothering-to-conceal-his-corruption.html)

Donald Trump Jr. will be serving as a representative of both his father&#8217;s business and government during this week&#8217;s trip to India

¯\_(&#12484;)_/¯

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[Post 1939]
Author : JoeP
Date : 02-21-2018 09:18 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Objection. They never bothered to conceal the corruption - they just lied about it.

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[Post 1940]
Author : Zehava
Date : 02-21-2018 06:09 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Correction:

Objection. They never bothered to conceal the corruption - they just lied about it, incompetently.

That may not be grammatically correct, but fuck it.  It's at least as goodly as the Shit Gibbon sitting in the Oval Office.

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[Post 1941]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-21-2018 08:03 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Y'all need to drink your covfefe before posting.

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[Post 1942]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-21-2018 10:31 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

If you're not interested in looking at Trump's mug, Daniel Dale is live tweeting the meeting with the students:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;We&#39;re going to do something about this horrible situation...We&#39;re going to get things done,&quot; Trump says to begin his meeting with Douglas students and others.</p>&mdash; Daniel Dale (@ddale8) <a href="https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/966422966694277120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 21, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 1943]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 02-22-2018 12:17 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Sounds like they carefully selected who would be allowed to speak.  Why is it that none of the students who have been so outspoken over the past few days in favor of gun control were at the meeting?


Or was that a stupid question?  Yeah, come to think of it, that was a really stupid question.

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[Post 1944]
Author : ceptimus
Date : 02-22-2018 01:42 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump's suggestion is that teachers should have guns.  If this ever happens and children are then shot by a mad teacher or a student that's got hold of the teacher's gun, I'm sure that will be an entirely unforeseeable consequence.

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[Post 1945]
Author : JoeP
Date : 02-22-2018 02:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump's suggestion is that teachers should have guns.  If this ever happens and children are then shot by a mad teacher or a student that's got hold of the teacher's gun, I'm sure that will be an entirely unforeseeable consequence.

The only thing that can stop a bad teacher with a gun is a good teacher with a gun.

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[Post 1946]
Author : Limoncello
Date : 02-22-2018 02:41 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Didn't they suggested Pilots have guns after 9/11?

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[Post 1947]
Author : JoeP
Date : 02-22-2018 04:11 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The only places where guns aren't allowed are NRA meetings. And government places.

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[Post 1948]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 02-22-2018 04:24 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

There was an armed guard at Parkland (https://thinkprogress.org/fox-news-parkland-shooting-armed-guard-7fbe62f8f27f/), it seems.  Cruz, presumably, was well aware of this, and took it into account when planning and executing the shooting.

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[Post 1949]
Author : JoeP
Date : 02-22-2018 05:04 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

To which the answer is, "should have had more armed guards". It's not about logic. The answer is fixed and just gets repeated.

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[Post 1950]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 02-22-2018 05:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

To which the answer is, "should have had more armed guards". It's not about logic. The answer is fixed and just gets repeated.

The answer is fixed, gets repeated and expands. Teachers. Administrators. Crossing Guards. Hall Monitors. Janitors. Cafeteria workers. Student president and representatives.

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[Post 1951]
Author : lisarea
Date : 02-22-2018 05:31 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

But you have to admit that if literally every human were armed with semiautomatic weapons at all times, the good guys would probably eventually at some point outnumber the bad guys in the shootouts. 

Unless, of course, you're some kind of misanthropic monster who, unlike Anne Frank, doesn't believe that people are good at heart.

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[Post 1952]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 02-22-2018 06:01 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I keep thinking of two after-the-event interviews I read, years ago.

One was with an ex-Army (if I'm remembering correctly) Iraq veteran who had been present at the Aurora, Colorado shooting.  When asked why he, as a licensed carrier of a concealed weapon hadn't returned fire and killed the attacker, he replied along the lines of:  "There were people screaming and running around; it was a confused mess -- I'm a combat veteran and there's no way I could have returned fire under those circumstances and been sure I'd hit the shooter and not civilians."

Similarly, a concealed-carry person at the event where Gabby Giffords was shot said much the same thing in an interview.  He also pointed out that if he had opened fire -- without knowing exactly who the shooter(s) were, where they might be, or even how many there might have been -- all he would have done is make the situation worse.  And, quite possibly, gotten himself shot by the police when they showed up -- because, after all, how would they have known that he was one of the "good guys with a gun"?

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[Post 1953]
Author : lisarea
Date : 02-22-2018 07:02 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That second thing happened right near here back in November:

The &#8216;good guy with a gun&#8217; theory didn&#8217;t work out well in Colorado &#8211; ThinkProgress (https://thinkprogress.org/the-walmart-shooting-guns-75933af8cb92/)

The guy killed three people and then got away, and the police response was slowed down because the cops had to figure out which armed person was the shooter.

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[Post 1954]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-23-2018 03:12 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

From the classic NPD files:

Trump: 'I'm thinking about' pulling ICE out of California | TheHill (http://thehill.com/latino/375085-trump-im-thinking-about-pulling-ice-out-of-california)

"I will punish you with my absence."

More classic NPD. Often followed with "IF I CAN'T HAVE HER NO ONE CAN!" and related restraining orders, stalking, honour killings marital abuse.

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[Post 1955]
Author : godfry n. glad
Date : 02-23-2018 03:47 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

First steps in the retreat of empire.

Those regions which find that they can do without, do more without.

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[Post 1956]
Author : The Man
Date : 02-23-2018 03:58 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

From the classic NPD files:

Trump: 'I'm thinking about' pulling ICE out of California | TheHill (http://thehill.com/latino/375085-trump-im-thinking-about-pulling-ice-out-of-california)

"I will punish you with my absence."

More classic NPD. Often followed with "IF I CAN'T HAVE HER NO ONE CAN!" and related restraining orders, stalking, honour killings marital abuse.

...I'm not really sure Californians, on the whole, would take this the way Smallgloves wants it taken. I'm pretty sure most of them would say either, "Suits me fine," or, "Please don't throw me in that briar patch, Brer Fox."

I mean, the right-wingers in the rural parts of the state, sure. But they're outnumbered by everyone else.

It's important to distinguish between regular NPD and malignant narcissism, though. Trump has the latter.

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[Post 1957]
Author : lpetrich
Date : 02-23-2018 04:29 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

FACT CHECK: Did Trump Use 'Crib Notes' During Listening Session with Parkland Survivors? (https://www.snopes.com/trump-crib-notes-parkland/) -- "A photograph showing President Trump holding notes during the listening session with survivors of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting is genuine."

This text was reconstructed from multiple pictures of those crib notes:

    1.) &#8220;What would you most want me to know about your experience.&#8221;
    2.) &#8220;What can we do to make you feel safe?&#8221;
    3.) &#8220;Do you see [hidden] something effective?&#8221;
    4.) Resources? Ideas?
    5.) I hear you.

President Trump was also caught reading from them.

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[Post 1958]
Author : lpetrich
Date : 02-23-2018 04:36 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Donald Trump: Obnoxious Bragging Compilation - YouTube

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[Post 1959]
Author : lpetrich
Date : 02-23-2018 05:46 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Opinion | How Does Trump Stack Up Against the Best — and Worst — Presidents? - The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/02/19/opinion/how-does-trump-stack-up-against-the-best-and-worst-presidents.html)

Some 170 experts on Presidential politics were polled about how they rated the presidents, and many of them ranked him the worst. The Republicans among them ranked him fifth worst.

This is only his first year, and President Trump might improve. But he seems too narcissistic to do the self-criticism necessary for that. Or else some staff members could treat him as a figurehead leader, cutting him out of all decision-making and keeping him only for document signings and public appearances.

This is a president with:

 The stupidity of George Bush II
 The racism of Andrew Jackson
 The administrative incompetence of Ulysses S. Grant
 The disloyalty of James Buchanan
 The corruption of Warren Harding
 The paranoia of Richard Nixon


Historical rankings of presidents of the United States - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical%20rankings%20of%20presidents%20of%20the%20United%20States) has some more ratings.

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[Post 1960]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-23-2018 08:07 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I mean, the right-wingers in the rural parts of the state, sure. But they're outnumbered by everyone else.

They're likely to be overjoyed at keeping access to migrant farm labour.

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[Post 1961]
Author : lpetrich
Date : 02-23-2018 05:07 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Someone elsewhere has pointed out more:

 The egotism of Lyndon Baines Johnson
 The lechery of Bill Clinton
 The weakness and indecisiveness of Franklin Pierce

Any very lazy presidents?

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[Post 1962]
Author : davidm
Date : 02-23-2018 05:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

What a list!

We have FDR at no. 3, and OK I can understand that for some obvious reasons, but otoh, shouldn&#8217;t his imprisoning of innocent Japanese-American citizens maybe, just maybe, knock him down a few pegs?

T. Roosevelt, militarist and overt racist.

Jefferson, racist, owner and impregnator of slaves.

Truman, unnecessarily dropped two atom bombs, killing untold numbers of innocent civilians, and locked us into the national security state under which we still labor. Also a racist.

Obama, blew chance, when he had the popularity and votes in Congress, to enact a New New Deal and clean out the Wall Street gangsters who had crashed the economy. Also continued the wholly pointless war in Afghanistan and greatly expanded drone attacks that to this day kill innocent people. Eighth best? Yeah, no.

Reagan &#8230; Reagan? At No. 9? Holy fuck.

Johnson &#8230; the tenth best president ever? You mean Lyin&#8217; Baines Johnson with his little escapade called the Vietnam War? Holy fuck again!

And what&#8217;s Nixon doing way down at No. 32? Sure, he&#8217;s Nixon, but still &#8230; he actually had quite a number of accomplishments. The opening to China (JFK had mused about nuking China) detente with the Soviets, major arms control agreements, the initiation of the EPA and OSHA, a huge upsurge in desegregation despite his racially coded rhetoric, the Clean Air Act, expanded enforcement of affirmative action, Title IX, and on and on. How in the world does he, with this record, even in spite of Vietnam and Watergate, deserve to be at No. 32, while Jackson &#8230; Andrew fucking Jackson &#8230; is our 15th best president ever? You mean the guy who committed genocide against Native Americans? Yeah, I guess that must be who you mean. 

G.H.W. Bush clearly deserves to be in the top ten (though this is a low-bar list). And how did his idiot son who did so much damage to this country go up to No. 30? Why are Garfield and Harrison even ranked? The first was killed in his first year in office and the second died 32 days after being inaugurated! If I were to rank either of them, I would be tempted to put them in the top ten on the theory that they did not have enough time to  do the damage they no doubt would have done had they lived longer.

McKinley and Polk, warmongers and racists, in the top 20 &#8230; Do these &#8220;experts&#8221; remember McKinley&#8217;s vile escapade in the Philippines or Polk&#8217;s war of aggression against Mexico? 

Wilson at No. 11 &#8212; vile racist, set back civil rights for decades, got us into World War I &#8230;  Nah. 

One could go on. What&#8217;s really depressing is to realize how many utterly shitty presidents we have had. Herr Drumph has good company.

Here's my top ten list:

1. Lincoln
2. Washington
3. FDR (OK, a pass on the internment thing because you can&#8217;t deny his accomplishments.)
4. Harrison (!)
Gosh, who next? What a bunch of shitty presidents!
5 G.H.W. Bush
6. J.Q. Adams
Man, this is hard!
7. Eisenhower (though another racist, at least he ended the Korean War, presided over general prosperity, did not try to kill the New Deal as many in his party wanted him to and mostly avoided entanglement in Vietnam)
8. Carter
9. Clinton
10. Nixon (It&#8217;s that bad.) :chin:

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[Post 1963]
Author : SR71
Date : 02-23-2018 05:44 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I have a favorable impression of Theodore Roosevelt.

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[Post 1964]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-23-2018 06:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump's CPAC speech livetweeted by Daniel Dale:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump notes that he once faced CPAC skepticism about his conservatism. &quot;I think now we&#39;ve proved that I&#39;m a conservative,&quot; he says to cheers.</p>&mdash; Daniel Dale (@ddale8) <a href="https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/967055832641916928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 23, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 1965]
Author : erimir
Date : 02-23-2018 10:21 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Washington... racist and owner of slaves.

Harrison... racist, owner and probable impregnator of slaves, attempted multiple times to expand slavery to Indiana, as well as fucking over Native Americans. But he died and left Tyler in charge, so he's great, I guess.

Interesting that Obama is blamed more for managing pre-existing wars more competently (but with DROOONES, which are of course far worse than spraying Agent Orange like Nixon) but not ending them, than Nixon for sabotaging Vietnam peace talks during the 1968 election and then bombing Cambodia (that also ought to affect his rating vs. Johnson, of course).

He also gets credit for not impotently vetoing bills passed by a Democratic Congressional majority that passed with a veto-proof majority, while Obama gets blame for being unable to pass whatever he wanted through GOP filibusters and later a GOP House. My radical theory is that Congress actually has power and the president shouldn't be assigned credit for everything they do or don't do. And to the extent that Nixon tried to affect those environmental laws, he tried to water them down (he did bother with impotently vetoing the Clean Water Act). Then he appointed conservative shitheads like William Rehnquist to the Supreme Court, who later decided to appoint George Bush president.

Nixon also gets credit for a decrease in segregation which is presumably due to laws passed under Johnson, such as the Fair Housing Act. Despite setting the GOP down the Southern strategy which has helped bring us to where we are now, Nixon's racism and anti-Semitism don't count for much, I guess. He even gets credit for improvements set in motion by Johnson's civil rights achievements.

LBJ did escalate in Vietnam, which was horrible, but at least his legislative achievements weren't the doing of the opposition party and there's plenty of evidence that he worked hard and effectively to get them to pass over filibusters/opposition from Southern Democrats/conservative Republicans. Under LBJ, we had the Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, Fair Housing Act, Immigration & Nationality Act of 1965, Medicare, Medicaid, Head Start, the permanent establishment of food stamps, the creation of the National Endowments for the Arts and for Humanities and the CPB (from whence PBS and NPR), the Bilingual Education Act, Higher Education Act, among a number of other domestic policy accomplishments. He also appointed Thurgood Marshall to the Supreme Court. Johnson could not implausibly be argued to have an even greater record of domestic achievement than FDR, and certainly in regards to civil rights, and certainly a far greater record of progressive domestic achievement than anyone else in your top ten aside from FDR and Lincoln.

Eisenhower gets credit for not trying to destroy progressive achievements to push him into the top ten, while Obama gets blame for expanding health care to cover 20 million more people, including 11 million of whom were covered by Medicaid, not private insurers, because you wish he had covered more. It was, nonetheless, one of the largest expansions of the welfare state in US history.

Anyway, "Nixon the last liberal president" takes are bad. I understand - I used to buy into it too. But it's bullshit that requires erasing the role of Congress and public opinion and ignoring that Nixon's judicial appointments reflect a very conservative, not liberal/progressive, ideology.

I'd have to think a lot more to give a comprehensive ranking, but I'd definitely have Nixon in the bottom third. And Obama > Carter, Clinton, Truman, Bush 43 (for fuck's sake), Eisenhower and Harrison. And LBJ in the top ten.

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[Post 1966]
Author : davidm
Date : 02-24-2018 02:05 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Washington was a slaveholder and a racist, true enough. After posting I had thought about giving a clarifying parenthetical to him, as I did with FDR. If we’re talking about a ranking of presidents from first to worst (a rather silly enterprise to begin with IMO), someone has to be up top and someone has to be down below. Maybe the best way to think of my own list is that Washington was the second least worst president. He seemed to have run an administration of probity, didn’t do too much damage, and thoughtfully retired after two terms. Not much, maybe, but as I said, we’re talking about a low bar. I should also mention that in addition to his mistreatment of Japanese-Americans, FDR should be indicted for his shitty record on civil rights.

As to my pick of Harrison as fourth-best president, this is entirely my mistake. It’s easy to conclude I was referring to W.H. Harrison, whom I had just discussed. Actually I was referring to BENJAMIN Harrison, who, so far as I can tell, ran an administration of probity, did a few good things and little or no damage. But I decided not to go back in and edit because it amused me to no end to think that someone who served 32 days in office could be ranked the fourth best president of all time. :laugh: You may have noticed that for whatever flaws I may have, I do have a pretty good sense of humor. :yup: Note also that I had already said that it was silly to rank either W.H. Harrison or Garfield because their time in office was negligibly short. 

In his first two years Obama had the votes and the popularity to push through radical change, like universal health care coverage and not his shitty Obamacare that is mainly a sop to the insurance industry. He also had the potential capacity to clean up Wall Street. He didn’t even try. At least Clinton (and Nixon and Truman) tried to push through universal health care coverage. Obama did not even try. It is, what it is, whether you like it or not. 

Whatever his motives, Nixon has an impressive record of domestic and foreign policy accomplishments to go with his crimes and atrocities. People, history, and life are complicated. As far as Johnson goes, his Great Society was great. Too bad he was a lying bastard who launched a needless war that cost 50,000 American lives to say nothing of the greater number of Vietnamese killed and maimed, and in so doing paved the way for Nixon and Reagan. But I guess that’s OK because Medicare? And his civil rights legislation, actually first proposed by JFK, legislation that Johnson called “nigger bills”? Yes, Johnson had a great domestic record, but he doesn’t get to be top ten in my list because of Vietnam and because of his mendacity. And yes, maybe ranking Nixon above Johnson is a mistake, but again, this is a list, in my mind, of least-worst presidents, not best presidents. Because of Vietnam and because, like Nixon and Trump, he was a congenital liar, Johnson is not to be honored. Of course this is just my opinion, as there is no objective way to measure these things. Take it all with a ton of salt.

What’s your top ten presidents list, Erimir?

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[Post 1967]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-24-2018 02:48 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I have to admit <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a> makes some very good points here <a href="https://t.co/athi3TyoD5">https://t.co/athi3TyoD5</a></p>&mdash; Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) <a href="https://twitter.com/jimmykimmel/status/967149702910062592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 23, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 1968]
Author : erimir
Date : 02-24-2018 03:32 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It&#8217;s easy to conclude I was referring to W.H. Harrison, whom I had just discussed. Actually I was referring to BENJAMIN Harrison, who, so far as I can tell, ran an administration of probity, did a few good things and little or no damage.I don't actually know enough about him to issue much of an opinion of him.
In his first two years Obama had the votes and the popularity to push through radical change, like universal health care coverage and not his shitty Obamacare that is mainly a sop to the insurance industry.It expanded the Medicaid rolls by 11 million. I suspect if that had been all it did, you wouldn't complain as much about it and suggest somehow that it wasn't good (even if it was not ideal).

Getting 11 million Americans gov't funded healthcare and making it more affordable for about another 9 million (some of whom receive quite generous subsidies) is not ideal because so many others didn't get help, and the subsidies should've been more generous. But it was definitely a big improvement on the status quo. And, btw, the expansions of Medicaid and the subsidies were largely funded through taxes on the wealthy.

Just because it falls short of what you want doesn't transform it from being one of the largest expansions of the welfare state into somehow worse than nothing, something worth ranking "not trying to destroy the New Deal" as a bigger accomplishment.

Either way, the Democrats in the Senate only had 60 votes effectively for about four months. The rest of the time was either before Al Franken was seated, during the time that Ted Kennedy and/or Robert Byrd were hospitalized, or Ted Kennedy's seat was vacant, or after Scott Brown had won Kennedy's seat.
He also had the potential capacity to clean up Wall Street. He didn&#8217;t even try.Ignoring the question of whether Dodd-Frank and the CFPB represent a "try", that doesn't much demonstrate that another president is better. You also would probably remind us that Clinton repealed Glass-Steagall and did other things which contributed to Wall Street's misbehavior... but you rank him higher.
At least Clinton (and Nixon and Truman) tried to push through universal health care coverage. Obama did not even try.Yet Obama got something done, unlike them. Universal healthcare would not have passed, a public option was scuttled by Lieberman, single payer would not have done any better.

And you're again giving Nixon too much credit. (Although certainly something was possible under Nixon, Ted Kennedy wanted to hold out for more. He ended up waiting almost 40 more years for something not substantially better as a result. Which only validates the approach of shitting on healthcare bills that are big improvements but don't go far enough, I guess.)
It is, what it is, whether you like it or not.I agree that most presidents in US history are bad. Fact is that the vast majority of them didn't pass any significant expansions in public healthcare, and Obama did, and the one he passed was a larger expansion than, say, S-CHIP. Whether you consider it disappointing or not, it is still a more significant achievement than those of others you rank higher.
Whatever his motives,It's not just a matter of motives. Nixon didn't have the ability to block a number of these bills that he signed. Nixon didn't work to make them more progressive, or help shepherd them through a Congress that might have failed to pass them. Johnson may have been personally racist (but probably significantly less so than Nixon) but he was part of the force behind the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts passing.
Nixon has an impressive record of domestic and foreign policy accomplishments to go with his crimes and atrocities. People, history, and life are complicated. As far as Johnson goes, his Great Society was great. Too bad he was a lying bastard who launched a needless war that cost 50,000 American lives to say nothing of the greater number of Vietnamese killed and maimed, and in so doing paved the way for Nixon and Reagan. But I guess that&#8217;s OK because Medicare?I didn't say it was ok, I said it was horrible. Yet Nixon was also a lying bastard and bigot who killed hundreds of thousands of Cambodians and Vietnamese, and you're willing to put him in the top ten. And you also have to weigh things like the sanctions against Iraq, bombing in Sudan, the Contras, the CIA's overthrow of Mossadegh and Allende, laying the roots of US involvement in Vietnam, etc. against Clinton, Reagan, Nixon and Eisenhower as well. Most of them were shitty in various ways on foreign policy (this is probably the best thing you can say for Carter - that he didn't get us involved in major wars - but he had little in the way of major accomplishments in domestic policy either).
Of course this is just my opinion, as there is no objective way to measure these things.Of course. But I was just noting that the criteria you suggested matter seem to imply a different ranking than the one you produced.

If "not trying to destroy the New Deal" is a big plus, then surely a large expansion of the social welfare state must be an even larger one. If mendacity and escalation in Vietnam are horrible, then they are for Nixon as well as Johnson. If Nixon's domestic record (which he deserves not so much credit for) can elicit a "with a record like that", then surely Johnson's far more impressive record implies he ought to be ranked higher. You can't wave away Nixon's motives and the fact that the Congress passing many of these bills had little to do with Nixon, yet complain about Johnson's, and whine that Obama didn't make enough of his opportunities rather than simply counting the bills passed without regard for what they had to do with them and what was possible.

It certainly seems that they way you evaluate accomplishments and assign blame is much more lenient for Nixon than Obama. Maybe you are more disappointed with Obama than Nixon, since you hoped Obama would be better whereas Nixon was expected to be a shit, but that doesn't make Nixon better than Obama.

I also say that you ought to consider Supreme Court appointments (and judicial appointments in general, altho obviously you'd obviously be most familiar with the SCOTUS appointments). Obama's Sotomayor and Kagan compare very favorably to most previous presidents' appointees. LBJ's Marshall and Fortas were quite good. Nixon's were very bad. (This is also one of the brightest spots on Clinton's record, as RBG was a very good appointment.) Rehnquist was fucking shit up for progress in the US for over three decades after Nixon left office.
What&#8217;s your top ten presidents list, Erimir?I'm not familiar enough with some of the presidents before WW1 to produce a comprehensive list. But I do suspect that the ones who aren't notable enough for me to know much of anything they did do not rise to the level of the top ten presidents.

For WW2 through Obama, I'd rank the top three:

1. FDR
2. Obama (less impressive domestic accomplishments than Johnson, but far less pernicious foreign policy)
3. Johnson

and the bottom three:
11. Nixon
12. Reagan
13. Dubya

I don't feel like spending the time really considering how to rank all of them. I didn't rank Trump, but I will say that he is certainly working hard to earn a spot below W. There are certainly things he's talking about which could push him below (notably a "bloody nose" strike on North Korea that goes poorly).

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[Post 1969]
Author : The Man
Date : 02-24-2018 09:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Amnesty International just officially declared Trump a human rights violator (http://washingtonpress.com/2018/02/22/amnesty-international-just-officially-declared-trump-human-rights-violater)

Misc (not all directly related to the president*, but Trumpism really isn't any different from mainstream Republicanism and I don't feel like making a second post):

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">If teachers have to carry guns, Presidents should have to read books.</p>&mdash; Ken Olin (@kenolin1) <a href="https://twitter.com/kenolin1/status/967142228211593216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 23, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;Probably doesn't love the children,&quot; says the man who abandoned Don, Jr., Eric, and Ivanka until they were adults (Eric's wife said, &quot;We never saw him until the campaign.&quot;), never sees Tiffany, and would rather golf every weekend than spend time with 11 year-old son Barron. <a href="https://t.co/dVZJOCkAxI">https://t.co/dVZJOCkAxI</a></p>&mdash; Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) <a href="https://twitter.com/BettyBowers/status/967166650284937222?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 23, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Being accused of cowardice by Donald Trump is like being accused of sexism by Donald Trump or being accused of racism by Donald Trump or being accused of anti-semitism by Donald Trump or being accused of adultury by Donald Trump or being accused of lying by</p>&mdash; Frank Conniff (@FrankConniff) <a href="https://twitter.com/FrankConniff/status/967111314504953856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 23, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Right now in America there are Republicans who received millions of dollars from the NRA accusing CHILDREN who survived a massacre of being PAID to speak out on guns.</p>&mdash; Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) <a href="https://twitter.com/Mikel_Jollett/status/965998201617620992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 20, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CPAC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CPAC</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GOPHypocrisy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GOPHypocrisy</a> <a href="https://t.co/t1GtK1NSMs">pic.twitter.com/t1GtK1NSMs</a></p>&mdash; Mac McKinsey (@psgent92264) <a href="https://twitter.com/psgent92264/status/967082368371646465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 23, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Seems like just recently Republicans were attacking teachers for everything under the sun (greedy, lazy, liberal, poor educators, etc. ). Now GOP wants to entrust teachers to engage in armed warfare in the classroom. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/gopHypocrisy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#gopHypocrisy</a></p>&mdash; Hunter Roger (@hunters1977) <a href="https://twitter.com/hunters1977/status/966847691773890560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 23, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&#8220;Interesting time to be living in where &quot;stop shooting our kids&quot; is seen as a &quot;liberal talking point&quot; by the &quot;pro-life&quot; crowd...&#8221;<br>~ Herb Neu</p>&mdash; Brasilmagic (@Brasilmagic) <a href="https://twitter.com/Brasilmagic/status/966852068442103810?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 23, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">In America, the young victims of a tragedy are victimized even more just for speaking out against the gun fetish so many have. I can&#8217;t imagine the PTSD these kids are having, and how hard it must be to go back to school and their normal life.</p>&mdash; Brasilmagic (@Brasilmagic) <a href="https://twitter.com/Brasilmagic/status/966837497824194561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 23, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">If more guns is the answer, then why are guns banned on public tours at the White House? Why are guns banned at Republican National Conventions? NRA Conventions? In The View audience? In line with Conservative philosophy, guns should be permitted &amp; sanctioned at these venues.</p>&mdash; Anthony Spina (@AnthonySpina94) <a href="https://twitter.com/AnthonySpina94/status/966680903937351680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 22, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">NRA chief Wayne LaPierre is now incoherently screaming about socialism. This is a new level of insanity for the NRA. <br><br>And you know what's causing it? They're scared. Because they know the kids at Stoneman Douglas are more powerful than their money.</p>&mdash; Caroline O. (@RVAwonk) <a href="https://twitter.com/RVAwonk/status/966694214582104064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 22, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hmmm, why would Wayne LaPierre denounce the FBI? Is the <a href="https://twitter.com/FBI?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FBI</a> actively investigating if Kremlin operatives funneled massive amounts of money to the <a href="https://twitter.com/NRA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NRA</a> to influence the 2016 elections? <a href="https://t.co/TrXrY3jx9m">https://t.co/TrXrY3jx9m</a></p>&mdash; Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedlieu/status/966695581023313921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 22, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"> <a href="https://t.co/RN2AM6CufI">pic.twitter.com/RN2AM6CufI</a></p>&mdash; Laura La (@laurala) <a href="https://twitter.com/laurala/status/966599098588516352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 22, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Imagine explaining to a complete outsider that:<br><br>America is the only country with repeated mass school shootings. <br><br>Such school shootings are entirely preventable. <br><br>But nothing is done because one lobbyist doesn&#8217;t want the laws changed. <br><br>It&#8217;s almost too unbelievable to be true.</p>&mdash; Bryan Behar (@bryanbehar) <a href="https://twitter.com/bryanbehar/status/966399915143323649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 21, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

TW for detailed descriptions of the results of gun violence to the human body:

The AR-15 Is Different: What I Learned Treating Parkland Victims - The Atlantic (https://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/553937/)

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[Post 1970]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-24-2018 09:37 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Minute by minute at Donald Trump’s wild, rambling CPAC speech (https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2018/02/23/minute-by-minute-at-donald-trumps-wild-rambling-cpac-speech.html)

Daniel Dale doing god's work.

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[Post 1971]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-24-2018 09:50 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CPAC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CPAC</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GOPHypocrisy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GOPHypocrisy</a> <a href="https://t.co/t1GtK1NSMs">pic.twitter.com/t1GtK1NSMs</a></p>&mdash; Mac McKinsey (@psgent92264) <a href="https://twitter.com/psgent92264/status/967082368371646465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 23, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Shopped. Original from 2016.

Why is CPAC a Gun Free Zone if All You Need Are Good Guys With Guns? (http://modernliberals.com/cpac-gun-free-zone-need-good-guys-guns/)

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[Post 1972]
Author : The Man
Date : 02-24-2018 09:57 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CPAC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CPAC</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GOPHypocrisy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GOPHypocrisy</a> <a href="https://t.co/t1GtK1NSMs">pic.twitter.com/t1GtK1NSMs</a></p>&mdash; Mac McKinsey (@psgent92264) <a href="https://twitter.com/psgent92264/status/967082368371646465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 23, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Shopped. Original from 2016.

Why is CPAC a Gun Free Zone if All You Need Are Good Guys With Guns? (http://modernliberals.com/cpac-gun-free-zone-need-good-guys-guns/)

Oh. Huh. Wonder why they even bothered to change the date. It's not as if the original isn't still damning.

A couple more, then I think I'm off to bed:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">When people die of drug overdoses in America, we don&#8217;t ask the drug dealers how to fix the problem, so when people are killed by guns in America why should we give a shit what the hell the NRA has to say?</p>&mdash; Ed Krassenstein &#65533;&#65533; (@EdKrassen) <a href="https://twitter.com/EdKrassen/status/966859963242110977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 23, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&#8220;If you want to defund Planned Parenthood but won&#8217;t support a ban on semiautomatic weapons to prevent mass shootings, don&#8217;t you dare call yourself &#8220;pro-life.&#8221; You&#8217;re pro-forced-birth and pro-premature-death.&#8221; ~ Richard Schloss &#8221;<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GunContolNow?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GunContolNow</a></p>&mdash; Brasilmagic (@Brasilmagic) <a href="https://twitter.com/Brasilmagic/status/966315860779417601?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 21, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I'm really pissed off about this one. I lived no more than four miles down the road (https://maps.google.com/maps?q=cypress+head+parkland+to+Marjory+Stoneman+Douglas+high+school) from what became Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School for about four years of my childhood.

Finally, YA BURNT @ Ivanka:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">My daughter, Ivanka, just arrived in South Korea. We cannot have a better, or smarter, person representing our country.</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/967023015035797504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 23, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Why not? Would it make her feel bad? <a href="https://t.co/yPmttn2lxL">https://t.co/yPmttn2lxL</a></p>&mdash; Alexandra Erin (@alexandraerin) <a href="https://twitter.com/alexandraerin/status/967024268742746112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 23, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Better, smarter people are too embarrassed to do it.</p>&mdash; Robert Hindle-Yang (@BahhabHY71) <a href="https://twitter.com/BahhabHY71/status/967092211677528064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 23, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 1973]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-25-2018 07:22 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So, after the president spent all afternoon live tweeting Fox news, he phoned in and basically babbled a stream of consciousness to his fawning audience, who, no shit, told him his approval rating is 'soaring'.

Now there's this other country that in the last couple decades elected an authoritarian populist who then went on to co-opt television stations to rant for hours on end. This was Hugo Chavez in Venezuela.

Just saying.

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[Post 1974]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-25-2018 09:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Police, yelling, power turned off: Confrontation over Trump’s Panama hotel escalates (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/police-yelling-power-turned-off-confrontation-over-trumps-panama-hotel-escalates/2018/02/24/a14ed948-19cc-11e8-b681-2d4d462a1921_story.html)

:popcorn:

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[Post 1975]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-25-2018 06:22 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump continued with another lie: &quot;Now you know they're not going to have their best people in the lottery, 'cause they're not going to put their best people in the lottery. They don't want to have their good people leave.&quot;<br><br>Foreign governments don't dump people into the lottery.</p>&mdash; Daniel Dale (@ddale8) <a href="https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/967605313867337728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 25, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

¯\_(&#12484;)_/¯

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[Post 1976]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-25-2018 09:12 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

There's always a tweet: Trump Twitter Archive (http://www.trumptwitterarchive.com/archive)

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[Post 1977]
Author : erimir
Date : 02-25-2018 10:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So, after the president spent all afternoon live tweeting Fox news, he phoned in and basically babbled a stream of consciousness to his fawning audience, who, no shit, told him his approval rating is 'soaring'.It soared all the way to -12, and then in the past couple weeks soared to an even greater magnitude, of -17.

Truly impressive.

To be fair, it's noticeably better than a couple months ago when it was -21.

On the other other hand, it's almost exactly at his average level since last June (after the initial few months of chaos and Muslim bans and Comey and initial Obamacare repeal efforts eliminated his benefit-of-the-doubt "honeymoon" period). So reversion to the mean I guess.

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[Post 1978]
Author : davidm
Date : 02-26-2018 04:21 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It certainly seems that they way you evaluate accomplishments and assign blame is much more lenient for Nixon than Obama. Maybe you are more disappointed with Obama than Nixon, since you hoped Obama would be better whereas Nixon was expected to be a shit, but that doesn't make Nixon better than Obama.

That’s probably a fair characterization of my position.

As to Johnson v. Nixon, both were horrible people, but sometimes horrible people do good things. I’d rank Nixon above Johnson because Johnson’s foreign policy was terrible from first to last, whereas Nixon had historically substantial accomplishment: the opening to China, significant arms control agreements, and detente with the Soviets. Both obviously were horrible on Vietnam. Nixon’s record of progressive reform was nearly as good as Johnson’s, even if you think these reforms were done in spite of rather than because of him. I do think you underestimate somewhat Nixon’s at least residually progressive instincts. I don’t think he would feel at home in today’s Republican Party, just as I am certain that Barry Goldwater would not. (Before dying Goldwater called for gay rights and recanted his opposition to civil rights legislation.) How Nixon would adapt to today’s G.O.P. is a bit complicated, though, because first and foremost — unlike Goldwater — Nixon was a self-serving and corrupt opportunist. So who knows how he would fit in today? He might adapt very well to Trumpism, if in doing so he believed he would gain some personal and political advantage. I believe Goldwater would not adapt and would be an outspoken foe of Trump.

As to Clinton, remember that I said this was, IMO, a low-bar list. My initial idea in putting Clinton in the top ten was my modest criteria for what constitutes a good president: Do a few good things and do little harm, and run an administration of general probity. That is why I elevate Benjamin Harrison. To me Clinton was kind of a Democratic version of Eisenhower: Kept us (mostly) out of war and didn't fuck up too badly domestically, while presiding over a good economy. I disagree with you on the issue of accomplishments: I think, for example, that pushing for universal health care, as Clinton, Nixon and Truman did, even while failing, counts for more than pushing for less as Obama did. 

Still, as I reflect, Clinton’s bogus welfare “reform” and deregulation tend to bump him down farther from where I put him.

More later.

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[Post 1979]
Author : erimir
Date : 02-26-2018 05:01 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It certainly seems that they way you evaluate accomplishments and assign blame is much more lenient for Nixon than Obama. Maybe you are more disappointed with Obama than Nixon, since you hoped Obama would be better whereas Nixon was expected to be a shit, but that doesn't make Nixon better than Obama.

That&#8217;s probably a fair characterization of my position.But that is essentially grading Republicans on a curve.
I do think you underestimate somewhat Nixon&#8217;s at least residually progressive instincts.The reason I would put such emphasis on Nixon's judicial appointments is that there was much more leeway for a president to appoint who they like regardless of the composition of Congress at that time. The level of obstruction we've seen under Mitch McConnell was not the norm and ideological vetting of nominees was much weaker. Nixon was constrained in what he could push for legislatively, given the Democrats' healthy majorities in both chambers, but he had the ability to nominate solid, qualified conservatives to the court. Or to nominate moderates, or progressives.

Despite having a wide range of acceptable ideologies for his nominees, his nominees were:
1. All more conservative than the justices they replaced
2. Three of four, or all, were more conservative than any newly appointed justice since before Truman, at least (depends on which measure of judicial ideology you use)
3. All were more conservative than any justice on the court not appointed by Nixon

There is no reflection of any progressive instinct there.

Why would I then think that Nixon had "residual progressive instincts" given that in the area where he had the most freedom to follow his ideological leanings, only lightly constrained by the Congressional Democratic majorities and public opinion, he chose to behave in a solidly conservative manner?
I disagree with you on the issue of accomplishments: I think, for example, that pushing for universal health care, as Clinton, Nixon and Truman did, even while failing, counts for more than pushing for less as Obama did.So competence and a realistic evaluation of reality don't matter for presidential greatness?

Supposing we knew, that in an alternate timeline, that pushing for single payer would've resulted in the collapse of the ACA legislation, and nothing would get done. You would still rather Obama had pushed for single payer and gotten nothing?

Given that Obama had seen the failures that came before him, I imagine that this was part of his thought process. It's not at all obvious, in any way, that Obama thought true universal healthcare (single payer or a system like the Netherlands or Germany) was possible and simply didn't want it.

Also I'd be interested to see you flesh out exactly how hard Nixon pushed for universal healthcare. Fitting with your grading Republicans on a curve, I feel like you sometimes treat lip-service from Republicans as sincere, while often dismissing favorable Democratic proposals and rhetoric as pandering.

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[Post 1980]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 02-26-2018 12:06 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Matt Latimer warns (https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/02/25/trump-reelection-2020-approval-ratings-217037?lo=ap_e1) that, despite everything, Trump could very well win re-election unless the Democrats manage to get their act together.

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[Post 1981]
Author : Limoncello
Date : 02-26-2018 02:29 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

He will implode on himself by then.  Plus, I don't even think he will want to be the President anymore.

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[Post 1982]
Author : lisarea
Date : 02-26-2018 03:03 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I mean, I do think he'll implode, but I also thought it was imminent a year ago, so I give up thinking I have any idea what's going on.

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[Post 1983]
Author : Limoncello
Date : 02-26-2018 03:17 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I don't think he's enjoying it as much as he thought he would.

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[Post 1984]
Author : Watser?
Date : 02-26-2018 03:32 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Matt Latimer warns (https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/02/25/trump-reelection-2020-approval-ratings-217037?lo=ap_e1) that, despite everything, Trump could very well win re-election unless the Democrats manage to get their act together.

So it's up to Trump then...

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[Post 1985]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 02-26-2018 05:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I don't think he's enjoying it as much as he thought he would.

He might James K Polk it, claim victory and walk away, but I doubt it. Trump will run again if he thinks reelection is a key indicator of a successful President, and I'll bet he does.   

I personally think he'll run again because Obama was reelected, and he wants to be "better" than Obama.

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[Post 1986]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-26-2018 05:58 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I personally think he'll run again because Obama was reelected, and he wants to be "better" than Obama.

Also, "lol one term president."

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[Post 1987]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-26-2018 07:21 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WATCH: &quot;I really believe I&#39;d run in there, even if I didn&#39;t have a weapon,&quot; President Trump asserted while discussing Florida school mass shooting response in a gathering of the nation’s governors on Monday. <a href="https://t.co/aLENQMlMHY">pic.twitter.com/aLENQMlMHY</a></p>&mdash; NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (@NBCNightlyNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/NBCNightlyNews/status/968194717761519616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 26, 2018</a></blockquote>
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I'm sure Cadet Bone Spurs would have dodged bullets like he dodged the draft.

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[Post 1988]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 02-26-2018 08:02 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The thing is -- he probably does believe that.  The man's capacity for self-delusion seems to be endless.

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[Post 1989]
Author : Ari
Date : 02-26-2018 08:33 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

"Pew pew pew, you can't shoot me, I have a force field, pew pew."
:baby2:

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[Post 1990]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 02-26-2018 09:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I mean, I do think he'll implode, but I also thought it was imminent a year ago, so I give up thinking I have any idea what's going on.

He has imploded, by any standard of the past. However the complicit, gutless, hypocritical fuckwits in Congress haven't done anything about it. If Hillary had won and done any of literally a dozen things Trump has done the republicans would have tried to impeach by now.

Watching Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell I'm not sure there is anything Trump could do now that they wouldn't let slide (if not endorse). 

I'm really hoping Dems can turn things around this year and take back the House.

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[Post 1991]
Author : erimir
Date : 02-26-2018 11:07 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Matt Latimer warns (https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/02/25/trump-reelection-2020-approval-ratings-217037?lo=ap_e1) that, despite everything, Trump could very well win re-election unless the Democrats manage to get their act together.I mean, I know that his approval rating isn't at it's lowest level ever, but -16 is not on track to win.

Democrats are also back up to +10 on the generic ballot.

The fact that things look better for him than they did two months ago does not equate to him winning. He certainly has a non-trivial chance of winning reelection. It might be essentially a tossup based on historical patterns - an incumbent with a decent to good economy is favored to win. But approval ratings provide more direct evidence, and his aren't and have never been good enough to make him favored for reelection (if he had the same numbers in November 2020) aside from the very first few weeks.

People are underestimating the chances of him being reelected, sure. It's closer to 50-50, but the thing is that this is because conditions can change. It won't just happen without any obvious indicators.

If Trump is reelected in 2020
 his approval rating will probably be closer to break-even or even positive by the time voting starts
 the economy will probably not be significantly worse than now, or at least be be trending positive compared to 2019
 he will probably not have done anything significantly more disastrous than he has already. Starting a war with North Korea and then hundreds of thousands or millions dying on the peninsula, for example, would probably not help him get reelected 

However, while the economy will probably be fine for the next few months, we can't predict what it'll be like in 2020. It could well be significantly worse or in recession. There isn't much reason to expect it to be healthier based on his policies, especially not for working people. It could be, in spite of his policies. We don't really know. There are a lot of economic factors that don't have much to do with Trump. (Note that economies across the world have generally been doing well.)

There's also no reason to expect Trump to "pivot" and stop doing stupid shit or avoid chaotic turnover. He eventually gets tired of everyone. They say something that he finds insulting, but that can be hard to predict. John Kelly said something that Trump found insulting and the domestic abuse thing has been embarrassing and Javanka seem not to like him anymore...

On the other hand, if Democrats do win control of the House and/or Senate, conditions will change and Trump could choose to react to this by jettisoning GOP priorities since he will no longer need the GOP for protection. At that point, improving his poll numbers will be better protection than giving Paul Ryan what he wants. Or Democratic investigations and oversight into not just Russia, but his and his administration's corruption and incompetence across many departments could be dealing out negative headline after negative headline. Russia is hardly the only reason to investigate Trump. So instead he may get nothing done while having less ability to control the headlines.

But either way, Trump's not "on track" to be reelected. The scenarios where he wins reelection probably require conditions to change. Maybe consistent growth continuing will be good enough to overcome all the dysfunction even though thus far he has managed to remain historically unpopular for a president with these economic conditions. But either way, conditions will change. They're not at all guaranteed to change in his favor. But since we can't rule that out, his reelection remains significantly possible.

Although I think a bit less than 50%, since the chances of Trump making a truly catastrophic mistake or dying/having a debilitating health crisis (he's not the healthiest looking 71 year old) or Mueller's investigation revealing stuff even Trump can't shrug off or the economy going into recession are non-trivial and any single one of those could bring him down.
Who speaks for the Democratic Party? Depends on what time it is. What does the Democratic Party stand for?Can you answer these questions for any year in which the minority party won back control during a midterm?

In 2010? 2006?

This question basically just describes "being the minority party before selecting a presidential nominee".

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[Post 1992]
Author : Ari
Date : 02-26-2018 11:14 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

If Trump even gets up for reelection it means our country is doomed and our gov should be razzed since it will mean the gov is ultimately ok with his corruption and nepotism and it will become a race to drain off the last of our resources before collapse.

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[Post 1993]
Author : ceptimus
Date : 02-26-2018 11:34 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It also depends on how shitty the next Democrat candidate for president is.

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[Post 1994]
Author : erimir
Date : 02-26-2018 11:34 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

If Trump even gets up for reelection it means our country is doomed and our gov should be razzed since it will me the gov is Republicans are ultimately ok with his corruption and nepotism and it will become a race to drain off the last of our resources before collapse.:fixed:

We already know this is true about the GOP.

Republicans will only abandon him if they conclude that defending him will cost them more than not doing so. FOX News and fake news and social media trolls, etc. mean that the cost-benefit is different than it was under Nixon. As it is, their calculation will be that "defending him might work, it might mitigate our losses, it might make no difference, it might make things worse...but  impeaching and removing Trump will guarantee electoral devastation". Trump has to become unpopular enough that the leadership figures that the expected value of defending him is negative OR they end up in a prisoner's dilemma where individual Republicans conclude that they can individually benefit by attacking Trump even though it harms the party overall.

A complicating factor is that Trump won't take one for the team. This is part of how he maintains loyalty. He doesn't give a shit about them and if they abandon him he will attack the GOP ruthlessly. Which means that even more than the other calculations, the GOP is going to be careful if Trump isn't in a position where he's discredited among the base.

This isn't about the Democrats being ok with his corruption and such though.

It is, however, connected to the structure of our government. Trump being reelected would significantly decrease my hopes that our government can be reformed as opposed to it being headed for a collapse in the constitutional order.

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[Post 1995]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-28-2018 12:58 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I love when you prove Hillary right.</p>&mdash; The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) <a href="https://twitter.com/HoarseWisperer/status/966459427917352960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 21, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 1996]
Author : The Man
Date : 02-28-2018 01:43 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: NSA Director Mike Rogers tells the Senate Intel Committee that he has not been directed by President Trump or Defense Secretary Mattis to disrupt Russian hacking operations against the United States, and he needs that authorization to act.</p>&mdash; Facts Do Matter (@WilDonnelly) <a href="https://twitter.com/WilDonnelly/status/968523050437226497?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 27, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I'm sure there's a perfectly innocent explanation for this.

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[Post 1997]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-28-2018 08:48 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump says Florida police should have taken away the Stoneman Douglas shooter&#39;s guns &quot;whether they had the right or not.&quot;</p>&mdash; Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) <a href="https://twitter.com/ryanstruyk/status/968944315883032577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 28, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 1998]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-28-2018 10:07 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Donald Trump: &quot;I&#39;m not into popularity.&quot;<br><br>I give this all the Pinocchios. I am reincarnating deceased Pinocchios to give them to this.</p>&mdash; Daniel Dale (@ddale8) <a href="https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/968954351329927168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 28, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 1999]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-01-2018 04:24 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We have a president with the maturity of a five-year-old. A child dictator who never grew up.<br><br>WaPo: Trump refers to Jeff Sessions as &#39;Mr. Magoo&#39; <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNPolitics?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CNNPolitics</a> <a href="https://t.co/cWelUwnYy0">https://t.co/cWelUwnYy0</a></p>&mdash; Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) <a href="https://twitter.com/RWPUSA/status/969055802190385152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 1, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2000]
Author : JoeP
Date : 03-01-2018 08:40 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We have a president with the maturity of a five-year-old. A child dictator who never grew up.<br><br>WaPo: Trump refers to Jeff Sessions as 'Mr. Magoo' <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNPolitics?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CNNPolitics</a> <a href="https://t.co/cWelUwnYy0">https://t.co/cWelUwnYy0</a></p>&mdash; Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) <a href="https://twitter.com/RWPUSA/status/969055802190385152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 1, 2018</a></blockquote>
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To be scrupulously unfair, Mr Magoo is a pretty apt nickname for Sessions. "Trump" still has more nicknames though.

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[Post 2001]
Author : JoeP
Date : 03-01-2018 08:47 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Now, wtf is this: crazy old man says random shit:

Donald Trump stuns allies by signalling backing for tighter gun control | US news | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/28/trump-background-checks-gun-control)

Within hours of the meeting&#8217;s conclusion, conservatives and some Republicans turned on Trump

Surprise. 

Of course "Trump" "Hillary Clinton will take your guns away" can't be trusted to stick to one position for more than a day, but anything that dampens his Republican support can't be all bad. 

Republicans ... are no longer sure what the path forward will be.

&#8220;Everybody&#8217;s trying to absorb what we just heard,&#8221; Cornyn said. 
ie, wait for the crazy old man to forget this and repeat the last thing he heard which will now be from the NRA.

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[Post 2002]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-01-2018 09:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WELCOME THE NEW WHITE HOUSE COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR, NOW FIRST UP WE'RE GOING TO EXPOSE THE GLOBALIST NEW WORLD ORDER AGENDA THEN WE'RE GOING TO DO BRAIN PILL POPPERS ON THE WHITE HOUSE LAWN! ANY QUESTIONS?<br><br>1776!<br>1776!<br>1776! <a href="https://t.co/SQwh2RYT3P">pic.twitter.com/SQwh2RYT3P</a></p>&mdash; Oliver Willis (@owillis) <a href="https://twitter.com/owillis/status/968972224995708928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 28, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

This would be even better than the Mooch.

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[Post 2003]
Author : erimir
Date : 03-01-2018 11:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Who's Tweeting from the Oval Office? - Towards Data Science (https://medium.com/@raffg/whos-tweeting-from-the-oval-office-26be950d078b)

I found a couple different models (with associated bots) that are meant to identify which tweets are actually written by Trump. The bot for the article linked above is here: Who's Tweeting from the Oval Office? (@whosintheoval) | Twitter (https://twitter.com/whosintheoval) This account is also a way to follow Trump without adding to his follower count, if you care about that, but provides additional information that you don't get from a plain retweet.

The basic data that enables these models is the insight that before 2017, Trump's personal phone was an Android. Which Twitter interface you used to make a tweet is included in the metadata (some of which is hidden in the standard Twitter interfaces), and it was obvious that things like tweets promoting upcoming appearances were made by staffers (which would be standard practice anyway). Those tweets would always be made from an iPhone. Angry 4 am tweets, on the other hand, tended to come from an Android phone. The long history of Trump tweets before the campaign also would be dominated by tweets personally authored (or at least dictated) by Trump. Supplemental data and features differs between the two bots. The bot that I prefer uses tweets from people within Trump's administration/campaign who are known or suspected to have or have had access to his Twitter account, which may help pick up on stylistic features that Trump aides use unwittingly even when they're imitating his style. For example, the frequency of "the" is generally a predictive feature for identifying the gender of an author, but it's doubtful many non-linguists would be aware of this and manipulate this if they were trying to imitate the other gender. It's likely some of their idiolects carry over even when Trump's aides are trying to imitate Trump even if it's fairly subtle.

I'm not sure Trump even uses a computer at all, so I also imagine that any tweet that comes from a desktop browser or application does not come from Trump.

Anyway, my preference for the one bot is based primarily on the results on this tweet (and some similar tweets):
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Today we honor Billy Graham as only three private citizens before him have been honored. <br><br>We say a prayer for our country: that all across this land, the Lord will raise up men and women like Billy Graham to spread a message of love and hope to every precious child of God. <a href="https://t.co/EM4lZUZpX9">pic.twitter.com/EM4lZUZpX9</a></p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/968924154031497226?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 28, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This tweet was sent via Twitter for iPhone. I compute a 73% chance it was written by Trump himself. <a href="https://t.co/ebsRYWHfDs">https://t.co/ebsRYWHfDs</a></p>&mdash; Trump or Not (@TrumpOrNotBot) <a href="https://twitter.com/TrumpOrNotBot/status/968925260748935168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 28, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I am 92% confident an aide wrote this:<br>&quot;Today we honor Billy Graham as only three private citizens before him have been honored. <br><br>We say a prayer for our&#8230;&#8230;...&quot;<a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a><a href="https://t.co/hwtLSgfOU9">https://t.co/hwtLSgfOU9</a></p>&mdash; Who's Tweeting from the Oval Office? (@whosintheoval) <a href="https://twitter.com/whosintheoval/status/968924173908275201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 28, 2018</a></blockquote>
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I am approximately 100% certain that Trump had no part in composing that tweet, based on the style and sentiments. That one is fairly easy to identify, and so a good model should be able to get the right answer I think.

Read the article if you're curious about how it works.

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[Post 2004]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-02-2018 12:35 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Everything old is new again. Steel Tariffs Appear to Have Backfired on Bush - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2003/09/19/steel-tariffs-appear-to-have-backfired-on-bush/f86f1307-4912-40ea-985d-71d8f423719b/)

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[Post 2005]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-02-2018 01:00 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

White House reportedly planning to replace H.R. McMaster as soon as next month (http://www.businessinsider.com/hr-mcmaster-leaving-white-house-nbc-report-says-2018-3)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Oh. My. God. <a href="https://t.co/7AavWAE7MT">pic.twitter.com/7AavWAE7MT</a></p>&mdash; Zach Tutor (@SupersonicArt) <a href="https://twitter.com/SupersonicArt/status/969350223624630272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 1, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2006]
Author : Dingfod
Date : 03-03-2018 12:35 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump's suggestion is that teachers should have guns.  If this ever happens and children are then shot by a mad teacher or a student that's got hold of the teacher's gun, I'm sure that will be an entirely unforeseeable consequence.Georgia teacher arrested after firing gun at Dalton High School, police say - CNN (https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/28/us/georgia-dalton-high-school-teacher-gunfire/index.html)

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[Post 2007]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-03-2018 05:16 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Gary Hufbauer, a US trade guru, says the impact of these tariffs and the retaliation will likely be pretty small both ways - in a) creating steel jobs and b) harming other firms/causing price hikes. Says biggest impact is creating uncertainty about where US policy is heading.</p>&mdash; Daniel Dale (@ddale8) <a href="https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/969655557664763906?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 2, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Well hell, you never have been able to know what the US is going to do. I'm not sure how different this is from the Bush years.

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[Post 2008]
Author : Dingfod
Date : 03-03-2018 12:04 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Someone elsewhere has pointed out more:

 The egotism of Lyndon Baines Johnson
 The lechery of Bill Clinton
 The weakness and indecisiveness of Franklin Pierce

Any very lazy presidents?Calvin Coolidge?

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[Post 2009]
Author : Dingfod
Date : 03-03-2018 12:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Gary Hufbauer, a US trade guru, says the impact of these tariffs and the retaliation will likely be pretty small both ways - in a) creating steel jobs and b) harming other firms/causing price hikes. Says biggest impact is creating uncertainty about where US policy is heading.</p>&mdash; Daniel Dale (@ddale8) <a href="https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/969655557664763906?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 2, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Well hell, you never have been able to know what the US is going to do. I'm not sure how different this is from the Bush years.I expect drilling rig and construction equipment manufacturers to be hit hard and lose more jobs than will be gained in the steel industry. I expect to see more Chinese-built drilling rigs and construction equipment sold here as a direct result, which may result in more danger to human life and the environment due to lax quality control.

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[Post 2010]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-03-2018 06:47 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

And beer.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We buy as much domestic can sheet aluminum as is available, however, there simply isn&#8217;t enough supply to satisfy the demands of American beverage makers like us. American workers and American consumers will suffer as a result of<br>this misguided tariff. (3/3)</p>&mdash; MillerCoors (@MillerCoors) <a href="https://twitter.com/MillerCoors/status/969313202780688385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 1, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2011]
Author : Dingfod
Date : 03-03-2018 11:17 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Plastic bottles, Miller, ever heard of it?

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[Post 2012]
Author : Crumb
Date : 03-04-2018 03:43 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Most good beer comes in glass.

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[Post 2013]
Author : lpetrich
Date : 03-04-2018 05:41 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump praises Chinese president extending tenure 'for life' (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-trump-china/trump-praises-chinese-president-extending-tenure-for-life-idUSKCN1GG015)

&#8220;He&#8217;s now president for life, president for life. And he&#8217;s great,&#8221; Trump said, according to audio of excerpts of Trump&#8217;s remarks at a closed-door fundraiser in Florida aired by CNN.&#8220;And look, he was able to do that. I think it&#8217;s great. Maybe we&#8217;ll have to give that a shot someday,&#8221; Trump said to cheers and applause from supporters. 

So he likes the idea of being President for Life?

The US is supposed to be a republic, not a monarchy. :p

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[Post 2014]
Author : Crumb
Date : 03-04-2018 07:33 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump is an idiot though. The really crappy part is "cheers and applause from supporters". WTF is wrong with these people? (No, don't answer)

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[Post 2015]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-04-2018 08:09 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Plastic bottles, Miller, ever heard of it?

And soup.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Campbell Soup fires back at Trump Commerce chief: Aluminum tariffs will result in higher prices <a href="https://t.co/tgJTvvKJgM">https://t.co/tgJTvvKJgM</a> <a href="https://t.co/7IrAETpNQB">pic.twitter.com/7IrAETpNQB</a></p>&mdash; The Hill (@thehill) <a href="https://twitter.com/thehill/status/969944762982846465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 3, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2016]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-04-2018 08:11 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump praises Chinese president extending tenure 'for life' (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-trump-china/trump-praises-chinese-president-extending-tenure-for-life-idUSKCN1GG015)

“He’s now president for life, president for life. And he’s great,” Trump said, according to audio of excerpts of Trump’s remarks at a closed-door fundraiser in Florida aired by CNN.“And look, he was able to do that. I think it’s great. Maybe we’ll have to give that a shot someday,” Trump said to cheers and applause from supporters. 

So he likes the idea of being President for Life?

The US is supposed to be a republic, not a monarchy. :p

Hold my beer.

Trump hails 'incredible' Kim Jong-un for 'wiping out' uncle - Independent.ie (https://www.independent.ie/world-news/americas/trump-hails-incredible-kim-jongun-for-wiping-out-uncle-34355762.html)

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[Post 2017]
Author : JoeP
Date : 03-04-2018 10:59 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Most good beer comes in glass.

Yes, but it's Miller-Coors talking.

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[Post 2018]
Author : JoeP
Date : 03-04-2018 11:00 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

...
So he likes the idea of being President for Life?

The US is supposed to be a republic, not a monarchy. :p

Hold my beer.
...

Aren't you paying attention? There isn't going to be any more beer! :freakout:

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[Post 2019]
Author : The Man
Date : 03-04-2018 11:49 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Obligatory response to Wilbur Ross:

Lucille Bluth speculates on produce prices

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[Post 2020]
Author : godfry n. glad
Date : 03-04-2018 08:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Most good beer comes in glass.

Yes, but it's Miller-Coors talking.

Crumb?  

I have my doubts.

He's from around here, JoeP.  I suppose it's possible that he could be imbibing a Miller-Coors concoction, but it's far, far more likely that it is some local craft beer that's doing the talking.  

Likely quite obscure.

He's probably at the local growlerly getting his refill.

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[Post 2021]
Author : Dingfod
Date : 03-05-2018 03:53 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Most good beer comes in glass.Future beer comes in foil pouches. I know this because I saw Heartbeeps back in the 1980s. That movie was an entirely accurate prediction of the future of robotics and society, said no one ever.

But... there is this.

http://www.beerpouch.com/uploads/IMAG000.jpg

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[Post 2022]
Author : But
Date : 03-05-2018 06:53 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yes, put that in your backpack and wait until you poke a hole in it and make a gigantic mess. How big are they?

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[Post 2023]
Author : Crumb
Date : 03-05-2018 07:23 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Heartbeeps is the one where the robots fall in love? I can't believe I vaguely remember that movie.

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[Post 2024]
Author : lisarea
Date : 03-05-2018 07:44 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I remember it because it had Andy Kaufman in it, but I don't, like, REMEMBER remember it the way a certain Heartbeeps superfan up there does. :iceburn:

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[Post 2025]
Author : Dingfod
Date : 03-05-2018 09:05 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I remember John Candy drinking beer from foil pouches. That's what I got out of that movie.

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[Post 2026]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-05-2018 10:29 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Sam Nunberg Interview: Former Trump Aide Refusing To Comply With Robert Mueller&#39;s Subpoena | MSNBC - YouTube

What the ever living hell. :lol:

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[Post 2027]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 03-05-2018 11:49 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Mueller is asking him to turn over e-mails that might be relevant to the investigation?  HOW DARE HE?



I mean, it's not as if Nunberg and company gleefully supported a determined and downright fanatical effort to get ahold of every single e-mail Hillary Clinton -- and those associated with her -- have sent in the past few years, hoping to find something -- anything -- that they could pin on her.  

Right?













Right?

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[Post 2028]
Author : lisarea
Date : 03-06-2018 12:39 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's like nobody seems to grasp that Mueller is asking him to turn over all his emails with Steve Bannon and Roger Stone, and it will take, like, eighty hours to go over them, and do people even understand how boring it would be to spend eighty hours looking at emails between Sam Nunberg and Steve Bannon and Roger Stone? Eighty hours!

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[Post 2029]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-06-2018 03:54 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A bit of an explainer thrad if you care to delve, but here's the meat:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">That&#39;s the mindset on display here. It became a waste of time when they asked him to do some work, and it became a witch hunt when they targeted Roger Stone. Not because Stone is innocent, but because he&#39;s Nunberg&#39;s friend/mentor.</p>&mdash; Alexandra Erin (@alexandraerin) <a href="https://twitter.com/alexandraerin/status/970777596362444807?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 5, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2030]
Author : Ari
Date : 03-06-2018 04:03 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

“[Sarah Huckabee Sanders] should shut her fat mouth.” - Sam Nunberg
:rush: :freakout: - Also Sam Nunberg

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[Post 2031]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-06-2018 04:12 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

What a shitshow today.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sam Nunberg hit all the stages of grief today: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and now, finally &#8230; acceptance. <a href="https://t.co/i0KEkwXbUD">https://t.co/i0KEkwXbUD</a></p>&mdash; shauna (@goldengateblond) <a href="https://twitter.com/goldengateblond/status/970854267392163841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 6, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2032]
Author : Dingfod
Date : 03-06-2018 11:07 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Mueller turned him. That is what he is good at.

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[Post 2033]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-07-2018 08:27 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Gary Cohn Resigns In Protest Of Trump’s Bigoted Comments Towards Aluminum (https://politics.theonion.com/gary-cohn-resigns-in-protest-of-trump-s-bigoted-comment-1823564758)

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[Post 2034]
Author : The Man
Date : 03-08-2018 11:43 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

oh my god, I needed this quote after the sheer hell of this week

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This Wa Po/Stormy Daniels lede is amazing. <a href="https://t.co/EJv2olahKs">https://t.co/EJv2olahKs</a> <a href="https://t.co/XBB5A8ue1f">pic.twitter.com/XBB5A8ue1f</a></p>&mdash; Sopan Deb (@SopanDeb) <a href="https://twitter.com/SopanDeb/status/971550074890260481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 8, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
...wait, you're telling me it's still only Thursday? the hell you say

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[Post 2035]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-08-2018 06:17 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/zhyDjpK.jpg

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[Post 2036]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-08-2018 06:48 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

An anti-immigrant hate group lobbying director is now a senior adviser at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2018/03/07/anti-immigrant-hate-group-lobbying-director-now-senior-adviser-us-citizenship-and-immigration/219574)

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[Post 2037]
Author : erimir
Date : 03-08-2018 10:11 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Interior mum on whether Zinke spent $139K on office door - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/federal_government/interior-mum-on-whether-zinke-spent-139k-on-office-door/2018/03/08/75ea770a-2311-11e8-946c-9420060cb7bd_story.html)

I really want to see this door.

I have to imagine it's something like The Gates of Paradise if you're spending $139k on it.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Florenca146.jpg

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[Post 2038]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 03-08-2018 10:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Knowing this administration, and considering that he's Secretary of the Interior -- the doors are probably made entirely of body parts from endangered animal species.

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[Post 2039]
Author : erimir
Date : 03-09-2018 12:33 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yes, but they're American endangered species.

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[Post 2040]
Author : Vivisectus
Date : 03-09-2018 11:20 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I am super-curious about what these tariffs are going to result in. Looks like Trump really let the genie out of the bottle there.

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[Post 2041]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-09-2018 05:14 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I am super-curious about what these tariffs are going to result in. Looks like Trump really let the genie out of the bottle there.

Bush in 2003. Steel Tariffs Appear to Have Backfired on Bush - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2003/09/19/steel-tariffs-appear-to-have-backfired-on-bush/f86f1307-4912-40ea-985d-71d8f423719b/)

Keep in mind that steel tariff exempted just about any country in the world that resembled friendly to the US, and didn't cover aluminum. Since this seems to be thw administration of if it didn't work last time, try again but harder, I expect a global economic meltdown of some degree and a not insignificant number of dead people statistically related to the fallout.

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[Post 2042]
Author : Zehava
Date : 03-09-2018 05:20 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I am super-curious about what these tariffs are going to result in. Looks like Trump really let the genie out of the bottle there.

Bush in 2003. Steel Tariffs Appear to Have Backfired on Bush - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2003/09/19/steel-tariffs-appear-to-have-backfired-on-bush/f86f1307-4912-40ea-985d-71d8f423719b/)

Keep in mind that steel tariff exempted just about any country in the world that resembled friendly to the US, and didn't cover aluminum. Since this seems to be thw administration of if it didn't work last time, try again but harder, I expect a global economic meltdown of some degree and a not insignificant number of dead people statistically related to the fallout.

But that was Bush.

Trump on the other hand is a winner.  The biggest winner. The best winner.  A huge winner.  Bush is lame, SAD!

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[Post 2043]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-09-2018 05:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">*laughs in iraqi* <a href="https://t.co/5NFOzQubQj">https://t.co/5NFOzQubQj</a></p>&mdash; KT NELSON (@KrangTNelson) <a href="https://twitter.com/KrangTNelson/status/971154667198697472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 6, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Trump make me look good. -Bush (http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/376909-bush-says-trump-makes-me-look-pretty-good-by-comparison-report)

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[Post 2044]
Author : Zehava
Date : 03-09-2018 05:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Couldn't agree more.

Trump's administration makes me long for the halcyon days of Dubya's Presidency.

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[Post 2045]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 03-09-2018 06:18 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I know:  I can't believe that I often find myself longing for the good old days when we had a relatively sane, intelligent, and competent person in the White House -- like Dubya.

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[Post 2046]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-09-2018 07:03 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'd like to reemphasize the part about all those dead Iraqis on a war hinging on a false report of weapons of mass destruction. (I understand it's a much longer history there, even before the Kuwait thing.)

I'll also toss up into the mix the final nail in the Glass-Steagal coffin that brought us the whole US real estate melt down. What with Dodd-Frank being shitcanned now, thought that last melt down was something? Y'all ain't seen nuthin yet. And with the reasoning behind these new tariffs being 'national security', these two things don't jive. In the wake of the last melt down, foreigners all over bought the shit out of dirt cheap US industry and resources.

So, what if Trump is just Bush, but harder? The problem's deeply systemic in the US oligarchy. And I suppose we have a war based on false premises(*) scheduled for late this year, early next.

* Did I just malaprop that? (Verbing weirds language)

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[Post 2047]
Author : Dingfod
Date : 03-10-2018 02:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump is just more incompetent, that is all. Give him time, he'll get us into another war or three.

Also, the tariffs will mainly result in higher prices for just about everything.

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[Post 2048]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-10-2018 03:14 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

And if Bombardier were any indication of what happens to a smaller country&#8217;s industries, even if the tariffs are shot to shit in world courts it's still the needle and the damage done.

But hey, leave the WTO, nothing like being a rogue nation state outside of international law to help business along.

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[Post 2049]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-10-2018 04:37 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The best part of this was the CBC Comedy ad this gave me.

Kim Jong-un gives Trump a chance to show off his deal-making artistry - World - CBC News (http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-negotiate-with-kim-1.4570471)

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[Post 2050]
Author : JoeP
Date : 03-10-2018 11:07 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Where exactly he and Trump will meet isn't clear, but the symbolism is: the president of the United States is coming to Kim at Kim's invitation.

Fake news! The unrelenting pressure put on North Korea by "Trump"'s firm stand has FORCED Kim into agreeing to meet. Bigly!

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[Post 2051]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-10-2018 04:44 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Stormy Daniels is smoking the trolls like, well,

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">You know you're supposed to read that bible and not smoke it, right? <a href="https://t.co/JeR5XdsXcs">https://t.co/JeR5XdsXcs</a></p>&mdash; Stormy Daniels (@StormyDaniels) <a href="https://twitter.com/StormyDaniels/status/972093465038348288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 9, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2052]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-10-2018 04:58 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

After Defeating Cohn, Peter Navarro Is on the Rise Again - Bloomberg (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-08/after-defeating-cohn-trump-s-trade-warrior-is-on-the-rise-again)

“This is the president’s vision. My function, really, as an economist is to try to provide the underlying analytics that confirm his intuition. And his intuition is always right in these matters,” Navarro said. He compared the White House to the successful New England Patriots football team. “The owner, the coach, and the quarterback are all the president. The rest of us are all interchangeable parts.”

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[Post 2053]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 03-10-2018 07:03 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It never ceases to amaze me how openly corrupt the Trump administration is, and how so very many of his supporters -- many of whom were practically frothing at the mouth over Clinton's supposed corruption -- are perfectly okay with that.

https://images.dailykos.com/images/515077/story_image/and0305web.jpg?1520275045

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[Post 2054]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 03-10-2018 07:35 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Stormy Daniels is smoking the trolls like, well...


ACCOUNT SUSPENDEDED!

:panic:

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[Post 2055]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-11-2018 03:05 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"> <a href="https://t.co/nzFZ8Ae14j">pic.twitter.com/nzFZ8Ae14j</a></p>&mdash; Sharon Dennis (@sddphoto) <a href="https://twitter.com/sddphoto/status/972587804554182656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 10, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2056]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-11-2018 06:00 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

‘Brutal’ Canada has ‘outsmarted our politicians for decades,’ Trump says (https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2018/03/10/brutal-canada-has-outsmarted-our-politicians-for-decades-trump-says.html)

I think he just called Americans stupid. ¯\_(&#12484;)_/¯

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[Post 2057]
Author : Dingfod
Date : 03-11-2018 02:10 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Is it true that Trump will travel to North Korea to meet Kim Jong Whatthefuckever and not some neutral site, like The Crimea?

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[Post 2058]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-11-2018 06:12 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Caitlyn Jenner Says Trump Has Been 'Worst Ever' For Transgender Rights, 'Set Our Community Back 20 Years' (http://www.newsweek.com/caitlyn-jenner-says-trump-has-been-worst-ever-transgender-rights-set-our-839292)

How's that vote working out, Cait?

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[Post 2059]
Author : JoeP
Date : 03-11-2018 06:29 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

She couldn't possibly have seen that coming.

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[Post 2060]
Author : The Man
Date : 03-11-2018 11:19 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Caitlyn Jenner Says Trump Has Been 'Worst Ever' For Transgender Rights, 'Set Our Community Back 20 Years' (http://www.newsweek.com/caitlyn-jenner-says-trump-has-been-worst-ever-transgender-rights-set-our-839292)

How's that vote working out, Cait?She couldn't possibly have seen that coming.This tweet is evergreen in the Trump era:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&#39;I never thought leopards would eat MY face,&#39; sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People&#39;s Faces Party.</p>&mdash; Adrian Bott (@Cavalorn) <a href="https://twitter.com/Cavalorn/status/654934442549620736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2015</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2061]
Author : Ari
Date : 03-12-2018 12:26 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Dear Caitlyn, no one wants you in the trans or queer community, please kindly fuck off!

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[Post 2062]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-12-2018 06:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

White Evangelical Women, Core Supporters of Trump, Begin Tiptoeing Away (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/white-evangelical-women-core-supporters-of-trump-begin-tiptoeing-away/ar-BBK6pdz?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=UE12DHP)

“I would like for someone to challenge him,” Ms. Rains said, as she sipped wine recently with two other evangelical Christian women at a suburban restaurant north of Dallas. “But it needs to be somebody that’s strong enough to go against the Democrats.”

Oh, I get it, they didn't want face eating leopards, they've discovered they prefer face eating jaguars.

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[Post 2063]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-12-2018 08:46 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Let's check in on that DeVos character.

The Trump Administration Has Revoked A Federal Directive On Campus Rape (https://www.buzzfeed.com/mollyhensleyclancy/betsy-devos-just-revoked-a-major-directive-on-campus-rape)

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[Post 2064]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-12-2018 10:41 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

New record: Donald Trump just made 60 false claims in a week — and 30 in one speech  (https://www.thestar.com/news/world/analysis/2018/03/12/new-record-donald-trump-just-made-60-false-claims-in-a-week-and-30-in-one-speech.html)

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[Post 2065]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 03-13-2018 07:29 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So, Trump has fired (https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/13/politics/rex-tillerson-secretary-of-state/index.html) Rex Tillerson -- in a tweet.  He did so very soon after Tillerson said something less than entirely nice about Russia.  I'm sure that's entirely coincidental.


To replace Tillerson as Secretary of State, Trump has nominated CIA Director Mike Pompeo.  Pompeo has described the War on Terror as a clash between Christianity and Islam.  Pompeo, a former far Right Congressman from Kansas, received more money from the Koch brothers than any other Congressman in 2010.



Trump also fired his personal aide, Johnny McEntee (https://www.rawstory.com/2018/03/donald-trumps-personal-assistant-escorted-white-house-cold-without-jacket/).  Apparently, he was fired for failing a background check -- that would explain why the Secret Service unceremoniously escorted him out, not even allowing him to clean out his desk.

Don't worry about Johnny, though.  The Trump Campaign has already announced that McEntee "will re-join the team and serve as the new Senior Advisor for campaign operations based in D.C."


Golly.  If I didn't know better, I'd think that the Trump Administration was deeply corrupt, and wasn't even trying very hard to hide that fact.

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[Post 2066]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-13-2018 08:18 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/XRYMPtx.jpg

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[Post 2067]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-14-2018 02:11 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Navarro thinks the EU VAT is an import tax.

Or rather, Navarro tells Trump what he wants to hear.

Springtime for Sycophants - The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/12/opinion/trump-trade-peter-navarro.html)

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[Post 2068]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-14-2018 07:20 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

John McEntee, longtime Trump aide fired over financial crime investigation - CNNPolitics (https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/13/politics/john-mcentee-white-house-security-clearance/index.html)

President Donald Trump's longtime personal aide John McEntee was fired because he is currently under investigation by the Department of Homeland Security for serious financial crimes, a source familiar with his firing told CNN.

The charges are not related to the President, the source said. 

:examine:

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[Post 2069]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-14-2018 07:54 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Appointment Of Beaker As New White House Communications Director Draws High Praise (http://www.breakingburgh.com/appointment-beaker-white-house-communications-director-draws-high-praise/)

https://i2.wp.com/www.breakingburgh.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/BreakerWhiteHouseJPEG.jpg?w=777

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[Post 2070]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-14-2018 10:01 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">this is how don, jr. and vanessa trump met <a href="https://t.co/6W2FfsVBQW">https://t.co/6W2FfsVBQW</a> <a href="https://t.co/I0Mo2vveYu">pic.twitter.com/I0Mo2vveYu</a></p>&mdash; Kenzie Bryant (@kenzbry) <a href="https://twitter.com/kenzbry/status/961722104268943360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 8, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2071]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-15-2018 09:30 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Click for thrad on meeting with Trudeau.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">So final summary: 1) The president is bragging that he made stuff up with a foreign leader; 2) He is claiming his made-up thing was then magically proven correct; 3) His explanation for why he was actually correct is fictional; 4) He&#8217;s still currently incorrect. <br><br>A+</p>&mdash; Daniel Dale (@ddale8) <a href="https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/974125653816762369?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Yeeeeah.

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[Post 2072]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-15-2018 09:33 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump&#8217;s new economic adviser called Trudeau a &#8216;left-wing crazy guy&#8217; &#8212; but he sides with Canada on NAFTA, tariffs (https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2018/03/14/trumps-new-economic-adviser-called-trudeau-a-left-wing-crazy-guy-but-he-sides-with-canada-on-nafta-tariffs.html)

:facepalm:

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[Post 2073]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-15-2018 06:53 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Kudlow: U.S. could lead coalition of large trading partners against China. &quot;A trade coalition of the willing.&quot;</p>&mdash; Dan Primack (@danprimack) <a href="https://twitter.com/danprimack/status/974011609361338368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Oh, I don't know, maybe call it a partnership. A partnership of pacific nations. Across the Pacific Partnership or something. That's a bit clunky, maybe if someone could come up with something snappier all those nations who are currently being threatened by the national equivalent of a drunk abusive daddy would just JUMP at the chance to do as told.

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[Post 2074]
Author : Ari
Date : 03-15-2018 08:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

At this point in time I think you're either running from the inevitable explosion that is the Trump presidency or you are trying to grab just a few more pieces of expensive silverware before skittering off.

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[Post 2075]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-15-2018 08:33 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Oh there's no running when geographically you might as well be Austria, 1934.

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[Post 2076]
Author : The Man
Date : 03-15-2018 11:24 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Vanessa Trump files for divorce from Donald Trump Jr. | Page Six (https://pagesix.com/2018/03/15/vanessa-trump-files-for-divorce-from-donald-trump-jr/)

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[Post 2077]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-15-2018 11:34 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This dude's reputation is mixed but if this is only half way exaggerated today is one to mark on the calendar. Like every other day in the last two years.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Donald Trump&#8217;s day so far:<br><br>- Vanessa Trump files for divorce<br>- Don Jr going to prison anyway<br>- Mueller subpoenas Trump Org<br>- Paul Manafort connected to Miami bridge collapse<br>- Trump forced to sanction the 13 Russians indicted by Mueller<br>- This day is surreal<br>- Still only 6:30pm</p>&mdash; Palmer Report (@PalmerReport) <a href="https://twitter.com/PalmerReport/status/974411938024144896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2078]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-15-2018 11:59 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">So it is possible, I&#39;d say probable, that the president of the United States made up his story about the day he made up a story. It&#39;s all just mind-boggling. <a href="https://t.co/PtAcIseHBo">pic.twitter.com/PtAcIseHBo</a></p>&mdash; Daniel Dale (@ddale8) <a href="https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/974394214254546944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

#trumpception

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[Post 2079]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-16-2018 06:54 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Everything wrong with Fox News in one video <a href="https://t.co/MhnApiQ3pG">pic.twitter.com/MhnApiQ3pG</a></p>&mdash; NowThis (@nowthisnews) <a href="https://twitter.com/nowthisnews/status/974450928714747906?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2018</a></blockquote>
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:lol:

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[Post 2080]
Author : erimir
Date : 03-16-2018 07:06 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Life comes at you exactly how everyone said it would except you <a href="https://t.co/wP8NiZ92wc">pic.twitter.com/wP8NiZ92wc</a></p>&mdash; Zachary #FBPE (@zatchry) <a href="https://twitter.com/zatchry/status/974479121509167111?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2081]
Author : The Man
Date : 03-17-2018 03:56 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Breaking News: Attorney General Sessions Has Fired Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe &#8211; Balloon Juice (https://www.balloon-juice.com/2018/03/16/breaking-news-attorney-general-sessions-has-fired-deputy-fbi-director-andrew-mccabe/)

Get ready for a lawsuit, which will open up all kinds of discovery as a result. There's a bunch of other weird shit about this as well, including that Fox News had a story up about it before its official announcement. And obviously the Shitgibbon Administration hasn't read the biography of W. Mark Felt in awhile. I'll probably edit in more here later.

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[Post 2082]
Author : JoeP
Date : 03-17-2018 11:59 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Mr. McCabe had made an unauthorized disclosure to the news media and lacked candor ... on multiple occasions

I wonder if lacking candour and making irresponsible disclosures to the media would count against "anyone else" in this administration?

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[Post 2083]
Author : Dingfod
Date : 03-17-2018 05:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It certainly didn't against Jefferson Davis Sessions.

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[Post 2084]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 03-17-2018 07:09 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Even compared to a lot of the other stuff Trump has done, firing McCabe just 26 hours before he would have been able to collect his full pension is just incredibly petty, cruel and vindictive.  


Of course, Republicans have been demonizing public servants since at least the Reagan Administration, so Trump's base will doubtless think that cruelly denying McCabe his pension after 21 years of service is just great.


McCabe has some choice words (https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/3/16/1749674/-Just-Read-Andrew-McCabe-s-Statement-Regarding-His-Firing-By-Donald-Trump-Just-Read-it) regarding his firing.




You know what I want to see more than anything else?  I want to see Trump and Pence (and a lot of his supporters) marched out of the White House in chains and off to jail for their myriad crimes and for their incredibly brazen corruption.  Alas, there's no chance in Hell of that happening, I know.  At this point, I can't help but suspect that if Trump raped and then murdered a nun on live television, his supporters (and virtually every GOP Congresscritter, and FOX "News") would insist that "She had it coming!" and would praise him for "having the courage to do what needed to be done."

https://media1.giphy.com/media/KUAb8YQOhmWNq/giphy.gif

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[Post 2085]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-18-2018 09:36 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Jewish guy writes thrad.

David Rothkopf on Twitter: "A couple days ago I saw a Tweet reiterating the U.S. Census Bureau&#39;s conclusion that by 2045 groups once thought of us as minorities--Asians, Latinos and African Americans would make up the majority of the U.S. population.  This trend has been a long time coming." (https://twitter.com/djrothkopf/status/974982251770499075)

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[Post 2086]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-18-2018 07:06 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">How to determine how much shit you are in, two easy steps:<br><br>Step one: Has your lawyer &#39;lawyered up&#39; yet? <br><br>Step two: &lt;/end&gt;</p>&mdash; J&#926;S&#358;&#926;R &#10026; &#916;C&#358;U&#916;L³³º¹ (@th3j35t3r) <a href="https://twitter.com/th3j35t3r/status/975405960645799936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2087]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-19-2018 06:59 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The phrase &#39;asylum seekers from the U.S.&#39; is somewhat jarring.</p>&mdash; Brendan I (@truthiness2010) <a href="https://twitter.com/truthiness2010/status/975757869210591237?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 19, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2088]
Author : The Man
Date : 03-21-2018 06:15 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump faces double lawsuit threat from ex-Playboy model and Apprentice star | US news | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/mar/20/karen-mcdougal-trump-playboy-model-affair-allegations-break-silence)

A New York state judge ruled on Tuesday that a defamation lawsuit filed against Trump by Summer Zervos, a contestant on his former reality show The Apprentice, can go ahead.

Also on Tuesday, a former Playboy model, Karen McDougal, who claimed she had an affair with Trump, sued to be released from a 2016 legal agreement requiring her silence.

Zervos accuses him of sexual harassment, and the go-ahead to proceed in the case raises the possibility of Trump being forced to answer questions by her lawyers about his behavior toward her and other women who have accused him of sexual misconduct.

Judge Jennifer Schecter in Manhattan supreme court said there was &#8220;absolutely no authority&#8221; to dismiss or stay a civil lawsuit by Zervos related &#8220;purely to unofficial conduct&#8221; just because Trump is president of the US.

Welp.

BTW, if you appreciate the Cambridge Analytica stories* that have been coming out these past few days, you should probably throw the Gruaniad some dough if you can afford it, since they did a large part of the investigative work on them.

*There have been more stories since these, but I honestly haven't been able to keep abreast of them all. Maybe this weekend.


(Also, apropos of nothing, this is apparently my 4,444th [or M<span style="text-decoration: overline;">V</span>CDXLIVth] post. I rarely remember to make note of milestones here, but I randomly happened to notice this one, so cool, I guess.)

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[Post 2089]
Author : The Man
Date : 03-23-2018 12:35 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Before we perish in a nuclear firestorm, I wanted to say it's been wonderful knowing you all.

John Bolton Is the National Security Advisor &#8211; Balloon Juice (https://www.balloon-juice.com/2018/03/22/john-bolton-is-the-national-security-advisor/)

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[Post 2090]
Author : erimir
Date : 03-23-2018 12:54 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I was assured by many on the left that Trump was a dove, and Trump's election was a rejection of neoconservatism. Some of them even prefer Trump for foreign policy reasons!

So I'm sure they will be pleased to hear the news that John Bolton, noted anti-war activist and critic of neoconservatism, will be in such an important position!

Nobody could've predicted that Trump was full of shit just because he was lying about having opposed various wars, or that his violent rhetoric, narcissistic machismo, impulsiveness, and frequent endorsements of war crimes might be a better indicator of where he would go as president.

But he hasn't started a new major war yet, I guess. I mean, he has expanded bombing campaigns and killed civilians at a higher rate than Obama over his first year, and he's empowering warmongers, but we don't know what will happen. So we might as well assume that the fact that it looks like he's moving in a bad direction doesn't mean much, whereas we know Clinton lusted to start WW3 and/or drop bombs on Tehran or whatever.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Good political analysis starter pack. <a href="https://t.co/pUQt6Hr8Jz">pic.twitter.com/pUQt6Hr8Jz</a></p>&mdash; Charles Davis (@charliearchy) <a href="https://twitter.com/charliearchy/status/826132193961406464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 30, 2017</a></blockquote>
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We're probably in the clear, after all, Trump has the "non-interventionist mindset" and his selection of John Bolton shouldn't sway us from that opinion.

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[Post 2091]
Author : erimir
Date : 03-23-2018 04:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Bolton wrote this just last month. <a href="https://t.co/RgoyDerbwE">pic.twitter.com/RgoyDerbwE</a></p>&mdash; Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) <a href="https://twitter.com/ParkerMolloy/status/976976057852100608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 23, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Bolton in 2015: we should bomb Iran  <a href="https://t.co/S8n0ZhRAk6">https://t.co/S8n0ZhRAk6</a></p>&mdash; Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) <a href="https://twitter.com/ParkerMolloy/status/976986078988161024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 23, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2092]
Author : The Man
Date : 03-23-2018 06:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Maybe already widely reported enough that this is redundant, but:

The Maskirovka Slips XV: Guccifer 2.0 Is Finally Exposed &#8211; Balloon Juice (https://www.balloon-juice.com/2018/03/22/the-maskirovka-slips-xv-guccifer-2-0-is-finally-exposed/)

Spoiler: he's a GRU officer.

(From the LGM comments (http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2018/03/guccifer#comment-3819761271): "It is the darkest timeline. You have already been eaten by a GRU.")

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[Post 2093]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-23-2018 07:15 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://memegenerator.net/img/instances/59682592/surprise-surprise-surprise.jpg

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[Post 2094]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-24-2018 08:13 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Biden and Trump Talk Trash - The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/23/opinion/biden-trump-trash-talk.html)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Watching the current president and former vice president threaten to beat each other up is a powerful reminder that women can’t be president because they’re too emotional.</p>&mdash; Marie Connor (@thistallawkgirl) <a href="https://twitter.com/thistallawkgirl/status/976834411730817025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 22, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2095]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-25-2018 07:21 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I think I found the guys to fill the roles left int he next round of cabinet firings:

https://i.imgur.com/H66e0Ug.gif

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[Post 2096]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-25-2018 08:03 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Thrad

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">THREAD/ Trump effectively has no lawyers:<br><br>(1) McGahn is a witness against him.<br>(2) He no longer trusts Cobb and discusses firing him.<br>(3) Dowd resigned.<br>(4) DiGenova and Toensing chose not to join the team.<br>(5) Sekulow is more activist than lawyer.<br>(6) Cohen is mired in scandal. <a href="https://t.co/1UQgjP84gw">pic.twitter.com/1UQgjP84gw</a></p>&mdash; Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) <a href="https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/977961020676280320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 25, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2097]
Author : Corona688
Date : 03-25-2018 08:35 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I was assured by many on the left that Trump was a dove Who and Trump's election was a rejection of neoconservatism Who Some of them even prefer Trump for foreign policy reasons! :yarly:

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[Post 2098]
Author : davidm
Date : 03-25-2018 08:49 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I was assured by many on the left that Trump was a dove, and Trump's election was a rejection of neoconservatism. Some of them even prefer Trump for foreign policy reasons!

Really?  Who are these "many" people who "assured" you of this? Can you name even one, much less "many"?

Of course you can't.

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[Post 2099]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 03-25-2018 09:26 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Allow me, erimir:

Maureen Dowd: Donald the Dove, Hillary the Hawk - The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/01/opinion/sunday/donald-the-dove-hillary-the-hawk.html)

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[Post 2100]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 03-25-2018 09:38 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

William Greider: Donald Trump Could Be the Military-Industrial Complex's Worst Nightmare | The Nation (https://www.thenation.com/article/donald-trump-could-be-the-military-industrial-complexs-worst-nightmare/)

Cassandra Fairbanks: Why This Sanders Supporter is Boarding the Trump Train | teleSUR (https://www.telesurtv.net/english/opinion/Why-This-Sanders-Supporter-is-Boarding-the-Trump-Train-20160713-0018.html)

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[Post 2101]
Author : erimir
Date : 03-25-2018 10:21 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Unless you want to hang your whole argument on "dove" and "non-interventionist"/"isolationist" being totally distinct terms, this isn't really that hard to find examples of.

But sure, I'll concede that "dove" is not totally synonymous. I was going for something punchier than "non-interventionist".
I was assured by many on the left that Trump was a dove WhoMoreover, with respect to Clinton and Trump, it’s not even clear, in certain key respects, that Clinton is the lesser of two evils [...]
Trump says he will be “neutral” in the Israeli-Palestine conflict. [...] Lesser of two evils: Trump.
[...]
Trump (rather courageously) went down south and told the Republican base that the Iraq War was a bad deal [...]
Trump, by contrast, has indicated that he’s not so interested in gallivanting abroad to find dragons to slay.
Lesser of two evils: Trump.
certain core principles [Trump] expressed were sound, foremost among them: do not go abroad in search of dragons to slay.
Glenn Greenwald, in Slate (http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/interrogation/2016/07/glenn_greenwald_on_donald_trump_the_dnc_hack_and_a_new_mccarthyism.html):
So even though [Trump] is a clown and an idiot and mentally unstable, there is this coherent philosophy that is noninterventionist, isolationist, and uber-nationalistic.
Donald Trump Could Be the Military-Industrial Complex’s Worst Nightmare | The Nation (https://www.thenation.com/article/donald-trump-could-be-the-military-industrial-complexs-worst-nightmare/)
Quote from above: "The Donald, usually bellicose in style and substance, is singing, “Give peace a chance.”"

Young Turks (ostensibly left-wing outlet) "reporter":
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/birlik54?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@birlik54</a> I don't endorse Trump. But at least he seems instinctually averse to perpetual war, unlike Hillary.</p>&mdash; Michael Tracey (@mtracey) <a href="https://twitter.com/mtracey/status/727749459669561344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 4, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Of course, people ostensibly on the left weren't the only ones arguing this:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DHI4jBPWsAEw4Bg.jpg
MoDo imagines herself to be center-left, but I am fine with saying she's wrong about that.

Less clear where some others stand (I don't know Jenkins):
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DZAFbnhU8AASCr-.jpg

Hell, as recently as less than two months ago, Watser was (presumably approvingly) citing articles (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1307940#post1307940) that assume the existence of Trump's anti-war or non-interventionist "instincts".
and Trump's election was a rejection of neoconservatism WhoSeems a fair implication of the constant discussion of how Hillary was the candidate of the neocons and was a neocon and the neocons were opposing Trump and all that. Which I heard plenty of from people on the left.

And the fact that neoconservatism is interventionist, and so saying that Trump had a non-interventionist ideology kinda implies that he's not a neocon.
Some of them even prefer Trump for foreign policy reasons! :yarly:This is specifically what I was referring to this:
Exactly why I prefer Trump...
and this:
 the GOP is a threat to the worldSorry dudes, but I am still trying to juggle my relief that Clinton is not going to start WW3 over a no-fly zone in Syria with my sadness about what happens inside the US. But as for 'the world', I am still not sure we are off worse with Trump.
But "preferring" Trump because of "Killary's warmongering" is much easier to find than people calling him a dove, actually.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DY8VaMUVwAESlTh.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C2bAlTeUoAEwpRL.jpg

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[Post 2102]
Author : JoeP
Date : 03-25-2018 11:38 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

And in the very last line [in Jill Stein's tweet], there you have it. "Trump" does not want to go to war with Russia. I think we can all agree with that. And if you're focused primarily on Russia, maybe Trump is the dove. 
A very big orange dove shitting all over his country as well as others. Just not Russia.

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[Post 2103]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-26-2018 09:20 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump on China trade, and the Middle East, and other things: &quot;Our past presidents should never have allowed this to happen. This has been many, many years. It&#8217;s sort of like the Middle East. How did that happen? And other things. How did all of these things happen?&quot; <a href="https://t.co/AALsUNi6U0">pic.twitter.com/AALsUNi6U0</a></p>&mdash; Daniel Dale (@ddale8) <a href="https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/978112048088469504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 26, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

It's almost like a lot of things have happened since the big bang.

https://i.imgflip.com/2754yl.jpg

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[Post 2104]
Author : SR71
Date : 03-26-2018 02:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

JoeP was on track for post of the week with that a thousand times yepper :yup::yup::yup::yup::yup::yup::yup::yup::yup::yup::yup::yup::yup::yup::yup::yup::yup::yup::yup:, 
but then KH come and frost his ace with the Juggalo Joker.

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[Post 2105]
Author : Corona688
Date : 03-26-2018 04:03 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Thank you.

Another stance to save for posterity, methinks, in case anyone ever makes the mistake of taking them seriously ever again.  :wall:

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[Post 2106]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-26-2018 07:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

From the Obvious File:

Stormy Daniels brought to you by Mike Pence and evangelical Christians - USA Today (https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/03/26/stormy-daniels-donald-trump-thanks-mike-pence-evangelicals-column/457212002/)

Thank Mike Pence and evangelicals for Donald Trump and Stormy Daniels. As they force their religion on everyone but their allies, the hypocrisy has never been more naked.

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[Post 2107]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-26-2018 08:14 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Abramson thrad explaining the gravity of the latest round of the Russia-Facebook-collusion muddle:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is an important story that is being reported, unfortunately, through some *terrible* journalistic writing that fails to *clearly* explain to Americans where the illegality lies and *why* this all matters. This is a textbook case of complex facts obstructing clear reporting. <a href="https://t.co/pXkwBtXkMW">https://t.co/pXkwBtXkMW</a></p>&mdash; Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) <a href="https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/978329921192906752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 26, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Where he talks not about the specifics of the story, why it matters, but also a critique of the journalism surrounding it.

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[Post 2108]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-26-2018 10:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Lawyer for Trump attorney demands Stormy Daniels retract "defamatory" claim she was threatened: report | TheHill (http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/380241-lawyer-for-trump-attorney-demands-stormy-daniels-retract-defamatory-claim-she-was)

https://i.imgur.com/kIxOD2U.png

Stormy Daniels sues Trump lawyer for defamation | TheHill (http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/380349-stormy-daniels-sues-trump-lawyer-for-defamation)

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[Post 2109]
Author : The Man
Date : 03-28-2018 05:29 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Documents filed by special counsel prosecutors reveal that former Trump deputy campaign chairman Richard Gates was knowingly working with an individual with ties to Russian intelligence during the campaign, CBS News' Paula Reid reports. In a late Tuesday court filing late, the special counsel alleged that this unnamed person worked for one of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort&#8217;s companies and was in touch with Gates in September and October 2016. This individual is also described as being &#8220;pertinent to the investigation.&#8221;

Special counsel: Manafort, Gates worked with Russian intelligence agent - CBS News (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/special-counsel-manafort-gates-worked-with-russian-intelligence-agent/)

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[Post 2110]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-29-2018 04:53 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The tweet headline is better than the article headline.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Little-known lawyer with doctorate in medieval history gets prominent role in Trump legal team: <a href="https://t.co/4ATLtI8Blv">https://t.co/4ATLtI8Blv</a> <a href="https://t.co/YczGcFEW5p">pic.twitter.com/YczGcFEW5p</a></p>&mdash; The Hill (@thehill) <a href="https://twitter.com/thehill/status/978973250670784513?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 28, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2111]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-29-2018 09:42 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Daniel Dale's live tweet thrad of the Trump speech:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump on Democrats: “They want people to come in from the border, and they want, I guess, I can’t imagine they want, but certainly drugs are flowing across borders.”</p>&mdash; Daniel Dale (@ddale8) <a href="https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/979421445494378497?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 29, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2112]
Author : Sock Puppet
Date : 03-29-2018 10:33 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

"... and they want, I guess, these spiders that are crawling all over my face, I can't imagine they want, but certainly there are spiders on my face."

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[Post 2113]
Author : Kevlar
Date : 03-29-2018 11:34 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

For some reason, I decided to watch the last episode of the Sopranos.  I've been meaning to do it for a while, because at the time it first came out, I hated it, and I felt like it was time to challenge that long held notion.  Anyway, had a couple of nice surprises.  First, I totally changed my mind and thought it was a brilliant ending to the series.  Secondly, the forgotten reference to Trump.  The mob boss' son, AJ, is defending himself to his dad, because his dad is hassling him about his life goals, and AJ says something like "my life goal is to join the Army, learn to fly helicopters, and then I'll get out and fly for Trump or something."  Keep in mind, this was 2007, when we still openly acknowledged Trump's ties to the mafia and thought it was hilarious.

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[Post 2114]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-30-2018 11:21 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Expertise is expertise.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim April 2018 as National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/0X95nfEagd">pic.twitter.com/0X95nfEagd</a></p>&mdash; Daniel Dale (@ddale8) <a href="https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/979827452384919552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 30, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2115]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 03-31-2018 06:35 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I suppose so.  After all, if anyone is an expert when it comes to sexual assault, it's Trump.

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[Post 2116]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-31-2018 11:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">...does not include the Fake Washington Post, which is used as a &#8220;lobbyist&#8221; and should so  REGISTER. If the P.O. &#8220;increased its parcel rates, Amazon&#8217;s shipping costs would rise by $2.6 Billion.&#8221; This Post Office scam must stop. Amazon must pay real costs (and taxes) now!</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/980065419632566272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 31, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I know we're all numb, but this is very serious. <br><br>This is not just a comment. It is an important economic act that is restructuring our economy. <br><br>Trump is making clear that companies that publicly praise him can get billion dollar deals from govt agencies. <br><br>1/ <a href="https://t.co/QZeNo57qJ1">https://t.co/QZeNo57qJ1</a></p>&mdash; Adam Davidson (@adamdavidson) <a href="https://twitter.com/adamdavidson/status/980070648688119808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 31, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>


More in thrad

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[Post 2117]
Author : The Man
Date : 04-03-2018 06:07 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/PeteWilliamsNBC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PeteWilliamsNBC</a> just reported on MSNBC that Alexander van der Zwaan has just been sentenced to 30 days in jail and a $20,000 fine for lying to Mueller's investigators. van der Zwaan is the first person to be sentenced in the Mueller probe.</p>&mdash; Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) <a href="https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/981197315347238912">April 3, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Somewhat unusual for a conviction for lying to feds (18 USC 1001) with a Sentencing Guideline range of 0-6 months. Probation or at least home detention would be more typical for a first-time offender. Will be interested to hear judge's rationale. /1 <a href="https://t.co/41Z8n3s5Xx">https://t.co/41Z8n3s5Xx</a></p>&mdash; SulkingAboutAmazonHat (@Popehat) <a href="https://twitter.com/Popehat/status/981197213224206336">April 3, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

More in latter thread

ETA: The Horror of Trump&#039;s America - Lawyers, Guns & Money (http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2018/04/horror-trumps-america)

These may be the worst people imaginable

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[Post 2118]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-03-2018 07:16 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So yeah, more.

10700

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[Post 2119]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-03-2018 07:19 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

And a bit of a theory thrad, involving Wal Mart, what praising a demagogue does for your business, etc:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A short thread on this Trump tweet, with a financial theory.<br><br>Interestingly, the “fully tax-paying retailers that are closing stores” is probably a reference to Wal-Mart, which said in January it would close around 60 of its Sam’s Clubs stores. <a href="https://t.co/NoWBydNMfk">pic.twitter.com/NoWBydNMfk</a></p>&mdash; Heidi N Moore (@moorehn) <a href="https://twitter.com/moorehn/status/981152064033222656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 3, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2120]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-04-2018 05:12 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DZ0sn2vUQAAw5hL.jpg

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[Post 2121]
Author : Ari
Date : 04-05-2018 05:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I think we missed this one,
"I may ask Marillyn Lockheed [Marilyn Hewson, CEO of Lockheed Martin], the leading woman's business executive in this country, according to many, We buy billions and billions of dollars worth of that beautiful F-35. It's stealth. You cannot see it. Is that correct?" -Trump

While I know 'wag the dog' normally refers to the ignorant masses who think they are in control I wonder how far are we away from saving the world by creating a blockbuster fake war to present to Trump while the adults talk.

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[Post 2122]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-05-2018 09:17 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Summary, click in for thrad:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Summary of Trump&#39;s &quot;tax reform&quot; event:<br>- Endorsed his 2015 comment about immigrants bringing rape<br>- Repeated his lie about millions of Californians committing voter fraud<br>- Repeated his lie about the visa lottery<br>- Repeated lies about taxes, trade<br>- Said there&#39;s no rush on NAFTA</p>&mdash; Daniel Dale (@ddale8) <a href="https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/981979275841757186?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 5, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Or wait a few hours and check Toronto Star for article.

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[Post 2123]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-05-2018 09:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Let's check in on Coulter:

Ann Coulter wants the US military to kill immigrants attempting to enter the country (https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2018/04/04/ann-coulter-wants-us-military-kill-immigrants-attempting-enter-country/219861)

Oh.

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[Post 2124]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-06-2018 09:42 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Department Of Homeland Security Compiling Database Of Journalists And 'Media Influencers' (https://www.forbes.com/sites/michellefabio/2018/04/06/department-of-homeland-security-compiling-database-of-journalists-and-media-influencers/#148fced86121)

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[Post 2125]
Author : erimir
Date : 04-06-2018 10:03 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The CIA showed Trump video of a drone strike in which they had waited until the target wasn&#8217;t at home with his family. <br><br>The president&#8217;s response: &#8220;Why did you wait?&#8221;<a href="https://t.co/d5zl332R5z">https://t.co/d5zl332R5z</a> <a href="https://t.co/GMdkWlNEwB">pic.twitter.com/GMdkWlNEwB</a></p>&mdash; Eric Umansky (@ericuman) <a href="https://twitter.com/ericuman/status/982090404945375233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 6, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
It's a non-interventionist mindset.

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[Post 2126]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-06-2018 10:21 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump Will Skip The White House Correspondents’ Dinner Again – Talking Points Memo (https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-will-skip-white-house-correspondents-dinner-again)

Nope, not insecure.

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[Post 2127]
Author : JoeP
Date : 04-06-2018 10:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Nope, not insecure.

Fake news! He has the bigliest insecurities!

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[Post 2128]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-09-2018 09:42 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

F.B.I. Raids Office of Trump's Longtime Lawyer Michael Cohen - The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/09/us/politics/fbi-raids-office-of-trumps-longtime-lawyer-michael-cohen.html)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">^^^<br>AF1 Press pool: &quot;Mr Trump did you know about Michael Cohens payment to Stormy Daniels?&quot;<br><br>Trump: &quot;No. No. You&#39;ll have to ask Michel Cohen.&quot;<br><br>FBI: &quot;Okay.&quot;</p>&mdash; J&#926;S&#358;&#926;R &#10026; &#916;C&#358;U&#916;L³³º¹ (@th3j35t3r) <a href="https://twitter.com/th3j35t3r/status/983438922477981696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 9, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2129]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-09-2018 09:45 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump's company asked Panama president to help in hotel spat (https://apnews.com/bcba3f280f5f4ce78cc10a865ca617cb)

U.S. President Donald Trump’s company appealed directly to Panama’s president to intervene in its fight over control of a luxury hotel, even invoking a treaty between the two countries, in what ethics experts say was a blatant mingling of Trump’s business and government interests.

¯\_(&#12484;)_/¯

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[Post 2130]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 04-09-2018 11:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

What's so terrifying in all of this is that levels of corruption that -- just a year or so ago -- would have seemed all but unimaginable don't even trigger a raised eyebrow nowadays.


Previously-unimaginable levels of corruption are now considered normal.

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[Post 2131]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-09-2018 11:41 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Remember when he wore a beige suit? Had some dijon mustard?

Good times. Good times.

Oh ya. Book sales while President is the exact same as this. Apparently.

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[Post 2132]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-09-2018 11:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@HillaryClinton</a> when you go to prison for defrauding America and perjury, your room and board will be free!</p>&mdash; Michael Cohen (@MichaelCohen212) <a href="https://twitter.com/MichaelCohen212/status/678410436774141956?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 20, 2015</a></blockquote>
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And... saved.

10702

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[Post 2133]
Author : Kevlar
Date : 04-10-2018 02:21 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I mean I always thought this kind of irony was mind blowing, but I have some doubts the cardiovascular system in my brain is going to withstand this kind of pressure.

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[Post 2134]
Author : erimir
Date : 04-10-2018 03:10 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

What's so terrifying in all of this is that levels of corruption that -- just a year or so ago -- would have seemed all but unimaginable don't even trigger a raised eyebrow nowadays.


Previously-unimaginable levels of corruption are now considered normal.I remember when Hillary Clinton was the "corrupt" one.

Because, like... people associated with her charity asked for diplomatic passports and then didn't get them. And she had a private server. And she gave paid speeches to many organizations, including a Wall Street firm. And she attempted to intervene on behalf of a Nobel Prize winner.

Unfortunately, there wasn't anything interesting for the NY Times to investigate regarding the Trump Foundation, so they needed to write many articles about the "clouds" surrounding the Clinton Foundation. (WaPo might have found a nugget or two during the campaign though.)
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">any conservative or Republican who ever breathed a syllable about the Clinton Foundation should be righteously pissed about this pay-to-play corruption <a href="https://t.co/yCzOIL7CNl">https://t.co/yCzOIL7CNl</a> <a href="https://t.co/IvmgDfcdBc">pic.twitter.com/IvmgDfcdBc</a></p>&mdash; Simon Maloy (@SimonMaloy) <a href="https://twitter.com/SimonMaloy/status/983505002143600640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2135]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-10-2018 05:11 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

In other news:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The $25 million Trump University settlement has been finalized <a href="https://t.co/YBBLJDIi6F">pic.twitter.com/YBBLJDIi6F</a></p>&mdash; Axios (@axios) <a href="https://twitter.com/axios/status/983463816317911046?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 9, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2136]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-10-2018 08:48 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Oh snap, I forgot: COHEN&#8217;S FIRM ALSO REPRESENTS RUSSIA&#8217;S GAS CORPORATION <a href="https://t.co/2zyd4FHMK4">https://t.co/2zyd4FHMK4</a></p>&mdash; Eric Garland (@ericgarland) <a href="https://twitter.com/ericgarland/status/983497754046496768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2137]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-11-2018 12:52 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Michael Cohen to CNN: FBI was 'professional, courteous, respectful' in raids, counter to Trump's depiction - CNNPolitics (https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/10/politics/michael-cohen-fbi-raid/index.html)

But Trump said...

...

...nevermind.

Just. Nevermind.

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[Post 2138]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-11-2018 08:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump is like the Michael Bay remake of BEING THERE</p>&mdash; Jesse Hawken (@jessehawken) <a href="https://twitter.com/jessehawken/status/983488299988811776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 9, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2139]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-12-2018 12:20 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The American CIA director, folks:

Pompeo failed to disclose ownership of business connected to China (http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/382765-pompeo-failed-to-disclose-ownership-in-business-connected-to-china)

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[Post 2140]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-12-2018 09:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump has texted me to inform me I am being persecuted by the state! And the only way out is to...give the billionaire head of the state my money? &#129300; <a href="https://t.co/StJAlj6Jf1">pic.twitter.com/StJAlj6Jf1</a></p>&mdash; Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) <a href="https://twitter.com/sarahkendzior/status/984506217899929606?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 12, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

M~ Kendzior doesn't have a reputation of dishonesty. Lists such as these are no new thing with autocrats. I would still like to see additional verification. This is very important.

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[Post 2141]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-13-2018 02:32 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/3yL8n323cZ">pic.twitter.com/3yL8n323cZ</a></p>&mdash; Brendan Karet &#128686; (@bad_takes) <a href="https://twitter.com/bad_takes/status/984584310882697217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 13, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2142]
Author : The Man
Date : 04-13-2018 04:32 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<em>The Wire</em> is evergreen in today's world:

Hon. Stringer Bell's sage advice to Trump & assoc.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Guys, c'mon.  It's not gonna be *exactly* like Waterg--<br><br>I'll be damned. <a href="https://t.co/Eimyph1vK8">https://t.co/Eimyph1vK8</a></p>&mdash; Josh Chafetz (@joshchafetz) <a href="https://twitter.com/joshchafetz/status/984578167938596864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 12, 2018</a></blockquote>
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The Nixon Speed Run (http://nixonspeedrun.com/) website seems even more relevant than ever at this point, too. Or, as Bootsie over at LGM put it (http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2018/04/not-bright-guys-2#comment-3852788928), "This year's speedrun of the Nixon Administration at AGDQ is amazing with all the new skips."

(For those not familiar with video game speedrunning, Awesome Games Done Quick (https://gamesdonequick.com/) is a twice-yearly event that features live speedruns of a number of popular video games to raise money for charity, most frequently Médicins Sans Frontières (http://www.msf.org/) or the Prevent Cancer Foundation (http://preventcancer.org/); they are currently the largest fundraising event for both charities and have raised some US$14.5 million since the first event in 2010. Skips are generally glitches in a game's programming or design that speedrunners exploit in order to complete games as quickly as possible.)

And, of course, another evergreen quote, slightly updated for more relevance to today's world:

"Look, forget the myths the media's created about the White House--the truth is, these are <strike>not very bright guys</strike> fucking idiots, and things <strike>got out of</strike> were never in hand." -Deep Throat (W. Mark Felt) in <em>All the President's Men</em>

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[Post 2143]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-14-2018 03:50 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Thrad.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Where&#39;s our &quot;Thank you America?&quot; <br><br>Where? Probably the same place that missing comma went. <br>1/ <a href="https://t.co/M8cK687IuB">pic.twitter.com/M8cK687IuB</a></p>&mdash; Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) <a href="https://twitter.com/Stonekettle/status/984442728925810688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 12, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Armageddon Days Are Here (Again) By The The - YouTube

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[Post 2144]
Author : erimir
Date : 04-14-2018 04:16 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Now, I won't be surprised if certain folks suggested that "liberal hysteria" about Russia or whatever is responsible for Trump's decision to significantly increase the scale of US attacks in Syria, and Assad's forces specifically. Hillary Clinton said something a year ago, and people aren't declaring that Putin and Assad are innocent of all charges, therefore all the liberals have been pushing for this.

Trump has a "non-interventionist mindset" after all. His instincts are not to get involved. He even said he wanted to withdraw a few weeks ago. On the other hand, I already pointed out that Trump had been getting advice from John Bolton all the way back in 2015 and through his campaign, and his praise of Bolton wasn't a secret. No liberals were pushing for Bolton, he appointed him because Trump likes him.

Also important for the Bolton stuff is... Fox News. Bolton went on Fox News a lot, and Trump watches Fox News a lot. In fact, some of Trump's recent actions seem like they might've been influenced by specifically Fox & Friends.

Trump's daily briefing (a.k.a. "Fox & Friends") warns him not to pull out of Syria - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/04/04/trumps-daily-briefing-a-k-a-fox-friends-warns-him-not-to-pull-out-of-syria/)
Kilmeade then turned to address the camera &#8212; and possibly the president &#8212; directly, employing a familiar strategy to make his point: flattery.

&#8220;I think the president is too smart,&#8221; Kilmeade said. &#8220;He knows what happened when President Obama took his troops out of Iraq. ... Man, it was a dumb move for him to do that. Look, it created ISIS.&#8221;

Kilmeade added that Trump &#8220;wants Saudi Arabia to pay for our 2,000 troops . I'm fine with that because we are doing their work. But there is not a person around the president, I believe, that would support him pulling out the troops. It would be a disaster.&#8221;
Trump's erratic tweeting about Russia perfectly mirrored this morning's episode of Fox & Friends (http://theweek.com/speedreads/766639/trumps-erratic-tweeting-about-russia-perfectly-mirrored-mornings-episode-fox--friends)
"Russia vows to shoot down any and all missiles fired at Syria," the president tweeted. "Get ready Russia, because they will be coming, nice and new and "smart!"" Just half an hour before Trump challenged Russia to an missile fight, Fox & Friends discussed Russia's pledge to shoot down any U.S. missiles in Syria.
Doesn't matter that Trump sometimes concludes that we're wasting our time in the Middle East - although I think that's as much about us not being able to simply "take the oil" like he wants and that we rarely get a clear "win" that he can trumpet about - he can be manipulated by others because he's an ignoramus and he has chosen to surround himself with people and listen to people who do like military intervention. As I've already gone on about. In general, it's a mistake to attribute any sort of coherent ideology to Trump regarding policy. Trump's lodestars are self-enrichment and ego-stroking, and you have to also take into account his toxic masculinity, obsession with "strength" and "weakness", near-total ignorance of most issues, impulsiveness and laziness, etc. This is more useful than expecting him to follow a coherent foreign policy approach.

Given the recent news coming out about Trump's lawyer and other developments in the Russia probe and corruption in his administration and Comey's revelations and so forth, one might want to consider Trump's motivations aside from just being an idiot who believes whatever he sees on Fox.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Now that Obama&#8217;s poll numbers are in tailspin &#8211; watch for him to launch a strike in Libya or Iran.  He is desperate.</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/255784560904773633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 9, 2012</a></blockquote>
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The thing about Trump is that he's constantly projecting. So when he says something like this, it's often because... it's what he'd do in that situation. 

Coincidentally, Fox News suggested the very same thing to him...
Fox & Friends suggest Trump could bury Comey's book by bombing Syria &#8211; ThinkProgress (https://thinkprogress.org/fox-friends-trump-bomb-syria-distract-from-comey-88f5fe915386/)
&#8220;If the president, and France, and the U.K decide to strike Syria, don&#8217;t you think that story would be a bigger story than Comey&#8217;s book that&#8217;s released on Tuesday?&#8221; [[I]Fox & Friends host Ainsley Earhardt] said.
Anyway, seems far more likely to be an influence on Trump than what Hillary Clinton or liberal newspaper columnists or social media users might be saying.

Rather than telling Trump's opponents to change their rhetoric on the theory that Trump will take what they say very seriously but will wildly overreact to it because he's an idiot (hence saying that Russia's cyberattacks and propaganda efforts constitute an attack on the US means he will jump right to WW3 with Russia), it would be better to try to understand what Fox News is up to. Rupert Murdoch's views on Syria are almost certainly more consequential than Hillary Clinton's at this point.

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[Post 2145]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-15-2018 01:39 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Seems the ocean shrunk since Puerto Rico.

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[Post 2146]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-15-2018 06:17 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">18 Hours ago the White House Press Secretary, Sarah Sanders released a photo of Trump being briefed on Syria...<br><br>The Problem is that Mike Pence was in the room.<br><br>Mike Pence was in Peru during this time.<br><br>In any other administration this would be a major controversy.<br><br>Not this one</p>&mdash; Brian Krassenstein&#55357;&#56364; (@krassenstein) <a href="https://twitter.com/krassenstein/status/985376540602064897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2147]
Author : erimir
Date : 04-16-2018 08:29 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Reading Comey's revealing (and damning) explanations for why he handled the Clinton case the way he did reminded me of this scene from Game of Thrones (a very good scene in the show, I think).

(This video and my post contain spoilers)
Tywin & Tommen Scene - What makes a good king? | Game of Thrones 4x03 | Breaker of Chains 1080p - YouTube

In this scene, Comey is most analogous to Orys I, the just, who nonetheless allows his evil brother to seize power.

But I can also see making an analogy between Comey and Ned Stark. It is perhaps an even better analogy. Ned Stark was easily manipulated by his sense of honor, to his downfall. But a crucial difference is that Comey was much more concerned with being perceived as honorable than Ned Stark*. Thus rogue elements in the FBI, Giuiliani, Jason Chaffetz, Trump and his ref-working about the election being rigged, etc. were able to manipulate Comey into doing things he might not have otherwise, because it was necessary to maintain his reputation of honor. They put him into a situation where his honor might be questioned if he did the right thing, and he responded exactly as they wanted him to.

*Ned allowed people to believe Jon Snow was his bastard, even though it sullied his reputation for honor. He also gave Cersei a chance to flee, but privately, an act which would likely not be publicly known and thus not enhance his reputation for honor. Comey would not have done either of those things, from what I can tell.

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[Post 2148]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-16-2018 09:49 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Popehat thread but here's the funny post.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I don&#39;t get the sense that Cohen and Hannity have thought this all the way through -- the impact of their positions on the attorney-client privilege, and how they may be waiving and/or undermining privilege.<br><br>They need to be playing chess. They&#39;re playing Hungry Hungry Hippos.</p>&mdash; TheNewNormalHat (@Popehat) <a href="https://twitter.com/Popehat/status/985975877400850432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 16, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2149]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-20-2018 08:39 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Remember that Steele Dossier thing?

Trump attorney Michael Cohen withdraws libel lawsuits over Russia dossier - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-attorney-michael-cohen-withdraws-libel-lawsuits-over-russia-dossier/2018/04/19/206ff242-43d1-11e8-ad8f-27a8c409298b_story.html?utm_term=.3568613c8618)

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[Post 2150]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-20-2018 07:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Why were Republicans so desperate to release the embarrassing Comey Memos? Here's one explanation. (https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/04/why-were-republicans-so-desperate-to-release-the-embarrassing-comey-memos-heres-one-explanation.html)

tl;dr Some RNC mooks believed some wrong bullshit on Fox.

Bonus:

RNC sending 'Lyin Lion' mascot to follow Comey around on book tour (http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/384020-rnc-sending-lyin-lion-mascot-to-follow-comey-around-on-book-tour)

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[Post 2151]
Author : Jerome
Date : 04-22-2018 01:50 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Kamilah should investigate his birth certificate.

:ignignokt:

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[Post 2152]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-22-2018 03:30 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

oh cool more demonstrations of last season's hot information disruption techniques out of st petersburg

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[Post 2153]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-25-2018 08:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I guess there really is a Trump Train.... <a href="https://t.co/p13WRLcVnB">pic.twitter.com/p13WRLcVnB</a></p>&mdash; David Michael (@awakeby2020) <a href="https://twitter.com/awakeby2020/status/989101933406441472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 25, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2154]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-26-2018 08:01 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'll just put this here:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MuslimBan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MuslimBan</a> Supreme Court oral arguments just finished. The Goverment Attorney closed by saying &#8220;Islam is a great country.&#8221;<br><br>That&#8217;s all you need to know. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NoMuslimBanEver?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NoMuslimBanEver</a></p>&mdash; Abed A. Ayoub (@aayoub) <a href="https://twitter.com/aayoub/status/989162659688960005?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 25, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2155]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-27-2018 06:25 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

How Donald Trump could sink the bid for the 2026 World Cup - Macleans.ca (http://www.macleans.ca/sports/how-donald-trump-could-sink-the-bid-for-the-2026-world-cup/)
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The U.S. has put together a STRONG bid w/ Canada &amp; Mexico for the 2026 World Cup. It would be a shame if countries that we always support were to lobby against the U.S. bid. Why should we be supporting these countries when they don’t support us (including at the United Nations)?</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/989650212380692480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 26, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2156]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-28-2018 09:27 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://puu.sh/AbUCY/6466a396e1.png

10707

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[Post 2157]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 04-28-2018 06:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

You have to wonder how shitty this administration's FISA requests are to get them rejected. It's been mostly a rubber stamp under every other president.

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[Post 2158]
Author : Corona688
Date : 05-01-2018 09:09 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

No need to wonder, just look at the quality of his executive orders.

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[Post 2159]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-02-2018 11:07 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

What else does a guy who wants to spy illegally have to say?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A Rigged System - They don’t want to turn over Documents to Congress. What are they afraid of? Why so much redacting? Why such unequal “justice?” At some point I will have no choice but to use the powers granted to the Presidency and get involved!</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/991690248399794176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 2, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Oh.

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[Post 2160]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-05-2018 05:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Pruitt had travel wish list and asked staff to find ‘official’ reasons to go: report (http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/386184-pruitt-had-travel-wishlist-and-asked-staff-to-find-official-reasons)

top kek

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[Post 2161]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-06-2018 06:28 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Kushner makes more mistakes on financial disclosure forms after already updating them at least 40 times (http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/386236-kushner-makes-additional-mistakes-on-financial-disclosure)

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[Post 2162]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-06-2018 06:36 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The only thing that surpises me here is that he's not being retained as legal counsel.

Trump appointing Dr. Oz to his sport, fitness and nutrition council - CNNPolitics (https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/04/politics/trump-dr-oz-health-advisor/index.html)

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[Post 2163]
Author : Zehava
Date : 05-06-2018 02:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Kushner makes more mistakes on financial disclosure forms after already updating them at least 40 times (http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/386236-kushner-makes-additional-mistakes-on-financial-disclosure)

Reminds me of the problems he had with his SF-86 form (https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/12/politics/jared-kushner-background-check-form/index.html).

Lying is habitual with these people.

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[Post 2164]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-06-2018 05:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

2018: Franklin Graham: Trump’s Affair with Stormy Daniels is “Nobody’s Business” – Friendly Atheist (http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2018/05/05/franklin-graham-trumps-affair-with-stormy-daniels-is-nobodys-business/)

1998: Franklin Graham - Clinton's Sins Aren't Private - WSJ (https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB904162265981632000)

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[Post 2165]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-06-2018 07:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump is about to make a mistake four times larger than the Iraq War | Eclectablog (http://www.eclectablog.com/2018/05/trump-is-about-to-make-a-mistake-four-times-larger-than-the-iraq-war.html)

Let’s say you’ve spent the last few years following an agreement that prevents you from attaining a nuclear weapon that you made with the United States and its allies. Your proof of this is repeated verification, per the agreement, by the International Atomic Energy Agency. And your reward for this is that United States is about to break this agreement and demand that crushing sanctions be re-implemented on your country.

Now let’s say you’re a rogue nuclear power that has been testing your hydrogen weapons while also working on the capability to strike North America with intercontinental ballistic missiles. Meanwhile you’ve also been taunting and threatening the United States and its allies. Your reward for this? The first meeting with the president of the United States in the history of your country, the wettest dream of your father and grandfather.

The lesson of all this is pretty obvious: You better have a nuclear weapon.

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[Post 2166]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 05-06-2018 10:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Let's be honest, the "Trump is about to make a mistake" part can be applied to any story.

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[Post 2167]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-08-2018 05:11 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Gas prices are at crazy levels--fire Obama!</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/260383691946205184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 22, 2012</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2168]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-09-2018 05:13 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Did someone say AT&T? (http://freethought-forum.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1311556&postcount=362)

AT&T confirms it paid Trump lawyer Michael Cohen for 'insights' on administration (https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/08/att-confirms-it-paid-trump-lawyer-michael-cohen-for-insights-on-administration.html)

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[Post 2169]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-09-2018 03:31 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Donald J. Trump on Twitter: "The Fake News is working overtime. Just reported that, despite the tremendous success we are having with the economy & all things else, 91% of the Network News about me is negative (Fake). Why do we work so hard in working with the media when it is corrupt? Take away credentials?" (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/994179864436596736)

Things to unpack here. If it's negative, it's fake, and those news agencies should be punished for publishing it. Well then.

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[Post 2170]
Author : erimir
Date : 05-09-2018 05:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Theory: Playboy Model Had Affair With Trump, Not Broidy (http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/05/theory-playboy-model-had-affair-with-trump-not-broidy.html)

It seems highly plausible that Broidy was bribing Trump with a $1.6m hush money payment to one of the many women Trump has slept with. And supposedly impregnated (we know Trump likes it unprotected), but given that there's no lovechild claim, presumably she had an abortion (at Trump's behest? it would certainly explain why she was paid so much more than the other payoffs we've heard about).

The evidence is pretty clear that Trump is vulnerable to blackmail about sexual secrets, despite the common narrative that he has no shame and would not care. I wonder if that could be relevant to anything... :pee::bedtime:

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[Post 2171]
Author : erimir
Date : 05-09-2018 08:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's unfortunate we don't have the Dutch purity pony around to tell us about how Hillary Clinton would've torn up the Iran deal a year ago and nuked Tehran by now.

The evidence was staring us in the face: Trump campaigning on the Iran deal being "the worst deal ever drawn up by anybody", Clinton praising the deal as part of her campaign. It was always obvious who was more likely to tear it up and escalate tensions with Iran: Hillary Clinton.

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[Post 2172]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-09-2018 11:17 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Condolences to Boeing about that 20 billion. :)

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[Post 2173]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-10-2018 01:01 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump seems confused about military pay raises (https://www.militarytimes.com/pay-benefits/2018/05/09/trump-confused-about-military-pay-claims-troops-saw-no-raises-for-a-decade/)

WASHINGTON — Speaking to a crowd of military spouses on Wednesday, President Donald Trump incorrectly claimed that his administration gave service members their first pay raise in 10 years, a moment he was “proud” to oversee.

In fact, troops have seen a pay raise of at least 1 percent every year for more than 30 years. The 2018 military pay raise — which was 2.4 percent — was the largest for the armed forces in eight years.

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[Post 2174]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-11-2018 09:11 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This headline.

EXCLUSIVE: Steve Bannon was target of bribery plot by top Qatari who invested in Ice Cube's basketball league to get to Trump's strategist and boasted 'Mike Flynn took our money', rapper claims in court (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5711031/Steve-Bannon-target-bribery-plot-Ice-Cubes-basketball-league-rapper-claims.html)

That headline.

All my wats. Daily Fail, I'm impressed.

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[Post 2175]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-11-2018 09:42 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Lengthy thrad of hope and despair and what to do about it:

Alexandra Erin on Twitter: "So today in "It&#39;s going to get worse before it gets better," a reminder: what Trump jokes about and what he rages about are both glimpses of the future." (https://twitter.com/alexandraerin/status/994881553477103617)

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[Post 2176]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-12-2018 10:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

John Bolton is reportedly scrapping the White House cybersecurity chief position (http://theweek.com/speedreads/772495/john-bolton-reportedly-scrapping-white-house-cybersecurity-chief-position)

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[Post 2177]
Author : The Man
Date : 05-12-2018 11:20 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

John Bolton is reportedly scrapping the White House cybersecurity chief position (http://theweek.com/speedreads/772495/john-bolton-reportedly-scrapping-white-house-cybersecurity-chief-position)

Give him credit: at least he* isn't using a private email server to handle information that his political opponents will retroactively classify years later in an ultimately successful attempt to manufacture a scandal that torpedoes his presidential run. Can you imagine how disqualifying that would be?

https://i.imgur.com/bPw3ILW.gif

*Process may not affect cisgender men and/or Republicans. Some restrictions may apply. Void where prohibited. Consult your doctor if scandal lasts for longer than four hours.

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[Post 2178]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-13-2018 09:11 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So where did that inauguration money go?

Why were there financial crimes convicts and co conspirators in the committee?

‘Trump, Inc.’ Podcast: Where’d Trump’s Record Inauguration Spending Go? ‘It’s Inexplicable’ ProPublica (https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-inc-podcast-trump-record-inauguration-spending)

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[Post 2179]
Author : SR71
Date : 05-13-2018 02:53 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump Supporters "Tricked by the Devil" are Now Facing Financial Ruin: "I Feel So Stupid" | Alternet (https://www.alternet.org/trump-supporters-tricked-devil-are-now-facing-financial-ruin-i-feel-so-stupid)

Small business owners who supported Donald Trump are complaining about troubles hiring foreign seasonal labor the Lexington Herald-Leader reports.

The newspaper interviewed multiple landscaping business owners who claim they are unable to hire Americans for the same wages.

What the fuck did they think was gonna happen?

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[Post 2180]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 05-13-2018 10:05 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I never would have thought the leopards would eat my face.

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[Post 2181]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-13-2018 10:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Farmers: OMG WHAT DID WE DO?
Progressives: HA HA
Americans under six figure income come November: WHY ARE POTATOES $23 A POUND?

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[Post 2182]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-13-2018 11:22 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

About that Iran deal being terrible.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">In plain English:<br><br>• North Korea as a permanent nuclear power that can strike its neighbors, but not the mainland US<br>• NK can always break back out to an ICBM that can reach the US<br>• NK gives up most chem/bio weapons (sorta like Syria)<br>• Little or no way to know if NK cheats</p>&mdash; Max Fisher (@Max_Fisher) <a href="https://twitter.com/Max_Fisher/status/995750431082074112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 13, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Oh.

And there's a small thread in there for those interested in not dying in nuclear fire.

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[Post 2183]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-14-2018 07:54 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump team sends mixed signals to Europe - POLITICO (https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/13/bolton-pompeo-trump-iran-sanctions-584206)

Minimizing sanctions to the guys actively meddling in elections, threatening sanctions on allies. ¯\_(&#12484;)_/¯

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[Post 2184]
Author : erimir
Date : 05-14-2018 07:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">President Xi of China, and I, are working together to give massive Chinese phone company, ZTE, a way to get back into business, fast. Too many jobs in China lost. Commerce Department has been instructed to get it done!</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/995680316458262533?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 13, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>This was just so :lolwut:

This makes no sense with Trump's rhetoric from his campaign or most of his presidency. Why would Trump care about specific foreign companies in general? The US president wouldn't normally be concerned with that. And one that's not essential to any particular US interest or the global economy? Why would Trump care about protecting a Chinese tech company, given that CHAI-na has been "stealing our jobs"? Why would he want to help out a company that's in trouble because it violated US sanctions? Ok, well, Trump might not care about that, depending on the sanctions. He wouldn't care about sanctions on Russia, for example. But the sanctions they violated were related to Iran! Sanctions he claims aren't tough enough!

So how could it make sense? :chin:


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A Trump building project in Indonesia is receiving millions from Chinese government. How is this not emoluments?  <a href="https://t.co/TGQiFSqsk3">https://t.co/TGQiFSqsk3</a> via <a href="https://twitter.com/SCMP_News?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SCMP_News</a></p>&mdash; Adam Davidson (@adamdavidson) <a href="https://twitter.com/adamdavidson/status/996019355933663233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 14, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Oh. Yeah, ok, that makes a lot more sense.

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[Post 2185]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-14-2018 08:19 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Bonus! US intelligence officials all say they wouldn't use a Chinese-made Huawei or ZTE phone for fear of spying (http://www.businessinsider.com/us-intelligence-officials-say-chinese-made-huawei-zte-maybe-not-secure-2018-2)

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[Post 2186]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-14-2018 10:04 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A read about the purging of seasoned experts in favour of toadies:

Trump vs. the 'Deep State' | The New Yorker (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/05/21/trump-vs-the-deep-state)

Kind of like the Tascon List - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasc%C3%B3n_List)

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[Post 2187]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-15-2018 09:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

N Korea cancels talks with South Korea and warns US - BBC News (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-44133308)

Winning.

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[Post 2188]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-16-2018 03:46 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

N Korea cancels talks with South Korea and warns US - BBC News (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-44133308)

Winning.

So on seeing some more discussion on this I've resonated with a couple points.


 This is a rational move by Kim Jong Un. North Korea can point to Iran and say, "Who can trust you to stick to your deals?"
 In dick measuring, getting a meeting with the United States President is an increase in cup size. Being the guy who cancels it means an increase to the point where NK might as well just use Un's dick as a catapult to lob nukes at the mainland USA. At least from the POV of tinpot dictators the world over.

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[Post 2189]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-16-2018 06:49 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

And there it is:
N Korea: No interest in summit based on 'one-sided' demands (https://news.sky.com/story/n-korea-no-interest-in-summit-based-on-one-sided-demands-11374319)

And some more background:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A bit more context:<br>-60% of the State Dept's top-ranking career diplomats have left since Trump took office<br>-7 of the 9 senior leadership positions in the State Dept are vacant<br>-16 of the 22 asst secretary positions are empty<br>-50 ambassadorships are vacant<a href="https://t.co/stoTa2vMao">https://t.co/stoTa2vMao</a></p>&mdash; Caroline O. (@RVAwonk) <a href="https://twitter.com/RVAwonk/status/996485313273958402?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 15, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2190]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-16-2018 08:07 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Remember that 19% of Rosneft? (https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/995853600554405889.html)

Another thing that makes more sense.

PS2/ If you're wondering why a presidential *candidate* would set up a secret meeting with Egypt's president 60 days before a national election, remember that in September 2016 Trump by his own admission thought he'd lose. He was trying to see if he could make money off his run. 

Now Trump has his balls in a vice and has to deliver the kind of global instability that raises oil prices. He's surrounded by psychopaths like Bolton and death cult Dominionists hell bent on the return of their death god that cosplays as the Lamb of God to murder all the sinners and brown people and sweep them all up into heaven for eternal divine handjobs. And some crooks.

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[Post 2191]
Author : SR71
Date : 05-16-2018 04:09 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The oil aspect has gotten lost in the sauce, at least in the popular press.  I'm glad Avenatti  has brought it back into the field of view.  I think it's central to the whole saga, though, the germ of what Putin really wants out of his efforts.  Here's sort of a bullet point list of what I think happened -

Exxon buys prospect land in Russia, a LOT of it.  Russia allows it because they need Exxon's wherewithal to exploit the resource.

Sanctions are applied to Russia for Crimea/Ukraine, preventing Exxon from getting to the oil.

Someone suggests Tillerson, Ex-Exxon CEO, should head State, to facilitate dropping of sanctions and getting at the oil.

Unexpectedly, Tillerson turns out to possess a fair degree of integrity, and won't play ball with the slimey bastards.

Tillerson gets cashiered.

I remember writing about the 19% months ago, but I can't be bothered to look it up.  Here's hoping the money trail to the Qutari gentlemen turns out to be an interesting one to follow.

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[Post 2192]
Author : Sock Puppet
Date : 05-16-2018 04:19 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Unexpectedly, Tillerson turns out to possess a fair degree of integrity, and won't play ball with the slimey bastards.
I think you're just about spot on with the rest, but I read this part less charitably (I admit I may be incapable of charitably viewing anything anyone connected to the Fake Administration does). I suspect Tillerson just didn't get the deal he thought he would, and thus had a convenient, sudden bout of integrity.

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[Post 2193]
Author : erimir
Date : 05-16-2018 11:12 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">President Trump during California <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SanctuaryCities?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SanctuaryCities</a> Roundtable: &quot;These aren't people. These are animals.&quot;<br><br>Full video here: <a href="https://t.co/alyS47LI5V">https://t.co/alyS47LI5V</a> <a href="https://t.co/ifXicTHHP0">pic.twitter.com/ifXicTHHP0</a></p>&mdash; CSPAN (@cspan) <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/996845374819192833?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 16, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
This reminds me yet again of good Walker Bragman, "leftist" idiot, and his article "A liberal case for Donald Trump: The lesser of two evils is not at all clear in 2016 (https://www.salon.com/2016/04/29/a_liberal_case_for_donald_trump_the_lesser_of_two_evils_is_not_at_all_clear_in_2016/)".
Ban all Muslims from entering the U.S.? Not a chance.
[...]
Basically, we will not have immigration reform, but we will not have people rounded up in the streets and deported.We have the Muslim ban, although it's not a ban but he says it fulfills his promise about the ban and it is a ban, but really it's not a ban :wink:

We have effectively stopped accepting Syrian refugees, and greatly reduced accepting refugees from Muslim and non-white countries.

The guy who calls undocumented immigrants rapists now says they're not even people, they're animals. They are being rounded up in the streets. ICE is holding parents and children in custody for months on end, and separating even young children from their parents and holding them hundreds of miles away. Now he complains that it's not harsh enough, and "we have to break up families". He wants to warehouse children on military bases. And he's rescinding legal status for hundreds of thousands of immigrants who have lived here for years or decades and built lives here, and unless they "self-deport" eventually ICE will come for them too.

It turns out the racist piece of shit really was a racist piece of shit.

It is interesting to me how many folks who write constant jaded jeremiads about Democrats expressed views like that. So many great cynics who see through all that centrist Democrat pandering got totally played by centrist pandering from a Republican while dismissing his racism as just pandering.

Coincidentally, this article was approvingly cited by a certain somebody who whines that this forum is now a circle jerk (because what he really wishes is that it were a circle jerk for his opinions). I guess because we needed to own the neolib shills or something.

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[Post 2194]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-16-2018 11:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A temporary solution (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-administration-preparing-to-shelter-migrant-children-on-military-bases/2018/05/15/f8103356-584e-11e8-b656-a5f8c2a9295d_story.html?utm_term=.fbad87ceba44) before one finds a final solution, I suppose.

I dearly hope I'm hyperbolizing.

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[Post 2195]
Author : The Man
Date : 05-17-2018 09:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

All together now: BUT HER EMAILS (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/15/technology/white-house-cybersecurity.html)

The White House eliminated the position of cybersecurity coordinator on the National Security Council on Tuesday, doing away with a post central to developing policy to defend against increasingly sophisticated digital attacks and the use of offensive cyber weapons.

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[Post 2196]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-17-2018 10:24 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

All together now: BUT HER EMAILS (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/15/technology/white-house-cybersecurity.html)

The White House eliminated the position of cybersecurity coordinator on the National Security Council on Tuesday, doing away with a post central to developing policy to defend against increasingly sophisticated digital attacks and the use of offensive cyber weapons.

Why does this government hate national security?

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[Post 2197]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-17-2018 10:34 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

And the hardworking American farmer?

China buys record amount of Russian soybeans after canceling US orders over Trump threats (http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/388178-china-buys-record-amount-of-russian-soybeans-amid-halt-on-us-imports)

¯\_(&#12484;)_/¯

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[Post 2198]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-18-2018 06:49 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

April
Three countries ‘fairly close’ on NAFTA, Trump says as Mexico touts ‘80 per cent’ chance of deal (https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2018/04/09/three-countries-fairly-close-on-nafta-trump-says-as-mexico-touts-80-per-cent-chance-of-deal.html)

May
Trump’s trade chief, rejecting Trudeau’s public optimism, says NAFTA deal is ‘nowhere near close’  (https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2018/05/17/trumps-trade-chief-rejecting-trudeaus-public-optimism-says-nafta-deal-is-nowhere-near-close.html)

It's like a random number generator. ¯\_(&#12484;)_/¯

But more seriously:
Speaking to the Economic Club of New York on Thursday, Trudeau said that Canada, the U.S. and Mexico had agreed on a “broadly acceptable” proposal on the auto issue. Trudeau made clear, though, that there were other hurdles to overcome.

He said a deal that includes the “sunset clause” the U.S. is demanding, which would automatically terminate NAFTA in five years if the three countries did not re-endorse it, is not “much of a deal at all.” He said they must still settle on a system for resolving trade disputes. And he cautioned later that “there’s a lot of fine-tuning to do.”

At least Trump's open about a sunset clause rather than applying his own surprise sunset clause.

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[Post 2199]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-18-2018 07:13 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's like Bezos also owns the Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/trump-personally-pushed-postmaster-general-to-double-rates-on-amazon-other-firms/2018/05/18/2b6438d2-5931-11e8-858f-12becb4d6067_story.html)

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[Post 2200]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-19-2018 08:33 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

You'd think his phone's autocorrect would know this one by now:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="in" dir="ltr">*Melania <a href="https://t.co/wEil5PwVQY">pic.twitter.com/wEil5PwVQY</a></p>&mdash; DJ Judd (@juddzeez) <a href="https://twitter.com/juddzeez/status/997908309276528640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 19, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2201]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-19-2018 08:49 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump Jr. and Other Aides Met With Gulf Emissary Offering Help to Win Election (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/19/us/politics/trump-jr-saudi-uae-nader-prince-zamel.html)

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[Post 2202]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-22-2018 12:53 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

"Too inconvenient" Trump goes rogue on phone security - POLITICO (https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/21/trump-phone-security-risk-hackers-601903)

But I'm sure that wall will keep America safe.

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[Post 2203]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-22-2018 01:31 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Donald Trump&#39;s foreign policy in one staggering <a href="https://twitter.com/jonleeanderson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jonleeanderson</a> paragraph. <a href="https://t.co/PRkZbCtTha">https://t.co/PRkZbCtTha</a> <a href="https://t.co/aWeHoqQWOe">pic.twitter.com/aWeHoqQWOe</a></p>&mdash; Kevin Sieff (@ksieff) <a href="https://twitter.com/ksieff/status/998587227025367040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 21, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2204]
Author : Ari
Date : 05-22-2018 01:52 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So this exists...
The official US coin for a meeting between President Trump and Supreme leader Kim Un that hasn't happened yet.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DdvUEL2UQAAFvrY.jpg

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[Post 2205]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-22-2018 07:07 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A quick note about severe narcissists like Trump (https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/998725285926391808.html)

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[Post 2206]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-22-2018 10:29 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Michael Cohen’s Business Partner Agrees to Cooperate as Part of Plea Deal (https://nytimes.com/2018/05/22/nyregion/michael-cohen-trump-taxi-cooperation.html)

Oops.

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[Post 2207]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-22-2018 11:49 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Two for one deal today.

Mueller Asked About Money Flows to Israeli Social-Media Firm, Source Says - Bloomberg (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-22/mueller-targeted-flows-of-money-to-israeli-social-media-company)

Cyprus banks are back.

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[Post 2208]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-23-2018 08:12 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump cannot block critical Twitter users, federal court rules (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/05/23/trump-cannot-block-critical-twitter-users-federal-court-rules/637454002/)

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[Post 2209]
Author : Zehava
Date : 05-23-2018 09:49 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump cannot block critical Twitter users, federal court rules (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/05/23/trump-cannot-block-critical-twitter-users-federal-court-rules/637454002/)


As much as I despise the Cheeto Faced Shit Gibbon in the oval office @RealDonaldTrump is his personal Twitter account.  Sure he uses it for policy/etc., rather than @POTUS, but still it is his PERSONAL account.  He should have the right (as any other Twitter user) to block people.

Can I be sued now if I block a "critical" Twitter user from following me?


I have to admit to some ignorance when it comes to Twitter.  I don't use it and my assumption of blocking was different than reality.  Yes nobody, not even the President, should be able to stop a person from following their Tweets.  The sheepfucker should be using Mute, as he does not want to see the tweets of these critics, but that is not a quick and easy a Block.

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[Post 2210]
Author : Sock Puppet
Date : 05-23-2018 11:09 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

No. He's the sheepfucking POTUS. He has a lot more influence than a normal US citizen, and a lot more accompanying obligations. If he wants to use Twitter to spew anything he wants, we should be able to spew anything back at him. Otherwise it's just an extra bully pulpit, one that he doesn't fucking need. Fuck his Twitter rights.

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[Post 2211]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-23-2018 11:45 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Link to the Judge's decision in this tweet:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: President Trump&#39;s blocking of critics on Twitter is unconstitutional, court rules. <a href="https://t.co/8fZ6cdKbAL">https://t.co/8fZ6cdKbAL</a> <a href="https://t.co/47a0yNYYkb">pic.twitter.com/47a0yNYYkb</a></p>&mdash; Knight 1st Amendment (@knightcolumbia) <a href="https://twitter.com/knightcolumbia/status/999332006453497858?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 23, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Why it's a Word doc, I don't know.

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[Post 2212]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-23-2018 11:47 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Not that this admin enjoys rules so much:

Jared Kushner Gets Security Clearance as He Tries to Move Past Mueller Inquiry (https://nytimes.com/2018/05/23/us/politics/jared-kushner-security-clearance.html)

How many times did this kid screw up his paperwork and otherwise hide things?

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[Post 2213]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 05-24-2018 07:46 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A little bit late, perhaps, but worth sharing ...

https://scontent.flex1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/33178093_2096127177146992_5913489381779308544_n.png?_nc_cat=0&oh=fd0a1ebabc18f69c4d4c910c45633079&oe=5BC2CC14

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[Post 2214]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-24-2018 06:23 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Trump-NoKo Summit coin is now the Chuck E. Cheese token of presidential keepsakes. <a href="https://t.co/SDqMNwAPEU">pic.twitter.com/SDqMNwAPEU</a></p>&mdash; The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) <a href="https://twitter.com/HoarseWisperer/status/999665414106992640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 24, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2215]
Author : erimir
Date : 05-24-2018 08:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Hillary's emails weren't even unsecured. But the reason she had the server was because it made it so she could do work and personal email on the same phone - so, for convenience. The same reason Trump wants to use an unsecured* phone.

For the Twitter stuff - it being his "personal" Twitter account would have relevance if he only used it for personal tweeting. That's kind of hard to say what would count as that for the president, but it's obvious his use of the account doesn't qualify. He barely uses the official @POTUS account at all, it's mostly used by his aides to announce events and mostly redundant to the @realDonaldTrump account. Whereas his "personal" account is mostly tweets relevant to official WH business, including announcing major firings, hirings and policy changes. It is basically the official government account.

TBF if he blocks you, you can view his tweets if you're not signed into your account, it's just more inconvenient. The more relevant aspect is that it affects your ability to reply to him and have that reply easily visible to other users.

*Well, a phone with no additional security measures anyway beyond what it comes with

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[Post 2216]
Author : Ari
Date : 05-24-2018 10:41 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The twitter stuff seems simple, if he's conducted POTUS business with his account, like say firing the secretary of state with an @realDonaldTrump tweet, then it's clearly his Potus account and subject to law and regulation based on his own choices to use it that way.

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[Post 2217]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-25-2018 08:29 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Truckin' along looking for that final solution.

ICE Plans to Start Destroying Records of Immigrant Abuse, Including Sexual Assault and Deaths in Custody | American Civil Liberties Union (https://www.aclu.org/blog/immigrants-rights/ice-and-border-patrol-abuses/ice-plans-start-destroying-records-immigrant)

2017. :)

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[Post 2218]
Author : The Man
Date : 05-25-2018 10:27 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Truckin' along looking for that final solution.

ICE Plans to Start Destroying Records of Immigrant Abuse, Including Sexual Assault and Deaths in Custody | American Civil Liberties Union (https://www.aclu.org/blog/immigrants-rights/ice-and-border-patrol-abuses/ice-plans-start-destroying-records-immigrant)

2017. :)

I’ve been on board with abolishing the fuck out of the American Gestapo for ages, and it’s good to see Samantha Bee on board as well.

Abolish ICE | May 23, 2018 Act 2 | Full Frontal on TBS - YouTube

This isn’t <em>remotely</em> a Godwin violation, by the way.

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[Post 2219]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 05-25-2018 05:16 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

In the "The More Things Change ... " department:  This is apparently from a 1934 newspaper article (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/68141866/5761581).

https://i2.wp.com/freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/files/2018/05/footballnazis.jpeg?w=672&ssl=1

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[Post 2220]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-26-2018 02:40 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

FBI obtains Putin ally's wiretapped conversations (https://www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-son-concerned-wiretaps-show-trump-jr-met-putin-ally-231215529.html)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A major Russian mobster with ties to the NRA got picked up on wiretaps by police in Spain.<br><br>Apparently the intercepted conversations are bad news for Donald Trump, Jr...<br><br>...and now Mueller has the transcripts. <br><br> <a href="https://t.co/l4A7ZPX6M7">https://t.co/l4A7ZPX6M7</a></p>&mdash; The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) <a href="https://twitter.com/HoarseWisperer/status/1000164011239968768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 25, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2221]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-26-2018 11:10 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Donald J. Trump on Twitter: "With Spies, or 'Informants' as the Democrats like to call them because it sounds less sinister (but it's not), all over my campaign, even from a very early date, why didn't the crooked highest levels of the FBI or 'Justice' contact me to tell me of the  phony Russia problem?" (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1000458567147839488)

Black Sabbath "Paranoid" - YouTube

FBI warned Trump in 2016 Russians would try to infiltrate his campaign (https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fbi-warned-trump-2016-russians-would-try-infiltrate-his-campaign-n830596)

https://i.imgur.com/PpXzvmI.jpg

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[Post 2222]
Author : The Man
Date : 05-27-2018 01:30 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

To be Scrupulously Fair, he may have legitimately forgotten the FBI&#8217;s warning by now. Memory loss is a noted symptom of dementia. That said, I generally err on the &#8220;assume Trump is lying unless given clear evidence otherwise&#8221; side of things.

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[Post 2223]
Author : SR71
Date : 05-27-2018 02:42 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://scontent-lax3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/33574464_2051388428223067_7716201792882606080_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=4781ea23db00daa8e63e326116d21446&oe=5B8FF603

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[Post 2224]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-27-2018 07:50 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Stelter: How to know when Trump is lying - YouTube

Or if prefer, Daniel Dale thread ranting about the topic of how media is handling Trump claims. Two minute read:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I&#8217;m someone who uses &#8220;lie&#8221; a lot for Trump claims. I also think Maggie&#8217;s points in this fight are indisputably true.<br><br>Two things are true at once: 1) Trump is a serial liar; 2) Reporters can&#8217;t call *all* his false claims lies; sometimes he&#8217;s confused or ignorant, not intentional. <a href="https://t.co/VuDiytJxks">https://t.co/VuDiytJxks</a></p>&mdash; Daniel Dale (@ddale8) <a href="https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1000767176284999680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 27, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2225]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-30-2018 08:36 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Daniel Dale live tweetage of the Nashville rally:

Last tweet here, whole thread in there. Watch out for falling not human beings they're animals audience participation section.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">One thing I still haven&#39;t figured out well, and I don&#39;t think anyone really has, is how to capture Trump&#39;s level of rally unhingedness in a regular article. The only good way is to list like 30 things he said.</p>&mdash; Daniel Dale (@ddale8) <a href="https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1001634245771759616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 30, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2226]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-30-2018 08:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Look who's confessing to electoral fraud 2018.

Trump says, without proof, that Russia investigation team will meddle in midterm elections - CNNPolitics (https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/29/politics/donald-trump-robert-mueller-team-midterm-elections-tweet/index.html)

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[Post 2227]
Author : Limoncello
Date : 05-31-2018 03:32 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

is this real or an SNL skit?

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[Post 2228]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 05-31-2018 03:53 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Well documented racist, confessed felon, and all-around terrible person Dinesh D&#8217;Souza is being promised a pardon from the current President via Twitter this morning.

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/trump-offers-pardon-to-conservative-pundit-dinesh-dsouza-for-campaign-finance-violations/

Because he was "treated very unfairly" by the government.

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[Post 2229]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-31-2018 05:29 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump imposes tariffs on closest allies, Mexico and Europe announce retaliation - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/trump-imposes-steel-and-aluminum-tariffs-on-the-european-union-canada-and-mexico/2018/05/31/891bb452-64d3-11e8-a69c-b944de66d9e7_story.html)

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[Post 2230]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-31-2018 06:07 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

On abuse of power:

Kathy Griffin on Twitter: "A) One year ago today my Trump photo was released. I have planned on doing this thread for a while but the fact that Sarah Sanders brought my name up at the podium today makes it even more appropriate for me to share some thoughts on what happened.  

Hope you&#39;ll take a look....… https://t.co/HLJa2lo8bR" (https://twitter.com/kathygriffin/status/1002040425232809984)

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[Post 2231]
Author : lisarea
Date : 05-31-2018 06:39 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Nobody who supports Trump in any way has the moral authority to be clutching their pearls about anything.

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[Post 2232]
Author : JoeP
Date : 05-31-2018 09:20 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Pearls they probably stole from immigrants.

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[Post 2233]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 05-31-2018 10:02 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Today at the grocery store the lady in front of me didn't have enough money to pay for her shopping. I think she was mumbling something about having left her card in her other purse and she was digging through her wallet looking for any change. It came to something like £28.40 and she managed to get £28 together and she was looking a bit frustrated and defeated. I didn't really realise what was going on at first and was just sort of thinking "hurry the fuck up lady, I have shit to do". But around the time she said I only have £28 I sort of put it all together and finally realised what was happening so I gave the cashier a quid and said "just use this". 

The lady was very appreciative, the cashier was relieved and the old lady behind me said "That was really, really nice of you". All I said was no worries, it was only 40 pence, no biggie.

But I really wanted to say "Just remember that came from an immigrant" :D

(we live the county that had the highest leave vote of all the UK)

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[Post 2234]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-31-2018 10:36 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm sure this won't end in a trail of tears:

'We need to renegotiate the treaties': Republican candidate calls for different era in tribal relations (https://www.indianz.com/News/2018/05/31/we-need-to-renegotiate-the-treaties-repu.asp)

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[Post 2235]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-31-2018 10:38 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Nobody who supports Trump in any way has the moral authority to be clutching their pearls about anything.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DejGlPKW0AAGP01.jpg
Who knew?

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[Post 2236]
Author : Sock Puppet
Date : 05-31-2018 11:45 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Further to the Cunt Conversation (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/31/business/media/samantha-bee-ivanka-trump.html):

Obviously it was her decision, but I really, really wish Samantha Bee had merely apologized to TBS for using a dirty word on their network. Ivanka Trump IS a feckless cunt, and doesn't deserve one word of apology. Roseanne Barr* insulted a woman for her heritage and appearance. Samantha Bee just used a nasty word to call out a genuinely oblivious, tone-deaf action.


* God DAMN, the coverage of this shit is fucking stupid. She didn't just call her an "ape," but that's all the fucking media can focus on at one time. The "Muslim Brotherhood" part of it absolutely should be examined just as closely; it just takes more unpacking of the layers of racism and miscellaneous bigotry than our news media can manage. Then again, all they had to do was quote the full alleged "joke" rather than reduce it to a single word. Normally I'd think repeating it would do more harm than good, but it's so pants-shittingly stupid that it reflects on Barr waaaaaay more than it ever would on Jarrett.

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[Post 2237]
Author : SR71
Date : 06-01-2018 12:49 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Pearls they probably stole from immigrants.

on KICKENTIDE!!!

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[Post 2238]
Author : The Man
Date : 06-01-2018 03:50 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

In case the overwhelming bad faith on display here wasn't already completely transparent, I feel obliged to note that, on several previous occasions, Samantha Bee has called someone a cunt on her show, and I never heard anyone complain until today. I've probably only missed a couple of segments ever, apart from the closing segments TBS rarely puts on YouTube. Not a word for any of the previous ones. And, of course, Roseanne Barr called Hillary Clinton a cunt on Twitter a few years back. Not that any of the people protesting Bee care about double standards.

My favourite response is from Sally Field.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I like Samantha Bee a lot, but she is flat wrong to call Ivanka a cunt. <br><br>Cunts are powerful, beautiful, nurturing and honest.</p>&mdash; Sally Field (@sally_field) <a href="https://twitter.com/sally_field/status/1002264847449550848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 31, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2239]
Author : Ari
Date : 06-01-2018 04:27 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's totally amazing the number of dudes I've seen white knighting for Ivanka and getting super offended on not just her behalf but on the behalf of womankind throughout all of history.

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[Post 2240]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-01-2018 05:01 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yeah, well, check out this cunt:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;<a href="https://twitter.com/MarkMcGrath87?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MarkMcGrath87</a>: <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a> You have a cunty demeanor.&quot;  True!</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/353322885688987650?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 6, 2013</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2241]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 06-01-2018 05:13 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Lest we forget, she uses almost as freely as a Scot - as punctuation as much as an insult. Samantha has gone so far as to embrace her cuntitude.

The Seattle Seawards | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee | TBS - YouTube

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[Post 2242]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-02-2018 07:17 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trade sanctions against America won't work. Sanctioning Trump himself might. - Macleans.ca (https://www.macleans.ca/opinion/trade-sanctions-against-america-wont-work-sanctioning-trump-himself-might/)

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[Post 2243]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-02-2018 07:33 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

And satire: Canada responds to US tariffs by asking which Trump child they need to bribe - The Beaverton (https://www.thebeaverton.com/2018/06/canada-responds-to-us-tariffs-by-asking-which-trump-child-they-need-to-bribe/)

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[Post 2244]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-04-2018 09:09 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

http://thehill.com/policy/defense/390469-pentagon-takes-up-federal-security-checks

Defense Department officials said that over the next three years it will be responsible for all background investigations for military and civilian employees and contractors, the AP reported.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&lt;sound of alarm begins blaring&gt; <a href="https://t.co/atclF5NVhM">https://t.co/atclF5NVhM</a></p>&mdash; Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) <a href="https://twitter.com/Stonekettle/status/1003447366798766080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 4, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2245]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-04-2018 07:47 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement acting director to speak at hate group event tomorrow | Southern Poverty Law Center (https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/06/04/us-immigration-and-customs-enforcement-acting-director-speak-hate-group-event-tomorrow)

The Case for Passive Eugenics guys, yeah.

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[Post 2246]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-04-2018 11:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

There's not enough evidence of cellphone surveillance near the White House. -Ajit Pai  (https://democrats-energycommerce.house.gov/sites/democrats.energycommerce.house.gov/files/documents/FCC%20Ltr.pdf)

Cellphone surveillance detected near White House, DHS says - CNNPolitics (https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/01/politics/cell-phone-spying-dhs-wyden-study/index.html)

June 1.

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[Post 2247]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-05-2018 06:32 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This must have been so satisfying for Andrew McCabe:

Andrew McCabe turned over memo on Comey firing to Mueller - CNNPolitics (https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/30/politics/andrew-mccabe-rod-rosenstein-memo/index.html)

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[Post 2248]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-05-2018 08:36 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

10743

10744

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[Post 2249]
Author : The Man
Date : 06-06-2018 03:49 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This piece by Deadspin's David Roth (https://deadspin.com/the-nfl-is-too-dumb-to-realize-that-donald-trump-is-nev-1826558748) is a thing of beauty.

The President of the United States just fucking sits there and watches television all day long, in large part because he is on television a lot now. He is either pleased or displeased by what he sees, and he shapes his actions&#8212;and, more or less by accident, the scope and tenor of our broader national politics&#8212;in response to what he sees. Some unlucky but mostly invisible people suffer greatly as a result. Some even unluckier people might even die. They may be dying now. They may in fact be dying right outside, right now, but the program is in commercial break at the moment. William Devane is telling the people at home about gold. An octogenarian former game-show host the color of a walnut is explaining how a reverse mortgage works, kind of.

None of this troubles the loop. Trump watches and emotes; he excretes and consumes. That a great and greatly conflicted experiment in self-government has come to this&#8212;a whole nation trying to talk a shitfaced trust-fund lout into a cab so that he won&#8217;t mow down everyone on the sidewalk, and then talking about what a fantastic job he did barfing in the ashtray&#8212;is one thing. It&#8217;s many things. But none of those things are complicated.

Everything, everything, about Donald Trump&#8217;s two-year war against the NFL, which took its latest oafish turn when the president disinvited the Super Bowl-winning Philadelphia Eagles from a White House visit that the team seemed less than eager to accept in the first place, has been predictable. The only people who could not have seen it coming are the very people who did not see it coming&#8212;the plump defective oligarchs who run the NFL, many of whom gave millions of their own dollars to Trump&#8217;s rancid failed prank of a campaign. They believed that Trump was their peer or their friend or anything but what he is and has always so blaringly been, so they tried to make some sort of deal with him on the player protests against police violence and impunity that Trump identified as something that could be weaponized in his favor.

Because NFL owners are quite stupid even by the water-brained standards of the ultra-rich, they devised a strange sort of tiered non-compromise compromise on the protests in the hopes that Trump would stop ranting about their league and the ungrateful, un-American, subhuman thugs who are both its labor and its product. They did this without the consent or even the input of the players, which displeased the players. And Trump, because he is Trump, did not accept the deal. He&#8217;s a man who only knows how to do a couple of things, but one of those things is to find a bruise and then push and push on it. He does that very well.

Trump told the owners this, directly, but they didn&#8217;t believe him. &#8220;You can&#8217;t win this one,&#8221; Trump reportedly told Jerry Jones in a phone call. &#8220;This one lifts me.&#8221; The owners thought, despite that, there was a solution that could lift everyone&#8212;a nice deal that lets everyone continue to do their respective looting in happy parallel. In that, they fundamentally misread the situation and misunderstood their counterparty. They haven&#8217;t listened to the people mounting the protests, of course, but they somehow misjudged Trump, too.

The people mounting the protests have made the same simple and humane points for years and have been answered only with the laziest umbrage and bad faith, which is more or less the response that such protests elicit in America. But Trump also hasn&#8217;t changed his broader position; he is not listening or learning or changing, because those are not things he does. He is pushing and pushing and pushing at this issue because that is what he does, and because he is nothing without something to push against. There is no compromise to make. Trump wants to become the world, to erase and expunge everything from it that is not him or about him. A generation of the worst and most hard-hearted people that this country has ever produced are lined up outside the church he has opened, and they are willing to leave everything outside in order to gain entry. It&#8217;s the only way in. It&#8217;s the only way there will be enough room.

There is no reason to assume that Donald Trump even knows the words to the national anthem. He definitely does not know the words to &#8220;God Bless America.&#8221; Because these songs are not about him, there&#8217;s no real reason to believe Trump really cares about them much at all. What matters about the mild and respectful protests that NFL players staged during the playing of that anthem, to Trump and everyone lined up behind him, is how it can be used. He understands that because it is about him and can be used to his benefit, so he cares about it a great deal.

Trump doesn&#8217;t honor anything on Earth more than himself. The republic for which all this stands is an abstraction in which he transparently has no interest, or anyway nothing that he&#8217;d put above even his pettiest personal or business interest. He is not sincerely offended by black or brown players performing an act of protest during a song so much as he is offended&#8212;affronted, sure, but more deeply threatened&#8212;by their disobedience in doing so after having been very clearly told that it bothered their betters. He is not alone in this, but here as elsewhere Trump has backed into being a perfect avatar. He is not the only person who believes that people protesting against unrelenting, unjust, unaccountable state violence are doing so primarily to be annoying, but he is the only one who can get those other disordered people to pile into a convention center to listen to him interrupt himself and complain about it for a couple hours.

Trump doesn&#8217;t understand loyalty in any meaningful way, because he is not capable of it in any meaningful way. There is no other person on Earth who really seems to mean much to him outside of what they say about or could potentially do for him. But he definitely has an understanding of loyalty, and that is roughly as something that an employee owes an employer&#8212;as a thing that runs up and only up, and is non-negotiable, and is in the end about always and without complaint doing what you&#8217;re told. Among Trump&#8217;s many strange rhetorical tics is using &#8220;like a dog&#8221; as the most devastating of insults, which is weird enough when you consider how awesome dogs are but which seems more significant in light of the fact that his understanding of what loyalty looks like is otherwise synonymous with what dogs show their masters.

He is not the only person that understands it this way, either. It is a very easy and very lazy and fundamentally worthless way of valuing loyalty, and as such it is very useful to the people who tend to line up behind Trump and figures like him&#8212;the little authoritarians who see or want to see themselves as sitting naturally atop an important hierarchy, who very deeply believe themselves to be owed things that they don&#8217;t really feel like they owe anyone else, and who also do not appreciate being smarted-off to by their lessers.

Read the whole etc.

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[Post 2250]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-07-2018 12:40 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Let's see how that international relations thing is going.

State Department spokeswoman notes D-Day in answer on 'strong relationship' with Germany - CNNPolitics (https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/05/politics/state-department-heather-nauert-germany-israel/index.html)

Trump brings up 1812 with Trudeau - CBC News (http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/macron-trudeau-meeting-g7-1.4693770)

But more seriously: Now we get to watch what a severe narcissist does when told 'no'. Of course, telling a severe narcissist 'yes' will just mark you as a 'pussy' and then the narc will want more.

This is our world now.

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[Post 2251]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-07-2018 03:32 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

There goes infrastructure week:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">On April 11, I called Trump&#8217;s favorite architect to ask about jobs he did in Eastern Europe that recently drew Mueller&#8217;s eye.<br><br>Within hours, John Fotiadis closed down his 10 yr old architecture firm, deleted his portfolio and left Twitter. He&#8217;s still MIA.<a href="https://t.co/1hSyqfbARP">https://t.co/1hSyqfbARP</a></p>&mdash; Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) <a href="https://twitter.com/christinawilkie/status/1004522640118304768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 7, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2252]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-07-2018 07:51 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BROOKLYN--Military police calls ICE on pizza delivery man. ICE detains delivery man; military keeps the pizzas. <a href="https://t.co/Wvb1oAu39o">https://t.co/Wvb1oAu39o</a></p>&mdash; Matt Katz (@mattkatz00) <a href="https://twitter.com/mattkatz00/status/1004155937777770496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 6, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2253]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-07-2018 08:12 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hey remember when Assange DM&#39;d Hannity asking him to reach out on an encrypted app?<br><br>Tonight Hannity is freaking out about Mueller searching encrypted apps and &quot;advised&quot; all Mueller witnesses to &quot;bash&quot; their phones &quot;into itsy bitsy pieces&quot; <a href="https://t.co/cZhaUqVNQk">pic.twitter.com/cZhaUqVNQk</a></p>&mdash; Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) <a href="https://twitter.com/ndrew_lawrence/status/1004531870930034688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 7, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2254]
Author : The Man
Date : 06-07-2018 08:44 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It&#8217;s a good thing Mueller almost certainly already has all the encrypted messages they&#8217;ve subpoenaed, and is just doing this to see who&#8217;s enough of a schmuck to attempt to destroy the evidence, which is a federal crime.

Also, from the replies, there&#8217;s this.

18§1512 Whoever&#8230;corruptly persuades another person or attempts to do so&#8230;with intent to alter, destroy, mutilate or conceal an object with intent to impair the object&#8217;s integrity or availability for use in an official proceeding&#8230;shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.

WTG, Hannity.

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[Post 2255]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-07-2018 08:34 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This f'n guy:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DfCHxAbU0AE6ljL.jpg

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[Post 2256]
Author : lisarea
Date : 06-07-2018 09:10 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump only did that because Kim Kardashian told him to.

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[Post 2257]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-07-2018 09:21 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

And Obama commuted, rather than pardoned, to make retroactive a sentencing policy change. ¯\_(&#12484;)_/¯

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[Post 2258]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-08-2018 01:14 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Dersh: &quot;The President wasn&#39;t wrong when he said he wants his Attorney General to be loyal. It&#39;s the constitution that&#39;s wrong for allowing that kind of division to occur.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/p4VhIhVA88">pic.twitter.com/p4VhIhVA88</a></p>&mdash; Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) <a href="https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/1004113438216474629?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 5, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Guess y'all have to change that Constitution thingie then. ¯\_(&#12484;)_/¯

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[Post 2259]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-08-2018 06:22 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Interesting little thrad about personality disorders.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">There&#8217;s this weird phenomenon on the right where people&#8217;s bad behavior is chalked up to being a &#8220;different person&#8221;.<br><br>There&#8217;s some deep psychology in there. <br><br>Being unable to integrate a person&#8217;s actual qualities. Seeing people as all good and not responsible for flaws... <a href="https://t.co/7kx2jWoUFe">https://t.co/7kx2jWoUFe</a></p>&mdash; The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) <a href="https://twitter.com/HoarseWisperer/status/1004900557004460032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 8, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2260]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-08-2018 10:02 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Amy Siskind has a podcast of her weekly list now: The Weekly List | Anchor - The easiest way to start a podcast (https://anchor.fm/the-weekly-list)

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[Post 2261]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-08-2018 08:23 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

America is now a nation of surrendercucks who run screaming from France.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WH now says scheduled bilateral meeting between Trump and French president Macron this morning is not happening</p>&mdash; John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnJHarwood/status/1005113568583475201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 8, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2262]
Author : The Man
Date : 06-08-2018 08:35 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

America is now a nation of surrendercucks who run screaming from France.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WH now says scheduled bilateral meeting between Trump and French president Macron this morning is not happening</p>&mdash; John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnJHarwood/status/1005113568583475201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 8, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

And then <strike>John</strike> America was a <strike>zombie</strike> cheese-eating surrender monkey.

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[Post 2263]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-08-2018 08:59 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://media.tenor.com/images/3aa5972abae5438f9cd28cb91ba3af25/tenor.gif

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[Post 2264]
Author : The Man
Date : 06-08-2018 09:07 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Fun fact: hamsters are noted for being able to breed unusually quickly, and elderberries can be made into wine. So Cleese is saying Arthur's mom was a slut and his dad was a drunk.

(The caption is wrong, though - it mixes up the insults to his mother and his father.)

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[Post 2265]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-08-2018 09:16 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Turns out there was a meeting. I wonder who soothed/cajolled babyfingers.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Pursuing the conversation. Engaging, keeping the dialogue alive, now &amp; ever. Sharing, reaching out, always, to promote the interests of the French people, and all those who believe in a world we can build together. With President Donald Trump, prior to the opening of G7 Summit. <a href="https://t.co/SD5hzLBO0X">pic.twitter.com/SD5hzLBO0X</a></p>&mdash; Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) <a href="https://twitter.com/EmmanuelMacron/status/1005140530219626497?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 8, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2266]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-08-2018 10:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Of course:

Trump calls for Russia to be reinstated to G-7, threatens allies on trade - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/trump-calls-for-russia-to-be-reinstated-to-g7-threatens-allies-on-trade/2018/06/08/6a13d876-6b15-11e8-bea7-c8eb28bc52b1_story.html)

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[Post 2267]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 06-09-2018 02:42 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

As an NPR commentator put it today, "It's hard to see this as anything other than Trump doing Putin's bidding."

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[Post 2268]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-09-2018 04:55 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Good enough thread:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">In case you&#39;re curious what a Planet of the Apes reference actually means to the far right... <a href="https://t.co/XFxLJ0eHCM">pic.twitter.com/XFxLJ0eHCM</a></p>&mdash; Respectable Lawyer (@RespectableLaw) <a href="https://twitter.com/RespectableLaw/status/1001979646727114753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 31, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2269]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-09-2018 07:59 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Donald Trump gives female diplomat air-kiss from hell as he arrives in Canada | Metro News (https://metro.co.uk/2018/06/08/donald-trump-gives-female-diplomat-air-kiss-hell-arrives-canada-7617191/)

http://gif-finder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Jack-Nicholson-Facepalm.gif

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[Post 2270]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-09-2018 08:59 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">No president in history has lied to the American people more than President Obama - in fact, it is not even close!</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/475640516822855680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 8, 2014</a></blockquote>
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¯\_(&#12484;)_/¯

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[Post 2271]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-10-2018 02:05 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DfSE4XaW0AAduqw.jpg

https://img.fark.net/images/cache/850/6/6c/fark_6cMzF6AMThEVvaS_BJ8snHWkg7E.png?t=tg4TWIgFgkNQGzEtyDoxMQ&f=1528689600

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[Post 2272]
Author : Sock Puppet
Date : 06-10-2018 02:20 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I would thank that last poast if it didn't hurt so much. :sadcheer:

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[Post 2273]
Author : erimir
Date : 06-10-2018 05:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

"It's good that Trump did that!"

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[Post 2274]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-10-2018 07:06 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Good example of how all this plays in Canada: Kenney is the Conservative leader in Alberta and a frequent Trudeau critic. <a href="https://t.co/A6LbwS68RB">pic.twitter.com/A6LbwS68RB</a></p>&mdash; Daniel Dale (@ddale8) <a href="https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1005640798304645120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 10, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Fun fact. Canadians get their upper lips from England.

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[Post 2275]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 06-10-2018 01:32 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It is a dimension as stupid as possible and seemingly as endless as infinity. 
It is the ground outside science and it relies on the worst of man's fears and the dearth of his knowledge. 
This is the dimension of idiocy. It is an area which we call the Trump Zone.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DfSE4XaW0AAduqw.jpg

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[Post 2276]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-10-2018 04:02 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

"Lesser nations":
10751

And: Trudeau repeats what he's been saying all week. Then:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">White House trade adviser Peter Navarro, speaking for Trump, accuses Canada of “an attack on our political system” and declares “a special place in hell” for the PM. <a href="https://t.co/L4rRgdgtyW">https://t.co/L4rRgdgtyW</a> <a href="https://t.co/34R7va8tcj">pic.twitter.com/34R7va8tcj</a></p>&mdash; Will Saletan (@saletan) <a href="https://twitter.com/saletan/status/1005816669149847552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 10, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2277]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-10-2018 05:07 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This will be a bit of a dump but I'll try to structure it.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">So...per the White House, Trump is insulting the prime minister of Canada because he wants to impress Kim Jong Un.</p>&mdash; Daniel Dale (@ddale8) <a href="https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1005806958862053376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 10, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Uh. Do these guys honestly believe they're not transparent like that tech co. HQ with all the glass walls people were walking into?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump’s aides are frantically running for microphones to try to mitigate the massive, global humiliation Trump brought on himself at the G7.<br><br>Crazypants is poised to soil himself in Singapore in even bigger scale.<br><br>It’s going to be a crazy week.</p>&mdash; The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) <a href="https://twitter.com/HoarseWisperer/status/1005826912160239616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 10, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Right, and...

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">That’s how they do damage control. They up the aggression. The more aggressive they are, the worse they know Trump effed it up.</p>&mdash; The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) <a href="https://twitter.com/HoarseWisperer/status/1005830801228009473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 10, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Kudlow: &quot;He can't put Trump in a position of being weak going into the North Korean talks. He can't do that. And by the way, President Trump is NOT weak!&quot; This is a remarkable display of weakness...</p>&mdash; Daniel Dale (@ddale8) <a href="https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1005809362135404546?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 10, 2018</a></blockquote>
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NOT WEAK! NO WEAK! YOU'RE THE WEAK!!!

Okay, that fits the pattern. Also, someone told a narcissist 'no' which is such a:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">None that I can think of. <br><br>As an American political historian, I find myself using the phrase &quot;so far off the rails&quot; a lot more than I'd like to these days.</p>&mdash; Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) <a href="https://twitter.com/KevinMKruse/status/1005815092825526272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 10, 2018</a></blockquote>
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BETRAYAL! BACK STAB!

Classic NPD.

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[Post 2278]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 06-10-2018 05:26 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This is TRULY amazing :lol:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Fox &amp; Friends accidentally said this about the Singapore summit: &quot;regardless of what happens in that meeting between the two dictators.&quot; <br><br>This gaffe is probably the most honest thing ever said in the program&#39;s history. <a href="https://t.co/eooBanu9b2">pic.twitter.com/eooBanu9b2</a></p>&mdash; Adam Best (@adamcbest) <a href="https://twitter.com/adamcbest/status/1005825231041323008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">10 June 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2279]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-10-2018 05:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Oooh, Fox, I can do Fox.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/stephenharper?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@stephenharper</a>: &quot;I can understand why <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a>, why the American people, feel they need better trade relationships.&quot; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SundayFutures?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SundayFutures</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/MariaBartiromo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MariaBartiromo</a> <a href="https://t.co/0GFFb8dynQ">pic.twitter.com/0GFFb8dynQ</a></p>&mdash; Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNews/status/1005825949089390592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 10, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Oh hey, the Tweet text has NOTHING TO DO with what Harper said. What a classic out-take there.

But you should watch this interview and listen to what Harper said.

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[Post 2280]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 06-11-2018 05:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

"Just tell us what Vladimir has on you.  Maybe we can help." (https://twitter.com/guyverhofstadt/status/1005763366118477825/photo/1)

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[Post 2281]
Author : Ari
Date : 06-11-2018 08:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I just found out North Korea has a golf course at Pyongyang, if the summit doesn't include something about Trump arranging to visit Pyongyang in North Korea I will be quite surprised.

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[Post 2282]
Author : Ari
Date : 06-12-2018 10:26 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Thumbs up! Wanna be dictator of previously democratic republic of united states gives thumbs up to current murderous dictator of starving people.  Not only is it funny because both are doing this just for the photo op but because it's clear yokel in office doesn't actually understand what power he's been put in charge of, and sees the NK dictator on equal footing since people cheer for him at parades he must be important.  Also we should give Trump some credit, this does give many North Korean media photoshop artists a day off, good for him thinking of the little person.


https://qz.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/AP_18163088150536-e1528773600704.jpg?quality=80&strip=all&w=800

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[Post 2283]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-12-2018 07:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump says he’ll punish ‘the people of Canada’ because of Trudeau’s news conference (https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2018/06/12/we-just-shook-hands-trump-confused-by-trudeaus-pushed-around-comment-after-g7-summit.html)

I suppose this means the G6 and other allied nations must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.

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[Post 2284]
Author : Zehava
Date : 06-12-2018 08:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I just don't get what Trump is trying to accomplish with these tariffs, especially the steel tariffs.

I mean they could work against say Canada, IF we had more than enough domestic production to make up for the reduced imports OR we could import cheaply from somewhere else.  Given though the the US Steel Industry is a shell of what it once was and Trump is applying tariffs to pretty much all steel imports, what the fucking good is this going to do other than drive up prices of consumer goods in the US?

Is that his point, fuck over the working class even more because he's not squeezing enough value (for the wealthy) out of the horrendous tax bill?  It will slow down real economic growth, but probably cause another surge in the stock market, because America fuck yeah!  Which again only puts money in the pockets of the already wealthy.

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[Post 2285]
Author : Sock Puppet
Date : 06-12-2018 09:50 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

One of Trump's few consistencies is his contention that the US isn't getting a good enough deal in any of our economic relations with other countries. There are 2 possible reasons:

1. He really is too stupid to understand that every deal the US has set up, anytime, anywhere, has been carefully arranged to benefit the US first and foremost, without exception.

2. He actually understands this, and simply wants to squeeze out more, since more is always better.

It doesn't particularly matter which one is correct. The result will be the same: short-term gain for Trump and the rest of the plutocracy, long-term loss for everyone -- including them, eventually, but they'll always have enough of a safety net to avoid the pain they inflict on the rest of us.

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[Post 2286]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-12-2018 11:14 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The Trump part is explainable by Narcissistic Personality Disorder. I've seen it up front and first hand and have joked* that one of the Trump kids is going to be the dubious winner of the Daddy's Least Favourite of the Week will lottery. **

Here's a guy who writes about it on a regular basis. A thread on the topic:
The Hoarse Whisperer on Twitter: "I understand narcissistic personality disorder like the back of my hand. Trump is as familiar as an old movie, so let me share some intel.1/" (https://twitter.com/HoarseWisperer/status/884179117192749056)

tl;dr -  Narcs need only praise, and to avoid shame.

But you really, really, really get to know this disorder inside and out if you want to understand how Trump gets manipulated and why he blows his stack when he does. In Trudeau's case, he told Trump 'no'. There's other factors but those are most likely related to the flying monkeys that enable/manipulate him.

Regarding trade deals. I believe there's some unholy alliance of isolationists and financiers/industrialists/oligarchs who understand how to monetise isolationism, as Sock Puppet said in his conclusion. Where Trump comes in is the NPD. He does not understand mutually beneficial. There are only winners, and losers. Everything is binary. It's not even 'America First' in his head, it's 'Trump gets raving crowds of fan worship by Americans'. IF the America First metho doesn't work, well, it's pretty clear what he sees in Kim Jong Un's parades and forced at gunpoint worship. Doesn't matter to Trump, in his mind none of the rest of us are really sentient creatures anyway.

*By joked I mean, I just don't care. In fact, I'm making popcorn to watch. The only one I'd feel sorry for would be Barron.

**In our family's case, the winner of Daddy's Most Favourite bought the Least Favourite winner a really nice car. Because fuck daddy right in the ear. I come by my special hatred of narcissists and their enablers honestly.

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[Post 2287]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-12-2018 11:29 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'd like to add to that the importance of that oligarch angle and other forces at work in trade dispute. Clinton is also scary internationally on the trade front, and I believe that under a Clinton presidency there would also have been some actions taken leading to a dispute.

The dispute would just have been far more civil and focused on coming to some form of an agreement, rather than feeding Trump's ego.

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[Post 2288]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 06-13-2018 01:51 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump antagonizes and insults democratically-elected leaders of allied nations like Trudeau -- and praises and claims to admire autocrats like Kim, Duterte, Erdogan, and Putin.

One of the few things Trump is consistent on is his admiration for autocrats.  That makes sense, given that he is an autocrat at heart.



An NPR commentator suggested today that the Chinese told Kim, "stroke his ego and Trump will agree to anything you want."  That might well be true.

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[Post 2289]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-13-2018 08:08 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The Guardian view on Trump in Singapore: a huge win â&#8364;&#8220; for North Korea | Editorial | Opinion | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/12/the-guardian-view-on-trump-in-singapore-a-huge-win-for-north-korea)

:sniggle:

The US president made a major concession at his summit with Kim Jong-un, for minimal return

The US president handed over gift after gift in exchange for the inflation of his ego. He does not know or does not care that his country went home poorer than it came. 

That's the funny part.

In return Mr Trump axed the drills with, it seems, no warning to Seoul (or even US forces). Worse, he described them as &#8220;provocative&#8221; and &#8220;inappropriate&#8221;, not just giving the North what it wanted, but suggesting it was right to demand it. He added that he hoped to withdraw US troops from South Korea at some point &#8211; further undermining the long alliance.

That - not so much.

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[Post 2290]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-13-2018 08:09 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

And then there's THAT VIDEO.

The action-movie style trailer Trump says he played to Kim Jong-un - YouTube

&#8220;We had it on cassette. An iPad,&#8221; Trump said. 
- Yes, iPads and cassettes are interchangeable in Trumpspeak. 

The Guardian's film critic reviews it (https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jun/12/trump-bizarre-trailer-for-the-summit-with-kim-singapore-bromance)

*Deep bass voice* &#8220;In a world &#8230; where can-do guys and deal-makers get betrayed at every turn by whiny Canadians, finger-wagging Germans and traitorous so-called reformist uncles who sadly needed to be executed for their own good, two men stood tall. Two friends. Two heroes.&#8221;

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[Post 2291]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-13-2018 08:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Dude. Allow me to add:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">One of these stills is from the Singapore propaganda trailer. One is from Idiocracy. It is happening. It is really happening. <a href="https://t.co/o1406gKdE0">pic.twitter.com/o1406gKdE0</a></p>&mdash; Ann Kriss (@akriss253) <a href="https://twitter.com/akriss253/status/1006764350047162368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 13, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2292]
Author : SR71
Date : 06-13-2018 02:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I just don't get what Trump is trying to accomplish with these tariffs, especially the steel tariffs.

I mean they could work against say Canada, IF we had more than enough domestic production to make up for the reduced imports OR we could import cheaply from somewhere else.  Given though the the US Steel Industry is a shell of what it once was and Trump is applying tariffs to pretty much all steel imports, what the fucking good is this going to do other than drive up prices of consumer goods in the US?

Is that his point, fuck over the working class even more because he's not squeezing enough value (for the wealthy) out of the horrendous tax bill?  It will slow down real economic growth, but probably cause another surge in the stock market, because America fuck yeah!  Which again only puts money in the pockets of the already wealthy.

Not even to mention, we have a trade surplus with Canada, so there is little justification to villify Canada in the first place.

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[Post 2293]
Author : erimir
Date : 06-13-2018 06:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Canada has a trade surplus?

So you mean they're using their money to buy all our stuff. They think they can just buy our country! They're taking advantage of us!

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[Post 2294]
Author : Kevlar
Date : 06-13-2018 08:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ok, so I've always avoided Twitter.  Don't know why, but Facebook got me first, and that satisfies my cycles of narcissism/self-loathing.  Anyway, after all the hoopla about Trump and Twitter, I decided to create a Twitter account and follow just the principle players in this game, DJT, Ivanka, Jared, Jr., etc..  I've been reading bits and pieces of the Twitstorm in the media, but I wanted to read it first hand...  very, very, interesting.

My first take-away from the piles of shitposts I've waded through is this:  where the hell do we go from here???   The divisions are deep and both sides are letting each other have it with both shit-barrels.  I'm most ashamed of the comments coming from my side of the fence, because I think my side is the right side, and I'd like to continue to believe that we have the moral high ground.  But, HOW we deliver the message is just as important as WHAT the message is.  Maybe even more-so.  

I think there is no doubt this president, and his entourage, are going to go down hard.  The self-destruction in that circle is more than enough to predict a bad outcome.  So, the question for us anti-Trumps is going to be:  how are we going to handle the implosion of our own president?  Are we going to hurl insults and I-told-you-sos, which is going to just drive us into deeper division, making Democracy completely impossible?  Or are we going to try to reach out to the Trumpsters and help them understand that compromise is the only civil way forward?  Is compromise even possible?  Have we already gone off the cliff???

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[Post 2295]
Author : Ari
Date : 06-13-2018 09:42 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Given things like the T fucking the P and other graphically questionable things I kinda wonder if there isn't a few people in their design department trying to take the piss out of them expecting to be rejected and everytime someone higher up is like "That's great, run with it!"

I left twitter awhile back and feel so much better for it.  The cesspool of twitter makes youtube comments look sane and educated by comparison.

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[Post 2296]
Author : Kevlar
Date : 06-13-2018 09:46 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yep, Twitter is a balls-to-the-wall race-to-the-bottom.

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[Post 2297]
Author : Sock Puppet
Date : 06-13-2018 10:01 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The Trump crowd, at this point, is fully in thumbs-in-ears, la-la-la-I-can&#8217;t-hear-you mode. They really have no choice at this point; unless you truly believe that &#8220;fake news&#8221; horseshit without exception, there&#8217;s no way you can continue to support him. Hell, you even have to avoid a lot of what he brags about, let alone what he denies. So I don&#8217;t see any way forward that involves them at all. Frankly, no one who voted for him should ever even vote again, and everyone who supported him should never be involved in politics again. 

It&#8217;s not just &#8220;I told you so.&#8221; It&#8217;s &#8220;Do you understand why this was wrong?&#8221; I despair that enough of them will ever answer yes.

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[Post 2298]
Author : Kevlar
Date : 06-14-2018 12:25 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Well, I can say that in my own little bubble of personal experience, there is not going to be anything in the way of accepting responsibility from those in my family who support Trump.  As a matter of fact, the last conversation I had with my mom was in January, and she hung up the phone on me and she hasn't communicated with me or the kids since.  That relationship has gone off the cliff for sure.  But, in all fairness, that relationship was always on the brink of the void.

Then there is my girlfriend.  There have been times that I've seriously thought I should end it because of her support for Trump.  She is Filipino and very good looking, and at times I have wondered if I was being sexist/racist for giving her so much slack on the subject.  If she were a white American, at the first mention of Fox News, all she'd have seen of me was ass and elbows (in a cloud of dust).  But, it's not just the pretty face that keeps me coming back to her, it's because her family does not support her position at all, and they are politically very similar to me.  At least I know the forces in her inner circle are guiding her in the right direction, so I'm not that distressed by the situation.  My gut tells me just to be as nice as I can about it, and that kindness and patience will win her over.  It already has to a great extent.

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[Post 2299]
Author : SR71
Date : 06-14-2018 01:47 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The Trump crowd, at this point, is fully in thumbs-in-ears, la-la-la-I-can’t-hear-you mode. They really have no choice at this point; unless you truly believe that “fake news” horseshit without exception, there’s no way you can continue to support him. Hell, you even have to avoid a lot of what he brags about, let alone what he denies. So I don’t see any way forward that involves them at all. Frankly, no one who voted for him should ever even vote again, and everyone who supported him should never be involved in politics again. 

It’s not just “I told you so.” It’s “Do you understand why this was wrong?” I despair that enough of them will ever answer yes.

Unfortunately, I think that if we divide the party into roughly two politotypes (I think I just made up a word), there will be those who go along with the charade because they stand to benefit from the policies, and those who don't know it's a charade or that they won't benefit from the policies, either.

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[Post 2300]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-14-2018 02:03 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

there is not going to be anything in the way of accepting responsibility from those in my family who support Trump.

I hope I'm merely being flip when I suggest a good solid round of Denazification (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denazification) would do the trick, because if it turns out I'm not being flip, well, the mass graves will be the likes unseen since the Trail of Tears.

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[Post 2301]
Author : lisarea
Date : 06-14-2018 02:33 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

There are very, very few Americans who actually stand to benefit from his policies. There are quite a few who for some reason still think they will, but they won't. Like those fucking coal miners (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-trump-effect-coal-retraining-insight/awaiting-trumps-coal-comeback-miners-reject-retraining-idUSKBN1D14G0) and everyone else waiting for their game show host from TV to come give them their prizes by propping up their worthless, destructive lifestyles. They didn't get the way they are by letting facts and experience guide them. 

Trump voters by and large are in way over their heads. They think everything they don't understand is some kind of fucking hoax, and that Trump is honest because he's ignorant like them. That's why you got all these middle aged and old people saying that was the first time they voted. It's a special type of stupid they have, where they just have a super-low barrier to confidence and think their 'common sense' is some kind of absolute truth, so they don't have to bother actually learning anything new. Some of the younger Trump voters might end up OK eventually. It's pretty common for young people to go through an edgy stage and get over it eventually as they mature and get some real world experience. The older ones, though, it seems unlikely. If they still think that way past about 40 or so, their stupidity is obviously self imposed and self perpetuating and they will never learn a damned thing. (And it's not just ignorance. At that point, it's clearly stupidity, just the kind people choose.)

I dunno exactly what to do about them, but I know it's not 'try to understand their concerns.' Their concerns are all fucking stupid.

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[Post 2302]
Author : Ari
Date : 06-14-2018 04:21 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The Conservative machine and Trump have tapped into America's tribalism quite nicely.  There are plenty of people who actually feel like they themselves are winning when the republicans win and when Trump gets one over on others and feel good about that winning, even if it ultimately hurts them.  The rush of the team win is too great especially since it's the only rush they are getting these days.  Which is why dying industries have latched onto Trump.  It seems some are just going to ride the winning and the oxy spiral down into ruin thinking all the while that they are doing everything right and winning so much, why is it getting worse?  That is afterall Trumps one talent, to be able to whip people's emotions into a frenzy, to get them excited about what they will do together, even if no one knows what that is.  They are now Team Trump.  I am reminded of a John Oliver piece on Stadiums that had a woman passionately attacking a man for not spending education dollars on a stadium because the Scorpioties or whatever were the soul of the city.  Once you tap into this tribal fandom you will get people begging to get reamed in the ass at the profit of the team.  I absolutely bet there are some coal miners that will happily dwindle into nothingness instead of rocking the boat for his team too much.

Just like people have internalized Trump as part of their character, there are quite a few people who have internalized dumb as part of their character. That being ignorant is something to be proud about and celebrate the concept of being stupid but good in the heart.  But since most of these people aren't actually mentally handicapped they do indeed learn just indirectly so they know of nothing that they haven't directly experienced so you end up with the slowest of children in middle age that can't grasp the concept that their highschool class on a subject maybe wasn't the whole of that subject.

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[Post 2303]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-14-2018 09:13 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's pretty common for young people to go through an edgy stage and get over it eventually as they mature and get some real world experience.

Don't tell me I'm going to get over it! You don't know me! :hissyfit:

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[Post 2304]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-14-2018 09:13 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

They didn't get the way they are by letting facts and experience guide them. 
+1

Trump voters [...] think everything they don't understand is some kind of fucking hoax
Quotable.

Just like people have internalized Trump as part of their character, there are quite a few people who have internalized dumb as part of their character. 
This.

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[Post 2305]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-14-2018 09:31 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Reminds me of pictures of Chavez everywhere in Venezuela.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Starting to get some handout photos from our tour with <a href="https://twitter.com/HHSGov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@HHSGov</a>. <br><br>Here’s the Trump mural I mentioned to <a href="https://twitter.com/chrislhayes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@chrislhayes</a> inside the shelter for incarcerated child migrants. <br><br>Also their beds and the towels they shower with. <a href="https://t.co/EPEQ1VGAAF">pic.twitter.com/EPEQ1VGAAF</a></p>&mdash; Jacob Soboroff (@jacobsoboroff) <a href="https://twitter.com/jacobsoboroff/status/1007071603887362048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 14, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2306]
Author : Ensign Steve
Date : 06-14-2018 06:50 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

the Scorpioties or whatever

Thank you for that. :lol:

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[Post 2307]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-14-2018 08:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sanders comments on family separations at the border: “It is very biblical to enforce the law” <a href="https://t.co/5DiL1C4FHt">https://t.co/5DiL1C4FHt</a></p>&mdash; CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNPolitics/status/1007345519570706432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 14, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Something wrapped in flag carrying a cross something.

-Not Sinclair Lewis (https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sinclair-lewis-on-fascism/)

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[Post 2308]
Author : Ari
Date : 06-14-2018 11:59 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The bible also says you should feed your hungry enemies, and it does so literally two lines before the ones she quotes.  I'm starting to think whoever invented the bible verse quoting system was an evil genius!  Some ways you have to give them credit for just blatantly putting it out there that they don't think any of their supporters have actually read or remember the bible, just like they haven't.  

I can't wait for in a few years the Trump administration,
'"We're just going to have to put him down harry! -Hagrid" Which is why we are gathered here today to open the Hagrid child torture and animal experimentation ward.  hagrid would be proud!

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[Post 2309]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-15-2018 12:55 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The bible also says you should feed your hungry enemies, and it does so literally two lines before the ones she quotes.  I'm starting to think whoever invented the bible verse quoting system was an evil genius!  Some ways you have to give them credit for just blatantly putting it out there that they don't think any of their supporters have actually read or remember the bible, just like they haven't.  

I can't wait for in a few years the Trump administration,
'"We're just going to have to put him down harry! -Hagrid" Which is why we are gathered here today to open the Hagrid child torture and animal experimentation ward.  hagrid would be proud!

Notwithstanding the wiggle room in that there critique, I doubt anyone detained is being Auschwitz level starved (yet), and despite the entire notion of America tossing the Iran deal aside while instituting America's Ayatrumplah, there are better verses out there.

But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.

Oh right, I forgot, Old Testament is only for smiting teh_ghey.

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[Post 2310]
Author : lpetrich
Date : 06-15-2018 01:47 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

President Trump's recent deal with Dear Leader Kim Jong Un reminds me of Neville Chamberlain's Munich appeasement deal with Adolf Hitler.

There are some differences, it must be conceded. It is easier to reverse not having war games than it was for Czechoslovakia to get back the Sudetenland areas.

But there are some strong similarities, like making concessions and getting only vague promises in return.

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[Post 2311]
Author : erimir
Date : 06-15-2018 04:26 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump voters by and large are in way over their heads. They think everything they don't understand is some kind of fucking hoax, and that Trump is honest because he's ignorant like them.
I think the main reason they think Trump is honest is because he's racist (and sexist).

They think that everyone "knows" the truth which is [insert their racist beliefs] "but they're just too afraid to say it." Trump is one of the few who will say it, which is why he's more honest to them, in a way, even though they clearly have to recognize his frequent lying on any number of other subjects.

This is why Trump's bigotry might've helped him, or at least didn't lose him that many votes vs. a Rubio or Cruz, or even gained him votes overall nationally. It changed his geographical pattern of support for sure, and perhaps is responsible for the fact that he could win while losing the popular vote.

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[Post 2312]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-15-2018 05:35 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Seriously, let that one sink in.<br><br>Trump used other people&#8217;s money to bribe an official but didn&#8217;t want to miss the chance to cheat the government too, so committed tax fraud.</p>&mdash; The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) <a href="https://twitter.com/HoarseWisperer/status/1007468420898656261?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 15, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2313]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-15-2018 09:25 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

What is a Foundation? Primer:

Thread by @tannenbaumr: "Most people don't know anything about private foundations, so based on my ten years of experience on a foundation board, I want to explain a […]" (https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1007427859319844865.html)

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[Post 2314]
Author : SR71
Date : 06-15-2018 03:44 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Holy dictatorial intention, Batman!

Watch: President Trump Says He Wants Americans to Obey Him Like North Koreans Obey Kim Jong-un | Alternet (https://www.alternet.org/watch-president-trump-says-he-wants-americans-obey-him-north-koreans-obey-kim-jong-un)

During a surprise interview with "Fox & Friends" on Friday, Trump said he was impressed by the respect that Kim commanded from his people.

"He's the head of the country -- and he's the strong head, don't let anyone think anything different," Trump said during the interview. "He speaks and his people sit up in attention. I want my people to do the same."

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[Post 2315]
Author : The Man
Date : 06-15-2018 04:02 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Cohen signals openness to cooperating with federal investigators - CNNPolitics (https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/15/politics/michael-cohen-cooperation-federal-investigators/index.html)

And boom goes the dynamite

Edit: even more dynamite

Manafort Sent to Jail After Judge Cancels House Arrest - Bloomberg (https://t.co/6MBZf4ADZT)

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[Post 2316]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-15-2018 05:31 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Same at the Guardian: Paul Manafort: judge sends ex-Trump chair to jail for violating bail terms | US news | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/15/paul-manafort-trump-campaign-chair-custody)

Prosecutors alleged that Manafort sought to tamper with witnesses in his case by contacting them and attempting to coordinate testimony. Manafort is said to have told witnesses their work together to influence European politicians on behalf of Ukraine was restricted to Europe and did not happen in the US.

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[Post 2317]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-15-2018 06:39 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Holy dictatorial intention, Batman!

Watch: President Trump Says He Wants Americans to Obey Him Like North Koreans Obey Kim Jong-un | Alternet (https://www.alternet.org/watch-president-trump-says-he-wants-americans-obey-him-north-koreans-obey-kim-jong-un)

During a surprise interview with "Fox & Friends" on Friday, Trump said he was impressed by the respect that Kim commanded from his people.

"He's the head of the country -- and he's the strong head, don't let anyone think anything different," Trump said during the interview. "He speaks and his people sit up in attention. I want my people to do the same."

"My" people, said the narcissist.

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[Post 2318]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-15-2018 06:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

AP: Trump 2020 working with ex-Cambridge Analytica staffers (https://apnews.com/96928216bdc341ada659447973a688e4)

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[Post 2319]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-15-2018 06:50 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That Friday feeling. Action packed?

Trump voices reservations about doing a Mueller interview (https://apnews.com/d0e17134da964380bc4fec77361e5a06/Trump-voices-reservations-about-doing-a-Mueller-interview)

"Claims." Watching this space.
Sean Hannity Under Federal Investigation For Connection To Russia Probe, Democratic Strategist Claims (https://www.inquisitr.com/4940523/sean-hannity-under-federal-investigation-for-connection-to-russia-investigation-democratic-stategist-claims/)

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[Post 2320]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 06-15-2018 07:01 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I won't be happy until Trump and Pence are perp-walked out of the White House in chains, like the criminals that they are -- and sent straight to prison, where they belong.


I doubt there's much chance of that happening, sadly, but I can dream ...

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[Post 2321]
Author : SR71
Date : 06-15-2018 08:12 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's really hard to outconnive the Republicans. I'm psychologically prepared that there won't be any frog marching or a blue wave or even a blue ripple.  If any of it comes to pass it'll all be cake.

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[Post 2322]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 06-15-2018 09:24 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump voters by and large are in way over their heads. They think everything they don't understand is some kind of fucking hoax, and that Trump is honest because he's ignorant like them.
I think the main reason they think Trump is honest is because he's racist (and sexist).

They think that everyone "knows" the truth which is  "but they're just too afraid to say it." Trump is one of the few who will say it, which is why he's more honest to them, in a way, even though they clearly have to recognize his frequent lying on any number of other subjects.

This is why Trump's bigotry might've helped him, or at least didn't lose him that many votes vs. a Rubio or Cruz, or even gained him votes overall nationally. It changed his geographical pattern of support for sure, and perhaps is responsible for the fact that he could win while losing the popular vote.

I'm reminded of growing up in North Carolina, when Jesse Helms was in office.  Helms was a world-class racist, and everyone knew it.  Heck, he barely made any attempt to even [i]pretend that he wasn't.  His campaign ads were often blatantly racist.

I remember one campaign in particular, during which he took out full-page ads in many of the state's leading newspapers.  In these ads, he talked about how "consistent" he had been, and insisted that he had never changed his position on any issue during his entire time in politics.

Since anyone who knew his history was well aware that he'd first made a name for himself in politics as a particularly vicious opponent of Civil Rights legislation, it was pretty clear what the true message of the ad was.


The thing is, given how Helms' name was virtually synonymous with racism, it was hard to find someone who would actually admit to voting for Helms.  Yet he won election after election.  So it's difficult to come to any conclusion other than that Helms' racism was why a lot of people voted for him -- even though they might be reluctant to admit it.


I'd like to think we're beyond all that.  But, Trump ran an openly -- heck, a blatantly -- racist, xenophobic, anti-intellectual, and misogynistic campaign.  So anyone who paid any attention at all during the campaign and yet voted for Trump must own up to the fact that they knowingly voted for someone who was running on a platform of racism, xenophobia, anti-intellectualism, and misogyny.

As such, it's hard to come to any conclusion other than that -- whether they'll admit it or not -- these were positive attributes in the minds of an awful lot of Trump voters.


***

The difference, of course, is that there are plenty of people who proudly admit to voting for Trump.  But as was the case with Helms, these people will twist themselves into knots while trying to pretend that racism had nothing to do with it.

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[Post 2323]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-15-2018 09:33 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Rudy Giuliani Dangles Pardon For Paul Manafort - Joe.My.God. (http://www.joemygod.com/2018/06/15/rudy-giuliani-dangles-pardon-for-paul-manafort/)

Wintesstamperingception.

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[Post 2324]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-15-2018 11:54 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Donald Trump makes 22 false claims, including big lies, in rambling trip to White House lawn - Toronto Star (https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2018/06/15/donald-trump-makes-22-false-claims-including-big-lies-in-rambling-trip-to-white-house-lawn.html)

He lied a lot.

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[Post 2325]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-16-2018 12:13 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Thrad on things going down:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The 1997 Flores Agreement that the Trump Administration is now attacking does not call for separating families.<br><br>Flores was a hard fought victory to prevent child abuse and detention.<br><br>Do not let anyone tell you otherwise<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ProtectFlores?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ProtectFlores</a>, a thread</p>&mdash; Prerna P. Lal, Esq. (@prernaplal) <a href="https://twitter.com/prernaplal/status/1007440835267330048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 15, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2326]
Author : Ari
Date : 06-16-2018 01:29 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

One thing that we've learned from the Dictator meeting is that Trump can't tell the difference between fake, forced praise and real praise.  He seems to really think the North Korean people love their dictator better because of all the cool military parades they do, and that he can't think beyond the next time he gets fawned over. If we don't go head first into Pardongedon (Where Trump attempts to pardon everyone accused of collusion while tweeting #nocollusion) I'm certain his NK trip has re-excited his military parade idea, just watch!

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[Post 2327]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-16-2018 05:05 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

G-7 meeting went well.

How quickly could Canada build an atomic bomb? - Ottawa Citizen (http://ottawacitizen.com/news/canada/how-quickly-could-canada-build-an-atomic-bomb/wcm/92e7de9e-2cf8-4cea-a347-ee7ad695c544)

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[Post 2328]
Author : erimir
Date : 06-16-2018 06:29 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm reminded of growing up in North Carolina, when Jesse Helms was in office.
Ah, Jesse Helms.

Fortunately, this song isn't necessary anymore

MC Hawking - Jesse Helms - YouTube

He did take his time though, instead of hurrying up like it says.

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[Post 2329]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-16-2018 05:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Well past the point of "First they came for":

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Rounding up legal residents. <a href="https://t.co/WMDStpu0Kg">https://t.co/WMDStpu0Kg</a></p>&mdash; Dr. Aphra Behn (@Shaker_aphra) <a href="https://twitter.com/Shaker_aphra/status/1006942199068622848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 13, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Taking away citizenship. <a href="https://t.co/Ci8u9Tl8yL">https://t.co/Ci8u9Tl8yL</a></p>&mdash; Dr. Aphra Behn (@Shaker_aphra) <a href="https://twitter.com/Shaker_aphra/status/1006942333563228160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 13, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

That's just the first two in the thread.

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[Post 2330]
Author : erimir
Date : 06-16-2018 06:33 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The way the recent news is going, I feel the need to express, once again, a hearty fuck you to anyone proclaiming to be on the left that spread the perfidious notion that Trump's racism was just an act and wouldn't have real consequences long after it should've been clear on both counts.

People like Walker Bragman
A liberal case for Donald Trump: The lesser of two evils is not at all clear in 2016 (https://www.salon.com/2016/04/29/a_liberal_case_for_donald_trump_the_lesser_of_two_evils_is_not_at_all_clear_in_2016/)
Ban all Muslims from entering the U.S.? Not a chance.
[...]
Basically, we will not have immigration reform, but we will not have people rounded up in the streets and deported.
Or others who suggested that because Trump said he would be "neutral" between Palestine and Israel (a meaningless claim absent any specifics) that he would be less pro-Israel than his predecessors, acting like his rampant anti-Muslim bigotry was no different from other politicians.

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[Post 2331]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-16-2018 06:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

10765

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This paragraph. <a href="https://t.co/QmVv1XFhMC">https://t.co/QmVv1XFhMC</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/NPR?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NPR</a> <a href="https://t.co/M3vwGDTWl3">pic.twitter.com/M3vwGDTWl3</a></p>&mdash; Ann Marie Lipinski (@AMLwhere) <a href="https://twitter.com/AMLwhere/status/1007791831298576394?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 16, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2332]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-16-2018 08:03 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Why did Trump delete his tweet about Robert DeNiro? <a href="https://t.co/e77oGJneO0">https://t.co/e77oGJneO0</a></p>&mdash; The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) <a href="https://twitter.com/HoarseWisperer/status/1008059002922692609?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 16, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2333]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-16-2018 09:09 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Hey The Man, you were working on some universal theory of all things toxic? Here's a thing.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Fuck Trump.</p>&mdash; Chuck Wendig (@ChuckWendig) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChuckWendig/status/1007604299713667073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 15, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Thrad.

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[Post 2334]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-18-2018 04:41 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This should be as pig a topic as those internment camps:

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell Turns On Mueller (http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/06/senate-republican-leader-mitch-mcconnell-turns-on-mueller.html)

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[Post 2335]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-18-2018 11:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Remember when people didn&#8217;t vote bc they said there was no difference between Hillary and Trump, and now there are child concentration camps</p>&mdash; Zack Bornstein (@ZackBornstein) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZackBornstein/status/1008086522745122816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 16, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2336]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-19-2018 02:31 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump greenlights new $110 million immigration detention center in Texas | The Texas Tribune (https://www.texastribune.org/2017/04/14/white-house-green-lights-new-immigration-detention-center-texas/) <--2017

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DgAyrRqVMAAJ8rZ.jpg:large

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[Post 2337]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-19-2018 09:22 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Guiliani/FBI stuff:

Thread by @SethAbramson: "(THREAD) Today&#039;s news on Rudy Giuliani being interviewed by the FBI is a *bombshell*. It reveals that Giuliani has been *lying* about the […]" #OctoberConspiracy (https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1009149094693167106.html)

The stuff Seth Abramson was writing about in 2016 is suddenly breaking news today.

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[Post 2338]
Author : erimir
Date : 06-19-2018 10:30 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The stuff Seth Abramson was writing about in 2016 is suddenly breaking news today.
Oh shit, so Bernie has been declared the 2016 Democratic nominee?!

(Sorry, I can't take him seriously after his idiotic "experimental journalism" bullshit during the primaries based around writing bunches of articles claiming that "ackchually Bernie is totally winning")

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[Post 2339]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-19-2018 11:54 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

(Sorry, I can't take him seriously after his idiotic "experimental journalism" bullshit during the primaries based around writing bunches of articles claiming that "ackchually Bernie is totally winning")

Seth's fault too:

U.S. Quits UN Human Rights Council, Saying It's Anti-Israel (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/us-plans-to-withdraw-from-un-human-rights-council-today/ar-AAyRNOd?li=BBnb7Kz)

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[Post 2340]
Author : erimir
Date : 06-20-2018 12:38 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Not sure why you're saying "Seth's fault also". That is not implied by what I said, and is not something I would say.

I was merely saying that I don't consider Abramson a trustworthy source. He burned his credibility with me, most prominently due to the bullshit he published in the first half of 2016.

Someone who published some bad shit in 2016 and apologized for it and/or explained how they made the mistakes they did, I could see viewing as potentially trustworthy again although I might still be suspicious if they seem like they're repeating the same mistakes again. Abramson, in so many words, admitted that he knew that the idea that Bernie was "actually winning" was a specious narrative and he was publishing that bullshit as "an experiment". Claiming that he was using the same evidence (but actually, distorting the evidence and misreading primary rules, pushing statistically illiterate interpretations of polls, etc.) to further an alternate narrative. He wasn't a sincere believer who made a mistake - he knew he was being deceptive. And he doesn't view it as something he should apologize for. Why should I assume he's not doing the same thing again? Why would I think he wouldn't go beyond the actual evidence?

I don't trust him as a source because I know he's knowingly published articles in the past with untrue/deceptive/distorted claims, and has exaggerated his credentials. So Abramson switching to a narrative that is more in line with my own views on some things doesn't make me consider him trustworthy.

Since I would feel the need to independently verify his claims from more trustworthy sources, I figure it's best not to waste my time reading him at all.

Which isn't to say I think what he's saying is false! He might be right. But I'm not taking his word for it.

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[Post 2341]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-20-2018 01:37 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Not sure why you're saying "Seth's fault also". That is not implied by what I said, and is not something I would say.

One part levity, one part mockery, neither part mean spirited.

The meat of the matter.

Now I follow, and will prod some sources.

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[Post 2342]
Author : Kevlar
Date : 06-20-2018 02:25 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The last few days, I've been spending a lot of time on Twitter.  I've created an account and I only follow the Trumpsters.  One of my first Tweets was on Don Jr.'s thread, and it got picked up by a Twitter pundit, and it got a little attention.  That hooked me right in.

One high-level take-away I have, is that this Trumpster movement, at it's very core, seems to me to be about exceptionalism.  I know this is really being wrapped up as "American Exceptionalism" but the stark reality is that is good-old-fashion "Wealthy Exceptionalism".  This attitude they all have, being like: "there is a rule and it applies to me???  I'm a victim!!! Why didn't the rule apply to Hillary???", doesn't sound like an ethos to me, it sounds like the corruption of entitlement.  It sounds to me like the same old tired whining that comes from people who have way more than what they will ever need, can't seem to get enough of money and power, and feel that God blessed them with their over-blown, gauche narcissism.  Oh, and the wanna-bees are rife!

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[Post 2343]
Author : Kyuss Apollo
Date : 06-20-2018 03:14 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Remember when people didn’t vote bc they said there was no difference between Hillary and Trump, and now there are child concentration camps</p>&mdash; Zack Bornstein (@ZackBornstein) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZackBornstein/status/1008086522745122816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 16, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

¯_(&#12484;)_/¯

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The only alternative to this cruelty and chaos was to elect a person who used a personal email account for work, so you can see why it was a tough call for so many people.</p>&mdash; Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) <a href="https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1009149689743192069?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 19, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2344]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-20-2018 07:06 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Seems a good summer to do a few political marches/rallies if you're a 'Mericun.

Scuse me, I have a pointed letter to write to my Member of Parliament. And hand deliver.

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[Post 2345]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 06-20-2018 07:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

From Matt Bors (https://thenib.com/defenders-of-democracy?id=matt-bors&t=author):

https://i1.wp.com/freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/files/2018/06/defenders.jpeg?w=1016&ssl=1



For added shock and horror, there's this (https://twitter.com/JProskowGlobal/status/1009119915348021249):
NEW: I just spoke with the former head of US Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) &#8211; He tells me that he expects hundreds of separated children will never be reunited with their parents. They will be lost in the system. Orphaned by the US Govt'.

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[Post 2346]
Author : The Man
Date : 06-20-2018 08:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

At this point, I&#8217;m reasonably certain I will vote for, donate to, and volunteer for whichever Democratic presidential candidate pledges to abolish ICE, fire every last one of its employees, enforce a moratorium preventing any of them from ever holding another law enforcement position, and prosecute them for human rights violations to the fullest possible extent of the law. If more than one candidate makes this pledge, I will almost certainly support the first one to do it. This is literal, not figurative, ethnic cleansing. There can&#8217;t be any forgiveness for it or any looking past it.

(The only reason for the qualifiers is if it&#8217;s someone like Cuomo, whom I doubt I&#8217;d trust to adhere to the pledge. But if, say, Gillibrand and Harris are both running, and one of them makes the aforementioned pledge first, I&#8217;m supporting her.)

There is absolutely no question that many of these children are now permanently separated from their parents, even if the parents are still living. It is reasonable to call these concentration camps. I&#8217;d compare it to the Japanese internment camps during WWII, but honestly, this is worse &#8211; as far as I know, FDR&#8217;s policy didn&#8217;t separate families from each other. And with the president* using openly eliminationist rhetoric (cf. &#8220;vermin&#8221; remarks), there really isn&#8217;t any hyperbole in comparing his administration to 1930s-era Nazis. They might not have committed an overt genocide yet, but neither had the Nazis in the &#8217;30s. At this point, if the president* and his toadies aren&#8217;t stopped, I&#8217;m afraid that they will.

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[Post 2347]
Author : Sock Puppet
Date : 06-20-2018 09:24 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

At least some of those kids won&#8217;t be mere orphans for long. 

A nonzero number of them will be pimped out by human traffickers. 

Bitter sarcasm intended, but not, however, what I&#8217;d call a joke. 

I may have more to say about it after I&#8217;m finished vomiting.

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[Post 2348]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-20-2018 10:19 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

For added shock and horror, there's this (https://twitter.com/JProskowGlobal/status/1009119915348021249):
NEW: I just spoke with the former head of US Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) – He tells me that he expects hundreds of separated children will never be reunited with their parents. They will be lost in the system. Orphaned by the US Govt'.

Wait. 

Suddenly I suspect that the announcement that Trump's going to end the family separations policy :cheer: isn't anything to do with seeing sense or feeling pressure from people with any humanity left. 

It's just that it's achieved its objective. :sadcheer:

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[Post 2349]
Author : Ari
Date : 06-20-2018 11:11 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

“I think it’s an insult to the brave men and women of the border patrol and ICE to call law enforcement officers Nazis. They are simply enforcing laws enacted by Congress,” -Adolf Homan SS Officer and director of ICE
https://www.metro.us/news/the-big-stories/ice-director-uses-nuremberg-defence-when-compared-to-nazis

Yes with no sense of irony whatsoever the director if ICE used a Nazi defense to explain how they aren't Nazis.

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[Post 2350]
Author : erimir
Date : 06-20-2018 11:48 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The Trump EO is also full of caveats which can be used to continue to separate children from parents and even if viewed charitably intends to replace this policy with indefinite detention of families instead.

And what's often not clear in the media coverage is that a large number of these people aren't just undocumented immigrants, but people who came to the US to apply for asylum. It used to be that you would not be thrown in jail for the crime of fleeing violence.

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[Post 2351]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 06-21-2018 12:10 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Meanwhile, when I go onto Facebook, I see all kinds of posts from people praising Trump for having the "courage" to do this -- while insisting that we have nothing to be ashamed of or embarrassed about; it's all the fault of those dirty "illegal immigrants" for doing this to their own children.

Oh, and an awful lot of them insist that the outrage is all faked, that it's nothing more than political posturing by "people who hate Trump and freedom."  I'm guessing that's the narrative being pushed by Fox "News," and that they're mindlessly repeating this talking point?

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[Post 2352]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-21-2018 01:01 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Shout out to the hostage takers vowing to take no further hostages from among the descendants and ongoing victims of the United Fruit Company.

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[Post 2353]
Author : erimir
Date : 06-21-2018 02:33 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

They will not be releasing the hostages they already took, however.

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[Post 2354]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-21-2018 04:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ha.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump has defenestrated the United States through the Overton window</p>&mdash; Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) <a href="https://twitter.com/sarahkendzior/status/1009606372613345281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 21, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2355]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-21-2018 06:55 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Young immigrants detained in Virginia center allege abuse (https://apnews.com/afc80e51b562462c89907b49ae624e79)

And:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hi there, fellow genealogists and historians!<br><br>Did you know that archivists at <a href="https://twitter.com/NARA_RecMgmt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NARA_RecMgmt</a> -- yes, the very National Archives we all know and love -- may become complicit in helping ICE destroy millions of records of rapes, solitary confinement, and deaths in ICE custody?</p>&mdash; Reclaim The Records (@ReclaimTheRecs) <a href="https://twitter.com/ReclaimTheRecs/status/1009542429551177728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 20, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2356]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 06-21-2018 07:49 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

What's happening on the U.S. southern border is so hideous that even a lot of prominent Conservatives are upset about it -- or are pretending to be, anyway.  That's all to the good, at least.


But what's so truly heinous is the people who are A-OK with all of this.  I've been hearing so very many people praising Trump for having the "courage to do what needs to be done" and saying that they have no sympathy whatsoever for the families that are being ripped apart, because "they brought it on themselves."  Some of them admit that it doesn't look good, but that we shouldn't be upset about it, because Trump and ICE are "just obeying the law."


But wait ... aren't these many of the same people who were outraged -- OUTRAGED, I tell you -- about what happened to Elián González?  Weren't they loudly decrying the "jack-booted government thugs" who "ripped Gonzalez from the arms of his loving family"?  [To return him to his father -- after, I note, two different Federal Courts ruled that only González's father had the legal right to decide where he lived.  So, you know, those "jack-booted government thugs" were just obeying the law.]

Aren't these some of the same people who went on at great length, expressing disbelief that any Administration could be so heartless, cruel, and outright evil as to allow such a thing to happen to even a single child?  Aren't these some of the same people who insisted that any Administration that would permit such a thing has lost all moral authority?


Of course, they never gave a flying rat's ass about the fate of a little brown child.  But where Elián González was concerned, it was politically expedient to pretend that they did.  Now, of course, they don't have to pretend that they care in the slightest about these people -- and so they don't bother.


Instead, I see a lot of Conservatives insisting that the outrage about what's happening is fake, and is nothing more than political posturing from people who "hate Trump and America."  It's Conservative Political Philosophy 101 -- always accuse your opponent of doing what you're doing.

It's projection too, I suspect.  After all, a great many of them have made it abundantly clear that they don't care at all about the well-being of brown people -- but they're more than willing to use brown people as political pawns.  So naturally, they can't imagine that the people who are protesting the inhumane treatment of immigrants are actually concerned about those immigrants as fellow human beings, much less that they actually -- *gasp*! -- care about the atrocities that are being committed upon these people.

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[Post 2357]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-21-2018 08:49 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ian Bremmer: Trump tossed candy to Merkel at G-7, said ‘don’t say I never give you anything’ (http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/393311-ian-bremmer-trump-tossed-candy-to-merkel-during-g-7-said-dont)

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[Post 2358]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-21-2018 08:14 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We’re...we’re at number 8 aren’t we. <a href="https://t.co/fHTMcuuAIM">pic.twitter.com/fHTMcuuAIM</a></p>&mdash; Hend Amry (@LibyaLiberty) <a href="https://twitter.com/LibyaLiberty/status/1009855156802998272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 21, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

House GOP leaders postpone vote on compromise bill - The Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/live-updates/trump-white-house/immigration-debate-trump-house-congress/house-republican-leaders-postpone-immigration-vote/)

I think these are the seeds that are going to be planted for an ultimate solution.

That sounds Final.

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[Post 2359]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-21-2018 08:47 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/ljAPNJ0.jpg

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[Post 2360]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-21-2018 09:10 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">PROPAGAND-OFF! Fox News vs. North Korean State TV <a href="https://t.co/B9CfxgN0XC">pic.twitter.com/B9CfxgN0XC</a></p>&mdash; The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheDailyShow/status/1009847187088347136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 21, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2361]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-22-2018 09:18 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We’re...we’re at number 8 aren’t we. <a href="https://t.co/fHTMcuuAIM">pic.twitter.com/fHTMcuuAIM</a></p>&mdash; Hend Amry (@LibyaLiberty) <a href="https://twitter.com/LibyaLiberty/status/1009855156802998272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 21, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

House GOP leaders postpone vote on compromise bill - The Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/live-updates/trump-white-house/immigration-debate-trump-house-congress/house-republican-leaders-postpone-immigration-vote/)

I think these are the seeds that are going to be planted for an ultimate solution.

That sounds Final.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Fox &amp; Friends host: &quot;These aren&#39;t our kids. Show them compassion, but it&#39;s not like he is doing this to the people of Idaho or Texas&quot;<a href="https://t.co/VWYB5hRPif">https://t.co/VWYB5hRPif</a> <a href="https://t.co/CMO9oTLIEX">pic.twitter.com/CMO9oTLIEX</a></p>&mdash; Media Matters (@mmfa) <a href="https://twitter.com/mmfa/status/1010135249836281856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 22, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Well well well.

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[Post 2362]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 06-23-2018 03:17 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Seth Rogen on getting asked by Paul Ryan to take a photo together. Tried to link the video at 4:20 (wink, wink, cough, cough) so hope that worked.

Paul Ryan Asked Seth Rogen For A Photo - YouTube (https://youtu.be/_ZCWNT-zuAs?t=260)

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[Post 2363]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-23-2018 06:17 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A restaurant owner in Lexington, Virginia kicked Sarah Huckabee Sanders &amp; her party out of his restaurant on moral grounds. A waiter at The Red Hen served Sarah Huckabee Sanders for a total of 2 minutes before the owner kicked her out along with 7 of her other family members<br><br>&#55357;&#56858; <a href="https://t.co/qn4QxDoUKm">pic.twitter.com/qn4QxDoUKm</a></p>&mdash; Stone Cold (@stonecold2050) <a href="https://twitter.com/stonecold2050/status/1010535241251819521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 23, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Add:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Note: Sarah Huckabee Sanders has a personal account.<br><br>It is: <a href="https://twitter.com/SarahHuckabee?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SarahHuckabee</a> <br><br>She used the federal government&#8217;s account for the Press Secretary (<a href="https://twitter.com/PressSec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PressSec</a>) to target a private business owner. <a href="https://t.co/fbu4oSejXG">https://t.co/fbu4oSejXG</a></p>&mdash; The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) <a href="https://twitter.com/HoarseWisperer/status/1010549264655806464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 23, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2364]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 06-24-2018 12:28 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://media4.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscms/2018_25/2473231/180621-melania-jacket-back-ew-533p_0ce9faccf2f3accd69c32af724c17fb5.fit-2000w.jpg


So, what was the deal with the jacket Melania wore for traveling to a Texas detention center?

Monumental stupidity on her part?  Evidence that she leads such an incredibly sheltered life that she has no idea how monstrous it makes her look?  Or something else?


I've read speculation that it was a deliberate attempt to bait the media, in order to give the Sociopath-in-Chief an excuse to make "outraged" tweets about the media "disrespecting the First Lady."

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[Post 2365]
Author : erimir
Date : 06-24-2018 01:24 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The simplest explanation is that it's an accurate description of her feelings. She doesn't give a shit.

It seems pretty obvious, given who she decided to marry, that she was willing to promote the Birther bullshit, tolerate Trump's philandering, and interact with Trump's horrid family and promote her husband's racist xenophobic campaign focused on illegal immigrants (despite her own questionable immigration history!) that there are quite a few things she doesn't give a shit about. She made her #BeBest campaign about combating cyberbullying despite the fact that her husband is a total cyberbully. Does this mean she actually opposes what Trump does, or at least what he does on Twitter? There's no evidence of that from anything else. So she releases some bullshit "both sides"/"a crisis that arose for no particular reason" statement about the family separation stuff and goes to do a photo-op about it. And wears a jacket that says she doesn't give a fuck. The woman is a former model who clearly cares about fashion - that ain't no mistake.

So probably the explanation is simply that: she doesn't actually give a fuck about those kids. She's got her gold-digger money and Barron is set up for life. That's probably all she cares about.

The fact that you can see evidence that the life she's chosen is not necessarily making her all that happy, for example, in the photo below with her sister you can see a more sincere smile on her face than I've ever seen her have with Donald, or the evidence from the many remarked on expressions and body language that suggest she really doesn't like Trump that much... doesn't mean that staying with him is not a choice she's making consciously. Maybe she's sticking with Donald for Barron's inheritance. Maybe things aren't working out the way she hoped, but she can't stand the idea of being a common person again with more limited means. But she would be just fine if she left him, and if she spilled the beans on him, she wouldn't even lack for money. She chooses to be stay and be complicit in his awfulness. So who knows why she stays with him. But also, who cares? Fuck her. 

https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/130/590x/secondary/Melania-Trump-and-sister-Ines-Knauss-1086944.jpg

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[Post 2366]
Author : lisarea
Date : 06-24-2018 02:33 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

One thing that stuck out for me was that that jacket cost like $40. I don't closely follow her clothing choices or anything, but I had the impression she had much more expensive tastes than that. Apart from the nasty trucker hats, of course. 

That message was totally intentional, and it was targeted to their base. The people who actually don't care, like Brian Kilmeade (http://thehill.com/latino/393616-fox-friends-host-on-separated-children-these-arent-our-kids). 

So yep, I think she is saying she actually doesn't care, and they're just affirming that for their hardcore base while maintaining what they believe is some kind of plausible deniability. 

I don't think you can underestimate just how nasty those people are.

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[Post 2367]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-24-2018 04:16 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Russian Witch Hunt is Rigged!</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1010486772541816834?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 23, 2018</a></blockquote>
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https://i.makeagif.com/media/5-31-2015/oIxPiv.gif
He crossed the streams

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[Post 2368]
Author : Ari
Date : 06-24-2018 04:33 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yeah it's pretty clear she's always at a constant simmer because the contract she signed didn't say anything about dirty children and press tours and presidential stuff.  She was supposed to be on a Yacht with some Champagne, Fuck everyone else!

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[Post 2369]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-24-2018 09:43 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

SURPRISE!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">While you weren&#39;t looking the Trump regime rolled out a 132-page plan to consolidate power, take away our safety net, and sell government properties off en masse. Pay attention! <a href="https://t.co/Y9WFhsylTh">https://t.co/Y9WFhsylTh</a></p>&mdash; Amy Siskind (@Amy_Siskind) <a href="https://twitter.com/Amy_Siskind/status/1010327957238419461?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 23, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2370]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-24-2018 09:43 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Double double. :timhortons:

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[Post 2371]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-24-2018 08:34 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Be a shame if something happened to due process:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">When the government begins to call for the suspension of due process, for punishment without trial, when it suggests citizenship based on &quot;merit,&quot; then fascism is not far away. <br><br>Little by little, bit by bit, warning sign by warning sign, we are becoming monsters.<br><br>32/ <a href="https://t.co/L078P75BOd">pic.twitter.com/L078P75BOd</a></p>&mdash; Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) <a href="https://twitter.com/Stonekettle/status/1010920969689620482?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2372]
Author : Kael
Date : 06-24-2018 10:20 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Not really little by little at the moment. More like diving headfirst right off the slippery slope.

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[Post 2373]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 06-25-2018 01:04 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A big part of the problem is "outrage fatigue."  NPR had a story on the general phenomenon earlier today.

The story used the Travel Ban as an example.  When Travel Ban v1.0 was put forth, there was a great deal of outrage, and massive protests erupted.  So, Trump and company waited a bit, then rolled out Travel Ban v2.0.  It wasn't substantially different from the first Travel Ban, but people were less inclined to pay attention the second time around.  Still, there was sufficient outrage that it was quickly quashed.

So, after a bit, Travel Ban v3.0 came.  Again, it wasn't substantially different from the original, but a lot fewer people paid attention.  Even so, enough people made a fuss that it never really went anywhere.

Then, after a bit, Travel Ban v4.0 came around.  And scarcely anyone noticed.  The media paid virtually no notice, and there were few -- if any -- protests.


And so, stuff that would have been all but unimaginable just two years ago is routinely being enacted today -- and scarcely anyone notices.

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[Post 2374]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-25-2018 06:26 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

10776

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[Post 2375]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-25-2018 10:15 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://scontent-ort2-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/35236538_1428584597288200_4369367876302274560_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&_nc_eui2=AeFfOajoqbK9T8ewSkgBCQFiLDE9Mbdz51F7XUHb07nKI1q9WcsHQyYCbLyFtcqFwKhs6v3htn8TIy4skHUMhQ7U3RyVLw9Kf0iLoj13rQWUIQ&oh=cfbee8887d80fa197496e4148f26571a&oe=5BABFB03

Fact checked a few items and seems legit.

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[Post 2376]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-25-2018 10:22 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I think he meant McCain.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Outside Trump/Palin rallies they had stuffed monkeys to represent Obama. So fuck your civility lament. This has been building up for a long time. <a href="https://t.co/rcRNTkC00D">pic.twitter.com/rcRNTkC00D</a></p>&mdash; Oliver Willis (@owillis) <a href="https://twitter.com/owillis/status/1011072267755966466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 25, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Short thrad to say "It's not just Trump." (Captain Obvious promoted to Commodore but needs be said over and over)

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[Post 2377]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 06-25-2018 10:27 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A big part of the problem is "outrage fatigue."... 


"Outrage fatigue" is a problem, but it isn't that problem ... " Oh, You&#8217;re Tired Of People Being &#8216;Outraged&#8217;? (https://www.huffingtonpost.com/kia-makarechi/outrage-fatigue_b_4614753.html)


I think it's a mistake to try to estimate public outrage using journalism's column-inches or videoclip-seconds as a proxy.  Yes, that Trump and his team are appalling is news that has grown stale and no longer garners the same level of coverage  it once did, but that doesn't mean there's anyone who, having once reached that conclusion, has since changed their mind, forgotten, or ceased to care.


So I'm calling bullshit.

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[Post 2378]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-25-2018 08:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

From a thrad on a tour of a camp facility.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">There was also a crayon drawing on the tent wall of a cross on a hill, with a red rose hovering over it. And there was another sign written neatly in English and hanging by the door. It read: &#8220;If you work hard, good things will happen.&#8221;</p>&mdash; Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoyAnnReid/status/1011327128103575552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 25, 2018</a></blockquote>
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https://thumbs.gfycat.com/UnpleasantRapidHedgehog-size_restricted.gif

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[Post 2379]
Author : The Man
Date : 06-25-2018 09:10 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Why are they even still pretending? Might as well have just written "el trabajo te libera" and been done with it.

(Apologies if I mangled the grammar slightly - I still understand Spanish reasonably well but can no longer reliably formulate my own grammatical sentences.)

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[Post 2380]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-25-2018 10:46 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

At first I thought maybe the formal Usted might be more appropriate there, but thinking further, talking down on people 'te' is used. Say, when the King of Spain addressed the blabbering Hugo Chavez with ?Porque no te callas?

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[Post 2381]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-26-2018 10:18 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Thrad

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Okay. I&#39;ve found it. The absolute culmination of the &quot;we have to build bridges with the far right&quot; argument. <a href="https://t.co/PpMHELNIe1">pic.twitter.com/PpMHELNIe1</a></p>&mdash; Angus Johnston (@studentactivism) <a href="https://twitter.com/studentactivism/status/1007301941540655106?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 14, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

If only people would be civil everything will be fine! ¯\_(&#12484;)_/¯

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[Post 2382]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-26-2018 10:37 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A little thing from someone familiar with Ferdinand Marcos: Thread by @RinChupeco: "Speaking as someone born in the last years of a dictatorship, you Americans are already several steps in one. Ferdinand Marcos' greatest tri […]" (https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1011459751660552192.html)

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[Post 2383]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-26-2018 05:35 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">So, you&#39;re taking control of the means of production? <br><br>Interesting. <a href="https://t.co/J3KLCA184I">https://t.co/J3KLCA184I</a></p>&mdash; Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) <a href="https://twitter.com/Stonekettle/status/1011600995623886848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 26, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

¯\_(&#12484;)_/¯

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[Post 2384]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-26-2018 06:13 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Seems that Middle East ban's held up in SCOTUS. 4-4, tie breaker to that guy who isn't Merrick Garland:

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf/17-965_h315.pdf

Her emails, right?

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[Post 2385]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-26-2018 06:14 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Bonus:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Oh jfc. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SCOTUS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SCOTUS</a> just ruled in favor of Crisis Pregnancy Centers (CPC&#39;s) in CA case. <br><br>If you&#39;re not familiar with CPC&#39;s: They lie to women to manipulate, shame, and scare them away from abortion. SCOTUS basically just gave them stronger 1A rights than abortion providers.</p>&mdash; Caroline O. (@RVAwonk) <a href="https://twitter.com/RVAwonk/status/1011614210311237632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 26, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2386]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-26-2018 07:07 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DgnrzbGX4AASlok.jpg:large
¯\_(&#12484;)_/¯

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[Post 2387]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-26-2018 10:47 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Calls to ban Muslims from entering the U.S. are offensive and unconstitutional.</p>&mdash; Governor Mike Pence (@GovPenceIN) <a href="https://twitter.com/GovPenceIN/status/674249808610066433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 8, 2015</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2388]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-27-2018 01:34 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Corker: Republicans are working on plan against Trump tariffs (http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/390438-corker-republicans-are-working-on-plan-against-trump-tariffs)

Senate GOP fires another warning shot at Trump over Chinese telecom giant - POLITICO (https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/25/trump-zte-senate-chinese-telecom-671845)

We'll see.

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[Post 2389]
Author : lpetrich
Date : 06-27-2018 02:02 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

“I think it’s an insult to the brave men and women of the border patrol and ICE to call law enforcement officers Nazis. They are simply enforcing laws enacted by Congress,” -Adolf Homan SS Officer and director of ICE
ICE Director Uses Nuremberg Defense When Agency Compared to Nazis (https://www.metro.us/news/the-big-stories/ice-director-uses-nuremberg-defence-when-compared-to-nazis)

Yes with no sense of irony whatsoever the director if ICE used a Nazi defense to explain how they aren't Nazis.
His defense sounded better in the original German: Befehl ist Befehl.

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[Post 2390]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-27-2018 04:28 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Between Canada's counter tariffs kicking in this weekend and this, I wonder if Babyfingers' phone explodes:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is INCREDIBLE!<br><br>LOOK AT ALL THESE PROTESTS!<br><br>On June 30, tens of thousands of people NATIONWIDE have already signed up to take to the streets in protest to demand <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FamiliesBelongTogther?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FamiliesBelongTogther</a>!<br><br>Are you joining us?<br><br>Visit <a href="https://t.co/dIdGzDZJmJ">https://t.co/dIdGzDZJmJ</a> to find YOUR local march! <a href="https://t.co/OT6aZ1kyMm">pic.twitter.com/OT6aZ1kyMm</a></p>&mdash; jordan (@JordanUhl) <a href="https://twitter.com/JordanUhl/status/1009464329698193408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 20, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2391]
Author : Kyuss Apollo
Date : 06-27-2018 05:45 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A restaurant owner in Lexington, Virginia kicked Sarah Huckabee Sanders &amp; her party out of his restaurant on moral grounds. A waiter at The Red Hen served Sarah Huckabee Sanders for a total of 2 minutes before the owner kicked her out along with 7 of her other family members<br><br>&#65533;&#65533; <a href="https://t.co/qn4QxDoUKm">pic.twitter.com/qn4QxDoUKm</a></p>&mdash; Stone Cold (@stonecold2050) <a href="https://twitter.com/stonecold2050/status/1010535241251819521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 23, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Add:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Note: Sarah Huckabee Sanders has a personal account.<br><br>It is: <a href="https://twitter.com/SarahHuckabee?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SarahHuckabee</a> <br><br>She used the federal government’s account for the Press Secretary (<a href="https://twitter.com/PressSec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PressSec</a>) to target a private business owner. <a href="https://t.co/fbu4oSejXG">https://t.co/fbu4oSejXG</a></p>&mdash; The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) <a href="https://twitter.com/HoarseWisperer/status/1010549264655806464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 23, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">in the interest of civility, i&#39;d like to formally invite sarah sanders to visit my wine cellar and taste this rare vintage amontillado</p>&mdash; &#127752;Mayor Nicky Flowers&#127752; (@yiffpolice) <a href="https://twitter.com/yiffpolice/status/1011767504912502785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 27, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2392]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-29-2018 03:57 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I have no idea what thrad to use. I even thought of making a new satire thrad. But I'll just blame Trump.

Pimp who won GOP primary accused of raping sex worker (http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/394639-brothel-owner-who-won-gop-primary-accused-of-raping-prostitute)

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[Post 2393]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-29-2018 07:11 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

‘What the hell does that mean?’ Trump criticizes Canada, then says he doesn’t understand what he just read - Toronto Star (https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2018/06/28/what-the-hell-does-that-mean-trump-criticizes-canada-then-says-he-doesnt-understand-what-he-just-read.html)

:lolwut:

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[Post 2394]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-29-2018 08:26 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

North Korea making 'rapid' upgrades to nuclear reactor despite summit pledges | World news | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/27/north-korea-nuclear-reactor-upgrades-summit-pledges)


https://media1.tenor.com/images/4dfbf50f2d56f382c628234b3818a255/tenor.gif

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[Post 2395]
Author : The Man
Date : 06-29-2018 03:54 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

&#8216;What the hell does that mean?&#8217; Trump criticizes Canada, then says he doesn&#8217;t understand what he just read - Toronto Star (https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2018/06/28/what-the-hell-does-that-mean-trump-criticizes-canada-then-says-he-doesnt-understand-what-he-just-read.html)

:lolwut:

In the same speech where he bragged about being the world's smartest person. (Ron Howard narrator: "He isn't.")

Anyway:

Just don't call them Stasi; that would be rude. - Hullabaloo (https://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2018/06/just-dont-call-them-stasi-that-would-be.html)

Agents with the Department of Homeland Security&#8217;s inspector general&#8217;s office interrupted a CBS News interview with a former ICE spokesperson and whistleblower Wednesday.

James Schwab, who was a spokesperson for Immigration and Customs Enforcement until March, was speaking to CBS News&#8217; Jamie Yuccas when two DHS agents appeared at his door.

Schwab later said he was &#8220;very surprised&#8221; by the visit, and that he believed it was &#8220;absolutely&#8221; an attempt to intimidate him. The interview footage aired Thursday morning.

Schwab left the agency after, he said, he was asked to perpetuate a lie on Attorney General Jeff Sessions&#8217; behalf regarding Libby Schaaf, the mayor of Oakland. The day before an ICE raid in Oakland earlier this year, Schaff spoke about it publicly, warning residents to take care.

Afterward, acting ICE Director Thomas Homan accused Schaff of preventing 800 arrests with her warning. Sessions repeated the that number, which Schwab said is not accurate, in a speech later.

When asked by reporters about Sessions&#8217; claim, Schwab said he was instructed to refer them to a previous statement he&#8217;d made about Schaff, without correcting Sessions&#8217; error. That&#8217;s when he quit, he said.

&#8220;They just said that they wanted to talk to me about the leak with the Oakland mayor,&#8221; Schwab told Yuccas after the agents left on Wednesday. He said he&#8217;d never communicated with Schaff.

The president* has called for Oakland's mayor to be prosecuted, btw.

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[Post 2396]
Author : erimir
Date : 06-29-2018 05:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:psst: How come the room isn't on fire in that comic?

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[Post 2397]
Author : The Man
Date : 06-29-2018 07:05 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:psst: How come the room isn't on fire in that comic?

Because it turns out that running an image search on one's smartphone is not entirely intuitive. Fixed; thanks for the heads-up.

I'll leave this ProPublica piece here in hopes it'll serve as a reminder to read it when I'm not already sick to my stomach:

How Mitch McConnell Made Donald Trump - ProPublica (https://www.propublica.org/article/how-mitch-mcconnell-made-donald-trump)

There's also the Financial Times reporting on the family connections between Trump and Kennedy, which, to be honest, I still haven't absorbed either. That's behind a paywall, I believe.

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[Post 2398]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-30-2018 09:17 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

U.S. ambassador to Estonia to resign amid frustration with the Trump administration (https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/u-s-ambassador-estonia-resign-amid-frustration-trump-administration-n888021)

For the geographically illiterate: Right on the Russian border.

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[Post 2399]
Author : Miisa
Date : 06-30-2018 10:22 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Estonia is also an EU member and after Trump said that about the EU I am sure the dude decided enough is enough. 

I don't envy US ambassadors and embassy personnel at this point in history.

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[Post 2400]
Author : Kevlar
Date : 07-01-2018 05:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So, one thing i can thank Trump for is introducing me to Twitter.  I've discovered that Twitter is nothing but trolls!  Everybody on Twitter if fucking trolling somebody.  The president, fox news, the Russians, etc..  Now, if my time at the FF has taught me anything, it's taught me how to spot a troll and how to retroll that troll.

I hate to admit it, but I have a history of reading Yahoo News, and usually for the comments.  Over the years I have noticed a steady stream of professional trolls pretty much take over Yahoo.  But compared to Twitter, Yahoo is fucking amateur hour.  I'm amazed to watch these guys pop up on a fox news twit, zero followers, zero posts, then post something complete inane, and then they immediately get 100 likes and a thousand followers.  A lot of the time, the English skills of the author are obviously wanting.

So, I decided to put my FF training to good use and so created my own troll account on Twitter.  Without further ado, I'm am proud to introduce to the grand Twitter-verse:  Comrade Svink Terr!  He grew up working in a sewage treatment plant in Chernobyl, and his family were hard line party members.  True believers, if you were.  A few years ago he got a job on a Putin troll farm, now he lives the "big life" in Moscow, and in his spare time he Tweets from his own personal account.  He types in ALL CAPS and uses a LOT of !!!!!!!!!!.  He absolutely loves the American Confederacy, and  he calls them Comrade Confederates.  He truly feels like he shares a strong bond with the American right.  Guns, God, and glorious revolution!!!

I've been taking Svink out for a few trial runs and the results have been very interesting.  Svink created the account, and then he followed a bunch of popular American right wing and communist Russia accounts.  Twitter caught him a couple of times, and challenged him to identify myself, but their challenge wasn't that strong, and I helped him through that.  When the Tweets from these places started filling his feed, he went through the comments and followed the biggest trolls he could find and started making friends.

Now, he doesn't get a lot of pubic attention, and he shouldn't because you don't want to engage a guy like Svink.  He just wants attention and all you'll be doing is giving him what he wants if you engage him.  But, all it took was for him to get under the skin of some right wing shill with several thousand followers, and then the world started opening up to him.  I mean he's only 24 hours old, but the few people that have followed him and liked his Tweets are VERY interesting.  I mean, I tried to make my character so buffoon-like that the parody would be obscenely obvious, but I clearly have a LOT of work to do to achieve that end.  Then, where does parody start and reality end?  It all gets mixed up in the Twitter-verse!

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[Post 2401]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-01-2018 07:52 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I hate to admit it, but I have a history of reading Yahoo News, and usually for the comments.  Over the years I have noticed a steady stream of professional trolls pretty much take over Yahoo.  But compared to Twitter, Yahoo is fucking amateur hour.  I'm amazed to watch these guys pop up on a fox news twit, zero followers, zero posts, then post something complete inane, and then they immediately get 100 likes and a thousand followers.  A lot of the time, the English skills of the author are obviously wanting.

This is an interesting observation. Back around 2003-5 I'd go through the comments in Yahoo News with a guy in Norway. We'd be guessing at whether or not we were seeing sarcasm or hyperbole, of if we were seeing an actual crazy person. I suppose I could call them proto-Trumps now, but the overall 'ugly American' approach and attitude hasn't changed much.

Flash forward to today, the game has changed a bit. 'Deplorables' are as they've been but the game has been less of Is this person serious or sarcastic and more Is this a foreign agitator.

Also:
Watching bots switch over from automated mode to human operator once the bot starts getting replies to a post. (More grammatical errors.)
Watching a Deplorable start having a slow dawning realisation of horror at some bridge too far taken by the White House. (These people exist. Every last one of my American relatives fit this description. lolWisconsin)

As for satisfying trolling~
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sensitive, too. <a href="https://t.co/awnlGdHCbw">pic.twitter.com/awnlGdHCbw</a></p>&mdash; Respectable Lawyer (@RespectableLaw) <a href="https://twitter.com/RespectableLaw/status/1007826930035580929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 16, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Not going to lie, briefly annoying this strange famous man was more satisfying than I would have expected.</p>&mdash; Respectable Lawyer (@RespectableLaw) <a href="https://twitter.com/RespectableLaw/status/1007827361881083904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 16, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2402]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-01-2018 08:33 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That 53%:

“Serena Joys, All of Them”: How The Handmaid’s Tale Gave Me Insight into the Mind of the Female Trump Voter (https://www.themarysue.com/serena-joys-the-handmaids-tale/)

Watch for season 2 spoilers.

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[Post 2403]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-01-2018 09:02 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">HOUSE REPUBLICANS SHOULD PASS THE STRONG BUT FAIR IMMIGRATION BILL, KNOWN AS GOODLATTE II, IN THEIR AFTERNOON VOTE TODAY, EVEN THOUGH THE DEMS WON&#8217;T LET IT PASS IN THE SENATE. PASSAGE WILL SHOW THAT WE WANT STRONG BORDERS &amp; SECURITY WHILE THE DEMS WANT OPEN BORDERS = CRIME.  WIN!</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1011952266268545024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 27, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I never pushed the Republicans in the House to vote for the Immigration Bill, either GOODLATTE 1 or 2, because it could never have gotten enough Democrats as long as there is the 60 vote threshold. I released many prior to the vote knowing we need more Republicans to win in Nov.</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1013139532290625538?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2404]
Author : lisarea
Date : 07-01-2018 10:11 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That 53%: 

I don't think that's wrong, but I think they're missing the fact that a lot of women, especially socially conservative women, like the lowered expectations that come with benevolent sexism. (That's not just politically conservative women, just to be clear. A whole lot of progressives are very, very socially conservative, but the also politically conservative leaning ones are the ones who may have voted for Trump because of it.)

Don't underestimate how many women want to maintain their own status quo, including being sexualized and infantilized, for many of the same reasons people sometimes wish they could be kids again.

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[Post 2405]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-02-2018 04:28 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That Stuttering John guy who prank called the White House impersonating a Senator and got Trump to call him back? Secret Service wants to talk to him. He got himself a lawyer. Michael Avenatti.

Comedian who allegedly prank-called Trump says he has hired Michael Avenatti (http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/395110-comedian-hires-michael-avenatti-after-prank-calling-trump)

Why did Jared Kushner connect him right away, and why did Trump call him right back? Add to the file of what the ever living fuck beside the Kennedy resignation and Deutsche Bank.

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[Post 2406]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-02-2018 04:44 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That 53%: 

I don't think that's wrong, but I think they're missing the fact that a lot of women, especially socially conservative women, like the lowered expectations that come with benevolent sexism. (That's not just politically conservative women, just to be clear. A whole lot of progressives are very, very socially conservative, but the also politically conservative leaning ones are the ones who may have voted for Trump because of it.)

Don't underestimate how many women want to maintain their own status quo, including being sexualized and infantilized, for many of the same reasons people sometimes wish they could be kids again.

I've been thinking about this all night off and on. (Bolding mine)

I'm thinking it all ties together with avoiding responsibility, 'don't make me think', and you said awhile ago the phenomenon of 'everything I don't understand is bullshit'. Am I on the right planet? How innocent is simple things like holding door? (Random thinking back to the most of the times it's treated as a normal civility and the once or twice I got yelled at for sexism. Maybe that belongs in the Gender 101 thrad.)

I'm thinking there might be something evolutionary in there to do with the conservation of effort/energy. If so, we really aren't that far removed from hunter-gatherers, are we?

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[Post 2407]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-02-2018 06:43 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Well, we didn't get nuked today, so that's good.

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[Post 2408]
Author : lisarea
Date : 07-02-2018 04:34 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm thinking it all ties together with avoiding responsibility, 'don't make me think', and you said awhile ago the phenomenon of 'everything I don't understand is bullshit'. Am I on the right planet? How innocent is simple things like holding door? (Random thinking back to the most of the times it's treated as a normal civility and the once or twice I got yelled at for sexism. Maybe that belongs in the Gender 101 thrad.)

Yeah, I think it might. I don't 100% blame people who get caught up in it, because it's pretty pervasive. And it's not just women evading responsibility for being fully functioning adults, either. It's just that so much stuff gets unnecessarily gendered that a lot of kids grow up with very strictly gendered roles, and it affects their interactions and their abilities in ways they don't even realize. And a lot of them feel threatened by change, because it makes them feel like they're being left behind. There are tons of grown, seemingly functional adults who lack super-basic life skills just because they're so entrenched in their gender roles. 

And worse even than skills, a lot of women have a whole lot of their self-worth invested in male approval. They actually feel validated by sexual harassment, like that lady saying she likes being groped. They just want to hang onto that status quo. They don't want to have to reevaluate that, and potentially lose what they think of as their status. 

(And I have been yelled at for holding doors for men before, too. I've probably told this story before, but once, I was coming out of this thrift store, and saw a guy right behind me holding two big fragile looking glass vases, so I held up for just a minute to hold the door for him, and he got super mad and said he could do it himself.)


I'm thinking there might be something evolutionary in there to do with the conservation of effort/energy. If so, we really aren't that far removed from hunter-gatherers, are we?

I hadn't thought of it like that, but that makes a lot of sense. It'd explain why people whose lives are too easy get so stupid, too. Like that aggrieved entitlement thing, where people get so used to having things just done for them that they think they're being wronged when something doesn't work out.

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[Post 2409]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 07-02-2018 11:53 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm thinking there might be something evolutionary in there to do with the conservation of effort/energy. If so, we really aren't that far removed from hunter-gatherers, are we?

There might be something to that.

I often hear people say truly ignorant things like, "The thing that separates humans from animals* is that only humans have a sense of morality and understand the concepts of fairness and justice."  Bull.


For example, there have been many studies of non-human primates showing that many monkey and ape species have a well-developed and finely-honed sense of "fairness," and will punish any conspecific who seems to be hoarding food or otherwise being "unfair" in its behavior with respect to others.  

This is highly species-specific, however.  In highly social species where hierarchical behavior is the norm, it's typically the case that the dominant individuals will take the best food, the most desirable mates, etc. -- and this usually doesn't seem to engender a lot of "resentment," at least not overtly.  Presumably, that's what's expected and is seen as "proper" behavior.  [Though in these species, if a subordinate animal is caught "cheating" -- say, by taking some choice bit of food for itself -- it's likely to be harshly punished by its superior(s).  Interestingly, other subordinate animals will often join in the punishment of a subordinate who "gets out of line" like this.]


But in social species that have less-obvious or apparently-nonexistent social hierarchies, individuals tend to become quite upset if any of them seems to be taking more than its fair share. As such, resources like food are generally shared within the group.  For example, if one animal happens to find an abundant or high-quality food source, the typical response is to either gather as much as possible and then bring it back to the rest of the troop in order to share it; or to alert the other members of the troop, so that they can come and get their fair share.  [That having been said, it's often observed that the one who comes across this food bonanza will take the choicest bits for itself, if (s)he isn't currently being watched by other animals.]



More to the point, perhaps, behavioral studies with captive monkeys and apes often show that if one individual consistently receives preferential treatment from its human minders, it tends to think of this as the "proper" way of things.  If that individual stops receiving preferential treatment -- that is, it's not being treated unfairly; it's just no longer receiving preferential treatment -- it tends to become quite upset, and responds exactly as if it's being cheated.  

This, of course, is especially likely to occur in species that generally live in hierarchical groups.  Individuals that are used to getting the best stuff generally don't take it well if they suddenly find themselves being treated like any other member of the group.  

Some researchers have claimed that this is especially true if the privilege was "unearned."  What do I mean by that?  Well, if the animal at the top of the dominance hierarchy is there because it earned its place by winning a fight, for example, then it generally seems to take it fairly well if eventually displaced by another animal that proves to be stronger, more clever, or whatever.  [Jane Goodall has some amusing stories about how some chimpanzees win dominance contests not through brute force or fighting prowess -- but by clever use of their environments.]  That's life.

But, if an animal is picked at random by its human minders and given preferential treatment, that animal tends to react quite poorly if that preferential treatment stops.  In short, loss of earned privilege to a superior competitor doesn't seem to engender anywhere near as much outrage as does loss of unearned privilege.**



*Humans, of course, are animals; I get so tired of hearing people talking about humans as if we're somehow separate from and distinctly different from the rest of the Animal Kingdom.  

**I should point out, again, that this sort of thing is highly species-specific.  For example, how a Common Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) responds to a situation often differs quite remarkably from how a Pygmy Chimpanzee [Bonobo] (Pan paniscus) responds to the same situation.  [Both species tend to be highly social, but Common Chimpanzees have far more prominent and rigidly-enforced social hierarchies than do Bonobos.]

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[Post 2410]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 07-03-2018 12:47 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Speaking of primate morality, there was a famous study done with Rhesus Monkeys some years ago.  (Nowadays, this sort of study would likely be considered unethical.)


Okay, imagine a setup in which there are two monkeys, each in a separate cage -- but each can clearly see and hear the other.  A container of food is placed such that each can easily reach through the bars of its cage and grab some.  But, if a monkey reaches for some food, it receives a painful electric shock.  Unsurprisingly, the monkeys quickly learn that trying to grab the food is a bad idea.  Eventually, though, each monkey eventually gets hungry-enough that it will grab for some food.  Apparently, it decides that the pain of receiving an electric shock is preferable to the pain of being hungry.

Nothing surprising there.


Now, flip things so that if Monkey A reaches for some food, Monkey B gets the painful electric shock.  When this was done with Rhesus Monkeys, they quickly figured out that if one of them reached for some food, the other would get a painful shock.  

So, what happened?  Both monkeys sat in their cages and resolutely refused to reach for the food.  They preferred going hungry to inflicting pain upon another monkey.  [The researchers didn't continue the experiment long-enough to find out if the monkeys would starve themselves to death rather than inflict pain upon each other.  Thankfully.]

I can't help but wonder how well most humans would do under such circumstances.

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[Post 2411]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-03-2018 12:58 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I often hear people say truly ignorant things like, "The thing that separates humans from animals* is that only humans have a sense of morality and understand the concepts of fairness and justice."  Bull.

Sometimes I am that ignoramus in thought experiments like 'Humans are the species that has the capacity to be malevolent'.


More to the point, perhaps, behavioral studies with captive monkeys and apes often show that if one individual consistently receives preferential treatment from its human minders, it tends to think of this as the "proper" way of things.  If that individual stops receiving preferential treatment -- that is, it's not being treated unfairly; it's just no longer receiving preferential treatment -- it tends to become quite upset, and responds exactly as if it's being cheated.  

This, of course, is especially likely to occur in species that generally live in hierarchical groups.  Individuals that are used to getting the best stuff generally don't take it well if they suddenly find themselves being treated like any other member of the group.  

Some researchers have claimed that this is especially true if the privilege was "unearned."  What do I mean by that?  Well, if the animal at the top of the dominance hierarchy is there because it earned its place by winning a fight, for example, then it generally seems to take it fairly well if eventually displaced by another animal that proves to be stronger, more clever, or whatever.  [Jane Goodall has some amusing stories about how some chimpanzees win dominance contests not through brute force or fighting prowess -- but by clever use of their environments.]  That's life.

But, if an animal is picked at random by its human minders and given preferential treatment, that animal tends to react quite poorly if that preferential treatment stops.  In short, loss of earned privilege to a superior competitor doesn't seem to engender anywhere near as much outrage as does loss of unearned privilege.

But here, with the difference in behaviours between earned and unearned gains/preferential treatment, I'm entertaining the idea now that that is an expressive difference between 'good' and 'evil'. Where the Good monkey loses his top spot through fair and square means, and the Evil monkey loses his shit along with the top spot. And possibly a capacity for a sense of guilt? (We sure as hell know dogs can show remorse and guilt.) Guilt, shame, and acting out in rage intertwined?  ...which brings us right back to the current occupant of the White House.

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[Post 2412]
Author : Ari
Date : 07-03-2018 01:09 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This is highly species-specific, however.  In highly social species where hierarchical behavior is the norm, it's typically the case that the dominant individuals will take the best food, the most desirable mates, etc. -- and this usually doesn't seem to engender a lot of "resentment," at least not overtly.  Presumably, that's what's expected and is seen as "proper" behavior.  [Though in these species, if a subordinate animal is caught "cheating" -- say, by taking some choice bit of food for itself -- it's likely to be harshly punished by its superior(s).  Interestingly, other subordinate animals will often join in the punishment of a subordinate who "gets out of line" like this.]
Indeed one of the things that frustrates me when people talk about 'alphas' is the use of alpha and beta to begin with. Rat colonies are very hierarchical and the top rat is better considered a Den leader.  Sure they might get first choice of food, but it's also their job to make sure everyone else has food and is getting along.  Most leaders don't get deposed because they aren't the biggest or toughest but because others don't feel they are running things right.  Being too selfish or bullying in inappropriate ways was a great way to get challenged by underlings.

ETA: I have a hypothesis that humans aren't really that more advanced than animals and we see ourselves a bit too grandiose and animals as too simple. When teaching other primates many seem to hit a developmental block which keeps them developmentally around 4-6 in human. The hypothesis is that humans somehow pushed childhood mental plasticity a bit more which is why there are many humans that feel like they stopped developing in late elementary of highschool and after that you need to work to advance your mental abilities.  Whatever organizational, language and maths we can grasp with one more step in development seems to be key.  But it's only one more step.

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[Post 2413]
Author : The Man
Date : 07-03-2018 01:54 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

In response to all of this, but particularly this paragraph:

ETA: I have a hypothesis that humans aren't really that more advanced than animals and we see ourselves a bit too grandiose and animals as too simple. When teaching other primates many seem to hit a developmental block which keeps them developmentally around 4-6 in human. The hypothesis is that humans somehow pushed childhood mental plasticity a bit more which is why there are many humans that feel like they stopped developing in late elementary of highschool and after that you need to work to advance your mental abilities.  Whatever organizational, language and maths we can grasp with one more step in development seems to be key.  But it's only one more step.

How relevant might opposable thumbs be here? There are an awful lot of tools we&#8217;ve developed that, as I understand it, we couldn&#8217;t have developed or even used without them. I don&#8217;t fully understand all the relevant factors here, though; I&#8217;m sure TLR can clarify.

Overall, I definitely agree that we&#8217;re not as far advanced beyond other species as we like to fathom ourselves.

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[Post 2414]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 07-04-2018 01:50 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Sometimes I am that ignoramus in thought experiments like 'Humans are the species that has the capacity to be malevolent'.
Yeah, I understand all too well how easy it is to say something like "humans and animals .." as if humans somehow aren't animals, as if we're somehow different in kind from "mere animals."  So I'm not criticizing, and hopefully, I'm not just being pedantic.

It's a habit I've made a conscious point of eradicating in myself, not just because it isn't true that we aren't animals, but because I think it's harmful to think that way.  

It seems to me that thinking that we aren't animals and/or that there's something which fundamentally separates us from all other animal species is dangerous; it's one big reason so little attention is paid to our rapidly-degrading ecosystems.  What so many people fail to recognize is that we, too are part of -- and dependent upon -- those ecosystems.  It's foolishly short-sighted of us to ignore the fact that if the Earth's major ecosystems collapse, that will be disastrous not just for plants and "animals," but for us as well.


So far, despite all the (sometimes desperate) attempts to do so, no one has ever found anything that clearly distinguishes us from other animal species.  It seems quite clear that the only differences between us and other species are in degree, not in kind.

For example, it used to be claimed that only humans make and use tools.  Not so; plenty of other primates have been observed to do so, as well as other mammals and even some birds.  

Then it was claimed that only humans have a sense of "self," and are capable of recognizing that the reflection in a mirror is a reflection of themselves, and not some other animal.  But again, plenty of other primates and several species of cetaceans show awareness that the being in the mirror is just a reflection of themselves, and not another animal.

So, people started saying, "but only humans are capable of abstract thought."  But again, other primates, some cetaceans, and even Ravens are clearly capable of abstract thought and of using abstract thought to solve novel problems that cannot be solved through trial-and-error learning.

People claimed that "only humans experience true emotions."  Anyone who has a pet dog knows that's bull.

For a long time, the claim was that "only humans have true language capacities."  But chimpanzees, gorillas, and orang-utans can become quite proficient in sign language, and dolphins apparently have quite complex "speech."  (So much of the sounds that dolphins use for communicating with each other lie outside the frequency ranges that we can hear; this makes it difficult for us to study their language abilities.)  Even some birds (notably, African Gray Parrots) have been shown to be capable of using human speech to convey abstract ideas.

So, I tend to get annoyed whenever I hear someone claim that humans -- somehow -- aren't animals, or whenever I hear someone insist that there's somehow that fundamentally sets humans apart from all other animal species.

 
 
But here, with the difference in behaviours between earned and unearned gains/preferential treatment, I'm entertaining the idea now that that is an expressive difference between 'good' and 'evil'. Where the Good monkey loses his top spot through fair and square means, and the Evil monkey loses his shit along with the top spot. And possibly a capacity for a sense of guilt? (We sure as hell know dogs can show remorse and guilt.) Guilt, shame, and acting out in rage intertwined?  ...which brings us right back to the current occupant of the White House.
Indeed, I think one could easily argue that a decent working definition of "evil" is: "expects unearned privilege, lashes out if (s)he doesn't have that privilege, lacks a sense of guilt regarding that behavior, and lacks empathy for others."



Indeed one of the things that frustrates me when people talk about 'alphas' is the use of alpha and beta to begin with. Rat colonies are very hierarchical and the top rat is better considered a Den leader.  Sure they might get first choice of food, but it's also their job to make sure everyone else has food and is getting along.
Yup.  In quite a lot of social species, the principle function of the "leaders" (who are by no means always the biggest or toughest) is to ensure that others in the group are okay -- to ensure that everyone gets their fair share of food, to settle disputes between group members, that sort of thing.  In some species, it's even the case that the most dominant individuals generally eat last -- that is, they only eat after they've ensured that there's enough for everyone else.


I have a hypothesis that humans aren't really that more advanced than animals and we see ourselves a bit too grandiose and animals as too simple. When teaching other primates many seem to hit a developmental block which keeps them developmentally around 4-6 in human. The hypothesis is that humans somehow pushed childhood mental plasticity a bit more which is why there are many humans that feel like they stopped developing in late elementary of highschool and after that you need to work to advance your mental abilities.  Whatever organizational, language and maths we can grasp with one more step in development seems to be key.  But it's only one more step.
Yup, that's pretty-much the point I'm driving at.  We're not so "advanced" over other animals as we like to think.  And what differences exist are differences in degree, not kind.


This might seem like a diversion at first, but I'd like to talk about two phenomena -- allometry and neoteny.

Allometry refers to the fact that different body parts grow and develop at different rates.  Regulatory genes regulate the rates at which body parts grow and develop.  As such, a single, seemingly-simple mutation, if it is of a regulatory gene, can have a huge phenotypic effect.  

In most other apes, the bones that make up the cranial vault fuse early in life, which limits how large the brain can grow.  The facial bones continue to grow, however, and so form the distinctive muzzle.  In humans, however, the growth of the facial bones has been drastically slowed, and the bones of the cranial vault don't completely fuse until much later in life.  

This means that, compared to other ape species, our brains can grow to much larger size.  What's more, our brains continue to grow and develop long past the point where brain growth stops in other apes.  Indeed, our cranial bones don't fuse and become more or less immobile until we're 2 years old or so (and they don't fully fuse and become completely immobile until you're in your early- to mid-20's -- in some individuals, they don't fully fuse until you're in your 30's, 40's, or even 50's).  Many studies indicate that the human brain doesn't reach full maturity until you're in your early- to mid-20's.

But we start out pretty-much the same.  What do I mean?  Well, take a look at the head of a juvenile chimpanzee, compared to that of an adult chimpanzee.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J7SY_2pDGzI/TPurdTZ1ueI/AAAAAAAAAkQ/KAjxkBTStIQ/s1600/chimps.jpg

The chimp's brain and skull pretty-much stop growing very early in life, while the facial bones continue to grow for some time.  This is why the shape of adult chimpanzee's skull is so very different from that of an infant chimpanzee's skull.


By the way, what does an infant chimpanzee's skull look like?  Why, it looks very much like -- a human skull.  What an interesting coincidence.  That's what I meant by "we start out pretty-much the same."

https://wikispaces.psu.edu/download/attachments/38806250/Figure%205%20Skull%20Growth.jpg?version=1&modificationDate=1242582051000&api=v2


Just a few changes in the growth rates of different skull bones gets you from this:  (the skull of an infant chimpanzee):
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Baby_chimpanzee-MGL_95208-P5030049-black.jpg
to this:
https://static.turbosquid.com/Preview/2015/10/22__07_36_58/Skull_Final_Copyright_00.jpg67d0c604-ae9e-4079-9a3a-a1d46a902a05Original.jpg


Neoteny is the retention of juvenile characteristics into adulthood.  It's one of the most important of evolutionary processes, and can be driven by mutations in regulatory genes that drive the rates at which different body parts grow and develop.

In effect, humans are apes that have dramatically slowed down the maturation process, and so retain "juvenile" characteristics (rounded, relatively large crania containing relatively large brains; small jaws; flattened faces) into adulthood.



This may have been driven, in part, by our relatively weak muscles.  Anyone who has a large dog or other such pet has probably noticed that -- even if you exercise regularly and keep in good shape -- that human muscles are weak.  For instance, a chimpanzee that is about the same size and mass as a human is much stronger.  In fact, comparison studies show that even human athletes are only about half as strong as a chimpanzee of the same mass -- even if the chimpanzee lives in captivity and gets very little exercise.


Why is this so?  One hypothesis is that this is just an "evolutionary accident" of sorts.  As hominins evolved to be brainier, and relied more on tools and intelligence to get their food and avoid predators -- rather than brute force or speed -- this meant there was less need to "waste" metabolic energy on developing strong muscles.  So, there was little or no evolutionary "penalty" against individuals who were weaker than their peers.

According to this hypothesis, it's not that weaker muscles were advantageous, but simply that they weren't disadvantageous.  Thus, a mutation that made the muscles weaker could spread through the population by chance alone.

Some people think that evolution is driven strictly by natural selection and "survival of the fittest."  That's not at all true.  Mutations can -- and do -- spread through populations through random chance.  This is especially true in small populations, in which random genetic drift may be a much stronger influence on the population than is natural selection.  Even mutations that are actually mildly harmful may spread through a small population and become fixed.  

And the human population was pretty small in the not-too-distant evolutionary past.  There's good genetic evidence to suggest that, roughly 70,000 years ago, the human population was reduced to perhaps 10,000 - 30,000 individuals.  (The evidence suggest that our ancestors went through another such bottleneck about 3 million years ago.) Apparently, some 70,000 years ago, Homo sapiens was reduced to a few very small, semi-isolated populations.  

With a population size so small, lots of alleles would have been lost due to random chance, and even deleterious mutations might have spread through the entire population and become fixed.


As an aside, this is one reason why I'm always bemused at those who make such a big deal about the differences between human groups.  For such a [currently] numerous and widespread species, Homo sapiens has remarkably little genetic diversity.  That's the result of surviving at least 2 brushes with extinction in our relatively recent evolutionary past.



In response to the "human muscles are weak, but it's just an evolutionary accident" hypothesis, it has been proposed that selection has favored reduction in our muscle strength.  If you look at hominin evolution, there is certainly a very obvious trend:  the brain gets rapidly bigger over time.  The problem is that the brain is a hugely demanding organ.  The human brain is typically about 2% of your body weight, but consumes 20% or more of the oxygen we use to power our metabolic processes.

The argument is that as our brains evolved to become larger and more demanding, selection favored mutations which led to weaker muscles.  After all, resources that aren't being used to feed relatively unimportant muscles can instead be diverted to growing bigger, better brains.


This, it is hypothesized, coincided to some degree with our ancestors' discovery that fire could be used to cook food.  Cooking their food gave our ancestors a huge evolutionary advantage.  Cooked food is much safer (since the heat kills parasites and bacteria), and so if you're eating cooked food, you're wasting less energy fighting off infections and parasites.  Cooked food is also much more nutritious and energy-dense, since cooking food ruptures the cell walls of plant-based foods (all plant cells are surrounded by cell walls of cellulose, which we cannot digest) and breaks down connective tissues while denaturing proteins in animal-based foods.

In short, cooking your food means that you're healthier and much better-nourished.  Thus, you can afford to grow big, energy-demanding brains.



How relevant might opposable thumbs be here? There are an awful lot of tools we&#8217;ve developed that, as I understand it, we couldn&#8217;t have developed or even used without them. I don&#8217;t fully understand all the relevant factors here, though; I&#8217;m sure TLR can clarify.
Of course, all apes and many monkeys have opposable thumbs, so it's nothing unique to humans.  Still, it's hardly coincidental that primates are the best tool-making animals.  Opposable thumbs give those primates that possess them the ability to manipulate objects with far more precision than can virtually any other animals.  

Humans do have a bit of an advantage over other apes when it comes to construction of the hands.  Gorillas, chimpanzees, etc. have relatively elongated metacarpal and finger bones that are somewhat curved.  This helps them more effectively grip branches and is one reason why a chimpanzee or orang-utan has a far stronger grip than does a human of the same size.

But when our ancestors moved out onto the plains and adopted a more upright stance, our hands (and especially our feet) evolved in response to this new lifestyle.  Our straighter and relatively shorter hand and finger bones don't give us the grip strength that other primates have, but we gained the ability to manipulate objects with a finer degree of control than even a chimpanzee can manage.  This, doubtless, has contributed to our fantastic tool-making ability.

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[Post 2415]
Author : erimir
Date : 07-04-2018 02:27 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The thing that sets humans apart from other animals is how much time we spend wondering about what sets us apart from other animals.

And you know, the computers and stuff.

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[Post 2416]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-04-2018 06:25 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So I'm not criticizing, and hopefully, I'm not just being pedantic.


Absolutely not. In fact, the only times I've seen you get remotely snarky or belittling is when dealing with the willfully disingenuous, snake oil salesmen, and... a Nazi.

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[Post 2417]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-04-2018 06:49 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Huh, the Examiner, even:

Senate Intel concludes Russia interfered in 2016 presidential election, preferred Trump over Clinton - Washington Examiner (https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate-intel-russia-interfered-2016-election-preferred-trump-over-clinton)

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[Post 2418]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-04-2018 08:26 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Lengthy thrad with lots of dirt on the child separation thing.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&#8220;I simply cannot believe that my government could have done this to these people,&#8221; legal coordinator for a Texas nonprofit, under oath, on Trump&#8217;s family separation policy.<br><br>One of 900+ pages of declarations by attorneys, immigrants and others recently made public.<br><br>Thread. <a href="https://t.co/4ITEJekbnp">pic.twitter.com/4ITEJekbnp</a></p>&mdash; Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) <a href="https://twitter.com/KlasfeldReports/status/1014227163137142784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 3, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Happy July 4.

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[Post 2419]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-04-2018 08:39 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

[url=http://thehill.com/latino/395326-indianapolis-church-places-mary-joseph-baby-jesus-inside-cage-to-protest-trump=Indianapolis church places Mary, Joseph, baby Jesus inside cage to protest Trump immigration policies - The Hill[/url]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DhL39gaWAAEHhnj.jpg

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[Post 2420]
Author : erimir
Date : 07-04-2018 03:33 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

With reports being that Trump is moving towards a deal with Russia on Syria wherein Iranian forces will be expected to stay away from Israel and Russia will not get in the way of Israeli attacks on Iranian forces if they don't abide...

Just noting that Watser seems to care mostly about Palestine Israel conflict and for some reason thinks siding with Putin goes along with those aims. Putin meanwhile doesn't give a shit about anything Watser cares about and laughs when the Western left defends him. He'll gladly side with Israel when it suits him.

That's amusing, as was his belief that somehow Trump's election would reduce chances of war with Iran... I guess by tearing up the Iran deal and hiring John Bolton.

On the plus side, it has been good for his murderous buddy Assad.

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[Post 2421]
Author : Ari
Date : 07-05-2018 02:11 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

How relevant might opposable thumbs be here?
What he said!
One thing that I left out (that often gets overlooked) is fine motor control and dexterity.  While we think of the brain as a thinking machine, a huge chunk of it is for spatial and motor control.  There's a lot of little detailed things that humans have little problem with that other primates struggle. Arm and hand structure as well as muscle type make a big difference, with ape hand and arm strengths being much higher than humans but the fast twitch small movement muscles are often lacking.

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[Post 2422]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-05-2018 02:46 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

First they came for the undocumented.

Then they came for the not quite properly documented. (https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/uscis-starting-denaturalization-task-force/)

Or maybe Donald's looking for a cheap way out of his marriage and looking forward to his new decade younger trophy bride.

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[Post 2423]
Author : But
Date : 07-05-2018 04:28 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

With reports being that Trump is moving towards a deal with Russia on Syria wherein Iranian forces will be expected to stay away from Israel and Russia will not get :blahblah: 

It would have been interesting to see how President Sanders would handle that pile of shit. Oh well, too late.

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[Post 2424]
Author : erimir
Date : 07-05-2018 04:35 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I think it would probably be less "interesting" to see how Sanders... or Clinton... or O'Malley... or Biden... or hell, even Chafee... would've handled, well, most things.

Reminds me of the apocryphal (and probably not actually Chinese) curse "May you live in interesting times."

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[Post 2425]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-05-2018 07:31 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Further evidence that Twitter is the pinnacle of achievement in social media:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The quintessential Twitter exchange: an anonymous Trump fan account telling the ghostwriter of Trump&#39;s The Art of the Deal that he should try reading Trump&#39;s The Art of the Deal <a href="https://t.co/SkryMnDMje">pic.twitter.com/SkryMnDMje</a></p>&mdash; Michael Deacon (@MichaelPDeacon) <a href="https://twitter.com/MichaelPDeacon/status/1014584651397115905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 4, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2426]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 07-05-2018 07:03 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

You know, every time you think this administration can't sink any lower, they go and prove you wrong.  Now they're telling immigrants "leave the country with your kids — or leave the country without them (https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/new-trump-admin-order-separated-parents-leave-u-s-kids-n888631)."


I keep trying to tell myself that it's possible to be a Trump supporter and still be a good person — surely, at least, some Trump supporters are just deluded and/or naive, and are not knowingly supporting cruel and evil policies promoted by cruel, ignorant, and evil people — but it's getting harder and harder to believe that.

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[Post 2427]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-05-2018 09:03 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

lol, finally draining some swamp:

EPA leader Scott Pruitt out after numerous scandals (https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/08/trump-spoke-to-scott-pruitt-amid-reports-of-white-house-probe-into-epa-chief.html)

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[Post 2428]
Author : erimir
Date : 07-06-2018 12:15 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I keep trying to tell myself that it's possible to be a Trump supporter and still be a good person — surely, at least, some Trump supporters are just deluded and/or naive, and are not knowingly supporting cruel and evil policies promoted by cruel, ignorant, and evil people — but it's getting harder and harder to believe that.
I guess it's useful to compare to other historical examples.

Were all ordinary Nazi supporters cruel and evil, or deluded and naive? Is the average person cruel and evil? How much more cruel and evil was the average Nazi vs. the average person?

Or that piece, Who Goes Nazi? (https://harpers.org/archive/1941/08/who-goes-nazi/)

A lot of people are just authoritarians, who will follow the leader. I imagine quite a few who joined up to fight for the US or the UK or other allies were authoritarian followers too. But if they had been Germans or Japanese, they wouldn't have questioned whether they were on the right side. And vice versa - a lot of those Nazis and Japanese soldiers would've been fighting just as hard on the other side if they had been born American or French or Chinese.

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[Post 2429]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-06-2018 09:32 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Michael Del Moro on Twitter: "Per NBC, there were actually 16 investigations of Pruitt as of last week. The one investigation that was completed found that he had broken the law. There are 15 still ongoing." (https://twitter.com/MikeDelMoro/status/1014966400711000066)

https://media.tenor.com/images/1d7be2a6bde81d68277e361e52a0778b/tenor.gif

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[Post 2430]
Author : JoeP
Date : 07-06-2018 12:50 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The only reason Pruitt's gone is that Trump & coven have found someone worse, right?

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[Post 2431]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-07-2018 01:26 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is from last night. These are prepared remarks delivered in front of an audience.<br><br>Republicans, honestly, THIS IS FUCKING GIBBERISH. <a href="https://t.co/4jCxUmzaAo">pic.twitter.com/4jCxUmzaAo</a></p>&mdash; Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) <a href="https://twitter.com/Mikel_Jollett/status/1015247999272800256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 6, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2432]
Author : erimir
Date : 07-07-2018 05:37 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Brain and brain, what is brain? - YouTube

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[Post 2433]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-07-2018 07:44 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Did not age well:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/sV1SLON0eL">pic.twitter.com/sV1SLON0eL</a></p>&mdash; Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) <a href="https://twitter.com/brianbeutler/status/1014979268907020288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 5, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2434]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-08-2018 10:28 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I can think of a visual no more befitting of American fascism than the <a href="https://twitter.com/NYPD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NYPD</a> putting a Black protester in a chokehold underneath the heel of the Statue of Liberty. <a href="https://t.co/a3r44xOs2e">pic.twitter.com/a3r44xOs2e</a></p>&mdash; Bae Grylls (Lord Blaquecroft&#8482;) (@TheAuracl3) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheAuracl3/status/1014869203235622913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 5, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2435]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-10-2018 03:02 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1766/43309866991_8dfa4608cd_b.jpg

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[Post 2436]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-10-2018 11:11 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DhxkCBOUYAESdBM.jpg

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[Post 2437]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-11-2018 09:46 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Nice.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Benczkowski refuses to recuse himself from the Russia investigation despite having worked for a Russian bank under investigation for ties to Trump. He also pushed for Comey’s firing to AG Sessions while serving on the Trump transition team. Those are clear conflicts of interest.</p>&mdash; Sen Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenFeinstein/status/1016738411569405953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 10, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2438]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 07-11-2018 02:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DhxkCBOUYAESdBM.jpg

:dunno: Why am I seeing a blank post?

ETA: Mystery compounded by mystery; mostly solved.  The image won't load (quickly enough or at all; I'm not sure which) and the editor that embeds in my browser tries to render the image tags instead of diplaying them, so when I quoted the post to check its contents, I still couldn't see anything.  

I wish I could stop the editor from doing that.  I want to see all the tags!  ALL THE TAGS!  

:fuuu:

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[Post 2439]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 07-11-2018 03:09 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Original falsehood by POTUS http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/images/buttons/viewpost.gif (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-44780489)
"Germany is totally controlled by Russia because they will be getting  from 60% to 70% of their energy from Russia, and a new pipeline, and  you tell me if that's appropriate because I think it's not and I think  it's a very bad thing for Nato."

EU figures suggest Russia is responsible for between 50% and 75% of Germany's gas imports (http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/EU_imports_of_energy_products_-_recent_developments#Member_States.27_trade_in_petroleum_oils_and_natural_gas), but gas makes up less than 20% of Germany's power production (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44794688).



So Trump is stirring it with NATO and slating Germany for its dependence on Russia (bad) because he doesn't know the facts.  His figures are off by 400%. Sad!

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[Post 2440]
Author : Zehava
Date : 07-11-2018 03:46 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:roflmao: Cheeto Benito thinking Germany is controlled by Russia.

:potkettleblack:

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[Post 2441]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-12-2018 09:58 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

God damn I live Dale's brand of snark.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Republicans have taken a &#8220;baby step&#8221; in opposition to Trump&#8217;s tariffs. It is unclear whether these will be followed by toddler steps or adult steps. My story on what is and isn&#8217;t happening: <a href="https://t.co/koIvLRIEoD">https://t.co/koIvLRIEoD</a></p>&mdash; Daniel Dale (@ddale8) <a href="https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1017099973262012416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2442]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-12-2018 06:53 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

If Trump Fires Rosenstein, This Man Could End Up With Power Over the Russia Investigation – Mother Jones (https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/04/if-trump-fires-rosenstein-this-man-could-end-up-with-power-over-the-russia-investigation/)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We are one firin&#39; away from a full-blown Constitutional crisis. The lawyer for Alfa Bank, who never tried a case, is the head of the DOJ criminal division and the next in line behind Rod Rosenstein. Trump and Putin&#39;s coup is almost complete.<a href="https://t.co/dBMgkT2iwA">https://t.co/dBMgkT2iwA</a></p>&mdash; Tea Pain (@TeaPainUSA) <a href="https://twitter.com/TeaPainUSA/status/1017122442316337153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2443]
Author : JoeP
Date : 07-12-2018 07:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:roflmao: Cheeto Benito thinking Germany is controlled by Russia.

:potkettleblack:

Again ... Every accusation is a confession.

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[Post 2444]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-12-2018 09:48 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Today in totalitarianism:

Stormy Daniels arrest: Charges are dismissed for Ohio strip club performance - CNNPolitics (https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/12/politics/stormy-daniels-arrested-in-ohio/index.html)

Hot take thrad from an erotic hypnodomme:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here&#39;s what I want you to think about with Stormy Daniels being arrested.<br><br>They used a law which hasn&#39;t been used in over 10 years, zero citations. It was a misdemeanor. Charges were thrown out today. <br><br>So...why were at least 4 vice cops there to bust her? Why do you think?</p>&mdash; Emma Evans (@TrancewithMe) <a href="https://twitter.com/TrancewithMe/status/1017453010740396032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2018</a></blockquote>
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And today in WINNING

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Breaking: North Korean delegation did not show up at planned meeting with U.S. at Demilitarized Zone Thursday to discuss repatriating remains of Americans killed in Korean War. There was no call or explanation, <a href="https://twitter.com/eliselabottcnn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@eliselabottcnn</a> reports.</p>&mdash; Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) <a href="https://twitter.com/jimsciutto/status/1017421762383044608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2445]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-12-2018 10:18 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

U.S. reportedly issuing lifetime travel bans for anyone even remotely connected to Canada's legal cannabis industry | Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly (https://www.straight.com/cannabis/1101001/us-reportedly-issuing-lifetime-travel-bans-anyone-even-remotely-connected-canadas)

Since most provinces and territories (including B.C.) have decided to sell recreational marijuana via stores and online outlets owned by provincial authorities, many Canadians at risk of U.S. travel bans will be employees of a provincial government.

¯\_(&#12484;)_/¯

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[Post 2446]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-12-2018 10:48 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Canopy Growth Corporation - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canopy_Growth_Corporation) trades on the New York Stock Exchange. ¯\_(&#12484;)_/¯

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[Post 2447]
Author : godfry n. glad
Date : 07-13-2018 05:27 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

U.S. reportedly issuing lifetime travel bans for anyone even remotely connected to Canada's legal cannabis industry | Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly (https://www.straight.com/cannabis/1101001/us-reportedly-issuing-lifetime-travel-bans-anyone-even-remotely-connected-canadas)

Since most provinces and territories (including B.C.) have decided to sell recreational marijuana via stores and online outlets owned by provincial authorities, many Canadians at risk of U.S. travel bans will be employees of a provincial government.

¯\_(&#12484;)_/¯

We who grow our own salute all the fine public employees of the Canuckistani provinces.

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[Post 2448]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-13-2018 05:38 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Republicans vote to make it legal nationwide to ban gays & lesbians from adopting / LGBTQ Nation (https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2018/07/rule-making-legal-ban-gays-lesbians-adopting-passes-house-committee/)

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[Post 2449]
Author : lpetrich
Date : 07-13-2018 11:01 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Republicans vote to make it legal nationwide to ban gays & lesbians from adopting / LGBTQ Nation (https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2018/07/rule-making-legal-ban-gays-lesbians-adopting-passes-house-committee/)

From the wording, it does not forbid same-sex-couple adoptions outright, but leaves it up to the states. The result is likely to be a patchwork of state laws on this subject, with some states accepting SSC adoptions and some rejecting such adoptions.

That may not be satisfactory for the opponents of such adoptions, however.

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[Post 2450]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-13-2018 05:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Republicans vote to make it legal nationwide to ban gays & lesbians from adopting / LGBTQ Nation (https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2018/07/rule-making-legal-ban-gays-lesbians-adopting-passes-house-committee/)

From the wording, it does not forbid same-sex-couple adoptions outright, but leaves it up to the states. The result is likely to be a patchwork of state laws on this subject, with some states accepting SSC adoptions and some rejecting such adoptions.

That may not be satisfactory for the opponents of such adoptions, however.

Yeah, I should have done some pull quotes or found a less hyperbolic headline. I think I had something on the go and just wanted to post that at the time.

My main takeaway from this looks like a Bizarro World civil rights act, but I'm a foreigner with a strong sense of federalist. The whole state's rights thing feels very alien.

Semi-related, that whole Roe v Wade thing is a case of federal law superseding state law if I understand that correctly. Gonna be interesting to see which states see an uptick in coat hanger sales once this SCOTUS gets done with it.

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[Post 2451]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 07-13-2018 06:41 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A dozen GRU agents got indicted  (https://www.justice.gov/file/1080281/download)today for, among other things, stealing shit from the Clinton campaign and the DCCC. Can't wait to find out the identity of the congressional candidate who obtained stolen info on his or her opponent from the GRU.

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[Post 2452]
Author : lisarea
Date : 07-13-2018 06:52 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Top three guesses:

1. Fake news.
2. False flag.
3. Somehow, actually it was Hillary Clinton.

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[Post 2453]
Author : erimir
Date : 07-13-2018 06:59 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

More excuses. Clinton lost because she was a shitty candidate, stop whining about "oh, boohoo, people committed crimes against the Democrats and the Clinton campaign, boohoo, we should find out who did the crimes, boohoo, crimes should be punished."

So what if Trump or people associated with him, or other Republicans were clearly colluding with foreign criminal attacks on Americans for the purpose of undermining American democracy? Is that a crime? Is it still a crime if it's not the reason Clinton lost? Because the reason she lost was that she was in favor of the TPP before she was against it, among other deviations from my personal policy preferences!

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[Post 2454]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-13-2018 07:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.redd.it/txlnkrf0tp911.png

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[Post 2455]
Author : Ari
Date : 07-13-2018 08:03 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump loses 200,000 twitter followers over night thanks to a recent purge of fake accounts.
Now only 25 million to go! (I wish I could find the analysis that suggested half of Trumps followers were fake based on their posting and likes record).

Twitter purge: These are the celebrities hit hardest by account crackdown  (https://money.cnn.com/2018/07/13/technology/twitter-purge-biggest-losers/index.html)

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[Post 2456]
Author : JoeP
Date : 07-13-2018 08:07 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The whole state's rights thing feels very alien.

Specifically, lizard people.

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[Post 2457]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-13-2018 08:07 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

OMG OBAMA FAKE FOLLOWERS

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Yeah it&#8217;s gonna be tough for Obama now that he only has 101 million followers. <a href="https://t.co/QNqn0oCT0q">https://t.co/QNqn0oCT0q</a> <a href="https://t.co/q2oevxwCq3">pic.twitter.com/q2oevxwCq3</a></p>&mdash; John Aravosis (@aravosis) <a href="https://twitter.com/aravosis/status/1017545827693334529?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2458]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-13-2018 08:18 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://img00.deviantart.net/775c/i/2018/194/e/e/the_imaginary_world_of_donald_trump_by_jollyjack-dch3my0.jpg
The Imaginary World Of Donald Trump by jollyjack on DeviantArt (https://www.deviantart.com/jollyjack/art/The-Imaginary-World-Of-Donald-Trump-754317288)

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[Post 2459]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 07-13-2018 08:48 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Because the reason she lost was that she was in favor of the TPP before she was against it, among other deviations from my personal policy preferences!

Indeed, and it is axiomatic that determining which candidate was the lesser evil was very much a "six of one, half-dozen of the other" sort of thing.

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[Post 2460]
Author : But
Date : 07-13-2018 10:30 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Because the reason she lost was that she was in favor of the TPP before she was against it, among other deviations from my personal policy preferences!


When you have a candidate that won the nomination because of Democratic Party shenanigans and who a considerable part of the population has been thinking for years is something on the spectrum between a corrupt politician and the literal devil, you don't need to get butthurt and blame the media, Russian hackers, James Comey, Bernie Sanders, Jill Stein or something, anything for this trainwreck. When she got even close to Donald fucking Trump in the polls it was already clear that we were in deep doo-doo and you had simply picked the wrong candidate.

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[Post 2461]
Author : erimir
Date : 07-13-2018 10:41 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Sometimes I worry that my parody isn't broad enough :sigh:

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[Post 2462]
Author : Crumb
Date : 07-13-2018 10:44 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm convinced that sarcasm just doesn't work anymore.

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[Post 2463]
Author : But
Date : 07-13-2018 11:03 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Oh wow, that post was actually sarcastic? Holy shit, I'm flabbergasted!

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[Post 2464]
Author : Crumb
Date : 07-13-2018 11:10 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Good example. I have no idea if But is being sarcastic or not. :shrug:

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[Post 2465]
Author : But
Date : 07-13-2018 11:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Neither have I! I mean, erimir's sarcasm is so completely non-obvious! Not being a linguist, I get really confused by exclamation marks.

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[Post 2466]
Author : Crumb
Date : 07-13-2018 11:41 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ok, you can stop now. :blank:

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[Post 2467]
Author : erimir
Date : 07-14-2018 01:34 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

You're basically saying the same thing as my parody, which is why perhaps it's not broad enough. Someone might think I actually agree with you.

Nixon won in a landslide, so McGovern was a shitty candidate and it is implausible to say that he lost because of the election-related crimes. So complaints about the Watergate break-in and cover-up were just excuses for losing, I suppose.

This is basically what you're saying. Your response was to ignore the fact that Russians committed crimes aimed at undermining our democracy and harming one candidate and party and helping the other because you prefer to talk about how Hillary Clinton was awful for various reasons (whether ideological or motivated by certain personal qualities).

Is the fact that Hillary Clinton's campaign and the Democratic Party were victims of crimes aimed at harming their electoral chances relevant to anything? Is it so implausible to think that in an election decided by swing states with margins between 0.22% (MI) and 1.2% (FL) to think that their efforts explicitly aimed at harming Clinton/helping Trump could've swung the outcome in these states? Why are you so invested in such a close outcome being decided only by Hillary Clinton's behavior?

As for your conspiracy theories about the primaries, I doubt you have anything new to say about it or any plausible evidence for how she won almost 4 million more votes through cheating. Innuendo doesn't count as evidence. That some people at the DNC didn't like Bernie isn't evidence of "rigging".

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[Post 2468]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-14-2018 04:00 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This guy is a fucking berk plain and simple! <a href="https://t.co/lRHKRz3NMf">pic.twitter.com/lRHKRz3NMf</a></p>&mdash; Giles Paley-Phillips (@eliistender10) <a href="https://twitter.com/eliistender10/status/1017871087479246850?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 13, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Play that little video.

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[Post 2469]
Author : Ensign Steve
Date : 07-14-2018 04:48 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

God damn what a fucking tool. :facepalm:

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[Post 2470]
Author : erimir
Date : 07-14-2018 06:47 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

How crazy to think that Russia's meddling could've helped Trump win an extremely narrow victory by ~70k votes across three states. I mean, how could Russia have helped, aside from sowing division among Democratic voters, portraying Clinton as corrupt, releasing stolen emails at opportune times to distract from negative stories about Trump (like, say, after the Access Hollywood tape was released?) or positive events for Clinton (like, say, right before the Democratic National Convention), and helping conflate stories about stolen DNC and campaign emails with her email server from her time as Secretary of State?

Aside from that totally inconsequential stuff, what could they have done?
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is by far the most alarming and potentially important detail in the DNC hack indictment. <a href="https://t.co/Zl3W2erhTF">https://t.co/Zl3W2erhTF</a> <a href="https://t.co/eqDGpsiLnK">pic.twitter.com/eqDGpsiLnK</a></p>&mdash; emptywheel (@emptywheel) <a href="https://twitter.com/emptywheel/status/1017826412672311296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 13, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Oh.

Also in the indictment: a candidate (party unspecified, so WHO KNOWS which party) for Congress asked Guccifer 2.0 (a Russian agent's persona) for hacked info on his opponent, and was given it.

Also: the same day that Trump asked Russia to hack Hillary's emails... they initiated attempts to hack into/spearphish dozens of email accounts associated with Clinton's personal office and her campaign.

Also: Russians hacked into Illinois elections databases and stole information on hundreds of thousands of voters.

Anyway, the important point was that Hillary Clinton supported mandatory paid family and medical leave and universal pre-k (aka universal childcare), which together would be a massive expansion of the US social welfare state, but she didn't have Medicare For All in her platform. Instead she merely proposed lowering the eligibility age for Medicare, expanding Medicaid, making Obamacare subsidies more generous and adding a public option. What crumbs for working people!

And this is why she lost, because she was a shitty candidate who didn't have any bold proposals that would help the working class.

(Incidentally, Glenn Greenwald used to be a big fan of Marcy Wheeler. She wrote a piece skeptical of the Russia story in 2017, which Greenwald favorably cited multiple times. But since she changed her mind on the Russian hacking story, he doesn't have much to say about her. I guess she's at least spared the knee-jerk accusations of bad faith that he typically applies to anyone who disagrees with him in a way that's favorable to Democrats.)

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[Post 2471]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-14-2018 07:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

And to think if lefties had just shown up in 2010 for the House and 2014 for the Senate this entire gong show would have been merely embarrassing rather than dire. Enjoy having courts that rubber stamp voter suppression for the next few decades, y'all. :)

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[Post 2472]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-14-2018 07:36 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

~It's beginning to look a lot like treason~

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">On August 24, 2017, <a href="https://twitter.com/RepDeSantis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepDeSantis</a> filed an amendment to a spending package that would have cut off funding to Mueller &amp; his team 6 months after the date of passage &amp; forbid investigating Trump launching his campaign.<br><br>Congressional candidate requested the help of Russian &#55358;&#56596; <a href="https://t.co/kxdsUUW9mq">pic.twitter.com/kxdsUUW9mq</a></p>&mdash; &#9735;RiotWomenn&#9735; (@riotwomennn) <a href="https://twitter.com/riotwomennn/status/1017869464111640577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 13, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2473]
Author : Ari
Date : 07-14-2018 08:42 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Sometimes I worry that my parody isn't broad enough :sigh:
On an article comments thread about the low turn out of gun rights activists I was going to make a snark of "gun lives matter" until I noticed one of the protestors was holding a "Black Rifles Matter" sign and discovered it's not even a new thing.  Then I was informed with no sense of irony that gun rights are just the same as LGBT rights and a women's right to choose.  At that point I just gave up trying to parody the gun as a penis extension.

Subtle parody is dead.

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[Post 2474]
Author : erimir
Date : 07-14-2018 08:49 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The other thing about all this Russia denialism is... what exactly is the point I'm supposed to be embracing, again?

Don't run Hillary Clinton in 2020? Ok, good. I'm fine with this. If she should run again, I highly doubt I will want for alternatives, and she will be low on my list of candidates to support. So, that's done. What else?

What policies am I supposed to be supporting that I don't already?

Democrats I favor* for 2020 are in favor of, beyond the progressive planks of Clinton's 2016 platform, marijuana legalization or decriminalization, Medicare For All, abolishing ICE, criminal justice reforms, etc.

The idea seems to be that I have to make excuses for Clinton because... something. So I can keep pushing neoliberal centrist shill policy or something?

The thing is if Bernie Sanders is the candidate in 2020, these same tactics will be used against him, particularly if US federal and state governments and the Democratic Party take no actions to counter these tactics. And giving the media a pass on their behavior in 2016 means that the same people will be following the same patterns when 2020 comes around. And useful idiots are pushing that these things were inconsequential in order to preserve the narrative that the only reason Trump won is because Clinton wasn't progressive enough or something, even though Democrats are already moving left. You're not helping push Democrats to the left with this denialism. You're just making it easier for the Republicans and their accomplices to do it again.

*Admittedly, Bernie Sanders is not a candidate I favor. He's towards the bottom of my list, mostly only above Andrew Cuomo and centrist-y business/celebrity hypothetical candidates like Michael Bloomberg, Mark Cuban and Dwayne Johnson.

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[Post 2475]
Author : Ari
Date : 07-14-2018 09:54 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Has this been posted here yet?
How German News Covered Trump's NATO Visit - YouTube

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[Post 2476]
Author : Kael
Date : 07-14-2018 05:35 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The idea seems to be that I have to make excuses for Clinton because... something. So I can keep pushing neoliberal centrist shill policy or something?
This cuts to the heart of it for me, because the argument that it's all Clinton's/the DNC's fault for her being a terrible candidate is superficially borne out by the voting totals, i.e. if more typically Dem voters had not voted third party or bothered to vote at all in the key states then it wouldn't have gone the way it did. But for me, that's still the voters' fault way before it's the candidate's. What was clearly happening with Trump and the Republicans was so unambiguously, shamelessly repugnant that Dems, leftists, independents, and what few Republicans hadn't lost their minds or sold their souls should have showed up to vote that shit down in a landslide, even if the Democrat candidate had "neoliberal centrist shill" tattooed across their fucking forehead - which despite much hateful invective Clinton did not, literally or figuratively.

To me, standing in place, or slipping a few steps back at the most pessimistic reading of a Clinton Presidency, is so obviously better than leaping headlong backward that I honestly have trouble believing anyone who still makes these arguments can be any combination of informed, sane, or sincere.

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[Post 2477]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-14-2018 10:39 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Guessing connect the dots thrad, Russia, Trump, Assange:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Just putting this on your radar because it seems likely to become important soon.<br><br>Last week, the Trump Admin aggressively threatened Ecuador with retribution if it didn&#8217;t do as it was told.<br><br>Onlookers were confused by level of aggression over a benign subject.<br><br>1/</p>&mdash; The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) <a href="https://twitter.com/HoarseWisperer/status/1018185265414852609?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 14, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Unroll: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1018185265414852609.html

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[Post 2478]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-15-2018 01:31 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Elon Musk revealed as one of the largest donors for a House Republican PAC | Salon.com (https://www.salon.com/2018/07/14/elon-musk-revealed-as-one-of-the-largest-donors-for-a-house-republican-pac/)

Not sure if surprised.

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[Post 2479]
Author : lisarea
Date : 07-15-2018 02:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

He's a 'tech entrepreneur.' They're all lolbertarians to some degree at least, even the ones who pick good causes. I mean, Bill Gates, surprisingly to me, seems to be doing a pretty good job of choosing what to invest his money in as far as I can tell, but it shouldn't be his job, either.

PS I was complaining about that stupid submarine stunt as soon as he announced it. How the fuck did I know it was stupid and he didn't? Not only do I know fuck all about the technical aspects, but I could barely read the stories about it because that kind of shit freaks me out too hard, so I know even less than the average person who followed the story. 

If he had actually wanted to help, he could have just sent a big fat check to the people who knew what they were doing, and/or to the local people whose livelihoods were affected by the rescue efforts. And he knows that, which is why he sent that PAC money instead of, like, building a submarine to personally present to them.  

Musk can be sort of charming sometimes, and manages to say the right things every now and again, but assholes are usually good at that sort of thing.

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[Post 2480]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 07-15-2018 02:25 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

He's a 'tech entrepreneur.' They're all lolbertarians to some degree at least, even the ones who pick good causes. I mean, Bill Gates, surprisingly to me, seems to be doing a pretty good job of choosing what to invest his money in as far as I can tell, but it shouldn't be his job, either.

PS I was complaining about that stupid submarine stunt as soon as he announced it. How the fuck did I know it was stupid and he didn't? Not only do I know fuck all about the technical aspects, but I could barely read the stories about it because that kind of shit freaks me out too hard, so I know even less than the average person who followed the story. 

If he had actually wanted to help, he could have just sent a big fat check to the people who knew what they were doing, and/or to the local people whose livelihoods were affected by the rescue efforts. And he knows that, which is why he sent that PAC money instead of, like, building a submarine to personally present to them.  


http://amultiverse.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/2018-07-14-The-Problem-Solver.jpg (http://amultiverse.com/)

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[Post 2481]
Author : erimir
Date : 07-15-2018 03:38 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Elon Musk is an anti-union asshole. He doesn't dislike the GOP (he also gives money to Democrats, so he's just playing both sides). Surprise.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Something was bugging me about the September &#39;16 hack of the DNC analytics (beyond that it would give an opponent much of what they&#39;d need to figure out who to target &amp; with what). <br><br>What was it? A couple weeks later, the Trump campaign abruptly &amp; massively shifted their ad buys. <a href="https://t.co/PmiVINexHH">pic.twitter.com/PmiVINexHH</a></p>&mdash; &#55349;&#56953;&#55349;&#56990;&#55349;&#56981;&#55349;&#56978;&#55349;&#56974; (@resisterhood) <a href="https://twitter.com/resisterhood/status/1018221264077541378?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 14, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Yeah, I'm starting to think that the collusion angle is going to pan out, hard.

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[Post 2482]
Author : The Man
Date : 07-15-2018 04:10 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So, what was I saying fourteen months ago?

At this point, I think it is worth seriously speculating about how many people the scandal I&#8217;ve taken to calling Russia-a-Lago is going to bring down. Because let&#8217;s be honest: At this point, far, far more people than President* Dunning-Kruger are implicated. An element that didn't get much focus in the discussion of Paul Ryanbot 4000&#8217;s alleged sense of humour (which implies much more sophisticated programming than this particular model has ever displayed; I&#8217;m sceptical that the model can even consistently pass a Turing test, much less more complicated tests like Voight-Kampff or a semblance of humour) is this particular exchange from June 2016, leaked to the Washington Post as part of an audio recording:

McCarthy: [unintelligible]&#8230;I&#8217;ll GUARANTEE you that&#8217;s what it is.
[Unintelligible]
McCarthy: The Russians hacked the DNC and got the opp research that they had on Trump.
McCarthy: laughs
[Crosstalk]
Ryan: The Russian&#8217;s hacked the DNC&#8230;
McHenry: &#8230;to get oppo&#8230;
Ryan: &#8230;on Trump and like delivered it to&#8230;to who?

This is understandable, because you&#8217;ve also got Ryanbot 4000 admitting that President* Shitgibbon is on Putin&#8217;s payroll. But this is admitting that they were aware of foreign interference in the American election and sat on the knowledge for partisan gain. Which is inching ever closer to the territory of... light... treason (https://www.hulu.com/watch/1138).

And that&#8217;s where it seems to go with almost all of them. I can&#8217;t even hope to get a full handle on all the scandals going on right now. Tangerine Torquemada burned an Israeli asset who appears to have been one of the world&#8217;s foremost experts on Daesh, right? But it&#8217;s hard to maintain focus on that. Sessions violated his &#8220;recusal&#8221; last week with his apparent recommendation to fire Comey. Remember that? But how can we focus on that with the current breaking stories?

This is like a Bizarro World version of what was happening during the campaign: there were Kim Jong Orange scandals every day, but the media had the memory of a goldfish, so most of them ultimately had little to no impact on the election returns. But that&#8217;s not what&#8217;s happening here. We&#8217;re dealing with practised bureaucrats who have dealt with behaviour like this for their entire professional careers, and given that several of them rose to the top positions in their organisations, there are probably few people in the world more skilled at documenting criminal behaviour like this and building far-reaching cases encompassing as many people as are implicated in the conspiracies as possible.

And Cheeto Benito made it personal by firing Comey, and then threatening him, and then lying about conversations Comey had meticulously documented. Comey had meticulously documented every single conversation he had with the shitgibbon, because it&#8217;s the sort of thing he&#8217;s been trained to do, and he possessed the instincts to realise that the shitgibbon was the sort of person for whom such documentation could prove necessary. This is the level of preparation we are talking about.

And he pissed off Rosenstein, too, by drawing him into the Comey firing story. The echo of history here is difficult to avoid noticing; Mark Felt, of course, leaked to Woodward and Bernstein in large part because he was displeased with how Nixon had treated the FBI. But this is far more blatant. I don&#8217;t think there&#8217;s a parallel here. If you wrote it in a screenplay, as with too many other aspects of recent politics, you&#8217;d be criticised for being too on-the-nose with the symbolism. (Another case of reality&#8217;s symbolism being too unsubtle: the president* has sometimes been compared to The Manchurian Candidate. Shaw&#8217;s mother was based on Roy Cohn, who was the shitgibbon&#8217;s mentor. You couldn&#8217;t make this kind of thing up.)

At this point, I would consider the odds better than even that Manhattan Mugabe doesn&#8217;t finish out his first term, much less a second. He went to war with the FBI, and it&#8217;s clear how hilariously outmatched he is. He&#8217;s playing tic-tac-toe at such a basic skill level that he can&#8217;t win half the games where he&#8217;s given the first move. The FBI is playing Go.

The more intriguing question is how many people Napoleorange will bring down with him. I think it&#8217;s clear that Pence won&#8217;t survive. He had to have been in this up to his eyeballs as director of the shitgibbon&#8217;s transition team, and recent reporting has revealed how active a participant he has been in the cover-up efforts. Ryan seems deeply implicated as well. I think it&#8217;s quite possible that a successful impeachment of Persimmon Pustule will simultaneously bring down his co-conspirators. And, of course, we also need to consider the character (or, rather, the complete lack thereof) of the individual. I&#8217;m not certain Idiot Amin understands the concept of loyalty, and he certainly has never demonstrated it. If he realises he&#8217;s going down, he may try to take as many of his co-conspirators with him as possible. He certainly doesn&#8217;t seem to like Pence or Ryan much.

So if this breaks before 2019, we could be looking at President Hatch. If the Democrats retake the House in 2018, and the impeachments break after the new Congress is seated, we could see President Pelosi. Having probably the most vulgar misogynist who&#8217;s ever held the office succeeded by ~a girl~ would have a delicious taste to it that I&#8217;d find difficult to resist if I were writing an ending to this absurd soap opera. But it could be improved further. Pelosi would be the presumptive Speaker, but the Speaker doesn&#8217;t actually have to be a member of Congress. I can think of an immensely qualified individual, possibly the most qualified in our nation&#8217;s history, who could be named as Speaker instead. And, tellingly, this particular individual happened to receive more votes for the office of president than its current occupant did.

I&#8217;m just throwing out ideas here, but if I had to work with the absurd soap opera that is the script of American politics over the past couple of years and then graft a satisfying ending onto it, seeing the popular vote victor of 2016 belatedly installed as president does seem like the most satisfying one I could come up with. Because, let&#8217;s be honest, she&#8217;s fucking earned this. I doubt it&#8217;ll happen, but I also can&#8217;t think of anyone who&#8217;d be better qualified to clean up the mess this maladministration has left. And we need someone who&#8217;s capable of cleaning things up, because there probably hasn&#8217;t been a state of chaos like this in our government since the Civil War. So it&#8217;s something we should be seriously talking about.

(I do have to note another aspect of reality that dissatisfies me here: the first black president had to clean up Bush 43&#8217;s mess. Now it seems entirely possible that the first woman president will have to clean up Orangeymandias&#8217; mess. White people, please, stop fucking everything up for everyone else.)

Anyway, an aspect of the Russia story that hasn&#8217;t been discussed that often is that the Russians didn&#8217;t merely obtain DNC emails; they also obtained Republicans&#8217; emails. Those emails haven&#8217;t been published. We don&#8217;t really know whose emails they were, or what their contents were. But it is important to note that many high-ranking Republicans may be subject to Russian kompromat.

The question with Watergate was &#8220;What did the president know, and when did he know it?&#8221;. It&#8217;s not actually clear that the president* is capable of possessing knowledge, but we have to extend this question not merely to him but to his advisers, to high-ranking Republicans, and to anyone involved in the administration.

I&#8217;m in the midst of a move, and I&#8217;m heavily sleep-deprived as a result, so I&#8217;m still processing a lot of this. I honestly don&#8217;t think there is a comparable period in human history. I&#8217;m not sure a major world power has ever been in the hands of someone simultaneously this incompetent, this corrupt, this compromised by a foreign power, and this temperamentally ill-suited to the office. It was probably inevitable that the Shitgibbon Administration would end up being a flaming dumpster fire, but I think its sheer incompetence has far exceeded what any reasonable observer could have predicted. Every day there are so many new stories that it&#8217;s almost impossible to process all of them.

I&#8217;d like to apologise if this isn&#8217;t fully coherent. I haven&#8217;t proofread all of it. I may clean it up some after getting some sleep.

So if this breaks before 2019, we could be looking at President Hatch. If the Democrats retake the House in 2018, and the impeachments break after the new Congress is seated, we could see President Pelosi.The problem with this is that conviction in the senate requires Republican votes.

While I could see them breaking under the pressure of Trump's incompetence and corruption, convicting Pence would be far less likely (since he's likely guilty of less and much better able to keep his trap shut to keep it from getting out of hand).

Furthermore, if Pelosi or another Democrat were next in line, the likelihood of Republicans voting to convict Pence drops to pretty near zero, unless there are absolutely explosive revelations about Pence.

Best case scenario, they agree to remove Pence if Democrats agree to confirm Pence's VP appointment (who would have to be somewhat moderate I suppose). After all, we must respect the will of the people Electoral College, which elected a Republican.So, I see your reasoning here, but I think it depends on the assumption that the current framing of the story is going to remain operative when the FBI and Mueller&#8217;s investigations have reached their conclusions. I find this highly unlikely.

This isn&#8217;t a question of obstruction of justice or something like that. I mean, the obstruction is the smoking gun, but there hasn&#8217;t been much discussion of what the weapon was used for. The most likely reason there is a cover-up is treason.

That might sound a bit hyperbolic right now, but let&#8217;s frame the issue correctly: Significant portions of the Republican Party colluded with a hostile foreign power to erode the foundations of our democracy. It&#8217;s not clear how many of them are active participants in it, but it&#8217;s now clear that Twitler is, wittingly or unwittingly, a Russian intelligence asset. By burning a source possessing key intelligence information on Daesh, Twitler has now endangered American lives. The conspiracy to get him placed into the highest elected office in the land, and then cover up the conspiracy, unquestionably qualifies as treason.

And we also already know that the Russians have kompromat on key Republicans through leaked RNC emails. It isn&#8217;t a matter of public knowledge which Republicans were compromised yet, and if the FBI/Mueller don&#8217;t know this yet, uncovering it is likely to become a key focus of their investigation. Remember, Mueller&#8217;s mandate to pursue his investigation is incredibly broad; anything that relates to the Twitler campaign&#8217;s collusion with Russia falls within his investigation&#8217;s domain. If Republicans are discovered to have been colluding with Russia or enabling the Twitler campaign/administration&#8217;s cover-up of its Russia ties, they fall into the scope of Mueller&#8217;s mandate.

So we&#8217;re not merely talking about &#8220;can people remain in office&#8221;. We&#8217;re talking about &#8220;can people escape sentencing for a capital crime&#8221;. I don&#8217;t know whether the death penalty is going to become a matter of serious question, but people can be and have been executed for treason. The Rosenbergs, of course, are one of the most infamous cases. I oppose the death penalty overall, but if we want to talk seriously about being a nation of laws, particularly after it&#8217;s become clear how thoroughly our institutions have become corrupted by a hostile foreign power, that discussion will lead to serious considerations of executing elected officials who collaborated with a hostile foreign power to undermine those institutions.

So Reagan&#8217;s First Commandment isn&#8217;t really going to be the operative issue here. It&#8217;s quite possible that the prevailing mood in Washington isn&#8217;t going to be about party unity. It&#8217;s going to be about not risking treason sentences. That&#8217;s going to lead to a significantly different political calculus than we see right now.

I can&#8217;t guarantee that all of these things will come to pass, of course. However, Pence is, as I said, up to his eyeballs in this stuff, and he might try not to talk much, but he&#8217;s very, very bad at covering things up. He&#8217;s been demonstrated to have lied on countless occasions (I don&#8217;t have a list, but I&#8217;m sure someone in the FBI already does). And we&#8217;ve seen Ryan treating the matter of collusion with Russia as a joke. To put this another way, we&#8217;ve seen Ryan treating the matter of treason as a joke. These people are not clean. If this is what we&#8217;ve seen, the FBI already has much, much more on them. I think the odds of either of them surviving a Twitler impeachment are close to zero.

For this reason, I honestly think President Hatch is the most likely outcome. He&#8217;s the first Republican in the chain of succession that doesn&#8217;t have obvious evidence of either collusion with the Russians or participation in a cover-up of collusion with the Russians as a matter of public knowledge already. I suspect the investigation will likely proceed to a point where all of this becomes public knowledge by November 2018. At this point, Republicans will likely wish to preserve what they can of their power, and getting rid of everyone who looks likely to fall anyway ensures that they at least retain the presidency for two years.

If things don&#8217;t progress to this point by the midterms, things will end up much, much worse for the Republicans. Because, again, I think we&#8217;ll end up with widespread discussions of Republican treason. You know how the Civil War was treason in defence of slavery? What we have right now is, essentially, treason in defence of tax cuts.

We should also remember that Democrats have been roughly +20% over their normal performance in the two special elections that have already occurred. These were before the outcry about the AHCA and, more to the point, before most of the evidence of treason had emerged. Gerrymandering breaks down badly if a large enough wave against the party that employs it occurs, and the Republican Party owes much of its House majority to gerrymandering. That doesn&#8217;t affect the Senate, of course. It&#8217;s unlikely that the Senate will flip in 2018. On the other hand, Republicans will likely end up looking towards 2020. They will know that, if they continue fucking things up as badly as they have been, there will almost certainly be a Democratic administration and a Democratic Senate after 2020 elections. And that could lead to further investigations that could uncover more crimes.

I may be overestimating how much this investigation will uncover, but after seeing how crazy-prepared Comey has been and how flabbergastingly incompetent Twitler and everyone who surrounds him are, I doubt it. If the Republicans don&#8217;t want their party name to be routinely preceded by the epithet &#8220;Vichy&#8221;, they&#8217;re going to have a lot of work to do to convince the public they&#8217;re clean. I predict they&#8217;ll end up fleeing the Twitler regime and anyone connected with it like rats fleeing a sinking ship. (I apologise to rats everywhere for the libellous simile.)

Pelosi would be the presumptive Speaker, but the Speaker doesn&#8217;t actually have to be a member of Congress. I can think of an immensely qualified individual, possibly the most qualified in our nation&#8217;s history, who could be named as Speaker instead. And, tellingly, this particular individual happened to receive more votes for the office of president than its current occupant did.If we're indulging this fantasy, I'd probably say that Biden would be the sensible choice for Democrats. He could take office, vow not to run for reelection, and probably could best portray it as taking the position to clean up the GOP's mess, not to exploit it.

Clinton taking office that way would be a poetic ending, but politically not a great idea, IMO.Biden probably would be less divisive, but he could end up criticised for being someone who had never been elected to the position of president. Clinton has, at least, won a popular vote for the presidency. (Then again, Biden has won both the popular and electoral vote for vice president twice, so I can still see a good argument for him).

I&#8217;m mostly going on terms of &#8220;who is best qualified for the job&#8221; when writing my fantasy ending. After the last couple of years, I don&#8217;t feel even remotely qualified to speculate on what is the politically savviest move, and I don&#8217;t actually know if anyone else in the country has much skill at predicting what is likely to be politically effective. I rather doubt it. Twitler has effectively ended up being the Mule to the Hari Seldon of political science. Nearly everything we thought we knew has been scrambled.

I might&#8217;ve been slightly too optimistic about the pace at which Mueller&#8217;s investigation would proceed, but I think it&#8217;s interesting to go back and revisit these posts fourteen months later, because many of my predictions are proving accurate &#8211; particularly in terms of how prepared Mueller&#8217;s team has been and how deep the rot has seeped into the Republican Party.

This is the narrative I think the left needs to be pursuing: the Republicans are the party of treason. Maybe Democratic politicians should be more diplomatic, but I&#8217;m gonna go with LBJ on this one. &#8220;Make the sonofabitch deny it.&#8221; If the Republicans have to explain that their actions aren&#8217;t technically treason because there isn&#8217;t a declared state of war with Russia (which is debatable; they&#8217;ve been engaged in acts of cyberwarfare against us for years even if they haven&#8217;t outright declared it), they&#8217;ve already lost the narrative. &#8220;Our actions weren&#8217;t technically treason!&#8221; is not a winning electoral campaign narrative.

Of course, many of the players I&#8217;ve spoken about (e.g., Hatch and Ryan) have announced their retirement. I&#8217;ve wondered since Ryan made his announcement if he knows something that we don&#8217;t. It&#8217;s possible he sees the hounds closing in and decided to bail out early. (I&#8217;m not going to make similar speculations about Hatch, though. Dude&#8217;s just really fucking old.)

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[Post 2483]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-15-2018 04:34 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

lol UK

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dh_FmF2W0AAAHsb.jpg

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[Post 2484]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-16-2018 11:42 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Rent-stabilized tenants allege Kushner Cos. harassed them - NY Daily News (http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-metro-kusher-2018071-story.html)

The real estate company formerly headed by Jared Kushner exposed children to cancer-causing substances as part of a campaign to push rent-stabilized tenants out of their apartments, said a lawsuit filed by a group of renters.

Next level irony would be the use of Zyklon B.

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[Post 2485]
Author : SR71
Date : 07-16-2018 11:52 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

There was a Law and Order episode about that, making the conditions unlivable to chase out rent controlled leases.

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[Post 2486]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-17-2018 01:43 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

GOP Leaders Move Goalposts On Opposing Trump To Him Being Filmed Masturbating On U.S. Flag In Arlington Cemetery (https://politics.theonion.com/gop-leaders-move-goalposts-on-opposing-trump-to-him-bei-1827640709)

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[Post 2487]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-17-2018 03:21 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

10795

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[Post 2488]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-17-2018 07:25 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It seems the Queen trolled Trump with... broaches

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BroochDecoderRing?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BroochDecoderRing</a> <br>The following data relies heavily on the work of the blogger at &quot;Her Majesty&#39;s Jewel Box&quot;. If you swing by there (I will be linking), BE ADVISED THE BLOGGER WANTS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS POLITICAL STUFF THAT IS NOT WHY SHE IS THERE so take it easy.</p>&mdash; Bitch. STILL my superhero name. (@SamuraiKnitter) <a href="https://twitter.com/SamuraiKnitter/status/1018570246037352449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 15, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Thrad.

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[Post 2489]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-17-2018 07:54 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Well, now we know. <a href="https://t.co/olQlhzQiuO">https://t.co/olQlhzQiuO</a></p>&mdash; Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) <a href="https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/1018972082816811009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 16, 2018</a></blockquote>
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http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MNluk-dQLeU/UyklUZ1Cy8I/AAAAAAAACQs/0Xjsk0jctGU/s1600/oooo+ouch.gif

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[Post 2490]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 07-17-2018 10:50 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Does he know?

Lately, the man has been doing everything short of wearing this (https://www.redbubble.com/people/pornflakes/works/21967401-i-love-putin?body_color=white&p=classic-tee&print_location=front&size=medium&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=g.pla+notset&country_code=US&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI4KDI5uyl3AIVWrbACh1_7APREAQYBSABEgJNGvD_BwE) t-shirt:

https://ih1.redbubble.net/image.220273824.7401/ra,classic_tee,x2000,fafafa:ca443f4786,front-c,200,112,1000,1000-bg,f8f8f8.u3.jpg


Man, I'm so tempted to buy one and send it to Trump as a "gift."  Of course, I'd probably get put on some kind of watch list ...

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[Post 2491]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-17-2018 07:33 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Fun with competing narcissistic impulses very short thrad

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Y'all, remember that whole thing I said about Trump being backed into a corner by Mueller's indictments?<br><br>He knows he blew it with Putin yesterday and is now trying to get himself out from under the weight of public condemnation by lying about his NATO meetings.<br><br>1/ <a href="https://t.co/n5kncJfHyX">https://t.co/n5kncJfHyX</a></p>&mdash; The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) <a href="https://twitter.com/HoarseWisperer/status/1019232169632370688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 17, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2492]
Author : Ari
Date : 07-18-2018 12:25 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/fhfr8vggz7smav30mbaj.Jpg

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[Post 2493]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-18-2018 03:33 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So I heard you guys like long form:

How One Man Influenced The Republican Party's Transformation Into The Grand Old Putin Party (https://thesternfacts.com/how-one-man-influenced-the-republican-partys-transformation-into-the-grand-old-putin-party-141589792320)

Talks about oil money and this Dr. Edward Dmitrievich Lozansky dude.

Personally, I prefer memes.

https://i.imgflip.com/2e7q1h.jpg

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[Post 2494]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-18-2018 03:43 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This Republican Congress has proven incapable of fulfilling the Founders’ design that “Ambition must ... counteract ambition.” All who believe in this country’s values must vote for Democrats this fall. Policy differences don’t matter right now. History has its eyes on us.</p>&mdash; James Comey (@Comey) <a href="https://twitter.com/Comey/status/1019398962019819520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 18, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Whatever anyone thinks of Comey right about now, he nails it here:
Policy differences don’t matter right now.

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[Post 2495]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-18-2018 08:26 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">President <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a>, remember, America first. <a href="https://t.co/JDEm2rR50G">pic.twitter.com/JDEm2rR50G</a></p>&mdash; Arnold (@Schwarzenegger) <a href="https://twitter.com/Schwarzenegger/status/1018990073700708355?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 16, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2496]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 07-19-2018 12:53 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DiZiMzJUEAAPPYX?format=jpg

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[Post 2497]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-19-2018 10:16 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Interesting flip.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@HillaryClinton</a> I would like to apologize to you, wish I have listened to your warnings about Russia before I voted for Trump, you were right.</p>&mdash; David Weissman (@davidmweissman) <a href="https://twitter.com/davidmweissman/status/1018939235137736704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 16, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Thoughtful piece.

I Used To Be A Trump Troll — Until Sarah Silverman – The Forward (https://forward.com/scribe/402478/i-was-a-trump-troll/)

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[Post 2498]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-19-2018 08:44 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Canada will retaliate against any U.S. auto tariffs, Trudeau government tells Trump administration (https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2018/07/19/us-auto-industry-leaders-warn-trump-administration-of-painful-tariff-fallout.html)

The bigger kid can absolutely demolish the smaller kid. The smaller kid must absolutely make it as painful as possible for the bigger kid every time.

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[Post 2499]
Author : The Man
Date : 07-19-2018 10:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Like I said, Party of Treason:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">When Butina approached &quot;a left-leaning civil rights group&quot; they contacted the FBI. <a href="https://t.co/qqOmMAz87A">pic.twitter.com/qqOmMAz87A</a></p>&mdash; b&#65533;&#65533;&#65533;&#65533;swax (@realmissbeeswax) <a href="https://twitter.com/realmissbeeswax/status/1019955743934435328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 19, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2500]
Author : But
Date : 07-20-2018 04:05 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

'Very aggressive': Trump suggests Montenegro could cause world war three | US news | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/19/very-aggressive-trump-suggests-montenegro-could-cause-world-war-three)

“Why should my son go to Montenegro to defend it from attack?” Fox host Tucker Carlson asked.

Trump responded: “I understand what you’re saying. I’ve asked the same question.”

“Montenegro is a tiny country with very strong people ... They’re very aggressive people. They may get aggressive, and congratulations, you’re in world war three,” the US president added.

Some observers derided Trump’s claim that Montenegro is aggressive, recirculating online a video of last year’s Nato summit where the US president appeared to shove Montenegro’s prime minister aside at a photo shoot.

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[Post 2501]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-20-2018 08:10 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">superman 2 predicted putin&#39;s white house visit 38 years ago (h/t <a href="https://twitter.com/Steverocks35?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Steverocks35</a>) <a href="https://t.co/bNtUwIUq8e">pic.twitter.com/bNtUwIUq8e</a></p>&mdash; Oliver Willis (@owillis) <a href="https://twitter.com/owillis/status/1020052810744950784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 19, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2502]
Author : The Man
Date : 07-20-2018 06:35 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Alexa, order all the popcorn.

Friday News Dump the First: Michael Cohen&#8217;s Tapes of Conversations with the President About Karen McDougal &#8211; Balloon Juice (https://www.balloon-juice.com/2018/07/20/friday-news-dump-the-first-michael-cohens-tapes-of-conversations-with-the-president-about-karen-mcdougal/)

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[Post 2503]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 07-20-2018 06:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

David J. Pecker

:snicker:

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[Post 2504]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-20-2018 09:46 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/26904508_2247759521916797_3621906253251122809_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=78bbe4e9b7f48d28a3dde8b4a1eddbf1&oe=5BCD2BB5

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[Post 2505]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-21-2018 01:32 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Why Russia Will Help the Democrats Next - POLITICO Magazine (https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/07/19/russia-democrats-election-meddling-219020)

Short version: to create gridlock.

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[Post 2506]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 07-21-2018 04:24 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So, what have we seen recently?  Not necessarily in chronological order:
 Trump threatened Ecuador for no reason that seems to make a lick of sense -- other than that he fears what might happen if Julian Assange is extradited to the U.S. and testifies regarding the 2016 election.
 Trump held a 2-hour, closed-door meeting with Putin.
 Trump, upon being asked about the U.S.'s biggest foe replied that it was -- the European Union.
 Trump publicly declared that he trusted Putin's assurance that Russia hadn't meddled in the 2016 election over the unanimous conclusions of the U.S. security agencies.
 Upon receiving lots of backlash against that statement, even from Republicans, he reversed the claim.
 Then he reiterated that no, he wasn't convinced that Russia had interfered in the 2016 election.
 Putin, when directly asked if he had wanted Trump to win the 2016 election, and if he'd helped arrange that outcome, answered "Yes" to the first part and pointedly refused to answer the second part.
 Trump has been going out of his way recently to belittle and antagonize our allies and NATO in particular, while fawning over Putin.


Even if Trump didn't personally collude with Russia, and even if he didn't tacitly approve of collusion between members of his election team and Russia, it seems all but impossible to deny that the Russians clearly have something on Trump.  Trump has all but openly declared himself to be Putin's lap dog.

Not that this seems to matter to his supporters.  In the past week or so, I've seen several variations on the theme of "So what if Trump colluded with Russia?  If he did, then good on Putin for saving us from a Hillary Clinton presidency!".

Ugh.

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[Post 2507]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-21-2018 05:22 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

When you do business with Russian big businesses, you're doing business with the mob, and the Kremlin. They're all intertwined. In Putin's gig in St Petersburg early in his political career he was in charge of basically moving supply around, and in doing so he had to deal with the various mafia outfits, not a thing for the faint of heart. The chances that Putin doesn't have epic piles of financial incrimination document just ready to dump into the open wilds if needed is as you say, basically zero.

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[Post 2508]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 07-21-2018 05:28 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Not that this seems to matter to his supporters.  In the past week or so, I've seen several variations on the theme of "So what if Trump colluded with Russia?  If he did, then good on Putin for saving us from a Hillary Clinton presidency!".

Ugh.

And no less perplexing are the chorus of "He's doing what a President should do(!), which is either a) make nice in public with foreign powers and or b) be diplomatic with adversarial heads of state.

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[Post 2509]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 07-21-2018 09:45 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Let's assume that Assange is extradited to the U.S.  Then what?

I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if he were to be assassinated.  Seriously, does anyone think that Trump would hesitate for even an instant to have somebody whacked, assuming he thought he could get away with it?

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[Post 2510]
Author : Ari
Date : 07-21-2018 10:42 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

If Assange was assassinated it would almost certainly be by Russia as I don't think Trump has the capacity to organize an assassination that isn't a fake hitman wearing a wire.  If anything he will state in one of his rallies that it sure would be nice if he didn't make it here.  Similar to his on stage demand for Russia to hack the election.  Assange wont be killed by russia since he's knowingly or not a russian asset and is better as the asshole distraction he is.

Of course Russia has stuff on him, but let's not forget how Trump works and that Trump also sees Putin as another big dog.  Putin is everything Trump wants to be and just like he praised Kim, part of this is just Trump fawning over himself er I mean Putin because of how badass Trump, er I mean Putin is.  I wouldn't be surprised if in his mind Trump has shifted some of Putin's actions onto himself and convinced himself they were his actions all along.

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[Post 2511]
Author : The Man
Date : 07-21-2018 03:30 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Before he was president: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Trump?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Trump</a> had cocaine at sex parties with 14- and 15 yo girls, reports <a href="https://twitter.com/BBC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BBC</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BBCPanorama?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BBCPanorama</a> h/t <a href="https://twitter.com/yashar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@yashar</a> <a href="https://t.co/hffJ2YAom9">pic.twitter.com/hffJ2YAom9</a></p>&mdash; David Beard (@dabeard) <a href="https://twitter.com/dabeard/status/1020370771946991617?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 20, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Fry is Shocked! - YouTube

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[Post 2512]
Author : SR71
Date : 07-22-2018 12:17 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So, what have we seen recently?  Not necessarily in chronological order:
 Trump threatened Ecuador for no reason that seems to make a lick of sense -- other than that he fears what might happen if Julian Assange is extradited to the U.S. and testifies regarding the 2016 election.
 Trump held a 2-hour, closed-door meeting with Putin.
 Trump, upon being asked about the U.S.'s biggest foe replied that it was -- the European Union.
 Trump publicly declared that he trusted Putin's assurance that Russia hadn't meddled in the 2016 election over the unanimous conclusions of the U.S. security agencies.
 Upon receiving lots of backlash against that statement, even from Republicans, he reversed the claim.
 Then he reiterated that no, he wasn't convinced that Russia had interfered in the 2016 election.
 Putin, when directly asked if he had wanted Trump to win the 2016 election, and if he'd helped arrange that outcome, answered "Yes" to the first part and pointedly refused to answer the second part.
 Trump has been going out of his way recently to belittle and antagonize our allies and NATO in particular, while fawning over Putin.


Even if Trump didn't personally collude with Russia, and even if he didn't tacitly approve of collusion between members of his election team and Russia, it seems all but impossible to deny that the Russians clearly have something on Trump.  Trump has all but openly declared himself to be Putin's lap dog.

Not that this seems to matter to his supporters.  In the past week or so, I've seen several variations on the theme of "So what if Trump colluded with Russia?  If he did, then good on Putin for saving us from a Hillary Clinton presidency!".

Ugh.

I've been thinking of writing my Republican Congressman and asking him if he's okay with all this, but really, would it accomplish anything?  I haven't heard a peep from him on the subject.  I'll just cast my vote.  He's up this year.

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[Post 2513]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-22-2018 02:14 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

In private, Trump vents frustration over lack of progress on North Korea - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/in-private-trump-vents-his-frustration-over-lack-of-progress-on-north-korea/2018/07/21/f6adef88-da7d-403e-9ec8-47d7876fa1de_story.html)

They're deliberately fucking with him at this point.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“Diplomats say the North Koreans have canceled follow-up meetings, demanded more money and failed to maintain basic communications, even as the once-isolated regime’s engagements with China and South Korea flourish.”<br><br> <a href="https://t.co/JbOSa7VaT4">https://t.co/JbOSa7VaT4</a></p>&mdash; Ken Dilanian (@KenDilanianNBC) <a href="https://twitter.com/KenDilanianNBC/status/1020809782138089472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 21, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2514]
Author : Zehava
Date : 07-22-2018 02:59 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It was all a publicity stunt for Kim Jong Un.  He got to meet with the so-called leader of the free world as an equal.  That lends legitimacy to his regime and makes him a player in world politics (at least in his eyes to to the people of North Korea).

That is all Kim Jong Un wanted from this meeting.

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[Post 2515]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-22-2018 10:39 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Carter Page FISA analysis:
Thread by @HoarseWisperer: "Okay, well, that didn't take long. The Carter Page FISA warrant doc is just over 400 pages long and it is a total tofu sandwich. No tasty me […]" (https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1020853869314797574.html)

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[Post 2516]
Author : JoeP
Date : 07-22-2018 06:22 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

'Nothing short of treason': US voters on the Trump-Putin summit | US news | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/18/readers-panel-us-voters-react-to-trumps-conference-with-putin)

Some seem sane.

Some ...

&#8220;I think it was a great job on Trump&#8217;s part. The fear-mongering on Russia has reached a ridiculous level in the US and would not be possible if the American public were more educated and aware when it came to history, world events and foreign policy. We meddle in elections, too, and have actually overthrown many governments outright. The only reason to vilify Russia is to energize the military-industrial complex and for impractical liberal and pro-LGBT ideology that most Americans don&#8217;t buy into. It&#8217;s very important to have a good relationship with Russia because they they are a Christian nation and can serve as a counterweight to the nihilist secularism in the west.&#8221;

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[Post 2517]
Author : lisarea
Date : 07-22-2018 06:38 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

'Nothing short of treason': US voters on the Trump-Putin summit | US news | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/18/readers-panel-us-voters-react-to-trumps-conference-with-putin)

Some seem sane.

Some ...

“I think it was a great job on Trump’s part. The fear-mongering on Russia has reached a ridiculous level in the US and would not be possible if the American public were more educated and aware when it came to history, world events and foreign policy. We meddle in elections, too, and have actually overthrown many governments outright. The only reason to vilify Russia is to energize the military-industrial complex and for impractical liberal and pro-LGBT ideology that most Americans don’t buy into. It’s very important to have a good relationship with Russia because they they are a Christian nation and can serve as a counterweight to the nihilist secularism in the west.”

You left out the best part: 

James, 49, government employee, Mexico

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[Post 2518]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-23-2018 06:51 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">To Iranian President Rouhani: NEVER, EVER THREATEN THE UNITED STATES AGAIN OR YOU WILL SUFFER CONSEQUENCES THE LIKES OF WHICH FEW THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE EVER SUFFERED BEFORE. WE ARE NO LONGER A COUNTRY THAT WILL STAND FOR YOUR DEMENTED WORDS OF VIOLENCE &amp; DEATH. BE CAUTIOUS!</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1021234525626609666?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 23, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

WAG THE DOG - Trailer - (1997) - HQ - YouTube

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[Post 2519]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-23-2018 06:57 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Donald J. Trump on Twitter: "In order to get elected, @BarackObama will start a war with Iran." (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/141604554855825408)

Donald J. Trump on Twitter: "I predict that President Obama will at some point attack Iran in order to save face!" (https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/379717298296086529)

Donald J. Trump on Twitter: "Now that Obama’s poll numbers are in tailspin – watch for him to launch a strike in Libya or Iran.  He is desperate." (https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/255784560904773633)

Donald J. Trump on Twitter: "Remember what I previously said--Obama will someday attack Iran in order to show how tough he is." (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/382923478157910016)

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[Post 2520]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-23-2018 07:46 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Armageddon Days Are Here (Again) By The The - YouTube

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[Post 2521]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-23-2018 10:22 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

About that threat:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Rouhani spoke today at a gathering of Iranian diplomats (<a href="https://t.co/CZZgucBACM">https://t.co/CZZgucBACM</a> ). He spoke of peace in addition to war: &quot;America should know that peace with Iran is the mother of all peace, and war with Iran is the mother of all wars.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/uCK2EyMzcF">https://t.co/uCK2EyMzcF</a></p>&mdash; Daniel Dale (@ddale8) <a href="https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1021250130123599872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 23, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2522]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-23-2018 10:38 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Donald J. Trump on Twitter: "Remember that I predicted a long time ago that President Obama will attack Iran because of his inability to negotiate properly-not skilled!" (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/399731975432728576)

shauna on Twitter: "Twitter's been blocked in Iran since 2009.… " (https://twitter.com/goldengateblond/status/1021241908239056898)

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[Post 2523]
Author : erimir
Date : 07-23-2018 09:11 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Twitter might be blocked in Iran for everyday Iranians, but Iranian government officials, including Rouhani, do have Twitter accounts.

Even aside from the fact that it's just wrong, the idea that Rouhani isn't going to see that tweet because he's not on Twitter is really not the direction I'd go with the criticism.

But anyway...
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Diw6465VAAA-RwK.jpg

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[Post 2524]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-23-2018 09:30 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'll go any direction with snark.

Anyway, look who's keepin' it (un)real:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">How a fake news lie blaming China instead of Russia for election hacking went viral, spreading from Facebook to YouTube to radio <a href="https://t.co/JIAS8SCyuD">https://t.co/JIAS8SCyuD</a> <a href="https://t.co/TemlPtNhI8">pic.twitter.com/TemlPtNhI8</a></p>&mdash; Media Matters (@mmfa) <a href="https://twitter.com/mmfa/status/1021484631424741377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 23, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2525]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-23-2018 10:58 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Thinking further on Trump's narcissism and Twitter blocked in Iran, Iranian officials having Twitter accounts nonetheless. NPD sole needs: Avoid shame, gather praise. Trump's angry tweet is both of those, a giant NOTICE ME, SENPAI. Iranian citizens seeing his barking is not likely on Trump's radar, just rage at a perceived slight at the last half of the Mother of all Peace comment, since he owns the USA and all the people in it, and his adoring fans at the half filled auditoriums where he suggests 2nd Amendment remedies against the press and the 1st Amendment.

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[Post 2526]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-24-2018 06:38 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Iranian Foreign Minister
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">COLOR US UNIMPRESSED: The world heard even harsher bluster a few months ago. And Iranians have heard them &#8212;albeit more civilized ones&#8212;for 40 yrs. We&#8217;ve been around for millennia &amp; seen fall of empires, incl our own, which lasted more than the life of some countries. BE CAUTIOUS!</p>&mdash; Javad Zarif (@JZarif) <a href="https://twitter.com/JZarif/status/1021471196242735104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 23, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>


"Shit or get off the pot."

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[Post 2527]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-25-2018 03:27 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It can be awkward and painful.  But when I give sexual harassment prevention training, I advise managers to give a gentle but firm and direct &quot;no&quot; to an underling seeking a personal relationship.<a href="https://t.co/XMYcXUsHNC">https://t.co/XMYcXUsHNC</a></p>&mdash; WouldOrWouldn&#39;tHat (@Popehat) <a href="https://twitter.com/Popehat/status/1021830729854988288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 24, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2528]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-25-2018 03:47 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

InfoWars Alex Jones threatens to shoot Robert Mueller in his latest video — Quartz (https://qz.com/1335125/infowars-alex-jones-threatens-to-shoot-robert-mueller-in-his-latest-video/)

Seems he hates law and order or something.

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[Post 2529]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-25-2018 10:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Government handouts? Sounds like [whispers] socialism. <a href="https://t.co/ciE2dqwsLT">https://t.co/ciE2dqwsLT</a></p>&mdash; shauna (@goldengateblond) <a href="https://twitter.com/goldengateblond/status/1021783517225672704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 24, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2530]
Author : JoeP
Date : 07-25-2018 12:24 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

No, it's free market democracy: buying votes.

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[Post 2531]
Author : godfry n. glad
Date : 07-25-2018 05:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Food stamps for farmers!

With all this excess surplus of foodstuffs which can no longer be exported, we can expect the price of select foods to significantly decline....

Right?

Right?

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[Post 2532]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-25-2018 05:49 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The bailouts will be voucher only and recipients will have to pass a drug test, right?

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[Post 2533]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-25-2018 06:03 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Back in the USSR:

Tariffs are the greatest, tweets Trump – hours before meeting Juncker | US news | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/25/tariffs-greatest-tweets-trump-before-meeting-juncker-eu)

On Tuesday, the US administration was forced to promise a $12bn aid plan to subsidise farmers who have been hit by retaliatory tariffs imposed China and the EU.

The Republican senator Ron Johnson voiced the views of free traders in Trump’s party, saying: “This is becoming more and more like a Soviet-type of economy here. Commissars deciding who’s going to be granted waivers, commissars in the administration figuring out how they’re going to sprinkle around benefits. I’m very exasperated. This is serious.”

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[Post 2534]
Author : erimir
Date : 07-26-2018 05:33 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

He's so exasperated that he will vote for everything Trump wants and obstruct any oversight of his corruption.

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[Post 2535]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-26-2018 08:27 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The miner 49er here is digging for a specific kinda gold: Trump’s Hollywood star.<br><br>Enjoy. <br><br> <a href="https://t.co/1l9V2fZL9D">pic.twitter.com/1l9V2fZL9D</a></p>&mdash; The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) <a href="https://twitter.com/HoarseWisperer/status/1022307066394882050?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 26, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

President Trump's Walk of Fame star was smashed to pieces - CNNPolitics (https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/25/politics/trump-walk-of-fame-star-smash/index.html)

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[Post 2536]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 07-26-2018 06:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

As seen in Grand Junction, Colorado:

https://www.coloradopols.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Screen-Shot-2018-07-24-at-3.59.43-PM.jpg

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[Post 2537]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-26-2018 08:41 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Nice placement of that Hobby Lobby.

Trump's accountant.
Trump Organization Finance Chief Called to Testify Before Federal Grand Jury  - WSJ (https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-organization-finance-chief-called-to-testify-before-federal-grand-jury-1532622947)

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[Post 2538]
Author : The Man
Date : 07-26-2018 10:12 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Can someone make out the &#8220;paid for by&#8221; bit on that billboard? It&#8217;s just a bit too out of focus for me to parse.

Anyway&#8230; Lordy, there are tapes. WaPo is reporting that there are at least 100 tapes of Cohen (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/im-not-going-to-be-a-punching-bag-anymore-inside-michael-cohens-break-with-trump/2018/07/25/2471797a-9024-11e8-bcd5-9d911c784c38_story.html?noredirect=on&stream=top-stories&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosam&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_term=.40baf1494ff5), in fact. That part of the news, at least, may very well be fun for awhile.

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[Post 2539]
Author : fragment
Date : 07-26-2018 10:33 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Can someone make out the “paid for by” bit on that billboard? It’s just a bit too out of focus for me to parse.

Anyway… Lordy, there are tapes. WaPo is reporting that there are at least 100 tapes of Cohen (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/im-not-going-to-be-a-punching-bag-anymore-inside-michael-cohens-break-with-trump/2018/07/25/2471797a-9024-11e8-bcd5-9d911c784c38_story.html?noredirect=on&stream=top-stories&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosam&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_term=.40baf1494ff5), in fact. That part of the news, at least, may very well be fun for awhile.

Link not working, I've fixed it above (had "view-source" in it)

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[Post 2540]
Author : lisarea
Date : 07-26-2018 11:03 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Can someone make out the “paid for by” bit on that billboard? It’s just a bit too out of focus for me to parse.

I can't make it out either, but here's an article (http://coloradotimesrecorder.com/2018/07/red-dawn-grand-junction-billboard-notes-russian-republican-connection/10274/) about it.

The fine print on the board reads “Paid for by informed citizens of Mesa County and Mad Dog Pac.” Landman says the “informed citizens” aren’t an official group of any sort, but rather friends and like-minded Mesa County residents.

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[Post 2541]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-31-2018 07:39 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Jeff Sessions announces new 'Religious Liberty Task Force' at Department of Justice | The Independent (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/religious-liberty-task-force-jeff-sessions-trump-department-of-justice-a8470581.html)

https://juliaview.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/18119402_10155243855318537_7853096641999863410_n.jpg

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[Post 2542]
Author : Crumb
Date : 07-31-2018 09:59 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Casey - YouTube

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[Post 2543]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-03-2018 10:07 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Facing deportation, US Marine's wife leaves for Mexico | Fox News (http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/08/03/former-marines-wife-being-deported-to-mexico.html)

Temo didn't figure his vote for President Donald Trump would affect them personally.

Leopards, faces, etc.

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[Post 2544]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-03-2018 10:19 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Call the Senate Judiciary Committee and your senators and demand transparency on the Kavanaugh documents <a href="https://twitter.com/ChuckGrassley?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ChuckGrassley</a> doesn’t want you to see. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WhatAreTheyHiding?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WhatAreTheyHiding</a> <br><br>&#9742;&#65039; numbers and scripts: <a href="https://t.co/2r1RXbi9vu">https://t.co/2r1RXbi9vu</a></p>&mdash; shauna (@goldengateblond) <a href="https://twitter.com/goldengateblond/status/1025482214316888065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 3, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>


5 Calls: Make your voice heard (https://5calls.org/issue/judiciary-committee-review-kavanaugh-documents)

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[Post 2545]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-04-2018 02:31 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

'Manhattan Madam' met with Mueller's team - CNNPolitics (https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/03/politics/mueller-davis-stone-russia-investigation/index.html)

A bunch of bros who believe that the world's oldest profession is inherently immoral yet patronize it anyway must be experiencing some testicular retreat right about now. Trump, we know, just doesn't give a fuck so credit where due.

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[Post 2546]
Author : Kyuss Apollo
Date : 08-06-2018 03:48 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">When your wonderful son has nothing to worry about. <a href="https://t.co/EprJr0zcha">pic.twitter.com/EprJr0zcha</a></p>&mdash; pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) <a href="https://twitter.com/pourmecoffee/status/1026287275804712960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 6, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2547]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-06-2018 04:59 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">What if this is all just the middle-aged to oldster version of emo teenaged bullshit <a href="https://t.co/Py2JSV9Aub">pic.twitter.com/Py2JSV9Aub</a></p>&mdash; QHatSecretMessages (@Popehat) <a href="https://twitter.com/Popehat/status/1026174402130456576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Some of these comments:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Panic! at the IHOP feat. My Chemical Erection</p>&mdash; Kasey Helton (@FlummoxedAunt) <a href="https://twitter.com/FlummoxedAunt/status/1026179500776849408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2548]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-07-2018 05:21 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Russian company sells asbestos with President Trump's face on the packaging - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2018/07/11/approved-by-donald-trump-asbestos-sold-by-russian-company-is-branded-with-the-presidents-face/)

https://media.giphy.com/media/ycagKBYEmaili/giphy.gif

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[Post 2549]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-07-2018 06:45 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NostraDumbAss?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NostraDumbAss</a> strikes again!<br><br>There.<br>Is.<br>A.<br>Trump.<br>Tweet.<br>For.<br>EVERYTHING.<a href="https://twitter.com/KingJames?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KingJames</a> edition.<br>h/t <a href="https://twitter.com/DisturbedCorpse?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DisturbedCorpse</a> for finding this gem.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TuesdayThoughts?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TuesdayThoughts</a> <a href="https://t.co/VN6L3chzm5">pic.twitter.com/VN6L3chzm5</a></p>&mdash; Holly Figueroa O&#39;Reilly &#55356;&#57098; BWCS (@AynRandPaulRyan) <a href="https://twitter.com/AynRandPaulRyan/status/1026873128348082176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2550]
Author : erimir
Date : 08-07-2018 06:46 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I think Trump would be cool with endorsing asbestos, but he's probably not cool with not getting his beak wet on that.

If he works up the courage to ask Putin for something, perhaps he'll trade recognition of Crimea as Russia for a trademark on the names "&#1044;&#1086;&#769;&#1085;&#1072;&#1083;&#1100;&#1076;" and "&#1058;&#1088;&#1072;&#1084;&#1087;".

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[Post 2551]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-08-2018 03:14 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Before Trump&#39;s Ohio rally, he tweeted to tell people to vote Steve Stivers. Stivers isn&#39;t running. Trump deleted, posted a Vote Troy Balderson tweet.<br><br>Then, at the rally, he pretended his own error was a media error for which he was owed an apology. The crowd chanted CNN SUCKS. <a href="https://t.co/thmGfTyxW7">pic.twitter.com/thmGfTyxW7</a></p>&mdash; Daniel Dale (@ddale8) <a href="https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1026820498943082497?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2552]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-10-2018 09:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Misc:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">$15k per month is also the approximate amount a top White House staffer is paid ($178k-ish).<br><br>Trump is paying off former insiders with what are essentially no-show jobs paid for by Republican loyalists. <a href="https://t.co/igcE05NkAV">https://t.co/igcE05NkAV</a></p>&mdash; The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) <a href="https://twitter.com/HoarseWisperer/status/1027987443671285760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 10, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Hot take:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">In the eighteenth century they called that &quot;a sinecure.&quot; It was one of the complaints that American revolutionaries made against British, aristocratic corruption. <a href="https://t.co/Qawb6xidKX">https://t.co/Qawb6xidKX</a></p>&mdash; Seth Cotlar (@SethCotlar) <a href="https://twitter.com/SethCotlar/status/1027989141269569536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 10, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2553]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 08-10-2018 10:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Space Force logos (https://www.fastcompany.com/90216951/trumps-space-force-logos-are-just-as-dumb-as-space-force) designed by/for the Trump-Pence 2020 Campaign PAC

Space Force logos - Truth in Advertising edition:

https://s15.postimg.cc/wz8a5qctn/Screenshot_2018-08-10_13.14.16.png

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[Post 2554]
Author : lisarea
Date : 08-10-2018 11:12 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

We've their official song, too. Anthem or whatever you call it. 

Whitey on the moon - gil scott-heron - YouTube

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[Post 2555]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-13-2018 09:36 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Why are Russian bots promoting Michael Avenatti?<br><br>1/2 <a href="https://t.co/U0OSVZ9XB5">https://t.co/U0OSVZ9XB5</a></p>&mdash; The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) <a href="https://twitter.com/HoarseWisperer/status/1028920622716526592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 13, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2556]
Author : SR71
Date : 08-13-2018 09:39 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

opportunists swarm thick as fleas around T-Rump

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[Post 2557]
Author : godfry n. glad
Date : 08-13-2018 10:53 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

opportunists swarm thick as fleas around T-Rump

All kinds, all colours, all creeds.  Opportunities abound!

Personally, I'm ready for a new set of indictments.

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[Post 2558]
Author : chunksmediocrites
Date : 08-17-2018 02:31 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Space Force logos (https://www.fastcompany.com/90216951/trumps-space-force-logos-are-just-as-dumb-as-space-force) designed by/for the Trump-Pence 2020 Campaign PAC

Space Force logos - Truth in Advertising edition:

https://s15.postimg.cc/wz8a5qctn/Screenshot_2018-08-10_13.14.16.png

I dunno- these new logos seem to be just the right fit for that flight crew
http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/gallery/files/2/0/6/8/5b73063b200000430034a592.jpg

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[Post 2559]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-18-2018 12:50 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Putting here:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Replying to <a href="https://twitter.com/SgtBear3?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SgtBear3</a> <a href="https://t.co/dmN3sy2wIu">pic.twitter.com/dmN3sy2wIu</a></p>&mdash; Putin&#39;s Clown Prince (@putinsclown) <a href="https://twitter.com/putinsclown/status/1030465333688193024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 17, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2560]
Author : chunksmediocrites
Date : 08-18-2018 04:03 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump is paying off former insiders with what are essentially no-show jobs paid for by Republican loyalists.

Trump campaign donors are getting irritated their money is being used for 'elongated hush payments' (http://theweek.com/speedreads/790832/trump-campaign-donors-are-getting-irritated-money-being-used-elongated-hush-payments)
$15,000 a month seems to be the going rate for former Trump White House officials who worked closely with the president. According to federal election filings reviewed by ABC News, the Trump campaign, Republican National Committee, or pro-Trump America First PAC are also paying former Oval Office security chief Keith Schiller's private firm $15,000 a month for "security services" tied to the 2020 GOP national political convention, $14,000 per month for "payroll" to Trump "body man" John McEntee, and $15,000 a month to former ad director Gary Coby — all of whom, presumably, signed restrictive nondisclosure agreements.

According to the Lara Trump tape, that money comes straight from donors — and some major donors are getting irked "by the revelations that the campaign may have been used as a slush fund to pay fired or troublesome employees," The New York Times reports. "It's diverting donor money that could be used to wage the midterm election battle or store resources for Trump's re-election," said Dan Eberhart, Trump donor and America First adviser. "Instead, it's an elongated hush payment." 

Eberhart goes on to make clear that the rich, disgusting fucks that were contributing aren't stopping their contributions, because Trump will maintain the status quo of bilking the poor to make the obscenely rich even richer.

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[Post 2561]
Author : Ari
Date : 08-18-2018 04:37 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Excuse me while I go and weep for the rich oil and drilling magnates who gave money to a know fraudster and are now enraged that they too are being taken for a ride.  Trump was only supposed to defraud the little guys on their behalf, it's unfair that he's now defrauding the rich.
'But we're on the same side, he's not supposed to screw over *me* like I wanted him to screw over everyone else!' - Rich conservatives.

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[Post 2562]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-18-2018 08:47 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

#stevebannonamovie hashtag is some funny shit.

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[Post 2563]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-19-2018 05:44 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Equally awrul candidates, or something. Thrad.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">According to senior officials, Trump is showing renewed interest in privatizing the war in Afghanistan. <br><br>You need to think the implications of this through all the way. <a href="https://t.co/GzC1QehVMr">https://t.co/GzC1QehVMr</a><br><br>1/</p>&mdash; Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) <a href="https://twitter.com/Stonekettle/status/1031186281299156997?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 19, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2564]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 08-20-2018 09:39 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Rudy 9ui11iani took a massive, steaming, noisy, extraordinarily malodorous dump (https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/20/rudy-giuliani-truth-isnt-truth-788922) on Meet the Press yesterday. Not that it'll matter or anything.

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[Post 2565]
Author : Ari
Date : 08-20-2018 10:32 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I especially liked that he admitted the meeting was in fact to try and get dirt on Clinton but they didn't get that dirt so it shouldn't count. Yes your honor my client did try to arrange a murder with the mob but it turns out the person he met was in charge of other activities and so was unable to commit the murder.  Since no murder occurred it's clear that my client is innocent, it's not illegal to fail at murder is it?

Can we get these fuckers in a court room already?
Rudy "No terrorist attacks under republican presidents" 9ui11iani will clearly say anything and everything on talk shows where he knows he can get away with it, I want to see him in a setting where words actually maybe mean something.

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[Post 2566]
Author : The Man
Date : 08-20-2018 10:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I especially liked that he admitted the meeting was in fact to try and get dirt on Clinton but they didn't get that dirt so it shouldn't count. Yes your honor my client did try to arrange a murder with the mob but it turns out the person he met was in charge of other activities and so was unable to commit the murder.  Since no murder occurred it's clear that my client is innocent, it's not illegal to fail at murder is it?
"Attempted conspiracy", now honestly, what is that? Do they give a Nobel Prize for Attempted Chemistry? Do they?(unfortunately, I can't find the original clip anywhere on the internets)

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[Post 2567]
Author : erimir
Date : 08-20-2018 11:13 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The relevant quote on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DspEewekrzs&t=22)

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[Post 2568]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-21-2018 05:25 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Thrad:

Thread by @vermontgmg: "THREAD: I want to take a moment to elaborate why we should be so concerned that Jim Clapper, John Brennan, Admiral McRaven, Mike Hayden, and […]" (https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1031563633317343235.html)

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[Post 2569]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-21-2018 05:40 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The first black president made it harder to segregate housing and end discriminatory housing practices, something that&#39;s plagued black people for decades, and the black brain surgeon turned HUD secretary ended it. Let that sink in...</p>&mdash; Travon Free (@Travon) <a href="https://twitter.com/Travon/status/1031307424374767616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 19, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2570]
Author : Ari
Date : 08-21-2018 05:45 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Obviously those people were storing their grain in their house and not in the graveyard out back where grain is supposed to be stored!

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[Post 2571]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 08-21-2018 09:36 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

John Oliver at what I think is his best (apologies for the John Oliver bits)


Trade: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) - YouTube


It starts off well (except for the John Oliver bit at the very top) gets better and then breaks through the stratosphere with a critique of Peter Navarro beginning at about 13:30.  Enjoy!

(Those haters who prefer to read the transcript are welcome to find it and post links).

Summary here: https://theweek.com/speedreads/791191/trumps-cluelessness-trade-really-hurting-america-john-oliver-says-olivers-tutorial-probably-wont-fix-that

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[Post 2572]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-21-2018 11:12 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

For anyone playing the NPD home game:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ok, with Trump set to take the stage in West Virginia in a mere 90 mins, might as well take a swing at what we might see from him.<br><br>The Vegas betting odds have installed &quot;Completely raging like an unhinged lunatic&quot; as the odds-on favorite.<br><br>I&#39;m gonna throw a curve though. <br><br>1/</p>&mdash; The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) <a href="https://twitter.com/HoarseWisperer/status/1032022561683636226?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 21, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2573]
Author : chunksmediocrites
Date : 08-22-2018 01:27 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Thrad:

Thread by @vermontgmg: "THREAD: I want to take a moment to elaborate why we should be so concerned that Jim Clapper, John Brennan, Admiral McRaven, Mike Hayden, and […]" (https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1031563633317343235.html)

A couple thoughts on the linked opinion piece above. 
It paints former intelligence chiefs as unsung heroes who Keep America Safe(TM);
They are telling us this is a dark and dangerous time. And they have spent their lives, devoted their entire careers, to protecting the country from just these sorts of events overseas.
That's Michael Hayden, who approved the NSA's illegal warrantless domestic wiretapping program in the NSA in 2003; openly supported torture, requested and supported drone strikes based on the behavior of ground vehicles (without any other intelligence basis), who lied about the CIA torture program to Congress in 2007.
 
That's James Clapper, who lied to the US Senate, under oath, about NSA domestic spying, in 2013; the same James Clapper who in 2003 defended the Iraqi invasion by stating publicly that the WMDs- the false justification for invasion- had been secretly transferred to Syria, right before the invasion.

That's John Brennan, who publicly supported "Extraordinary Rendition"- world-wide kidnappings to move suspects to secret overseas prisons for torture, with no judicial oversight. Brennan oversaw much of the use of drone warfare and wrote the Kill Lists. He publicly claimed there were no known civilian casualties from drone strikes in 2011, which was demonstrably false; He was in charge of the CIA when they hacked the Senate Intelligence Committee's computers to spy on the senators and their staff.

William McRaven is more of a soldier than a spy chief, and he retired to go on to focus on education, which is great. I don't have much criticism for him, other than that I don't think of the Osama bin Laden raid and execution in Pakistan (that McRaven planned and executed) as a moment of glory for our nation, as some seem to think; I am confused as to why he lionizes Brennan. 

These officials are not—repeat not—monetizing their security clearances by being on cable TV. 
Possibly; I'm pretty sure they still get paid when they go on TV; and as well when for example they go speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference(CPAC), like Hayden did in 2015.

My argument is this: former military and intelligence chiefs should have their security clearance sunset exactly the same as the rest of the military; and I have every reason to never believe the former head of the CIA, NSA, or any other spy agency is doing anything but spreading propaganda, and furthering their own agendas. 

I also think that half of the criticism of Trump from the intelligence chiefs is because Trump does a couple simultaneous things that piss them off:
1. He doesn't package his lies the way former intelligence chiefs and former administrations have; they want to give a shine of legitimacy and jingoism and gravitas to the war machine of America; Trump's fucking up their good thing.
2. Trump doesn't read off the same script regarding our foreign occupations and wars, and openly suggests things that scare the shit out of these war hawks- Democrats and Republicans alike- things like removing the 30,000 US troops from Korea, that have been stationed there for six decades, or pulling the US entirely out of Afghanistan, where the US has had troops for 16 years.
3. Trump scares them because he is deeply, profoundly ignorant person who doesn't understand basic concepts about warfare and diplomacy and chooses to remain ignorant; in this I am in agreement- that's scary as fuck.

I'm likely missing a couple other angles, but the Trump Administration's open corruption PLUS their lack of respect for the government mandarin class, makes the "Deep State" strangely sounding the same alarms as Obama/ Clinton liberals, and I find it deeply disturbing when these spy chiefs- or Mueller, or Comey- get presented as bastions of truth and justice; those fuckers are not your friends and not even really your allies; and after Trump they will still be involved in nefarious shit that will more than likely help keep the War on Terror and the US war machine in continual forward motion. They will continue to target muslim citizens in the US, continue to saber-rattle about Iran, continue to support Israel unquestioningly, continue to support Saudi Arabia killing children with US-supplied weapons in Yemen- don't buy what they are selling.

The Fugs - CIA Man - YouTube

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[Post 2574]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-22-2018 07:15 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Damn fine post.

+1 thanks

I also think that half of the criticism of Trump from the intelligence chiefs is because Trump does a couple simultaneous things that piss them off:
1. He doesn't package his lies the way former intelligence chiefs and former administrations have; they want to give a shine of legitimacy and jingoism and gravitas to the war machine of America; Trump's fucking up their good thing.
2. Trump doesn't read off the same script regarding our foreign occupations and wars, and openly suggests things that scare the shit out of these war hawks- Democrats and Republicans alike- things like removing the 30,000 US troops from Korea, that have been stationed there for six decades, or pulling the US entirely out of Afghanistan, where the US has had troops for 16 years.
3. Trump scares them because he is deeply, profoundly ignorant person who doesn't understand basic concepts about warfare and diplomacy and chooses to remain ignorant; in this I am in agreement- that's scary as fuck.

A few stray thoughts on this part.

-Can't find the source but read somewhere a spook described Trump thus (Paraphrase): He pissed off the wrong people and will die in jail.

-Around that time was the Steele Dossier thing. Everyone remembers the Pee Pee tapes but there was so much more in there. Much of it looks more and more true as time goes on. According to a friend of mine who grew up with some second hand contact with Intelligence Community (IC) spookery described that as a beautiful piece of IC work. A mixture of probably true things and plausible bullshit. My friend said the Steele Dossier was the IC's way of wagging their dick at Trump by way of warning. A reasonable man with some shady connections would take heed. But this is Donald Trump. The kind of man who would take the Evil Overlord List (http://www.eviloverlord.com/lists/overlord.html) and misinterpret it as a kind of to-do list.

-The Memorial Wall speech (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/01/23/trump-called-it-a-very-special-wall-for-the-cia-its-sacrosanct/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.07965f1b600c).

-The last time a sitting president pissed off the IC there was a bit of a thing in Dallas.

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[Post 2575]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-22-2018 08:28 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Here's a Daniel Dale play by play of donald's West Virginia rally, unrolled for your convenience:

Thread by @ddale8: "Trump is scheduled to speak shortly at a campaign rally in Charleston, West Virginia. Thread starts here. A man tells Trump he loves him. Tr […]" (https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1032039362266112001.html)

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[Post 2576]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-22-2018 09:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

But this is Donald Trump. The kind of man who would take the Evil Overlord List (http://www.eviloverlord.com/lists/overlord.html) and misinterpret it as a kind of to-do list.


+1 :thanked:

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[Post 2577]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 08-22-2018 10:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

My
Attorney
Got
Arrested

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[Post 2578]
Author : SR71
Date : 08-23-2018 02:38 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Thrad:

Thread by @vermontgmg: "THREAD: I want to take a moment to elaborate why we should be so concerned that Jim Clapper, John Brennan, Admiral McRaven, Mike Hayden, and […]" (https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1031563633317343235.html)

Yet the Republicans in both houses sit there as bumps upon logs.  I find it truly incredible.

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[Post 2579]
Author : Ensign Steve
Date : 08-23-2018 05:33 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I especially liked that he admitted the meeting was in fact to try and get dirt on Clinton but they didn't get that dirt so it shouldn't count. Yes your honor my client did try to arrange a murder with the mob but it turns out the person he met was in charge of other activities and so was unable to commit the murder.  Since no murder occurred it's clear that my client is innocent, it's not illegal to fail at murder is it?
"Attempted conspiracy", now honestly, what is that? Do they give a Nobel Prize for Attempted Chemistry? Do they?(unfortunately, I can't find the original clip anywhere on the internets)

https://frinkiac.com/meme/S06E05/302568.jpg?b64lines=ICJBVFRFTVBURUQgTVVSREVSLiIKIE5PVywgSE9ORVNUTFksIFdIQVQgSVMKIFRIQVQ_IERPIFRIRVkgR0lWRSBBCiBOT0JFTCBQUklaRSBGT1IgQVRURU1QVEVECiBDSEVNSVNUUlk_

Frinkiac is your friend. (https://frinkiac.com/)

glayvin
:frink:

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[Post 2580]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-23-2018 07:46 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DlS-tvmWsAA2CBM?format=jpg

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[Post 2581]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-23-2018 08:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The Hoarse Whisperer on Twitter: "Trump on Fox: "I can't be impeached. You would be poor without me."

I ain't exactly living like Paris Hilton now, b****." (https://twitter.com/HoarseWisperer/status/1032627557647179776)

"You can't leave me. You'll be homeless."

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[Post 2582]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-23-2018 09:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump hammers Jeff Sessions: &quot;He took the job and then he said, &#39;I&#39;m going to recuse myself&#39; I said, &#39;what kind of a man is this?&#39; And by the way, he was on the campaign. The only reason I gave him the job I felt loyalty.&quot; (via Fox) <a href="https://t.co/r9KvpyX033">pic.twitter.com/r9KvpyX033</a></p>&mdash; Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) <a href="https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1032592040058605568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 23, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2583]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-23-2018 11:04 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://orig00.deviantart.net/2ce2/f/2018/235/3/4/red_capped_ostrich_by_jollyjack-dckx53t.jpg
DeviantArt: Red Capped Ostrich (https://www.deviantart.com/jollyjack/art/Red-Capped-Ostrich-760732697)

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[Post 2584]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-24-2018 06:36 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Time magazine should name David Pecker of American Media to be its top guy...but they are not smart enough to do that!</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/330369719418908672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 3, 2013</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

¯\_(&#12484;)_/¯

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[Post 2585]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-24-2018 10:10 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

DΔX™ on Twitter: "The worst thing about @realDonaldTrump&#39;s presidency isn&#39;t what we learned about #Trump. It&#39;s what we we&#39;ve learned about our family & friends." (https://twitter.com/Dax_x98/status/1032347636152590336)

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[Post 2586]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-24-2018 12:03 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

+1 for the main tweet

? for the people saying this is why they've permanently left F******k. There are of course other perfectly good reasons for quitting it. But you can block the worst ones, the ones it's impossible to engage with. 

But the existence of huge numbers of Trumpers, anti-vaxxers, unapologetic racists, Brexiters and other blind nationists, and so on isn't just something to ignore. 

You have to know your enemy.

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[Post 2587]
Author : lisarea
Date : 08-24-2018 04:21 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That is true, but Facebook is at least in part responsible for spreading those ideas in the first place. A lot of those people are just kind of ignorant and in over their heads, and were manipulated by literally false information being spread on (and I'd argue, by) Facebook. 

For all the issues with regular news media, they weren't regularly promoting the type of outright lies and hate speech that is promoted on Facebook all the time. So if you're generally ignorant and maybe marginally literate, the media provided at least some minimal accuracy filter. You'd see bad information, and biased information, but you didn't see InfoWars unless you went looking for it. And Facebook not only provided a platform for the agitators, but they even provided them with tools to profile and target the most gullible users.

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[Post 2588]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 08-24-2018 05:30 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump financial chief 'given immunity' - BBC News (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-45301884)


The Trump Organization's finance  boss, Allen Weisselberg, has reportedly been granted legal immunity in  the probe into Michael Cohen. He was summoned to testify earlier  this year in the investigation into Cohen, Donald Trump's longtime  former lawyer, US media report. 
[ ... ]
Mr  Weisselberg is reportedly mentioned on a tape secretly recorded by  Cohen in 2016 in which a hush money payment to an alleged lover of Mr  Trump is discussed. It is not yet clear what Mr Weisselberg has agreed to in return for getting legal immunity.

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[Post 2589]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-24-2018 08:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That is true, but Facebook is at least in part responsible for spreading those ideas in the first place. A lot of those people are just kind of ignorant and in over their heads, and were manipulated by literally false information being spread on (and I'd argue, by) Facebook. 


Yes, but that is even more my point.

Quitting Farcebook still isn't helpful (unless enough billions of people do that they actually suffer loss of ad revenue, which if that's the plan good luck) ... what's needed is a way to block ignorant friends and family members from seeing anything manipulative (as defined by you the right-thinking individual, of course). 

In effect, smart people should be mods on F******k. Sounds good to me.

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[Post 2590]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-25-2018 01:38 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Looks like shifty there wasn't as subtle as he'd thought.

Vice President Pence Now Being Investigated For Campaign Fraud, His Ties To Russia And Manafort · DC Tribune (http://dctribune.org/2018/08/23/vice-president-pence-now-being-investigated-for-campaign-fraud-his-ties-to-russia-and-manafort/)

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[Post 2591]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-25-2018 02:43 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

We're in the timeline all the other timelines make fun of.

Trump Meets QAnon Kook Who Believes Democrats Run Pedophile Cult (https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-in-oval-office-meets-promoter-of-qanon-conspiracy-theory-that-says-democrats-run-pedophile-cult)

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[Post 2592]
Author : Kyuss Apollo
Date : 08-25-2018 06:08 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The President has colored his flag wrong. <br><br>That is all. <a href="https://t.co/wWXBgR9I6V">pic.twitter.com/wWXBgR9I6V</a></p>&mdash; Talia (@2020fight) <a href="https://twitter.com/2020fight/status/1033162713378127873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 25, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2593]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 08-25-2018 06:12 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

TBH - he (probably) knows what the flag looks like, he doesn't give a shit and walked away with only these 2 lines colored.

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[Post 2594]
Author : Kyuss Apollo
Date : 08-25-2018 06:57 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I nominate Martin Scorsese to direct the Donald Trump biopic. His body of work - Goodfellas, Gangs of New York, etc - suggests he has done a great job bringing similar characters to life on film.</p>&mdash; Dan Rather (@DanRather) <a href="https://twitter.com/DanRather/status/1032749284637036544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 23, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2595]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-25-2018 07:38 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Reminder: The consequences of family separation will far out-last this administration.<br><br>Watch one family's reunion after months of separation. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FamiliesBelongTogether?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FamiliesBelongTogether</a> <a href="https://t.co/ECahAhgOtG">pic.twitter.com/ECahAhgOtG</a></p>&mdash; ACLU (@ACLU) <a href="https://twitter.com/ACLU/status/1033084026893070338?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 24, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

https://i.imgur.com/hyI9ItE.gif

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[Post 2596]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-25-2018 10:45 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The President has colored his flag wrong. <br><br>That is all. <a href="https://t.co/wWXBgR9I6V">pic.twitter.com/wWXBgR9I6V</a></p>&mdash; Talia (@2020fight) <a href="https://twitter.com/2020fight/status/1033162713378127873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 25, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Cue millions of Trumplickers changing their flags to match and denigrating (that feels like the right word) the Libruhls who control flag production and have deliberately got it wrong since forever.

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[Post 2597]
Author : Zehava
Date : 08-25-2018 02:39 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

He at least got the colors in the right order, red, white, and blue.  I thought he was going to do :russia:

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[Post 2598]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-25-2018 04:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Why Trump Supporters Don't Care About Cohen's Admission - The Atlantic  (https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/08/what-trumps-supporters-think-of-corruption/568147/)

This seems like such an obvious insight I'm wondering why I didn't think of it before. Although related things have been posted here, like observing that Trumpists feel threatened.

Trump isn't "corrupt", he's literally fighting against corruption ... where they define corruption as corruption of their pure America by black and brown people. And feminists and gays. And he really is draining the swamp ... of the same pernicious influences.

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[Post 2599]
Author : But
Date : 08-25-2018 06:41 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The President has colored his flag wrong. <br><br>That is all. <a href="https://t.co/wWXBgR9I6V">pic.twitter.com/wWXBgR9I6V</a></p>&mdash; Talia (@2020fight) <a href="https://twitter.com/2020fight/status/1033162713378127873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 25, 2018</a></blockquote>
 <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>


I think there is little doubt left now that it's dementia.

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[Post 2600]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-25-2018 07:44 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Klingon summer intern writing CNN&#8217;s chyrons is doing a bang up job. <a href="https://t.co/tYHhz2IYrn">pic.twitter.com/tYHhz2IYrn</a></p>&mdash; Seth Masket (@smotus) <a href="https://twitter.com/smotus/status/1032972260963966976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 24, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2601]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-26-2018 12:56 AM
Thread Title : About that dementia

10809

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[Post 2602]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-27-2018 05:16 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

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[Post 2603]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-27-2018 07:15 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">In an alternate universe, Fox News spent the day arguing that President Hillary Clinton deserves to be impeached for preferring hot sauce over Miracle Whip.</p>&mdash; The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) <a href="https://twitter.com/HoarseWisperer/status/1033904584270532609?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 27, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2604]
Author : The Man
Date : 08-27-2018 07:10 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

LOLOL

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Email this morning from a Trump supporter: &#8220;Where in the Constitution does it mention a person must be fit to serve as president?&#8221;</p>&mdash; Dana Milbank (@Milbank) <a href="https://twitter.com/Milbank/status/1033705511059959808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">26 August 2018</a></blockquote>
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To be fair, the dude (I don&#8217;t know for sure it&#8217;s a dude, but come on: it&#8217;s a dude) has a point.

&#8230;also, this:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It used to be said that in America anyone can grow up to be president. Now it&#39;s not even necessary to grow up.</p>&mdash; 617to416 (@617to416) <a href="https://twitter.com/617to416/status/926063470138753024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">2 November 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2605]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-28-2018 08:48 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Remember that time Obama wore a beige suit?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a> intervened in plans to turn the FBI HQ across the street from his luxury hotel into a construction zone, then invoked executive privilege to block inspector general from learning what he said in meetings. <a href="https://t.co/H4sBeMXZ0A">https://t.co/H4sBeMXZ0A</a> <a href="https://t.co/gwqtItP4NJ">pic.twitter.com/gwqtItP4NJ</a></p>&mdash; Todd J. Gillman (@toddgillman) <a href="https://twitter.com/toddgillman/status/1034166362162249729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 27, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2606]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-29-2018 01:02 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">UPDATE: The seven judges have all been confirmed by the Senate.<a href="https://t.co/XRpG2R4QpW">https://t.co/XRpG2R4QpW</a></p>&mdash; Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) <a href="https://twitter.com/sahilkapur/status/1034578443328004097?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 28, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2607]
Author : Ari
Date : 08-29-2018 01:54 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So an outgoing president can't nominate a supreme court justice, but a president under investigation can.  It's almost as if that whole line was bullshit and the GOP will do or say anything to stay in power.

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[Post 2608]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-29-2018 08:20 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Odd.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Left: &quot;War hawks like McCain shouldn&#39;t be celebrated&quot;<br><br>Liberals: &quot;How he served is less important than why. No one is perfect&quot;<br><br>MAGA: &quot;We won&#39;t mourn a TRAITOR who ONLY voted with our leader almost 90% of the time. No, we&#39;re not a cult, why does everyone keep saying that? :(&quot;</p>&mdash; Tuxedo Mask (@TheLoveBel0w) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheLoveBel0w/status/1034073302766104576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 27, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">If you&#39;re wondering why Breitbart turned their <a href="https://twitter.com/disqus?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@disqus</a> comments off beneath the article announcing Sen. McCain&#39;s passing...<br><br>These comments were left this evening on Breitbart&#39;s McCain article from yesterday. They&#39;re celebrating.<a href="https://twitter.com/slpng_giants?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@slpng_giants</a> <a href="https://t.co/rtfDS3T1ac">pic.twitter.com/rtfDS3T1ac</a></p>&mdash; EJ Gibney (@EJGibney) <a href="https://twitter.com/EJGibney/status/1033562830090452993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 26, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2609]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-31-2018 08:35 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The biggest takeaway from today's drama is the reaffirmation that Donald Trump does not negotiate in good faith and all nations of the world should plan accordingly.

Bombshell leak to Toronto Star upends NAFTA talks: In secret ‘so insulting’ remarks, Trump says he isn’t compromising at all with Canada - Toronto Star (https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2018/08/31/bombshell-leak-to-toronto-star-upends-nafta-talks-in-secret-so-insulting-remarks-trump-says-he-isnt-compromising-at-all-with-canada.html)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The president confirms my reporting about his secret remarks is accurate: <a href="https://t.co/R2xPZ7wulC">pic.twitter.com/R2xPZ7wulC</a></p>&mdash; Daniel Dale (@ddale8) <a href="https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1035597847117410305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 31, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2610]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-31-2018 08:39 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Fun bonus:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Good mail day so far <a href="https://t.co/WPmS5rWziJ">pic.twitter.com/WPmS5rWziJ</a></p>&mdash; Daniel Dale (@ddale8) <a href="https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1035587696993947649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 31, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2611]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-31-2018 09:26 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">When the Nazis removed Jews from villages in Poland, their property was distributed to loyal locals. Winning popular support for genocide while looted Jewish wealth paid for it. <br><br>Little by little,  dollar by dollar, we become the monsters. <a href="https://t.co/ZvNH31yXB2">https://t.co/ZvNH31yXB2</a><br><br>41c/</p>&mdash; Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) <a href="https://twitter.com/Stonekettle/status/1035565442885210114?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 31, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Bank of America freezing accounts of suspected undocumented immigrants: report (http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/404523-bank-of-america-freezing-accounts-of-those-suspected-of-being)

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[Post 2612]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-01-2018 04:47 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Seems GOP is fishing for a LatinoISIS and another war in a chaotic oil nation.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Marco Rubio says there is a &#8220;very strong&#8221; argument to be made for considering a military option in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Venezuela?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Venezuela</a>. That&#8217;s a terrible idea. <a href="https://t.co/H7gYP5bVW9">https://t.co/H7gYP5bVW9</a></p>&mdash; Geoff Ramsey (@GRamsey_LatAm) <a href="https://twitter.com/GRamsey_LatAm/status/1035477819671887872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 31, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2613]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-01-2018 03:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Seems nice of donald to be giving McCain a 21 tweet salute during his funeral.

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[Post 2614]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-01-2018 06:58 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

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[Post 2615]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 09-04-2018 06:07 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

White House Withholds 100,000 Pages of Judge Brett Kavanaugh&#8217;s Records | New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/01/us/politics/kavanaugh-records.html)

Mr. Schumer wrote on Twitter ("https://twitter.com/SenSchumer/status/1035884879618220033) on Saturday. &#8220;President Trump&#8217;s decision to step in at the last moment and hide 100k pages of Judge Kavanaugh&#8217;s records from the American public is not only unprecedented in the history of SCOTUS noms, it has all the makings of a cover up.&#8221;

I can't tell if this is a big deal or a just a side-show.  For a start, just how unprecedented is it?  Merk'ns, speak!

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[Post 2616]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-04-2018 08:42 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

See, this is why y'all need to show up at mid terms. Else you get judicial nominees like this:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here&#8217;s the video: <a href="https://twitter.com/fred_guttenberg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@fred_guttenberg</a> tells Kavanaugh that his daughter &quot;was murdered in Parkland&#8221; and holds out his hand to Kavanaugh. Kavanaugh - a father himself - gives Fred a contemptuous look before turning his back on him and walking away. <a href="https://t.co/l4WSQjEMTs">pic.twitter.com/l4WSQjEMTs</a></p>&mdash; Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) <a href="https://twitter.com/shannonrwatts/status/1037043936953417729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 4, 2018</a></blockquote>
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For the NEXT 40 YEARS. Give or take a few.

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[Post 2617]
Author : erimir
Date : 09-04-2018 09:10 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

White House Withholds 100,000 Pages of Judge Brett Kavanaugh&#8217;s Records | New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/01/us/politics/kavanaugh-records.html)

Mr. Schumer wrote on Twitter ("https://twitter.com/SenSchumer/status/1035884879618220033) on Saturday. &#8220;President Trump&#8217;s decision to step in at the last moment and hide 100k pages of Judge Kavanaugh&#8217;s records from the American public is not only unprecedented in the history of SCOTUS noms, it has all the makings of a cover up.&#8221;

I can't tell if this is a big deal or a just a side-show.  For a start, just how unprecedented is it?  Merk'ns, speak!
This is more documents than most nominees.

However, most nominees never worked in the White House and had far fewer documents to request in this manner. Judicial rulings and such would all be public record and not require requests to access. However, the last nominee who worked in the White House, Elena Kagan, had her White House documents requested. Obama did not withhold any of them due to "executive privilege".

Also of interest is that Republicans even requested, and received, records from Sotomayor's time on the board of the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, even though she had a record on the bench already. They wanted anything they could get their hands on that might damage her. Now they act like asking for Kavanaugh's records as a government lawyer in the White House are not relevant to how he would behave as a judge.

So the GOP sought, and mostly received, basically any documents they could claim were pertinent to those nominations. But they think that they should pick and choose what anyone gets to see about Kavanaugh.

The fact that Kavanaugh has a more extensive paper trail than most nominees is unprecedented. But that's their problem for picking him. The people ought to be able to see a representative cross-section of his record. The easiest way to do this is to simply release all of it that can be released. I'd rather that they release 50,000 randomly selected documents from Kavanaugh's entire record, than let them pick and choose but release all but 50,000 documents.

It doesn't matter if they release a million pages of records if they have excluded anything that's not anodyne or routine. It is the process of selecting what to release that is secretive and deceptive. Releasing more documents doesn't make it more transparent unless those documents are representative of his whole record. And you can be sure that they are not choosing what to release with purely non-political considerations.

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[Post 2618]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 09-04-2018 09:15 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

See, this is why y'all need to show up at mid terms. Else you get judicial nominees like this:

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For the NEXT 40 YEARS. Give or take a few.

In fairness, I'm pretty sure that, nowadays, "Completely lacking in any sense of morality, basic human decency, or compassion for others" is a required qualification for anyone who aspires to a high-ranking position in the Republican Party.

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[Post 2619]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 09-04-2018 09:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This is some crazy brazen shit.  

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Zina Bash, who worked for Kavanaugh was seated behind him making the &quot;white power&quot; symbol with her hand for the camera to catch, so every neo-Nazi knows this is their man.<a href="https://t.co/39RFUH6eIo">https://t.co/39RFUH6eIo</a></p>&mdash; Ellen Meister &#127754; (@EllenMeister) <a href="https://twitter.com/EllenMeister/status/1037044572990464000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">4 September 2018</a></blockquote>
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She seems like a real piece of shit and her father is a
 climate change denying piece of shit (https://heavy.com/news/2018/09/zina-bash/)

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[Post 2620]
Author : SR71
Date : 09-04-2018 10:19 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Nice lead in to William Happer (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/planet-oz/2017/feb/21/trumps-potential-science-adviser-william-happer-hanging-around-with-conspiracy-theorists).  He's a regular at Denial Palooza (https://web.archive.org/web/20161202230407/https://www.freedomforceinternational.org/congress/3rd-congress-2016/) type shindigs.  He really should know better.

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[Post 2621]
Author : The Man
Date : 09-04-2018 10:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Some excerpts from Woodward's new book have emerged, and it sounds like Infrastructure Week is going to be a rousing success. Kelly calls this the worst job he's ever had and the president* an idiot, amongst other highlights. 

&#8220;Fear&#8221; and Loathsome in the West Wing &#8211; Balloon Juice (https://www.balloon-juice.com/2018/09/04/fear-and-loathsome-in-the-west-wing/)

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[Post 2622]
Author : The Man
Date : 09-05-2018 10:48 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/05/opinion/trump-white-house-anonymous-resistance.html

President Trump is facing a test to his presidency unlike any faced by a modern American leader.

It&#8217;s not just that the special counsel looms large. Or that the country is bitterly divided over Mr. Trump&#8217;s leadership. Or even that his party might well lose the House to an opposition hellbent on his downfall.

The dilemma &#8212; which he does not fully grasp &#8212; is that many of the senior officials in his own administration are working diligently from within to frustrate parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations.

I would know. I am one of them.

To be clear, ours is not the popular &#8220;resistance&#8221; of the left. We want the administration to succeed and think that many of its policies have already made America safer and more prosperous.

But we believe our first duty is to this country, and the president continues to act in a manner that is detrimental to the health of our republic.

That is why many Trump appointees have vowed to do what we can to preserve our democratic institutions while thwarting Mr. Trump&#8217;s more misguided impulses until he is out of office.

The root of the problem is the president&#8217;s amorality. Anyone who works with him knows he is not moored to any discernible first principles that guide his decision making&#8230;

Given the instability many witnessed, there were early whispers within the cabinet of invoking the 25th Amendment, which would start a complex process for removing the president. But no one wanted to precipitate a constitutional crisis. So we will do what we can to steer the administration in the right direction until &#8212; one way or another &#8212; it&#8217;s over.
This is not normal. I feel that can't be repeated often enough. None of this is normal. Nothing about this administration* is normal.

I may have more to say when I can access the internet from an actual computer, but I can't promise anything.

...also, this:

Woodward book prompts West Wing witch hunt, sources say - CNNPolitics (https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/05/politics/trump-woodward-book-leakers/index.html)

... and this from historian Eric Rauchway, which it's my  inclination to agree with:

Let&#8217;s put it this way: declining to use the Constitution and instead using unconstitutional means to run the executive branch is, very much, a Constitutional crisis.

Even a quite short list of things that are not constitutional crises would, I think, have to include &#8220;doing what the constitution instructs.&#8221;

So for example: sending the Army to Little Rock to enforce _Brown v. Board_ was not Eisenhower precipitating a constitutional crisis. Eisenhower was  enforcing the Supreme Court&#8217;s (unanimous) ruling on what was in the constitution. He was exercising his constitutional authority.

It was the Arkansas government that, acting in *defiance* of the constitution, precipitated the crisis.

If you want to avoid a constitutional crisis, you should act within the confines of the constitution, not outside them.

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[Post 2623]
Author : davidm
Date : 09-05-2018 10:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/05/opinion/trump-white-house-anonymous-resistance.html

President Trump is facing a test to his presidency unlike any faced by a modern American leader.

It’s not just that the special counsel looms large. Or that the country is bitterly divided over Mr. Trump’s leadership. Or even that his party might well lose the House to an opposition hellbent on his downfall.

The dilemma — which he does not fully grasp — is that many of the senior officials in his own administration are working diligently from within to frustrate parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations.

I would know. I am one of them.

To be clear, ours is not the popular “resistance” of the left. We want the administration to succeed and think that many of its policies have already made America safer and more prosperous.

But we believe our first duty is to this country, and the president continues to act in a manner that is detrimental to the health of our republic.

That is why many Trump appointees have vowed to do what we can to preserve our democratic institutions while thwarting Mr. Trump’s more misguided impulses until he is out of office.

The root of the problem is the president’s amorality. Anyone who works with him knows he is not moored to any discernible first principles that guide his decision making…

Given the instability many witnessed, there were early whispers within the cabinet of invoking the 25th Amendment, which would start a complex process for removing the president. But no one wanted to precipitate a constitutional crisis. So we will do what we can to steer the administration in the right direction until — one way or another — it’s over.
This is not normal. I feel that can't be repeated often enough. None of this is normal. Nothing about this administration* is normal.

I may have more to say when I can access the internet from an actual computer, but I can't promise anything.

I see. Another example of the "Vichy New York Times" in action, eh?

:lol:

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[Post 2624]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 09-06-2018 01:27 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/05/opinion/trump-white-house-anonymous-resistance.html

President Trump is facing a test to his presidency unlike any faced by a modern American leader.

It&#8217;s not just that the special counsel looms large. Or that the country is bitterly divided over Mr. Trump&#8217;s leadership. Or even that his party might well lose the House to an opposition hellbent on his downfall.

The dilemma &#8212; which he does not fully grasp &#8212; is that many of the senior officials in his own administration are working diligently from within to frustrate parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations.

I would know. I am one of them.

To be clear, ours is not the popular &#8220;resistance&#8221; of the left. We want the administration to succeed and think that many of its policies have already made America safer and more prosperous.

But we believe our first duty is to this country, and the president continues to act in a manner that is detrimental to the health of our republic.

That is why many Trump appointees have vowed to do what we can to preserve our democratic institutions while thwarting Mr. Trump&#8217;s more misguided impulses until he is out of office.

The root of the problem is the president&#8217;s amorality. Anyone who works with him knows he is not moored to any discernible first principles that guide his decision making&#8230;

Given the instability many witnessed, there were early whispers within the cabinet of invoking the 25th Amendment, which would start a complex process for removing the president. But no one wanted to precipitate a constitutional crisis. So we will do what we can to steer the administration in the right direction until &#8212; one way or another &#8212; it&#8217;s over.
Dear Vice President Pence - 

You are a coward and are also complicit.  No anonymous op ed can redeem your sins or wash away the taint.  Also, if the only reason the cabinet doesn't invoke the 25th is to avoid a constitutional crisis, that means you are in a constitutional crisis.  You are too much a coward to react.

This is not normal. I feel that can't be repeated often enough. None of this is normal. Nothing about this administration* is normal.
No, I suppose not.  More or less since I became a functioning human I have not believed in fate or destiny or sin, but I have embraced a new kind of fatalism in this administration.  I have come to hold the opinion that Donald Trump is the leader that we, as a country, deserve, and this administration is expiation for some tiny portion of the accumulated weight of our very great sins.  I am not too caught up in intraparty squabbles or the day to day of November.  I will wait to see if we survive our just deserts.

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[Post 2625]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 09-06-2018 01:56 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I have come to hold the opinion that Donald Trump is the leader that we, as a country, deserve, and this administration is expiation for some tiny portion of the accumulated weight of our very great sins.

I would feel happier about this were it not for the fact that so very many others are suffering for our very great sins -- and will continue to suffer for our sins for the foreseeable future.

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[Post 2626]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-06-2018 01:58 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I have come to hold the opinion that Donald Trump is the leader that we, as a country, deserve, and this administration is expiation for some tiny portion of the accumulated weight of our very great sins.

I would feel happier about this were it not for the fact that so very many others are suffering for our very great sins -- and will continue to suffer for our sins for the foreseeable future.

America sneezes, the world catches the cold. Apologies to Metternich.

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[Post 2627]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 09-06-2018 02:07 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I have come to hold the opinion that Donald Trump is the leader that we, as a country, deserve, and this administration is expiation for some tiny portion of the accumulated weight of our very great sins.

I would feel happier about this were it not for the fact that so very many others are suffering for our very great sins -- and will continue to suffer for our sins for the foreseeable future.
Oh, whether they are others inside America or outside, it is their lot to suffer, because the suffering of others is the sole mechanism by which we were/are/shall again be great.  Make no mistake, whatever you have today, you have because they have suffered for it - I am the same.  It has nothing to do with fairness.  It is the order of things and nothing else.  They suffer more for our guilt than we do.  Such is our greatness.

If it helps, this seems to me to be rather temporary.  We will have our turn in our lifetimes.

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[Post 2628]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-06-2018 02:07 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

...also, this:

Woodward book prompts West Wing witch hunt, sources say - CNNPolitics (https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/05/politics/trump-woodward-book-leakers/index.html)

... and this from historian Eric Rauchway, which it's my  inclination to agree with:

Let’s put it this way: declining to use the Constitution and instead using unconstitutional means to run the executive branch is, very much, a Constitutional crisis.

Even a quite short list of things that are not constitutional crises would, I think, have to include “doing what the constitution instructs.”

So for example: sending the Army to Little Rock to enforce _Brown v. Board_ was not Eisenhower precipitating a constitutional crisis. Eisenhower was  enforcing the Supreme Court’s (unanimous) ruling on what was in the constitution. He was exercising his constitutional authority.

It was the Arkansas government that, acting in *defiance* of the constitution, precipitated the crisis.

If you want to avoid a constitutional crisis, you should act within the confines of the constitution, not outside them.

It may be necessary to use methods other than constitutional ones.

:yup:

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[Post 2629]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-06-2018 07:29 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/05/opinion/trump-white-house-anonymous-resistance.html

Pence makes his move? From the files of current conspiracy theories.

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[Post 2630]
Author : JoeP
Date : 09-06-2018 09:27 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I think when These People&trade; use the phrase "constitutional crisis" they don't mean "a situation that puts the Constitution into a crisis", they mean a situation where they themselves might have to do some actual political work in which opponents might mention the Constitution.

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[Post 2631]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-07-2018 06:40 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Daniel Dale live tweeting Trump in Montana, pull tweet:

Daniel Dale on Twitter: "This speech is something else." (https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1037889183522729984)

(He broke the thread so it'll take visiting his timeline or waiting for the article in the Toronto Star.

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[Post 2632]
Author : The Man
Date : 09-07-2018 08:11 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">What happened here when President Trump tried twice to pronounce &quot;anonymous&quot;? <a href="https://t.co/nwSNnQuKfm">pic.twitter.com/nwSNnQuKfm</a></p>&mdash; Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) <a href="https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/1037883056252694528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">7 September 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>


Anommmmisssss&#8230; Anommmisss&#8230;

Primary progressive aphasia? Early signs of Alzheimer&#8217;s? Something else? Place your bets now!

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[Post 2633]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-07-2018 08:33 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Anommmmisssss… Anommmisss…

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="und" dir="ltr">&#128514;&#128514;&#128514; <a href="https://t.co/x4UbjmCxqg">pic.twitter.com/x4UbjmCxqg</a></p>&mdash; m i t h (@ManInTheHoody) <a href="https://twitter.com/ManInTheHoody/status/1037919358851272705?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 7, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Primary progressive aphasia? Early signs of Alzheimer’s? Something else? Place your bets now!

Early?

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[Post 2634]
Author : Ari
Date : 09-07-2018 09:30 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Wow that was unhinged even for Trump.  It's pretty impressive when Bush Jr seems intelligent and eloquent in comparison.
I wonder how far we are away from the alternative universe where Trump tries to nuke a state that voted against him, only he tweets the command instead and gets the states name wrong?  Cause it feels closer than just a few days ago.

Given his pathological need to blame others, is this the first time that he's suggested he thinks he will be impeached?  Cause it sure sounds like he's sure he's going to get impeached and is thus prepping in his mind and his cults the scape goat that it's not really his fault when it happens.

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[Post 2635]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-07-2018 09:47 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Will it be safe for Canadians to visit for Thanksgiving?

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[Post 2636]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 09-07-2018 04:34 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Canadian Thanksgiving or the Real Thanksgiving?

Jokes on you, it doesn't matter: No. It's never safe for Canadians to visit for a Thanksgiving.

HOWEVER. MY EXECUTIVE DECISION IS TO ALLOW FREE AND SAFE TRAVEL FOR ANY AND ALL THANKSGRABBING HOLIDAYS FOR CANUKIANS.

:piginablanket:

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[Post 2637]
Author : Sock Puppet
Date : 09-07-2018 04:59 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Might as well come this Thanksgiving. It's pretty obvious by now that it ain't gettin' any safer.

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[Post 2638]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-07-2018 09:14 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Nice country you got there, be a shame if anything were to happen to it.</p>&mdash; Phillip Enguin (@penguinphilsofr) <a href="https://twitter.com/penguinphilsofr/status/1038156598135455744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 7, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2639]
Author : SR71
Date : 09-07-2018 11:13 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Will it be safe for Canadians to visit for Thanksgiving?

Only if you let us inject your eyebowls.

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[Post 2640]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-08-2018 03:44 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">You might think wiping your nose on the flag is patriotic but it&#8217;snot<br><br> <a href="https://t.co/0Eretl8rzY">pic.twitter.com/0Eretl8rzY</a></p>&mdash; The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) <a href="https://twitter.com/HoarseWisperer/status/1038240051552047104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 8, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2641]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-08-2018 04:33 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Crisis actors. :)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This guy rules <a href="https://t.co/TgP1sHycVC">pic.twitter.com/TgP1sHycVC</a></p>&mdash; Inter Miami Fan Acct (@Squanch_Me) <a href="https://twitter.com/Squanch_Me/status/1037889627225501696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 7, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Jesus it&#39;s some hunger games shit up in here. <a href="https://t.co/cMzcySyDrt">pic.twitter.com/cMzcySyDrt</a></p>&mdash; Susan Simpson (@TheViewFromLL2) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheViewFromLL2/status/1037924222163734529?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 7, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2642]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-08-2018 06:41 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The unenthusiastic &#8220;plaid shirt guy&#8221; at the Montana Trump rally was detained and IDed by police and the Secret Service after being removed from the bleachers and then escorted out of the arena. <a href="https://t.co/oiLv1Dh4sx">https://t.co/oiLv1Dh4sx</a></p>&mdash; Byron Tau (@ByronTau) <a href="https://twitter.com/ByronTau/status/1038410829719379968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 8, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

And Special Police asking for papers.

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[Post 2643]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 09-08-2018 08:23 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The unenthusiastic “plaid shirt guy” at the Montana Trump rally was detained and IDed by police and the Secret Service after being removed from the bleachers and then escorted out of the arena. <a href="https://t.co/oiLv1Dh4sx">https://t.co/oiLv1Dh4sx</a></p>&mdash; Byron Tau (@ByronTau) <a href="https://twitter.com/ByronTau/status/1038410829719379968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 8, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

And Special Police asking for papers.

This sounds like something I'd do as a teenager - that's not exactly high praise, but it amused me.

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[Post 2644]
Author : Ari
Date : 09-09-2018 12:00 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

“I saw this woman walking toward me on the left,” Linfesty told the paper. “She just said to me, ‘I’m going to replace you.'” ...His friends were also replaced.
plaidshirt guy's family were surprised as a woman came home with his name and clothing, They were told to go along with their new son's look or else they too would be 'replaced.'  Days after the man was scrubbed from all images on facebook, his friends responded, that Tyler has always been a white woman and loyal supporter of the Demokratik Republik of Trump.  All further inquiries should be directed to the Citizen loyalty division of the newly formed Anti Social Sedition unit of the Secret Service.

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[Post 2645]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-09-2018 12:35 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A win for transgender rights!

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[Post 2646]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-10-2018 05:38 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This thing where Trump continually praises a dictator who has tens of thousands of Christians in concentration camps but gets no pushback from Evangelicals is even more telling than his bareback adultery.</p>&mdash; LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) <a href="https://twitter.com/LOLGOP/status/1038881012237979649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 9, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2647]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 09-10-2018 08:32 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

We in the Resistance know that Donald Trump needs to be institutionalized and that Russia owns him and his family like a hog farmer owns a pen of pigs. Sure, it'd be easy to just go to the press, admit that I'm someone really high up in the administration, and reveal all the awful things I see on an hourly basis, like how racist he is, how he'll shit on his desk and announce, "Look, I made another Ben Carson" after which he tosses the shit at Sarah Sanders and laughs as she runs out of the room, crying.

But I'm not going to do that because we are this close to taking away abortion rights from women and who knows? Maybe we'll teach those queers they don't have a right to get married. Constantly being on the verge of Armageddon is a small price to pay.  We're good as long as we can steer this hulking, mentally-deficient manchild to keep signing the documents we put in front of him. He's happy just to show off that he can write his name.

Besides, by writing this, I'm getting you all to wonder who I am rather than worry about Brett Kavanaugh, who is going to make liberals so sad, or those kids we're never going to reunite with their parents. And that's a good day's work.

Hey, Look Over Here. I'm Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump White House, Too (http://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2018/09/i-too-am-part-of-resistance-inside.html)

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[Post 2648]
Author : SR71
Date : 09-11-2018 05:41 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Nice lead in to William Happer (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/planet-oz/2017/feb/21/trumps-potential-science-adviser-william-happer-hanging-around-with-conspiracy-theorists).  He's a regular at Denial Palooza (https://web.archive.org/web/20161202230407/https://www.freedomforceinternational.org/congress/3rd-congress-2016/) type shindigs.  He really should know better.

Trump&#8217;s newest hire thinks science is like Nazi propaganda &#8211; ThinkProgress (https://thinkprogress.org/trump-hires-denier-who-compared-climate-science-to-nazi-propaganda-1908950fb0f6/)

So this guy now "oversees emerging technologies at National Security Council."

In 2014, he told CNBC, &#8220;The demonization of carbon dioxide is just like the demonization of the poor Jews under Hitler. Carbon dioxide is actually a benefit to the world, and so were the Jews.&#8221;

It gets worse from there.   (https://www.desmogblog.com/william-happer)

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[Post 2649]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-12-2018 04:42 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Comedians on Twitter pre-2016: <br><br>I like my steak the way I like my Pokémon cards, rare!<br><br>Comedians on Twitter post-2016:<br><br>Today I was blocked by the undersecretary of the Department of Education for an essay I wrote on how fundamental rights of the electorate being impinged by ch</p>&mdash; Zack Bornstein (@ZackBornstein) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZackBornstein/status/1039195495866892297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 10, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2650]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-13-2018 08:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://dr35ey0x3otoq.cloudfront.net/uploads/default/original/3X/6/8/682d251734df3f7615730e5cbe2a8b29e340c824.png

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[Post 2651]
Author : The Man
Date : 09-14-2018 09:49 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:dddp:

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[Post 2652]
Author : The Man
Date : 09-14-2018 09:49 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Manafort flips, at least according to fake news CNN:

https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/14/politics/paul-manafort-guilty-plea/index.html

It's amazing how many witches the Mueller investigation keeps turning up.

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[Post 2653]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-14-2018 10:24 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The government just recouped close to $50 million dollars from Paul Manafort&#39;s asset forfeitures.<br><br>That alone pays for the entire Mueller investigation... through 2019.</p>&mdash; The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) <a href="https://twitter.com/HoarseWisperer/status/1040615958791049216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 14, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2654]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-15-2018 10:23 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

US Admiral who led Bin Laden raid resigns from Trump administration (https://www.rawstory.com/2018/09/four-star-admiral-led-bin-laden-raid-quits-pentagon-post-bashing-trump/)

“I would consider it an honor if you would revoke my security clearance as well, so I can add my name to the list of men and women who have spoken up against your presidency,”

:ouch:

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[Post 2655]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-16-2018 04:14 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Oh, God. 3:2 odds we&#39;re all getting a dick pic. <a href="https://t.co/tvXcautaSv">https://t.co/tvXcautaSv</a></p>&mdash; Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheRickWilson/status/1040813070883401728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 15, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2656]
Author : Zehava
Date : 09-16-2018 05:05 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Oh, God. 3:2 odds we're all getting a dick pic. <a href="https://t.co/tvXcautaSv">https://t.co/tvXcautaSv</a></p>&mdash; Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheRickWilson/status/1040813070883401728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 15, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I know the message won't come from a #/device that trump actually uses, but I'll still be sorely tempted to reply with "Shut the fuck up, Donnie!"

Shut the Fuck Up Donnie - YouTube

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[Post 2657]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-18-2018 07:18 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here we go. <a href="https://t.co/XnTUVsrkBM">pic.twitter.com/XnTUVsrkBM</a></p>&mdash; pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) <a href="https://twitter.com/pourmecoffee/status/1042024275950149632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 18, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2658]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-18-2018 08:47 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We apologize for this unfortunate tweet from our social media intern. He&#39;ll be collecting the covfefe for the rest of the week! <a href="https://t.co/oud8M4eBnj">pic.twitter.com/oud8M4eBnj</a></p>&mdash; Nintendo Life (@nintendolife) <a href="https://twitter.com/nintendolife/status/1042118244239400960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 18, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2659]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-19-2018 04:49 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump-proof aspects of Manafort deal rankle lawyers - POLITICO (https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/18/manafort-deal-pardon-mueller-trump-827898)

"Accept a pardon and we get to fuck you again."

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[Post 2660]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 09-21-2018 11:32 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Pompeo takes issue with BBC question about briefing Trump - BBC News (https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-45609325/pompeo-takes-issue-with-bbc-question-about-briefing-trump)

So Pompeo's evasion; do we take that as tacit concession that he is the NYT's anonymous correspondent, or just that he does as anonymous does?  Or is it merely expressing solidarity with anonymous?  Whichever, it shows Pompeo to be a spineless toady. 

But I guess we knew that already.

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[Post 2661]
Author : The Man
Date : 09-24-2018 12:44 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

LOL

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This morning Nancy Pelosi is drinking a big cup of maga tears  <a href="https://t.co/bjPvRFJdHS">https://t.co/bjPvRFJdHS</a></p>&mdash; Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) <a href="https://twitter.com/MollyJongFast/status/1043137224399880192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 21, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2662]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-25-2018 07:16 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

UN laughs:

A thread written by @ddale8 (https://threader.app/thread/1044597599305703425)

Added bonus of promising the world a long string of new ISIS type orgs and out of control climate change.

But her emails.

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[Post 2663]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-30-2018 08:36 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This person does nice analyses:

Thrad:

Tuxedo Jason Mask on Twitter: "THREAD: Trump is an easy villain to focus on, but I strongly believe that the system which put him in power is a bigger problem. When he says it&#39;s rigged, he means for ppl like him. Let&#39;s have a look at how much rigging has been going on since Republicans took the House in 2011." (https://twitter.com/TheLoveBel0w/status/1045278353018769409)

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[Post 2664]
Author : JoeP
Date : 09-30-2018 12:54 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Can somebody have a look at how to stop all this rigging?

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[Post 2665]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-01-2018 06:32 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Matilda statue stands up to President Donald Trump - BBC News (https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-45680365)

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[Post 2666]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 10-01-2018 09:09 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trumplings are extremely smart. For instance, check out (https://www.wonkette.com/kanye-west-maga) Kanye Ye West explaining how we're going to build gazillions of factories here in the good ol' U.S.A. so that we'll have plenty of jobs for the many, many convicts we must release from prison after we repeal the Thirteenth Amendment. 

The author of the Wonkette piece posited a plausible explanation, namely that Kanye watched the documentary titled 13th and didn't understand a goddamn bit of it. I believe  that "didn't understand a goddamn bit of it" should be chiseled into the marble floor of the entryway to the Trump Presidential Library.

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[Post 2667]
Author : Ari
Date : 10-01-2018 09:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

In the handbook for Narcissistic personalities, Trump will be example #1, Kanye example #2.  I'm pretty certain he's hooked himself to the Trump bandwagon because he sees lots of people talking about Trump and got jealous that he was getting so much attention and is trying to lap up as much of it dripping off of Trump as he can.

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[Post 2668]
Author : lisarea
Date : 10-01-2018 10:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I've always been a sort of Kanye apologist, mostly because too many people hate him for so little reason. As far as I know, he's never even been accused of anything worse than saying dumb stuff and making ugly shoes. 

This redhat stuff is extra dumb, though.

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[Post 2669]
Author : Sock Puppet
Date : 10-01-2018 11:01 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yeah, but such dumb stuff. Like Trump, dude's got some stupid that doesn't just burn, it leaves a helluva rash afterward.

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[Post 2670]
Author : Ari
Date : 10-01-2018 11:29 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

As far as I know, he's never even been accused of anything worse than saying dumb stuff
Sure, but some of that dumb stuff includes that Cosby is innocent and that slaves chose to be slaves.  Which aren't just one offs, he's defended sexual assaulters more than a few times, has promoted and given them money and seems to be cool with racism.

He has a huge following specifically because of his words put to music, it seems reasonable to judge those words more harshly than others.

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[Post 2671]
Author : lisarea
Date : 10-01-2018 11:50 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

What has Kanye West said that's anywhere near, say, the stuff Trump said about the Central Park five? What has he said or done that was actually violent or predatory like the things Trump has said and done? 

Kanye can be rude and arrogant, and he is being really stupid right now, but this redhatting is the worst thing he's done as far as I know. 

Not mistake, this is bad, though.

Edit: Oops. I did something else, then didn't refresh before responding. I don't know anything about the Cosby thing, and I remember the slavery thing differently, but I could be wrong about that. I'll go look those up.

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[Post 2672]
Author : Ari
Date : 10-02-2018 12:04 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Some of it really gets down to general opinion.  I mean he's certainly not as bad as Trump for shit opinions, few are, and while no one's accused him of sexual assault yet, he's happily defended and given the spotlight to people who've been accused of rape.  So really it comes down to degrees of bad and how much each person personally reacts to his variant of bad.

All of that aside he is quite the textbook narcissistic, certainly not Trump's uncanny ability to tick literally every NPD box and possibly create a few new ones, but quite up there on how he thinks about himself, others and his insatiable need to have the focus and attention on him to a pathological degree.

ETA: With narcissists like this it can be really hard to pin down their actual opinion on things, if they even have one.  I can't say I know exactly what Kanye's opinions on racism are, vs what he's said because it gets attention and a rise out of people.  Given he's insulated from both experiencing the harsh versions of it or needing to educate himself on it.  There are people who haven't grown out of the idea that if I shout "Fuck" really loud in the supermarket mommy gives me attention, and I like attention, so I'll just keep shouting "fuck" because all the adults look and react.  Does he actually know what his comments about racism mean, or does he do it because people react and give him attention and he doesn't really know why that is, but it feels good so he does it... I don't know.

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[Post 2673]
Author : erimir
Date : 10-02-2018 12:57 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Kanye's not so bad that it's like "boycott places that hire him" or something like that, but his behavior is obnoxious, stupid and promotes bad things and makes me less inclined to like him, which bleeds over into my opinion of his music.

I already knew he was an asshat when Yeezus came out, but it still had some good songs on it (but also things pointed out like using a sample of a song about lynching to talk about some petty personal drama or whatever).

He'll be fine but if he wants to go around spewing alienating shit to his fans, he's going to alienate some of them :shrug:

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[Post 2674]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 10-02-2018 02:03 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

With the caveat that I do not give af about Kanye West and am only aware of him and his activities when he delivers some sort of half-baked uninformed rant like this, my first thought when I saw the SNL thing was that this was some kind of flight of ideas-type manic episode and I felt kinda bad for him that it was in public.  But it sounds like it is equally possible that maybe he is just an asshole?

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[Post 2675]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-02-2018 09:26 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump Administration to Deny Visas to Same-Sex Partners of Diplomats, U.N. Officials – Foreign Policy (https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/10/01/trump-administration-to-deny-visas-to-same-sex-partners-of-diplomats-un-officials-gay-lgbt/)

But of course, they want this so everyone's treated equally under the law. It just happens to mess with gay people disproportionately. :)

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[Post 2676]
Author : The Man
Date : 10-02-2018 10:35 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Credit where it's due: the NYT has done excellent work here investigating Trump's taxes. Doesn't make up for their awful Beltway coverage the past few decades, but they deserve a cookie for this one.

Trump Engaged in Suspect Tax Schemes as He Reaped Riches From His Father (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/02/us/politics/donald-trump-tax-schemes-fred-trump.html)

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[Post 2677]
Author : erimir
Date : 10-02-2018 10:41 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Wouldn't it have been nice for voters to know all this information during the GOP primaries or the 2016 general election?

:sigh:

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[Post 2678]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-03-2018 09:56 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Experts say Trump's EPA moving to loosen radiation limits (https://apnews.com/6a573b6b020e453c90ecd5e84aa23f57)

The EPA is pursuing rule changes that experts say would weaken the way radiation exposure is regulated, turning to scientific outliers who argue that a bit of radiation damage is actually good for you — like a little bit of sunlight.

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[Post 2679]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 10-03-2018 01:17 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

White House transcript misquoted Trump on "never thinking" | Miami Herald (https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article219353395.html)

But then some reporters noticed some odd: The official White House transcript that was sent out to members of the media initially recorded Trump as saying that Vega is &#8220;never thanking&#8221; &#8212; and not &#8220;thinking,&#8221; according to MSNBC. It could be a typo, the outlet conceded.

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[Post 2680]
Author : JoeP
Date : 10-03-2018 02:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

"nevfefe thinking"

:fixed:

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[Post 2681]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-03-2018 08:29 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Tiffany Trump Receives First Ever Text From Father (https://thehardtimes.net/culture/tiffany-trump-receives-first-ever-text-from-father/)

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[Post 2682]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-04-2018 10:34 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The Hoarse Whisperer on Twitter: "Was having an ordinary day. Then, at 2:18, from deep inside my pants pocket, I felt my phone try to grope me." (https://twitter.com/HoarseWisperer/status/1047567818395471872)

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[Post 2683]
Author : Abbey
Date : 10-05-2018 04:20 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://www.facebook.com/JimBourg/posts/10154857366868418

https://scontent.ftxl1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/16114805_10154857353398418_3095435222732072717_n.jpg?oh=65304f905087de09b8cc857a19df087a&oe=590C19F3

I am seeing a lot of inaccurate talk and allegations online about the crowd photos from Friday's Trump inauguration that are simply not borne out by the FACTS. Now I see my own friends reposting this disinformation on Facebook.
Only one news organization had a still photographer atop the Washington monument for the inauguration and I assigned him to be there. This photo by Reuters News Pictures staff photographer Lucas Jackson was taken at 12:01:18 p.m. on Friday and not much earlier as many people are trying to claim.
Thanks for the link.

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[Post 2684]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-05-2018 07:00 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">As if this entire presidency couldn&#8217;t be more bizarre...<br><br>Today, Trump boarded Air Force One with toilet paper stuck to his shoe. <a href="https://t.co/Wg8D6AeP1Q">pic.twitter.com/Wg8D6AeP1Q</a></p>&mdash; Philin&#39; Myself (@MaltLiquorLogic) <a href="https://twitter.com/MaltLiquorLogic/status/1048011113751703552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 5, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2685]
Author : JoeP
Date : 10-05-2018 02:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://www.facebook.com/JimBourg/posts/10154857366868418

Thanks for the link.

Link for the thanks. (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=52)

:welcome3: Abbey! Say hi!

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[Post 2686]
Author : Crumb
Date : 10-05-2018 03:47 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Welcome to the :ff: Abbey! :wave:

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[Post 2687]
Author : JoeP
Date : 10-05-2018 11:04 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm catching up on the Daily Show. I think this is the 1st October episode. Trevor Noah has just alluded to "Trump" being more orange than ever with the comment "I don't think I've seen him that pumpkin spiced before".

:ffnod:

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[Post 2688]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-06-2018 04:31 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Devin Nunes buried key evidence in Russia investigation | Swalwell | The Fresno Bee (https://www.fresnobee.com/opinion/op-ed/article219558065.html)

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[Post 2689]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-07-2018 08:45 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

*cringe*

https://i.gyazo.com/923543e87c05b47d97d068ef045e6568.png

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[Post 2690]
Author : JoeP
Date : 10-07-2018 09:53 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

*double cringe*

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[Post 2691]
Author : JoeP
Date : 10-09-2018 03:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Nikki Haley resigns as ambassador to UN?

Does a departure from "Trump"'s team mean anything any more? Did she push or was she jumped? Is it just a case of the revolving door caught her butt this time?

Nikki Haley resigns as US ambassador to UN, reports say | World news | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/09/nikki-haley-resigns-quits-trump-un-ambassador-latest-news)

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[Post 2692]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-10-2018 10:05 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

AP: Migrant children may be adopted after parents are deported | TheHill (https://thehill.com/policy/international/americas/410653-ap-migrant-children-may-be-adopted-after-parents-are-deported)

Adoption fees in the USA from $5-40K, I think I found the child traffickers.

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[Post 2693]
Author : JoeP
Date : 10-10-2018 10:27 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

AP: Migrant children may be adopted after parents are deported | TheHill (https://thehill.com/policy/international/americas/410653-ap-migrant-children-may-be-adopted-after-parents-are-deported)

Adoption fees in the USA from $5-40K, I think I found the child traffickers.

The money side, check.

Probably a political side too ... somehow it reminds me of Australian policy of taking Aboriginal children away from their families and having them fostered/adopted into white families "for their own good".

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[Post 2694]
Author : JoeP
Date : 10-10-2018 10:29 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

More on Nikki "not leaving to spend more time with my family, not leaving to prepare for a 2020 presidential bid" Haley: Nikki Haley: the latest Trump enabler to ruin her shot at redemption | Richard Wolffe | Opinion | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/09/nikki-haley-trump-un-reputation)

I'm not familiar with this Richard Wolffe but he's clearly made of more optimistic stuff than I am. This article is full of predictions of doom for the "Trump" administration, and I just don't see it happening any time soon.

A president ... clinging on to power by his fingernails ...

But Trump is a beached whale of a boss, taking his last gasps of power before the House subpoenas start flying, and the Mueller investigation lays out its evidence of conspiracies and corruption like so much captured contraband.
:orly:

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[Post 2695]
Author : Crumb
Date : 10-10-2018 04:36 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

What an optimist.

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[Post 2696]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-10-2018 09:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

AP: Migrant children may be adopted after parents are deported | TheHill (https://thehill.com/policy/international/americas/410653-ap-migrant-children-may-be-adopted-after-parents-are-deported)

Adoption fees in the USA from $5-40K, I think I found the child traffickers.

The money side, check.

Probably a political side too ... somehow it reminds me of Australian policy of taking Aboriginal children away from their families and having them fostered/adopted into white families "for their own good".

We had that embarrassment in Canada as well.

Canadian Indian residential school system - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Indian_residential_school_system)

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[Post 2697]
Author : lisarea
Date : 10-10-2018 10:34 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The Baby scoop era supposedly ended in the 70s, but there are people keeping the tradition alive, including crisis pregnancy centers aligned with private adoption agencies (https://www.thenation.com/article/shotgun-adoption/) that operate even Magdalene laundry style homes for unwed mothers. 

They always intended to do this. They weren't even keeping track of who those kids' parents were because they never intended to give them back.

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[Post 2698]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-12-2018 01:53 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Really a historic day in official presidential transcripts. <a href="https://t.co/sDrqABTbh8">pic.twitter.com/sDrqABTbh8</a></p>&mdash; Daniel Dale (@ddale8) <a href="https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1050523014285029377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 11, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2699]
Author : SR71
Date : 10-13-2018 04:10 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm sure someone must have uttered the word before, at some point.  Just not while everyone was standing around being filmed with big shit eating grins on their faces.

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[Post 2700]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-13-2018 07:16 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump calls on blacks to ‘honor’ Republicans with votes, then praises Confederate general Robert E. Lee - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-calls-on-blacks-to-honor-him-with-votes-then-praises-confederate-general-robert-e-lee/2018/10/12/ab819a9c-ce33-11e8-a360-85875bac0b1f_story.html)

Uh. Ok.

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[Post 2701]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-14-2018 03:01 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I found this to be a good read, reflecting on the last two years since it was written.

A.R.  Moxon: January 2017 (http://www.armoxon.com/2017/01/)

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[Post 2702]
Author : Ari
Date : 10-16-2018 02:18 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Surprise, serial liar who never makes good on his word, suddenly doesn't make good on his word! (https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/elizabeth-warren-dna-test-results_us_5bc4648ce4b040bb4e840fd6?s6r)

Trump: To Elizabeth Warren while being a complete asshole, "I will give you a million dollars to your favorite charity, paid for by Trump, if you take the test and it shows you're an Indian."

Elizabeth Warren has taken the test and wants him to pay up.  As expected Trump has denied he ever made that promise even though it's on video because we know his process is to never ever ever admit the truth.

“Who cares?” asked Trump.

And he's right, his base doesn't give a shit if he lies, it was all a dumb troll, a way to insult her.  He got people to play his game how he wants and then he takes his ball away at the end anyway.

I'm a bit annoyed and worried about this because it says that democrats still don't know how to handle our baby in chief and still treat him like an adult. We don't need more proof he's a liar or a fraud, anyone who doesn't believe that by now never will.  The only way to beat him at his game is to not play, as soon as you play you have already lost.

If dems really wanted to stick it to him what they should have done is donated a million dollars to an Indigenous women's charity, because it's the right thing to do, and then put out a press release saying that since they know Trump is a lying coward they didn't even bother to ask him to donate since they know he wouldn't because he never makes good on anything he says, so they went ahead and did it for him as the adults in the room.  I'm pretty sure one of the things that pisses Trump off to no end is people talking over him like he's not even there.  When he 2am tweets about it after his MCBurger comedown, give a quick, "shhh the adults who do real work are talking."  I bet a bit of dismissive negging would get him to donate more just to prove that he's better than them.

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[Post 2703]
Author : The Man
Date : 10-16-2018 02:47 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:dddp:

(the forum seems to take a particular disliking to posts that take so long to write that my cookie session expires. I&#8217;ll have to remember that in the future)

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[Post 2704]
Author : The Man
Date : 10-16-2018 02:47 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I mean, on one hand, yes, he was obviously never going to donate $1M to charity. But Warren can use this to attack him for at least the next two years now. It won’t make the slightest bit of difference to his base, but his base isn’t large enough to win elections. For people on the margins – the much-discussed Obama-to-Trump voters – this might be persuasive. There weren’t as many of those voters as a lot of the news coverage would lead you to think there were, but flip enough of them back to the Democratic category and that’s the ball game. And the studies of these voters I’ve seen seem to suggest that they’re disproportionately more middle/working-class than the median Trump voters, and reminders that Trump has actually had a long history of screwing over people like them might prove to be fairly persuasive as well.

What I’m more worried about regarding a Warren run, and I’m not sure that this can be avoided, is media misogyny, alongside the way the Party of Calhoun has already geared up to make her their bogeyman, much as they did to Clinton in 2016. To be clear, I don’t think we should use “what will the Party of Calhoun say?” as a metric for selecting a candidate, as that effectively gives them a fair amount of say into who we select based purely on the attacks they’ve already built up. It was pretty clear they’d have preferred to face Sanders in 2016 rather than Clinton. Although he polled well against a generic GrOP nominee, I don’t know that that would have held up had he won the primary and faced the full Fox Noise machine.

But I’m still… worried. I think Warren is the foil this country needs to Trump, if not the foil it deserves. But I’m not sure the country’s yet capable of appreciating her. The actual problem I foresee is the strain of anti-intellectualism we have in this country, meshed with the virulent misogyny that has become all the more obvious and pervasive in recent years. We’ve started purging the media of harassers, which is good, but we haven’t gotten all of them, and I doubt we’ll have gotten even a quarter of them by the time the 2020 campaign really kicks into gear.

So the issue is, then, the fact that Warren is obviously smart, alongside the fact that she’s a woman, combined with the fact that the GOP has already started to demonise her. I hope she can get elected. I would love to see her be the 46th POTUS. But I’m worried, because I’m not 100% confident that we’re ready. Like I said, she’s the foil we need, but I don’t think we, collectively as a country, deserve her yet. Charlie Pierce at Esquire affectionately refers to her as Senator Professor Warren, but I’m not sure everyone would regard her professorial demeanour affectionately. In fact, I’m sure many people wouldn’t. And I’m not sure how to thread that needle.

Despite this, Warren has some political strengths that I don’t frequently see in this country. She is, honestly, one of the few people I see on the national stage effectively and constructively expressing the anger that the working class of this country justifiably feels over conditions in this country. She’s one of the few people even talking about issues like the gap between productivity and wages, or just generalised corruption, in a way that makes sense and is easily digestible to people who don’t follow politics. She’s been a credible crusader against these things for decades, long before she was a partisan political figure. And she can’t be accused of being a radical; she’s squarely in the FDR mold of wanting to reform this country’s economic system so it doesn’t eat itself. I’d love to see an actual radical capable of getting elected president, but I know that’s not the case yet. She has anti-corruption bona fides that can resonate well in the age of emoluments violations and open bribery.

But, like I said, I’m not sure how to balance that with the political environment. Warren has become an object of partisan rancour in a way that some other outspoken liberal Democratic senators, even women, haven’t yet. Harris and Gillibrand are well known to political junkies, but for whatever reason, I haven’t yet seen the same kind of attacks against them from Republicans (in fact, the worst attacks I’ve seen against Gillibrand have been from ostensible Democrats and/or ostensible leftists, though I’ll admit I deliberately avoid reading what the right-wing fever swamps say, since I’m dealing with enough trauma already). The Wingnut Wurlitzer will certainly do its worst against Gillibrand or Harris if either is the nominee, but I question whether they can create the same polarised reaction in the course of two years that they had twenty-five years to build against Clinton and… IDK, is it eight years against Warren so far?

But I can’t game any of this out in any meaningful sense, and I think anyone who claims they can is lying or delusional. I’ve commented before that Trump resembles the Mule from the Foundation series in how he’s upended the rules of politics. Factors that used to be important aren’t now, and factors that used to be trifles now matter immensely; however, we have such a small sample size of elections to evaluate the impact of various sociopolitical factors on election results that any data we have right now is essentially meaningless. Media misogyny is obviously a factor we have to be concerned about, but so is Trump fatigue. It’s possible that misogynistic attacks against Warren would hit their mark and destroy her; it’s also possible that in the age of #MeToo they would backfire and turn off voters. Just because something worked in 2016, with the assistance of Russian trolls, James Comey, a media largely run by abusive misogynists, and numerous other wildcards, some of which certainly won’t recur in 2020, doesn’t mean it will again. And the decisive factor is as likely as not to be something people haven’t considered yet. Particularly after that sham of an ‘investigation’ of Kavanaugh, I’m certainly worried about the FBI repeating its disgraceful 2016 performance in two years from now (and for that matter, this/next month). I’d hope enough swing voters wouldn’t fall for the same trick twice, but it’s impossible to know. There isn’t enough data.

Regardless, my three top candidates on the 2020 shortlist are women: Harris, Gillibrand, and Warren (in that order right now, but that could change tomorrow depending upon my mood). #4 is Booker, so still not a white dude. I think white dudes have had long enough to screw this planet up, and the best president of my lifetime – by a massive margin – is the only one who wasn’t a white dude. Regardless, I’m not trying to exclude white dudes from my list; there simply aren’t any that impress me that much. Adam Schiff is the only one I can imagine putting on that list right now, but it’s probably borderline impossible to run for the presidency while only being a Congressman. Then again, he’s still far more experienced in government than Trump! (Also, Sheldon Whitehouse is a dark horse candidate because really, he’d have the best slogan ever. But while he impressed me during the Kavanaugh hearings, I admit he’s my dark horse candidate as much because of his name as anything.)

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[Post 2705]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-16-2018 03:07 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Escrow, people, escrow.

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[Post 2706]
Author : Ari
Date : 10-16-2018 08:26 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I mean, on one hand, yes, he was obviously never going to donate $1M to charity. But Warren can use this to attack him for at least the next two years now.
Sure, but there are literally hundreds of other lies to attack him on, as soon as she starts going on and on about it, he's going to make some sort of nagging women on their periods joke and his cult will larf and larf like seals and she will lose any power it has.

Not to mention it's a kinda odd thing to take him to task on, that might not win her many non-white votes (what few non-whites are allowed to vote after the records get stripped here) since claiming native american heritage is not only common among white americans, it's been used as a way to strip the last bits of cultural heritage from natives with what are white people claiming to have relations to cherokee princesses or the like.

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[Post 2707]
Author : JoeP
Date : 10-16-2018 08:49 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

(the forum seems to take a particular disliking to posts that take so long to write that my cookie session expires. I’ll have to remember that in the future)
Do you check ""Remember me" on the login page? It seems this makes a difference, even if you clear cookies at the end of your session (good privacy practice) and save login (with a master password). 

so long

You're not kidding :P

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[Post 2708]
Author : erimir
Date : 10-16-2018 09:28 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I think the move is aimed more at the media than voters. The goal isn't to convince people who laugh at "Pocahontas" that she's honest and correct. While she couldn't resist calling out Trump's promise breaking on the $1 mil, I don't think she'll campaign on that (and she shouldn't).

The point is to get the media out of the both sides/"he said, she said" frame on this story and treat it as a non-story with a clear correct answer. This is how the birther shit turned into "only a ridiculous conspiracy theorist thinks Obama wasn't born in the US" frame, to the point where even Trump was forced to back down (he had to say "Obama was born in the United States. Period."). If Obama hadn't released his birth certificate, I don't think that would've happened.

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[Post 2709]
Author : Ari
Date : 10-16-2018 10:14 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Except the Birth certificate thing was about him not being eligible to be president.  Unless native blood is required for something she's doing, it's all just a side tiff.  One that's being handled wrong since we know that Trump will happily lie about donating money, so saying 'pay up' means nothing and saying 'oh I see you don't honor your bets' means nothing.  All it means is that they're playing the Trump game.  

Sure even Trump admitted he's born in the US, and yet Trump was still elected.  Getting Trump to say, once, that the Birth Certificate was real didn't actually accomplish anything.

One of the things I don't think the democratic party has realized yet is that facts, figures and truth, mean absolutely nothing to a huge swath of american voters.  It's all about the feeling, the emotion of the situation.  Many want to *feel* like they are winning, it doesn't matter if they really are winning or not, it's all about the feeling of being on top.  To knock Trump down a peg, and make his voter base shrink away from celebrating him they need to make those people feel like they backed a loser.  Showing that Trump is a liar won't do that.  Getting under Trumps skin, causing him to have 2am twitter emotional outbursts, showing that they can control him gets closer to things that will cause his base to shy away.  A large part of conservative views is about having control, their entire platform boils down to showing they have power by exerting control over others in one way or another.  (Just look at how closely 'Trump supporter' and 'Troll' go together. Trolling is all about taking power and control away from others.)

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[Post 2710]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 10-16-2018 06:34 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Sure even Trump admitted he's born in the US, and yet Trump was still elected.  Getting Trump to say, once, that the Birth Certificate was real didn't actually accomplish anything.

In fact, he turned the whole goddamn thing on its head. That press conference was, for me, one of the biggest jaw-droppers of the whole campaign. He gathered reporters from every major news outlet, announced that Clinton started the birther movement in 2007-08, and trumpeted the "fact" that his efforts in getting Obama to release his long form birth certificate put the issue to rest and exposed the Clinton-created birther movement as bogus. 

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Well, at least art is flourishing under the Trump administration. Witness this (https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2018/10/painting-trump-diet-coke-lincoln-nixon-hangs-white-house/) really cool painting that hangs in the White House, featuring Trump keeping company with Ronald Reagan, both Bushes, Tricky Dick, Dwight Eisenhower, Teddy Roosevelt and, of course, Abraham Lincoln.  

The truly amazing aspect of this story is that the painting was not the work of that Jon McNaughton clown.

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[Post 2711]
Author : Sock Puppet
Date : 10-16-2018 08:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The point is to get the media out of the both sides/"he said, she said" frame on this story and treat it as a non-story with a clear correct answer.
Aaaaaaaaaand the media (ABC News, at least) takes the opportunity to report entirely on what Trump said about it (https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-calls-elizabeth-warren-total-fraud-native-american/story?id=58529164).

Good ol' American media, dutifully playing along with the guy who says they're his enemy. Yet again.

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[Post 2712]
Author : Ari
Date : 10-16-2018 08:53 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The media is certainly easy to neg, conservatives have been doing it for such a long time.  How do you get the media to air conservative nut jobs?  Keep calling them the liberal media, then they will 'prove' to you that they aren't really the liberal media by having on more and more crazy conservatives.  Same with Trump, he keeps calling them the enemy so more than a few outlets take the bait and try to prove to him that no no, they aren't really the enemy.  Would your enemy devout even more time to you?  Oh why don't you love us Trump?!

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[Post 2713]
Author : erimir
Date : 10-17-2018 06:53 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

so saying 'pay up' means nothing and saying 'oh I see you don't honor your bets' means nothing.  All it means is that they're playing the Trump game.Oh I agree that pointing out his word is worthless won't accomplish anything. I can see why she took the bait but I also don't think it matters that much at this point.

It would be dumb to waste any time mocking Trump for that in the actual 2020 campaign though.
Sure even Trump admitted he's born in the US, and yet Trump was still elected.  Getting Trump to say, once, that the Birth Certificate was real didn't actually accomplish anything.I don't think you can conclude that because Hillary didn't win that nothing actually accomplished anything. I think her debate performances accomplished something. If she hadn't handled him so well in the debates, and the Comey letter still comes out, you could easily see Trump winning the popular vote.

Margins matter, and the fact that Trump won doesn't mean that any particular thing didn't do anything. If it moved the margin, it made him closer to losing.

So the question is whether Trump's birtherism being treated as an issue for him rather than an issue for Obama helped or hurt Trump's vote margin. I'm not so sure that it helped Trump.

Obviously, Trump used the opportunity to lie about Clinton and all, but he still had to back down and he clearly didn't like doing it (and clearly his advisors had to convince him to do it).
One of the things I don't think the democratic party has realized yet is that facts, figures and truth, mean absolutely nothing to a huge swath of american voters.  It's all about the feeling, the emotion of the situation.  Many want to *feel* like they are winning, it doesn't matter if they really are winning or not, it's all about the feeling of being on top.  To knock Trump down a peg, and make his voter base shrink away from celebrating him they need to make those people feel like they backed a loser.Trump backing down on the birther stuff seems to me not like a win for him, even with the other lies he spewed at the occasion.

Anyway, I don't know whether it was the right move for Warren or not, but it probably won't be clear until later whether it was or not. She certainly didn't handle aspects of it very well, IMO. But the more important thing is how the story is handled if and when she's actually running for president... which will still be months off.

I think the goal is, for example, not to have the media (in interviews or debates) asking her dumb questions about whether she really has any Native American ancestors or whether she claimed minority status, the way Clinton had to answer questions about the stupid email shit like  100 times even though nothing new would be gained. How they react to Donald's blathering today isn't very relevant to whether she succeeded at that...

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[Post 2714]
Author : SR71
Date : 10-18-2018 05:36 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The Pocahontas thing is going to be baggage, just like her emails and the Clinton Foundation etc were baggage.  It's just like Ari said, Trump's cult will be chanting Pocahontas, Pocahontas! or some dumb shit.  It would be all that's needed to peel off the indies, just like last election.  We can't get there without indies, and I don't think Warren will appeal to them.  My impression is that indies tend to lean a bit right, in general.  Trump can't get there without Indies, either.  I'm thinking Sherrod Brown or someone from the midwest.  Just keep them under the counter until it's time, a la WJC. Don't give them time to get the mud mill up to full steam.  

Excuse me for oversimplifying, but running Warren would essentially be repeating the same mistake as when we ran Dukakis*.  Very limited appeal.

*Throw in Kerry for good measure.  The Northeast Liberal Elite tag.  It's a thing.

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[Post 2715]
Author : erimir
Date : 10-18-2018 06:18 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I don't think the Pocahontas stuff is a reason not to run Warren.

But I also am not sure whether she's the best campaigner or has the broadest appeal. But there's plenty of time to consider the choices. But at the same time it's not going to be 2016 where there were really only two choices... it's going to be harder to decide...

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[Post 2716]
Author : Ari
Date : 10-18-2018 06:43 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

IMO if the dems are running anyone against Trump in the exact same system we had last time, then we've lost and it's time not to worry about exactly who but how we're going to tear the system apart and start anew.  If someone so blatantly corrupt as Trump is still in office running in the same broken you can have the people vote against you and still win system, then there's little chance finding just the right candidate is going to help.  Two more years of blatant corruption and voter registry purges and I won't be too surprised if Trump is sworn in as president before the votes happen.

It really won't matter who runs against him if voting against him gets you put on a watch list for voter fraud.

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[Post 2717]
Author : SR71
Date : 10-18-2018 04:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I don't think the Pocahontas stuff is a reason not to run Warren.

But I also am not sure whether she's the best campaigner or has the broadest appeal. But there's plenty of time to consider the choices. But at the same time it's not going to be 2016 where there were really only two choices... it's going to be harder to decide...

It's the perfect smear.  It folds in the race traitor for the neo nazis (who will ask, why is she claiming NA like she's proud of it?), affirmative action for the white guy who thinks he's under seige and discriminated against (she got into Yale, was it?, claiming minority status!), which will lead them to saying she's dishonest (oh, the ironing).  Of course that's all dumb shit and fundamentally untrue, but dumb shit works on the base he needs to get out and vote, and it's enough to sway enough indies again.  I really seriously doubt she would win.

She's already fatally wounded.

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[Post 2718]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 10-19-2018 12:14 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

[Warren]'s already fatally wounded.


Discuss.

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[Post 2719]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 10-19-2018 12:15 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump hails body slamming Congressman Greg Gianforte in Montana - BBC News (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45913921)

Gianforte's apology for the violence that has so endeared him to Trump is ironic, because "unprofessional, unacceptable and unlawful" is a fair description of Trump's character and career both in and out of the White House.

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[Post 2720]
Author : JoeP
Date : 10-19-2018 02:10 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

"unprofessional, unacceptable and unlawful"

It was practically a job application, aimed at Tr*mp.

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[Post 2721]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 10-19-2018 11:22 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Go Betsy go.  Lets see what you got sister

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[Post 2722]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 10-20-2018 02:48 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I don't think the Pocahontas stuff is a reason not to run Warren.

But I also am not sure whether she's the best campaigner or has the broadest appeal. But there's plenty of time to consider the choices. But at the same time it's not going to be 2016 where there were really only two choices... it's going to be harder to decide...

It's the perfect smear.  It folds in the race traitor for the neo nazis (who will ask, why is she claiming NA like she's proud of it?), affirmative action for the white guy who thinks he's under seige and discriminated against (she got into Yale, was it?, claiming minority status!), which will lead them to saying she's dishonest (oh, the ironing).  Of course that's all dumb shit and fundamentally untrue, but dumb shit works on the base he needs to get out and vote, and it's enough to sway enough indies again.  I really seriously doubt she would win.

She's already fatally wounded.
:yeahthat: 

In trying to neutralize a truly stupid line of attack, she engaged Trump in Trump's game.  She cannot win it.  It hardly matters, though.  Even without the unforced error, assuming Trump survives and runs again in 2020, she is not viable to oppose him.  Neither is Biden or Harris or Booker.  They are good people and would make fine candidates if 2020 were 2016.  But it will not be and they will fail.  If Trump makes it to 2020, he will be re-elected.  If he does not, the mini-Trump that rises to the top of the ticket will very likely win.  To think otherwise is to deny the corrosions happening on every side only to cling to the notion that, somehow, 2020 will not be warped by the acid that Trumpism forces into every vein of American politics.  Like the United States itself, reactionary state white nationalism may not last forever, but it is hardly a flash in the pan.

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[Post 2723]
Author : Ari
Date : 10-20-2018 04:02 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

warped by the acid that Trumpism forces into every vein of American politics.  Like the United States itself, reactionary state white nationalism may not last forever, but it is hardly a flash in the pan.
That's the thing that's worrisome, It's obvious that republicans know how to play the rule from the rich minority game with partisan gerrymandered areas and voter suppression tactics and single issue rallying calls.  Now that the Trump administration has put so many people in key positions any validation of the administration by say a 2nd term is just going to set these people wild, cutting rights for anyone they don't deem acceptable.

Frankly if somehow Trump gets elected for a 2nd term, doesn't change the term limits, and after he finishes that second term the country isn't in economic ruin, I will be surprised.

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[Post 2724]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-21-2018 06:12 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Pathology Olympics time:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The rapid evolution of a Trump lie:<br><br>At his Arizona rally on Friday, he said that &quot;next thing you know&quot; Democrats will want to give unauthorized immigrants free cars.<br><br>At his Nevada rally on Saturday, he said they already do &quot;want to give them cars.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/IBpFSxZBqb">pic.twitter.com/IBpFSxZBqb</a></p>&mdash; Daniel Dale (@ddale8) <a href="https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1054039236394004487?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 21, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2725]
Author : davidm
Date : 10-21-2018 10:11 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:yeahthat: 

In trying to neutralize a truly stupid line of attack, she engaged Trump in Trump's game.  She cannot win it.  It hardly matters, though.  Even without the unforced error, assuming Trump survives and runs again in 2020, she is not viable to oppose him.  Neither is Biden or Harris or Booker.  They are good people and would make fine candidates if 2020 were 2016.  But it will not be and they will fail.  If Trump makes it to 2020, he will be re-elected.  If he does not, the mini-Trump that rises to the top of the ticket will very likely win.  To think otherwise is to deny the corrosions happening on every side only to cling to the notion that, somehow, 2020 will not be warped by the acid that Trumpism forces into every vein of American politics.  Like the United States itself, reactionary state white nationalism may not last forever, but it is hardly a flash in the pan.

As much as I hope you are wrong, I fear you might be right.

I think we may underestimate how much, and how far, the rot and corruption of Trump has spread. The rot is a virus attacking facts, truth, and rationality itself &#8212; and not just among his yahoo supporters. We have seen it here on this forum, where the New York Times, which Trump despises and unceasingly attacks, has been repeatedly characterized as a Vichy collaborator of Trump! We see it in the claim that The Times, and other news outlets, should not have done their duty-bound job and reported the news &#8212; incredibly, the claim that news outlets should not have reported Comey&#8217;s announcement that he was reopening the Clinton e-mail probe; should not have reported that Rosenstein talked about wearing a wire while talking to Trump; the implicit and breathtaking claim that everything, everywhere, should be based on an empire of lies.

In his first Inaugural Address, Lincoln said this:

Plainly, the central idea of secession is the essence of anarchy. A majority, held in restraint by constitutional checks and limitations and always changing easily with deliberate changes of popular opinions and sentiments, is the only true sovereign of a free people. Whoever rejects it does of necessity fly to anarchy or despotism. Unanimity is impossible; the rule of a minority, as a permanent arrangement, is wholly inadmissible; so that, rejecting the majority principle, anarchy or despotism in some form is all that is left.

I have bolded the key point.&#8232;

The rule of a minority, which Lincoln dismissed as &#8220;wholly inadmissible,&#8221; is now an established fact. It began with the stolen election of 2000. It accelerated with 2016. In both cases, the minority vote prevailed over the majority &#8212; it reminds me of that scene in Gangs of New York, after Bill the Butcher kills the Irish barber elected sheriff and says, &#8220;That, my friends, is the minority vote.&#8221; The Trumpitistas are Bill the Butcher. 

The minority vote is now enshrined on the Supreme Court with two justices appointed by this filthy monster in the White House, the second of whom is beyond the pale for reasons not even worth rehashing.

You mention that the U.S. may not last forever. Exactly. There is no reason to put up with this, with permanent minority rule and the spreading of a culture of lies and irrationality, a culture that may even be spreading even among the left. 

Lincoln deprecated secession on the grounds that rejecting the majority principle leads to anarchy or despotism. But he also pointedly noted that the rule of a minority, as a permanent arrangement, is &#8220;wholly inadmissible.&#8221; But that is where we are!

On these grounds, secession is wholly acceptable. There is no reason why a state like California, which has the seventh-largest world economy, should have to put up with the Red-State yahoos who depend upon the taxes of the residents of California and other blue states, the exact opposite of how Red State residents, force-fed Fox News propaganda, think things really are! There is no reason why any blue state should be subject to the demented Supreme Court rulings that are to come, on a court that has now been contaminated with a turd like Kavanagh. There is no reason why any rational or humane person should any longer consent to live under a government in which Trump is president, the Republicans are in charge, and the Supreme Court has been lost to Red-State minority rule, likely for decades to come.

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[Post 2726]
Author : Ari
Date : 10-21-2018 11:31 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

There is no reason why a state like California, which has the seventh-largest world economy, should have to put up with the Red-State yahoos who depend upon the taxes of the residents of California and other blue states, the exact opposite of how Red State residents, force-fed Fox News propaganda, think things really are!
This is quite true when it comes to residents but California can really be separated out into residents and corporations.  Many corporations are oh so happy with what the republicans do for them, or in many cases what they prevent the democrats from doing. Our poor labor laws benefit many silicon valley startups quite happily.  Hell Uber's entire businessmodel hinges on the idea that none of their drivers work 'for them' and thus don't get the same rights and considerations as people who do.

Even when the republican party is doing things they don't like, this large economy sitting mostly in the hands of corporations does what lots of money does to lots of people, like that Kanye West fella, it insulates and corporations see this more as weathering a stupid storm than any reason to truely revolt.

As far as general residents, then yes, we really should question why we keep giving money to these states that then bully us around, make us the enemy and go against their own stated beliefs of states rights when it suits them.

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[Post 2727]
Author : erimir
Date : 10-22-2018 09:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The rot is a virus attacking facts, truth, and rationality itself &#8212; and not just among his yahoo supporters. We have seen it here on this forum, where the New York Times, which Trump despises and unceasingly attacks, has been repeatedly characterized as a Vichy collaborator of Trump!Ironically, this is pretty much the only claim you make that isn't a blatant lie. The Man has called the NYT the Vichy NYT, sure. This is, of course, a subjective judgment of whether their coverage is too soft on him. Much like it was a subjective judgment that "the resistance" (and presumably I, as the starter of that thread) were the equivalent of "Petainists". I didn't see you complaining about that one, of course.
We see it in the claim that The Times, and other news outlets, should not have done their duty-bound job and reported the newsThis is a lie.
incredibly, the claim that news outlets should not have reported Comey&#8217;s announcement that he was reopening the Clinton e-mail probeThis is indeed incredible, because it is not believable, because it did not happen and is a lie.

There is a reason davidm won't be quoting me saying that.
should not have reported that Rosenstein talked about wearing a wire while talking to TrumpThis is also inaccurate but I'm willing to extend the benefit of the doubt that davidm is just being uncharitable rather than blatantly lying (since he has been corrected multiple times on the prior claim, so he ought to know it is definitely a lie). The criticism was about the content and manner of their reporting, not whether it would be newsworthy at all.
the implicit and breathtaking claim that everything, everywhere, should be based on an empire of lies.This is an amazing level of projection.
The minority vote is now enshrined on the Supreme Court with two justices appointed by this filthy monster in the White House, the second of whom is beyond the pale for reasons not even worth rehashing.See, now, I'm not going to passive-aggressively reference your past arguments, or mischaracterize what you said. I will directly quote you, because I'm not a liar projecting accusations of dishonesty.
I will add that I think Trump, if elected, [...] will not appoint Scalias to the Supreme Court.
You seem to wildly swing from thinking Trump was possibly (probably?) not as bad as Clinton, to using the fact of her popular vote victory being paired with Trump's election now meaning our only viable response is secession and, the very probable result of that, civil war and massive economic dislocation.

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[Post 2728]
Author : SR71
Date : 10-30-2018 05:10 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump sends racist tweet about Andrew Gillum, Democratic gubernatorial candidate in Florida – ThinkProgress (https://thinkprogress.org/trump-posts-racist-tweet-about-andrew-gillum-ebd03ac9d830/)

From the Twit in Chief 
“In Florida there is a choice between a Harvard/Yale educated man named @RonDeSantisFL who has been a great Congressman and will be a great Governor – and a Dem who is a thief and who is Mayor of poorly run Tallahassee, said to be one of the most corrupt cities in the Country!” Trump tweeted, alluding to Gillum, who is running to become the first black governor in Florida’s history.

A Gillum win would be so :D.  

From the link -
Gillum is an alum of Florida A&M, a highly-rated historically black college and university. Despite what Trump would have you believe, Gillum has never been convicted of a crime.

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[Post 2729]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-30-2018 06:40 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A squint and check back tomorrow or next week thrad:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I wasn&#39;t going to report on this, but I think my fears are coming true. Based on information that I am privy to, I believe false accusations will be spread about Mueller in order to discredit him and possibly the journalists who are preparing this story. <a href="https://t.co/HQXTvPYirD">https://t.co/HQXTvPYirD</a></p>&mdash; Scott Stedman (@ScottMStedman) <a href="https://twitter.com/ScottMStedman/status/1057136275759611905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 30, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2730]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-30-2018 08:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Welp, here we go.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">13 days ago I received this tip alleging an attempt to pay off women to make up accusations of sexual misconduct against Special Counsel Bob Mueller. Other reporters received the same email. Now the Special Counsel&#39;s office is telling us they&#39;ve referred the matter to the FBI <a href="https://t.co/oqh4Fnel5u">pic.twitter.com/oqh4Fnel5u</a></p>&mdash; Yashar Ali &#55357;&#56344; (@yashar) <a href="https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1057325791187427328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 30, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This started w/ a person claiming to be &#39;Lorraine&#39; emailing that &#39;she&#39; worked with Mueller at a law firm in 1974. The law firm she named, Pillsbury, says no Lorraine worked in its S.F. office with Mueller in the 1970&#39;s. That&#39;s a fact. The rest seems fishier than a tuna sandwich.</p>&mdash; Jane Mayer (@JaneMayerNYer) <a href="https://twitter.com/JaneMayerNYer/status/1057339388487757824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 30, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2731]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-31-2018 03:06 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Gateway Pundit, which published  the Jacob Wohl-backed dossier filled with wild accusations about Mueller, is back-pedaling fast. They've taken down the file and are now trying to claim Mueller making a criminal referral to the FBI is an abuse of government power. <a href="https://t.co/71uWGQjSfI">pic.twitter.com/71uWGQjSfI</a></p>&mdash; Will Sommer (@willsommer) <a href="https://twitter.com/willsommer/status/1057408324914823169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 30, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Proof Levels:<br>Beyond a Reasonable Doubt<br>Clear And Convincing Evidence<br>Preponderance of Evidence<br>Probable Cause<br>Prima Facie Evidence<br>Total Lack of Evidence<br>Level of Evidence Where Gateway Pundit Bails</p>&mdash; PickUpTheVoiceMailMomHat (@Popehat) <a href="https://twitter.com/Popehat/status/1057419677436014592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 30, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2732]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-31-2018 09:12 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Oh christ, lol

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">They did. <a href="https://t.co/7y3YvssaJK">https://t.co/7y3YvssaJK</a></p>&mdash; Ronan Farrow (@RonanFarrow) <a href="https://twitter.com/RonanFarrow/status/1057476255623405569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 31, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2733]
Author : JoeP
Date : 10-31-2018 01:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Catch me up on this. A Mueller smear was suspected, then confirmed, and outed as a baseless smear before it went anywhere?

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[Post 2734]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 10-31-2018 02:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Catch me up on this. A Mueller smear was suspected, then confirmed, and outed as a baseless smear before it went anywhere?

That is the gist of it, but the details are so much funnier. Like amazingly stupid as motherfuckers funny :lol:

Some highlights:

Jacob Wohl (hipster coffee shop dude from Twitter, MAGA asshat) claims to have nothing to do with Surefire ('company' involved in the Mueller smear attempt). Turns out he forgot he used his name on the site registration. Patton Oswalt on Twitter: "(Jacobâ&#8364;&#8482;s name is LITERALLY on the registration for the fake website for the fake company that is making these claims)â&#8364;¦ https://t.co/8R3ZIoqX2s" (https://twitter.com/pattonoswalt/status/1057355697954807808)

Also turns out a phone number for Surefire redirects to a voicemail account registered to his mom. 
Surefire's 'employee' pictures turn out to be various models from stock photos... and Christopher Waltz :lol: And Sigourney Weaver's husband.

Pictures of 'Matthew Cohen' the Managing Partner at Surefire are spitting image of Jacob.

This looks like a decent breakdown - Attention Required! | Cloudflare (https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-the-crazy-cabal-trying-to-smear-robert-mueller?ref=home)

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[Post 2735]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-31-2018 07:22 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Here's another round up: Jacob Wohl and the plot to smear Robert Mueller, explained - Vox (https://www.vox.com/2018/10/30/18044110/robert-mueller-jacob-wohl-jack-burkman-surefire)

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[Post 2736]
Author : Ari
Date : 10-31-2018 08:54 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ya know, for a group that likes to claim everything is a false flag... they sure are bad at false flags!

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[Post 2737]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-01-2018 01:17 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Jacob Wohl trying to scam Robert Mueller is like the scene in the first 10 minutes of every Terminator film where a guy punches the robot and breaks his hand</p>&mdash; Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeDrucker/status/1057365120798674944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 30, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2738]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-01-2018 08:48 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

RPG.net bans vocal support of Donald Trump.

 New Ban: Do Not Post In Support of Trump or his Administration (https://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?835849-New-Ban-Do-Not-Post-In-Support-of-Trump-or-his-Administration)

Pull quote:
We are banning support of Donald Trump or his administration on the RPGnet forums. This is because his public comments, policies, and the makeup of his administration are so wholly incompatible with our values that formal political neutrality is not tenable. We can be welcoming to (for example) persons of every ethnicity who want to talk about games, or we can allow support for open white supremacy. Not both.

Not suggesting that policy for this very differently focused forum, but they put a lot of thought into what's right for inclusiveness in a games forum.

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[Post 2739]
Author : JoeP
Date : 11-01-2018 09:25 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ya know, for a group that likes to claim everything is a false flag... they sure are bad at false flags!

It's not about doing things well ... it's about the millions who'll just think well I never liked Mueller you never know there's probably something to it I don't know who to trust any more I'll just trust a TV game-show host

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[Post 2740]
Author : JoeP
Date : 11-01-2018 09:26 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Not suggesting that policy for this very differently focused forum, but they put a lot of thought into what's right for inclusiveness in a games forum.

We don't ban things. We girly-gang them.

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[Post 2741]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-01-2018 09:40 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Not suggesting that policy for this very differently focused forum, but they put a lot of thought into what's right for inclusiveness in a games forum.

We don't ban things. We girly-gang them.

Chumpmuncher, we hardly knew him.

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[Post 2742]
Author : SR71
Date : 11-01-2018 02:50 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

He's probably locked up for meth.

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[Post 2743]
Author : Limoncello
Date : 11-01-2018 03:04 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

What's a girly gang?

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[Post 2744]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 11-01-2018 04:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It was a term coined by ZEZE I believe. It applies to some nebulous definition of the Thanks-ing mob around here.

I'm not sure exactly when it started, but it's been somewhat (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?p=497385#post497385) discussed (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?p=550391#post550391) around  (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?p=401066#post401066)these parts.

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[Post 2745]
Author : Limoncello
Date : 11-01-2018 05:10 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

where do i sign up?

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[Post 2746]
Author : JoeP
Date : 11-01-2018 05:12 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

where do i sign up?

Try [thanks]ing a lot of posts until someone notices :yup:

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[Post 2747]
Author : Crumb
Date : 11-01-2018 06:09 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I think you can just go here and join: Freethought Forum (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/group.php?groupid=1)

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[Post 2748]
Author : Limoncello
Date : 11-01-2018 06:15 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I wouldn't join a group that would have me for a member.

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[Post 2749]
Author : Ensign Steve
Date : 11-01-2018 06:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

where do i sign up?

Try [thanks]ing a lot of posts until someone notices :yup:

WHOA! (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?p=550419#post550419)

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[Post 2750]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-01-2018 08:18 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Here's another round up: Jacob Wohl and the plot to smear Robert Mueller, explained - Vox (https://www.vox.com/2018/10/30/18044110/robert-mueller-jacob-wohl-jack-burkman-surefire)

With the sheer volume of circus from today's 'press release' I decided to do my one stop shopping with Popehat:

PickUpTheVoiceMailMomHat (@Popehat) | Twitter (https://twitter.com/Popehat)

Most unintentionally to the point take:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Jack Burkman&#39;s fly is down. &#128680;&#128680;&#128680;</p>&mdash; Jared Holt (@jaredlholt) <a href="https://twitter.com/jaredlholt/status/1058033579463245829?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 1, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2751]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-02-2018 06:54 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Brian J. Karem on Twitter: "POTUS says he is putting up "massive cities of tents", "thousands of tents" - or camps with a concentration of illegal immigrants. The overall numbers he claims could be 10, 12 or 20 million people. "The size of Vermont" he says." (https://twitter.com/BrianKarem/status/1058094174229147649)

plus

Brian J. Karem on Twitter: "NOW: POTUS just said refugees throwing rocks will be dealt with as if they were using firearms..." (https://twitter.com/BrianKarem/status/1058097043179298816)

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[Post 2752]
Author : The Man
Date : 11-02-2018 08:28 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Brian J. Karem on Twitter: "POTUS says he is putting up "massive cities of tents", "thousands of tents" - or camps with a concentration of illegal immigrants. The overall numbers he claims could be 10, 12 or 20 million people. "The size of Vermont" he says." (https://twitter.com/BrianKarem/status/1058094174229147649)

plus

Brian J. Karem on Twitter: "NOW: POTUS just said refugees throwing rocks will be dealt with as if they were using firearms..." (https://twitter.com/BrianKarem/status/1058097043179298816)

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¯_(&#12484;)_/¯

Yeah, about that:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">FWIW, there is no leader in the military - Officer or NCO - who would allow a soldier to shoot at an individual throwing a rock. They know that violates the rules of engagement, the law of land warfare &amp; the values those in the military believe. It would be an unlawful order.</p>&mdash; Mark Hertling (@MarkHertling) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkHertling/status/1058105130300727300?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">1 November 2018</a></blockquote>
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Referring to the U.S. military, obviously, since it&#8217;s a different story in Israel, but I kinda suspect that Hertling&#8217;s assessment is accurate. (Hertling, unlike me, has served.) Clearly I have more respect for our military than our president* does.

&#8230;also, this.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We had rocks thrown at us all the time in Afghanistan. Responding with lethal force is a fucking war crime. <a href="https://t.co/CqKYWfy3so">https://t.co/CqKYWfy3so</a></p>&mdash; Joe Kassabian (@jkass99) <a href="https://twitter.com/jkass99/status/1058113026526572544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">1 November 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2753]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-02-2018 09:20 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ah, they should be sending the Ferguson PD backed up with Zimmerman, then.

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[Post 2754]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-02-2018 09:11 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/nk2vKvHuaL">pic.twitter.com/nk2vKvHuaL</a></p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1058388700617498625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">How do you say trademark misuse in Dothraki?</p>&mdash; HBO (@HBO) <a href="https://twitter.com/HBO/status/1058424663972478976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2755]
Author : The Man
Date : 11-02-2018 10:19 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/nk2vKvHuaL">pic.twitter.com/nk2vKvHuaL</a></p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1058388700617498625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">How do you say trademark misuse in Dothraki?</p>&mdash; HBO (@HBO) <a href="https://twitter.com/HBO/status/1058424663972478976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Great answer. The judges would also have accepted "lawsuits are coming" or "You know nothing, Donald Trump", though of course the latter is monstrously unfair to Jon Snow. A wild card answer would be Ramsay Bolton fed to his dogs, but the Secret Service might need to be consulted on its acceptability in context.

... also, today's entry in "hoist with his own petard" and "for every action, there is an equal and opposite Trump tweet":

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The judge in the emoluments clause case cited this tweet from <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a> to reject Trump's argument that any lawsuit would impose undue burdens on the presidency. <br>In this tweet, Trump actually invited a lawsuit from one of his enemies! He's got time, it seems. <a href="https://t.co/RTQbWUhahr">https://t.co/RTQbWUhahr</a></p>&mdash; David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) <a href="https://twitter.com/Fahrenthold/status/1058431024265355265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2756]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-03-2018 09:34 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Nigerian Army Uses Trump’s Words to Justify Fatal Shooting of Rock-Throwing Protesters (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/02/world/africa/nigeria-trump-rocks.html)

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[Post 2757]
Author : JoeP
Date : 11-03-2018 12:32 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Does this mean Nigeria is no longer a shithole country but an important ally?

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[Post 2758]
Author : Crumb
Date : 11-05-2018 04:15 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Warning: There is much sadness at the end of this video.

Family Separation: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) - YouTube

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[Post 2759]
Author : JoeP
Date : 11-05-2018 05:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Also at the beginning ...

The uploader has not made this video available in your country.

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[Post 2760]
Author : lisarea
Date : 11-05-2018 10:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

There is also a proposal to broaden "public charge" designations (https://www.mprnews.org/story/2018/10/23/public-charge-rule-blamed-for-chilling-effect-among-immigrants), which will be absolutely horrific on several different levels.

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[Post 2761]
Author : Kyuss Apollo
Date : 11-06-2018 05:41 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Me voting in 2016 vs me voting in 2018 <a href="https://t.co/wM8l1uGvLe">pic.twitter.com/wM8l1uGvLe</a></p>&mdash; Jennifer Reitman (@JenniferReitman) <a href="https://twitter.com/JenniferReitman/status/1059467406572052480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 5, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2762]
Author : Ensign Steve
Date : 11-06-2018 06:48 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Me on Election Day 2016 vs. Me on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ElectionDay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ElectionDay</a> 2018 <a href="https://t.co/2ZQna2K1Na">pic.twitter.com/2ZQna2K1Na</a></p>&mdash; Jordan Meehan &#55356;&#57331;&#65039;*&#55356;&#57096; (@JordanMeehan) <a href="https://twitter.com/JordanMeehan/status/1059556946313928706?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 5, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2763]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 11-07-2018 07:48 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Jeff Sessions is out. Happy to see the back of the little racist piece of shit, but you know the replacement will be just as bad.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Jeff Sessions has resigned. <a href="https://t.co/HJ5ypVzjmv">https://t.co/HJ5ypVzjmv</a></p>&mdash; Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) <a href="https://twitter.com/NatashaBertrand/status/1060256960690507778?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">7 November 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2764]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 11-07-2018 08:22 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Huh. I wonder why Matthew Whitaker is the acting AG.

lol j/k. No need to wonder. The reason is exactly what you think it is (https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2017/08/06/opinions/rosenstein-should-curb-mueller-whittaker-opinion/index.html).

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[Post 2765]
Author : JoeP
Date : 11-07-2018 08:26 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

iow
He will serve our Country me well....
:fixed:

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[Post 2766]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 11-07-2018 08:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Jeff Sessions is out. Happy to see the back of the little racist piece of shit, but you know the replacement will be just as bad.


At first glance, Matthew G. Whitaker looks like he's only a piece of shit, not a racist one.

He's still the type of guy Trump seems to like to appoint, old, white, male, very religious, conservative and probably entirely corrupt.

That white nationalist POS Steven Miller is still there, though.  He's probably the worst xenophobe in the white house.

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[Post 2767]
Author : The Man
Date : 11-07-2018 09:21 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This is potentially bad for one reason specifically: the Mueller investigation. Sessions' recusal was the main factor protecting it. There's no indication Whitaker will protect it, and the current signs suggest quite the opposite, in fact.

However, the odds Mueller hasn't already prepared for this eventuality are quite low. Odds are that he's already shared everything he knows with the NY AG and other sources.

Regardless, much as I despise the Racist Keebler Elf, I'm not sure this is a good thing. Can't imagine the NY AG's office having as much power to flip witnesses as the FBI. Same deal with the House. We should be prepared to get out on the streets if anything happens to Mueller, even us introverts.

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[Post 2768]
Author : Ari
Date : 11-07-2018 09:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

My hope is that it doesn't matter and that we will be hearing from the investigation soon.  Now that midterms are over there's no way to be accused of trying to sway elections and they can get right down to the business of jailing corrupt people in the turning door white house.  
I feel like we are slowly but steadily headed to the day where this will be uttered in court, "I most popular vote elected president Donald Trump, it's true, it's been proven, fake votes for Hillary, I got the most, with the highest approval score of any president of all time, declare that Mr. Donald J. Trump is enumerated and pardoned from any crimes that they, the fake media, claims he has committed, which aren't true, there was no collusion, I president do decree.  Signed President Trump *fake signing hand motion* *smug smile*"
And we get to see if that is taken seriously or laughed out of the court room.

Which is to say that some of my final hopes of a reasonable government rests on this investigation and just how accountable our government officials are to things like the people and laws in general, or if we are basically just electing strange monarchs and their weird families.

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[Post 2769]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 11-07-2018 10:19 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Jeff Sessions has resigned. <a href="https://t.co/HJ5ypVzjmv">https://t.co/HJ5ypVzjmv</a></p>&mdash; Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) <a href="https://twitter.com/NatashaBertrand/status/1060256960690507778?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">7 November 2018</a></blockquote>
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"Dear Mr President, at your request I am submitting my resignation, ..."

So resignation in name only then.  Michael Moore predicts that the sacking resignation of Special Counsel Mueller is imminent.

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[Post 2770]
Author : The Man
Date : 11-08-2018 04:49 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Adam Silverman&#8217;s (and Asha Rangappa&#8217;s) thoughts on Whitaker (https://www.balloon-juice.com/2018/11/07/the-mueller-investigation-a-few-thoughts/) and Cheryl Rofer&#8217;s (and David Roberts&#8217;) thoughts on Trump&#8217;s narcissism (https://www.balloon-juice.com/2018/11/07/analyzing-trumps-actions-through-the-lens-of-toxic-narcissism/). Both worth reading in full, but the short version of Silverman&#8217;s is that the intelligence community is likely to react to any attempts to put constraints on their investigation with selective leaks of information that serve as warning shots across the bow, and of Rofer&#8217;s is that that Trump may have fired Sessions more out of narcissistic pettiness than anything else, which would mean that it might (might) be awhile longer before he seriously contemplates firing Mueller.

We should still be prepared to get out on the street if anything happens, but it might not happen immediately. A lot of unknown variables still.

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[Post 2771]
Author : JoeP
Date : 11-08-2018 09:49 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/Flks7Ng.jpg

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[Post 2772]
Author : SR71
Date : 11-08-2018 03:32 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I think a lot of Derp Fuhrer's goal was to change the subject away from the election.  He can't stand people discussing that he lost, why he lost, how bad he lost etc.  

In any case I assume Mueller has some plan for making sure whatever evidence he has continues to be in play even if his investigation shuts down.  If that's valid, shutting it down could well blow up in T Rump's face by making a stronger case for obstruction, yes, no?

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[Post 2773]
Author : JoeP
Date : 11-09-2018 09:50 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

.. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181109/b5fa42acbd0f1c20f227babb43b07e8d.jpg

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[Post 2774]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-09-2018 06:09 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm sure he was just the coffee boy.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I think all of these low-level crooks are just starting to realizing that being a minor player in a major conspiracy is a major problem. <br><br> <a href="https://t.co/HfYCihHf0k">https://t.co/HfYCihHf0k</a></p>&mdash; The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) <a href="https://twitter.com/HoarseWisperer/status/1060936390484070400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 9, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2775]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-11-2018 12:17 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Guys how would I even think of this mix of people <a href="https://t.co/xKMfsL5VAN">https://t.co/xKMfsL5VAN</a></p>&mdash; Daniel Dale (@ddale8) <a href="https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1061275015990132737?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 10, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2776]
Author : Ari
Date : 11-11-2018 03:25 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I ugh, don't think our president is playing with a full deck, but ugh, thank you very muuch.
:elvis:

Hey, yes, what about that Babe Ruth Chap! He deserves some recognition for the hard work he has done and the sacrifices he's made!
:homer:
He didn't actually invent the candy bar Homer.
:smithers:
Oww... he didn't?  Well that's false advertising!
:homer:

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[Post 2777]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-13-2018 08:29 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A, uh, thread.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Holy Shitballs: Matt Drudge deleted his entire twitter account. Shows 596,000 followers and zero tweets. <a href="https://t.co/g5IHm49ZrY">https://t.co/g5IHm49ZrY</a> Thanks <a href="https://twitter.com/karmakid1_diane?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@karmakid1_diane</a> for the heads up!</p>&mdash; Dirk Schwenk (@DirkSchwenk) <a href="https://twitter.com/DirkSchwenk/status/1062059020943548420?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 12, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

It seems a variety of characters have stopped tweeting. And. More stuff.

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[Post 2778]
Author : JoeP
Date : 11-13-2018 10:32 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yes, this is literally the first time this administration has seemed close to imploding. :huh?:

I predict nothing will happen. Just in case nothing happens.

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[Post 2779]
Author : The Man
Date : 11-13-2018 07:17 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Remember how last year, and again earlier this year, I was predicting that the charges might graduate to treason?

Well, yeah. About that.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Well now. Russians claiming a hack of the DNC was a legitimate &quot;military attack&quot;<br><br>That's going to have repercussions for the Americans who were conspiring with them. <a href="https://t.co/ixw1jkl0Uj">https://t.co/ixw1jkl0Uj</a></p>&mdash; Emma Kennedy (@EmmaKennedy) <a href="https://twitter.com/EmmaKennedy/status/1062354151550713858?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 13, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Tick tock, motherfuckers.

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[Post 2780]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 11-13-2018 07:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It looks like Nielsen is just about finished (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-is-preparing-to-remove-kirstjen-nielsen-as-homeland-security-secretary-aides-say/2018/11/12/77111496-e6b0-11e8-bbdb-72fdbf9d4fed_story.html?utm_term=.b1e041d707dd) as DHS Secretary, and White House Chief of Staff John Kelly may be on thin ice as well. After last Tuesday, however, there's no shortage of shitbag GOP Nazi jerb-seekers.

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[Post 2781]
Author : Ari
Date : 11-13-2018 08:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This administration:
https://media.giphy.com/media/fDO2Nk0ImzvvW/giphy.gif

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[Post 2782]
Author : The Man
Date : 11-13-2018 08:09 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

&#8230;Grampa Simpson libelz?

Anyway, if the rumours that Nielsen is Kelly's side piece are true, this could potentially turn awkward fast once Shit Midas asks him to fire her.

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[Post 2783]
Author : JoeP
Date : 11-17-2018 04:04 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Commander in crap: Donald Trump toilet brush making bathrooms great again - NZ Herald (https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=12159999)

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/-R351f9MPX-CKwIU06XXVwFMg-g=/375x207/smart/filters:quality(70)/arc-anglerfish-syd-prod-nzme.s3.amazonaws.com/public/722JAV7GEJDNJC36HB5P4NPWSQ.jpg

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[Post 2784]
Author : JoeP
Date : 11-18-2018 07:14 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Rake news: How social media trolled Trump about raking Finnish forests (https://inktank.fi/rake-news-how-social-media-trolled-trump-about-raking-finnish-forests/)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RakeAmericaGreatAgain?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RakeAmericaGreatAgain</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RakeNews?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RakeNews</a> - I haven&#39;t laughed that much as I laughed today. Thanks <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a> &#55357;&#56834;&#55357;&#56397;&#55356;&#57339; <a href="https://t.co/fkmazWBvVb">pic.twitter.com/fkmazWBvVb</a></p>&mdash; Emilia Inkinen (@ilikewoolsocks) <a href="https://twitter.com/ilikewoolsocks/status/1064129086912647168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">18 November 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="fi" dir="ltr">Just an ordinary day in the Finnish forest ~ Ihan normipäivä suomalaisessa metsässä <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Trump?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Trump</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/forest?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#forest</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/firesafety?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#firesafety</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/raking?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#raking</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/forestry?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#forestry</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Finland?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Finland</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Finnish?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Finnish</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CaliforniaFire?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CaliforniaFire</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RakingAmericaGreatAgain?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RakingAmericaGreatAgain</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/rakingtheforest?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#rakingtheforest</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Suomi?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Suomi</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/haravointi?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#haravointi</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/mets%C3%A4palot?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#metsäpalot</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/rakingleaves?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#rakingleaves</a> <a href="https://t.co/YOKA3D6C2K">pic.twitter.com/YOKA3D6C2K</a></p>&mdash; Pyry Luminen (@pyryluminen) <a href="https://twitter.com/pyryluminen/status/1064159712919334917?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">18 November 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2785]
Author : maddog
Date : 11-18-2018 09:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

raketeering

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[Post 2786]
Author : godfry n. glad
Date : 11-18-2018 11:19 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So, JoeP....What is Miisa's part in keeping Finland's forest floors clean?

Does she make you pick up sticks and leaves when you go on long romantic walks to the sauna?

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[Post 2787]
Author : Ari
Date : 11-19-2018 04:08 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

After touring the disaster zone Trump assured the residents of "Pleasure" California that they were on top of things and not to worry.  

Trump Met With Backlash After Inadvertently Referring To &#8216;Paradise&#8217; As &#8216;Pleasure&#8217; « CBS Los Angeles (https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2018/11/18/trump-backlash-pleasure-paradise-blunder/) (Note potential autoplay video)

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[Post 2788]
Author : JoeP
Date : 11-19-2018 09:18 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So, JoeP....What is Miisa's part in keeping Finland's forest floors clean?

Does she make you pick up sticks and leaves when you go on long romantic walks to the sauna?

No ... the sauna is in the same building. No forests intervene.

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[Post 2789]
Author : JoeP
Date : 11-19-2018 09:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

(Note potential autoplay video)

[thanks] for the warning. :yup: 
90% of news sites seem to do this. :sadyup:

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[Post 2790]
Author : lisarea
Date : 11-19-2018 03:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I like the ones where the video is completely unrelated to what you're trying to read. 

And the ones where the video is just a reallllly slow crawl of the first paragraph of the article overlaid onto a fuzzy picture and set to shitty music. 

This is actually probably Facebook's fault (https://medium.com/@hankgreen/theft-lies-and-facebook-video-656b0ffed369). They were lying about their video views for years, giving advertisers and others the impression that people want videos waaay more than they actually do.

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[Post 2791]
Author : godfry n. glad
Date : 11-19-2018 08:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So, JoeP....What is Miisa's part in keeping Finland's forest floors clean?

Does she make you pick up sticks and leaves when you go on long romantic walks to the sauna?

No ... the sauna is in the same building. No forests intervene.

Well, damn.  I would think that a sauna as a separate outbuilding would encourage more immediate forest floor grooming.  I just assumed that because Finland's forests are so much more immaculately groomed than those in California that the entire populous must be involved in the raking.  Frankly, I've always thought of the Finns as pretty rakish, anyway.  (Although, who knows what they might accomplish with Mexicans?)

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[Post 2792]
Author : JoeP
Date : 11-19-2018 09:29 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trying to imagine if Trump had been POTUS in August 2010, when CIA first briefed the Bin Laden lead to the WH. The odds Trump could&#39;ve made it to May 2011 without Tweeting, talking on a non-secure line, boasting at a rally, or telling the Russians in the Oval are about nil. <a href="https://t.co/cbMsNXaY6g">https://t.co/cbMsNXaY6g</a></p>&mdash; Ned Price (@nedprice) <a href="https://twitter.com/nedprice/status/1064555555287678976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">19 November 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2793]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 11-20-2018 11:48 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ivanka Trump used personal email for White House business - BBC News (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46271021)

Donald Trump said that Ivanka's use of a private server to send official emails while in her post as special assistant was a scandal "bigger than Watergate".

He repeatedly criticised her conduct, calling her actions "illegal" and a threat to the security of the US.

Mr Trump frequently encouraged crowds at rallies to chant "lock her up" and vowed to imprison Ivanka over the saga.

He also called on Russia to help locate some 30,000 emails that Ivanka had not turned over to investigators after she, or her lawyers, determined it was unnecessary as they were personal messages.

lol not really

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[Post 2794]
Author : JoeP
Date : 11-20-2018 05:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/p34kgKx.jpg

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[Post 2795]
Author : JoeP
Date : 11-20-2018 06:26 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Typical Trump, just appealing to his rakist support base.

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[Post 2796]
Author : Ari
Date : 11-20-2018 06:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The amusing part here is that as a more rural town, Paradise voted for Trump in the election.  I assume many feel they are getting exactly what they voted for and are happy with his service...

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[Post 2797]
Author : The Man
Date : 11-20-2018 10:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm starting to think the writers of this show are completely incapable of subtlety.

Trump tried to order the DOJ to prosecute Clinton and Comey - Lawyers, Guns & Money (http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2018/11/trump-tried-order-doj-prosecute-clinton-comey)

I'm as shocked as Captain Louis Renault or Philip J. Fry.

Casablanca gambling? I'm shocked! - YouTube

Fry is Shocked! - YouTube

ETA: The Foreign Minister of Iran:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mr. Trump bizarrely devotes the FIRST paragraph of his shameful statement on Saudi atrocities to accuse IRAN of every sort of malfeasance he can think of. Perhaps we&#8217;re also responsible for the California fires, because we didn&#8217;t help rake the forests&#8212; just like the Finns do?</p>&mdash; Javad Zarif (@JZarif) <a href="https://twitter.com/JZarif/status/1064951977174581249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 20, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

We truly live in the Upside-Down.

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[Post 2798]
Author : SR71
Date : 11-23-2018 05:50 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Prominent birther and Roger Stone ally in plea negotiations with Mueller: report | Alternet (https://www.alternet.org/prominent-birther-and-roger-stone-ally-plea-negotiations-mueller-report)

Corsi is reportedly in plea negotiations with Mueller, which the Post notes &#8220;could bring Mueller&#8217;s team closer to determining whether Trump or his advisers were linked to WikiLeaks&#8217; release of hacked Democratic emails in 2016, a key partof his long-running inquiry.&#8221;

Mueller is interested in determining whether Corsi had advanced knowledge of WikiLeak&#8217;s founder Julian Assange&#8217;s plan to release emails damaging to Hillary Clinton&#8217;s 2016 presidential campaign.

In addition to being the Big Birther, he's also known for pushing the cornucopian belief in abiogenesis of oil.  He wrote the book on it. (https://www.amazon.com/Great-Oil-Conspiracy-Government-Discovery/dp/1620871629)  It got a glowing review from Roger Stone.  

"Jerry Corsi may just be the best investigative journalist working today and this incredible book proves it."&#8213;Roger Stone, New York Times bestselling author 

Incredible applies, though not in the sense Roger intended.

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[Post 2799]
Author : SR71
Date : 11-24-2018 03:56 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump loses bid to dismiss New York lawsuit over his charity (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-loses-bid-to-dismiss-new-york-lawsuit-over-his-charity/ar-BBQ1BrT)

More bad news for Derp Fuhrer.  

In a decision made public on Friday, Justice Saliann Scarpulla of the state supreme court in Manhattan said Attorney General Barbara Underwood could pursue claims alleging breach of fiduciary duty, improper self-dealing, and misuse of assets of the Donald J. Trump Foundation.

Trump's adult children — Donald Jr., Eric and Ivanka — are also defendants in the case, which began on June 14. Ivanka Trump is also a senior aide to her father.

Drain the swamp!

"The Trump Foundation functioned as little more than a checkbook to serve Mr. Trump's business and political interests," Underwood said in a statement. "There are rules that govern private foundations — and we intend to enforce them."

Snowflake triggered.

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[Post 2800]
Author : Ari
Date : 11-26-2018 08:47 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's time once again for the annual Melania Trump Christmas haunted house!
Melania's New Christmas Hell House Is Up - Wonkette (https://www.wonkette.com/melanias-new-christmas-hell-house-is-up)

Traditional blood trees,
https://assets.rbl.ms/18925850/980x.png

Be Best pencil Anus wreath,
https://assets.rbl.ms/18925901/980x.png

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[Post 2801]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 11-26-2018 08:50 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I said, those jobs have left Ohio. They’re all coming back. They’re all coming back. Don’t move, don’t sell your house.

We’re going to fill up those factories or rip them down and build new ones. After years and years of sending our jobs and wealth to other countries, we are finally standing up for our workers and for our companies. ... We never again will sacrifice Ohio jobs and those in other states to enrich other countries.

~ Blubbington P. McDumbfuck (https://www.dispatch.com/news/20170726/trump-in-youngstown-says-jobs-are-coming-back-to-ohio) to a cheering crowd in Youngstown, Ohio (July 26, 2017).

And today (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/26/business/general-motors-cutbacks.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage):

General Motors said Monday that it planned to idle five factories in North America and cut more than 14,000 blue-collar and salaried jobs in a bid to trim costs.

Yeah yeah, I know. GM announced a billion-dollar profit in the third quarter and just benefited to the tune of another $500 million in tax breaks. So what? The price of GM stock has been flat - FLAT, I say. What the fuck is Mary Barra, the CEO of GM, supposed to do with less-than-primo stock options? Get by on her $22 million annual salary? lol don't be silly.

Naturally, one of the GM facilities involved in today's announcement is the vehicle assembly plant in Lordstown, Ohio (http://www.wfmj.com/story/39538327/sources-general-motors-closing-lordstown), a pillar of the Youngstown-area economy since the mid-1960s. I remember GM opening the plant to public tours not long after its opening. Our whole family piled into the car and headed toward Lordstown to take the tour, but we couldn't get anywhere near the place because of the traffic. I lived in the area for the first 32 years of my life, and knew dozens of people who worked on the Lordstown assembly line. Handwriting's been on the wall for awhile now, what with operations dropping from three shift to one over the last year and a half, but it blows just the same. 

Makes ya wonder exactly how much more winning we can take.

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[Post 2802]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-26-2018 09:47 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

GM related.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/general-motors-closure-oshawa-assembly-plant-1.4920438

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[Post 2803]
Author : SR71
Date : 11-27-2018 01:51 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This year we'll file our first tax returns after the new code goes into effect.  I don't know what to expect.  I think I read that the new standard deduction is doubled from what it used to be.  I don't know if that means we'll pay less taxes relative to what we used to pay?  Suppose the close to median earners find they do benefit significantly from the new law with either bigger refunds or smaller year end tax bills?  How much would that do for tRumps approval rating?  I feel like that's pretty much his last chance to avoid ushering in his own undoing, short of the all but guaranteed war bump.

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[Post 2804]
Author : JoeP
Date : 11-27-2018 03:01 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/QczA5jP.jpg

You know, this would solve Brexit as well as your distasteful political situation.

Of course, we'd have to declare war on Eurasia. always be at war with Eurasia.

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[Post 2805]
Author : SR71
Date : 11-29-2018 07:01 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

First!

Speaking of tax returns. (https://www.alternet.org/federal-investigators-raid-chicago-office-attorney-who-handled-trump-organization-taxes-12-years)

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[Post 2806]
Author : Ari
Date : 11-29-2018 08:49 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:excited:
Like I'm not even sure what we will see in them, but ever since a crook, liar and mentally small child told us not to look, I've wanted to see what shit was in or not in his tax returns.

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[Post 2807]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-30-2018 05:58 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Small thrad on this last week.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Thread: This week has been a game-changer in the Russia investigation. <br><br>Before it was fairly reasonable to doubt where Mueller was headed and say maybe he won&#8217;t implicate Trump. <br><br>There&#8217;s almost no doubt anymore. This investigation will implicate Trump in conspiring w/ Russia 1/</p>&mdash; Max Bergmann (@maxbergmann) <a href="https://twitter.com/maxbergmann/status/1068471083794407426?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 30, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2808]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 11-30-2018 10:50 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://coloradopols.com/mbsputin.gif

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[Post 2809]
Author : JoeP
Date : 11-30-2018 11:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://coloradopols.com/mbsputin.gif

"Damn, it is feeling good to be gangsta, &#1085;&#1077;&#1090;?"

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[Post 2810]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-01-2018 01:35 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">this is one of the greatest newspaper corrections in history <a href="https://t.co/NWUDmMOE70">pic.twitter.com/NWUDmMOE70</a></p>&mdash; Jim Pickard (@PickardJE) <a href="https://twitter.com/PickardJE/status/1068407226153533440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 30, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2811]
Author : JoeP
Date : 12-01-2018 12:42 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://coloradopols.com/mbsputin.gif

Someone produced this.

https://i.imgur.com/UuHEK7a.jpg

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[Post 2812]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-02-2018 07:33 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">When you wrote your thesis on Quantum chemistry and you&#8217;re stuck listening to a reality television host who paints himself the color of 1970s appliances. <a href="https://t.co/Ya1hj1mlai">pic.twitter.com/Ya1hj1mlai</a></p>&mdash; Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) <a href="https://twitter.com/MollyJongFast/status/1069029027250388992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 2, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2813]
Author : Zehava
Date : 12-03-2018 07:10 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That is the best "this guy is a fucking idiot" look I have ever seen.

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[Post 2814]
Author : The Man
Date : 12-03-2018 07:36 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mueller can&#39;t finalize his report if Trump never stops committing crimes.</p>&mdash; Richard (@renuvian) <a href="https://twitter.com/renuvian/status/1069663419572334594?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 3, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2815]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-03-2018 08:52 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mueller can't finalize his report if Trump never stops committing crimes.</p>&mdash; Richard (@renuvian) <a href="https://twitter.com/renuvian/status/1069663419572334594?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 3, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

https://i.chzbgr.com/full/5912277760/hFECC915E/

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[Post 2816]
Author : The Man
Date : 12-04-2018 08:02 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="und" dir="ltr">&#55357;&#56384; <a href="https://t.co/u06Fcw6qZY">pic.twitter.com/u06Fcw6qZY</a></p>&mdash; Yashar Ali &#55357;&#56344; (@yashar) <a href="https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1069809756921974785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">4 December 2018</a></blockquote>
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¯\(°_o)/¯

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[Post 2817]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-05-2018 02:18 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Twitter allowed someone to invade my text with a disgusting anti-President message. The same thing-period no space-occurred later and it didn&#8217;t happen. Don&#8217;t tell me they are not committed cardcarrying anti-Trumpers. Time Magazine also may fit that description. FAIRNESS PLEASE</p>&mdash; Rudy Giuliani (@RudyGiuliani) <a href="https://twitter.com/RudyGiuliani/status/1070118915139923968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 5, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Form a new Cyber Force and build a beautiful new cyberwall. Get India to pay for it.

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[Post 2818]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 12-05-2018 02:20 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Twitter allowed someone to invade my text with a disgusting anti-President message. The same thing-period no space-occurred later and it didn&#8217;t happen. Don&#8217;t tell me they are not committed cardcarrying anti-Trumpers. Time Magazine also may fit that description. FAIRNESS PLEASE</p>&mdash; Rudy Giuliani (@RudyGiuliani) <a href="https://twitter.com/RudyGiuliani/status/1070118915139923968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 5, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Trump names Rudy Giuliani as cybersecurity adviser (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/01/12/trump-names-rudy-giuliani-as-cybersecurity-adviser/)

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[Post 2819]
Author : JoeP
Date : 12-05-2018 10:09 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Can I have just ONE DAY where I don&#39;t mistakenly think something is a parody account?</p>&mdash; Dizzy Miss Lizzy (@chucksandYSL) <a href="https://twitter.com/chucksandYSL/status/1070200853997350913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">5 December 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2820]
Author : lisarea
Date : 12-05-2018 04:46 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It took me a minute to figure out what was going on, because (almost) nobody would even click on that if he weren't having a meltdown over it.

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[Post 2821]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 12-05-2018 08:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump names Rudy Giuliani as cybersecurity adviser (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/01/12/trump-names-rudy-giuliani-as-cybersecurity-adviser/)

I didn't get this initially, apparently Giuliani accidentally typed something that Twitter thought was a URL, so an observant person bought the URL and put an anti-Trump message on the page.

This is how "Twitter allowed someone to invade my text with a disgusting anti-President message".  Technically, that's true, because he doesn't know how to work Twitter, not due to Twitter's bias.

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[Post 2822]
Author : Ari
Date : 12-05-2018 09:03 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yeah but this is the GOP, clearly that he doesn't know how to work twitter or the internet is proof that twitter is biased against him.  If twitter wasn't biased against him, he would know how to work it.

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[Post 2823]
Author : lisarea
Date : 12-05-2018 11:46 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Plus it's not just Twitter. Autolinking text that looks like a URL is a common practice, to the point that one of the bigger copyright trolls was extorting sites and applications that implemented that. 

He doesn't just not know how Twitter works. He doesn't know how any of the cybers work.

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[Post 2824]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 12-06-2018 10:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

lol w/e he knows enough to know that all the cybers are against him except for the cool russia ones period no space

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[Post 2825]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 12-07-2018 03:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This morning, an NPR commentator argued that part of the reason why so many people are lionizing George H. W. Bush and talking about how he represents a bygone era is because of Trump -- because after all, nobody would ever associate the words "duty," "honor" and "decency" with the current resident of the White House.

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[Post 2826]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-07-2018 05:24 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I can't find the source to credit. I read yesterday and nodded along: The people most willing to forgive HW's flaws are mostly the people least harmed by his policies.

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[Post 2827]
Author : JoeP
Date : 12-07-2018 06:12 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

After nodding along too, I thought ... isn't that true of everyone?

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[Post 2828]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-07-2018 07:21 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Seems to stand, then, "Be the least amount of shit that you can manage." HW era was covertly being shit. Current era is, well, this.

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[Post 2829]
Author : Sock Puppet
Date : 12-07-2018 11:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

You could tell he was a hugely racist (and elitist in the non-coopted sense of the word) piece of shit every time he argued with someone - whether in debates or otherwise. He almost invariably found a way to pigeonhole the other guy according to some regionalistic stereotype, even if he had to make one up himself.

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[Post 2830]
Author : lisarea
Date : 12-08-2018 12:51 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

People don't remember or never knew in the first place what he was doing, because it was a long time ago, because a lot of it was sneaky (e.g., don't roll back consumer regulations, just defund or otherwise limit the powers of the regulators), and because it can be difficult to even tangle out which individual people were responsible for what, particularly when you go back to Reagan. People don't remember stuff that happened last week, let alone all the way back then. And most of the people who do remember have normalized it and can't imagine things being any different. 

And of course, that's all on top of the huge, obvious comparisons to the present standards.

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[Post 2831]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-08-2018 05:33 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Today was the day Individual-1 finally became president</p>&mdash; Megan Amram (@meganamram) <a href="https://twitter.com/meganamram/status/1071179855918559232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 7, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Inspiring reminder: In America anyone can grow up and become Individual-1</p>&mdash; Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) <a href="https://twitter.com/PreetBharara/status/1071250363418857472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 8, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2832]
Author : JoeP
Date : 12-08-2018 12:12 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Forget t-Rump, Drumpf, "president*", and everything else: Individual-1 is now the term.

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[Post 2833]
Author : JoeP
Date : 12-08-2018 12:18 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Since we're in the Yule season, I'm imagining Mueller* dressed up as the Krampus, with Individual-1 in a sack, beating him with a large stick**.

* He knows just how naughty you've been.

** The stick is the law.[/Captain Hammer]

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[Post 2834]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 12-08-2018 06:14 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:lol: classic Trump
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Chronology of Trump&#39;s tweets about Tillerson. <a href="https://t.co/6QyMf0q2EY">pic.twitter.com/6QyMf0q2EY</a></p>&mdash; Major ICD (ret), PhD (@GunPackingLib) <a href="https://twitter.com/GunPackingLib/status/1071401254499172353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">8 December 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2835]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 12-09-2018 01:35 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Looks like everyone's favorite teevee show, How To Go From Four-Star General In The U.S. Marine Corps To Just Another Piss Whore Lolling About In Donnie Dump's Befouled Bed In One Easy Step, is cancelled (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/chief-of-staff-john-kelly-to-leave-white-house-by-end-of-month-trump-says/2018/12/08/840fa3c2-fb16-11e8-863a-8972120646e0_story.html?utm_term=.3e10ac26c200) effective at month's end.

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[Post 2836]
Author : JoeP
Date : 12-09-2018 12:01 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

http://i.imgur.com/OeyN0cz.png

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[Post 2837]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-09-2018 05:31 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Thrad on money laundering.

Thread by @kurteichenwald: "1. Everyone has some area of expertise. Mine is in corporate crime. I reported about it for 20 years at NY Times" (https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1071201140010815489.html)

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[Post 2838]
Author : SR71
Date : 12-09-2018 09:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Just Another Piss Whore Lolling About In Donnie Dump's Befouled Bed In One Easy Step

Could've been worse.  At least he wasn't Twitter fired by Melania.

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[Post 2839]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-11-2018 07:28 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">THREAD: Here&#8217;s a nugget about televangelist Pat Robertson that didn&#8217;t make it into our into our deep dive about alleged Russian spy Maria Butina, NRA leader David Keene, Jack Abramoff &amp; GOP operative Paul Erickson <a href="https://t.co/BE3pKkbfjw">https://t.co/BE3pKkbfjw</a></p>&mdash; Anna Massoglia (@annalecta) <a href="https://twitter.com/annalecta/status/1072209584759164934?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 10, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Oh Pat.

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[Post 2840]
Author : SR71
Date : 12-11-2018 08:00 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It would be haters jubilee if everyone in that tweet gets their hair caught in a wringer.

:awesome:

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[Post 2841]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-11-2018 08:48 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"> <a href="https://t.co/yBC4CtgYQD">pic.twitter.com/yBC4CtgYQD</a></p>&mdash; Tron (@brainphat) <a href="https://twitter.com/brainphat/status/1072287149989470213?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2842]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-12-2018 04:24 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Haha, <a href="https://twitter.com/NancyPelosi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NancyPelosi</a> on why the Trump meeting was private: &quot;We didn't want to say, in front of those people, 'You don't know what you're talking about'.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/O76QVDHm0W">pic.twitter.com/O76QVDHm0W</a></p>&mdash; Tommy Keep Christ In Xtopher (@tommyxtopher) <a href="https://twitter.com/tommyxtopher/status/1072562368507461632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">she used to move snowflakes <a href="https://t.co/86uvH2YSgf">pic.twitter.com/86uvH2YSgf</a></p>&mdash; m i t h (@ManInTheHoody) <a href="https://twitter.com/ManInTheHoody/status/1072668923038969857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 12, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2843]
Author : ceptimus
Date : 12-12-2018 02:19 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Try doing a Google internet search or image search on the single word, 'idiot', and see what comes first.

Apparently Trump and his supporters are a bit upset about this and are accusing Google of "Fake search" or similar.

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[Post 2844]
Author : JoeP
Date : 12-12-2018 03:35 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It must be bias! DuckDuckGo doesn't have any similar results at the top of its web search or image search

... though it does under the news tab :D

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[Post 2845]
Author : The Man
Date : 12-12-2018 06:09 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hey <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realdonaldtrump</a> -<br><br>You're Individual 1.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Individual1?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Individual1</a> <a href="https://t.co/FgDAflEwjl">pic.twitter.com/FgDAflEwjl</a></p>&mdash; Miss Laurie Lehner (@AndTheBandAides) <a href="https://twitter.com/AndTheBandAides/status/1072228704321851392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">10 December 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>A+

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[Post 2846]
Author : JoeP
Date : 12-12-2018 06:52 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/mTHG6SV.jpg

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[Post 2847]
Author : The Man
Date : 12-12-2018 07:12 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">AMI - the parent company of the National Enquirer - got immunity from prosecution for its role in a conspiracy to violate campaign finance laws with respect to the MacDougal story. They admit they coordinated with Trump&#8217;s campaign to influence the election. <a href="https://t.co/HAgLBSU4VN">https://t.co/HAgLBSU4VN</a></p>&mdash; Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) <a href="https://twitter.com/BradMossEsq/status/1072922914956156929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">12 December 2018</a></blockquote>
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This truly is Stupid Watergate, and it genuinely feels like it&#8217;s starting to unravel as quickly as Watergate did after two excruciating years of seemingly nothing happening to the perpetrators. Crossing fingers, knocking on wood.

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[Post 2848]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 12-13-2018 12:22 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ol' Donnie apparently had quite the nutty (https://twitter.com/EliStokols/status/1072630789727236096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1072630789727236096&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wonkette.com%2Fres%2Fcommunity%2Ftwitter_embed%2F%3Fiframe_id%3Dtwitter-embed-1072630789727236096%26created_ts%3D1544570083.0%26screen_name%3DEliStokols%26text%3DTrump%2Bstormed%2Bout%2Bof%2Bthe%2BOval%2BOffice%2Bright%2Bafter%2Bthe%2BPelosi-Schumer%2Bmeeting%2Bended%252C%2Bflicking%2Baway%2Ba%2Bfolder%2Band%2Bscatt%25E2%2580%25A6%2Bhttps%253A%252F%252Ft.co%252FL5PQlyK28I%26id%3D1072630789727236096%26name%3DEli%2BStokols) after Pelosi and Schumer left the White House yesterday. 

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DuLyC3jW4AAxrNJ.jpg

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[Post 2849]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-13-2018 01:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Michael Cohen sentenced to three years in prison for crimes committed while working for Trump (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/michael-cohen-scheduled-to-be-sentenced-for-crimes-committed-while-working-for-trump/2018/12/11/57226ff2-fcbf-11e8-83c0-b06139e540e5_story.html)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This tweet may have aged more poorly than any tweet in human history <a href="https://t.co/dojbUoVWpz">pic.twitter.com/dojbUoVWpz</a></p>&mdash; Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) <a href="https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1072901398155558912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 12, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2850]
Author : The Man
Date : 12-14-2018 03:52 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Russian spy Maria Butina flips.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">THREAD: What can we learn from the cooperation deal with Russian spy Maria Butina? (Answer: A lot.)</p>&mdash; Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) <a href="https://twitter.com/renato_mariotti/status/1073264798828281857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Posted here because it's going to come back to Trump sooner or later - arguably, as seen in Mariotti's thread, it already has.

I hope, for her sake, that her deal with prosecutors involves witness protection and ensures that deportation is off the table. I wouldn't take chances on returning to Russia if I were her, even if, as some people are speculating, she's doing this on Putin's instructions (I have no position on whether this is likely). I wouldn't count on her safety, should she return either voluntarily or otherwise.

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[Post 2851]
Author : fragment
Date : 12-14-2018 04:48 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Of course the Skripal/novichok thing demonstrates she's not particularly safe outside of Russia either.

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[Post 2852]
Author : Ari
Date : 12-14-2018 05:13 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I don't think she has to worry about the Russian Government so long as she did something that will further embarrass Trump and the GOP, and she had at least a couple years of under cover work to do that.  Once people took the bait it was really a win win for Russia.  Either they get a possible back door into the republican party and/or they get to destabilize the US and its world position as others find out the administration was dumb enough to fall for it.  The more destabilized the US is, the more Russia can kick around its neighbors and America doesn't notice or have enough focus to care.

That the people questioning her want to know more about our criminals in power than the russian criminals in power probably bods well for her as well.

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[Post 2853]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-14-2018 07:50 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

stuff

Yeah, that. As far as James Bond villains go, Putin isn't the guy executing officers with aircraft cannons just to see the big kablooie. He seems quite long game oriented and not prone to fits of random pique.

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[Post 2854]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-14-2018 07:44 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hello. This is Ted with the Trump Administration. Would you be interested in the Chief of Staff position? <br><br>Oh, well, do you know anyone who might be interested?<br><br>Hello? <a href="https://t.co/CbJp8HPfhf">pic.twitter.com/CbJp8HPfhf</a></p>&mdash; Vincent Rivas-Flores (@vincentrivasfl) <a href="https://twitter.com/vincentrivasfl/status/1073643968104202240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 14, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2855]
Author : lisarea
Date : 12-14-2018 07:46 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

He's going to have to hire one of them illegals.

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[Post 2856]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 12-14-2018 10:38 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump names new acting chief of staff - BBC News (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46575404)

Trump has named Mick Mulvaney, the director of the office of management and budget, as acting White House chief of staff.

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[Post 2857]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 12-14-2018 11:26 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:lol:

Even Chris Fucking Christie, who tried desperately to toady his way into a Trump administration jerb, said "Thanks, but no thanks." 

I also saw today that Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who replaced Melissa McCarthy impersonator Sean Spicer as White House Press Secretary, is moving on at the end of the month. She wants her legacy to be that she was "transparent and honest."

:laugh:

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[Post 2858]
Author : Sock Puppet
Date : 12-14-2018 11:36 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Well, her lies were entirely transparent, at least.

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[Post 2859]
Author : Pyrrho
Date : 12-15-2018 12:21 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Paul Knoepfler on Twitter: "TGIF> Check it out. Researchers hide @realDonaldTrump face inside a monkey poop in a published paper. Zoom way way in on poop and look on right side in https://t.co/VD9PhtmKlc … Talk about a rotten Easter egg!… https://t.co/nbJkkZwG43" (https://twitter.com/pknoepfler/status/1073690008228311040)
Methylation-based enrichment facilitates low-cost, noninvasive genomic scale sequencing of populations from feces | Scientific Reports (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-20427-9)

     14 December 2018

    Editors’ Note: The editors have become aware of unusual aspects to the ‘Extract fecal DNA’ illustration in figure 1. We are investigating, and appropriate editorial action will be taken once the matter is resolved. 

Not visible in the online figure; visible in the figure in the PDF which is still unaltered.

The culprit is probably the graphic designer.

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[Post 2860]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-15-2018 07:44 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ladies and gentlemen, once again your DHS Secretary, AKA: Cruelest Woman on the Face of the Earth - Kirstjen Nielsen. <a href="https://t.co/w0gX0tmsbU">pic.twitter.com/w0gX0tmsbU</a></p>&mdash; Paul Lee Ticks (@PaulLeeTicks) <a href="https://twitter.com/PaulLeeTicks/status/1073649708587921408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 14, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2861]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 12-15-2018 08:19 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Paul Knoepfler on Twitter: "TGIF> Check it out. Researchers hide @realDonaldTrump face inside a monkey poop in a published paper. Zoom way way in on poop and look on right side in https://t.co/VD9PhtmKlc … Talk about a rotten Easter egg!… https://t.co/nbJkkZwG43" (https://twitter.com/pknoepfler/status/1073690008228311040)
Methylation-based enrichment facilitates low-cost, noninvasive genomic scale sequencing of populations from feces | Scientific Reports (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-20427-9)

     14 December 2018

    Editors’ Note: The editors have become aware of unusual aspects to the ‘Extract fecal DNA’ illustration in figure 1. We are investigating, and appropriate editorial action will be taken once the matter is resolved. 

Not visible in the online figure; visible in the figure in the PDF which is still unaltered.

The culprit is probably the graphic designer.

I saw that a few days ago.  While it's amusing, I'm a bit worried about what the consequences may be.  You just know that sooner or later the Faux "News" people will hear about this and trumpet this as "proof" that scientists are all a bunch of Lefties who hate Trump -- and thus "the truth."

They'll use this a leverage to deny climate science, to justify slashing funding to the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, NOAA, etc.  And the Sociopath in Chief will be more than happy to take this as "proof" that all science he doesn't like is "fake."

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[Post 2862]
Author : The Man
Date : 12-16-2018 09:05 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Re: Butina: I see a certain amount of credibility to the thesis that she is acting on the Russian government&#8217;s orders by starting to talk. It does seem that the Russian government itself has helped keep some aspects of the story about the Trump Tower meeting alive, for instance. Helping to highlight the instability in the United States might be a strategy to keep eyes off Russia&#8217;s own problems.

I don&#8217;t think that makes Butina any safer, though. Butina, from the perspective of Vladimir Putin, is a loose end. Vladimir Putin doesn&#8217;t like loose ends. It is worth noting that no one has seen hide nor hair of her apparent erstwhile handler, Aleksandr Torshin, for months (at least as of a few days ago). Someone is tweeting from his account, but who knows if that&#8217;s even him.

Talking Points Memo also has apparently pointed out (https://talkingpointsmemo.com/prime-beta/what-we-learned-from-mariia-butinas-plea-docs) (note: article is behind a paywall; the graf I&#8217;m quoting was excerpted in a blog comment section) that two people that seem to flipped in Butina&#8217;s fashion have wound up dead:
 would join a category of Russians prepared to reveal information about their home country&#8217;s intelligence services &#8212; a category of people whose lifespans appear to be shortening. In March, Nikolai Glushkov was found strangled with a dog leash in London before he was to testify in a court case about how Aeroflot Russian Airlines was being used as a front for Russian intelligence. Mikhail Lesin, former top Kremlin official, was found dead and covered in bruises before he was reportedly set to meet with the Justice Department.
My point is the Russian government may well have told her that it&#8217;s safe to cooperate with the U.S. government and then come home, but I wouldn&#8217;t believe that for a second. People who flip, or are perceived to flip, on Putin have a strange correlation with victims of defenestrations.

Anyway, Adam Silverman (https://www.balloon-juice.com/2018/12/15/an-answer-to-adam-weinsteins-question-regarding-mariia-butina/) is (as always) worth reading for added context here.

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[Post 2863]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-16-2018 09:04 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Seems McThinskin Individual 1 is confusing satire with newscasts.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A REAL scandal is the one sided coverage, hour by hour, of networks like NBC &amp; Democrat spin machines like Saturday Night Live. It is all nothing less than unfair news coverage and Dem commercials. Should be tested in courts, can&#8217;t be legal? Only defame &amp; belittle! Collusion?</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1074302851906707457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 16, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Why Dictators Don&#8217;t Like Jokes (https://foreignpolicy.com/2013/04/05/why-dictators-dont-like-jokes/)

Fifteen years ago, when Serbia&#8217;s non-violent pro-democracy movement, Otpor, was just a tiny group of 20 students with $50, we decided to play a prank. We took an oil barrel, taped a picture of Serbian dictator Slobodan Milosevic to it, and set it up in the middle of Belgrade&#8217;s largest shopping district. Next to it we placed a baseball bat. Then we went for coffee, sat down, and watched the fun unfold. Before long, dozens of shoppers lined the street, each waiting for a chance to take a swing at &#8220;Milosevic&#8221; &#8212; the man so many despised, but whom most were too afraid to criticize. About 30 minutes in, the police arrived. That&#8217;s when we held our breath, waiting for what would happen next. What would the Milosevic&#8217;s police do? They couldn&#8217;t arrest shoppers &#8212; on what grounds? And they couldn&#8217;t arrest the culprits &#8212; since we were nowhere to be seen. So what did Milosevic&#8217;s police do? The only thing they could: They arrested the barrel.

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[Post 2864]
Author : SR71
Date : 12-16-2018 10:29 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Re: Butina: I see a certain amount of credibility to the thesis that she is acting on the Russian government’s orders by starting to talk. It does seem that the Russian government itself has helped keep some aspects of the story about the Trump Tower meeting alive, for instance. Helping to highlight the instability in the United States might be a strategy to keep eyes off Russia’s own problems.

I don’t think that makes Butina any safer, though. Butina, from the perspective of Vladimir Putin, is a loose end. Vladimir Putin doesn’t like loose ends. It is worth noting that no one has seen hide nor hair of her apparent erstwhile handler, Aleksandr Torshin, for months (at least as of a few days ago). Someone is tweeting from his account, but who knows if that’s even him.

Talking Points Memo also has apparently pointed out (https://talkingpointsmemo.com/prime-beta/what-we-learned-from-mariia-butinas-plea-docs) (note: article is behind a paywall; the graf I’m quoting was excerpted in a blog comment section) that two people that seem to flipped in Butina’s fashion have wound up dead:
 would join a category of Russians prepared to reveal information about their home country’s intelligence services — a category of people whose lifespans appear to be shortening. In March, Nikolai Glushkov was found strangled with a dog leash in London before he was to testify in a court case about how Aeroflot Russian Airlines was being used as a front for Russian intelligence. Mikhail Lesin, former top Kremlin official, was found dead and covered in bruises before he was reportedly set to meet with the Justice Department.
My point is the Russian government may well have told her that it’s safe to cooperate with the U.S. government and then come home, but I wouldn’t believe that for a second. People who flip, or are perceived to flip, on Putin have a strange correlation with victims of defenestrations.

Anyway, Adam Silverman (https://www.balloon-juice.com/2018/12/15/an-answer-to-adam-weinsteins-question-regarding-mariia-butina/) is (as always) worth reading for added context here.

Seems not much has changed in the security apparatus of Russia.

Arkady Shevchenko - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkady_Shevchenko)

Shevchenko often wrestled with how he would broach the idea of upcoming defection with his wife Leongina.[3] He knew that she would probably react angrily and refuse to accede. He ended up never telling her until leaving a note for her right before rushing out the door while she slept.[3] His plan, at least consciously, was that she could read the note and catch up with him soon if she chose to, which he hoped she would. However, when he called her the next day, a KGB man answered the phone. He surmised that as soon as she read the note she called the KGB.[3] She was immediately whisked back to Moscow, where she died mysteriously, supposedly a suicide, less than two months later. Shevchenko surmised that in trying to gain leverage in her predicament she may have threatened senior Party people with exposure of their corruption, which made killing her the easiest solution.[3] He also admitted to himself later that the reason he never told her in advance about his defection is because he knew she would probably get angry and expose his plan to the KGB. In the Soviet Union Shevchenko was tried in absentia and sentenced to death.[3]

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[Post 2865]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-17-2018 03:29 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump Russia: Six potential legal problems for the president - BBC News (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46407999)

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[Post 2866]
Author : JoeP
Date : 12-18-2018 08:24 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump Foundation To Dissolve Amid New York Attorney General's Investigation  : NPR (https://www.npr.org/2018/12/18/677778958/trump-foundation-to-dissolve-amid-new-york-ags-investigation)

Trump Foundation to be dissolved, because investigators were shocked (shocked!) to discover it was not really charitable.

Trump spokesdrone says they were trying to dissolve it in 2016 - if true, all this means is the authorities kept it frozen long enough to uncover the crimes.

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[Post 2867]
Author : Kyuss Apollo
Date : 12-19-2018 03:26 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">if you&#39;re having trouble opening a jar try running it under hot water then remember trump is the president and smash it into your face</p>&mdash; Sarah Beattie (@nachosarah) <a href="https://twitter.com/nachosarah/status/1072676727942455298?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 12, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2868]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-19-2018 03:46 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Judge: I have half a mind to come down from this bench and beat you with this flagpole.<br><br>Fox News: Judge in Flynn case offers courtroom flag to beloved general</p>&mdash; The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) <a href="https://twitter.com/HoarseWisperer/status/1075210378525765632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2869]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-19-2018 07:40 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">First 2020 ad? This Trump ad, featuring his campaign manager <a href="https://twitter.com/parscale?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@parscale</a>, just aired on CNN. It&#8217;s a minute long and asks viewers to call an 800 number to leave a thank you message for POTUS. I called the number and it leads to a fundraising appeal (not unusual for pres campaigns) <a href="https://t.co/yB3Rb1pJKe">pic.twitter.com/yB3Rb1pJKe</a></p>&mdash; Yashar Ali &#55357;&#56344; (@yashar) <a href="https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1074846087502909440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 18, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Next up, using campaign funds for his legal defense.

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[Post 2870]
Author : SR71
Date : 12-19-2018 08:34 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump Foundation To Dissolve Amid New York Attorney General's Investigation  : NPR (https://www.npr.org/2018/12/18/677778958/trump-foundation-to-dissolve-amid-new-york-ags-investigation)

Trump Foundation to be dissolved, because investigators were shocked (shocked!) to discover it was not really charitable.

Trump spokesdrone says they were trying to dissolve it in 2016 - if true, all this means is the authorities kept it frozen long enough to uncover the crimes.

Yeah, they wanted to dissolve it right into their pockets two years ago.  :giggle:

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[Post 2871]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 12-19-2018 11:18 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Look, I've said it before, and I will say it again: the President thought Russia was one of the states 

you can't criminalize doing business with states. 

That's interstate commerce. 

It's FEDERALISM

Rudy G., DEFENSER ATTORNEY (@DefenseRudy) (https://twitter.com/DefenseRudy/status/1075527276874338304)

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[Post 2872]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-20-2018 12:58 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://img.memecdn.com/but-then-i-lold_o_480693.gif

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[Post 2873]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 12-20-2018 01:02 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Come the next Congress, Rep. Elijah Cummings will be chairing the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Rep. Cummings is already (https://democrats-oversight.house.gov/news/press-releases/cummings-sends-51-letters-to-white-house-and-others-insisting-on-full-compliance) fixin' to kick every last square millimeter of the Trump administration's ass. 

https://media1.tenor.com/images/aad2280d43d14209c51d2d431cb5e313/tenor.gif?itemid=12886664

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[Post 2874]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 12-20-2018 04:52 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

WHICH HUNT.

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[Post 2875]
Author : SR71
Date : 12-20-2018 06:37 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Look, I've said it before, and I will say it again: the President thought Russia was one of the states 

you can't criminalize doing business with states. 

That's interstate commerce. 

It's FEDERALISM

Rudy G., DEFENSER ATTORNEY (@DefenseRudy) (https://twitter.com/DefenseRudy/status/1075527276874338304)

https://am11.akamaized.net/med/cnt/uploads/2018/09/giuliani-1200x675.jpg
I asked him about that, and he said to me "We bought Russia from Alaska many many years ago, Rudy".  You see, 
it was just a simple mix up. No collusion.

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[Post 2876]
Author : JoeP
Date : 12-20-2018 10:50 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Oh look another one.

US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis to quit - BBC News (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-46640114)

The news of Gen Mattis' departure comes a day after Mr Trump announced all US troops would be withdrawn from Syria.

...

"Because you have the right to have a Secretary of Defence whose views are better aligned with yours on these and other subjects, I believe it is right for me to step down," Gen Mattis wrote.

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[Post 2877]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-21-2018 07:37 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

His letter:

READ: James Mattis' resignation letter - CNNPolitics (https://edition.cnn.com/2018/12/20/politics/james-mattis-resignation-letter-doc/index.html)

As art, it doesn't get much more backhanded diplomacy than this.

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[Post 2878]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-21-2018 09:07 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Can't let a few Kurds get in the way of Trump properties in Turkey.

Turkish president renews threat to launch offensive against Kurds in U.S.-controlled territory in Syria (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/turkish-president-renews-threat-to-launch-offensive-against-kurds-in-us-controlled-territory-in-syria/2018/12/17/34b41596-022e-11e9-b5df-5d3874f1ac36_story.html)

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[Post 2879]
Author : JoeP
Date : 12-21-2018 09:07 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

With Jim Mattis gone, has the last proverbial adult left the White House? | US news | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/20/jim-mattis-resign-trump-administration)

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[Post 2880]
Author : Ari
Date : 12-22-2018 09:30 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump on Trump,
https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/wedkyelr1dq7zirofysz.jpg

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[Post 2881]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 12-22-2018 10:20 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump on Trump,
https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/wedkyelr1dq7zirofysz.jpg

There's always a tweet. Goddammit, there's always a tweet.

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[Post 2882]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-23-2018 01:50 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

There's always a tweet. Goddammit, there's always a tweet.

https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/191/035/135.png

FACT CHECK: Did Trump Criticize Obama for a Lack of Leadership During the 2013 Government Shutdown? (https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-criticize-obama-shutdown/)

Kind of a paraphrase, but not a tweet anyone can find.

Here's a tweet, though:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Leadership: Whatever happens, you&#39;re responsible. If it doesn&#39;t happen, you&#39;re responsible.</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/398887965302091776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 8, 2013</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2883]
Author : Ari
Date : 12-23-2018 03:42 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I wouldnt be surprised if it got culled awhile back as this isnt his first shutdown tantrumm. 
I also wouldnt be surprised if it was fake because they are just so often true damnit at least some of this dumbshit better be fake!

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[Post 2884]
Author : Ari
Date : 12-23-2018 05:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

In things Trump certainly did Tweet, his magnificent idea for a border wall!
I'm not sure what I find more amusing, that the gaps allow for thin people to squeeze through, like say pageant models, or that it's highlighted that it's spiked on top, like at 40-50ft high someone is going to get to the very top and think, "oops, I wasn't expecting dangerous spikes!" and leave.

https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s---WC_htC3--/c_scale,f_auto,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/zalss9zxgz5hozqcy2qp.jpg

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[Post 2885]
Author : SR71
Date : 12-23-2018 05:52 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Schumer better not cave.  If I was Schumer I would say, 

We didn't tell you to promise your voters a wall Mexico would pay for.  100%, you said, Mexico would pay for it.  It was unrealistic then and it's unrealistic now.  The American people voted for your opponent, and your wall wasn't part of her agenda.  We will do what we feel is best for the nation and what our constituents expect from us.  The fact is, you haven't made an evidenced based argument that persuades us the benefit of such a project exceeds the costs.

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[Post 2886]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-23-2018 06:45 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Navy intel vet thrad on how and why a wall is a bad way to go about it:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Let&#39;s say we build this wall. <br><br>Let&#39;s say we give Trump the money and we build a wall 30 feet tall, 2000 miles long. Doesn&#39;t matter how, doesn&#39;t matter what it costs, don&#39;t worry about the details. <br><br>Build the wall, right? <br><br>1/ <a href="https://t.co/nkEAsMCStl">https://t.co/nkEAsMCStl</a></p>&mdash; Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) <a href="https://twitter.com/Stonekettle/status/1076224542589284353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 21, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2887]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-23-2018 08:38 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

His letter:

READ: James Mattis' resignation letter - CNNPolitics (https://edition.cnn.com/2018/12/20/politics/james-mattis-resignation-letter-doc/index.html)

As art, it doesn't get much more backhanded diplomacy than this.

He had no idea the letter was critical until the news coverage.
Trump, Angry Over Mattis’s Rebuke, Removes Him 2 Months Early (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/23/us/politics/trump-mattis.html)

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[Post 2888]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-24-2018 06:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Wild how Hillary's emails caused Mnuchin to phone all those bankers last night.

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[Post 2889]
Author : Ari
Date : 12-24-2018 07:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

And now a perfectly sane christmas eve tweets from your president...
"I am all alone (poor me) in the White House..."
"AMERICA IS RESPECTED AGAIN!"

There are times where I'm quite happy the big red nuclear launch button is just a phone/message to saner people and not a direct launching control. Apparently the current tantrum is because he can't go golfing and no one is around to change his nappy.
Donald Trump Tweets: &#8220;I Am All Alone (Poor Me) In White House&#8221; On Christmas Eve | Deadline (https://deadline.com/2018/12/donald-trump-christmas-eve-tweet-storm-border-wall-general-mattis-dow-plunge-jerome-powell-1202525594/)

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[Post 2890]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-24-2018 11:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

He's bouncing off the walls:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I&#8217;ve watched a profound narcissist suffer a complete psychological break.<br><br>Today&#8217;s Trump tweets remind me of that spiral.</p>&mdash; The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) <a href="https://twitter.com/HoarseWisperer/status/1077271646954762243?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 24, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Not remotely close to how government appropriations or contracts work.<br><br>The Liar in Chief is so bad at this. <a href="https://t.co/RC5mQO5vcr">https://t.co/RC5mQO5vcr</a></p>&mdash; The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) <a href="https://twitter.com/HoarseWisperer/status/1077336584071061510?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 24, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2891]
Author : Corona688
Date : 12-25-2018 04:01 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It will be how government contracts / appropriations work if the cowards cave to this.

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[Post 2892]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-27-2018 08:08 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Wait, what? I just noticed this:

Dems Reject Trump&#8217;s New Demand Of $1B Immigration &#8216;Slush Fund&#8217; To Avert Shutdown &#8211; Talking Points Memo ('https://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/dems-reject-trumps-new-demand-of-1b-immigration-slush-fund-to-avert-shutdown')

Slush fund.

https://i.giphy.com/media/Yl5aO3gdVfsQ0/giphy.gif

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[Post 2893]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-28-2018 07:31 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

We've reached the nude selfie stage of the Trump-Russia scandal - Palmer Report (https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/nude-selfie-stage-trump-russia/14989/)

Even as this story gets its fair share of fun headlines today, the real upshot is that it demonstrates just how deep and vast Robert Mueller’s evidence collection machine has spanned, and how impressively it’s worked. Mueller managed to obtain a Russian troll’s cellphone without the troll even getting a chance to delete the embarrassing stuff first, let alone the criminal stuff.

This means Robert Mueller has, well, everything.

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[Post 2894]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-28-2018 07:37 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Furious Iraqi lawmakers demand US troop withdrawal - ABC News (https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/iraqi-lawmakers-demand-us-withdrawal-trump-visit-60030929)

Whoops.

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[Post 2895]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-28-2018 08:09 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I have never been to Prague in my life. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/fakenews?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#fakenews</a> <a href="https://t.co/CMil9Rha3D">pic.twitter.com/CMil9Rha3D</a></p>&mdash; Michael Cohen (@MichaelCohen212) <a href="https://twitter.com/MichaelCohen212/status/818991277685567489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 11, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Report Puts Cohen in Prague and Collusion on the Table (http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/12/report-michael-cohen-prague-trump-collusion-russia.html)

¯\_(&#12484;)_/¯

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[Post 2896]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-29-2018 10:01 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump Turns To Canada For Advice On How To Close A Southern Border ('https://outabouter.com/2018/12/29/trump-turns-to-canada-for-advice-on-how-to-close-a-southern-border/')

Widely considered to be the world&#8217;s foremost experts on how to grow and maintain a living border &#8211; one that doesn&#8217;t offend anyone, while only letting through wildlife, refugees, and visiting hockey teams &#8211; Canada hasn&#8217;t answered a phone call from the crank president since he drunk dialled them in early November to ask if they wanted to become America&#8217;s 51st state.

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[Post 2897]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-29-2018 09:30 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">History will shit on your grave and I&#8217;ll be there to cheer. <a href="https://t.co/CtPeuzqCxV">https://t.co/CtPeuzqCxV</a></p>&mdash; PresidentialHarassHat (@Popehat) <a href="https://twitter.com/Popehat/status/1079112638125076480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 29, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Fairly clear message there.

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[Post 2898]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-01-2019 04:52 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Damning thrad.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">1. Before the year is out....the evidentiary link between Wikileaks, Russian hackers, Kremlin disinformation outlet, and Donald Trump. <br><br>In 2016, I received a phone call from someone in the intelligence world telling me to keep an eye on Sputnik that day. I did not know what....</p>&mdash; Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) <a href="https://twitter.com/kurteichenwald/status/1079850037088342017?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 31, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Or an unroll if you prefer.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1079850037088342017.html

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[Post 2899]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-01-2019 11:55 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

omg the thread reader version is as...

2. ...painful. Why does he insist on breaking...

3. ...at arbitrary word boundaries instead...

4. ...of whole sentences like most people...

5. ...manage?

:oldman:

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[Post 2900]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-01-2019 12:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Half the comments on the tweet are calls to threadreaderapp. 
:sensiblechuckle:

The other half are people pointing out that you don't need to do it again when someone already has. 

I think @threadreaderapp should do something about the...
... breaks.

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[Post 2901]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-01-2019 12:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:mutter: He's not even consistent in the number of ...

sed /\.{2,4}\n\d{1,2}\.{2,3}/ /g

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[Post 2902]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-01-2019 06:19 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.giphy.com/media/aa9VQ6gg5wCBy/source.gif

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[Post 2903]
Author : SR71
Date : 01-02-2019 04:37 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Howsoever annoying the format mayhaps been, it was a good story.  Derp Fuhrer was all over that Wiki Leak.  

Jerome was too.  Search for Podesta, you'll see a flurry of posts on the day after the leak.

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[Post 2904]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-02-2019 05:27 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Literally the same thing you&#8217;d find in the Middle East - where dictator supporting clerics and their fatwas are in service to authority, not faith. <a href="https://t.co/nvSvC6kGCH">https://t.co/nvSvC6kGCH</a></p>&mdash; hend amry (@LibyaLiberty) <a href="https://twitter.com/LibyaLiberty/status/1080308748797837312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 2, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2905]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-02-2019 08:14 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

President Of Nation With Reusable Rockets And Reciprocal Visas Says No Way To Improve On Wheels And Walls – The Out And Abouter (https://outabouter.com/2019/01/02/president-of-nation-with-reusable-rockets-and-reciprocal-visas-says-no-way-to-improve-on-wheels-and-walls/)

Grateful to have that cleared up, the U.S. government set to work destroying SpaceX’s reusable rockets, and the millions of aircraft created over the last 115 years; as well as all boats, hovercraft, and  mag-lev trains – all consigned to the scrap heap for being vapid distractions from the traditional and completely unimprovable wheel.

They then proceeded to annul every tax treaty, trade agreement, reciprocal visa arrangement, and strategic alliance the United States has ever made; for being redundant wastes of time and money that pale in comparison to the classically nuanced – and technically advanced – approach to global geopolitics: the vertical obstruction.

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[Post 2906]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-03-2019 03:11 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Nancy Pelosi: &quot;Tomorrow we will bring to the floor legislation that will open up government. It will be based on actions taken by the Republican Senate &#8230; led by Senator Mitch McConnell.&quot; Via ABC. <a href="https://t.co/WSzXBAZ6Xy">pic.twitter.com/WSzXBAZ6Xy</a></p>&mdash; Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) <a href="https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1080579689754906625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 2, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

The Boomtang Boys-Popcorn - YouTube

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[Post 2907]
Author : SR71
Date : 01-03-2019 05:17 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The dems really need to emphasize that the republicans had both houses and the presidency for two years now and couldn't get the wall past their own people.  For them to hold their breath until they turn blue now is the ultimate in cynical grandstanding.

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[Post 2908]
Author : Ari
Date : 01-03-2019 07:20 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Prediction, Trump with either declare to have won, the wall to have been funded and pretend it's all true even though he's just making it up and instead caved, or he will cave but take massive credit for how he and he alone had the power to get the government working again, and oh the people are shouting his name and thanking him for it!

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[Post 2909]
Author : SR71
Date : 01-03-2019 10:26 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

First!

Speaking of tax returns. (https://www.alternet.org/federal-investigators-raid-chicago-office-attorney-who-handled-trump-organization-taxes-12-years)

Well phooey.  I am disappoint.

Federal prosecutors charge former Trump Organization attorney with corruption &#8211; Alternet.org (https://www.alternet.org/2019/01/federal-prosecutors-charge-former-trump-organization-attorney-with-corruption/)

Because of Burke&#8217;s connection to Trump, the case his drawn outsized attention. However, while the case builds upon the mountain of evidence that Trump has long consorted with shady figures who don&#8217;t mind skirting the law, it&#8217;s far from clear the case will have any direct tie-in to the president or his myriad legal troubles.

&#8220;The charges are unrelated to Trump and the only way this could impact him legally is if Burke flipped and offered information on Trump&#8217;s businesses,&#8221; said Mariotti. &#8220;That would be complicated by privilege issues given that Burke was the Trump Organization&#8217;s attorney.&#8221;

If I remember my training from Jack McCoy University though, if counsel is involved in the furtherance of the client's crimes, privilege is abrogated.  :objection:

:chin:

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[Post 2910]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-04-2019 08:13 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump says you don&#39;t even need to call his border project a wall. &quot;You could call it a steel fence.&quot; Flashback to 2015: <a href="https://t.co/Uc84dQ14A7">pic.twitter.com/Uc84dQ14A7</a></p>&mdash; Daniel Dale (@ddale8) <a href="https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1081275070977359873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 4, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

¯\_(&#12484;)_/¯

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[Post 2911]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 01-04-2019 08:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:lol:

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[Post 2912]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-04-2019 10:32 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">How do you impeach a president who has won perhaps the greatest election of all time, done nothing wrong (no Collusion with Russia, it was the Dems that Colluded), had the most successful first two years of any president, and is the most popular Republican in party history 93%?</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1081177511592108032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 4, 2019</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>


i have questions

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[Post 2913]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-04-2019 10:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Put it that way, it's easy. 


FAILING Dems claim I have been impeached, found guilty of crimes and imprisoned. Fake news! I made the greatest ever mid-term exit from the Presidency! And I got the American taxpayer to pay for my accommodation! I could just walk out of here if I wanted to!

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[Post 2914]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-05-2019 09:08 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

DC Police Responding To Reports Of Irate Old Man Holding 328,000,000 People Hostage For Money – The Out And Abouter (https://outabouter.com/2019/01/05/dc-police-responding-to-reports-of-irate-old-man-holding-328000000-people-hostage-for-money/)

In a still developing story, District of Columbia police officers are responding to multiple reports of an active asshole operating in the vicinity of the White House. Though the situation remains fluid, early accounts indicate that the man – described as being approximately six feet tall, wearing a seven foot tie, and resembling a circumcised carrot – has somehow managed to gain access to the Oval Office. From there he is threatening to hold the entire American population hostage until he gets what he wants.

“The individual, who is insisting on being referred to as “The President,” is demanding $5.6 billion in unmarked bills be delivered to the Mexican border by midnight tonight, as well as an interview with Sean Hannity,” a spokesperson for Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department said, addressing a crowd of reporters gathered outside the White House security gates.

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[Post 2915]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 01-05-2019 11:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Have we had this?  I definitely think we should have this!


Why Trump Reigns as King Cyrus | Katherine Stewart in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/31/opinion/trump-evangelicals-cyrus-king.html)


And while I have heard plenty of comments casting doubt on the more  questionable aspects of Mr. Trump&#8217;s character, the gist of the  proceedings almost always comes down to the belief that he is a miracle  sent straight from heaven to bring the nation back to the Lord.

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[Post 2916]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-06-2019 04:34 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.gyazo.com/889434c4019f9612ed4c183aad8f3616.jpg

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[Post 2917]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-07-2019 07:24 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I don't think he needs his anger translator anymore.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">THIS. I miss <a href="https://twitter.com/BarackObama?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BarackObama</a> <a href="https://t.co/blLiXpad9n">pic.twitter.com/blLiXpad9n</a></p>&mdash; Kenidra4Humanity (@KenidraRWoods_) <a href="https://twitter.com/KenidraRWoods_/status/1082088156873310208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 7, 2019</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2918]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 01-08-2019 01:05 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Remember when the networks straight-up refused to carry Obama's immigration address in 2014 because it was going to be too political? Well, every last goddamn one of 'em is going to carry Trump's address tomorrow night about the "national security crisis" on the U.S.-Mexico border. 

lol "liberal MSM"

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[Post 2919]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-08-2019 10:06 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Lol, actually.

<video controls src="https://i.imgur.com/X1ass08.mp4" />

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[Post 2920]
Author : Limoncello
Date : 01-09-2019 04:24 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

omg.  I cannot unsee that now.

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[Post 2921]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-09-2019 05:14 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Dear <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a> - I read with much interest you plea for money to prevent illegal immigrants come to your country. Here in Nigeria we have the same thing.<br><br>I inherited $100 mill from my father &amp; wish to donate to your fund but I need 10k for lawyer's fees. Please DM me.</p>&mdash; John Evans (@JohnEvansTW1) <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnEvansTW1/status/1083031442198851584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 9, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Thrad on how 419 scams work.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Once a 419 scammer has weeded out the skeptical, they know that any victims remaining are absolute goldmines.</p>&mdash; &#8207;&#1576;&#1608;&#1603;&#1610;&#1576;&#1604;&#1610;&#1606;&#1603;&#1610; (@pookleblinky) <a href="https://twitter.com/pookleblinky/status/785905672168861697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 11, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2922]
Author : The Man
Date : 01-09-2019 09:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump has lower ratings than Chuck and Nancy. Sad!

More People Tuned In To Watch Dem Rebuttal Than Trump&#8217;s Address &#8211; Talking Points Memo (https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/more-tuned-in-watch-dem-rebuttal-trump-address)

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[Post 2923]
Author : Ari
Date : 01-09-2019 10:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

But I ammm being presidential!! Can I have my wall now!!
:girlcry:

Remember when we were assured that Trump was the best negotiator to ever negotiate things that needed to be negotiated, I'm starting to think that's not completely true.

Trump: 'Give me my wall!'
Everyone: "Fuck off shitbag! er No."
Trump: "I'm not talking until you give me the wall!  *door slam*

It's even better cause he actually got up and said "bye-bye" to them,
 "Nancy said, NO. I said bye-bye, nothing else works!"-Trump

A source familiar with what happened inside the room said Trump ended the meeting by standing up and announcing "bye bye" before turning and walking out. 

Schumer then asked Trump, "Why won't you open the government and stop hurting people?"
Trump responded bluntly, "Because then you won't give me what I want."
Trump walks out of shutdown meeting, calling talks 'total waste of time' - CNNPolitics (https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/09/politics/chuck-schumer-nancy-pelosi-trump/index.html)

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[Post 2924]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-10-2019 01:03 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Found the whole problem:

Donald Trump's Son Suggests Ellen DeGeneres Is Running a Shadow Government (https://www.newsweek.com/ellen-eric-trump-deep-state-donald-trump-shadow-government-769296)

Nothing about pizzeria basements, tho.

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[Post 2925]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-10-2019 09:36 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Donald J. Temper Tantrump.

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[Post 2926]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 01-10-2019 02:12 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm just going to leave this here ...


Donald Trump, if there’s a concrete wall in front of you, go through it. Go over it. Go around it - YouTube

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[Post 2927]
Author : The Man
Date : 01-10-2019 02:46 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So this is a thing that aired on CBS in 1958.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">What the fresh hell. This is REAL. Filmed in 1958- about a conman who grifts a small town of suckers into building a wall. History not subtle enough for you? GUESS THE GRIFTER'S NAME <br>(And watch until the end) <a href="https://t.co/6FA3p6KC00">pic.twitter.com/6FA3p6KC00</a></p>&mdash; Alex Hirsch (@_AlexHirsch) <a href="https://twitter.com/_AlexHirsch/status/1083140191362048000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">9 January 2019</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I think time travellers must end up writing scripts for TV shows, because it&#8217;s the only way they can get people to believe their stories.

That or else it was just based on Trump&#8217;s father, who was already pretty infamous in NYC by that point.

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[Post 2928]
Author : The Man
Date : 01-10-2019 05:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Today&#8217;s hilariously inept Trump lie:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">TRUMP: &#8221;During the campaign, I would say Mexico is going to pay for [the wall]. Obviously, I never said this.&#8221;<br><br>Lying that you never said your previous sentence?<br><br>With the constant practice Trump gets at lying, you&#8217;d think he&#8217;d be better at it.<a href="https://t.co/UV8ozRVZNa">pic.twitter.com/UV8ozRVZNa</a></p>&mdash; Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) <a href="https://twitter.com/BettyBowers/status/1083406855332872193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">10 January 2019</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
In his &#8220;defence&#8221;, your skills tend to go out the window when you&#8217;re suffering from dementia.

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[Post 2929]
Author : The Man
Date : 01-10-2019 08:38 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Michael Cohen will testify before Congress on February 7. Rep. Elijah Cummings will chair the hearings.

&#8220;Alexa, order ALL the popcorn!&#8221; &#8211; Balloon Juice (https://www.balloon-juice.com/2019/01/10/alexa-order-all-the-popcorn/)

I might take that day off work. This'll be good.

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[Post 2930]
Author : SR71
Date : 01-11-2019 04:35 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The dems really need to emphasize that the republicans had both houses and the presidency for two years now and couldn't get the wall past their own people.  For them to hold their breath until they turn blue now is the ultimate in cynical grandstanding.

The dems are tots iggin' me man.  They're acting like this is a legitimate time and way to have this fight, as if it's just a normal way to resolve policy issues through the legilative process.  They're just chugging along like they enjoy the fight, oblivious to the easy pickings propaganda optics wise.  This is why it's hard to be a democrat.  Sometimes it feels like they're throwing the game.  

It's fucking easy!  Just point out that this was not an issue until the instant democrats were voted into the house.  It's nothing but a cynical maneuver, a ridiculous ploy.  

Spell it out.  Just calling it a manufactured emergency doesn't really communicate the full context.  

:sadcheer:

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[Post 2931]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-12-2019 07:22 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Bon Appétit!

80 percent of America's food hasn't been inspected during the shutdown (https://theweek.com/speedreads/816766/80-percent-americas-food-hasnt-been-inspected-during-shutdown)

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[Post 2932]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 01-12-2019 08:35 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:hungry:

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[Post 2933]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-12-2019 12:20 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Chlorine wash that romaine lettuce!

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[Post 2934]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-12-2019 05:20 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Long thrad abour the Mueller verse and Obama's last gift to the world on his way out the door.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Holy cow. This NY Times story is just littered with seismic earth-shakers sure to rattle the windows at the White House.<br><br>Yowza. My very quick first-blush take on the meaty nuggets...<br><br>First, here&#8217;s the link:<br><br>Let&#8217;s dive in!<br><br>1/</p>&mdash; The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) <a href="https://twitter.com/HoarseWisperer/status/1083931796419563520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 12, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2935]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 01-12-2019 09:14 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Long thrad abour the Mueller verse and Obama's last gift to the world on his way out the door.

<snip>



I have a dream.

I have a dream that Trump and Pence will be leaving the White House within the next 2 years -- and going straight into federal prison, where they belong. Further, I hope that Gorsuch and Kavanaugh are removed from the Court, on the grounds that their appointments were illegitimate and neither one of them should ever have been allowed anywhere near the Court.


I don't think there's much chance of these things happening, alas, but that thread does give me some slight hope that Justice may ultimately be served.

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[Post 2936]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-13-2019 12:12 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Thinkpiece on what Mueller is doing and why.

Thread by @HoarseWisperer: "The thing about counterintel investigations is that they sweep up conversations between minor players talking among themselves. The folks on […]" (https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1084160801756401665.html)

You won't get your Hollywood scene, but there will be wiseguys going to jail over this for years like a conga line.

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[Post 2937]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-13-2019 12:53 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Fav bit:
Mueller puts criminals in jail. He doesn&#8217;t care much about style points.

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[Post 2938]
Author : Ari
Date : 01-15-2019 02:53 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Few photos have better encapsulated Trump and the presidency than servant lighting candles in gilded gold holders while individual sauce packets and fast food burgers sit in their original containers.

https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--xc_g5wyE--/c_scale,f_auto,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/h6os3lgqxuvdvvxjjs4a.jpg

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[Post 2939]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-15-2019 04:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">White House Staffer, choking through tears - &quot;I... guess... we could... use the... Lincoln gravy boats... for the... Mc... the McNug... the McNugget sauces.&quot; &#55357;&#56877;&#55357;&#56877;&#55357;&#56877; <a href="https://t.co/cLxJeYnBwr">pic.twitter.com/cLxJeYnBwr</a></p>&mdash; W. Kamau Bell (@wkamaubell) <a href="https://twitter.com/wkamaubell/status/1084970001226821633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 15, 2019</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2940]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 01-15-2019 05:29 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I didn't know what those were about just now. I thought it was just, what is saying, as I've heard Trump just eats fast food because he doesn't trust regularly made food or whatever that thing is. Then I just find out that's what he's serving collegiate guests visiting the White House.

What a real Mother Fucker.

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[Post 2941]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-15-2019 08:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Be my guest, be my guest<br>Put my loyalty to the test<br>There&#39;s no disputin&#39; I&#39;m owned by Putin<br>Soon to be under arrest.<br>Lukewarm meat, fried potato<br>I&#39;ve got orders to quit NATO<br>Try the crime - it&#39;s overflowing!<br>Don&#39;t believe me - call Mike Cohen!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WhiteHouseDinners?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WhiteHouseDinners</a> <a href="https://t.co/Zw99FXDxHz">https://t.co/Zw99FXDxHz</a></p>&mdash; Toby Frost (@isambardsmith) <a href="https://twitter.com/isambardsmith/status/1085126796251709440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 15, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2942]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 01-15-2019 10:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The Trump administration: proving once again that shit on a silver platter is still shit. 

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dw84_k1XQAADYoy.jpg:large

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[Post 2943]
Author : Ari
Date : 01-16-2019 03:57 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I love that the Lincoln face palm changes in every one of these edits I've seen, like there isn't just one single face palm that fully encapsulates the moment, each image completely uses up that face palm and a new one must be brought in in each new meme image.

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[Post 2944]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-16-2019 07:57 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Why do they hate the troops?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Today you will not be receiving your regularly scheduled paycheck. To the best of my knowledge, this marks the first time in our Nation&#8217;s history that servicemembers in a U.S. Armed Force have not been paid during a lapse in appropriations. Read more: <a href="https://t.co/5tLzGhK2nt">https://t.co/5tLzGhK2nt</a> <a href="https://t.co/J2o00zWm0k">pic.twitter.com/J2o00zWm0k</a></p>&mdash; Admiral Karl Schultz (@ComdtUSCG) <a href="https://twitter.com/ComdtUSCG/status/1085246326944788482?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 15, 2019</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2945]
Author : SR71
Date : 01-16-2019 07:06 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Along those same lines, go Nancy! :cheerleader:

Nancy Pelosi To Trump: Delay State Of The Union Until Shutdown Ends | HuffPost (https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/nancy-pelosi-trump-delay-state-of-the-union_us_5c3f40c2e4b01c93e00fbf51)

Sadly, given the security concerns and unless government re-opens this week, I suggest that we work together to determine another suitable date after government has re-opened for this address or for you to consider delivering your State of the Union address in writing to the Congress on January 29th.

Most delectably, there is precedent for such a delay, involving you'll never guess who, unless it's something you happen to remember.  I didn't.

Delaying a presidential address to a joint session of Congress is not without precedent. In 2011, then-President Barack Obama agreed to delay a special address to Congress at the request of then-House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), after Boehner argued that the last-minute event required more time for arranging security.

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[Post 2946]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 01-16-2019 09:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Along those same lines, go Nancy! :cheerleader:

Nancy Pelosi To Trump: Delay State Of The Union Until Shutdown Ends | HuffPost (https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/nancy-pelosi-trump-delay-state-of-the-union_us_5c3f40c2e4b01c93e00fbf51)

Sadly, given the security concerns and unless government re-opens this week, I suggest that we work together to determine another suitable date after government has re-opened for this address or for you to consider delivering your State of the Union address in writing to the Congress on January 29th.

Most delectably, there is precedent for such a delay, involving you'll never guess who, unless it's something you happen to remember.  I didn't.

Delaying a presidential address to a joint session of Congress is not without precedent. In 2011, then-President Barack Obama agreed to delay a special address to Congress at the request of then-House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), after Boehner argued that the last-minute event required more time for arranging security.

So, I read what the US Constitution says about the State of the Union. 

He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient

Most of the ceremony we recognize as the State of the Union is primarily tradition.

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[Post 2947]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-17-2019 06:21 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Remember all those brigaded and rigged polls Jerome was posting in 2016?

Cohen Hired IT Firm to Rig Early CNBC, Drudge Polls to Favor Trump - WSJ (https://www.wsj.com/articles/poll-rigging-for-trump-and-creating-womenforcohen-one-it-firms-work-order-11547722801?mod=breakingnews?mod=mktw)

Turns out Cohen underpaid the CIO of Falwell's religious university to do some rigging. Instead of $50 grand, a Wal Mart bag of $13 grand and a used boxing glove. Peak Trump.

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[Post 2948]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-17-2019 07:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/FtvA0Tb.jpg

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[Post 2949]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-17-2019 07:52 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/fF8e8zV.jpg

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[Post 2950]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-17-2019 10:01 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

More topical. 

#WheresMitch - Twitter Search (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23WheresMitch)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">He&#8217;s not in the cloak room<br>He&#8217;s not in the Capitol<br>He&#8217;s not in the Russel building<br>He&#8217;s not on the floor of the Senate<br><br>And 800,000 people still don&#8217;t have their paychecks - so <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WheresMitch?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WheresMitch</a>? <a href="https://t.co/x3qOfC113M">https://t.co/x3qOfC113M</a></p>&mdash; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1085715362640027648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">17 January 2019</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2951]
Author : SR71
Date : 01-18-2019 12:50 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Needs more Dr. Seuss.

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[Post 2952]
Author : SR71
Date : 01-18-2019 03:10 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

More topical. 

#WheresMitch - Twitter Search (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23WheresMitch)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">He&#8217;s not in the cloak room<br>He&#8217;s not in the Capitol<br>He&#8217;s not in the Russel building<br>He&#8217;s not on the floor of the Senate<br><br>And 800,000 people still don&#8217;t have their paychecks - so <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WheresMitch?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WheresMitch</a>? <a href="https://t.co/x3qOfC113M">https://t.co/x3qOfC113M</a></p>&mdash; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1085715362640027648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">17 January 2019</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

He's not in the house, the mitchelly-moo,
He's not in the senate, he's not at the zoo,
He's not in the cloak room, he's not in the loo,
Not out on the floor, nor on the stairs, too
Oh where has he gone?
What can we do?
We can't end the shut down,
Without mitchelly-moo.

Twitter (https://mobile.twitter.com/AOC/status/1085715362640027648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1085715362640027648&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.freethought-forum.com%2Fforum%2Fshowthread.php%3Ft%3D29624%26page%3D118)

i will not quote twitter will not quote twitter will not quote twitter:muttercircle:

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[Post 2953]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-18-2019 07:33 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Border rancher: “We’ve found prayer rugs out here. It’s unreal.”  Washington Examiner   People coming across the Southern Border from many countries, some of which would be a big surprise.</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1086252588088082432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 18, 2019</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

2014:
Conservatives freak out after mistaking soccer jersey for 'Muslim prayer rug' left at border (https://www.rawstory.com/2014/07/conservatives-freak-out-after-mistaking-soccer-jersey-for-muslim-prayer-rug-left-at-border/)

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[Post 2954]
Author : Ari
Date : 01-18-2019 07:59 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I don't know, they seem pretty american to me if they're using single use prayer rugs and then littering them in the desert when done.

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[Post 2955]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-21-2019 01:03 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:lol:

'Celebrity Big Brother' Cast Revealed - Ryan Lochte, Anthony Scaramucci, Dina Lohan and More  | Hollywood Reporter (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/celebrity-big-brother-cast-revealed-ryan-lochte-anthony-scaramucci-dina-lohan-more-1175684)

Anthony Scaramucci: Working in White House prepared me to compete on 'Celebrity Big Brother' (https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/anthony-scaramucci-working-in-white-house-prepared-me-to-compete-on-celebrity-big-brother)

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[Post 2956]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-21-2019 01:06 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Bonus:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Pence says Trump is acting &#8220;exactly like&#8221; Martin Luther King in demanding a border wall and quotes the &#8220;I Have A Dream&#8221; speech. <a href="https://t.co/twZvIKzn7V">pic.twitter.com/twZvIKzn7V</a></p>&mdash; Waleed Shahid (@_waleedshahid) <a href="https://twitter.com/_waleedshahid/status/1087115690069446656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2957]
Author : Corona688
Date : 01-21-2019 05:59 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This is almost the first time we've seen Pence taking a stance on any Trump points.  Is this really the wall he wants to die upon, or did he cave to pressure?

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[Post 2958]
Author : SR71
Date : 01-23-2019 02:36 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

‘Trump is screaming’: New report says the president’s aides are pushing to fire Rudy Giuliani as he goes down in flames – Alternet.org (https://www.alternet.org/2019/01/trump-is-screaming-new-report-says-the-presidents-aides-are-pushing-to-fire-rudy-giuliani-as-he-goes-down-in-flames/)

Sometimes I think Rudy is purposely fucking over Derp Fuhrer for not putting Rudy in the cabinet.

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[Post 2959]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-23-2019 06:05 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Having realized his tantrum is not moving his mother&#39;s resolve, the child falls deep into a pit of quiet despair in a transparent attempt to tug at her heartstrings. <a href="https://t.co/mgf9n4Tbg8">pic.twitter.com/mgf9n4Tbg8</a></p>&mdash; Willow &#55358;&#56720;&#55357;&#56613; (@RockShrimp) <a href="https://twitter.com/RockShrimp/status/1088125943862968323?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 23, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2960]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 01-23-2019 07:52 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Come the next Congress, Rep. Elijah Cummings will be chairing the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. 

Fun will now commence (https://oversight.house.gov/sites/democrats.oversight.house.gov/files/2019-01-23.EEC%20to%20Cipollone-WH%20re%20Security%20Clearances.pdf).

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[Post 2961]
Author : Sock Puppet
Date : 01-23-2019 11:02 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The White House did not provide information about whether current National Security Advisor John Bolton disclosed his previous contacts and work with Maria Butina, a Russian national who has now pleaded guilty to conspiring to act as an agent of the Russian government.
All this, and John Boy too? Saints be praised, providence done shined on us again, honey child. :excited:

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[Post 2962]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-24-2019 12:10 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump can't just show up somewhere he's not invited. This isn't the dressing room at Miss Teen USA <a href="https://t.co/Zwx0nWhi99">https://t.co/Zwx0nWhi99</a></p>&mdash; The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheDailyShow/status/1088128196296564736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 23, 2019</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

And how did that turn out?

Trump bluffed hard on his State of the Union, and Pelosi called it - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/01/23/is-trump-really-just-going-show-up-try-deliver-his-state-union/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.abb7d46a6d66)

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[Post 2963]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-25-2019 05:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Wilbur Ross says furloughed workers should take out a loan. His agency's credit union is charging nearly 9%. - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/wilbur-ross-says-furloughed-workers-should-take-out-a-loan-his-agencys-own-credit-union-is-charging-nearly-9-percent/2019/01/24/be1c9f1e-2020-11e9-8b59-0a28f2191131_story.html)

There's others that charge nothing or next to it at 0.1%. But this commerce secretary. Holy hell.

This is so alien when you've a parliament. Government can't pass a budget? Election. America? The electeds keep getting paid while the civil service gets shafted. What kind of bass ackward system is that?

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[Post 2964]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-25-2019 07:45 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I love that I live in a day and age when I have absolutely no idea if this is a typo. <a href="https://t.co/9LHsb66NcO">pic.twitter.com/9LHsb66NcO</a></p>&mdash; Daniel A. Horwitz (@Scot_Blog) <a href="https://twitter.com/Scot_Blog/status/1088797843383615488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 25, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2965]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-25-2019 09:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">If Trump really wanted to see Hillary locked up, he should&#8217;ve just hired her to work on his campaign.</p>&mdash; William LeGate (@williamlegate) <a href="https://twitter.com/williamlegate/status/1088775356926967808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">25 January 2019</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2966]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 01-25-2019 10:03 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The federal gubmint is reopened and funded through Feb. 15, with exactly $0.00 wall money. 

Another flawless victory for President Sundowner. 

https://bigmemes.funnyjunk.com/pictures/Flawless_e709a4_1172208.jpg

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[Post 2967]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-25-2019 10:32 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

He wanted a wall, he ended up with a cave.

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[Post 2968]
Author : SR71
Date : 01-27-2019 05:28 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

And a few less employees.  He let go the undocumented immigrants he hired years ago, knowing then they had forged documents.  

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump%e2%80%99s-golf-course-employed-undocumented-workers-%e2%80%94-and-then-fired-them-amid-showdown-over-border-wall/ar-BBSM6cP

OSSINING, N.Y &#8212;They had spent years on the staff of Donald Trump&#8217;s golf club, winning employee-of-the-month awards and receiving glowing letters of recommendation.

Some were trusted enough to hold the keys to Eric Trump&#8217;s weekend home. They were experienced enough to know that, when Donald Trump ordered chicken wings, they were to serve him two orders on one plate.

But on Jan. 18, about a dozen employees at Trump National Golf Club in Westchester County, N.Y., were summoned, one by one, to talk with a human resources executive from Trump headquarters.

During the meetings, they were fired because they are undocumented immigrants, according to interviews with the workers and their attorney. The fired workers are from Latin America.

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[Post 2969]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-27-2019 06:24 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I truly hate disloyal people</p>&mdash; Eric Trump (@EricTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/EricTrump/status/1030273215141175298?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 17, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 ¯\_(&#12484;)_/¯

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[Post 2970]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-28-2019 05:16 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Every dope stupid enough to think Trump will have their back goes through the same failure cycle:<br><br>- Get indicted<br>- Proclaim loyalty to Trump<br>- Get thrown under the bus in a tweet<br>- Realize they&#8217;ve made a huge mistake<br>- Tell Mueller they want a deal<br><br>Stone will flip. They all do. <a href="https://t.co/44Egry9XQ9">pic.twitter.com/44Egry9XQ9</a></p>&mdash; The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) <a href="https://twitter.com/HoarseWisperer/status/1089605419901825025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 27, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

So.

You could say.

Mueller leaves no Stone unturned?

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[Post 2971]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 01-28-2019 06:49 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:soso:

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[Post 2972]
Author : SR71
Date : 01-28-2019 08:12 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I think this is point in the episode where Jack McCoy says "We're not offering any deal.  We've got everything we need without your client's testimony".

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[Post 2973]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-28-2019 08:04 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/ERJkfi6.jpg

Top comment:
Are you saying that politicians are the unpalatable by-products of our society pressed into vaguely humanoid shapes and marketed as special?

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[Post 2974]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-29-2019 07:17 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.gyazo.com/3a6287bf4fd8e26121a17ed74bc6f301.jpg

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[Post 2975]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 01-29-2019 05:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It would partially explain covfefe, snarf.

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[Post 2976]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-29-2019 06:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">At least twice a week I think I&#39;m having a stroke because the stuff people are saying to me makes NO SENSE and then I figure out it&#39;s a reference to whatever the President of the United States has most recently mispelled</p>&mdash; PerpHatWalk (@Popehat) <a href="https://twitter.com/Popehat/status/1090299439447662592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 29, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2977]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-30-2019 06:50 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Report: Mueller Investigation Nearly Done With First Day Of Trump Campaign (https://politics.theonion.com/report-mueller-investigation-nearly-done-with-first-da-1832163270)

 Justice Department sources also cautioned people following the investigation not to get too excited about it ending with bombshell arrests, and estimated that it would likely lead to indictments for only 10-12 percent of the U.S. population.

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[Post 2978]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-30-2019 08:59 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

You know what, fuck the fuck the police thrad. I blame Trump.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Arpaio once sent 40 SWAT cops, a bomb robot, K9 units, and Steven Seagal to arrest a man suspected of cockfighting. Seagal drove an APC into the man&#39;s living room. They destroyed the guy&#39;s house with explosives, then filmed it all for a reality TV show. <a href="https://t.co/AjW2Lm7jSV">https://t.co/AjW2Lm7jSV</a></p>&mdash; Radley Balko (@radleybalko) <a href="https://twitter.com/radleybalko/status/1090369807105564672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 29, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 2979]
Author : The Man
Date : 01-30-2019 11:38 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Nancy Pelosi is an example of somebody who&#8217;s done an amazing job and is getting recognised more and more, I notice.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">do you know how historically impossible it is to make ANY speaker of the house popular? <a href="https://t.co/xOuQXbaI0d">https://t.co/xOuQXbaI0d</a></p>&mdash; Zeddy (@Zeddary) <a href="https://twitter.com/Zeddary/status/1090429000244228101?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">30 January 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">it is an unquestionably thankless job that gets you blamed for everything by everyone inside and outside your caucus. It drove Boehner to madness, Ryan to irrelevance, Gingrich to punchline status, and Hastert to...well...</p>&mdash; Zeddy (@Zeddary) <a href="https://twitter.com/Zeddary/status/1090430610844409857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">30 January 2019</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2980]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-30-2019 06:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

"Nancy Pelosi now trusted more than Donald Trump"

They make it seem like this is a high bar.

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[Post 2981]
Author : erimir
Date : 01-30-2019 06:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

As awful as Trump's favorability* ratings are**, his net favorable/unfavorable is very good compared to Paul Ryan and John Boehner's time as speaker, and Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell's time as majority leader. Nancy Pelosi also didn't have average favorability ratings this high as minority leader or at the end of her last speakership. So as bad as Trump's ratings are, a Speaker hasn't had ratings this high in at least over a decade. I doubt that Hastert or Gingrich were more favorable, but polling averages for them are harder to find, so she's probably currently the most popular Speaker since 1994.

Their general unfavorability makes sense, since the Speaker often has to make uncomfortable compromises. But in contrast with the president, they do so while not having been voted on by >99% of Americans, so people feel less connection and thus less willing to forgive the compromise than they are for the president. And they tend to be more directly connected to the compromises that people don't like - the president just signs or vetoes the bills, so while he has some input into legislation, Congress gets more blame (mostly rightfully so), and that blame accrues to the congressional leaders as well.

It is perhaps notable then, that Pelosi managed to get such a high rating so far by not compromising. If Trump continues to put her in situations where not compromising is so clearly the political winner, her high ratings will continue. Eventually she may have to make a compromise that rank-and-file Democrats don't like, and her ratings will drop. That would probably be the result of a negotiation with McConnell rather than Trump though, and I don't know that Trump is willing to sit on the sidelines and simply endorse whatever McConnell agrees to.

*This is correlated with job approval rating, but it's not the same thing. Obama had more or less higher favorability than job approval over his presidency because he's personally likable, I guess. Trump's has tracked more closely with job approval. Since he got elected the GOP basically became a cult of personality, so it's hard for someone to simultaneously say he's a bad guy and they approve of his job and vice versa. Before the election, his favorability tended to be much worse than his general election numbers, afterwards people maybe have some cognitive dissonance if they voted for him - saying "Trump is good, actually" is easier than "Yeah he's bad, but Hillary would've been worse, I'm sure of it."

**The thing which makes his ratings even worse than they seem is the intensity of the dislike. The large majority of people who disapprove/have unfavorable ratings of Trump strongly disapprove/have strongly unfavorable impressions of him.

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[Post 2982]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-02-2019 06:55 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Repubs must not allow Pres Obama to subvert the Constitution of the US for his own benefit &amp; because he is unable to negotiate w/ Congress.</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/535441553079431168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 20, 2014</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2983]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-04-2019 07:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Totally Retro! US kicks it old school with dangerous arms race against Russia - The Beaverton (https://www.thebeaverton.com/2019/02/totally-retro-us-kicks-it-old-school-with-dangerous-arms-race-against-russia/)

The whole thing started when Trump accused Russia of not a taking chill pill and violating the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty with, like total ‘impunity’. Who thought Trump could get anymore Ronald Reagan after that totally bitchin irresponsible income tax cut, but he found a way!

This is just the latest of some real throwback style moves by President Trump including denying gay people rights, extending the draconian war on drugs, and meddling in the internal affairs of a South American nation purely because he heard the word socialism. All this and the Rams back in Los Angeles, Gnarly!

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[Post 2984]
Author : Dingfod
Date : 02-05-2019 10:03 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

"We will build a human wall if necessary."  Good idea, stack up the bodies of MAGA hat wearing asshats to block Mexicanish brown people from coming sounds like a pretty good idea.

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[Post 2985]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-06-2019 05:33 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Congrats to <a href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerPelosi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SpeakerPelosi</a> for inventing the &#8220;fuck you&#8221; clap. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/sotu?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#sotu</a> <a href="https://t.co/eueoUf9IBT">pic.twitter.com/eueoUf9IBT</a></p>&mdash; Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) <a href="https://twitter.com/pattonoswalt/status/1092984227623141377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 6, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Best golf clap variant I've seen.

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[Post 2986]
Author : SR71
Date : 02-06-2019 01:59 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Totally Retro! US kicks it old school with dangerous arms race against Russia - The Beaverton (https://www.thebeaverton.com/2019/02/totally-retro-us-kicks-it-old-school-with-dangerous-arms-race-against-russia/)

The whole thing started when Trump accused Russia of not a taking chill pill and violating the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty with, like total ‘impunity’. Who thought Trump could get anymore Ronald Reagan after that totally bitchin irresponsible income tax cut, but he found a way!

This is just the latest of some real throwback style moves by President Trump including denying gay people rights, extending the draconian war on drugs, and meddling in the internal affairs of a South American nation purely because he heard the word socialism. All this and the Rams back in Los Angeles, Gnarly!
 
I wonder if Derp Fuhrer will hold his breath and shut down the government if he decides he wants XX billion for new nukes?  

It amazes me how little press this story is getting.  Once again, our good buddy Vlad comes out smelling like roses.  Trump leaves INF first.  We are the bad guy.

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[Post 2987]
Author : SR71
Date : 02-06-2019 02:20 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:lolhog:

From the INF wiki
President Donald Trump announced on 20 October 2018 that he was withdrawing the U.S. from the treaty, citing Russian non-compliance.[6] The U.S. formally suspended the treaty on 1 February 2019,[7] as did Russia the following day.[8]

Well then, that all transpired rather quickly.  I wonder if this was mapped out in the cozy little tete a tetes these two love birds have been arranging.

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[Post 2988]
Author : SR71
Date : 02-07-2019 04:40 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This year we'll file our first tax returns after the new code goes into effect.  I don't know what to expect.  I think I read that the new standard deduction is doubled from what it used to be.  I don't know if that means we'll pay less taxes relative to what we used to pay?  Suppose the close to median earners find they do benefit significantly from the new law with either bigger refunds or smaller year end tax bills?  How much would that do for tRumps approval rating?  I feel like that's pretty much his last chance to avoid ushering in his own undoing, short of the all but guaranteed war bump.
 
I think this is about to blow up in their face in this first tax season where the new rules really show the full effect.  Withholding throughout the year was lowered but the changes in tax rates are going to mean a politically important fraction of taxpayers are going to see a smaller refund or owe taxes instead of getting a refund.  That'll leave a mark.

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[Post 2989]
Author : Dingfod
Date : 02-07-2019 07:22 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This year we'll file our first tax returns after the new code goes into effect.  I don't know what to expect.  I think I read that the new standard deduction is doubled from what it used to be.  I don't know if that means we'll pay less taxes relative to what we used to pay?  Suppose the close to median earners find they do benefit significantly from the new law with either bigger refunds or smaller year end tax bills?  How much would that do for tRumps approval rating?  I feel like that's pretty much his last chance to avoid ushering in his own undoing, short of the all but guaranteed war bump.
 
I think this is about to blow up in their face in this first tax season where the new rules really show the full effect.  Withholding throughout the year was lowered but the changes in tax rates are going to mean a politically important fraction of taxpayers are going to see a smaller refund or owe taxes instead of getting a refund.  That'll leave a mark.Taxpayers are not happy, not even Trump supporters.

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[Post 2990]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-08-2019 11:02 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Kinda wild how people are learning that a change to the tax withholding tables doesn't mean a tax reduction.

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[Post 2991]
Author : Dingfod
Date : 02-10-2019 11:01 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

My wife and I combined make less than $24 if SS isn't counted, so basically nothing with the the $24K exemption,

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[Post 2992]
Author : SR71
Date : 02-14-2019 04:10 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/static/2018/06/RTX67KA9-1200x800.jpg
Thanks Obama.

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[Post 2993]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 02-15-2019 05:03 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump has declared a "national emergency" to fund the border wall. 

...but that's not what I wanted to talk about.  The local NPR station was broadcasting this live - and holy shit does Trump sound like an idiot.

I can hardly stand to listen to the man, but If I'm not mistaken, he said, "no one is for a deficit more than me," when he clearly meant the opposite.  He said something along the lines of he has so much money for the military that he doesn't know what to do with it all.

The man can't speak extemporaneously - he's worse than GWB.

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[Post 2994]
Author : Dingfod
Date : 02-15-2019 05:29 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I can't listen to Trump at all. I will shoot my tv if his sons are on it.

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[Post 2995]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-15-2019 05:49 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">DoJ lawyers watching this who will have to defend the emergency decree: <a href="https://t.co/IhaEppSWIl">pic.twitter.com/IhaEppSWIl</a></p>&mdash; 25thHat (@Popehat) <a href="https://twitter.com/Popehat/status/1096444063895642112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 15, 2019</a></blockquote>
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[Post 2996]
Author : Dingfod
Date : 02-15-2019 06:52 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

TJH is a fucking idiot.

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[Post 2997]
Author : Corona688
Date : 02-15-2019 06:53 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

What does this actually mean?  Is he allowed to do this?  Is there any way to deny him, or is this some arbitrary money loophole everyone's been too afraid of the consequences to touch until now?

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[Post 2998]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-15-2019 07:04 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

He just jammed up the courts with eminent domain suits from Texas to California.

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[Post 2999]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-15-2019 07:53 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Huge Display Of Pomp And Ceremony In DC As Emergency Months In The Making Finally Declared ('https://outabouter.com/2019/02/15/huge-display-of-pomp-and-ceremony-in-dc-as-emergency-months-in-the-making-finally-declared/')


&#8220;It is with great pride that I give to you the signature achievement of my first term as president,&#8221; Trump said, speaking to a mostly empty National Mall, as a brisk wind blew through the august space between the Lincoln Memorial and the Capitol Building, a distance that seems to have steadily increased over the last two years. &#8220;Following months of planning, and negotiations, and threats, and begging, I present to the American people: A National Emergency.&#8221;

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[Post 3000]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 02-15-2019 08:45 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

What does this actually mean?  Is he allowed to do this?  Is there any way to deny him, or is this some arbitrary money loophole everyone's been too afraid of the consequences to touch until now?

I don't know all of what this means, but usually a "national emergency" is typically done for things like natural disasters, or other large scale emergent events. I'm pretty sure the 9/11 attack was declared a national emergency.  Usually, these declarations are uncontroversial.  As is his style, Trump is violating Presidential norms and possibly the law by doing this.

From what I've read, Congress can override this declaration, or they (or other affected parties) can also sue the President and have the courts reject the declaration. They could also do both. I expect the House Democrats will do whatever makes the most sense to stop him.

I don't think this has universal support among Republicans, but I'm not sure if there's enough dissent to override a potential veto.

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[Post 3001]
Author : Ari
Date : 02-15-2019 08:59 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

In some ways I'm excited about this as maybe it means there will be a confrontation.  So much of this has felt a bit like the Shadow war where two big giants have been stomping around in the playground, but it's still just a playground to them where neither side wants to unbalance things too much so that when it's eventually their turn they get to have all the power.

And in comes that shithead selfish bully that no one likes but he keeps pushing his way into your games stomping on everything, and suddenly people are forced to take sides, to fix the broken rules of the game.

Of course, I say all this in a positive way since given our timeline it's a good bet this is all going to fuck us over in interesting and new ways as the downward spiral continues.

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[Post 3002]
Author : JoeP
Date : 02-15-2019 11:15 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

"STATE OF THE UNION" — A Bad Lip Reading - YouTube

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[Post 3003]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-16-2019 12:18 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

.https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/intermediary/f/7f6541c7-0f71-4281-a0d6-45f12f0c1cf6/dczue3b-c30d63e3-4cec-41d7-baef-6bd750cca7ff.jpg/v1/fill/w_576,h_1387,q_70,strp/logic_by_jollyjack_dczue3b-pre.jpg
Logic (https://www.deviantart.com/jollyjack/art/Logic-785798615)

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[Post 3004]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-17-2019 06:59 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump&#8217;s reaction to <a href="https://twitter.com/nbcsnl?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@nbcsnl</a> seems like a good time to check out President George H.W. Bush&#8217;s reaction to the &#8220;Republican hit job&#8221; by SNL&#8217;s <a href="https://twitter.com/danacarvey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@danacarvey</a> <a href="https://t.co/5A4c9WEQaA">pic.twitter.com/5A4c9WEQaA</a></p>&mdash; David Jones (@DavidJones2019) <a href="https://twitter.com/DavidJones2019/status/1097199841355186177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 17, 2019</a></blockquote>
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[Post 3005]
Author : The Man
Date : 02-17-2019 07:07 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Today's Leopards Eating People's Faces Party update:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">inject this shit directly into my fucking veins <a href="https://t.co/XIH43gzZHq">pic.twitter.com/XIH43gzZHq</a></p>&mdash; Direct Action Bronson (@smarxist_) <a href="https://twitter.com/smarxist_/status/1092342448397922304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 4, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3006]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-17-2019 09:15 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Today's Leopards Eating People's Faces Party update:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">inject this shit directly into my fucking veins <a href="https://t.co/XIH43gzZHq">pic.twitter.com/XIH43gzZHq</a></p>&mdash; Direct Action Bronson (@smarxist_) <a href="https://twitter.com/smarxist_/status/1092342448397922304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 4, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Kids in cages - Fine
Mocking disabled - Fine
Build the wall - Yeah, baby
Lock her up - Who gives a shit about the rule of law anyway?
Shift your tax deductions to the Koch Bros. - LAWD HAVE MERCY!

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[Post 3007]
Author : JoeP
Date : 02-17-2019 09:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Today's Leopards Eating People's Faces Party update:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">inject this shit directly into my fucking veins <a href="https://t.co/XIH43gzZHq">pic.twitter.com/XIH43gzZHq</a></p>&mdash; Direct Action Bronson (@smarxist_) <a href="https://twitter.com/smarxist_/status/1092342448397922304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 4, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Kids in cages - Fine
Mocking disabled - Fine
Build the wall - Yeah, baby
Lock her up - Who gives a shit about the rule of law anyway?
Shift your tax deductions to the Koch Bros. - LAWD HAVE MERCY!

Affects people I don't care about - Fine
Affects people who make me uncomfortable - Fine
Affects people I'm scared of - Yeah, baby
Affects people I've been trained to hate - Yeah, baby
Affects me - LAWD HAVE MERCY!

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[Post 3008]
Author : Corona688
Date : 02-25-2019 07:38 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/nVslden.png
Donald J. Trump on Twitter: "Former Senator Harry Reid (he got thrown out) is working hard to put a good spin on his failed career. He led through lies and deception, only to be replaced by another beauty, Cryin’ Chuck Schumer. Some things just never change!" (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1100015815515082752)

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[Post 3009]
Author : Zehava
Date : 02-26-2019 12:24 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

You know what fuck him.

I started using Twitter after CheetoBenito was elected, made a few reasoned responses to his tweets, but it quickly became not fun.

Now, fuck it and consequences be damned, every @realDonaldTrump tweet is getting this as a reply.

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[Post 3010]
Author : SR71
Date : 02-27-2019 08:06 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I  just listened to an hour and a half of Cohen goes to Hollywood Washington.  It was p. entertaining.   I don't know that he really had any beans left to spill that are especially toothsome, but it was fun anyway.  The Republicans were all full of outrage that we were entertaining a known liar in the hallowed halls!  I'm sure I don't need to highlight the irony, but I can't help it. The cool part was that I'm sure, really sure, I detected some detectably detectable levels of real fear and stress in their questions, attacks, rants and raves, etc.  Rising pitch, tongue tied, stammering, yammering, unable to speak, stroking out.  

One of the highlights was when one of the dems put it thus; they liked it when you were lying to protect tRump, and they don't like it now that you're telling the truth.

One of them basically threatened him with more jail time when he admitted he cheated on his own taxes, and then seemingly wanted to change the whole focus of the investigation to Cohen cheating on his taxes.  

I'm no fan of Cohen but it was good theater, he put on a good show, managed to get under some skins.

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[Post 3011]
Author : SR71
Date : 02-27-2019 08:15 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Oh yeah, there were several attempts to get him to commit to declining any book or movie deals in the future.  He declined to make that commitment.

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[Post 3012]
Author : JoeP
Date : 02-27-2019 09:15 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The cool part was that I'm sure, really sure, I detected some detectably detectable levels of real fear and stress in their questions, attacks, rants and raves, etc.  Rising pitch, tongue tied, stammering, yammering, unable to speak, stroking out.  


Didn't Brat Kavanope display many of those behaviours? And still get confirmed to the SC? Seems like super-righteous super-indignation is a learned and ingrained behaviour among their kind.

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[Post 3013]
Author : Ari
Date : 02-27-2019 09:18 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I haven't listened to it yet, but I'm excited to see the eventual replies.  There's no way that Trump in panic mode doesn't go after Cohen in some 3am tirades, or post some incriminating evidence to counter perceived attacks on his manhood.  The more Trump throws long time confidants under the bus and and then reverses back over them, the less likely anyone with dirt is going to hold out and not tell everything they can just to get as far away from the implosion as possible.

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[Post 3014]
Author : Corona688
Date : 02-27-2019 09:26 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/27/us/politics/cohen-documents-testimony.html

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[Post 3015]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-28-2019 01:22 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

There's no way that Trump in panic mode doesn't go after Cohen in some 3am tirades

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Michael Cohen was one of many lawyers who represented me (unfortunately). He had other clients also. He was just disbarred by the State Supreme Court for lying &amp; fraud. He did bad things unrelated to Trump. He is lying in order to reduce his prison time. Using Crooked’s lawyer!</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1100683974899363840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 27, 2019</a></blockquote>
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[Post 3016]
Author : Ari
Date : 02-28-2019 01:58 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Oow this is tail between his legs Trump, this is going to get interesting cause this is a Trump that knows shits going to get bad and is working hard to back pedal, distance, and distract. 

"one of many" reduction of importance.  
"He had other clients also" short for 'you're unfairly picking on me'
"unrelated to Trump" oh you know things are going well when he starts distancing using third person.
"Crooked" Besides the obvious distraction I like that he can't even say her name, it's just straight dog whistley insults.

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[Post 3017]
Author : SR71
Date : 02-28-2019 02:17 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

He might be feeling a little thrown to the wolves or more like set adrift on an ice floe.  While none of the republicans made any effort to delve into anything devious Derp Fuhrer may have been involved in, none made any effort to actively defend him against the charges either, at least not while I was listening.  They mostly just attacked Cohen's credibility.

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[Post 3018]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-28-2019 06:42 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

And the closing remarks:

Background, Jim Jordan made some remark about this is how Democrats are choosing to do their 'first' hearing.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This part of Chairman Cummings’ closing statement will go down as one of the most powerful moments in American history. Please watch it and share. Phenomenal. Well done, patriot. &#127482;&#127480; <a href="https://t.co/UT13zK5pYS">pic.twitter.com/UT13zK5pYS</a></p>&mdash; Scott Dworkin (@funder) <a href="https://twitter.com/funder/status/1100885429895790592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 27, 2019</a></blockquote>
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https://images.plurk.com/4ExK6KbaXlJWf6fOPlhbzU.jpg

I see the resemblance.

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[Post 3019]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-28-2019 07:12 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ken White (Popehat) on that Cohen hearing clown show (https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/02/michael-cohens-gop-cross-examiners-failed-miserably/583777/)

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[Post 3020]
Author : JoeP
Date : 02-28-2019 05:18 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ken White (Popehat) on that Cohen hearing clown show (https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/02/michael-cohens-gop-cross-examiners-failed-miserably/583777/)

Will the president of the United States ever learn that a federal criminal investigation is not a reality show?

No. No he will not. Even when in jail, he will continue to treat it as a reality show.

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[Post 3021]
Author : SR71
Date : 03-06-2019 02:26 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgflip.com/2vcomu.jpg

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[Post 3022]
Author : Sock Puppet
Date : 03-06-2019 10:29 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Not a big fan of New Yorker cartoons, but I did like this one.


https://media.newyorker.com/cartoons/5c7e9dbcdf25432cf052867a/master/w_649,c_limit/DC030519.jpg

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[Post 3023]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 03-08-2019 07:53 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Artist puts Trump quotes onto vintage ads and it works all too well. (https://twentytwowords.com/artist-puts-trumps-sexist-quotes-onto-vintage-ads-and-it-works-all-too-well/?utm_source=influencer2&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=influencer2-7941&umtscde=1rp4t&umtctd=bGxsbmRpNnhocGRucHg2)

The man is a horrible, horrible piece of shit.

https://static.twentytwowords.com/wp-content/uploads/2poster2.jpg

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[Post 3024]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-09-2019 04:42 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:examine:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump watched the Super Bowl with the founder of the spa where Patriots owner Robert Kraft was busted in prostitution sting, the &#8294;<a href="https://twitter.com/MiamiHerald?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MiamiHerald</a>&#8297; reports. <br><br>The party was at Trump’s West Palm Beach country club. <a href="https://t.co/aPnqN50uEX">https://t.co/aPnqN50uEX</a></p>&mdash; Steve Contorno (@scontorno) <a href="https://twitter.com/scontorno/status/1104013784044265474?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 8, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Oh. Look at that. What do you know. The whole family took some nice shots with the massage parlor lady. <a href="https://t.co/pfHTiX2FnN">pic.twitter.com/pfHTiX2FnN</a></p>&mdash; andy lassner (@andylassner) <a href="https://twitter.com/andylassner/status/1104059765527703552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 8, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">How’s your day going, <a href="https://twitter.com/mattgaetz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@mattgaetz</a>? <a href="https://t.co/v0ru7h3Yhc">pic.twitter.com/v0ru7h3Yhc</a></p>&mdash; andy lassner (@andylassner) <a href="https://twitter.com/andylassner/status/1104063419546656768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 8, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3025]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-11-2019 06:44 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">You know, whatever. <a href="https://t.co/uN7USXxKIq">pic.twitter.com/uN7USXxKIq</a></p>&mdash; Schooley (@Rschooley) <a href="https://twitter.com/Rschooley/status/1104178076089348096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 9, 2019</a></blockquote>
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[Post 3026]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-11-2019 07:42 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Mueller Results (So Far) - The Big Picture (https://ritholtz.com/2019/03/mueller-results-so-far/)

10896

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[Post 3027]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 03-11-2019 08:42 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D1LTCXQV4AEruOM.jpg

That isn't a signature; it's a scrawl.  It doesn't look anything at all like it was meant to spell out "Donald J. Trump," no matter how bad his handwriting might be.  In fact, it looks exactly like what would be produced by someone who's basically illiterate, but doesn't want anyone to know.

Which brings us to the fact that numerous people have accused Trump of being functionally illiterate.  For example, there are numerous videos of Trump apparently struggling to read something or another.  Numerous White House staff members have stated that Trump doesn't read.  And in an interview with the Atlantic, Rudy Giuliani stated that it took Trump 3 weeks to make his way through the written part of the Russian collusion exam:  "It took him about three weeks to do what would normally take two days."  He followed up with, "I know you think I'm going to say: 'Maybe he can't read,' but I'm not."


It wouldn't surprise me at all to learn that Trump is functionally illiterate.  It would explain quite a few things.

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[Post 3028]
Author : Corona688
Date : 03-11-2019 10:18 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Unsure.  He does a lot of writing for someone functionally illiterate.  If he's got some intern following him typing into his phone, maybe.

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[Post 3029]
Author : lisarea
Date : 03-12-2019 03:27 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I hate to say this and it's not intended as a defense or anything, but my signature is worse than that. It looks like I'm testing to see if a pen is working. There is no possible way you could read my name in it. I pretty much make a loop, a bump, and then trail off. (Take note, forgers.)

Fun fact: Jack Lew had to change his signature when he became treasury secretary (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Lew#Secretary_of_the_Treasury) because it was too goofy looking to be on all our folding money.

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[Post 3030]
Author : Ari
Date : 03-12-2019 04:08 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Which brings us to the fact that numerous people have accused Trump of being functionally illiterate.
I thnk 'functionally illiterate' is a bit too harsh perhaps a permanent developmental retardation.  My guess is that at some point in his education he got behind and the narcissistic need to be perfect and avert shame meant he never asked the basic questions or got the basic help many of us got to get us over a tiny hurdle.

It's like hunt and peck typing vs someone trained, sure both are typing but one is much easier to hide when they only speak in 140 character chunks.

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[Post 3031]
Author : Ari
Date : 03-15-2019 05:32 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Speaking of Trump's illiteracy I ran into this article by the Washington Post wondering why it takes Trump so long to tweet.  When Trump tweeted about Boeing and '...' the end of his tweet, 12 minutes later he finished it joking he didn't want Einstein as a pilot.  That gap is apparently not uncommon, Trump's chained tweets come an average of 8 minutes between parts.  The only time when there isn't a large gap is when the tweets were grouped and posted together by an app.

Let’s address the elephant in the room: Why does it take Trump so long to tweet? - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/03/12/lets-address-elephant-room-why-does-it-take-trump-so-long-tweet/?utm_term=.e9c34e4cc48d)

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[Post 3032]
Author : Dingfod
Date : 03-15-2019 06:49 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

There's no way that Trump in panic mode doesn't go after Cohen in some 3am tirades

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Michael Cohen was one of many lawyers who represented me (unfortunately). He had other clients also. He was just disbarred by the State Supreme Court for lying &amp; fraud. He did bad things unrelated to Trump. He is lying in order to reduce his prison time. Using Crooked&#8217;s lawyer!</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1100683974899363840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 27, 2019</a></blockquote>
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¯\_(&#12484;)_/¯Cohen had only three clients in the past few years, Trump, Republican fundraiser Elliot Broidy, and allegedly, Sean Hannity.

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[Post 3033]
Author : Corona688
Date : 03-15-2019 10:26 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump just vetoed the resolution turning down his wall.  Of course.

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[Post 3034]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-16-2019 05:09 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So this doesn't slide by unnoticed.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The story Maddow is covering right now about Scott Lloyd and the pregnancies of refugee girls is some straight-up Handmaid&#8217;s Tale shit. <a href="https://t.co/KyOuv5IInp">pic.twitter.com/KyOuv5IInp</a></p>&mdash; shauna (@goldengateblond) <a href="https://twitter.com/goldengateblond/status/1106728493323149312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3035]
Author : The Man
Date : 03-16-2019 02:26 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

There is literally no chance that Scott Lloyd isn't a sex offender of some sort. I wouldn't even be all that surprised if they find dead girls buried under his basement. That creep harbours a deep-seated, pathological resentment of women and I would bet actual money that he has acted it out in some way beyond what he's doing in his official capacity, which, in a just world, would already, by itself, land him on the sex offender registry. But of course, he's serving in the Grab Them by the Pussy administration*, so no surprise there.

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[Post 3036]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 03-17-2019 08:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Nature photographer captures image depicting how the <a href="https://twitter.com/GOP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GOP</a> dies and the <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a> presidency ends. <a href="https://t.co/zzidpJoxWY">https://t.co/zzidpJoxWY</a></p>&mdash; Richard Hine (@richardhine) <a href="https://twitter.com/richardhine/status/1107358829686255616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">17 March 2019</a></blockquote>
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[Post 3037]
Author : The Man
Date : 03-18-2019 06:45 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Republicans: &#8220;Late night hosts these days make fun of Donald Trump too much! Johnny Carson would never do that!&#8221;<br><br>Johnny Carson: *literally does jokes about Trump evicting people from their homes* <a href="https://t.co/H0XS3FPy6M">pic.twitter.com/H0XS3FPy6M</a></p>&mdash; Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeDrucker/status/1106191242122199040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3038]
Author : erimir
Date : 03-21-2019 09:58 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: In letter to WH, Rep. Cummings reveals that KUSHNER was routinely using WhatsApp to conduct official business as recently as Dec. 2018. Kushner's lawyer told lawmakers he screenshots messages to preserve them.<br><br>Cummings wants details by April 4. <a href="https://t.co/uOZdCgKGph">https://t.co/uOZdCgKGph</a></p>&mdash; Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) <a href="https://twitter.com/kyledcheney/status/1108775626973028352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 21, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Lowell also told lawmakers, per Cummings, that Ivanka Trump doesn't forward email she receives to her official White House account unless she replies. Cummings says this &quot;would appear to violate the Presidential Records Act.&quot;</p>&mdash; Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) <a href="https://twitter.com/kyledcheney/status/1108778214187507712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 21, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Javanka parts of this story will get all the attention but KT McFarland was discussing selling nukes to Saudi Arabia on A Oh My Fucking Ell. <a href="https://t.co/C6PYnYUlCA">https://t.co/C6PYnYUlCA</a> <a href="https://t.co/t6u8Dn08S7">pic.twitter.com/t6u8Dn08S7</a></p>&mdash; emptywheel (@emptywheel) <a href="https://twitter.com/emptywheel/status/1108781469152018432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 21, 2019</a></blockquote>
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So we're discussing nuclear technology transfers on the service that is synonymous with elderly people who don't know anything about the internet (although now it's more like "That still exists?" because old people use Facebook instead of AOL chain emails for their right-wing conspiracy theory needs).

Anyway, it's a good thing the last presidential election spent more time covering information security, private communications and archiving practices than most other issues combined.

As we know that was indeed a big story worthy of both the quantity and tone of coverage it received (to say otherwise is to demand the media simply not cover Democratic scandals at all), we can expect the 2020 election coverage to extensively cover these issues and demand Trump and co. account for and apologize for these lapses in infosec/archiving practices in basically every interview.

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[Post 3039]
Author : Zehava
Date : 03-21-2019 11:22 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Where's the "Lock them up" chants?

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[Post 3040]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 03-22-2019 05:01 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Buttery Males!

I Don't Really Care, Do You?

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[Post 3041]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-22-2019 05:13 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/54730456_2641001422659562_4477907897510002688_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-1.xx&oh=f3c6ae41a05c85acd5e7d84e0f7ecb29&oe=5D14C307

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[Post 3042]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-23-2019 02:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Mueller attaches literal smoking gun to report just to keep those fuckers happy - The Beaverton (https://www.thebeaverton.com/2019/03/mueller-attaches-literal-smoking-gun-to-report-just-to-keep-those-fuckers-happy/)

At press time, President Trump has spent the morning tweeting disparaging remarks about the smoking gun and its family.

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[Post 3043]
Author : viscousmemories
Date : 03-23-2019 02:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Is this the thread where we'll be able to celebrate the nothingburger that the Mueller Report turns out to be? Or is there a less optimistic thread somewhere?

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[Post 3044]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 03-23-2019 05:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Nothingberder.

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[Post 3045]
Author : erimir
Date : 03-23-2019 10:35 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

We don't really know what's in there and whether there are any interesting sealed indictments or immunity deals (I mean, there probably aren't, but it's certainly possible), etc.

Trump doesn't seem to be crowing about how good it is for him just yet. If it's truly a nothingburger, I might expect him to decide to release it without a fight, so we'll see...

It is of course possible that the report doesn't add a lot to what was already publicly known. It might be there's no "smoking gun" for Trump, because Trump doesn't use email and may have been smart enough not to record any conversations. But what's publicly known is very damning as it is...

On the other hand, it's possible that Mueller concluded that he wouldn't succeed if he tried to indict Trump (perhaps due to SCOTUS hackishness) and that the safer route would be to defer to Congress to decide what to do with him, and there's very damning new information in there. There also may be information about actions that aren't technically illegal (partly because Congress never contemplated a President doing them) but which would be considered impeachable offenses by most people.

There's not a whole lot to go on as of yet aside from no new indictments being announced.

And I don't really care for supposed "lefties" like Greenwald out there openly gloating that the venal, corrupt, dictator-coddling, cruel, narcissistic, racist, misogynist who has almost entirely capitulated to right-wing GOP policy priorities has supposedly been "vindicated" as if he did nothing wrong (even if we assume Trump knew nothing of Manafort and Flynn and others' behavior, that and his continued defense of them in itself suggests someone unfit for office). It doesn't suggest someone who actually cares about left-wing priorities...

(And the House Dems will continue more investigations, the NY AG's office is investigating, etc. there are plenty of Trump crimes that were not under Mueller's purview...)

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[Post 3046]
Author : But
Date : 03-24-2019 12:28 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A nothingburger? Man, I was really looking forward to nuclear winter because of some butthurt Billary fans.

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[Post 3047]
Author : godfry n. glad
Date : 03-24-2019 06:28 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Before the new House members took office there were some 17 federal investigations going on regarding the Trump family, foundation, campaign and business interests.  This is just one which has 'wrapped up' with a report.  Now, the state courts will start to come forward and the House has any number of interesting leads upon which to follow up.

Now, there will be no report to 'wait for'....Now, the actors can act.

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[Post 3048]
Author : The Man
Date : 03-24-2019 07:05 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A few things:

 This is not the Mueller report. In point of fact, there is no such thing. It is a report by Mueller that deals specifically with the criminal aspects of his investigation &#8211; specifically, his choices to indict or not to indict cases relating to Russian conspiracy. Although I&#8217;m not a legal scholar, it appears that the Special Counsel regulations require at least one further report to Congress on the counterintelligence investigation, and possibly others as well. Note that this report apparently must be delivered directly to Congress, which means that Barr can&#8217;t suppress it.


 If Mueller&#8217;s report on his indictments exonerated Individual-1, he would be crowing from the rooftops about &#8220;no collusion&#8221; and would probably have released the unredacted version, national security concerns be damned.


 Although Mueller has let some of his prosecutors go, there are several forthcoming prosecutions, including at least of Roger Stone and Bijan Kian. It also appears that Mueller&#8217;s grand jury has not disbanded.


 Mueller&#8217;s office appears to have announced that he will not personally bring any further indictments. This does not mean he has not referred cases in his investigation to other districts. In point of fact, it appears that his investigative work will continue; this announcement means only that if he finds enough evidence for further indictments, he will simply farm them out to DOJ, SDNY, EDVA, DC, state courts, or some other jurisdiction. We also don&#8217;t know if Mueller has previously brought some as-yet-unsealed indictments.


 Although almost all the reporting on Trump&#8217;s conspiracies with foreign governments has focused specifically on Russia, it&#8217;s quite possible he also has potential criminal exposure for conspiracies with countries such as Israel, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and several others. This also falls within the scope of Mueller&#8217;s investigation, and we still know very little about what he found.
Further info:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">1/ At the risk of sounding like Mike Myers' famous SNL talk-show host Linda Richman, &quot;Mueller's final Trump-Russia report&quot; is neither &quot;Mueller's,&quot; final, about &quot;Trump-Russia&quot; or a &quot;report.&quot; So all the breathless &quot;reporting&quot; today suggesting otherwise is inaccurate and misleading.</p>&mdash; Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) <a href="https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/1109204194924421120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 22, 2019</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
More info on some of the potentially forthcoming reports (https://www.justsecurity.org/63275/).

Also, further info on other ongoing investigations, via Vox (https://www.vox.com/2019/3/20/18241825/trump-investigations-sdny-inauguration-state-congress) (note that the article&#8217;s central premise that Mueller is done is&#8230; not accurate, however).

In short, buckle up &#8211; by all appearances, the reporting on this report is almost uniformly wrong. This thing ain&#8217;t anywhere close to finished yet.

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[Post 3049]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-26-2019 10:02 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Robert Mueller grand jury extended for up to 6 months - CNNPolitics (https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/04/politics/mueller-grand-jury/index.html)

Why is it wrapped up less than three months later?

Why does the White House get to redact the report?

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[Post 3050]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-31-2019 04:48 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump is world's worst cheater at golf: book (https://nypost.com/2019/03/30/trump-is-the-worlds-worst-cheat-at-golf-players-and-celebs-say/)

Surprise.

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[Post 3051]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-01-2019 03:26 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">if. fucking. only. <a href="https://t.co/6N7SFiKRln">https://t.co/6N7SFiKRln</a></p>&mdash; Monica Lewinsky (@MonicaLewinsky) <a href="https://twitter.com/MonicaLewinsky/status/1110768987539791872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 27, 2019</a></blockquote>
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[Post 3052]
Author : The Man
Date : 04-01-2019 08:35 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

One of my biggest surprises of the Trump era has been seeing Monica Lewinsky emerge as a trenchant voice on Twitter. I mean... why not? It's not any weirder than any of the plot lines the writers have thrown us so far. But I've got to give them points for bringing back old characters in an engaging fashion.

Not that it has much of anything to do with Trump, but quite relevant to the above: If you missed John Oliver's segment a few weeks ago, make sure to catch up. #TuckerCarlsonFucksHisRoomba #AuntFromNotHell #JustANormalAunt

Public Shaming: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) - YouTube

I guess I should point out that Barr's summary of the report is bullshit, but apparently no one actually needs me to tell them that except the people who won't listen anyway:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Fourth poll: CNN, CBS, PBS/NPR/Marist &amp; NBC/WSJ showing the Barr strategy, while allowing Trump Admin to control initial dialogue, has utterly failed in lifting the cloud for any voters beyond his base. Maybe that's all Trump cares about, but got to think Barr wanted more impact <a href="https://t.co/MDzzvvIQ3X">https://t.co/MDzzvvIQ3X</a></p>&mdash; Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) <a href="https://twitter.com/RonBrownstein/status/1112366982152609792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 31, 2019</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

...oh, and if you didn't watch Adam Schiff's now-famous speech, watch it.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I say this to the President, and his defenders in Congress:<br><br>You may think it&#8217;s okay how Trump and his associates interacted with Russians during the campaign.<br><br>I don&#8217;t.<br><br>I think it&#8217;s immoral. I think it&#8217;s unethical. I think it&#8217;s unpatriotic. And yes, I think it&#8217;s corrupt. <a href="https://t.co/nTdgRVfssQ">pic.twitter.com/nTdgRVfssQ</a></p>&mdash; Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepAdamSchiff/status/1111289977143545856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 28, 2019</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Even if you've read transcripts, you gain quite a lot from watching how the people around him, both Republicans and Democrats, react to what he says. It's quite telling.

I don't know. I'm pretty severely depersonalised, as suggested by my not-entirely-a-joke about the writers and Monica. These two years and a few months have been <em>brutal</em>.

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[Post 3053]
Author : JoeP
Date : 04-01-2019 09:48 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I don't know. I'm pretty severely depersonalised, as suggested by my not-entirely-a-joke about the writers and Monica. These two years and a few months have been <em>brutal</em>.

Look after yourself :manhug:

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[Post 3054]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-01-2019 07:59 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

One of my biggest surprises of the Trump era has been seeing Monica Lewinsky emerge as a trenchant voice on Twitter.

Bulldozing past your dry wit (kudos for it), just like Chelsea Clinton the private citizen, Lewinsky has had douchbags hounding after her for decades now and she can't even sneeze without some motherfucker writing an op ed in some shit scandal rag. It's not that necessarily set out to be a public figure, it's that the public went after her. So yeah, she's had to grow a skin thicker than a t-rex.

Further, Lewinsky was a White House intern, people don't (ordinarily) do that without a deep interest in politics. She might be famous for that Presidential Cigar thing, but it's no surprise she might know a hell of a lot about the functions of government.

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[Post 3055]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-01-2019 11:58 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm not sure what any Trump voter expects others should think about them.

The Supreme Court's conservatives just legalized torture. (https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/04/supreme-court-neil-gorsuch-eighth-amendment-death-penalty-torture.html)

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[Post 3056]
Author : lisarea
Date : 04-04-2019 06:45 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

How Trump Administration Is Tracking Migrant Girls' Periods to Stop Them From Getting Abortions (https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/politics/a26985261/trump-administration-abortion-period-tracking-migrant-women/)

It's possible that the actual stupidest thing about Q-Anon is the belief that the Trump administration is opposed to human trafficking. 

Because what's this? Kidnapping children from their families, with no plans to return them or even official records to make that possible, allowing the girls to be raped or otherwise impregnated, and putting the head of Bethany Christian Services in charge of monitoring and coercing or forcing them to give birth. Bethany Christian Services being a private adoption agency that is directly tied to the crisis pregnancy center industry, which serves as their existing pipeline for high value babies to sell.  (https://www.thenation.com/article/shotgun-adoption/)

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[Post 3057]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-08-2019 05:40 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Likely candidates to replace Kirstjen Nielsen:<br><br>- Mussolini&#8217;s granddaughter. <br>- An aggressive-looking German Shepherd. <br>- A young Liam Neeson carrying a cosh.<br>- Plywood sign with the words &#8220;Privet Propty Keep Out&#8221; spray-painted on it. <br>- Roseanne on Ambien.</p>&mdash; The Out And Abouter (@OutAndAbouter) <a href="https://twitter.com/OutAndAbouter/status/1115064102710337538?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 8, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3058]
Author : The Man
Date : 04-09-2019 03:32 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I have some Thoughts I need to get out on the recent firing of KKKirstjen Nielsen and the part public shaming played in its occurrence. I wish to clarify two things before proceeding further: In using "public shaming", I am employing a relatively idosyncratic definition of the term, but I can't think of a better phrase to describe what I am discussing. The term "public shaming" is usually used to refer to an act that occurs online. I am not using it in that sense. John Oliver recently aired what I consider the definitive treatment of this issue, featuring an interview with Monica Lewinsky, who has firsthand experience with it. (I posted this segment earlier on this page. See post #3052.) I am referring to an act that literally occurs in public, to a person's face. There was no small amount of controversy when protesters drove KKKirstjen Nielsen out of a Mexican restaurant where she had the audacity to show up while she was defending the administration's policy of kids in cages.

The second disclaimer shouldn't be necessary, since I am referring to her as KKKirstjen Nielsen throughout this post, but it is not my intention to give her any sort of praise at any point in this post. However, in comparison to the administration* officials who remain, not to mention the president* himself, she is going to come across as a lesser evil. I can't avoid this, because the greater evil is so unaccountably evil that a woman who once defended the policy of putting children in cages now comes across looking better for, by all appearances, being fired for no longer being willing to keep putting children in cages. The bar is so far below ground that a person whose moral standards are six miles subterranean still comes out above it.

What I intend to discuss is the role public shaming seems to have played in KKKirstjen Nielsen's firing. At the time, some people attacked the act of confronting her as being ~uncivil~. Even then, I regarded these attacks as morally indefensible. When children are being locked up in cages, complaining about ~civility~ because people are telling the architects of that policy to their face that their position is morally loathsome is implicitly siding with the architects of that policy. If we are concerned with civility, it is far more uncivil to separate children from their families and lock them in cages than it is to tell the people responsible for that policy that they are moral monsters.

We're unlikely ever to know exactly why KKKirstjen Nielsen is no longer the Secretary of Homeland Security, because everyone associated with this administration* lies so habitually that it's difficult to be certain that anything we're hearing is true. However, the initial reporting suggests that Individual-1 fired Nielsen because she was no longer willing to put children in cages.

If this is accurate (again, a big if, but it is supported by circumstantial evidence), this leads us to the question of <em>why</em>. Given how casually she lied to Congress in order to defend the policy in the past, it doesn't seem as though she herself had a sudden attack of conscience over the matter. It seems implausible that she should have suddenly and independently developed one. So what is the explanation for her actions?

I don't know if we'll ever definitively know that this is the case, but my interpretation is that the public shaming <em>worked</em>. She remembered exactly what her experience was the last time the policy was in the news, and she had plausible reason to believe that her experience would be exactly the same this time around. And that is probably correct. I have no doubt that, should she have stayed with the administration*, protesters would have confronted her consistently just as they did the last time the story was in the news.

All the people who attacked this tactic are cordially invited to fuck off. You were wrong, and your stance was and is morally indefensible. The people responsible for this policy deserve not a moment of peace anytime they make public appearances, and if there is any justice left in this world, they will not receive one.

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[Post 3059]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-10-2019 05:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Look who thinks he's motherfucking Batman now. (https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/adambvary/donald-trump-the-dark-knight-rises-warner-bros)

A nine year old's power fantasy is President.

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[Post 3060]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-15-2019 06:48 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Isn't this the highest civilian decoration?


Donald J. Trump on Twitter: "Spoke to @TigerWoods to congratulate him on the great victory he had in yesterday’s @TheMasters, & to inform him that because of his incredible Success & Comeback in Sports (Golf) and, more importantly, LIFE, I will be presenting him with the PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM!" (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1117843954437767168)

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[Post 3061]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 04-16-2019 03:03 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Isn't this the highest civilian decoration?

It is indeed! We had a client last year whose father received the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously back in 2015 for his civil rights work, including resisting the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII. 

Tiger Woods made a vast fortune playing an elitist game, had to endure a great deal of tut-tut-tuting from the press for living the rich fuckboy lifestyle, then got back to winning vast sums of money playing the elitist game after a prolonged period of winning less vast sums of money. 

Pretty much the same exact thing.

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[Post 3062]
Author : JoeP
Date : 04-16-2019 05:20 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=10912&stc=1&d=1555431643

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[Post 3063]
Author : The Man
Date : 04-18-2019 08:29 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I thought I had ceased to be shocked by president* Individual-1's mendacity, but I should have known better. Spoiler alert: "Thousands of Muslims celebrating in New Jersey" might not even be the vilest lie El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago (h/t Charlie Pierce) has told about 9/11.

Lawrence&#39;s Last Word: President Donald Trump&#39;s Lost Lie | The Last Word | MSNBC - YouTube

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[Post 3064]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 04-18-2019 07:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Oh my God. This is terrible. This is the end of my Presidency. I'm fucked.

~ Donald Trump, upon finding out about Mueller's appointment in May 2017. 

FFS, Trump, be right just this once.

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[Post 3065]
Author : The Man
Date : 04-18-2019 10:22 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I know that &#8220;This is the end of my Presidency*. I&#8217;m fucked&#8221; is definitely the kind of thing I say when I&#8217;ve committed absolutely no criminal offences and have nothing to be worried about.

Jared Yates Sexton (https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1118916747887882242.html), after laying out some principal findings of the public-facing redaction of Mueller&#8217;s first report, lays out a convincing case for impeachment based upon those findings. I&#8217;m on the fence about whether I agree with his conclusions. I worry that failure to convict in the Senate, as will inevitably happen, could ultimately weaken the already flimsy foundations of our excuse for a democracy even further. It would be, to use a topical metaphor, like pouring too much water down on the foundations of a burning cathedral. Impeachment sounds good in principle, but I&#8217;m worried how it will shake out in practice.

Unfortunately, we&#8217;re left with no good options. The only good option we had was a test on November 8, 2016, and voters in too many states failed that test. To be fair, it was a rigged test, as Mueller&#8217;s first report (even in its public-facing redacted form) makes all too heavily apparent, but regardless, it would&#8217;ve been a shameful result if El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago had gotten twenty million votes. He got more than thrice that. At this point the best we can hope is to stem the patient&#8217;s bleeding as much as possible, and we may be caught in a Morton&#8217;s Fork type scenario where any such attempt will fail to save the patient.

In any case, Sexton&#8217;s summary is damning and thought-provoking and, even if I think his political analysis may ultimately wander astray, you should still read it. It&#8217;s not as if my political analysis has been rock-solid; I obviously wrote off the possibility of Clinton losing (ETA: well, ok, &#8220;losing&#8221; &#8211; she won the popular vote) far more than I should have. Some of that was based on black swan events, but the fact that I discounted that possibility means&#8230; well, what do any of us know, really?

What&#8217;s in Mueller&#8217;s first report, even in its public-facing redacted form, seems solid. Let&#8217;s go with that. It&#8217;s difficult to be certain about much else these days; the country has been victim of a sustained three-plus-year gaslighting effort, and that&#8217;s if we&#8217;re only counting the efforts of the Individual-1 campaign and administration*. They have had many accomplices in the media, many of whom began gaslighting long before Cheeto Benito arrived on the scene. Particularly when considered alongside what has gone on in my personal life recently, it&#8217;s really little wonder I&#8217;ve suffered some mental disorders.

Going back to Sexton&#8217;s Twitter essay, though, I think impeachment is definitely worthy of serious consideration right now. It might not be worth doing yet, but it&#8217;s definitely worth at least talking about, if only because doing so is likely to help shift the Overton window.

&#8230;also William Barr obviously committed obstruction of justice and perjury as well and certainly deserves to be impeached; I suggest we start there.

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[Post 3066]
Author : Sock Puppet
Date : 04-19-2019 12:01 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Impeachment probably won't work, but having the grounds for impeachment laid -- not just bare, but streaking downtown waving its tiny willie -- has to be getting us closer to embarrassing Republicans enough to go have the come-to-Jesus talk with the Commander-In-Cheetoh themselves. It's not unlikely that he'll still refuse to resign, but it might be enough to get him to convince himself he's "accomplished everything in one term" and get the fuck out in 2020, at least.

ETA: And yes, it's absolutely fucking nauseating that this is probably the best we can hope for.

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[Post 3067]
Author : JoeP
Date : 04-19-2019 09:57 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

the Commander-In-Cheetoh 

+1 for this which I had not come across before

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[Post 3068]
Author : erimir
Date : 04-19-2019 10:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm not sure exactly what I think Democrats should do, but I'm leaning towards impeachment.

A couple points and counterpoints:

-Impeachment is followed by a trial in the Senate. The issue is that there is little reason to believe that Senate Republicans won't vote lockstep to protect Trump, or virtually so (sure, you might peel off Collins or Murkowski or something). But it's not enough to peel off a couple, you'd need 20 Republicans to vote to convict. We'd need even more damning evidence, or for Trump to become even more unhinged, and even then it's unclear what would flip that many of them because of what they're already willing to tolerate. Otherwise the only thing that will flip them is tanking poll numbers. Not only that, but McConnell will be in charge of how the trial in the Senate goes down.

So conviction is very unlikely. The question is how will the media and the public react to Trump's acquittal in the Senate? Which is more likely... that they say "The Senate GOP has revealed the true depth of their corruption, that they are protecting a lawless, corrupt and incompetent president" or that they go faux-neutral "Trump acquitted, the election will decide whether he stays" or that they say "Democrats fail to obtain conviction"? My money is on the latter two options. It will either be an unresolved partisan squabble, or the narrative will be about Democratic failure, instead of about the GOP's embrace of corruption and lawlessness. Taking a position on Trump's guilt is unacceptably partisan for the mainstream media (which makes the media de facto pro-Trump*), so they will rely on framing that focuses instead on implications for the next election or "savvy insider" discussion of whether Democratic/Republican strategies and tactics succeeded, rather than which side is correct.

Trump will proclaim exoneration yet again, and the media will report his words without much interrogation.

If so, it may be counterproductive to impeach if the ultimate outcome will be a narrative beneficial to the GOP.

-On the other hand, if Democrats don't impeach, Trump will proclaim exoneration, and he'll have an even stronger argument for it: even Democrats don't think his offenses are impeachable! They admit there's nothing there!

-One alternative is just to aggressively subpoena and investigate the Trump administration in high-profile oversight hearings. This can do damage to Trump without having the damaging narratives that may result from an acquittal in the Senate.

-But knowing the media, oversight hearings may not be able to command the attention they deserve. Not when there's the latest 2020 primary news, or Trump's latest gibberish he said at a rally, or his latest horrific policy or appointee, or some other complete bullshit.

Democrats can probably assume that impeachment hearings would get far more media coverage, and could even dominate coverage. Media coverage will be essential to ensuring that investigation of Trump's corruption and lawlessness will be able to shape public opinion. Hearings that aren't seen by the public can't change their opinion.

-So my position is probably this: the Democrats can continue for the next month or two or three with aggressive oversight hearings, but if they're not getting the coverage they deserve, they should probably impeach. This will be more likely to ensure that they can set the narrative. They probably should not impeach because they think they're likely to remove Trump, however, because unless his polls drop into the 20s, there's little chance of that happening.

*I'm sure davidm will be mad that I said this. But  the truth about Trump is far more horrible and serious than the mainstream media portrays, which means their deviation from the truth is in the direction of benefiting Trump, even if their portrayal is still negative. Whether that deviation is accidental or knowing, they are still biased in his favor.

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[Post 3069]
Author : The Man
Date : 04-20-2019 12:05 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

One possibility is to hold hearings on the subject of whether to move forward with impeachment rather than simply jumping straight to impeachment. Thus, they can be &#8220;impeachment hearings&#8221; that aren&#8217;t yet inviting the obviously biased input of the Republican Senate. Then slow-walk them over the next several months until, say, October 2020, gradually turning the simmer up to a boil. If you really want to stick the knife in, have James Comey deliver the articles of impeachment to the Senate on October 28, 2020 (as I mentioned in the Democratic primary thread).

At the moment, I think this may be the strongest play. It&#8217;s clear that Trump has committed impeachable offences, but it&#8217;s also clear that the country isn&#8217;t yet fully on board with impeachment. By keeping the subject of impeachment in the news, we move the Overton window and make it seem like less of a fringe idea. In doing so, we can also raise continual questions of why Republicans are unwilling to impeach a president* over crimes that they were clearly willing to impeach Clinton over, not to mention crimes that are much more severe than said crimes.

In related news, the six committee chairs invited to view a &#8220;less redacted&#8221; version of Mueller&#8217;s first report with restrictions have told Barr to fuck off and give them the full thing with no restrictions:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">NEWS: The six Congressional Democrats invited by DOJ to view a less-redacted version of the Mueller report have DECLINED the offer &#8212;&gt; <a href="https://t.co/ZHBOs1kS3X">pic.twitter.com/ZHBOs1kS3X</a></p>&mdash; Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) <a href="https://twitter.com/frankthorp/status/1119334542123335680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">19 April 2019</a></blockquote>
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ETA: There&#8217;s also this tweet from Pelosi&#8217;s social media team

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">REMINDER: &quot;McConnell ran interference for Trump during the [2016] campaign to stop Obama from warning the country about things Trump was lying publicly about.&quot; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FlashbackFriday?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FlashbackFriday</a> <a href="https://t.co/M94YKPf2Wq">https://t.co/M94YKPf2Wq</a></p>&mdash; Nancy Pelosi (@TeamPelosi) <a href="https://twitter.com/TeamPelosi/status/1119328451654246400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">19 April 2019</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
I&#8217;ll wager she&#8217;s planning something, but we won&#8217;t know until next week probably. Maybe not impeachment hearings, but I expect her to start dropping more shoes, at least. Honestly, at this point I trust her political instincts more than mine.

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[Post 3070]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-22-2019 08:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump sues in bid to block congressional subpoena of financial records - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-sues-in-bid-to-block-congressional-subpoena-of-financial-records/2019/04/22/a98de3d0-6500-11e9-82ba-fcfeff232e8f_story.html)

And some more no obstruction YOU'RE THE OBSTRUCTION:

Donald J. Trump on Twitter: "Only high crimes and misdemeanors can lead to impeachment. There were no crimes by me (No Collusion, No Obstruction), so you can’t impeach. It was the Democrats that committed the crimes, not your Republican President! Tables are finally turning on the Witch Hunt!" (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1120323291443539969)

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[Post 3071]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-23-2019 06:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Donald J. Trump on Twitter: "I wonder if the New York Times will apologize to me a second time, as they did after the 2016 Election. But this one will have to be a far bigger &  better apology. On this one they will have to get down on their knees & beg for forgiveness-they are truly the Enemy of the People!" (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1120630405831569408)

KISS THE RING

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[Post 3072]
Author : SR71
Date : 04-23-2019 11:17 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

erimir - 

-One alternative is just to aggressively subpoena and investigate the Trump administration in high-profile oversight hearings. This can do damage to Trump without having the damaging narratives that may result from an acquittal in the Senate.

 ^yes^ I feel the thing to do is to keep it in the news, and not worry too much about resolving anything.  Just use it for key agitprop.  Otherwise they're handing the GOP a nice gift for doing sweet fuck all.  I kind of like the Man's idea about hold hearings on whether to impeach.  Drag it out and replay the most egregious high points over and over.  It's what the GOP would do, except they would also exaggerate like mad and just plain make shit up while they're at it.  

http://streetsmart.dmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/OfficeSpace.png

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[Post 3073]
Author : JoeP
Date : 04-23-2019 11:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

http://streetsmart.dmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/OfficeSpace.png

Now I want all political interviews, especially campaign interviews, to consist solely of "What would ya say ya ... do here?"

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[Post 3074]
Author : erimir
Date : 04-24-2019 02:35 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Basically I think they should escalate over time to keep media attention. That probably means eventually impeaching.

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[Post 3075]
Author : Corona688
Date : 04-26-2019 08:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Continuously escalating pressure is how republicans have been playing it for decades and it seems to work...  and it's not like the democratic congress has a lot else to do.  I just worry that once the republicans have been ousted, it'll stay this way, no compromise, forever and ever.

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[Post 3076]
Author : Corona688
Date : 04-27-2019 03:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Keaton Patti: "I forced a bot to watch over 1,000 hours of Trump rallies and then asked it to write a Trump rally of its own. Here is the first page."
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dm5uAdnU4AMXoIw.jpg:large

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[Post 3077]
Author : Miisa
Date : 04-27-2019 03:52 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

"Believe me"

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[Post 3078]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-29-2019 05:20 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

NRA busted giving Trump 9,259 times the legal limit: Bombshell campaign finance lawsuit (https://www.rawstory.com/2019/04/nra-busted-giving-trump-9259-times-legal-limit-bombshell-campaign-finance-lawsuit/)

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[Post 3079]
Author : JoeP
Date : 04-29-2019 08:20 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

"I get the biggest donations, they're the best, they're so beautiful"

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[Post 3080]
Author : The Man
Date : 05-01-2019 12:51 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Mueller complained that Barr's letter did not capture "context" of Trump probe - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/mueller-complained-that-barrs-letter-did-not-capture-context-of-trump-probe/2019/04/30/d3c8fdb6-6b7b-11e9-a66d-a82d3f3d96d5_story.html?utm_term=.3a7e530b8ddd)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Since the Mueller report was completed, Attorney General Barr has acted more like the president&#8217;s attorney than a protector of the rule of law. This isn't normal.<br><br>Today my colleagues and I called on the DOJ Inspector General to investigate DOJ&#8217;s handling of the Mueller report.</p>&mdash; Kamala Harris (@SenKamalaHarris) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenKamalaHarris/status/1123359495013523457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">30 April 2019</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
https://i.imgur.com/mSFXk2a.jpg

ETA: More good news:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING U.S. judge rules Trump emoluments case can proceed, seekingaccess to information about Trump&#39;s private business deals. The case in Washington was backed by nearly 200 Democratic lawmakers. <a href="https://t.co/AMITMmqIBI">https://t.co/AMITMmqIBI</a></p>&mdash; Spencer Hsu (@hsu_spencer) <a href="https://twitter.com/hsu_spencer/status/1123347159095685120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">30 April 2019</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3081]
Author : SR71
Date : 05-01-2019 07:26 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Maybe I can finally emerge from my cocoon of stunned incredulity. I mean, "Russia, if you're listening"? Maybe this is just the next episode in let's mindfuck SR71. w/e

For the nonce I retreat to my faptasy where the rest of the nation makes the GOP wear the tangerine tantrum babby around their neck for killing whatever morsels of legitimacy remained in our political structure the way the crew made the ancient mariner wear the fucking dead albatross. Except that the mariner is the only one to survive the story. Gotta rescript that part.

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[Post 3082]
Author : SR71
Date : 05-01-2019 07:27 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

a lot of 

double posting

double posting

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[Post 3083]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-02-2019 06:27 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

If this isn't a hoax, holy shit.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BreakingNews?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BreakingNews</a><br>My mother recieved a &quot;Congressional Census&quot; in the mail that was pro Trump from the <a href="https://twitter.com/RNC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RNC</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/GOP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GOP</a>. When I called the number listed below they told me that my mother had to fill this out and send it in with a $15 processing fee. <a href="https://t.co/L2cDvAudNE">pic.twitter.com/L2cDvAudNE</a></p>&mdash; &#9632;av&#9632;&#9632; &#9632;u&#9632;&#9632;&#9632; (@JustSumGuy176) <a href="https://twitter.com/JustSumGuy176/status/1123302427325689856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 30, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3084]
Author : JoeP
Date : 05-02-2019 05:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm pretty sure we mandate a $50 fee every time Donald Trump is mentioned on this site.

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[Post 3085]
Author : lisarea
Date : 05-02-2019 08:33 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I could have sworn I got something that looked like this when I was registered Republican, so I checked, and it looks like they've been doing this since at least 2010 (https://www.politico.com/story/2010/01/rnc-census-mailer-draws-fire-031956). 

It never occurred to me to actually call and ask about it or anything, though. Now I wish I had.

I can't stomach even being a fake Republican anymore, but we do need some moles. It is absolutely insane the weird, deceptive shit they get. Like the time I got a hit piece on a local Democrat that was lifted from an episode of Parks and Recreation.

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[Post 3086]
Author : SR71
Date : 05-03-2019 04:54 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Good catch from Frum. (https://www.alternet.org/2019/05/two-sentences-in-muellers-report-show-a-thorough-fbi-investigation-might-have-implicated-trump-in-criminal-conspiracy)

&#8220;As described in Volume I,&#8221; the report states, &#8220;the evidence uncovered in the investigation did not establish that the President or those close to him were involved in the charged Russian computer-hacking or active-measure conspiracies, or that the President otherwise had an unlawful relationship with any Russian official.&#8221;

&#8220;But the evidence does indicate that a thorough FBI investigation would uncover facts about the campaign and the President personally that the President could have understood to be crimes or that would give rise to personal and political concerns,&#8221; the report continues.

So there, Mr. William Barr, you scoundrel you, you, you, illiterate rascal lady!

:shakegop:

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[Post 3087]
Author : erimir
Date : 05-03-2019 09:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump&#39;s hand-picked staff is more hawkish than the generals/national security establishment. <a href="https://t.co/GFj8mVmJwZ">https://t.co/GFj8mVmJwZ</a> <a href="https://t.co/oOULWhiRfA">pic.twitter.com/oOULWhiRfA</a></p>&mdash; Charles &#1071;. Davis (@charliearchy) <a href="https://twitter.com/charliearchy/status/1124393462768386048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 3, 2019</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Well at least we have a president with a non-interventionist mindset who doesn't look for dragons to slay.

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[Post 3088]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-09-2019 08:40 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This comes on the heels of <a href="https://twitter.com/kenklippenstein?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@kenklippenstein</a>&#39;s scoop regarding &quot;militia&quot; groups on the border discussing shooting immigrants:<br><br>&#8220;Why are we...not lining them up and shooting them? We have to go back to Hitler days and put them all in a gas chamber&#8221;<a href="https://t.co/ZMXtJMnlVb">https://t.co/ZMXtJMnlVb</a></p>&mdash; jordan (@JordanUhl) <a href="https://twitter.com/JordanUhl/status/1126294900897648640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 9, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3089]
Author : SR71
Date : 05-11-2019 01:44 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Why is impeachment not already proceeding?  800 prosecutors say Trump can be charged with obstruction. (https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/05/08/over-800-ex-prosecutors-trump-would-charged-if-not-president-column/1144041001/)  He is still obstructing.  Like seriously obstructing his ass off.  Maybe the reason Mueller didn't find sufficient evidence of cahooting with Russia is because the investigation was fucking obstructed, duh!  Impeach to get all the shit Trump has been hiding and nail down exactly what he's been hiding.  He's going full dictator trying to get Justice to investigate his enemies simply because they're opponents.  Let's just sit around with our thumbs up our hineys and watch it happen.  No, bad idea.  Ffs, there is no equivalency here.

:whup:

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[Post 3090]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-11-2019 03:24 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/1437cbCOMIC-avengers-endgame.jpg
Endgame: Should the Avengers Impeach Thanos? / Boing Boing (https://boingboing.net/2019/05/08/endgame-should-the-avengers-i.html)

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[Post 3091]
Author : SR71
Date : 05-11-2019 04:20 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

My stance on the matter has changed a bunch in the last few days.  Partly the prosecutors' letter, partly thinking something might break in the Stone case or the NY case(s), but mostly, that motherfucker is hiding something.  It couldn't be more obvious.  He really really really doesn't want his finances checked.

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[Post 3092]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-14-2019 04:27 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Let's blame Trump.

https://i.gyazo.com/b66c419236bac44aae66c99ad23e6dd0.png

Source, Faceboop (https://www.facebook.com/USEmbVienna/photos/a.114538390993/10156264425575994/?type=3)

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[Post 3093]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-14-2019 06:41 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Thrad about working for a narcissist and how it pertains to Trump.

Thread by @HoarseWisperer: "I worked for a severe narcissist for a while. I just realize I’ve never written specifically about that experience. Not sure why I haven’t s […]" (https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1128342306044751872.html)

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[Post 3094]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-15-2019 02:48 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A restaurant owner in Lexington, Virginia kicked Sarah Huckabee Sanders &amp; her party out of his restaurant on moral grounds. A waiter at The Red Hen served Sarah Huckabee Sanders for a total of 2 minutes before the owner kicked her out along with 7 of her other family members<br><br>&#65533;&#65533; <a href="https://t.co/qn4QxDoUKm">pic.twitter.com/qn4QxDoUKm</a></p>&mdash; Stone Cold (@stonecold2050) <a href="https://twitter.com/stonecold2050/status/1010535241251819521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 23, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Add:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Note: Sarah Huckabee Sanders has a personal account.<br><br>It is: <a href="https://twitter.com/SarahHuckabee?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SarahHuckabee</a> <br><br>She used the federal government’s account for the Press Secretary (<a href="https://twitter.com/PressSec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PressSec</a>) to target a private business owner. <a href="https://t.co/fbu4oSejXG">https://t.co/fbu4oSejXG</a></p>&mdash; The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) <a href="https://twitter.com/HoarseWisperer/status/1010549264655806464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 23, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

One year later:
I own the Red Hen restaurant that asked Sarah Sanders to leave. Resistance isn't futile. (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/i-own-the-red-hen-restaurant-that-asked-sarah-sanders-to-leave-resistance-isnt-futile/ar-AABlGz9)

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[Post 3095]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-16-2019 05:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">2. Conrad Black is the &#39;perfect&#39; Trump pardon. Someone who had glitzy power in the 80s and 90s. Someone who was rejected by the establishment when he was convicted and went to prison. And someone who has flattered the president nonstop for the past three years.</p>&mdash; Yashar Ali &#55357;&#56344; (@yashar) <a href="https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1128836555030847488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 16, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3096]
Author : Sock Puppet
Date : 05-16-2019 04:50 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Instead of a :thanked:, might I provide a :projectilevomit: instead.

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[Post 3097]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 05-16-2019 06:47 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It gets so depressing sometimes.  Trump is going out of his way to demonstrate his arrogance, his incompetence, his corruption, and his contempt for everyone who isn't either a suck-up or an authoritarian leader like Putin.

And the more Trump demonstrates his hypocrisy, his incompetence, his racism, his misogyny, his general idiocy, his greed, and his all-around sociopathy -- the more his supporters seem to love him.  It's downright terrifying, at times.

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[Post 3098]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-16-2019 10:42 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Dear America: You are waking up, as Germany once did, to the awareness that 1/3 of your people would kill another 1/3, while 1/3 watches.</p>&mdash; Werner Twertzog (@WernerTwertzog) <a href="https://twitter.com/WernerTwertzog/status/900382564787122177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 23, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3099]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-19-2019 04:42 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Donald Trump's Golf Scores Hacked, False Scores Added to USGA Website | Bleacher Report | Latest News, Videos and Highlights (https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2836909-donald-trumps-golf-scores-hacked-false-scores-added-to-usga-website)

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[Post 3100]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 05-19-2019 09:20 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Maybe if he didn't insist on using an unsecured cellphone ...

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[Post 3101]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-22-2019 04:58 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Hard to believe we're already over two years into infrastructure week.

And Trump just gave a dramatic live reading of his tweets.

And says it's everyone else's fault he won't do his job.

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[Post 3102]
Author : SR71
Date : 05-23-2019 03:11 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Judge sides with Democrats in Trump bank subpoena fight - POLITICO (https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/22/judge-sides-with-democrats-in-trump-bank-subpoena-fight-1340133)

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/20/judge-upholds-dem-subpoena-for-trump-financial-records-1335370

Will wonders never cease?

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[Post 3103]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-23-2019 09:33 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Bank CEO Stephen M. Calk Charged With Corruptly Soliciting A Presidential Administration Position In Exchange For Approving $16 Million In Loans (https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/bank-ceo-stephen-m-calk-charged-corruptly-soliciting-presidential-administration)

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[Post 3104]
Author : Ari
Date : 05-23-2019 10:17 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2019/05/23/USAT/6e1ee485-3c0d-405b-b77b-190b94114f20-EPA_USA_GOVERNMENT_TRUMP_PELOSI_INVESTIGATION.JPG?crop=623,842,x0,y0&width=640

&#39;Achomlishments&#39;: Photographer snaps look at Trump&#39;s notes in Rose Garden news conference (https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/1203665001)

It’s not just the spelling error but the intermixed use of capital and lowercase letters I find interesting.

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[Post 3105]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-24-2019 01:35 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

MiXeD cApS jUsT mAkEs YoU lOoK wHaCkO.

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[Post 3106]
Author : JoeP
Date : 05-24-2019 10:21 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That photographer will now be arrested and jailed. ClearLY noT aNY KiND oF JournaLisT

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[Post 3107]
Author : JoeP
Date : 05-24-2019 10:29 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump v Pelosi: how a 'stable genius' president met his match | US news | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/23/pelosi-v-trump-how-a-stable-genius-president-met-his-match)

It has been almost four years since Donald Trump launched his presidential campaign from the gilded escalator of Trump Tower. In that time he has come to be feared by Democrats and Republicans alike for his personal attacks that always seem to supremely rile his opponents.

Now he has finally met his match.

Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic speaker of the House, has spent the past 48 hours doing to Trump what he has done to so many others. She lifted up his skin, got under it, and began scratching furiously.

By end of play Thursday, Pelosi had logged on to Twitter &#8211; the social media platform of which Trump was supposed to be &#8220;master&#8221; &#8211; and scratched her nails under his skin one more time. &#8220;When the &#8216;extremely stable genius&#8217; starts acting more presidential, I&#8217;ll be happy to work with him on infrastructure, trade and other issues,&#8221; she wrote.

Please let this be more than just wishful thinking or a one-off blow.

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[Post 3108]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-25-2019 02:26 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Check out Donald the Dove:

Trump invokes emergency powers to sidestep Congress and sell arms to Saudi Arabia | The Independent (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-saudi-arabia-deal-bombs-uae-arms-trade-congress-yemen-a8929741.html)

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[Post 3109]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-25-2019 05:38 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Part of a thrad on narcissism:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump&#8217;s reaction to Pelosi questioning his mental fitness revealed a deeper insecurity than he has shown about nearly anything else.<br><br>She stung him. More so than any zinger about his wealth or criminality has to date.<br><br>6/</p>&mdash; The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) <a href="https://twitter.com/HoarseWisperer/status/1132052356948996096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 24, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3110]
Author : Ari
Date : 05-25-2019 05:01 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Indeed. I bet if someone analyzed it, even beyond his money brags are his bigly inteligence brags. If I had to guess he has some sort of never addressed learning disability that he internalized as part of himself. Just like he needs to be at the front of all photos, he needs to feel he’s the smartest person in the room or he malfunctions.

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[Post 3111]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-28-2019 06:55 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Does President Obama ever discuss the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor while he&#39;s in Japan? Thousands of American lives lost. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MDW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MDW</a></p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/736672123012427776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 28, 2016</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>


¯\_(&#12484;)_/¯

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[Post 3112]
Author : JoeP
Date : 05-28-2019 07:02 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/k2VRHdf.jpg

This is clearly the right thrad.

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[Post 3113]
Author : SR71
Date : 05-29-2019 07:13 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Why is impeachment not already proceeding?  800 prosecutors say Trump can be charged with obstruction. (https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/05/08/over-800-ex-prosecutors-trump-would-charged-if-not-president-column/1144041001/)  He is still obstructing.  Like seriously obstructing his ass off.  Maybe the reason Mueller didn't find sufficient evidence of cahooting with Russia is because the investigation was fucking obstructed, duh!  Impeach to get all the shit Trump has been hiding and nail down exactly what he's been hiding.  He's going full dictator trying to get Justice to investigate his enemies simply because they're opponents.  Let's just sit around with our thumbs up our hineys and watch it happen.  No, bad idea.  Ffs, there is no equivalency here.

:whup:

Make that 801 prosecutors.  I believe Mr. M just told congress "Not my job, your job.  You are the impeachers".

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[Post 3114]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 05-29-2019 10:13 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Not sure where else to put this:

Breaking news!  Mitch McConnell is a great big -- and absolutely shameless -- hypocrite! (https://www.npr.org/2019/05/29/727842244/mcconnell-would-fill-potential-supreme-court-vacancy-in-2020-reversal-of-2016-st)


Wait, that isn't news at all.  Anyone who has more than 3 working brain cells and has paid any attention at all to the news is well aware that McConnell is an absolutely shameless hypocrite.

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[Post 3115]
Author : JoeP
Date : 05-29-2019 10:19 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Not sure where else to put this:


Thread for the mysteriously newsworthy - Freethought Forum (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=27554)

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[Post 3116]
Author : erimir
Date : 05-29-2019 11:46 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This could go in the "why the mainstream media sucks" thread, but that McConnell is a hypocrite slash just straight-up partisan isn't the biggest problem. It's the fact that the media even pretends to entertain the possibility that he cares about process. His "Joe Biden rule" bullshit shouldn't have been covered like there was any possibility he was being sincere.

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[Post 3117]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-30-2019 01:16 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://media.makeameme.org/created/French-Fries-You.jpg

https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/facebook/000/022/702/hold_my_beer.jpg

US energy department rebrands gas exports 'molecules of freedom' - BBC News (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48454674)

https://i.imgur.com/8QmIp.gif

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[Post 3118]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 05-30-2019 01:57 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This could go in the "why the mainstream media sucks" thread ...
Yeah, that was my first thought, and maybe I should have gone with that.

 ... but that McConnell is a hypocrite slash just straight-up partisan isn't the biggest problem. It's the fact that the media even pretends to entertain the possibility that he cares about process. His "Joe Biden rule" bullshit shouldn't have been covered like there was any possibility he was being sincere.

Exactly so.  That the "mainstream media" have a "Liberal bias" is very possibly both the biggest and the most successful lie promoted by Conservatives.  It's transparently, nay ludicrously false.  Nonetheless, a huge percentage of the American public believes it with a zealousness that is akin to religious dogma.

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[Post 3119]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 05-30-2019 02:14 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Report: Massive Hypocrisy Just Flat-Out Gets The Job Done (https://politics.theonion.com/report-massive-hypocrisy-just-flat-out-gets-the-job-do-1835099717)


Oh man.  The problem faced by the writers of The Onion is that what would have seemed utterly absurd just a few short years ago seems utterly banal nowadays.

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[Post 3120]
Author : Ari
Date : 05-30-2019 04:29 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It’s as if the party has a long history of acting like the rules don’t apply to them. But that’s ok we can trust these good christian men as they would never do things such as cheat multiple times on multple wives while also cheating on their finances possibly with a drug habit on the side.

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[Post 3121]
Author : Ari
Date : 05-30-2019 05:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I just...

"No, Russia did not help me get elected," Trump told reporters at the White House. "You know who got me elected? You know who got me elected? 

(Pause for a moment to think, what would a non narcissist say, voters right? It was the voters wo elected me...)

I got me elected. Russia didn't help me at all. Russia, if anything, I think, helped the other side."

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[Post 3122]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 05-30-2019 10:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

White House asked for USS John McCain to be 'out of sight' during Trump's visit to Japan (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/white-house-asked-for-uss-john-mccain-to-be-out-of-sight-during-trumps-visit-to-japan-wsj/ar-AAC6wVc?ocid=sf)

I'd say that our country is in the hands of a toddler, but that would be completely unfair ... to toddlers.  After all, most toddlers are more mature than is Trump, are less insecure, are far less self-centered, and have much better self-control.

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[Post 3123]
Author : The Man
Date : 05-31-2019 01:42 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Toddlers are also capable of learning, whereas Dump&#8230; 

The ancient Greek word amathia (https://howtobeastoic.wordpress.com/2016/01/19/one-crucial-word/) (&#7936;&#956;&#945;&#952;&#943;&#945;) is a perfect description of him in this respect. I don&#8217;t believe it&#8217;s even possible to understand Dump (or, more broadly, the entire modern Republican Party) without understanding this concept.

It might be funny if it were a satire, but unfortunately, we&#8217;re living through it.

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[Post 3124]
Author : JoeP
Date : 05-31-2019 08:45 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

"Wilful ignorance"?

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[Post 3125]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-02-2019 05:21 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The Queen Seen Practicing Clavicle Strike In Preparation For Trump’s Visit – The Out And Abouter (https://outabouter.com/2019/06/01/the-queen-seen-practicing-clavicle-strike-in-preparation-for-trumps-visit/)

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[Post 3126]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-02-2019 10:54 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:longing:

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[Post 3127]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-02-2019 10:55 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://memegenerator.net/img/instances/68440072/make-it-look-like-an-accident-007.jpg

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[Post 3128]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-02-2019 04:52 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Grandpa's off his meds again:

Rudy Giuliani threatens $17 million legal action against Robert Mueller during Fox News interview
 (https://www.rawstory.com/2019/06/rudy-giuliani-threatens-17-million-legal-action-against-robert-mueller-during-fox-news-interview/)

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[Post 3129]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-03-2019 09:38 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Someone Mowed A Massive Penis In A Field To Welcome Donald Trump | HuffPost UK (https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/giant-penis-trump_uk_5cf4c5f9e4b0e8085e3c3df8)

The fundamental error here is clear: "massive"?

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[Post 3130]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-04-2019 09:43 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Good luck, y'all.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Judge:<a href="https://t.co/nPjWiN7jx0">https://t.co/nPjWiN7jx0</a></p>&mdash; Morris T. Murray (@morristmurray) <a href="https://twitter.com/morristmurray/status/1135682325910642688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 3, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3131]
Author : SR71
Date : 06-04-2019 12:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Well, no conflict of interest there, is there?  I feel we're on the brink of needing to acronymize that phrase.  COI.

Also, I just invented a word!  Acronymize, variant, acronymise.  To make an acronym for a common phrase or series of words.

:pleased:

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[Post 3132]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 06-04-2019 03:35 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Very cromulescent of you.

:unnod:

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[Post 3133]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-05-2019 08:05 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump likens Irish border to wall between US and Mexico | US news | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/05/ireland-visit-donald-trump-arrives-leo-varadkar-discussions)

:orange: :clown:

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[Post 3134]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-06-2019 02:15 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Donald Trump, the one person more of a political basket case than Britain | US news | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/commentisfree/2019/jun/05/donald-trump-is-the-one-person-whos-more-of-a-political-basket-case-than-britain)

treated Britain like a Moscow hotel mattress 

Nascar royal wedding 

The Tea Act of 1773 was epic trolling. 

Sarah Huckabee Sanders scowling out of an upper window of Buckingham Palace like Mrs Danvers.

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[Post 3135]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 06-06-2019 09:50 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So, Ronna McDaniel, chair of the Republican National Committee is upset (https://news.yahoo.com/d-day-celebrate-trump-ronna-mcdaniel-194821270.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&uh_test=1_02) about how the media are covering Our Sociopath-in-Chief's visit to Europe.  According to her, they should be spending the D-Day anniversary "celebrating our president."

No.  Really.

“We are celebrating the anniversary, 75 years of D-Day. This is the time where we should be celebrating our president, the great achievements of America, and I don’t think the American people like the constant negativity.”


I think I may be sick.

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[Post 3136]
Author : Ari
Date : 06-06-2019 10:31 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The D in D day stands for Donald obviously.

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[Post 3137]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 06-07-2019 10:06 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Today I learned that Earth's moon is part of Mars.

:themoreyouknow:

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[Post 3138]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 06-07-2019 11:58 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I assume that was something idiotic said by our Sociopath-in-Chief and/or one of his sycophants?

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[Post 3139]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-08-2019 01:37 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I assume that was something idiotic said by our Sociopath-in-Chief and/or one of his sycophants?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">For all of the money we are spending, NASA should NOT be talking about going to the Moon - We did that 50 years ago. They should be focused on the much bigger things we are doing, including Mars (of which the Moon is a part), Defense and Science!</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1137051097955102720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 7, 2019</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3140]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 06-08-2019 02:05 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Gah!  The stupid, it burns!

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[Post 3141]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-08-2019 04:54 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr">Ded <a href="https://t.co/td0FJck47K">https://t.co/td0FJck47K</a></p>&mdash; Rogue NASA (@RogueNASA) <a href="https://twitter.com/RogueNASA/status/1137193051397533696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 8, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3142]
Author : Ari
Date : 06-08-2019 05:47 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Its ok our illiterate president probably doesnt understand definite and indefinite articles and assumes that when he heard mars has &#8220;a&#8221; moon he just assumed if was &#8220;the&#8221; moon.

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[Post 3143]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-08-2019 07:16 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Its ok our illiterate president probably doesnt understand definite and indefinite articles and assumes that when he heard mars has “a” moon he just assumed if was “the” moon.

Clearly, an intellectual Titan.

:heckled:

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[Post 3144]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-08-2019 07:57 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Laura Ingraham tells her viewers not to believe what they just heard Donald Trump say. <a href="https://t.co/xVdQCSnhkQ">pic.twitter.com/xVdQCSnhkQ</a></p>&mdash; Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) <a href="https://twitter.com/renato_mariotti/status/1137002774300889088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 7, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3145]
Author : erimir
Date : 06-08-2019 10:22 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm going to be charitable and suggest that maybe Trump was saying that projects of going to the Moon and things like that are part of the project of getting to Mars.

Even that's a really obvious thing to say, so it's still dumb, and he's really dumb, but I do think he probably knows that the Moon and Mars are different things.

On the other hand, I have been burned before in situations like this, where I assume he can't possibly be that dumb. (Not every time though!)

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[Post 3146]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 06-08-2019 03:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

At my most charitable, and that's where I am in this very specific case, that's how I parsed what he was trying to say but his mind-mouth connection shortened its work load.

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[Post 3147]
Author : Ari
Date : 06-08-2019 04:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The magic of twitter, so few words it relies on the audience to finish the thought and decide how smart or stupid it is. 

Sure maybe he means the moon is a step to mars but then again he also said we arent going to the moon. But of course his tweets are sometimes serious orders and others just jokes so maybe we are going to the moon so long as it says good things about him.  Yay manipulative assholes!  

At tens of minutes to hours to write a sentence I would assume literate humans would be clear with many bigly words.

To keep pushing the illiterate angle. A poor mind mouth connection is illiteracy.

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[Post 3148]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-08-2019 06:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Also this:

Trump Tweet Appears to Throw Cold Water on NASA Moon Push | Space (https://www.space.com/president-trump-tweet-nasa-moon-plans.html)

He signed a directive back in 2017 called Space Policy Directive - 1.

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[Post 3149]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-09-2019 01:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Thrad, some photo, some video:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">At Buckingham Palace. Fair to say, there&#8217;s a pretty poor turnout for Trump <a href="https://t.co/RiQyrCwuBG">pic.twitter.com/RiQyrCwuBG</a></p>&mdash; Damon Evans (@damocrat) <a href="https://twitter.com/damocrat/status/1135542524024631297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 3, 2019</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3150]
Author : SR71
Date : 06-09-2019 04:00 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Hold that thought, but inject Stabby McStabberson

https://www.cbsnews.com/live-news/london-protest-trump-baby-baloon-toilet-robot-uk-state-visit-london-today-2019-06-04/

The infamous balloon depicting President Trump as a giant, diaper-clad baby was stabbed during a protest in London on Tuesday. While many rallied against Mr. Trump's official state visit to Britain, one supporter stabbed the baby blimp with a sharp object that resulted in its deflation.
She captured the moment on video, telling onlookers, "I think Donald Trump's balloon is not very well." She also held up her hand, covered in blood from the incident, before being taken away by police.

Something weirdly emblematic about that.

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[Post 3151]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 06-09-2019 07:15 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The magic of twitter, so few words it relies on the audience to finish the thought and decide how smart or stupid it is.

To keep pushing the illiterate angle. A poor mind mouth connection is illiteracy.

I don't want to get carried away. For whatever reason I wasn't aware this was a tweet. I thought it was him talking the way he do. When I'm typing something out my brain gets way ahead of my fingers and I end up skipping some connecting thoughts.

So. I might be projecting a little.

On one hand, everybody has lapses like this. Minor, irregular, forgivable. There's no real good excuse for it, it just happens.

All that, but let's not forget: Mr President is kind of a moron a lot. This kind of thing is not unusual for him. I'm not accusing him of being smart but misunderstood. With his prodigious propensity for saying stupid shit the media should pick the most egregious stupid and not the commonly idiotic to focus on.

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[Post 3152]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-09-2019 09:07 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Mexico Agreed to Take Border Actions Months Before Trump Announced Tariff Deal - The Vichy New York Times
 (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/08/us/politics/trump-mexico-deal-tariffs.html)

WASHINGTON — The deal to avert tariffs that President Trump announced with great fanfare on Friday night consists largely of actions that Mexico had already promised to take in prior discussions with the United States over the past several months, according to officials from both countries who are familiar with the negotiations.

Friday’s joint declaration says Mexico agreed to the “deployment of its National Guard throughout Mexico, giving priority to its southern border.” But the Mexican government had already pledged to do that in March during secret talks in Miami between Kirstjen Nielsen, then the secretary of homeland security, and Olga Sanchez, the Mexican secretary of the interior, the officials said.

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[Post 3153]
Author : davidm
Date : 06-09-2019 06:33 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Mexico Agreed to Take Border Actions Months Before Trump Announced Tariff Deal - The Vichy New York Times
 (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/08/us/politics/trump-mexico-deal-tariffs.html)

WASHINGTON — The deal to avert tariffs that President Trump announced with great fanfare on Friday night consists largely of actions that Mexico had already promised to take in prior discussions with the United States over the past several months, according to officials from both countries who are familiar with the negotiations.

Friday’s joint declaration says Mexico agreed to the “deployment of its National Guard throughout Mexico, giving priority to its southern border.” But the Mexican government had already pledged to do that in March during secret talks in Miami between Kirstjen Nielsen, then the secretary of homeland security, and Olga Sanchez, the Mexican secretary of the interior, the officials said.




Yep, that sounds like something that the "Vichy" NY Times would do -- publish an article deeply embarrassing to Trump, and exposing yet again his lies, as it has literally done thousands of time since his election. That is some Vichy behavior, eh?

You are an idiot who has helped muck up this entire forum by posting lies. Your main "contribution," such as it is, is to post reams of screen-swiped garbage from odious T*****r. Congrats on helping make a once-great forum suck balls. :wave:

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[Post 3154]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-09-2019 07:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

lol, I figured that would hack him off. :)

http://www.quickmeme.com/img/dc/dc7d1d74eb21e7318a15ba72104d7b37799263a5d2faa47ecb083f5032299daa.jpg

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[Post 3155]
Author : Ari
Date : 06-10-2019 02:36 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Indeed, I mean I often come back to my posts multiple times because I have a tendency to misspell words and see them as spelled correctly until a bit later, my brain ram is dumped and the misspelling becomes obvious. 

The big difference is you get to see all your bad days where as we are seeing his better ones. I expect he&#8217;s been given reading that he struggled with to the point where he threw the book/pamphlet in frustration and either decided he knew enough he didnt need to read it or an underling read it and filtered it down to his vocabulary. Which is another difference between not finding the right word and illiteracy it often goes both ways and reading is slow with a lot of sounding out or skipping.  And of course Im being extra hard on him because he absolutely had the time and resources to get it fixed but pride got in the way. 

The Queen gets it, she gave him a first edition book about WWII by Churchhill during his visit for a savage old lady monarch burn.
https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a27699489/queen-elizabeth-donald-trump-melania-gifts-uk-state-visit-2019/

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[Post 3156]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 06-10-2019 05:49 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm going to be charitable and suggest that maybe Trump was saying that projects of going to the Moon and things like that are part of the project of getting to Mars.

And you may well be right about that! The possibility is making me all nostalgic and shit, what with "YOU KNOW WHAT I MEANT" being an oft-repeated mantra of :ff:'s all-time favorite anti-vaxxer with daddy issues. 

Maybe the Revolution in Thought is finally coming to pass. Perhaps the time has come to convert the baser metals of our blameful natures into the pure gold of the Golden Age. Perfectly cooked spaghetti and meatballs every Monday night, here we come!

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[Post 3157]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 06-10-2019 05:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT, DAMMIT.

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[Post 3158]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-12-2019 10:21 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The Last Leg celebrated "Trump"'s visit to the UK.

(a)

The Last Leg take Trump’s wax figure for a day out in London - The Last Leg - YouTube

(b)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Share this story, let&#8217;s see how far we can get it round the world! <br>Use  <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TrumpsTacoTriumph?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TrumpsTacoTriumph</a><br>Let us know where you hear the news! Especially if you&#8217;re in the States!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheLastLeg?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TheLastLeg</a> <a href="https://t.co/snxV1doHVS">pic.twitter.com/snxV1doHVS</a></p>&mdash; The Last Leg (@TheLastLeg) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheLastLeg/status/1137107145449791488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">7 June 2019</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3159]
Author : ceptimus
Date : 06-13-2019 12:28 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The Queen gets it, she gave him a first edition book about WWII by Churchhill during his visit for a savage old lady monarch burn.
The Gifts Queen Elizabeth Gave President Trump & Melania Trump During Their 2019 State Visit (https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a27699489/queen-elizabeth-donald-trump-melania-gifts-uk-state-visit-2019/)
There is always an exchange of gifts during these state visits.  This time our Queen gave the President a valuable first edition book, and he responded by giving the royals a jumbo-family-sized pack of chlorinated chicken.

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[Post 3160]
Author : ceptimus
Date : 06-13-2019 08:21 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump has tweeted that he met the Prince of Whales [sic] during his visit.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-48622001

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/485/socialembed/https://twitter.com/GraemeDemianyk/status/1139158896789065729~/news/uk-wales-48622001

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[Post 3161]
Author : Ari
Date : 06-14-2019 02:45 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

An inflamed Trump, &#8220;you mean I didn&#8217;t meet the prince of ALL whales? Sad!  I like my royalty to have dominion over at least one kind of fish!&#8221;

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[Post 3162]
Author : Kyuss Apollo
Date : 06-19-2019 06:02 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I volunteer one of my robots to be the new president <a href="https://t.co/AvvAe84eRY">pic.twitter.com/AvvAe84eRY</a></p>&mdash; Simone Giertz (@SimoneGiertz) <a href="https://twitter.com/SimoneGiertz/status/825818138147033088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 29, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Post 3163]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-20-2019 07:59 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">No, Judy Collins, sending in the clowns has failed.</p>&mdash; Werner Twertzog (@WernerTwertzog) <a href="https://twitter.com/WernerTwertzog/status/1132009132863709184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 24, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3164]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 06-20-2019 11:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Well, maybe next year.

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[Post 3165]
Author : SR71
Date : 06-21-2019 12:38 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

If Trump won, what's to say these fine specimens couldn't be our new first posse?

https://cdn.acidcow.com/pics/20101210/the_best_juggalo_01.jpg

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[Post 3166]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-22-2019 03:05 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Look who's tweeting doctored images of a cover from last year:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/JDS4zUXXJG">pic.twitter.com/JDS4zUXXJG</a></p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1142157838153895941?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 21, 2019</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3167]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 06-22-2019 06:09 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm unsure where the best place for this one is:

Without Any Warrants, CBP Searched My Devices at the Airport (https://theintercept.com/2019/06/22/cbp-border-searches-journalists/)

In retrospect, I was naive about the kind of agency CBP has become in the Trump era. Though I&#8217;ve reported several magazine stories in Mexico, none have been about immigration. Of course, I knew these were the guys putting kids in cages, separating refugee children from their parents, and that Trump&#8217;s whole shtick is vilifying immigrants, leading to many sad and ugly scenes at the border, including the farcical deployment of U.S. troops. But I complacently assumed that wouldn&#8217;t affect me directly, least of all in Austin. Later, I did remember reading a report in February about CBP targeting journalists, activists, and lawyers for scrutiny at ports of entry south of California, but I had never had a problem before, not in a lifetime of crossing the Texas-Mexico border scores of times on foot, by car, by plane, in a canoe, even swimming. This was the first time CBP had ever pulled me aside.

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[Post 3168]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-24-2019 07:41 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Migrant Girl Named Ana Franco Begins Keeping A Diary In US Detention Centre – The Out And Abouter (https://outabouter.com/2019/06/23/migrant-girl-named-ana-franco-keeping-a-diary-in-us-detention-centre/)

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[Post 3169]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 06-25-2019 01:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This is clever: Brendan O'Neill is worth double whatever Trump's backers are paying him.  I'm posting it not as a piece of Devil's advocacy, but (and it is almost the same thing) in the hope of generating some discussion about mounting effective opposition to this kind of attack on those of us who want to defend ... er ... some semblance of human decency .

The real reason some Brits don&#8217;t like Trump | The Spectator* (https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2019/06/the-real-reason-some-brits-dont-like-trump/)

Trump-bashing isn&#8217;t a political stance &#8212; it&#8217;s a snooty mocking of white-trash America. [...] Obama&#8217;s wars and authoritarianism were forgivable because he was so handsome and charming. Trump&#8217;s wars and authoritarianism, in contrast, are held up as threats to morality and decency because the kind of people who are most keen on Trump &#8212; rough and ugly Americans &#8212; are themselves seen as a threat to morality and decency.


* worth noting that among The Spectator's illustrious past editors is one Boris Johnson

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[Post 3170]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-25-2019 04:30 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Article to read later, but 

* worth noting that among The Spectator's illustrious past editors is one Boris Johnson
So you're saying
FAKE NEWS

and 
A lot of Trump-bashing isn't about the wars and authoritarianism - and isn't about giving Obama too easy a ride on those matters - it's about his race-bashing, gay-bashing, women-grabbing and other threats to morality and decency.

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[Post 3171]
Author : lisarea
Date : 06-25-2019 05:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The article does make a valid point. A lot of the support for Trump came from people who hadn't voted before because they don't understand or follow politics, and therefore think all politics is bullshit. They're naturally hostile to anything they don't really understand, so the fact that he was a game show host and not a politician was really enough for them. They watched his show and bought into the image that the show crafted for him, and they voted for him because they understood that narrative. 

I think about this a lot: There was an article going around during Obama v. McCain, about Sarah Palin, where they made some huge deal out of the fact that she was meeting with some journalists in her suite, and came out in a bathrobe, with her hair in a towel. 

It's weird, sure, but that got way too much play, like that right there--this social norm that a lot of people may not even think is that significant--was a distillation of everything that was wrong with her as a candidate. 

The whole stupid Trump circus is, of course, worse than that, with like Ted Nugent and that Empire Carpets jingle in the oval office, the fast food, stuff like that. And I admit I find it kind of horrifying and amusing, but I suspect that when his 'base' sees all the focus on things like that--and remember, they do not follow politics, so these are the criticisms they focus on--they assume that's the primary objection people have.

PLUS everyone just let them coopt 'fake news' as a blanket denial. FAKE NEWS IS A REAL THING, AND IT GOT HIM ELECTED, but you can't talk about it anymore because it's been coopted to imply that truth is subjective and there's no way to even tell if a news story is true or not, so it's OK to just believe  what you want to. I am sick of everyone just going along with it when they stake claims in legitimate concepts like that. 

I'm not saying I know what to do about it or anything, or that I'd even be able to refrain personally from bringing those things up. But I do see how the lifestyle type criticisms cause his supporters to dig in.

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[Post 3172]
Author : erimir
Date : 06-25-2019 07:26 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I mean, given the appeal of Brexit and some political figures in the UK such as Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage, Michael Gove, etc. it is an interesting question why Trump is less popular than they are and so much less popular than Brexit.

It doesn't seem to me that all of the Brits who dislike him would necessarily feel the same were he a British MP or PM.

But the thing about nationalism is that you don't necessarily like ideologically similar people! (This is also the case for religious fundies - extremist Christians often have a lot in common with extremist Muslims, but they usually see each other as rivals/evil adversaries, not ideological fellow-travelers.) That and Trump has some aspects that are uniquely appealing to Americans. These make it easier for right-wing Brits to see him from the outside of the cult of personality and party/national loyalty.

That and the fact is that Trump is a narcissistic idiot who blunders about in foreign policy potentially undermining British interests, and if you're not part of the cult of personality and dumb shit like literally hugging the American flag doesn't have an effect on you, that's going to be a lot less appealing.

I don't know that any other factors are necessary to explain the difference. Putin seems to be much less appealing to non-Russians. Nobody sees the need to explain this by talking about contempt for working-class Russians as opposed to either Putin's policies and behavior, or "Russophobic" attitudes more generally.

But sure, I could see some public school (in US parlance, private school) Tories potentially viewing Trump and his supporters (especially as portrayed by the media, which does not focus on educated and/or wealthy Trump supporters, who definitely exist in non-trivial numbers!) as trashy and disliking them more for that reason than anything else.

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[Post 3173]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-25-2019 10:11 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

(This is also the case for religious fundies - extremist Christians often have a lot in common with extremist Muslims, but they usually see each other as rivals/evil adversaries, not ideological fellow-travelers.) 

Quoted in lieu of doublethanksability.

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[Post 3174]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-25-2019 10:21 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I think a goodly number of the Brits who like Nigel Farage also like Trump. 

Conversely, if Farage were to become PM you might well see the level of demos against him that Trump gets because he's in a position to do damage. If (when) Bojo Bojo becomes PM, and if (... when) he commits the same kind of blunders that got Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe imprisoned for longer or cost Londoners £300,000 in illegal water cannons, you might see more vocal demos against him.

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[Post 3175]
Author : erimir
Date : 06-25-2019 11:45 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

At least BoJo is a buffoon from good stock.

Although I do find it ironic that Johnson has a great-grandfather who was a Circassian-Turkish Muslim and his likely elevation to PM will be due to all this xenophobic Brexit shit.

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[Post 3176]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-26-2019 05:11 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Misc:

Robert Mueller To Testify Before House Judiciary And Intelligence Committees - That Huffington Post Rag (https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mueller-testify-house-judiciary-house-intel_n_5d12c4d0e4b0a394186a47e4)

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[Post 3177]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 06-26-2019 09:12 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That's good news.

Still, part of me can't help but think:  "You know, I wouldn't be at all surprised if Mueller has an unfortunate and fatal ... accident ... in the next few weeks' time."


On the other hand, does it matter?  Mueller could provide ironclad proof that Trump knowingly colluded with Russia to fix the election -- and cheated on his taxes, and raped several women, and arranged to have witnesses "silenced"; he could produce videos of Trump, Pence, and Mitch McConnell laughing and smoking cigars while they discussed how they have one and only one goal: to funnel every bit of money they can to the rich while screwing over the poor and middle class -- and Senate Republicans would still refuse to allow impeachment hearings.  

And 30% or so of the voting public (and 99% of FOX News viewers) would insist that it's all "Fake News" anyway -- orchestrated by the Democrats in general and Hillary Clinton in particular (with some help from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, perhaps).

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[Post 3178]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-26-2019 09:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

An overlapping 30% would say "yes, he's X but he's our X" (he's a rapist but they were asking for it, he murdered Mueller but that was a good thing).

And also "yes, he did X but Killary would have done much worse!" "yes, he did X but all politicians have issues" - whataboutism etc.

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[Post 3179]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-26-2019 05:22 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Still, part of me can't help but think:  "You know, I wouldn't be at all surprised if Mueller has an unfortunate and fatal ... accident ... in the next few weeks' time."

He had a whole team of prosecutors, some of the best. Any of those All Stars could step in, and if they all started dropping like flies, it's harder and harder to explain away as random polonium accidents. :|

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[Post 3180]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-26-2019 08:19 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Still, part of me can't help but think:  "You know, I wouldn't be at all surprised if Mueller has an unfortunate and fatal ... accident ... in the next few weeks' time."

He had a whole team of prosecutors, some of the best. Any of those All Stars could step in, and if they all started dropping like flies, it's harder and harder to explain away as random polonium accidents. :|

If you can work this out, so can the adminstration. (Not Chump himself, but some of his team.) So, some way of getting them all at once ... something like a gas explosion?

The Philadelphia explosion was just a practice.

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[Post 3181]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-26-2019 08:49 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Meanwhile ...

It seems that subreddit r/The_Donald, which is apparently exactly the echo chamber of racist, misogynistic, islamophobic, and antisemitic hate you'd expect, a barrel consisting entirely of bad apples, has been 'quarantined' by Reddit. After a long and hard analysis of the amount of negative attention it was causing against the amount of traffic it was bringing in. Specifically, negative attention on threats of violence to police.

/r/The_Donald - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//r/The_Donald) provides some neutral info on site. 

Reddit quarantines Trump subreddit r/The_Donald for violent comments - The Verge (https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/26/18759967/reddit-quarantines-the-donald-trump-subreddit-misbehavior-violence-police-oregon) gives more on this quarantine news.

/r/The_Donald has been quarantined. Discuss this dramatic happening here! : SubredditDrama (https://www.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/c5safq/rthe_donald_has_been_quarantined_discuss_this/) provides entirely un-neutral and quite amusing info.
One amusing factoid is that the admins of T_D bleat insanely of censorship when any kind of restrictions are placed on them, but have no hesitation in banning other haters such as those who mock Chump for being fat. Yes, that's a thing.

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[Post 3182]
Author : Crumb
Date : 06-26-2019 08:58 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's about time. Hopefully they will ban it altogether soon.

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[Post 3183]
Author : SR71
Date : 06-27-2019 03:51 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The Philadelphia explosion was just a practice.

There was an explosion?  I missed an explosion?  I am disappoint.  :sadcheer:

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[Post 3184]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-27-2019 07:44 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

See News Miscellany thrad. Massive refinery explosion, visible from space.

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[Post 3185]
Author : SR71
Date : 06-27-2019 01:48 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Oh well that explains it then.  I was on Earth that day.

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[Post 3186]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 06-28-2019 05:10 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Jesus, you guys:

I don't have the whole "embedded twitter" thing added to my account, but you need to look here:
Jennifer Mendelsohn 🇺🇸 on Twitter: "<Clears throat. Taps mic.>

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

I present to you the greatest Trump survey ever in the history of Trump surveys.… https://t.co/QZGenUkiF4" (https://twitter.com/CleverTitleTK/status/1144630015385931782)

The images are taken from a real link to Trump's campaign website.
Sample:
1. Who would you rather see fix our Nation’s shattered immigration policies?
- President Trump
- A MS-13 Loving Democrat

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[Post 3187]
Author : lisarea
Date : 06-28-2019 05:49 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

What in the.

It is. It's a real link (https://action.donaldjtrump.com/2020-trump-vs-dem-poll?DCPe=bWlyYW5kYS55YXZlckBnbWFpbC5jb20&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ET_16&utm_campaign=20190626_12591_2020-trump-vs-dem-poll-pre-v2_donaldjtrumpcom_tmagac&utm_content=gop_survey_text_take_box_other_all&fbclid=IwAR2YVt8baTbXkM08kQ-sOOWBbaYUXt4V-ms4WgbjwUqbIOLfSHbOQW3FMoA). I was 100% positive that it was going to be some cleverly designed site using a slight variation on the domain name or something, but it isn't.

And if people are to be believed, the campaign is sending them links to it, which means that someone didn't just hack the site and put it there.

What in the.

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[Post 3188]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-28-2019 05:59 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<h2>Access Forbidden</h2>

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[Post 3189]
Author : Crumb
Date : 06-28-2019 06:15 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That has to be fake somehow... right? :please:

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[Post 3190]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-28-2019 07:19 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<h2>Access Forbidden</h2>

Canadians welcome, British not.
:haha::shakejoep:

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[Post 3191]
Author : Miisa
Date : 06-29-2019 09:09 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<h2>Access Forbidden</h2>



Canadians welcome, British not.

:haha::shakejoep:Looks like forbidden in Europe generally. So JoeP and other Brits should have access again any minute.

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[Post 3192]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-29-2019 06:38 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So JoeP and other Brits should have access again any minute.

https://pics.me.me/this-is-a-little-savage-memegenerator-net-21740241.png

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[Post 3193]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-30-2019 11:30 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

10955

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[Post 3194]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-01-2019 06:33 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Let's blame Trump*

Inside the Secret Border Patrol Facebook Group Where Agents Joke About Migrant Deaths and Post Sexist Memes” ProPublica (https://www.propublica.org/article/secret-border-patrol-facebook-group-agents-joke-about-migrant-deaths-post-sexist-memes)

Dude talking about major points in this thrad:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;Inside the Secret Border Patrol Facebook Group Where Agents Joke About Migrant Deaths and Post Sexist Memes.&quot;<br><br>Border patrols&#39; vile, shocking posts about <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AOC</a> and migrants, uncovered by <a href="https://twitter.com/ACInvestigates?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@acinvestigates</a> <a href="https://t.co/abIMwA4mPQ">https://t.co/abIMwA4mPQ</a></p>&mdash; Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) <a href="https://twitter.com/KlasfeldReports/status/1145736274311098368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 1, 2019</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>



*though Trump is just the face

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[Post 3195]
Author : JoeP
Date : 07-01-2019 09:59 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I wanted to see what he would look like without the fake tan and now I want my mom. <a href="https://t.co/ZMLUTaHOxR">pic.twitter.com/ZMLUTaHOxR</a></p>&mdash; Jen Lewis (@thisjenlewis) <a href="https://twitter.com/thisjenlewis/status/717108151221248001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">4 April 2016</a></blockquote>
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[Post 3196]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-06-2019 06:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Let's blame Trump*

Inside the Secret Border Patrol Facebook Group Where Agents Joke About Migrant Deaths and Post Sexist Memes” ProPublica (https://www.propublica.org/article/secret-border-patrol-facebook-group-agents-joke-about-migrant-deaths-post-sexist-memes)

Dude talking about major points in this thrad:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;Inside the Secret Border Patrol Facebook Group Where Agents Joke About Migrant Deaths and Post Sexist Memes.&quot;<br><br>Border patrols' vile, shocking posts about <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AOC</a> and migrants, uncovered by <a href="https://twitter.com/ACInvestigates?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@acinvestigates</a> <a href="https://t.co/abIMwA4mPQ">https://t.co/abIMwA4mPQ</a></p>&mdash; Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) <a href="https://twitter.com/KlasfeldReports/status/1145736274311098368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 1, 2019</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>



*though Trump is just the face

A second group. Interesting thrad.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">From the time the <a href="https://twitter.com/propublica?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@propublica</a> story broke to the time we published, “I’m 10-15” dropped from nearly 10k members to a little over 4k. <br><br>In that time, however, <a href="https://twitter.com/CNN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CNN</a> broke a story on a second CBP group. It&#39;s safe to say there’s likely more fallout to come. <a href="https://t.co/OznpVoIyjW">https://t.co/OznpVoIyjW</a></p>&mdash; Ryan Devereaux (@rdevro) <a href="https://twitter.com/rdevro/status/1147537481153306625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 6, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3197]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 07-06-2019 11:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D-vvr49WsAIe0yE.png

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[Post 3198]
Author : Ari
Date : 07-07-2019 12:29 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

True fact: The F-14 TomCat is nicknamed after Thomas Jefferson, the first to fly it in combat.

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[Post 3199]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-08-2019 03:49 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">lmao <a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FoxNews</a> just went live from a bar in France after the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/USWNT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#USWNT</a> win and people started shouting &quot;Fuck Trump&quot; on air&#128514;&#128514; <a href="https://t.co/EFstJx43BV">pic.twitter.com/EFstJx43BV</a></p>&mdash; Sara Pearl (@skenigsberg) <a href="https://twitter.com/skenigsberg/status/1147922695188881409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 7, 2019</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Watching <a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FoxNews</a> weekend anchors is worse than watching low ratings Fake News <a href="https://twitter.com/CNN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CNN</a>, or Lyin’ Brian Williams (remember when he totally fabricated a War Story trying to make himself into a hero, &amp; got fired. A very dishonest journalist!) and the crew of degenerate......</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1148016422783803392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 7, 2019</a></blockquote>
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[Post 3200]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-10-2019 06:53 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

"Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?" (https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/satire/why-do-some-british-people-not-like-donald-trump/10/06/?fbclid=IwAR1bz3KcYxT23zVrTSa4_BL6pcn-vDoutZhxMq1sCY9vBYhdFdxZt7arx6w)

Someone on Quora asked, “Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?” Nate White, an articulate and witty writer from England wrote this response…

"A few things spring to mind."

From there it gets fairly British.

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[Post 3201]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-10-2019 07:52 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This thrad.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I&#8217;m running to replace Mitch McConnell in the U.S. Senate. Everything that&#8217;s wrong with Washington had to start somewhere&#8212;it started with him. With your help, we can defeat Mitch and defend democracy. Join us: <a href="https://t.co/c4b0WAp4ji">https://t.co/c4b0WAp4ji</a> <a href="https://t.co/DNLjFkHGua">pic.twitter.com/DNLjFkHGua</a></p>&mdash; Amy McGrath (@AmyMcGrathKY) <a href="https://twitter.com/AmyMcGrathKY/status/1148544945265020928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 9, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3202]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-12-2019 05:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Speaker Paul Ryan is a truly good man, and while he will not be seeking re-election, he will leave a legacy of achievement that nobody can question. We are with you Paul!</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/984066131303583746?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 11, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Paul Ryan reportedly blasts Trump in new book: &quot;I'm telling you, he didn't know anything about government&quot; &quot;<a href="https://t.co/DyaI8rdOtC">https://t.co/DyaI8rdOtC</a> <a href="https://t.co/RsVTWW1e5s">pic.twitter.com/RsVTWW1e5s</a></p>&mdash; The Hill (@thehill) <a href="https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1149335061512302593?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Paul Ryan, the failed V.P. candidate &amp; former Speaker of the House, whose record of achievement was atrocious (except during my first two years as President), ultimately became a long running lame duck failure, leaving his Party in the lurch both as a fundraiser &amp; leader......</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1149516400341348354?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

If only you'd ever been in a position to do anything about it, Paul. ¯\_(&#12484;)_/¯

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[Post 3203]
Author : Ari
Date : 07-12-2019 05:36 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Little did we know there were two 2017 and 2018s as Paul Ryan was both successful and a lame duck in those years according to our president who certainly shouldn’t be tested and dissected to see if he contains a portal to an alternate dimension where Paul Ryan didn’t suck.

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[Post 3204]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-13-2019 09:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Following Christ’s Example, Pence Observes Poor From Behind Barrier And Escorted By Armed Guards – The Out And Abouter (https://outabouter.com/2019/07/13/following-christs-example-pence-observes-poor-from-behind-barrier-and-escorted-by-armed-guards/)

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[Post 3205]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-17-2019 05:17 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">New video game simulates Trump&#8217;s daily dance with the truth. <a href="https://t.co/fETfNNn8Ug">pic.twitter.com/fETfNNn8Ug</a></p>&mdash; The Out And Abouter (@OutAndAbouter) <a href="https://twitter.com/OutAndAbouter/status/1151272085416755200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 16, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3206]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 07-20-2019 02:07 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The new Secretary of Labor will be none other than Gene Scalia (https://www.npr.org/2019/07/18/743274627/trump-to-nominate-eugene-scalia-late-supreme-court-justices-son-as-labor-secreta), son of the deceased SCOTUS justice. As a partner in a prestigious DC law firm, Scalia has made major bank helping the largest of corporations fuck over their workers. As Solicitor of Labor in the Shrub Administration, he vigorously argued against workplace safety regulations. This is just the sort of asshole we want running the Labor Department.

As Molly Ivins wrote (https://books.google.com/books?id=PAuPDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA53&dq=%22eugene+scalia%22+malingering&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj3-4mbpMLjAhVMHM0KHX0yANIQ6AEILTAA#v=onepage&q=%22eugene%20scalia%22%20malingering&f=false) years ago:

Just as there are Puritans among us who are deeply distressed by the idea that someone, somewhere might be having fun, there is a certain kind of conservative obsessed with the idea that some malingering worker somewhere might be getting away with something.

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[Post 3207]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-20-2019 03:03 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Like getting paid?

https://i.imgur.com/o6oAa5T.jpg

10959

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[Post 3208]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-23-2019 04:59 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

lol. cuck and proud.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">That moment when a cheeseball president tries to randomly kiss the bride&#8217;s hair while the goofball groom acts like he won the Super Bowl. <a href="https://t.co/Q3w2i2k8UD">pic.twitter.com/Q3w2i2k8UD</a></p>&mdash; The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) <a href="https://twitter.com/HoarseWisperer/status/1153439452255023105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 22, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3209]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 07-23-2019 11:47 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Cyberspace is suddenly awash with "Trump ain't racist because lookee&#8212;black people!" photos.  I followed one of them up and found this gem of a huffpo rebuttal.  Enjoy!

https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/580ac9d41a000071285bb1d9.jpeg?cache=ia9nsndgad&ops=scalefit_720_noupscale
No, Donald Trump Did Not Win A Medal From The NAACP | HUFFPOST (https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-naacp_n_580ac881e4b000d0b156e6e2)

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[Post 3210]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-23-2019 05:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

lolCohen. Was it worth it?

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[Post 3211]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 07-23-2019 05:53 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Boris Johnson sounds like a name Trump would give his penis.</p>&mdash; The Volatile Mermaid (@OhNoSheTwitnt) <a href="https://twitter.com/OhNoSheTwitnt/status/1153635308874948611?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">23 July 2019</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3212]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-24-2019 08:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ted Lieu: The President met the requirements of Obstruction, yes?<br><br>Mueller: Yes.<br><br>Ted Lieu: The only reason you did not indict the President was because of the opinion that you can not indict a sitting President, correct?<br><br>Mueller: Correct.<br><br>This is everything.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MuellerHearing?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MuellerHearing</a> <a href="https://t.co/OxhNsNro6k">pic.twitter.com/OxhNsNro6k</a></p>&mdash; Nick Jack Pappas (@Pappiness) <a href="https://twitter.com/Pappiness/status/1154043065243324416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 24, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Daniel Dale on the Orange Foolius:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Morning fact checks: Mueller investigation wasn’t illegal; Trump aides told him Mueller didn’t have real conflicts; “acid washed” isn’t a thing; no public evidence Aaron Zebley is a Democrat; Mueller is a Republican; majority of his lawyers donated to Democrats but not all... <a href="https://t.co/hsJOhVdeYA">pic.twitter.com/hsJOhVdeYA</a></p>&mdash; Daniel Dale (@ddale8) <a href="https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1153999049156124672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 24, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3213]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-25-2019 08:11 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

What a day.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Whoa, DC Bar recommends suspending Larry Klayman&#8217;s law license for nearly three years <a href="https://t.co/0DgHm34inR">https://t.co/0DgHm34inR</a></p>&mdash; Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) <a href="https://twitter.com/BradMossEsq/status/1154127769086963715?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 24, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Kind of like how the lightning comes out of the ark and linearly scorches all the nazis. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FaceMelt?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FaceMelt</a></p>&mdash; Chris Morris (@camorris) <a href="https://twitter.com/camorris/status/1154239411506307073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 25, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3214]
Author : JoeP
Date : 07-25-2019 11:14 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I had to look up #ETTD. I agree of course.

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[Post 3215]
Author : JoeP
Date : 07-25-2019 08:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump speaks before presidential seal doctored with symbols of Russia and golf | US news | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/24/trump-presidential-seal-doctored-russia-golf-turning-point)

First, the eagle has not one but two heads – making it look a lot like Russia’s coat of arms. And instead of holding arrows, as the bird does in the US seal, it’s holding golf clubs.

Rofl.

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[Post 3216]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 07-25-2019 09:12 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

For extra added lulz, the Internet say that "E pluribus unum" morphed into a Spanish sentence that translates to, "45 is a puppet."

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[Post 3217]
Author : But
Date : 07-25-2019 09:16 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

And instead of "E pluribus unum" it's "45 es un titere" (Spanish for "45 is a puppet").

Crosspost

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[Post 3218]
Author : Crumb
Date : 07-25-2019 09:42 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A four minute crosspost?

This is now my mental image of But:
10961

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[Post 3219]
Author : JoeP
Date : 07-25-2019 10:20 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

More likely a multiple tab opener.

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[Post 3220]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-26-2019 03:57 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Committee Approves Subpoena to White House for Emails Sent on Personal Accounts in Violation of Federal Law | House Committee on Oversight and Reform (https://oversight.house.gov/news/press-releases/committee-approves-subpoena-to-white-house-for-emails-sent-on-personal-accounts)

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[Post 3221]
Author : The Man
Date : 07-27-2019 06:26 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Oh hey, this happened.

House Judiciary Committee To Pursue An Impeachment Inquiry - Lawyers, Guns & Money (http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2019/07/house-judiciary-committee-to-pursue-an-impeachment-inquiry)

I don't have time to get into the specifics now - not the same as an actual impeachment, though.

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[Post 3222]
Author : Zehava
Date : 07-28-2019 04:24 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Committee Approves Subpoena to White House for Emails Sent on Personal Accounts in Violation of Federal Law | House Committee on Oversight and Reform (https://oversight.house.gov/news/press-releases/committee-approves-subpoena-to-white-house-for-emails-sent-on-personal-accounts)

Time to start the "lock them up!" chants?

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[Post 3223]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-28-2019 10:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Jared Kushner-Owned Company Fined As Negligent Property Owner In Baltimore County <a href="https://t.co/XSZqxPzcyG">https://t.co/XSZqxPzcyG</a></p>&mdash; Baltimore County (@BaltCoGov) <a href="https://twitter.com/BaltCoGov/status/926116936781586433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

¯\_(&#12484;)_/¯

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[Post 3224]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-28-2019 10:58 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Dan Coats To Depart As Director Of National Intelligence : NPR (https://www.npr.org/2019/07/28/696376152/dan-coats-who-challenged-president-trump-to-depart-top-intelligence-job)

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[Post 3225]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-29-2019 08:21 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">TRUMP: If you criticize America you should leave forever<br><br>GOP: yeah don’t you dare criticize America!<br><br>TRUMP: anyway here’s a list of US cities that are garbage</p>&mdash; Jake Maccoby (@jdmaccoby) <a href="https://twitter.com/jdmaccoby/status/1155826057662144512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 29, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

¯\_(&#12484;)_/¯

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[Post 3226]
Author : Ari
Date : 07-29-2019 08:44 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Well sure but those cities aren’t really american, obviously they’ve been taken over by illegal immigrants, turning them into cesspits and they want to take your guns! But don’t worry, we promise you they live worse than you, so everything is ok.

I’m starting to worry a bit about those who are around Trump supporters when he finally drops them as the one consistent description of a Trump supporter is angry and ready to strike out.

At this rate the combination of full on paranoid xenophobia, ‘economic anxiety’ and a deep seated anger is going to cause them to slowly turn in on themselves and destroy everything around them as they collapse, being all the while told that their cesspit is cleaner than the bad guys.  Isolating them into groups where the only people to attack with their anger are other supporters or family members held hostage by supporters.

If we hit true ‘third world’ status, I almost expect warlord style, Boko Haram/ISIS like violent lords of their tiny pond to crop up in heavily Trump areas that have slowly boarded themselves off from the rest of the US.

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[Post 3227]
Author : JoeP
Date : 07-29-2019 10:26 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

"If".

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[Post 3228]
Author : Ari
Date : 08-02-2019 04:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Lead Howler monkey, “Remember when the bad lady said things that hurt your feelings.”

Howler monkeys, “Woop whoop whoop, Howwlll”

Lead Howler Monkey, “If you don’t, let me remind you to freshly insult you!”

Howler monkeys, “Throw poo at her! Throw poo at her!”

(Insert article here about how Trump’s very mention of his non-running rival Hillary caused the crowds to chant “Lock her up” because they are all emotionally stunted, easily hurt and frightened animals.)

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[Post 3229]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-05-2019 01:06 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump just deleted all of these tweets that called immigrants &quot;invaders&quot;.<br><br>Please don&#39;t share them everywhere you possibly can. It will upset him and he won&#39;t enjoy his golf game this afternoon.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EnoughIsEnough?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#EnoughIsEnough</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WhiteSupremacistTerrorism?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WhiteSupremacistTerrorism</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ThisIsAmerica?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ThisIsAmerica</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TrumpsTerrorists?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TrumpsTerrorists</a> <a href="https://t.co/eJcepe3hqd">https://t.co/eJcepe3hqd</a></p>&mdash; Holly Figueroa O&#39;Reilly (@AynRandPaulRyan) <a href="https://twitter.com/AynRandPaulRyan/status/1158087442634854400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3230]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 08-05-2019 10:03 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

According to former FBI counterterrorism agent Dave Gomez, FBI agents are reluctant to pursue white nationalist extremists (https://news.yahoo.com/fbi-agents-reluctant-pursue-white-103543457.html) because they don't want to be seen as targeting "Trump's base." 

Golly.  You think?

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[Post 3231]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-09-2019 10:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Anger as grinning Trump gives thumbs-up while Melania holds El Paso orphan | US news | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/09/trump-el-paso-melania-orphan-baby-thumbs-up)

:1thumbup:

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[Post 3232]
Author : But
Date : 08-10-2019 03:49 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Anger as grinning Trump gives thumbs-up while Melania holds El Paso orphan | US news | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/09/trump-el-paso-melania-orphan-baby-thumbs-up)

:1thumbup:


I always forget for a moment that I have this browser plugin turned on.

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[Post 3233]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 08-10-2019 05:41 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:shakegreen:

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[Post 3234]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-10-2019 11:11 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/5EFK1Rt.jpg

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[Post 3235]
Author : Crumb
Date : 08-12-2019 03:20 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

In his defense, would you want to hug Trump?

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[Post 3236]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-12-2019 04:34 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Perhaps ... if I had a mantrap hidden on my back.

Or between my legs if I were female.

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[Post 3237]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-12-2019 04:36 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The World Through Tweets of Donald Trump | Worldmapper (https://worldmapper.org/trump-tweets-map/)

https://worldmapper.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/TrumpTweets_Top10.png
(USA excluded)

On behalf of the UK, we are quite pleased to be low down in the list.

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[Post 3238]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-12-2019 05:20 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Let the weird times roll:

Trump tore out magazine picture of Justin Trudeau, scrawled odd message and mailed it to Canadian embassy, report claims | The Independent (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-justin-trudeau-magazine-message-canadian-embassy-bloomberg-a9053576.html)

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[Post 3239]
Author : The Man
Date : 08-12-2019 07:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The World Through Tweets of Donald Trump | Worldmapper (https://worldmapper.org/trump-tweets-map/)

[image that for some reason isn&#8217;t being resized now edited out]
(USA excluded)

On behalf of the UK, we are quite pleased to be low down in the list.
Where is Nambia in that list? How about Whales? Or Nipple? Or Button?

(OK, fine, he didn't mention all of those in tweets, but still.)

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[Post 3240]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-12-2019 07:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Not to mention the Republic of Covfefe.

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[Post 3241]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-12-2019 08:16 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Let the weird times roll:

Trump tore out magazine picture of Justin Trudeau, scrawled odd message and mailed it to Canadian embassy, report claims | The Independent (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-justin-trudeau-magazine-message-canadian-embassy-bloomberg-a9053576.html)

The Canadian ambassador considered the note so strange he thought it was a prank, but after calling US officials was told the note was genuine.

Being strange surely proves it's from Trump.

Another exchange in December of that year reportedly saw Mr Trump send Mr Trudeau a document purporting to show a US trade deficit with Canada. 

Mr Trudeau reportedly responded by including in his letter a printout of a US government website showing America actually has a trade surplus over its neighbour when services are included with goods. 

:P

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[Post 3242]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-15-2019 07:49 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

cool cool

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">FACT: Nearly one-quarter of employees in the United States work for an employer that has a contract with the federal government.<br><br>This rule seeks to undermine our civil rights protections and encourages discrimination in the workplace — and we will work to stop it.</p>&mdash; ACLU (@ACLU) <a href="https://twitter.com/ACLU/status/1161655209229279232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 14, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3243]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-15-2019 04:32 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Let's blame trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is my video. For a second I thought I was filming the next Heather Heyer moment. It was absolutely shocking and horrifying and I&#39;m a bit shaken up. Fortunately it appears no one was seriously hurt <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NeverAgainIsNow?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NeverAgainIsNow</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NeverAgainIsNow?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NeverAgainIsNow</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/JewsAgainstICE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#JewsAgainstICE</a> <a href="https://t.co/FhL2K1haDP">https://t.co/FhL2K1haDP</a></p>&mdash; Sam Eilertsen &#55356;&#57093; (@SamEilertsen) <a href="https://twitter.com/SamEilertsen/status/1161846437837266945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 15, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Thrad

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[Post 3244]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-16-2019 05:24 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Donald Trump reportedly wants to purchase Greenland from Denmark | US news | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/15/donald-trump-greenland-purchase-denmark)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WHEN YOU&#39;RE DONE HERE I NEED YOU TO MOW THE GREENLAND <a href="https://t.co/brH0wkM0tM">pic.twitter.com/brH0wkM0tM</a></p>&mdash; Quinn Sutherland (@ReelQuinn) <a href="https://twitter.com/ReelQuinn/status/1162205608407269376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 16, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3245]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-16-2019 09:33 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

To be renamed Trumpland.

It all makes sense as part of his long range plan* - promote global warming, Greenland becomes actually green, he builds** lots of poor quality hotels and golf courses there.

* Just kidding, Donnie's not capable of long range planning on his own

** Contracts someone else to build them and then doesn't pay the bills

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[Post 3246]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-16-2019 04:13 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump to Greenland rn<a href="https://t.co/YeNpzP8Okw">https://t.co/YeNpzP8Okw</a></p>&mdash; CrazyInvertedPopehat (@Popehat) <a href="https://twitter.com/Popehat/status/1162373393410224128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 16, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3247]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-16-2019 08:30 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

'No, thank you': Danes respond to Trump's 'bid' for Greenland | Trump News | Al Jazeera (https://www.aljazeera.com/ajimpact/trump-floats-purchase-world-largest-island-report-190816075404759.html)

"It has to be an April Fool's joke. Totally out of season," former Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said on Twitter on Thursday.

This caught my eye:
However, Greenland may be poised to benefit from the thaw, as sediment released by the melting ice sheets may help to meet the rising global demand for sand, boosting the island's economic autonomy and prospects for independence. 
Rising global demand for sand? For sandbags to protect low-lying settlements from rising sea levels and increasing storms? Turns out it's not (just) that.

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[Post 3248]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 08-16-2019 09:20 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's all good, so long as Trump continues to uphold the dignity of the office (https://www.wonkette.com/trump-is-f-cking-gross-episode-456-286-057).

https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMDU3MzQ0NS85ODB4LnBuZyIsImV4cGlyZXNfYXQiOjE1NjY0ODM3NTh9.74pMC6r7PkaCQksdIxEB8MStLV_kdHtOatRqxIGyTrc/img.png

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[Post 3249]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-21-2019 03:47 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.gyazo.com/f91737a76d4ca65c8f9428d7713f7a45.png

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/omoNXtnVt1g/maxresdefault.jpg

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Denmark is a very special country with incredible people, but based on Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen&#8217;s comments, that she would have no interest in discussing the purchase of Greenland, I will be postponing our meeting scheduled in two weeks for another time....</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1163961882945970176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 20, 2019</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

He was actually serious.

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[Post 3250]
Author : Miisa
Date : 08-21-2019 06:14 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's publicity for his new book How to Win Allies and Influence the World.

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[Post 3251]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 08-21-2019 07:09 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Honestly, I think purchasing Greenland is not a terrible idea, prima facie. I would vaguely support any President's suggestion to buy it. At the very least, it's not the worst idea of the Trump Presidency. 

Where it all falls apart is in the execution.  The idea of buying Greenland seems reasonable until you realize:
1) The Danish government is not going to even entertain the notion.  I don't think the Danish government is having trouble maintaining Greenland and need the money.
2) As far as I know, the people of Greenland don&#8217;t like the idea.
3) Trump is a terrible negotiator, and will somehow fuck this up.

The fact that Trump, after the negative public reaction, is still serious about it is kind of proof of #3.

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[Post 3252]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-21-2019 08:01 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ted made a tweet. Tweet became thrad.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr">&#55358;&#56611;&#55358;&#56611;&#55358;&#56611; <a href="https://t.co/Y2vnbHOipv">https://t.co/Y2vnbHOipv</a></p>&mdash; Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1163991368076865537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 21, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Don't be a Ted.

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[Post 3253]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-21-2019 05:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A little thrad about Christ complexes and apocalyptic death cults:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">So, for those waking up, Donald Trump is embracing the idea that he&#8217;s considered a messiah. It&#8217;s a phenomenon inside apocalyptic Christianity that began within the evangelical community and the New World Order fad of the 1990&#8217;s. <a href="https://t.co/iUeLQ7aH5P">pic.twitter.com/iUeLQ7aH5P</a></p>&mdash; Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) <a href="https://twitter.com/JYSexton/status/1164155080091865088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 21, 2019</a></blockquote>
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[Post 3254]
Author : Ari
Date : 08-21-2019 06:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I remember when the 2nd greatest leader of the jews told his followers there were good Egyptians on both sides!

It’s pretty funny and interesting watching the many christian cultists who were certain Bill Clinton or omg the anti-christ himself, Obama, was fulfilling the many prophecies to bring about the end of the world.  Now that someone who matches the anti-christ’s description (reasonable given the anti-christ was Nero) exists they are fawning all over him, just like the bible says false believers would do, and no one seems to see anything wrong with it, as if they never really read the story or prophecies in the first place.

In many ways I’m thankful it’s Trump, a barely controllable toddler, they’ve decided to worship. As long as Trump’s around, all white nationalist plans are on questionable footing.  They could put everything in place to sweep the country of all non-whites and Trump could still suddenly 3am tweet fire their lynch pin, while unpromising a bunch of money he said he would give them that they’ve now already spent.

Currently we have the organized hardcore violent white nationalists being led by conartists and shit stirring cowards who will happily take their money and pretend tough then skip town when it really gets tough.

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[Post 3255]
Author : erimir
Date : 08-21-2019 07:45 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yeah, but the chilling thing is when you read contemporaneous accounts of Hitler from before the Nazis took control - he was regarded as a buffoon. And fascist dictators aren't always the brightest types in general.

It may even help them in some way to be a bit idiotic - by getting others to underestimate how dangerous they are. Not because they're all secret geniuses, but because people overestimate how genius their systems are, and don't consider that a sufficiently sociopathic idiot being put in charge can do as much damage as it can. Perhaps you could say they underestimate the raw power of power, and think it requires intelligence to wield destructively. And he has some more intelligent* (but far less charismatic, to be fair) sociopaths around him, like Stephen Miller.

One thing that's probably good is that Trump is old, fat, has a horrible diet and apparently can't walk up a hill without a golf cart, so he's probably not too long for this world.

And to be fair, Trump seems to be even stupider in many respects than many of the dictators he aspires to having as peers. He's pretty bottom of the barrel, and the US system, while it has serious problems, does less to cover up his numerous failings.

*More intelligent than Trump doesn't mean a genius by any means.

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[Post 3256]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 08-21-2019 08:15 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

REPORTER: 109 people a day die from guns in the US. Do you see that as a public health emergency?

TRUMP: I do. I do. I do. I do. And they die for a lot of other reasons, too.

In addition, it appears that the U.S. has "great mental illness."

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[Post 3257]
Author : Ensign Steve
Date : 08-21-2019 08:36 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

We have the best mental illness.  Everybody says so.

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[Post 3258]
Author : Ari
Date : 08-21-2019 08:36 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Oh indeed and I think that’s what many think they have gotten but Trump’s not just a buffoon, his narcissism and poor mental development makes him such an unstable buffoon that cares for no one and nothing but himself to such an extent that he’s uncontrollable.  His illiteracy keeps him from understanding any of the complexities or connecting with any group more than just base emotions in the moment.  Like how he’s now upset that the mean Lady of Denmark didn’t tell him to fuck off in a nicer way. 

If we look through his past, Trump has a history of shafting everyone, and not just the ‘other’ guys, but pretty much anyone that comes within his sphere gets shafted in someway because no matter what he says his singular purpose is to himself.  Where are his cabinet members or his previous business partners, all gone.

That’s the problem when dealing with a toddler with power. It’s all basically a dice roll to see if you’re the unlucky target of his tantrum, and the more you roll the dice the more chances of hitting snake eyes. It’s also why the few that stayed for as long as they did, were also the ones happy to play dolly to his whims and tell whatever fabricated stories were needed to keep him happy like a good puppet in a puppet show.

Those who are smart know that the only way to get any control over Trump is through the daughter he wants to fuck, as she’s pretty much the only person with constant sway over the president, and even then it’s more of a nudge.

That’s not to say this isn’t all bad, but it could all be worse if he had a well oiled Bush and Cheney grade puppet presidency that was pushing the white nationalism as hard as our current Toddler in chief.

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[Post 3259]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 08-21-2019 09:30 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

We have the best mental illness.  Everybody says so.

:yup:

Try not to be jealous of our mental illness.

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[Post 3260]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-22-2019 04:59 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I for one am grateful that the president is normalizing backing out of scheduled events using openly petty reasons. Want me to go to that birthday party? Sorry, I remember when you forgot to give me a piece of gum four years ago. Dinner party? Nope, your dog barked at me once.</p>&mdash; Sarah McLaughlin (@sarahemclaugh) <a href="https://twitter.com/sarahemclaugh/status/1163989280856952832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 21, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3261]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-22-2019 11:43 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This caught my eye:
However, Greenland may be poised to benefit from the thaw, as sediment released by the melting ice sheets may help to meet the rising global demand for sand, boosting the island's economic autonomy and prospects for independence. 
Rising global demand for sand? For sandbags to protect low-lying settlements from rising sea levels and increasing storms? Turns out it's not (just) that.

Not related to Greenland or Orangeman, but ...

French tourists face six years in jail over claims they stole Sardinia sand | World news | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/19/french-tourists-in-hot-water-in-sardinia-over-sand-souvenir)

A pair of French tourists could face up to six years in jail after allegedly stealing 40kg (6st 3lbs) of sand from one of Sardinia&#8217;s pristine beaches.

Border police found the white sand, taken from Chia beach in the south of the Italian island, stashed into 14 large plastic bottles in the boot of the couple&#8217;s car. 

...

Vigilantes patrol the beaches and signposts clearly warn it is forbidden to take sand. But unaware of the seriousness of the offence, many tourists find the sand an irresistible keepsake.

I suppose if you're going to steal sand, 40kg isn't much ...

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[Post 3262]
Author : Ensign Steve
Date : 08-22-2019 08:17 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A pair of French tourists could face up to six years in jail after allegedly stealing 40kg (6st 3lbs) of sand from one of Sardinia’s pristine beaches.


:openquote:Thanks:closequote: for the conversion from metric to imperial. :lol:


I suppose if you're going to steal sand, 40kg isn't much ...

There's really no way for an American to know. :blank:

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[Post 3263]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-22-2019 08:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Posted somewhere else here IIRC, don't care tho. :)

https://images.plurk.com/59GS571U1Y2tyKz4V8ysHZ.jpg

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[Post 3264]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-22-2019 11:29 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The Justice Department Sent Immigration Judges A White Nationalist Blog Post With Anti-Semitic Attacks (https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hamedaleaziz/justice-department-immigration-judges-white-nationalist)

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[Post 3265]
Author : Ensign Steve
Date : 08-22-2019 11:38 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A former senior DOJ official said that the email in question was "generated by a third-party vendor that utilizes keyword searches to produce news clippings for staff. It is not reviewed or approved by staff before it is transmitted."

Geez, what could go wrong?

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[Post 3266]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 08-23-2019 12:47 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump's Evangelicals have even more explaining to do than we thought.  Prepare yourselves, it's a bumpy ride ...

Could American Evangelicals Spot the Antichrist? Here Are the Biblical Predictions: - Benjamin L. Corey (https://www.benjaminlcorey.com/could-american-evangelicals-spot-the-antichrist-heres-the-biblical-predictions/)

If the Antichrist comes, I’m not going to be the one guy in the room who doesn’t recognize him.

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[Post 3267]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-23-2019 07:13 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sure, Jan. <a href="https://t.co/lI4e02S8qY">pic.twitter.com/lI4e02S8qY</a></p>&mdash; JRehling (@JRehling) <a href="https://twitter.com/JRehling/status/1164962256095866882?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 23, 2019</a></blockquote>
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[Post 3268]
Author : SR71
Date : 08-23-2019 07:47 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I hereby order everyone to be nice to me.  :)

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[Post 3269]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 08-23-2019 07:53 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

lol Alternative to China. What, like Pyrex or biodegradable paper?

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[Post 3270]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-24-2019 05:36 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Is Trump's deep fear and envy of Obama behind his plan to purchase Greenland? | News | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/news/shortcuts/2019/aug/21/is-trumps-deep-fear-and-envy-of-obama-behind-his-plan-to-purchase-greenland)

The president&#8217;s real reason for cancelling? Barack Obama was due to visit the country two weeks later. &#8220;Trump was terrified of the contrast between the reception that former president Obama would get, and that he would get,&#8221; Frum said on Radio 4&#8217;s Today programme. &#8220;He began looking around for an excuse as to why he couldn&#8217;t go to Denmark &#8211; Greenland became it.&#8221;

I choose to believe this.

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[Post 3271]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-24-2019 07:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Related: 

https://i.imgur.com/sRnE3nR.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/8FyciIX.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/vCIMzZi.jpg

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[Post 3272]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-24-2019 07:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Unrelated:

https://i.imgur.com/bRZUB2B.jpg

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[Post 3273]
Author : SR71
Date : 08-27-2019 09:39 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ida Auken on Twitter: "Mr President - Greenland is not for sale. But Denmark has a much better deal for you! Watch this. #dkgreen #dkpolâ&#8364;¦ " (https://twitter.com/i/status/1163873544658403329)

Denmarked again!  lol #greensplaining

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[Post 3274]
Author : Ari
Date : 08-28-2019 09:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Those around the toddler in chief roll the dice to see who gets screwed today and ... Fox News comes up snake eyes!

I think a lot of analysis of Trump fails when it tries to treat him as a politician working political angles, and not an insecure abuser trying to control others while diverting shame as is the case. Turning on Fox news is moronic if he’s playing politics, but par for the course for an insecure abusive control freak and so much of how he acts reminds me of abusers that destroy communities.

Trump attacks Fox news in a set of angry tweet, 
“DNC communications director, spewing out whatever she wanted with zero pushback by anchor, terrible consider that fox couldn’t even land a debate, the dems give them NOTHING.”

That’s right, how dare fox news allow others even a tiny amount of what they allow me, I shall now neg them till they see it my way!

“They should go all the way LEFT and I will still find a way to Win - That’s what I do, Win. Too Bad!”

And the negging continues, as expected from a control freak abuser there are no grey areas people either support him fully or they are the enemy, there’s no other option.  Flying off the handle in this manner and declaring a previous partner a potential enemy is a technique used to get the other to back track, to defend their loyalty by appeasing the bully.  Expecting fox news to crumble and say “oh I’m sorry we don’t hate you, here we will do something special for you just to prove it!”

“I don’t want to win for myself, I only want to Win for the people.  The New Foxnews is letting millions of GREAT people down!  We have to start looking for a new News outlet Fox isn’t working for us anymore!”

Of course many abusers love to think of themselves as defending a noble cause.  “It’s not for me, it’s for god, or the church, or natural order or the principle of the matter.  If I get out ahead of them and tell them it’s not about me, both of us will be convinced this is for a noble reason and not pettiness.” “As I have now proven I’m noble and doing it for others, they will have no problem if I speak for them, and put my words in their mouths.” The abuser thought.  

Besides the admission that fox news is right wing government propaganda, it also shows how he views their relationship, he considers them not as an ally but as an underling, someone who works for him and should show devout loyalty at all times.  What’s worse is that not actively praising him and obeying his whim is considered disloyalty to be punished.

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[Post 3275]
Author : Miisa
Date : 08-29-2019 06:58 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

OR... it's a brilliant plan to get the left to like and want to watch Fox News more.

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[Post 3276]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-31-2019 02:04 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Did Trump tweet a photo of an Iranian missile site that he got from &#8230; an intelligence briefing? <a href="https://t.co/HphT9u0dsx">https://t.co/HphT9u0dsx</a> <a href="https://t.co/3f0VPN46Zj">pic.twitter.com/3f0VPN46Zj</a></p>&mdash; Allahpundit (@allahpundit) <a href="https://twitter.com/allahpundit/status/1167587382922764288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 30, 2019</a></blockquote>
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[Post 3277]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-31-2019 10:42 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Spy sattelite analysis:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It&#39;s not often that I retweet the US president, but he tweeted this image of the Iranian Safir launch failure. The image is very interesting as evidence suggests that it was taken by a US spy satellite on August 29th, 2019. Here&#39;s my analysis. <a href="https://t.co/YmEoyFjcko">https://t.co/YmEoyFjcko</a></p>&mdash; Cees Bassa (@cgbassa) <a href="https://twitter.com/cgbassa/status/1167578706379988992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 30, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Gud gerb superspy!

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[Post 3278]
Author : Pyrrho
Date : 08-31-2019 05:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

What did that idiot do, take a photo of an 8x10 glossy with his phone? What else has he got on that phone? No assurance that the phone is secure, especially given that he connects to the Internet every damned day.

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[Post 3279]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-02-2019 02:46 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">80 years to the minute after a German battleship attacked Poland - beginning the largest, deadliest war in human history - Donald Trump double bogeys the 4th hole in remembrance of the 85 million lives lost during WWII. <a href="https://t.co/2e6TgiXBWc">pic.twitter.com/2e6TgiXBWc</a></p>&mdash; The Out And Abouter (@OutAndAbouter) <a href="https://twitter.com/OutAndAbouter/status/1168146884717928449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 1, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3280]
Author : JoeP
Date : 09-02-2019 09:43 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Did Trump tweet a photo of an Iranian missile site that he got from … an intelligence briefing? <a href="https://t.co/HphT9u0dsx">https://t.co/HphT9u0dsx</a> <a href="https://t.co/3f0VPN46Zj">pic.twitter.com/3f0VPN46Zj</a></p>&mdash; Allahpundit (@allahpundit) <a href="https://twitter.com/allahpundit/status/1167587382922764288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 30, 2019</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Via the farcebook https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10107116093782959&id=14834864

[Share-OK.]

Gather round, kids.

Mr. Trump tweeted out a high-resolution image of an Iranian missile test.  For a good three or four minutes I was literally reduced to whimpering.  A former Air Force Office of Special Investigations friend told me in lieu of drinking heavily he was curled up in a fetal position on the couch.  Another friend who served in an allied intelligence service -- well, we'll get into his feelings in a bit: let's just say they're not positive.  There seems to be a lot of people losing their heads over this.  Brett Johnson wants to know why.

Let me start by saying that it's a completely reasonable question.  Anybody who wants to mock him for asking why needs to do it somewhere other than here.  The problem with this completely reasonable question is that wow, really, where to begin, there is so much terrible here to choose from.

Let's start with the image itself.  It was released via tweet and the President's personal account, which is already troubling.  The President's account is, to put it lightly, uncensored.  It does not get vetted through official channels.  It is the President's stream-of-consciousness outlet to the world.  This already should give people concern in the, "wait, was this image vetted by the intelligence community?" sense.

In fact, there is evidence it was not.

The next thing you'll notice about the image is there's a bright spot in the center.  Thanks to a gloriously misspent life, I can tell you that's probably a cellphone camera flash off a projection screen.  (Probably.  If the image were higher-resolution I might be able to tell you if the cellphone model is consistent with the President's cellphone model.)  This is not a normal way of getting copies of classified material.  If you talk to people who have had the responsibility of protecting classified material and ask them, "what would you do if someone in a classified briefing broke out a cell phone and started taking pictures of the slides?", the answer would very possibly involve a body tackle and holding the person on the ground until security arrived.  The cell phone would never leave the briefing facility.  The person's career would immediately end.  You may think I'm kidding: I am not.

Generally speaking, the only time someone is alone in a briefing room with a classified slide deck is when they're the person delivering the presentation and they're setting up for it.  The person(s) delivering this briefing didn't need to take a photo of it: they already have the images.  That photograph was taken by a briefing attendee, using a cellphone camera, with flash.  There is no way other people in the room did not know what was going on.  Whoever was in the room knew something was wrong, and they were unable to prevent it from happening.

Put it together and what you get is a pretty good circumstantial case that Mr. Trump took his cell phone into a classified briefing room and, in the middle of the presentation, took a flash photograph of a slide he liked.  Whoever was in the room likely tried to persuade him not to, likely explained the massive violations of White House policy and guidelines for handling classified information, and was unable to persuade Mr. Trump to simply _not take a photograph of a classified briefing._

I can't believe I'm typing those words.

They couldn't persuade him to leave his cell phone at the door.  They couldn't persuade him not take a photograph of a classified briefing.

The next question is whether what he released was national security information.  One person commented -- quite foolishly -- that "obviously" the intelligence community signed off on the release.  I'm unaware of any evidence for that.  I see what looks like it could have been a classification marking in the upper left hand corner, which is now obscured by a blackout bar.  But that's not how documents are declassified.  When documents are declassified it's either because enough time has passed for them to be automatically declassified, or because an appropriate authority has declassified them.  In the former case, you'll see markings like "Classified until" and a date.  In the latter case you'll see markings like, "Declassified on [date], by [person]".  We don't see those markings here.  We know it's declassified, because Mr. Trump assures us it's declassified.  But it sure wasn't declassified through the normal process.

So far here's what we have strong circumstantial evidence to believe: that Mr. Trump took his cell phone into a classified briefing, that he took a photograph of a slide, he bypassed normal declassification channels, and posted it to Twitter.

So that's the first problem, Brett.  His defenders will claim nothing he did was illegal, and that's true: the President stands superior to all policies regarding classified materials.  He has unlimited discretion to violate those policies as he wishes.  But with that power must come accountability, in the form of Congressional hearings for the *abuse* of that power.

So let's see if his use of power was responsible.  Let's start by looking at our international partners.

The intelligence community has an analogue to NATO.  It's called the Five Eyes, and is as close as you'll find to a league of gentlemen among the heartless bastards of the intelligence community.  The Five Eyes are the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and the United Kingdom.  The United States is the big bruiser of the Five Eyes, with capabilities the others can't match -- but at the same time, never underestimate the ability of these other nations to get human assets in interesting places because they're *not* Americans.  A few years ago when there was an Al Qaeda plot to pack bombs in printer toner cartridges and load them onto airlines, we managed to foil those murderous intentions in large part due to coordination with and support from the United Kingdom.  We give a lot to the Five Eyes.  We also get an awful lot back.  It is fair trade in the best sense of the word: everybody is better off as a result of the information sharing among the Five Eyes.

Right now the United Kingdom is having a massive dust-up with Iran.  Iran has been seizing British ships on the high seas.  The British Navy has about two dozen warships.  They're superb warships with superb crews, but they only have about two dozen.  They cannot be everywhere in the world they need to be, and they are massively dependent on good intelligence to let them know where they need to be.  The United States has all kinds of surveillance assets operating in the Middle East right now: Syria, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan.  And I will bet my bottom dollar that we are giving our friends in Great Britain priority access to Iranian surveillance, in order to help them find their seized ships, keep track of Iranian Navy operations, and more.

Imagine you're a Secret Intelligence Service (what was formerly called "MI6") analyst who just turned on the BBC.

The American President has just told Iran just how good our surveillance is.  And that's going to affect the calculus for how Great Britain protects *its* national interests, because now the Iranians know what level of coverage the British are likely getting.

Mr. Trump didn't just reveal *our* capabilities when he tweeted that improperly-taken, improperly-declassified picture.

He revealed *the Five Eyes' capabilities*.

I promise you, the nations of Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand are all having the screaming heebie-jeebies over this.

But wait, it gets worse.

This isn't the first time the United States has jeopardized the safety of our allies.  Do you remember two years ago when some murderous lunatic detonated a bomb at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester?  Their Security Service ("MI5") immediately shared with us highly confidential photographs of the crime scene.  The FBI gave the Security Service assurances that we would protect it.  We had to, because if those photographs were to be leaked it would have jeopardized Great Britain's ability to prosecute the perpetrator in court.  (UK law is pretty strict about pre-trial publicity: unnecessary public disclosure of evidence creates massive problems for the Crown Prosecutorial Service.)

And yet somehow those photographs appeared in the _New York Times_.  Our government jeopardized the prosecution of terrorism suspects, and why?  Because someone in the White House (we do not know it was Mr. Trump) could not be bothered to properly care for confidential documents shared by an ally.

Two years ago we violated the UK's ability to prosecute a terrorist.  Today Mr. Trump has announced to the world exactly how good a view on the world the UK is getting from us.

I am terrified, Brett -- I am genuinely terrified -- that the next time the Brits discover an Al Qaeda plot to blow up an airliner they'll say, "we should wait, let's not share this with the Americans just yet unless it's absolutely necessary, you know how their President tweets things."

_And that will get Americans killed._

Some people will say, "wow, Rob cares an awful lot about allied intelligence capabilities," as if I somehow shouldn't care about them.  Yes, I care about our connections with allied intelligence agencies, _because it keeps Americans alive._  These intelligence sharing agreements _keep Americans alive_ and Mr. Trump is jeopardizing them.

I don't know what kind of storm is brewing within the Five Eyes over this.  I couldn't begin to imagine.  But there is absolutely no reason to think this was announced to our partners in advance, or that we asked their opinion on whether publishing this would jeopardize their national security interests, or anything else.

This tweet will get Americans killed.

And let's not even get into Australia.  Australia's living in a bad neighborhood.  You've got an expansionist China, a North Korea that's throwing rockets off every which way, there's ... good grief.  Now all of Australia's adversaries are studying the Iranian missile site and thinking, "mmhmm, so _that's_ the quality of intelligence Canberra is receiving."

Brett, you said that you thought Iran already knew our capabilities.  Maybe, maybe not.  But do you think China knew them?  China and North Korea?  China and North Korea and Cuba?  China and North Korea and Cuba and Syria?  China and North Korean and Cuba and Syria and Russia?  China and North Korea and Cuba and Syria and Russia and every other place that thinks the West needs to be taught a lesson?

Mr. Trump gave valuable information about our surveillance capabilities to _all of them._

_At once._

Words fail me.

Brett, this is bad.  This is really, really bad.  And even with as many words as I've written here, I've only scratched the surface of why it's bad.

Why is it bad?

Because it shows that Mr. Trump cannot be persuaded to follow standard policies on the handling of national security information.

Because it shows that he's not listening to his advisors who shriek in horror when he breaks out a cell phone in a briefing.

Because it shows that he hasn't learned from his administration's past mistakes with releasing confidential photographs belonging to Her Majesty's government.

Because it shows that he doesn't think.

Because every time he does this he's inflicting a terrible wound on the international cooperation that keeps Americans safe.

Because it shows he doesn't know or care how it's going to impact our allies.

Because he's going to get Americans killed.

That's why it's bad.

That's why when I saw this photograph I wanted to drink heavily.

Now, if you'll pardon me, my Scotch awaits.

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[Post 3281]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 09-02-2019 06:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

But.

Now hear me out.

What about.

Hold on a minute. Just let me say my piece.

Her emails.

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[Post 3282]
Author : Ari
Date : 09-02-2019 07:03 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump's Iran Tweet Included Image From Specific Spy Satellite, Amateurs Find : NPR (https://www.npr.org/2019/09/02/756673481/amateurs-identify-u-s-spy-satellite-behind-president-trumps-tweet)

Amateur satellite trackers have used the angles in the photo Trump tweeted to pinpoint exactly which spy satellite snapped this photo.  USA 224, launched in 2011, so about a 10 year old satellite.  It basically looks like Hubble only turned around to look down.  As the article mentions it appears many didn’t realize decade old spy satellites had this kind of resolution, so that’s a nice thing for Trump to tell everyone.

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[Post 3283]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-03-2019 04:13 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Via the farcebook https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10107116093782959&id=14834864

I did some slushing around trying to find out who this Rob Hansen fellow is, found this:

"Start Drinking Heavily":  Why Trump&#39;s Posting of An Intelligence Photo is a Really Bad BFD (https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/8/31/1882689/--Start-Drinking-Heavily-Why-Trump-s-Posting-of-An-Intelligence-Photo-is-a-Really-Bad-BFD)

Updates 1 and 2 near the bottom.

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[Post 3284]
Author : JoeP
Date : 09-03-2019 08:21 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I like this logic:
People have suggested I add &#8220;Trump/Trump Administration/WH&#8221; and/or &#8220;Russia&#8221; to the options for where the next U.S. attack will come from.  I left those off for one reason.  The U.S. intelligence community has already stated that Trump is a Russian asset; every day this traitor and his vicious, cretinous lackeys squat in the White House is a day that America is under attack both by its government AND by a foreign power.

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[Post 3285]
Author : SR71
Date : 09-04-2019 02:29 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

are you saying trump shouldn't be allowed to make putin the president of the g8?

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[Post 3286]
Author : SR71
Date : 09-04-2019 02:29 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

are you saying trump shouldn't be allowed to make putin the president of the g8?

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[Post 3287]
Author : SR71
Date : 09-04-2019 02:30 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

not this again I only clicked once

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[Post 3288]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-04-2019 04:59 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://pics.me.me/welcome-to-the-internet-ill-be-your-guide-6139701.png

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[Post 3289]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-04-2019 11:41 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It is a violation of federal law to falsify a National Weather Service forecast and pass it off as official, as President Trump did here.<br><br>18 U.S. Code §&#8239;2074: <a href="https://t.co/jvROnpSJLI">https://t.co/jvROnpSJLI</a> <a href="https://t.co/TnIuvZRJoS">pic.twitter.com/TnIuvZRJoS</a></p>&mdash; Dennis Mersereau (@wxdam) <a href="https://twitter.com/wxdam/status/1169309514669199361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 4, 2019</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3290]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-05-2019 04:51 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump releases photo to show he&#8217;s taller than Obama. <a href="https://t.co/U4K7C4MzQI">pic.twitter.com/U4K7C4MzQI</a></p>&mdash; Schooley (@Rschooley) <a href="https://twitter.com/Rschooley/status/1169348607478075393?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 4, 2019</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump issues revised inauguration crowd estimates. <a href="https://t.co/fwz6OfKwhb">pic.twitter.com/fwz6OfKwhb</a></p>&mdash; Schooley (@Rschooley) <a href="https://twitter.com/Rschooley/status/1169342988255817729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 4, 2019</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"> <a href="https://t.co/inXLTjIyFc">pic.twitter.com/inXLTjIyFc</a></p>&mdash; Eric Ortner (@eortner) <a href="https://twitter.com/eortner/status/1169386829709053952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 4, 2019</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3291]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-05-2019 05:25 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Huh.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&#8220;Gorka explains in a testimonial ad in which he is identified as a doctor.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/YmEc0w9kEb">https://t.co/YmEc0w9kEb</a></p>&mdash; Annie Karni (@anniekarni) <a href="https://twitter.com/anniekarni/status/1169417466222653441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 5, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3292]
Author : Pyrrho
Date : 09-06-2019 12:59 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Probably fugu oil...

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[Post 3293]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-06-2019 05:27 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Huh.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“Gorka explains in a testimonial ad in which he is identified as a doctor.” <a href="https://t.co/YmEc0w9kEb">https://t.co/YmEc0w9kEb</a></p>&mdash; Annie Karni (@anniekarni) <a href="https://twitter.com/anniekarni/status/1169417466222653441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 5, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/chrislhayes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@chrislhayes</a>, AKA Rachel <a href="https://twitter.com/maddow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@maddow</a> Jr., is in the pocket of Big Pharma.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AMERICAFirst?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AMERICAFirst</a><a href="https://twitter.com/SalemMediaGrp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SalemMediaGrp</a> <a href="https://t.co/wdKObUcie1">https://t.co/wdKObUcie1</a></p>&mdash; Sebastian Gorka DrG (@SebGorka) <a href="https://twitter.com/SebGorka/status/1169705527967920130?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 5, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Big pharma sounds more manly than little pharma. Just sayin'.

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[Post 3294]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-06-2019 07:04 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.gyazo.com/bab6e0d4e80952c21ce3bc3afbd08c5c.jpg

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[Post 3295]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 09-06-2019 06:50 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

&#8220;The authors have provided compelling evidence of what many have suspected for some time: for Trump supporters, antipathy toward some of the favourite targets of his antipathy &#8211; immigrants, Muslims and Iranians &#8211; is deeply personal,&#8221; says Bill Swann at the University of Texas at Austin. &#8220;That is, those whose personal selves were deeply aligned or &#8216;fused&#8217; with Trump felt emboldened to assault members of groups that Trump has vilified.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s important to be clear that it is not identification per se which produces anti-social behaviour,&#8221; says Stephen Reicher at the University of St Andrews in the UK. &#8220;For instance, identification with the civil rights movement in the 1960s led to remarkably pacific responses even in the face of extreme provocation.&#8221;

 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2214987-strong-support-for-trump-linked-to-willingness-to-persecute-immigrants/#ixzz5yl9i2Sek

I posted this on Facebook as well.  I think this is one of those things which is obviously true, but it&#8217;s cool to have more rigorous evidence.

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[Post 3296]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 09-06-2019 06:50 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Not sure how I double posted.

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[Post 3297]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-06-2019 06:58 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I grudgingly admire the campaign&#8217;s ability to monetize the president&#8217;s mental deterioration <a href="https://t.co/mmHOmUF5nq">https://t.co/mmHOmUF5nq</a></p>&mdash; Allahpundit (@allahpundit) <a href="https://twitter.com/allahpundit/status/1170006487617417216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 6, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3298]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-06-2019 07:03 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2214987-strong-support-for-trump-linked-to-willingness-to-persecute-immigrants/#ixzz5yl9i2Sek

I posted this on Facebook as well.  I think this is one of those things which is obviously true, but it’s cool to have more rigorous evidence.

In the years since Donald Trump took ofice as President of the United States


Is this sloppy editing or intentional in order to help snag plagiarists? Grinds my gears either way.

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[Post 3299]
Author : Ari
Date : 09-06-2019 08:24 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Editing, they meant orifice.

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[Post 3300]
Author : JoeP
Date : 09-06-2019 10:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Not sure how I double posted.

Lots of double posting. Lots of double posting. - Freethought Forum (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=29747)

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[Post 3301]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-08-2019 02:58 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">....an attack in Kabul that killed one of our great great soldiers, and 11 other people. I immediately cancelled the meeting and called off peace negotiations. What kind of people would kill so many in order to seemingly strengthen their bargaining position? They didn&#8217;t, they....</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1170469619154530305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 7, 2019</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
He seen the CIA's record?


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">....only made it worse! If they cannot agree to a ceasefire during these very important peace talks, and would even kill 12 innocent people, then they probably don&#8217;t have the power to negotiate a meaningful agreement anyway. How many more decades are they willing to fight?</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1170469621348098049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 7, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Maybe check with Alexander the Great on that.

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[Post 3302]
Author : erimir
Date : 09-08-2019 05:14 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

HEY EVERYONE, IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW, I INVITED THE TALIBAN TO VISIT ME THE WEEK OF 9/11
:loud:

I'm sure that's unrelated to him canceling the meeting though.

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[Post 3303]
Author : Pyrrho
Date : 09-08-2019 02:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

No Nobel Prize this week, eh?

Now we'll have to endure wall-to-wall coverage of the rage Tweets he'll be spewing all week, thus making any 9/11 remembrance all about him. I'm sure he'd have announced any so-called peace deal on 9/11, anyway, so the focus would have been on him anyway.

On the other hand, maybe the Alabama/Dorian shitstorm will dissipate.

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[Post 3304]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-10-2019 12:26 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Commerce Chief Threatened Firings at NOAA After Trump&#8217;s Dorian Tweets, Sources Say - NeW yOrK tImEs (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/09/climate/hurricane-dorian-trump-tweet.html)

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[Post 3305]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 09-10-2019 12:58 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

God what fraking bizarro timeline are we living in?

On my first hand, I want to yell at the media for focusing on whatever dumb ass random shit moronic thing he or one of his lickophants has said or done this time. There's enough truly heinous shit he has said or done all ready that we don't have to keep adding to the pile. And then. AND THEN. AND THEN whatever random shit moronic thing he or one of his lickophants has said or done KEEP FUCKING BUILDING until it becomes something worth talking about. AND WE HAVE NO FRAKING CHOICE BUT TO ADD IT TO THE PILE OF HEINOUS SHIT.

:eyesbleed:

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[Post 3306]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-10-2019 05:41 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Exclusive: US extracted top spy from inside Russia in 2017  - CNNPolitics (https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/09/politics/russia-us-spy-extracted/index.html)

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[Post 3307]
Author : Ari
Date : 09-10-2019 07:05 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

John Bolton to resign: Trump asks National Security Adviser to resign  - CNNPolitics (https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/09/10/politics/trump-john-bolton-out/index.html)

Trump abruptly fires Bolton quite possibly for no other reason than Bolton helped nix his plan to host terrorists on 9/11.  Such stable, much winning!  Bolton went on Fox News to reiterate that (after he was told he was resigning) it was he who called to resign.  Amusingly being the dick that he is, Trump allegedly said “we’ll talk about it tomorrow” then forgot to talk about it and instead tweeted that he told Bolton to resign.

Bolton is expected to go on in his acting career playing a southern sheriff during the Jim Crow era.

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[Post 3308]
Author : Sock Puppet
Date : 09-10-2019 07:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Even Bolton's cartoonishly simplistic view of foreign policy -- this is a guy who seems to think Team America is a documentary -- is too nuanced for Trump.

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[Post 3309]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-10-2019 08:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.gyazo.com/d9f8321633404a82132704096d37e733.png

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[Post 3310]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-11-2019 04:45 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Holy shit.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">And there you have it. Pure totalitarian propaganda: a critic of Dear Leader must be an ideological enemy. <a href="https://t.co/xfE6J7lEol">pic.twitter.com/xfE6J7lEol</a></p>&mdash; Sarah Churchwell (@sarahchurchwell) <a href="https://twitter.com/sarahchurchwell/status/1171602067019980801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 11, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3311]
Author : JoeP
Date : 09-11-2019 12:19 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Of the news item headlines re Bolton's involuntary resignation, "Bolt off" was mildly amusing but I definitely liked "War Hawk Down".

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[Post 3312]
Author : Stormlight
Date : 09-12-2019 06:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

lol and to think you guys almost voted that Clinton woman into office. Dodged that bullet, didn't you?

:unfrown:

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[Post 3313]
Author : JoeP
Date : 09-12-2019 08:35 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Too soon, Stormy. Too soon.

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[Post 3314]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-12-2019 07:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Totally not too soon. :nod:

Bahamian girl separated from parents, ends up in Miami shelter  | Miami Herald (https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article234933792.html)

Fleeing devastation, taken from godmother for lack of blood relation. Now another kid in a cage.

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[Post 3315]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 09-13-2019 05:07 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Historians will long debate when the beginning of the end of America began. I'm thinking it's right around the time we decided that the murder of school children wasn't enough to move our collective asses of the fellating of an amendment. That may have roots from which that came, but the separation and imprisonment of children is, grotesquely, just another chapter of terrible decisions that we have allowed - both as a nation and humanity as a whole.

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[Post 3316]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-13-2019 06:50 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Haiti 1815 maybe.

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[Post 3317]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-16-2019 05:06 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Tell Saudi Arabia and others that we want (demand!) free oil for the next ten years or we will not protect their private Boeing 747s.Pay up!</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/509881954326835200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 11, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Saudi Arabia oil supply was attacked. There is reason to believe that we know the culprit, are locked and loaded depending on verification, but are waiting to hear from the Kingdom as to who they believe was the cause of this attack, and under what terms we would proceed!</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1173368423381962752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 15, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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[Post 3318]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-16-2019 06:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ready to pull out of the Universal Postal Union? :)

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[Post 3319]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-16-2019 07:06 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Woke up this morning to know I&#8217;m the new face for the 2020 <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a> campaign &#55356;&#56826;&#55356;&#56824; ? <a href="https://t.co/gl5SqPxKsj">pic.twitter.com/gl5SqPxKsj</a></p>&mdash; Rykard &#55356;&#56812;&#55356;&#56807; (@ItsRykard) <a href="https://twitter.com/ItsRykard/status/1172426476848742402?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 13, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3320]
Author : Ari
Date : 09-16-2019 07:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Pre-election Trump: Demand Saudia Arabia give us free oil for 10 years! We hold all the power!
Post-election Trump: We will defend our king and bestower of vroom vroom juice and offer free military support for 10 years.

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[Post 3321]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-17-2019 07:30 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sean Spicer: &#8220;Going from being a spokesperson for a clown, to being an actual clown is a fairly seamless transition.&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DTWS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DTWS</a>  <a href="https://t.co/2aPL9aA46W">pic.twitter.com/2aPL9aA46W</a></p>&mdash; Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) <a href="https://twitter.com/BettyBowers/status/1173752973391998977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 17, 2019</a></blockquote>
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[Post 3322]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-19-2019 05:01 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">^^^ ... in exchange for information that jeopardizes national security.<br><br>Think.... &quot;Hey &lt;insert random &#39;foreign leader&#39; here&gt;, if you let Trump Org build a &lt;insert thing here&gt; I&#39;ll give you this information that might be helpful to you.&quot;</p>&mdash; J&#926;S&#358;&#926;R &#10026; &#916;C&#358;U&#916;L³³º¹ (@th3j35t3r) <a href="https://twitter.com/th3j35t3r/status/1174498215611314179?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 19, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3323]
Author : Ari
Date : 09-19-2019 08:01 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump hitting petty and vindictive mode, is both rescinding california’s ability to regulate vehicle pollution, while at the same time Trump claims he’s going to sick the EPA on San Francisco for all the ‘pollution’ and needles he thinks are washing into the ocean.  He’s also singled out LA for being dirty and needing to be cleaned up while being such a dunce that he wants to bring back LA smog.  Almost as if when he says ‘dirty’ he means poor and brown.

Ben Carson visited the other day to make sure the Transamerica Pyramid was holding the right amount of grain,  while Sun Microsystems cofounder Scott McNealy helped Trump raise $15 million at a fund raiser at McNealy’s house.  Con-men gotta stick together.

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[Post 3324]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-19-2019 08:36 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Why does he hate states rights?

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[Post 3325]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 09-19-2019 08:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ben Carson visited the other day to make sure the Transamerica Pyramid was holding the right amount of grain

:lol:

If Jerome were here, he'd tell you all about how you're afraid of and intimidated by an intelligent black man.

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[Post 3326]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-19-2019 10:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Don&#39;t forget Seth Rich, gay frogs, false flags and HAARP</p>&mdash; Silence Dogood &#55356;&#57169; (@PolitiTroll1776) <a href="https://twitter.com/PolitiTroll1776/status/988555732990808065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 23, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Post 3327]
Author : fragment
Date : 09-20-2019 12:07 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

What happened to all them FEMA camps, anyway? I'm sure ICE would be happy to have them...

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[Post 3328]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-20-2019 06:11 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

And them abandoned Wal Marts.

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[Post 3329]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-20-2019 06:16 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EE3ptPWXYAkW6hU?format=jpg&name=large

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[Post 3330]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 09-20-2019 06:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump&#8217;s $28 Billion Bet That Rural America Will Stick With Him (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-19/farmers-say-trump-s-28-billion-bailout-isn-t-a-solution)

Taking tariff money paid by American consumers and giving it to people who can't sell their goods because of tariffs sounds more than a little socialist, but hey, it's clearly the good kind of socialism else Trump wouldn't be doing it.

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[Post 3331]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-20-2019 06:34 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Oh Merriam-Webster.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Good morning! Today&#39;s <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WordOfTheDay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WordOfTheDay</a> is &#39;misprision&#39; <a href="https://t.co/kmxDY1Q1eS">https://t.co/kmxDY1Q1eS</a> <a href="https://t.co/BkF30gbzaj">pic.twitter.com/BkF30gbzaj</a></p>&mdash; Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) <a href="https://twitter.com/MerriamWebster/status/1175016761042907139?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 20, 2019</a></blockquote>
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[Post 3332]
Author : Ari
Date : 09-20-2019 08:03 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Rudy Giuliani’s viral CNN meltdown over Trump and Ukraine, explained - Vox (https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/2019/9/20/20875471/rudy-giuliani-chris-cuomo-cnn-meltdown-trump-ukraine-cnn)

“Did you ask Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden”
Giuliani, “No actually I didn’t...”

30 seconds later...

“So you did ask Ukraine to look into Joe Biden?”
Giuliani, “Of course I did...”

Pulling the good ol Trumpiani style doubling down on things Giuliani later tweeted that it’s of course the presidents job to pressure the president of a corrupt country to investigate corruption in his country.  If I thought Giuliani was actually smart enough for this, it sounds like a long term setup for later saying something like, ‘Russia was just doing its job forcing the president to investigate crooked Hillary, there’s nothing wrong with that.’ But I don’t.

It’s starting to look like Trump threatened to withhold military support or money to Ukraine if they didn’t investigate Joe Biden’s son. Trump has responded with a variant of “Do you really think I’m dumb enough to say things like that on a call listened in by others” and many answered, Yes!

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[Post 3333]
Author : SR71
Date : 09-21-2019 02:53 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump’s $28 Billion Bet That Rural America Will Stick With Him (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-19/farmers-say-trump-s-28-billion-bailout-isn-t-a-solution)

Taking tariff money paid by American consumers and giving it to people who can't sell their goods because of tariffs sounds more than a little socialist, but hey, it's clearly the good kind of socialism else Trump wouldn't be doing it.

They want free stuff!  I bet they already have cell phones and flat screen TV's!

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[Post 3334]
Author : SR71
Date : 09-21-2019 03:02 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

If this was a democrat the republicans would all shout GUTTING THE MILITARY (https://www.nbcnews.com/news/military/trump-s-plan-pay-border-wall-air-force-funds-risks-n1054091) in unison.  The answer to every question from the press would be HE'S GUTTING THE MILITARY!  What about healthcare?  GUTTING THE MILITARY!

Democrats just stand around looking dumb and watching it happen.  Why does my party never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity?  Why do they confuse the issue on their own positions?  They can't even get on the same page about what the state of the investigation is, let alone sling the mud we're ass deep in to any effect.

Democrats.  Working for your future by milling about in a high state of confusion.

Good glob, you doofii.  Get your shit in one bag for a change.  THIS IS IMPORTANT!

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[Post 3335]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-21-2019 08:14 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Legal advice from *checks notes* Ice T

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Street Game: NEVER say ANYTHING illegal on a Phone. Text, Social Media or E-Mail….. ‘EVER&#39; You’ve been warned.</p>&mdash; ICE T (@FINALLEVEL) <a href="https://twitter.com/FINALLEVEL/status/1175101347831721986?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 20, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3336]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-21-2019 08:16 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Congratulations on rushing to the defense of the homeland of the 911 terrorists.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-aramco-usa-pentagon/pentagon-to-send-troops-to-bolster-saudi-defenses-after-attack-idUSKBN1W52K3

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[Post 3337]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 09-22-2019 11:01 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Democrats just stand around looking dumb and watching it happen.

Do they really?  Or is that just the impression you get from watching the way thy are portrayed in the Democrat-dissing media?

It's not anacademic question.  If you don;t correctly locate the source and locus of the abuse, then your anger can be deflected onto the victims of the abusers.

And you end up swelling the ranks of some smart-arsed, half-arsed, douchebag campaign not to vote for the useless Democrat candidate because "those incompetents need to be taught a lesson".

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[Post 3338]
Author : The Man
Date : 09-22-2019 11:14 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Legal advice from *checks notes* Ice T

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Street Game: NEVER say ANYTHING illegal on a Phone. Text, Social Media or E-Mail….. ‘EVER' You’ve been warned.</p>&mdash; ICE T (@FINALLEVEL) <a href="https://twitter.com/FINALLEVEL/status/1175101347831721986?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 20, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Ice T probably got this knowledge from noted legal scholar Stringer Bell.

Notes on a Criminal Conspiracy

Democrats just stand around looking dumb and watching it happen.

Do they really?  Or is that just the impression you get from watching the way thy are portrayed in the Democrat-dissing media?

It's not anacademic question.  If you don;t correctly locate the source and locus of the abuse, then your anger can be deflected onto the victims of the abusers.

And you end up swelling the ranks of some smart-arsed, half-arsed, douchebag campaign not to vote for the useless Democrat candidate because "those incompetents need to be taught a lesson".^

One of the blogs I read has an observation referring to the behaviour of the media entitled Murc’s Law, after the commenter who coined it: “Only Democrats have agency.” That is, the media won’t behave as though the Republicans have any choice but to be the most shamelessly corrupt political party out there; as often as not, the Democrats are the ones blamed for the Republicans’ behaviour. It’s pretty much a form of gaslighting.

Once you hear this observation, you start seeing it everywhere. I’m not even going to attempt to summarise Ken Vogel’s utter shameless bullshit over the past few days, but it’s a very telling moment in Murc’s Law.

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[Post 3339]
Author : Ari
Date : 09-22-2019 05:59 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Indeed, conservatives seem to pull from the same playbook for everything, the abusive controlling playbook.  “Why are you making me hit you” is the go too for controlling assholes as it not only justifies their abuse, it allows them to claim compassion while hurting someone.  “I don’t want to be hitting you, but you make me do it!”  The victim will then later be praised when they immediately take responsibility for a situation to diffuse the bomb, being called responsible or well mannered.

Similarly the media pushes the narrative of the responsible, mannered democrat as the one who should be willing to bend, while republicans are called ‘strong willed’ and their insane reactions to the tiniest things just what they do.

But frankly I’m pretty sure every woman who’s had to flee a controlling abusive relationship watched something like the Kavanaugh hearings and upped their assumption he would one day die in a murder suicide with his wife or mistress.

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With the dems I think it’s a bit of both. The media portrays them poorly and many of the rich dems still want to stay rich and in the good life, like conservatives-lite, they are totally for the corpocracy but not the complete fleecing of the country.  So they are very slow to do anything that will disrupt too much.

It’s a bit like republicans and illegal immigration, it’s a great rallying call but few really want to stop the cheap labor they abuse, so there’s a lot of dragging their feet or dumping money into useless projects.

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[Post 3340]
Author : SR71
Date : 09-23-2019 04:35 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Democrats just stand around looking dumb and watching it happen.

Do they really?  Or is that just the impression you get from watching the way thy are portrayed in the Democrat-dissing media?

It's not anacademic question.  If you don;t correctly locate the source and locus of the abuse, then your anger can be deflected onto the victims of the abusers.

And you end up swelling the ranks of some smart-arsed, half-arsed, douchebag campaign not to vote for the useless Democrat candidate because "those incompetents need to be taught a lesson".

No, blaming the media for portraying them as a chaotic gaggle is to ignore that they really are conducting themselves in the manner of a chaotic gaggle.  They can't even reach a unified position on whether to impeach or not.  It is a fact that the leadership could not even give a common description of what the current stage of the investigation is,  let alone what, specifically, they are investigating.  The media isn't making that shit up, it's something that is really happening.

They really could learn something about message discipline from the republicans. You know, pass around a talking points memo or something.  Crude but effective.  With a year to go they still haven't congealed a message about why we need to elect them, something they can jack hammer by repetition and jingoism into the skulls of voters who'll get their info by accident while flipping back and forth between sports channels.   

Overthinking things and evaluating shades of grey isn't the way to communicate with the people we need to reach.  Frankly, you have to be pretty crass.

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[Post 3341]
Author : JoeP
Date : 09-23-2019 08:38 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

From several thousand miles away, and a corresponding level of disinterest, it seems to me that Obama managed the media much better - and his social media machine was part of his electoral success. It does seem like the current Dems are just not getting it right.

And I do mean managing: media are media, not voters or responsible citizens or anything remotely like that. The Repubs manage (parts of) the media the way the Night King managed wights; the Dems seem to manage media the way an unarmed farmer manages 30-50 feral hogs.

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[Post 3342]
Author : erimir
Date : 09-23-2019 10:03 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

But regardless of that, is it useful for Democrats to scream about GUTTING THE MILITARY?

It furthers the conception that the military needs more funding, when frankly, it doesn't. Democrats ought to want to "gut" the military.

The problem isn't that Trump is GUTTING THE MILITARY, it's that he's taking money that Congress designated for other things and he's taking away from projects that would help military families (like money for schools for soldiers' children) rather than just taking a little bit from everywhere.

Now, if they wanted to pick one one thing - taking money away from military kids - and drill that over and over, that might work. But I would recommend against using a GOP argument, because promoting the idea that the military needs a lot more funding might not benefit us in the end.

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[Post 3343]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 09-23-2019 12:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Democrats just stand around looking dumb and watching it happen.

 ... blaming the media for portraying them as a chaotic gaggle is to ignore that they really are conducting themselves in the manner of a chaotic gaggle. 

You mean some of them are saying and doing one thing and others are saying and doing another, and yet some others are saying and doing a third, a fourth, a fifth thing?   Well, maybe that's true, and it may even be that it would be better if they could coordinate and simplify their messages, but ...

That isn't what "stand around looking dumb and watching it happen"  means ... not even close. Do you see the problem you are creating for your own cognitive processes, let alone for all those who are inclined to trust your judgement, take you seriously and follow your lead?  It's like you just dropped a dead cow in the water of political discourse.  
  
 Obama managed the media much better - and his social media machine was part of his electoral success. It does seem like the current Dems are just not getting it right.

And that seems to me to blur the important distinction between the mainstream media and the new social media in a way which obfuscates the issue. Did Obama demonstrate how the Dems should do mainstream media better or didn't he?  Are the Dems really not using their social media machine effectively. How can we even tell that (apart from pointing at polling figures and assuming that's what's going wrong)?

But regardless of that, is it useful for Democrats to scream about GUTTING THE MILITARY?

It furthers the conception that the military needs more funding, when frankly, it doesn't. Democrats ought to want to "gut" the military.

Quite!

I get a bit cross with amateur strategists on the Left castigating the choices of the professionals and even casting doubt on the Democrats' integrity from their Dunning-Kruger vantage point.

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[Post 3344]
Author : SR71
Date : 09-23-2019 02:23 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

But regardless of that, is it useful for Democrats to scream about GUTTING THE MILITARY?

It furthers the conception that the military needs more funding, when frankly, it doesn't. Democrats ought to want to "gut" the military.

The problem isn't that Trump is GUTTING THE MILITARY, it's that he's taking money that Congress designated for other things and he's taking away from projects that would help military families (like money for schools for soldiers' children) rather than just taking a little bit from everywhere.

Now, if they wanted to pick one one thing - taking money away from military kids - and drill that over and over, that might work. But I would recommend against using a GOP argument, because promoting the idea that the military needs a lot more funding might not benefit us in the end.

Democrats are KILLING BABIES!  THEY'LL TAKE YOUR GUNS!  THEY SPEND LIKE DRUNKEN SAILORS!  SOCIALISM WILL RUIN THE ECONOMY!  NANNY STATE!  THEY WANT TO CONTROL YOUR LIVES!  DEEP STATE!  RAISE YOUR TAXES!

What have we got that reaches the target audience for those little gems, and it's just a partial list?  I'm drawing a blank.  

I'm not kidding, I just saw a republican senator talk about how the current whistleblower scenario is an attack from a bureaucrat of the deep state.  Who do you think he's aiming at with that ridiculous bullshit?  

I'm well aware the military isn't underfunded, and it doesn't really matter, message wise.  Is any of that bullshit above legit?  No, yet it gets traction and motivates voters.  When they go low, we go high?  Weak!  They might as well have sung Too Legit to Quit and done the Hammer dance, it probably would have been more effective.  Just give enough of the story to illustrate he's using funds budgeted for the military to pay for a tiny piece of wall he said the Mexican gov't would fund.  Don't get down in the weeds.  :screaming:  GUTTING THE MILITARY!

Then we need a whole succession of similar jingoes that are broadcast and rebroadcast at intervals by every democratic talking head from sea to shining sea, until the next jingo.  Watch the republicans.  Watch and learn.

We should have a thread on sucker punch messaging.  Lord knows there's plenty of raw material, real shit that really happened.  We just need to learn how to package it, Frank Luntz style.  The fact is, we suck at it.

It would be nice to win on a positive message about good policies that may or may not ever become legislation, but that didn't win the day last election.  We really need to learn attack messaging.  There's a segment of the electorate that is immune to nuance, and we are perpetually blind to their existence.  We cede that slice.  The republicans are happy to cater to them.

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[Post 3345]
Author : Ari
Date : 09-23-2019 04:10 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Indeed, and the Dems don’t even need to sink to the republicans level, just a bit of fight would be great.  Especially since they could easily win on even footing but their response to republicans constantly handicapping them is “That’s unfair but I guess I’ll have to manage.”

Like the republicans Gerrymander the shit out of areas and the dems get mad and take them to a republican stacked court to complain instead of the full fight and attack mode.  I want to see dems start every sentence with some variant of “Republicans have stolen elections from the people and stacked the deck, we’re the underdog even in heavily democratic areas thanks to their immoral cheating!” And just drive home the point that the republicans are only winning because they keep rigging the game.  Go even further and start addressing republicans as rigged election winners or winners on easy mode. 

Given all the open corruption that’s constantly putting into question whether our constitution means anything at all anymore, I would really like to see a bit more panic and urgency.

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[Post 3346]
Author : erimir
Date : 09-24-2019 12:18 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

My point is that Democrats should pick popular Democratic/liberal frames to pound. More message discipline would probably be beneficial, but it should be on issues where the public generally agrees with us or lead to the conclusion that the liberal policy solution is correct.

"America doesn't spend enough on its military!" is not such a frame. Promoting jingoism and militarism can have knock on effects elsewhere, because Trump's border wall funding raids are not the only issue affected by that framing. Activating right-wing frames is something Democrats should generally avoid, even if Republicans are being hypocritical or we're actually better on that issue (to the extent it is a real issue), because right-wing framing will push people towards the right-wing.

"Trump is taking money away from American children - the children of US servicemembers no less! - so he can fund his wasteful and racist wall! A wall that he said Mexico would pay for is being paid for by American schoolchildren! Would you rather spend money on schools for American kids, or for a wall in the middle of a desert that can be scaled in less than a minute anyway?"

That seems better than furthering the idea that our military is weak because of a minor (by percentage of overall US military spending) cut, when it's actually bloated. You might think the reaction would be "yeah, Trump is bad and is weakening our military!" but it could also be "Well then Congress should approve EVEN MORE MILITARY SPENDING! Trump says he wants that anyway!"

I've also read something about studies suggesting that there can be perverse/non-intuitive consequences for some of the things people want Democrats to scream about. Complaining about how the elections are rigged by Republicans, even though it is true, might not be as motivating as you hope. Depending on how you talk about it, it might instead result in intermittent voters deciding that voting doesn't matter and not turning out. And so an attempt to punish GOP voter suppression might instead enhance it.

Another perverse one I heard about is that at least certain types of discussion of how the criminal justice system is biased against black people can actually make people more inclined (at least, for the duration of the study/survey) to support right-wing law-and-order politics, because it simply activates the association between black people and criminality in white people's minds.

This is also why (centrist) Democrats shouldn't go out of their way to accept the premise that immigration is a serious concern to demonstrate we don't want open borders. A caravan of a couple thousand people isn't a threat to America nor is it a crisis in the national scheme of things. Promoting the idea that it is just activates that insecurity about changing demographics that is part of how Trump flipped a lot of Obama voters.

What I would hope is that Democratic strategists are up on the research on such things and make sure to frame things in ways that aren't counterproductive.

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[Post 3347]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 09-24-2019 08:55 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

There's a segment of the electorate that is immune to nuance, and we  are perpetually blind to their existence. 
Yes, they are the stupid white racists.

 We cede that slice.
We do indeed.  What kind of message do you believe they could be fed that would to get them to vote Democrat?


Because I suggest that is a futile, footling, fool's errand.

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[Post 3348]
Author : SR71
Date : 09-24-2019 01:32 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I don't know that it is futile at all.  We haven't tried.  The slice I'm talking about is a slice that is seen on the news at town hall meetings regurgitating talking points word for word.  You just have to tell them what to think Frank Luntz style. I don't think we're even in those markets.  They get their prop from AM radio in a lot of cases.  There is no left wing talk on AM radio.  It's all sports, fundy and right wing a palooza.

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[Post 3349]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 09-24-2019 05:21 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

We haven't tried.
How do you know that?  I'm guessing that you just haven't witnessed any attempts, which you don't need me to tell you is not the same thing.  But feel free to cite me into taking that back.


You just have to tell them what to think Frank Luntz style.
lol  Yes, everything look simple seen through Dunning-Kruger glasses.  Have you considered that those who suck Luntz and swallow are already well turned on by his scent before he gets his dick out?

Wait ... is Luntz not a Trump cheerleader ?  I have to confess I don't really know what "Frank Luntz style" means.

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[Post 3350]
Author : erimir
Date : 09-24-2019 10:20 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I think a good example of when Democrats did adopt some message discipline and it worked well for them was Romney, the vulture capitalist, coming in, firing people and destroying their lives, and laughing to the bank.

Romney and Bain and not caring about working people, because his whole business was based around firing working people, was a good, Democratic frame that worked. Republicans side with rich executives and don't care about working people. Democratic framing about the Republican tax cut was good - they want to give billions upon billions to rich people and corporations, and offer you nothing, or maybe a pittance, and then next they'll say there's no money for Social Security so they need to cut that too. In fact, many people who would/did receive tax cuts (often rather small ones, mind you) didn't believe that they would/did! Of course, when you account for the fact that the middle class tax cuts will expire while the corporate tax cuts and such are permanent, and the GOP attacking budgets for programs that help ordinary Americans, that's the right attitude to take. But the problem wasn't Democratic framing, it was that Republican members of Congress really, really wanted it! We got good numbers on that, the GOP just decided it was worth it. Obviously, the framing around the Obamacare repeal worked out as well - "the GOP wants to take health insurance away from millions" worked well.

Democrats have tried things like that. It's just that I don't think Democrats should scream about "gutting the military" specifically. They should just scream about different things.

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[Post 3351]
Author : fragment
Date : 09-25-2019 12:05 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So impeachment hearings are on

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[Post 3352]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-25-2019 12:29 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Something, something, peaches, something.

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[Post 3353]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-25-2019 01:17 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Impeachment may be the first thing Donald Trump has ever earned</p>&mdash; Ben Wexler (@mrbenwexler) <a href="https://twitter.com/mrbenwexler/status/1176549073148506114?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 24, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3354]
Author : SR71
Date : 09-25-2019 01:47 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

We haven't tried.
How do you know that?  I'm guessing that you just haven't witnessed any attempts, which you don't need me to tell you is not the same thing.  But feel free to cite me into taking that back.


You just have to tell them what to think Frank Luntz style.
lol  Yes, everything look simple seen through Dunning-Kruger glasses.  Have you considered that those who suck Luntz and swallow are already well turned on by his scent before he gets his dick out?

Wait ... is Luntz not a Trump cheerleader ?  I have to confess I don't really know what "Frank Luntz style" means.

Frank Luntz is a republican communications guru and he's really really good at what he does.  It's our misfortune that we have no comparable counterpart.  He's been an integral part of the republican hold on power for, I believe without looking it up, what must be the better part of two decades.  Among other things, he holds focus groups and somehow divines just the right phrasing to drive home a message.  That's basically it.  He learns what words pols should use, what words to avoid. He knows how to distill a concise message with just the right words to lodge in his targets' skulls.  Much as despise him I have to give him credit as a master of propaganda.

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[Post 3355]
Author : SR71
Date : 09-25-2019 02:27 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I think a good example of when Democrats did adopt some message discipline and it worked well for them was Romney, the vulture capitalist, coming in, firing people and destroying their lives, and laughing to the bank.

Romney and Bain and not caring about working people, because his whole business was based around firing working people, was a good, Democratic frame that worked. Republicans side with rich executives and don't care about working people. Democratic framing about the Republican tax cut was good - they want to give billions upon billions to rich people and corporations, and offer you nothing, or maybe a pittance, and then next they'll say there's no money for Social Security so they need to cut that too. In fact, many people who would/did receive tax cuts (often rather small ones, mind you) didn't believe that they would/did! Of course, when you account for the fact that the middle class tax cuts will expire while the corporate tax cuts and such are permanent, and the GOP attacking budgets for programs that help ordinary Americans, that's the right attitude to take. But the problem wasn't Democratic framing, it was that Republican members of Congress really, really wanted it! We got good numbers on that, the GOP just decided it was worth it. Obviously, the framing around the Obamacare repeal worked out as well - "the GOP wants to take health insurance away from millions" worked well.

Democrats have tried things like that. It's just that I don't think Democrats should scream about "gutting the military" specifically. They should just scream about different things.

I am totally on board with the whole first paragraph.  I never meant to suggest that GUTTING THE MILITARY should be the central plank of criticizing Trump.  More along the lines of something to hammer on for a week or ten days, 'til it's replaced by the next chorus about the next development.  Instead they just let it pass with scoring no points.  The republicans would've totally made hay on the same issue.  The real point is the contrast.  Democrats fail to capitalize in a manner that flashes people brains.  Republicans don't.  Benghazi!  

Democrats want illegal criminals invading the country!

What's wrong with, then...

ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION SKYROCKETS UNDER TRUMP!

How about SNAP?  Food stamp eligibility was just reduced.  

STARVING POVERTY STRICKEN AMERICAN CHILDREN!!!

The California fuel economy revocation.

TRAMPLING STATES RIGHTS!!!

So many of these things come and go without a trace on voter sentiment simply because the Democrats don't make a sound.

They let McConnell steal Obama's supreme court nominee over the course of a year and change with nary a peep.  I don't know how else to put it.  They suck at attack messaging.  There's much room for improvement.

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[Post 3356]
Author : erimir
Date : 09-25-2019 04:21 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

What's wrong with, then...

ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION SKYROCKETS UNDER TRUMP!What's wrong with that is that we/Democrats don't think that immigration enforcement is too lax and thus don't want to make it harsher. This framing leads voters to the conclusion that we need to do more to stop illegal immigration*. And who wants to do that? Republicans. So who will this make them want to vote for?

*Now, it may be that we should - specifically, we should be working harder to help improve conditions in Mexico/Central America, which will make fewer people desperate enough to immigrate here illegally. "There are too many illegals around here, and it's because we're not giving enough aid to Guatemala!" is never going to be the response of the racists who are triggered by the idea of whites no longer being the majority, so while it's a good idea, I don't think it's something worth campaigning on very hard.
How about SNAP?  Food stamp eligibility was just reduced.  

STARVING POVERTY STRICKEN AMERICAN CHILDREN!!!Now this is a better idea. Innocent children going hungry is something Democrats care about, and where public opinion aligns more with Democrats.
The California fuel economy revocation.

TRAMPLING STATES RIGHTS!!!"States' rights" is a bullshit slogan that nobody really cares about. It's mostly just code for "let us discriminate against who we want to even if the majority of the country doesn't like it" and Trump certainly isn't violating that form of states' rights.

There is a small group of people who really do value strictly following the constitution and laws and think federalism is inherently valuable, etc. Those people care about states' rights, sure. But someone sincerely like that already wouldn't like the lawless GOP and Trump (and has a decent chance of being a Libertarian Party supporter).

Republicans take power away from municipalities all the time when they do things like: raise their minimum wage, try to create municipal broadband, pass LGBT anti-discrimination laws, try to invest in public transportation, and so on. They didn't get punished for that hypocrisy in NC. They're only at risk of losing their legislative majorities here because of 1. Trump and 2. some serendipitous changes in the NC Supreme Court, which mean their gerrymanders have been struck down.

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[Post 3357]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-25-2019 04:39 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

There's a whole thread there but whatever. It's Guiliani.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">LOL! Rudy Giuliani made a guest appearance later during Ingraham&#39;s show and immediately started calling a co-panelist &quot;an idiot&quot; and yelling at him to &quot;shut up.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/Mh2LbJXuaT">pic.twitter.com/Mh2LbJXuaT</a></p>&mdash; Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) <a href="https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1176693980131667969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 25, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3358]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 09-25-2019 02:11 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's our misfortune that we have no comparable counterpart [to Frank Luntz]. 

Are you sure we don't? I'm not.

... just the right phrasing to drive home a message.

Like "Yes We Can!"?

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[Post 3359]
Author : SR71
Date : 09-25-2019 03:19 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's our misfortune that we have no comparable counterpart [to Frank Luntz]. 

Are you sure we don't? I'm not.

... just the right phrasing to drive home a message.

Like "Yes We Can!"?

A drop in a bucket compared to a perpetual floodgate.

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[Post 3360]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 09-25-2019 03:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

lol  "a drop" that won the 2008 election!

How are you measuring the quantity of success and failure here?

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[Post 3361]
Author : SR71
Date : 09-25-2019 03:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

What's wrong with, then...

ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION SKYROCKETS UNDER TRUMP!What's wrong with that is that we/Democrats don't think that immigration enforcement is too lax and thus don't want to make it harsher. This framing leads voters to the conclusion that we need to do more to stop illegal immigration*. And who wants to do that? Republicans. So who will this make them want to vote for?

*Now, it may be that we should - specifically, we should be working harder to help improve conditions in Mexico/Central America, which will make fewer people desperate enough to immigrate here illegally. "There are too many illegals around here, and it's because we're not giving enough aid to Guatemala!" is never going to be the response of the racists who are triggered by the idea of whites no longer being the majority, so while it's a good idea, I don't think it's something worth campaigning on very hard.
How about SNAP?  Food stamp eligibility was just reduced.  

STARVING POVERTY STRICKEN AMERICAN CHILDREN!!!Now this is a better idea. Innocent children going hungry is something Democrats care about, and where public opinion aligns more with Democrats.
The California fuel economy revocation.

TRAMPLING STATES RIGHTS!!!"States' rights" is a bullshit slogan that nobody really cares about. It's mostly just code for "let us discriminate against who we want to even if the majority of the country doesn't like it" and Trump certainly isn't violating that form of states' rights.

There is a small group of people who really do value strictly following the constitution and laws and think federalism is inherently valuable, etc. Those people care about states' rights, sure. But someone sincerely like that already wouldn't like the lawless GOP and Trump (and has a decent chance of being a Libertarian Party supporter).

Republicans take power away from municipalities all the time when they do things like: raise their minimum wage, try to create municipal broadband, pass LGBT anti-discrimination laws, try to invest in public transportation, and so on. They didn't get punished for that hypocrisy in NC. They're only at risk of losing their legislative majorities here because of 1. Trump and 2. some serendipitous changes in the NC Supreme Court, which mean their gerrymanders have been struck down.

Much I agree with, but you have a myopic view of what democrats believe in connection with immigration enforcement.  Low income, low opportunity workers, many of whom are minority, directly compete for their livelihoods with illegals.  When a worker is on a legitimate payroll, 7% from the worker and 7% from the employer go to payroll taxes.  When it's under the table, 0% goes to payroll tax.  The same goes for non-college whites.  Construction workers, all types of low skill, physical labor, segments of manufacturing and production workers are subject to directly compete with illegal immigrants.  There are democrats and republicans with legitimate reasons to want tighter control on illegal immigration.  They need to eat and have a roof over their heads, for starters.

I also don't know what you mean when you say no one cares about states rights?  I care.  I want my state to legislate tighter than federal regs in connection with the environment, gun control, etc.  I'd like to see it buck the federal gov't on marijuana decriminilization, for instance.

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[Post 3362]
Author : SR71
Date : 09-25-2019 03:33 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

lol  "a drop" that won the 2008 election!

How are you measuring the quantity of success and failure here?

A minority of americans has maintained a lockout of democratic legislative control except for a brief period under Obama, over several decades, if I recall correctly.  One presidential election is relatively insignificant.  Look at the composition of the present supreme court. The minority is dominant.  They get there by winning enough votes to get the office.  This is largely a function of communication with voters.

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[Post 3363]
Author : Sock Puppet
Date : 09-25-2019 05:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I also don't know what you mean when you say no one cares about states rights?  I care.  I want my state to legislate tighter than federal regs in connection with the environment, gun control, etc.  I'd like to see it buck the federal gov't on marijuana decriminalization, for instance.But that's exactly the problem - States' rights generally means "I want my state to be able to do [x] without federal interference." Your [x] bears no resemblance to a whole lot of other people's.

I do get your larger point, however. Republicans have been successful at coming up with "Four legs good, two legs baaaad" refrains for their base to bleat. Democrats, not so much. Conservatives will always be better than anyone to their left at this, because oversimplification almost invariably benefits conservative causes more. I guess that's the flip side of "the facts have a liberal bias."

I'm not saying a good slogan won't ever work for Democrats (cf. "Yes We Can"). It'll just never be as easy.

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[Post 3364]
Author : Ari
Date : 09-25-2019 05:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Everything is fine here, the Trump team isn’t worried at all...
“I’d like to say to you Mr. Hahn I should sue you for libel.” Said Guiliani
“Youre a public figure, so then you know the libel law.” Said Hahn.
”Shut up, shut up, you don’t know what you’re talk about, idiot!” Guiliani calmly responded.
“Ok guys, you’ve got to stop.” Said An exhausted Laura Ingraham.

When Nazi saluting troll Laura Ingraham has to step in play the adult and give Guiliani his lolipop, you know this are going well!

In I think the most telling quote of the whole exchange,
“You’re ruining your reputation, Mr. Mayor! And it is time for you to take a step back and please stop going on like this.” -Hahn.
“You may have had respect for me, but I don’t have any respect for you.” -Guiliani.

And there you have it one of the big differences between current republicans and democrats.  Democrats are still trying to see these people as respected in their field, as lost and stray but still potentially reasonable people; while republicans never had any respect for their counterparts in the first place.

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[Post 3365]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-25-2019 05:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

And there you have it one of the big differences between current republicans and democrats.  Democrats are still trying to see these people as respected in their field, as lost and stray but still potentially reasonable people; while republicans never had any respect for their counterparts in the first place.

An abuser's world where respect equates to subservience.

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[Post 3366]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-25-2019 05:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">No joke: White House just emailed all Dem offices asking to &#8220;recall&#8221; the talking points email. <a href="https://t.co/4fFtVYmrPd">https://t.co/4fFtVYmrPd</a></p>&mdash; Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) <a href="https://twitter.com/kyledcheney/status/1176891093339820032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 25, 2019</a></blockquote>
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[Post 3367]
Author : erimir
Date : 09-25-2019 07:38 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Much I agree with, but you have a myopic view of what democrats believe in connection with immigration enforcement.  Low income, low opportunity workers, many of whom are minority, directly compete for their livelihoods with illegals.  When a worker is on a legitimate payroll, 7% from the worker and 7% from the employer go to payroll taxes.  When it's under the table, 0% goes to payroll tax.  The same goes for non-college whites.  Construction workers, all types of low skill, physical labor, segments of manufacturing and production workers are subject to directly compete with illegal immigrants.  There are democrats and republicans with legitimate reasons to want tighter control on illegal immigration.  They need to eat and have a roof over their heads, for starters.The reason they compete in that way is because when ICE raids a workplace, they deport the workers and the employers don't get punished for tax evasion and labor law violations.

Requiring that immigrants get the same pay and benefits would actually reduce that advantage, while benefiting the immigrants who do come here.

But either way, Trump's pitch to working class white voters who think their woes are caused by immigrants taking der jerbs is always going to be more appealing than the Democrats' pitch. He wants a wall, we don't. He wants to say, "You're illegal? Fuck you! Your mom brought you here? Who cares! If you didn't want to be separated and put in a lice pit, you shouldn't have been the child of an illegal!" Trump thinks that the US-born children of LEGAL immigrants shouldn't be entitled to citizenship, much less the children of undocumented immigrants! In fact, he probably wants to strip them of it. Democrats think that deportation shouldn't be expedited to get as many brown people out as fast as possible, that not all undocumented immigrants should be treated the same, and that the Constitution guarantees birthright citizenship to all born in our borders.

If you think immigrants are the source of your woes, Democrats bringing up how there are too many illegal immigrants isn't going to make you think "I should vote for Democrats." It's just going to make you think we need to get "tough" on immigration. And which party is "tougher" on immigration?

We already have good points to press on Trump and immigration, such as his cruelty to children. If a voter's response to that is to say that talking about not traumatizing children but not talking about how we need stricter enforcement is open borders, that's not a voter we can get anyway. Most people don't think children should be traumatized, so that's an easier sell than on immigration issues where Americans are more divided, I think. At the same time, Democrats probably should not campaign on letting undocumented immigrants get Medicare For All for the same reason - it's unpopular.
I also don't know what you mean when you say no one cares about states rights?  I care.  I want my state to legislate tighter than federal regs in connection with the environment, gun control, etc.  I'd like to see it buck the federal gov't on marijuana decriminilization, for instance.Suppose that the federal government passed laws making automobile pollution requirements as strict as in California. Would you support states' rights for Texas to allow cars that pollute more than federal regulations require?

Or if the federal government passed a law legalizing marijuana and requiring (directly or indirectly through the withholding of federal funds) states to do the same, would you feel bad for the people of Alabama who feel that violates their state's right to make it illegal?

I support California having stricter air pollution standards, sure! But that's mostly because I don't expect the federal government to be able to pass such strict standards at this time. I'd rather it be imposed from on high, by the federal government.

States' rights is useful for piloting some programs and things like that, but in general, I prefer federal policies for most things.

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[Post 3368]
Author : Ari
Date : 09-25-2019 08:45 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I think Trump just attempted to fire Pelosi. “Nancy Pelosi, as far as I’m concerned, She’s no longer the speaker of the house.”-Trump

Given his firing of government officials in tweets and press conferences, I think he thinks he just fired her from house speaker.

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[Post 3369]
Author : Ensign Steve
Date : 09-25-2019 11:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Well, as far as I'm concerned, Donald Trump is not, nor has he ever been, the President.  So everybody wins.

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[Post 3370]
Author : SR71
Date : 09-26-2019 05:22 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Much I agree with, but you have a myopic view of what democrats believe in connection with immigration enforcement.  Low income, low opportunity workers, many of whom are minority, directly compete for their livelihoods with illegals.  When a worker is on a legitimate payroll, 7% from the worker and 7% from the employer go to payroll taxes.  When it's under the table, 0% goes to payroll tax.  The same goes for non-college whites.  Construction workers, all types of low skill, physical labor, segments of manufacturing and production workers are subject to directly compete with illegal immigrants.  There are democrats and republicans with legitimate reasons to want tighter control on illegal immigration.  They need to eat and have a roof over their heads, for starters.The reason they compete in that way is because when ICE raids a workplace, they deport the workers and the employers don't get punished for tax evasion and labor law violations.

Requiring that immigrants get the same pay and benefits would actually reduce that advantage, while benefiting the immigrants who do come here.

But either way, Trump's pitch to working class white voters who think their woes are caused by immigrants taking der jerbs is always going to be more appealing than the Democrats' pitch. He wants a wall, we don't. He wants to say, "You're illegal? Fuck you! Your mom brought you here? Who cares! If you didn't want to be separated and put in a lice pit, you shouldn't have been the child of an illegal!" Trump thinks that the US-born children of LEGAL immigrants shouldn't be entitled to citizenship, much less the children of undocumented immigrants! In fact, he probably wants to strip them of it. Democrats think that deportation shouldn't be expedited to get as many brown people out as fast as possible, that not all undocumented immigrants should be treated the same, and that the Constitution guarantees birthright citizenship to all born in our borders.

If you think immigrants are the source of your woes, Democrats bringing up how there are too many illegal immigrants isn't going to make you think "I should vote for Democrats." It's just going to make you think we need to get "tough" on immigration. And which party is "tougher" on immigration?

We already have good points to press on Trump and immigration, such as his cruelty to children. If a voter's response to that is to say that talking about not traumatizing children but not talking about how we need stricter enforcement is open borders, that's not a voter we can get anyway. Most people don't think children should be traumatized, so that's an easier sell than on immigration issues where Americans are more divided, I think. At the same time, Democrats probably should not campaign on letting undocumented immigrants get Medicare For All for the same reason - it's unpopular.
I also don't know what you mean when you say no one cares about states rights?  I care.  I want my state to legislate tighter than federal regs in connection with the environment, gun control, etc.  I'd like to see it buck the federal gov't on marijuana decriminilization, for instance.Suppose that the federal government passed laws making automobile pollution requirements as strict as in California. Would you support states' rights for Texas to allow cars that pollute more than federal regulations require?

Or if the federal government passed a law legalizing marijuana and requiring (directly or indirectly through the withholding of federal funds) states to do the same, would you feel bad for the people of Alabama who feel that violates their state's right to make it illegal?

I support California having stricter air pollution standards, sure! But that's mostly because I don't expect the federal government to be able to pass such strict standards at this time. I'd rather it be imposed from on high, by the federal government.

States' rights is useful for piloting some programs and things like that, but in general, I prefer federal policies for most things.

Once again I find merit in most of that, but... You have just validated the republican charge that democrats want unfettered illegal immigration.  Just excuse the act of illegal entry and give them benefit parity?  Most Americans are not there from my impression.  They do overall support legal immigration if I remember the last time I looked at polling.

I must have missed the part where Democrats have a plan to deal with employers who hire illegal immigrants.  Nor have I heard a Democratic plan to sort those legitimately seeking asylum from those seeking better economic opportunity.  I'm not entirely unsympathetic to those willing to break our laws to seek out better economic conditions, you do what you have to do, sometimes, but I'm more sympathetic to our own citizens who are born into domestic systemically disadvantaged circumstances.

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[Post 3371]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-26-2019 05:31 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump Throws Mike Pence Under the Bus: ‘I Think You Should Ask for VP Pence's Conversations’ (https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2019/09/trump-throws-mike-pence-under-the-bus-i-think-you-should-ask-for-vp-pences-conversations/)

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[Post 3372]
Author : SR71
Date : 09-26-2019 05:38 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

He throws everybody under the bus if they hang around long enough.  :bus::runaway:

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[Post 3373]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-26-2019 05:42 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Hold my beer. I forgot about this.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Yes, trump projects every one of his crimes onto other people.<br><br>Just waiting for the human trafficking charges to come out.<a href="https://t.co/hhs0i0uL2j">https://t.co/hhs0i0uL2j</a></p>&mdash; Ivan, Son of Comics&#39; Dave (@santarchy) <a href="https://twitter.com/santarchy/status/1176999361445679104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 25, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3374]
Author : erimir
Date : 09-26-2019 09:49 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

You have just validated the republican charge that democrats want unfettered illegal immigration.Where did I say that?
Just excuse the act of illegal entry and give them benefit parity?Or that? I would frame that as punishing exploitative employers. If you employ someone, you pay them the required wage and overtime, you pay your taxes, etc. That's a separate issue from deporting people - and although it would help those workers, it would also have the effect of making hiring undocumented workers less attractive for employers!

Trump wants deportations to go quickly - cursory court cases, no chance for appeal, etc. Not expediting the process isn't the same as having no process.

(Also, excusing the "act" of illegal entry is not the same as granting legal status. It means you don't get charged with a crime, not that you can't be deported.)
Most Americans are not there from my impression.  They do overall support legal immigration if I remember the last time I looked at polling.But either way it seems you're complaining that Democrats have adopted policies that are too "weak" on illegal immigration. That's not a matter of message discipline, that's a matter of saying they have the wrong message and policy.
I must have missed the part where Democrats have a plan to deal with employers who hire illegal immigrants.I doubt they'll be campaigning on it, because it's hard to talk about without feeding anti-immigrant hysteria, but I wouldn't be surprised if they want to do it.
Nor have I heard a Democratic plan to sort those legitimately seeking asylum from those seeking better economic opportunity.We already have asylum hearings that are meant to sort them out. What is the basis of the assumption that the current system, if funded and staffed properly, is inadequate? I certainly wouldn't take Trump's word for it.
I'm not entirely unsympathetic to those willing to break our laws to seek out better economic conditions, you do what you have to do, sometimes, but I'm more sympathetic to our own citizens who are born into domestic systemically disadvantaged circumstances.That's fine, but I don't see them as being directly in competition and immigrants aren't the cause of their disadvantaged circumstances.

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[Post 3375]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 09-26-2019 10:06 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

[That the minority is dominant] is largely a function of communication with voters.

If by "communcation" you intend to include stuff like policy choices and also negative coverage from hostile agencies, this is obviously true.  But the more narrowly you focus on the role played by people like Frank Luntz, the less true it is, I think.

Correct me if I am wrong, but I think you have on occasion joined in the davidm chorus of "Hillary lost because she was a shitty choice".  Yet here you are saying it's the communications, stupid!

I get that you find politics frustrating, but if your anger is incoherent it is destructive.

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[Post 3376]
Author : JoeP
Date : 09-26-2019 10:40 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump Throws Mike Pence Under the Bus: â&#8364;&#732;I Think You Should Ask for VP Pence's Conversationsâ&#8364;&#8482; (https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2019/09/trump-throws-mike-pence-under-the-bus-i-think-you-should-ask-for-vp-pences-conversations/)

Hold my beer. I forgot about this.



Projection, projection, projection.

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[Post 3377]
Author : davidm
Date : 09-26-2019 06:03 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Correct me if I am wrong, but I think you have on occasion joined in the davidm chorus of "Hillary lost because she was a shitty choice".

No, I did not say she was a "shitty choice." I said she was a shitty candidate. Are you really unable to discern the important difference between the two statements? Or, like erimir, are you just congenitally dishonest?

Oh, there were dirty tricks against her? There were Russian trolls besmirching her on social media? People made a big deal out of her emails? 

Cry me a river.

Every election in U.S. history has been known for dirty tricks. JFK was besmirched as a puppet for the pope, as was Al Smith before him, in ’28. Abe Lincoln was rumored to be partly black, a death knell for a candidate in 1860, if thought to be true. Barry Goldwater was slandered as a psycho who wanted to nuke young girls picking daisies. Nixon traitorously intervened to block a Vietnam peace deal in ’68, to deter Humphrey. The examples are legion. There is nothing different about social media, except it makes spreading lies more efficient. 

The media was against Hillary? Oh, boo-hoo. The majority of papers, including the much-maligned NY Times, endorsed her candidacy. It is to laugh.

But it turns out poor Hillary had no coherent message. 

It turns out poor Hillary did not even seem to be cognizant of the fact that her New Democrats, starting with her hubby Bubba, had conspired with the GOP to sell out the interests of the working class to the one-percenters.

It turns out that poor Hillary could not even be arsed to campaign in the Rust Belt states that, predictably, turned on her in favor of Trump.

Who is to blame for all of that? The Russian trolls? Steve Bannon? The New York Times? Trump? Me?

Poor Hillary! 

Speaking of lies, has erimir retracted his lie that the New York Times only allows anti-Trump messaging to be published in its op-ed section, whereas in fact I gave him and TheMan, who hides behind putting me on Ignore, dozens of links to investigative news pieces by the Times that have simply shredded Trump? 

Has he retracted his lie that I predicted Trump would do this or that, rather than merely offered the possibility that IF Trump meant some of the things he said, he could create a realignment of national politics? 

Interestingly enough, a few of my speculations (not predictions) have proven to be apposite. China IS a trade cheater, and Trump, however maladroitly, is waging a trade war against them — not so different from the sort of action Bernie advocated. But at the same time, as I discussed as a distinct possibility, Trump HAS kept the United States out of a shooting war — where is John Bolton now? 

Not that I think Trump would refrain from going to war if he thought doing so would benefit him politically — but this is true of most presidents. Let’s look at the record:

JFK famously complained that unless he presided over a war, he would not be regarded as a great president, because presidents traditionally thought of as great, preside over wars. In his very first press conference in 1961, he beat the drums for possible military action against commie guerrillas in Laos, which was then seen as more vulnerable to an insurgency than South Vietnam. 

When that effort petered out, he greatly increased the flow of troops and advisers into South Vietnam, over what Eisenhower had done. On the morning of his death, he bragged in a speech in Fort Worth about the increasing American military presence in South Vietnam.

His successor, Lyin’ Baines Johnson, famously said, during the 1964 election, that American boys would not do, in Southeast Asia, what Vietnamese boys ought to be doing for themselves. How did that turn out?

Or look at Woodrow Wilson, who in the 1916 election, vowed that the U.S. would stay out of the European war, if only he were elected. How did that turn out?

Or look at FDR, who, during the election of 1940, famously vowed that the U.S. would stay out of the second European war, unless the United States were attacked — an attack that came in 1941 at Pearl Harbor, but which many historians persuasively argue FDR engineered by imposing an oil embargo on Japan. 

It is quite obvious, in retrospect, that FDR was angling to get the U.S. into World War II by hook or by crook, which he practically admitted to his advisers. In short, he lied, repeatedly, to the American public.

Trump, by contrast, has, so far, stuck to his word to avoid any further idiotic war.

My only regret is that Trump did not follow through on his instincts to pull all U.S. forces out of the Mideast and Afghan quagmires, but these quagmires are backed by both parties. 

Now — behold! — Trumps stands revealed as pressuring the Ukrainian government to dig up dirt on a potential opponent, Biden, with the implicit threat of withholding military aid unless Ukraine complied with his wishes. Oh, the crocodile tears! How could the Orange Oaf have done something so vile! He must be impeached immediately! This is The Worst Thing That Any President Has Ever Done!

Except — no one impeached FDR for deviously shepherding America into World War II. No one impeached Wilson for lying about American plans for involvement in World War I. No one impeached Johnson for lying about his plans for Vietnam. No one impeached Ike for using the CIA to engineer the overthrow of the legitimate governments of Guatemala and Iran. No one impeached Nixon for overthrowing Allende in Chile. No one impeached Reagan for illegally selling arms to Iran and funneling the money to the contras. The list of American foreign policy crimes and malfeasance goes on, abysmally, heart-wrenchingly. 

But Trump, you see, is designated to be the bad apple in the American presidential bushel — even though his stupid phone call to the Ukrainian premier has cost zero American lives.

The late and lamented Gore Vidal talked about this very tendency — American amnesia, he called it — in essays on the American presidency that he published in the 1980s. Nixon, he wrote, was designated to be the “bad apple” in the presidential lot — a convenient way to find a scapegoat for America’s multitudinous sins, while whitewashing our past and making plaster saints out of others who do not deserve sainthood. Now, it seems, Trump has taken Nixon’s place as the bad apple in the bushel, but American amnesia goes on.

The questions I have raised in this post are rhetorical. I won’t be reading any replies.

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[Post 3378]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-26-2019 06:23 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

From the file of snitches get stitches:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump: &quot;You know what we used to do in the old days when we were smart? Right? The spies and treason, we used to handle it a little differently than we do now.&quot;  <a href="https://t.co/8OLSxoRbzD">https://t.co/8OLSxoRbzD</a></p>&mdash; Eli Stokols (@EliStokols) <a href="https://twitter.com/EliStokols/status/1177265537056989184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 26, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3379]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-26-2019 06:34 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Whistleblower complaint here.

https://intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/20190812_-_whistleblower_complaint_unclass.pdf

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[Post 3380]
Author : erimir
Date : 09-26-2019 07:46 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Wow, that was a lot of words and fury on the basis of whether you say "candidate" or "choice", a pretty damn narrow distinction in the context of a primary nomination and general election. She was the Democrats' choice which, if you think she was obviously a shitty candidate, means she was a shitty choice.

Meanwhile, here's something the hard-hitting New York Times was doing in the past couple days: telling us that Trump's base is unmoved by these Ukraine revelations! Well, except that while they told us that they were swing voters, many of them are quite dedicated Trump fans.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This tweet was deleted <a href="https://t.co/UTvImZll0G">pic.twitter.com/UTvImZll0G</a></p>&mdash; Brandon Friedman (@BFriedmanDC) <a href="https://twitter.com/BFriedmanDC/status/1177229214841524224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 26, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

But, the following thread shows that these voters have been interviewed multiple times by the NYT, and were still strongly supporting Trump and Republicans in 2018. One of them has gone to 23 Trump rallies and written a book about Trump! One has Confederate memorabilia in his house! The same reporter has previously interviewed a Trump RNC delegate and portrayed her as if she might've abandoned Trump over the latest controversy - without ever mentioning she had been a Trump delegate.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">No, the New York Times did not talk to six &#8220;swing voters&#8221; about impeachment. The article quotes a handful of devout GOP voters who the NYT has repeatedly interviewed multiple times. A thread.... <a href="https://t.co/QYKCWB9V5I">https://t.co/QYKCWB9V5I</a></p>&mdash; Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) <a href="https://twitter.com/mattmfm/status/1177175443335766016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 26, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
These reporters knew before talking to these voters, yet again, that they would still support Trump. But they portrayed it as if they were random voters, as if it was an open question of how they would respond. They make it sound like they went out and found undecided voters or soft Trump voters. If you get one of these people randomly, you find out they voted for Obama once, it's fine - they swung. It does not follow that they are forever swing voters. And when you're going back to the same handful of people (6 voters in this story) multiple times, and you know how dedicated you are, you weren't looking for swing voters anymore.

That is, I would say, outright dishonest reporting, to further a narrative they decided before they talked to those voters. The honest version of this story would talk to a new group of voters, found in some sort of random fashion. Instead it's to further the narrative they wanted before they went to talk to voters they knew would give them the quotes they wanted: "The kind of Trump voters Democrats might win back don't care." And that leads to a couple other conclusions "impeachment is pointless" and "people don't care about Trump's crimes."

The latter one, in fact, could help Trump retain support, because some people who might be on the fence will feel more inclined to say it doesn't really matter, if they see that other people don't care. Maybe those narratives and conclusions are true. But you won't find out by talking to a Trump groupie for a fourth time.

And what a surprise, given that a NYT editor thinks that Trump blackmailing foreign countries into ratfucking a Democratic candidate doesn't matter because Reagan and LBJ weren't punished for what he considers impeachable crimes. Well I guess that makes it ok.

The fact that davidm works there only makes me more concerned about this type of thing, because he admits things here that NYT's more savvy journalists and editors would never admit publicly. Like davidm, they're dedicated to defending NYT's editorial choices, but they would never come right out and tweet that even if Trump is basing US foreign policy on trying to fuck Joe Biden with smears, rather than US interests and values, it's par for the course so who cares.

And I have to feel that this is significantly based on the victim being Biden. If Trump were pulling this same tactic on Sanders, davidm would apparently find this fine, based on the reasoning he's given. The same davidm who expressed outrage over how Bernie was treated by the DNC. Yeah, right. The same one who says it's Hillary's fault that the GOP's cheating cost her the election, says it's not Bernie's fault that he lost the Democratic nomination. He doesn't say "every true progressive has to deal with a cheating establishment, boo fucking hoo, Bernie should've just not been a shitty candidate." Weird.

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[Post 3381]
Author : Sock Puppet
Date : 09-26-2019 08:36 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The questions I have raised in this post are rhetorical. I won&#8217;t be reading any replies.
Uh huh. This is either a lie or an admission of cowardice.

At least this time you're not saying "I won't be around for the replies" like you did repeatedly, hilariously, at TR. You have to know you'll be back with more butthurt, unless you're completely delusional.

You are once again cordially invited to go fuck your hat.

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[Post 3382]
Author : erimir
Date : 09-26-2019 08:48 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

davidm: I won't be reading any of your replies!

mickthinks: *slightly paraphrases one of davidm's common refrains*

davidm: :madrant:

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[Post 3383]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-27-2019 05:14 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Giuliani losing his shit two days in a row, thrad:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Wow. Rudy Giuliani is on Ingraham&#39;s show implicating the State Department in the Ukraine scandal. <br><br>&quot;The whistleblower falsely alleges that I was operating on my own. Well, I wasn&#39;t operating on my own.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/4o1feYTZFU">pic.twitter.com/4o1feYTZFU</a></p>&mdash; Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) <a href="https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1177409860033552384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 27, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3384]
Author : SR71
Date : 09-27-2019 04:18 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Is anyone else amazed Trumpleoompah released the transcript and the complaint without court fights?  Would it have been to plain a case for obstruction if he didn't?  Is it resignation?  Has he lost his mind (rhetorical)?  

A cunning plan?  :????:

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[Post 3385]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 09-27-2019 04:49 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Is anyone else amazed Trumpleoompah released the transcript and the complaint without court fights?  Would it have been to plain a case for obstruction if he didn't?  Is it resignation?  Has he lost his mind (rhetorical)?  

A cunning plan?  :????:

I think it was this: House backs release of Trump whistleblower complaint 421-0 (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-whistleblower-house/house-backs-release-of-trump-whistleblower-complaint-421-0-idUSKBN1WA33Y)

So you might be able to delay the release, but it's not going to go away, not with such bipartisan support.

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[Post 3386]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 09-27-2019 05:06 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:dddp:

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[Post 3387]
Author : Sock Puppet
Date : 09-27-2019 05:10 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I see a lot of complaining about the focus on this one issue. And sure, I'll be pissed if the impeachment inquiry never expands to at least some larger subset of the avalanche of corruption and bullshit this asshole has gotten away with so far. I'm already pissed that it's taken this long to get rolling, when as far as I'm concerned, impeachment should've started on inauguration day.

But fuck it, if this is what finally sticks, I'll take it. Al Capone should've been convicted of way more than tax evasion, but at least it got him locked up.

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[Post 3388]
Author : SR71
Date : 09-27-2019 08:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Is anyone else amazed Trumpleoompah released the transcript and the complaint without court fights?  Would it have been to plain a case for obstruction if he didn't?  Is it resignation?  Has he lost his mind (rhetorical)?  

A cunning plan?  :????:

I think it was this: House backs release of Trump whistleblower complaint 421-0 (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-whistleblower-house/house-backs-release-of-trump-whistleblower-complaint-421-0-idUSKBN1WA33Y)

So you might be able to delay the release, but it's not going to go away, not with such bipartisan support.

Yiminy!  Thanks, I had no idea.  I would never have predicted such a thing.  :eek:

I'm still surprised he released the transcript.  It looks like the vote was on the complaint release following after the transcript was already released.  I'd still like to know what impetus bumped the transcript loose.  Not that it matters much.  Just curious.

While still on the general subject, I tuned in to the Faux inverseiverse and the segment was all about how much trouble Joe Biden is in now.  :laugh:

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[Post 3389]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-27-2019 09:18 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm still surprised he released the transcript.

Yet he still hasn't released his taxes. :examine:

*armchair shrink hat on* Those might reveal he isn't he Tremendous Success he says he is, and that sort of humiliation is cyanide to a narcissist.

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[Post 3390]
Author : Ari
Date : 09-27-2019 09:26 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Given his openness around corruption and how often he plays arm chair expert when a specialty is needed, I will not be surprised if there’s items in some of his taxes that say like, “$500,000 bribe to Russian for building permit. So nice.  Meeting at Trump, that’s me, Towers, top class, $500,000 lunch and golf lessons, total write off.”

Then someone with half a brain looked at it and went “oh oh, no no, thats, oh, my, um, dude, you gotta hide this! Like no one can ever see this!!”

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[Post 3391]
Author : SR71
Date : 09-28-2019 04:10 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

[That the minority is dominant] is largely a function of communication with voters.

If by "communcation" you intend to include stuff like policy choices and also negative coverage from hostile agencies, this is obviously true.  But the more narrowly you focus on the role played by people like Frank Luntz, the less true it is, I think.

Correct me if I am wrong, but I think you have on occasion joined in the davidm chorus of "Hillary lost because she was a shitty choice".  Yet here you are saying it's the communications, stupid!

I get that you find politics frustrating, but if your anger is incoherent it is destructive.

She came with some baggage and her message wasn't really piercing the fog of war.  She was meh.  I was still shocked she lost, but the shock was buffered somewhat by a sinking feeling I was getting whenever Comey opened his big fucking mouth.

I hope the next candidate learned at least one lesson.  If you run for president, it's time to clean house.  All kinds of people are going to be walking through,  looking at everything, snooping around everywhere.  Don't leave your happy sock in the desk drawer.

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[Post 3392]
Author : erimir
Date : 09-28-2019 11:05 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Is anyone else amazed Trumpleoompah released the transcript and the complaint without court fights?  Would it have been to plain a case for obstruction if he didn't?  Is it resignation?  Has he lost his mind (rhetorical)?  

A cunning plan?  :????:
Given the unanimous votes to release the whistleblower complaint, I think it's a combination of:
-him feeling real pressure from GOP members of Congress
-being told it'll probably leak anyway
-and him being stupid enough to think that when someone says "about those military weapons" and you respond with "I want you to do me a favor... go after Biden", nobody can tell that those things are related

Like maybe he thinks it's a secret code in The Godfather and people who aren't criminals can't understand the Don's secret requests.

But the GOP capitulation on the whistleblower complaint almost makes me think they were looking for an excuse to throw him under the bus. Like, the excuse had to be a really good one for them to sell it to their voters, but when it presented itself... Because, yeah, I was a bit surprised at how quickly that stuff was released.

Not saying I expect the Senate to convict him, by any means! But it's making me revise how likely I think it is. You know, from a 4% chance to maybe a 10% chance?

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[Post 3393]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-29-2019 12:03 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">AP reports that AG William Barr was &#8220;surprised and angry&#8221; to discover he had been lumped in with Rudy Giuliani by the president. <a href="https://t.co/wUiF4LCBVu">https://t.co/wUiF4LCBVu</a></p>&mdash; Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) <a href="https://twitter.com/sahilkapur/status/1178039127679344644?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 28, 2019</a></blockquote>
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[Post 3394]
Author : The Man
Date : 09-29-2019 12:26 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">AP reports that AG William Barr was &#8220;surprised and angry&#8221; to discover he had been lumped in with Rudy Giuliani by the president. <a href="https://t.co/wUiF4LCBVu">https://t.co/wUiF4LCBVu</a></p>&mdash; Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) <a href="https://twitter.com/sahilkapur/status/1178039127679344644?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 28, 2019</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">'I never thought leopards would eat MY face,' sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party.</p>&mdash; Adrian Bott (@Cavalorn) <a href="https://twitter.com/Cavalorn/status/654934442549620736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2015</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
An evergreen tweet.

Re: Clinton&#8217;s baggage, at the time most of the primary elections were actually held, her approval rating was fairly high, IIRC. She had something like a 70% approval rating as Secretary of State; even a large number of Republicans liked her. Also, she weathered the Benghazi hearings spectacularly well, and people assumed she was probably scandal-proof after that. It was only after she became the nominee and was subjected to two years of stories about EMAILZ!!!11 that it became clear how vulnerable she actually was.

At the same time I think she was kind of a sui generis case, because the Republicans had some 25+ years to build her into History&#8217;s Greatest Monster. Most of our other potential nominees won&#8217;t have had decades-long smear campaigns against them whilst in the public eye &#8211; it&#8217;s unlikely any of the top five will have the same kind of baggage.

The media also seems to have specifically hated Clinton in a way they don&#8217;t hate most Democratic politicians; davidm is a telling case study here. I don&#8217;t know that they would hate most other Democrats this way. The owners might specifically have reason to fear a Warren candidacy, but she hasn&#8217;t been covered in any way seemingly out of the ordinary; the term &#8220;Clinton Rules&#8221; exists for a reason.

I actually think Sanders is probably the most potentially vulnerable, because I suspect there are aspects of his past that haven&#8217;t been vetted too well, but it&#8217;s difficult to say. At this point I think he&#8217;s an unlikely nominee, anyway; he seems to have a ceiling of support built in amongst the Democratic electorate.

&#8230;but this is pretty off-topic here, given there&#8217;s a 2020 thrad, so I&#8217;ll stop now.

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[Post 3395]
Author : SR71
Date : 09-29-2019 01:09 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://youtu.be/fIDcQ4MeLvQ

lol gwar

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[Post 3396]
Author : erimir
Date : 09-29-2019 03:09 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I do not support Trump (see pinned tweet) but it&#8217;s refreshing to see him break with liberal neoconservative orthodoxy. <a href="https://t.co/XWKoCjKAwY">pic.twitter.com/XWKoCjKAwY</a></p>&mdash; Glem (I Do *NOT* Support Trump) (@GlemGreenwald) <a href="https://twitter.com/GlemGreenwald/status/1177744939242917890?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 28, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Trump's view of things sounds strangely familiar :chin:

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[Post 3397]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-29-2019 05:09 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Legal Experts Say It&#8217;s Unlikely The 62,984,825 People Who Voted For Trump Can Also Be Impeached &#8211; The Out And Abouter (https://outabouter.com/2019/09/25/legal-experts-say-its-unlikely-the-62984825-people-who-voted-for-trump-can-also-be-impeached/)

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[Post 3398]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-29-2019 05:13 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">1. Trump retweets an egg account that has posted three tweets in its entire existence to date.<br>2. An obscure bot account that mocks Trump&#8217;s purported shark hatred scoops up that tweet and modifies it w some sharky stuff.<br>3. Trump, still working his search, RTs the parody tweet. <a href="https://t.co/sCcBERIpIC">pic.twitter.com/sCcBERIpIC</a></p>&mdash; southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) <a href="https://twitter.com/nycsouthpaw/status/1178324962538639361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3399]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-30-2019 05:18 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">You misspelled &quot;Fraud.&quot;<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoForceYourself?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GoForceYourself</a> <a href="https://t.co/ORY6eeyGgj">https://t.co/ORY6eeyGgj</a></p>&mdash; Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) <a href="https://twitter.com/HamillHimself/status/1178394628464070656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3400]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-30-2019 08:16 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.gyazo.com/d0fba802da84eb48b02f8350c177c376.jpg

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[Post 3401]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-01-2019 04:33 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hey guys. I don&#8217;t think the president gets sarcasm. <a href="https://t.co/EkOo20rmKO">pic.twitter.com/EkOo20rmKO</a></p>&mdash; Jason Andrew (@TheBlattreport) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheBlattreport/status/1178873669797470213?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 1, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3402]
Author : SR71
Date : 10-04-2019 12:54 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Any guesses on what Mitch and the gang will do when they vote on impeachment?  My guess is they'll brazen it out.  They'll sit there and vote that nope, they don't see anything wrong at all.  It's fine to ask Russia, China and Ukraine for dirt on your political opponents.

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[Post 3403]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-04-2019 03:26 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Other possibility: In a lot of places he's now reelection poison. GOP has the SCOTUS, their tax cut, other judicial appointments. Throwing him under the bus now and posing as a patriotic hero might work for a number of senators in purple states.

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[Post 3404]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-04-2019 05:16 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Pelosi Sends Letter to Leader McCarthy Reiterating the Critical Importance of the Ongoing Impeachment Inquiry | Speaker Nancy Pelosi (https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/10319)

I received your letter this morning shortly after the world witnessed President Trump on national television asking yet another foreign power to interfere in the upcoming 2020 elections.

https://media.tenor.com/images/572c8636dcbce6c80d3f44a1f63b937d/tenor.gif

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[Post 3405]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-04-2019 08:14 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">What they&#39;re serving for dessert in the Library of Congress cafeteria this week. (This is legit, via <a href="https://twitter.com/KenDilanianNBC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KenDilanianNBC</a>). <a href="https://t.co/vjI7uPAitD">pic.twitter.com/vjI7uPAitD</a></p>&mdash; Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) <a href="https://twitter.com/stevesilberman/status/1179971377375301633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 4, 2019</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3406]
Author : Miisa
Date : 10-04-2019 08:21 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The Finnish president sums up the rest of the world's reaction when Trump - once again - goes into meltdown mode. 

https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/031/363/EF5XXLwWsAEAMtW.jpeg

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[Post 3407]
Author : The Man
Date : 10-04-2019 09:16 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

An instant classic courtesy of The Late Show:

Cookie Monster Spells S-U-B-P-O-E-N-A - YouTube

:cookiemonster:

In case it&#8217;s blocked in your region:

In response to Trump saying Pelosi hands out subpoenas like cookies, Cookie Monster sings a rendition of &#8220;S Is for Subpoena&#8221;:

S is for subpoena; Schiff wants your testimony
U is for Ukraine, do a favor for me
B is for what is &#8220;B&#8221; doing in this word?
P is for Pompeo and the phone call that he heard
O is for oh God, high crimes and misdemeanors
E is for Eric; he can&#8217;t spell &#8220;subpoenas&#8221;
N is for Nixon; we&#8217;ve seen this all before
A is for get your big ass out the door

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[Post 3408]
Author : SR71
Date : 10-04-2019 02:09 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The Finnish president sums up the rest of the world's reaction when Trump - once again - goes into meltdown mode. 

https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/031/363/EF5XXLwWsAEAMtW.jpeg

It's clear he'd prefer to discuss the state of the woodlands raking agenda.

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[Post 3409]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-04-2019 06:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="in" dir="ltr">September 18, 1973. <a href="https://t.co/iQR65peVEB">pic.twitter.com/iQR65peVEB</a></p>&mdash; Jeffrey Vagle (@jvagle) <a href="https://twitter.com/jvagle/status/1180130197586300928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 4, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3410]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-04-2019 10:16 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr">. <a href="https://t.co/JYDBxDwgny">pic.twitter.com/JYDBxDwgny</a></p>&mdash; J&#926;S&#358;&#926;R &#10026; &#916;C&#358;U&#916;L³³º¹ (@th3j35t3r) <a href="https://twitter.com/th3j35t3r/status/1179543056170831874?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3411]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-06-2019 04:25 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Rick Perry under the bus.

http://mrwgifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Point-And-Laugh-Reaction-Gif.gif

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[Post 3412]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-07-2019 03:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

hahahahahaha

Trump told Republicans he doesn't want impeachment on his 'resume': report | TheHill (https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/464589-trump-told-republicans-he-doesnt-want-impeachment-on-his-resume)

The usual autoplay video that feels entitled to your data plan.

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[Post 3413]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-07-2019 06:47 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">As to the status of our Kurdish allies, the Administration has yet to tell the American people what happens to the Kurds - who fought so hard for us - when we leave. <br><br>Is there a plan to protect our allies post withdrawal? <br><br>Need answers now.</p>&mdash; Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) <a href="https://twitter.com/LindseyGrahamSC/status/1076114590407245824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 21, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

:drumroll:

Trump makes way for Turkish operation in Syria - BBC News (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-49956698)

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[Post 3414]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-07-2019 07:41 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Receipt. <a href="https://t.co/tGpVQIYfLx">pic.twitter.com/tGpVQIYfLx</a></p>&mdash; FierceWarriorNStilettos (@InactionNever) <a href="https://twitter.com/InactionNever/status/1180909200727314433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 6, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3415]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-07-2019 07:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">* Ensures ISIS comeback.<br>* Forces Kurds to align with Assad and Iran.<br>* Destroys Turkey&#8217;s relationship with U.S. Congress.<br>* Will be a stain on America&#8217;s honor for abandoning the Kurds.</p>&mdash; Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) <a href="https://twitter.com/LindseyGrahamSC/status/1181181747247140864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 7, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Four hours later.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">No matter what President Trump is saying about his decision, it is EXACTLY what President Obama did in Iraq with even more disastrous consequences for our national security.<br><br>Unlike President Obama, I hope President Trump will reassess and take sound military advice.</p>&mdash; Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) <a href="https://twitter.com/LindseyGrahamSC/status/1181249892527808512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 7, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

:clown:

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[Post 3416]
Author : davidm
Date : 10-07-2019 10:13 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">* Ensures ISIS comeback.<br>* Forces Kurds to align with Assad and Iran.<br>* Destroys Turkey’s relationship with U.S. Congress.<br>* Will be a stain on America’s honor for abandoning the Kurds.</p>&mdash; Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) <a href="https://twitter.com/LindseyGrahamSC/status/1181181747247140864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 7, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Four hours later.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">No matter what President Trump is saying about his decision, it is EXACTLY what President Obama did in Iraq with even more disastrous consequences for our national security.<br><br>Unlike President Obama, I hope President Trump will reassess and take sound military advice.</p>&mdash; Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) <a href="https://twitter.com/LindseyGrahamSC/status/1181249892527808512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 7, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

:clown:

Are there any intellectually competent things you are able to do, other than posting  Tw***er screen grabs? :lol:

Pulling U.S. forces out of Syria? Great! Afghanistan next. This BS has gone on long enough.

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[Post 3417]
Author : Sock Puppet
Date : 10-07-2019 10:32 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Go fuck your hat. :wave:

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[Post 3418]
Author : erimir
Date : 10-07-2019 10:36 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EGTHIWyUwAElgRq?format=jpg&name=large

Very cool and very normal

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EGTHKsAU0AAmKU1?format=jpg&name=large

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[Post 3419]
Author : erimir
Date : 10-07-2019 10:41 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

“Much as I hate to say it, this morning’s hearing was a disaster,” Laurence Tribe, the Harvard law professor who has argued that the House should pursue impeachment, wrote on Twitter. “Far from breathing life into his damning report, the tired Robert Mueller sucked the life out of it. The effort to save democracy and the rule of law from this lawless president has been set back, not advanced.”

Did Peter Baker make up this quote? Or did he just report the facts?

Yes, Peter Baker, a great journalist, just reported the facts.
I don't see what davidm's complaining about. Kamilah is just doing great journalism.

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[Post 3420]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-07-2019 11:39 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/897/718/c5f.gif

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[Post 3421]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-09-2019 02:20 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Betsy DeVos Could Face Jail After Judge Rules She Violated 2018 Order on Student Loans (https://www.newsweek.com/betsy-devos-could-face-jail-after-judge-rules-violated-2018-order-1463764)

¯\_(&#12484;)_/¯

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[Post 3422]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-09-2019 04:52 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Because ratbagging on Graham is fun.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Lindsey Graham explains that a president stonewalling Congressional oversight is an impeachable offense. <a href="https://t.co/tv88AilKUJ">pic.twitter.com/tv88AilKUJ</a></p>&mdash; Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) <a href="https://twitter.com/BillKristol/status/1121822658050572288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 26, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3423]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-12-2019 07:16 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Cool how US forces being pulled out of Syria.

Not fast enough it seems. (https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=12275881)

Found out where they're going to end up.

U.S. says deploying more forces to Saudi Arabia to counter Iran threat (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-aramco-attacks-exclusive-idUSKBN1WQ21Z)

And that the US military is some kinda mercenary org. Wonder if the soldier's passports will be held by their employers much like a Filipina maid.

U.S. says deploying more forces to Saudi Arabia to counter Iran threat (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-aramco-attacks-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-military-to-send-significantly-more-troops-to-saudi-arabia-sources-idUSKBN1WQ21Z)

Of course it's complicated bullshit over there. (https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/12/saudi-arabias-fortunes-in-washington-might-finally-be-fading/578251/)

The future:
America: Hey would you like to enter into a mutually beneficial security arrangement?
Anyone else: Cash up front or HAHAHAHAHAHAno

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[Post 3424]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-12-2019 07:28 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Seems Deutsche Bank might have destroyed their copies of Trump's tax returns.

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[Post 3425]
Author : The Man
Date : 10-12-2019 02:44 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Hello, 911? I'd like to report a murder.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">You wouldn’t know a joke if one raised you. <a href="https://t.co/zUV3MLkmVm">https://t.co/zUV3MLkmVm</a></p>&mdash; Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) <a href="https://twitter.com/KamalaHarris/status/1182826584845234179?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 12, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>I really like her laugh. And of course, DJTJ, a person with no sense of humour and no taste, would dislike her laugh. Sen. Harris has a very pleasant voice and her laugh is no exception.

Also, this:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Elizabeth Warren is now running FB ads with a false statement about Mark Zuckerberg and FB endorsing Trump for president, to draw attention to FB's controversial policy allowing politicians to make false statements in ads. <a href="https://t.co/hulwrb3cc3">https://t.co/hulwrb3cc3</a> <a href="https://t.co/6zsPwXESKR">pic.twitter.com/6zsPwXESKR</a></p>&mdash; Julia Carrie Wong (@juliacarriew) <a href="https://twitter.com/juliacarriew/status/1182803465086464000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 11, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>Which is smart on her part - if F******k refuses to run this ad, they probably open themselves up to a lawsuit or something. She scares the crap out of Zuckerberg for good reason; she's certainly making all the right enemies.

ETA: We need to fire the writers; this is getting too contrived:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Harbath is Facebook’s head of global elections policy. She literally worked for Rudy Giuliani. I can't make this up. <a href="https://t.co/wQ1mf9CCY8">pic.twitter.com/wQ1mf9CCY8</a></p>&mdash; Brandon Friedman (@BFriedmanDC) <a href="https://twitter.com/BFriedmanDC/status/1181929157674049538?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 9, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

ETA: On another note, how's the wall going these days?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">one person was juggling <br><br>I can’t &#65533;&#65533; <a href="https://t.co/zefdqMfuUc">https://t.co/zefdqMfuUc</a></p>&mdash; &#65533;&#65533;Imani Gandy Corn&#65533;&#65533; (@AngryBlackLady) <a href="https://twitter.com/AngryBlackLady/status/1182860764379369472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 12, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>I take it all back; that detail is genius.

https://i.imgur.com/plggpca.gif

And also:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: Trump has gotten his hat handed to him in three separate major court cases today. <a href="https://t.co/Ssk2bvvceU">pic.twitter.com/Ssk2bvvceU</a></p>&mdash; Dan Lavoie (@djlavoie) <a href="https://twitter.com/djlavoie/status/1182721324344582144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 11, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3426]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-13-2019 04:00 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Extremely normal:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump begins his Values Voters Summit speech by blasting &quot;far-left socialists&quot;: &quot;Extreme left-wing radicals, both inside and outside government, are determined to shred our Constitution and eradicate the beliefs we all cherish.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/oNF7FAmiva">pic.twitter.com/oNF7FAmiva</a></p>&mdash; Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) <a href="https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1183162352625164288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 12, 2019</a></blockquote>
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thrad in there if you want it.

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[Post 3427]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-15-2019 06:40 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Jubilant ISIS Prisoners Hail American Liberators (https://www.theonion.com/jubilant-isis-prisoners-hail-american-liberators-1839033474)

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[Post 3428]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-15-2019 07:20 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Normal.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Landing page for the US State Department website as of noon on Monday October 14. <a href="https://t.co/NKWpJvCFzU">pic.twitter.com/NKWpJvCFzU</a></p>&mdash; aderson francois &#55356;&#56813;&#55356;&#56825; 14th Amendment Baby (@abfrancois) <a href="https://twitter.com/abfrancois/status/1183774488820887552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 14, 2019</a></blockquote>
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[Post 3429]
Author : SR71
Date : 10-15-2019 10:56 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Jubilant ISIS Prisoners Hail American Liberators (https://www.theonion.com/jubilant-isis-prisoners-hail-american-liberators-1839033474)

How bizarre.  I can't believe what just happened, happened.  The Republican response doesn't seem to go much beyond acknowledging that a mistake has been made.  I guess they're sending Pence somewhere to try to unfuck it, but I fear this is a futile errand.  We've just lost the best allies we've had in the region.  We just gave them arms and a bit of support, and they did our dirty work quickly and efficiently.  Not only have we lost them, but we've lost them to the likes of Assad and Putin.  

Imagine if a Democrat president had done the exact same thing as Trump.  Oh, the gnashing of teeth and rending of garments there'd have been.

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[Post 3430]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-15-2019 04:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Russia hacked the RNC email as well as the DNC, but didn't release the RNC.

Clowns like Graham spun on a dime from opposed to Trump to full sycophant. It's clear how much he's terrified of losing his seat to a MAGAhat uprising, it's not clear how much kompromat was on that server.

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[Post 3431]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-16-2019 05:32 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Russian mercenaries give video tour of abandoned US base in Northern Syria, laughing at the hasty US retreat, showing unfinished meals on dining tables and heavy military equipment left behind. A Russian propaganda coup. <a href="https://t.co/9WHrmEe1Xc">https://t.co/9WHrmEe1Xc</a></p>&mdash; Jennifer Griffin (@JenGriffinFNC) <a href="https://twitter.com/JenGriffinFNC/status/1184160164758327298?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 15, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

maga

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[Post 3432]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-17-2019 01:09 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">EXCLUSIVE: I have obtained a copy of &#8294;<a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a>&#8297;&#8217;s letter to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Erdogan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Erdogan</a>. &#8294;<a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a>&#8297; warns him to not &#8220;be a tough guy! Don&#8217;t be a fool!&#8221; Says he could destroy Turkey&#8217;s economy if <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Syria?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Syria</a> is not resolved in a humane way. Details tonight at 8pm <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TrishRegan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TrishRegan</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FoxBusiness?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FoxBusiness</a> <a href="https://t.co/9BoSGlbRyt">pic.twitter.com/9BoSGlbRyt</a></p>&mdash; Trish Regan (@trish_regan) <a href="https://twitter.com/trish_regan/status/1184559361638748161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2019</a></blockquote>
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https://i.gyazo.com/8828885e74904efb0ab5ac9060d1be1e.png

http://www.reactiongifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/huh.gif

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[Post 3433]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-17-2019 07:11 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Nervous Nancy's unhinged meltdown! <a href="https://t.co/RDeUI7sfe7">pic.twitter.com/RDeUI7sfe7</a></p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1184597281808498688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2019</a></blockquote>
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AOC text to Pelosi: OH OH NANCY! DO THE GRETA! <3

Pelosi:
https://i.gyazo.com/7636039f993677029002f95db180929a.jpg

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[Post 3434]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-18-2019 06:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://images.plurk.com/5tyV5hvH8IugWSHUouisng.jpg

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[Post 3435]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-20-2019 06:09 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Found the child trafficking ring:

AP: Migrant children may be adopted after parents are deported | TheHill (https://thehill.com/policy/international/americas/410653-ap-migrant-children-may-be-adopted-after-parents-are-deported)

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[Post 3436]
Author : lisarea
Date : 10-20-2019 07:14 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

However, the foster family that Alexa was placed into by Bethany Christian Services, allegedly ignored repeated requests from a variety of institutions, including from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), to return her to Araceli.

It is bizarre how people will get onboard with that comically baroque QAnon crap, while real, verifiable child trafficking is happening right out in the open.

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[Post 3437]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 10-20-2019 08:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yeah but none of those so called real things involve Hillary Clinton so, qpq, ipso de facto, ergo, they don't matter.

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[Post 3438]
Author : SR71
Date : 10-21-2019 03:52 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yeah fer real.  We're gonna need to see that server...  Ukraine.  

:evilmonkey:

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[Post 3439]
Author : Kyuss Apollo
Date : 10-22-2019 05:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">never really understood why people hated clowns until we got one as a president</p>&mdash; Sarah Beattie (@nachosarah) <a href="https://twitter.com/nachosarah/status/1185027028984254466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 18, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3440]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 10-23-2019 06:47 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This shit is amazing, fascinating and scary. I'm probably not as up to date on the whole Ukraine 'quid pro quo' issue as some of you, but this is an interesting summary of Taylor's opening statement to Congress. So if you don't know who Taylor, Sondland and others are, this might interest you as well.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">good evening.<br><br>the president of the united states is in trouble.</p>&mdash; fooler initiative (@metroadlib) <a href="https://twitter.com/metroadlib/status/1186765435196366848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 22, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Also, it's sort of funny in spots 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">--taylor went to mike pompeo and was like, &quot;promise me there ain't gon' be no fuck shit. cause i heard there was fuck shit afoot.&quot;<br>--pompeo was like, &quot;cross my heart, fam. this is a fuck shit free operation. we're in this bitch trying to protect the sanctity of the sovereign</p>&mdash; fooler initiative (@metroadlib) <a href="https://twitter.com/metroadlib/status/1186774969604362240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 22, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

and shows excerpts from the transcript sometimes.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">GORDON NOW SEES HE'S MADE A MISTAKE (WORD, GORDO?!!? WORD?!!?) GORDO SAYS *EVERYTHING* IS CONTINGENT UPON UKRAINE MAKING THE ANNOUNCEMENT THE PRESIDENT WANTS. GORDO SAYS 45 WANTS THE UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT CONFINED TO A *QUOTE* &quot;PUBLIC BOX.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/dcNTGYQOX5">pic.twitter.com/dcNTGYQOX5</a></p>&mdash; fooler initiative (@metroadlib) <a href="https://twitter.com/metroadlib/status/1186806126647693313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 23, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Anyway, I was totally gripped throughout the thread.

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[Post 3441]
Author : Ari
Date : 10-23-2019 11:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Welcome everybody to authoritarian 101, today we will be discussing control, trust and punishment and how authoritarians harm those close to them the most, especially those who disobey their ever changing whim, traitors are punished most severely.

“The Never Trumper Republicans, though on respirators with not many left, are in certain ways worse and more dangerous for our Country than the Do Nothing Democrats.  Watch out for them, They are human scum.” -Trump, The great dictator, in this third year of our True lord and savior.

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[Post 3442]
Author : Kyuss Apollo
Date : 10-24-2019 02:51 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump claims US is building wall in Colorado — 370 miles from Mexico border <a href="https://t.co/ujPlnj1O10">https://t.co/ujPlnj1O10</a></p>&mdash; The Independent (@Independent) <a href="https://twitter.com/Independent/status/1187119579895611393?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 23, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Looking forward to the Sharpie® map revision for this one. :popcorn:

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[Post 3443]
Author : Kyuss Apollo
Date : 10-24-2019 02:58 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:roflcopt:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/fmE0hiPLNB">https://t.co/fmE0hiPLNB</a> <a href="https://t.co/gMzNIcl5Qu">pic.twitter.com/gMzNIcl5Qu</a></p>&mdash; Sen. Patrick Leahy (@SenatorLeahy) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenatorLeahy/status/1187117375008755712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 23, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3444]
Author : JoeP
Date : 10-24-2019 08:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:roflcopt:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/fmE0hiPLNB">https://t.co/fmE0hiPLNB</a> <a href="https://t.co/gMzNIcl5Qu">pic.twitter.com/gMzNIcl5Qu</a></p>&mdash; Sen. Patrick Leahy (@SenatorLeahy) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenatorLeahy/status/1187117375008755712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 23, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

That is brilliant in so many ways.

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[Post 3445]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 10-24-2019 03:05 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Looking forward to the Sharpie® map revision for this one. :popcorn:

The governor's response (https://twitter.com/GovofCO/status/1187124261938319360/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1187124261938319360&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.coloradopols.com%2F) is pretty good.

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[Post 3446]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 10-24-2019 06:33 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Here's (https://www.emptywheel.net/2019/10/23/gop-republicans-stage-brooks-brother-riot-2-0-to-emasculate-their-own-power-of-the-purse/) a list of GOP heroes who participated in yesterday's Brooks Brothers Riot 2.0 in the U.S. House of Representatives.

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[Post 3447]
Author : lisarea
Date : 10-24-2019 08:06 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Here's another possibly overlapping list (https://www.axios.com/house-republicans-scif-impeachment-inquiry-67cf94d5-b2be-4420-ab4c-0582eb1369ef.html) of those who were scheduled as participants but who already had access. Ken Buck is on it, Matlock.

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[Post 3448]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 10-24-2019 08:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ken Buck is on it, Matlock.

:phew:

Oh and that thing about building a wall in Colorado? It was a really clever  joke that all y'all lefty dipshits were too dumb to understand and appreciate.

lol@Colorado's own Marshall Zelinger
 (https://twitter.com/Marshall9News/status/1187236678844309505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1187236678844309505&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.coloradopols.com%2F)

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[Post 3449]
Author : The Man
Date : 10-28-2019 09:13 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ukraine-a-lago implicates a Senator &#8211; and at that, possibly the dumbest man in the Senate, which is saying something.

Sen. Johnson, ally of Trump and Ukraine, surfaces in crucial episodes in the saga &#8211; The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sen-johnson-ally-of-trump-and-ukraine-surfaces-in-crucial-episodes-in-the-saga/2019/10/28/40b9e44c-f684-11e9-8cf0-4cc99f74d127_story.html)

Sen. Ron Johnson met in July with a former Ukrainian diplomat who has circulated unproven claims that Ukrainian officials assisted Hillary Clinton&#8217;s 2016 presidential campaign, a previously unreported contact that underscores the GOP senator&#8217;s involvement in the unfolding narrative that triggered the impeachment inquiry of President Trump.

In an interview this past week, Andrii Telizhenko said he met with Johnson (Wis.) for at least 30 minutes on Capitol Hill and with Senate staff for five additional hours. He said discussions focused in part on &#8220;the DNC issue&#8221; &#8212; a reference to his unsubstantiated claim that the Democratic National Committee worked with the Ukrainian government in 2016 to gather incriminating information about then-Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort. Telizhenko said he could not recall the date of the meeting, but a review of his Facebook page revealed a photo of him and Johnson posted on July 11.

&#8220;I was in Washington, and Sen. Johnson found out I was in D.C., and staff called me and wanted to do a meeting with me. So I reached out back and said, &#8216;Sure, I&#8217;ll come down the Hill and talk to you,&#8217; &#8221; Telizhenko told The Washington Post on Wednesday.

Fry Is Shocked! - YouTube

Perhaps one of our lolyers can edify us with the implications of this, because I&#8217;m still sifting through commentary on it.

Also, ICYMI, the Nationals&#8217; crowd boos the president* and chants &#8220;Lock him up!&#8221;:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump getting booed and enduring chants of &quot;Lock Him Up&quot; at the World Series is exactly the kind of content my heart desires. <br><br>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/wusa9?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@wusa9</a>) <a href="https://t.co/43fmcHiCdO">pic.twitter.com/43fmcHiCdO</a></p>&mdash; Matt Rogers &#55356;&#57241;&#55356;&#57219; (@Politidope) <a href="https://twitter.com/Politidope/status/1188627772786298881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">28 October 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">2/ It&#8217;s like they sandwiched him between folks in uniform so he&#8217;d get some mercy cheers or they&#8217;d bleed over. But people hate Trump too much for that.</p>&mdash; Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) <a href="https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/1188627262352084994?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">28 October 2019</a></blockquote>
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[Post 3450]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 10-28-2019 09:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That [Trump getting "boo"ed by thousands] is the best thing I've seen since … forever, really.  

It's also a testimonial to just how out-of-touch he and his enablers are that it apparently didn't occur to them that this is exactly what you'd expect to happen whenever he appears before the general public outside one of his carefully-staged rallies.

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[Post 3451]
Author : JoeP
Date : 10-28-2019 09:58 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

LOCK HIM UP!
:loud:

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[Post 3452]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 10-28-2019 10:30 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Before we get to that, I feel compelled to remind everyone that we really haven't gotten to the bottom of her emails.

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[Post 3453]
Author : erimir
Date : 10-29-2019 10:17 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

There is no bottom to her emails.

You know if they ever did get and release all of her personal emails, they would just claim there were thousands more secret emails that she's hiding the crimes on.

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[Post 3454]
Author : erimir
Date : 10-29-2019 10:18 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:dddp:

There is no bottom to my double posts either, apparently.

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[Post 3455]
Author : SR71
Date : 11-02-2019 05:21 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Finally, the Stone trial is almost upon us.  He's the one who went about crowing about being a link to WikiLeaks, and then took it all back when it came time to testify.  This could clear up some serious redactions in the Mueller report.  Bannon is supposed to testify in the trial.

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[Post 3456]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-02-2019 04:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:popcorn:

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[Post 3457]
Author : JoeP
Date : 11-02-2019 05:52 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I hear that *rump has moved his residence to Florida. Probably on the previous page. 

I also hear on the interwebs that a primary residence can't be seized for asset forfeiture in the state of Florida. 

Is someone planning for a possible bankruptcy in the near future?

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[Post 3458]
Author : The Man
Date : 11-02-2019 07:44 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A while back, BuzzFeed News filed a Freedom of Information Act request for the interview memos from the Mueller investigation. A judge has ruled in their favour, and according to the article, there will evidently be document releases once a month for at least the next eight years. The first one came out today; it's 500 pages long, and it's a doozy. Here's (https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jasonleopold/mueller-report-secret-memos-1) BuzzFeed's summary article. Key takeaways, in the words of BuzzFeed reporters Jason Leopold, Zoe Tillman, and Ellie Hall, include:

 Rick Gates said the campaign was &#8220;very happy&#8221; when a foreign government helped release the hacked DNC emails


 Paul Manafort was pushing the conspiracy theory that Ukraine hacked the DNC as early as 2016


 Michael Cohen "had to keep Trump out of the messaging related to Russia"


 After the hacked DNC emails Trump told Gates "more leaks were coming"


 Manafort was advising the Trump campaign up until days before the election


 Trump supporter and associate Ted Malloch emailed Bannon before the first debate and said Trump should start by handing Hillary Clinton a "Writ of Indictment."The article has several others &#8211; not to mention a link to the document itself.

Just think: another one of these every month until the election, and beyond.

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[Post 3459]
Author : SR71
Date : 11-03-2019 03:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Weird thing, none of this seems to register with Republicans.  It seems there's nothing that can't be overlooked, dismissed, or accepted when it comes to presidential behavior.

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[Post 3460]
Author : SR71
Date : 11-03-2019 04:01 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/10/ex-trump-national-security-advisor-michael-flynn-sentencing-scheduled.html

Flynn is trying to take back his guilty plea.  He was given time to cooperate before his sentencing.  Given that he now doesn't appear to wish to be sentenced, it would be reasonable to assume there wasn't a great deal of cooperation in the interim.


A federal judge on Tuesday tentatively set Dec. 18 for the criminal sentencing of Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump&#8217;s first national security advisor.
That date is exactly one year after Flynn&#8217;s first sentencing, which was aborted in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., by Judge Emmet Sullivan to give Flynn additional time to complete his agreed-to cooperation with then-special counsel Robert Mueller&#8217;s investigation.

During that hearing, Sullivan had blasted Flynn, saying &#8220;arguably you sold your country out,&#8221; and warned him he might sent Flynn to jail if he did not agree to postpone his sentencing.
Flynn, a retired Army lieutenant general, pleaded guilty in October 2017 to lying to FBI agents about his contact with then-Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak in the weeks leading up to Trump&#8217;s inauguration.
Flynn&#8217;s cooperation with federal prosecutors appears to be finished.

My question would be, did he plead out to avoid a jury trial, or some other reason?  If the former, it seems unlikely he would be innocent of the charges.

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[Post 3461]
Author : SR71
Date : 11-03-2019 04:11 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

His lawyers are also saying he was bullied into admitting lying under oath about something to do with Turkey (https://www.politico.com/news/2019/09/30/michael-flynn-turkey-admissions-014343), who was obviously an agent of, given his article or w/e he published on election day 2016 having to do with sending Solzhenitzyn's buddy Gulen back to Turkey from Pennsylvania.  I swear if you tried to diagram all the weird shit with all of Trump's associates to Russia, Ukraine and Turkey it would be like a freakin' star map or something.

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[Post 3462]
Author : erimir
Date : 11-03-2019 06:45 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Don't forget Israel, the only one of those countries that Watser and friends will immediately believe is involved in conspiracies and has undue influence over Trump the moment a report of sketchy behavior comes out.

For some (((reason))) they're just more believable as part of a shadowy conspiracy :shrug:

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[Post 3463]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 11-03-2019 11:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Weird thing, none of this seems to register with Republicans.  It seems there's nothing that can't be overlooked, dismissed, or accepted when it comes to presidential behavior.

That's the thing.  On Facebook, I'm seeing all kinds of posts from various "friends" about how Trump is the most intelligent, cunning, effective, and above all Christian man to ever inhabit the White House.  According to them, the man is a veritable saint who is incapable of doing wrong -- and the only thing holding him back is all those eeeevil Democrats -- plus a handful of "Republicans" who are actually Democrats in disguise.  [Because, of course, everyone knows that Democrats are Pure Evil.  So some of them try to hide their true colors by calling themselves Republicans.  You can always tell the difference though, because all True Republicans -- in other words, all True Americans -- are loyal supporters of our great and glorious leader.] 


In just the past few days I've seen completely serious* posts about how the country was in an economic depression during Obama's time in office, and that Trump pulled us out of it and created an economic boom.  I've seen posts claiming that during Obama's time in office, violent crime was at an all-time high and you could scarcely leave your house for fear of being robbed, raped, and murdered (not necessarily in that order).  I've seen posts claiming that the Mueller Report not only completely exonerated Trump and Company, but conclusively showed that the Democrats were guilty of treasonous behavior during the 2016 election.  I've seen posts claiming that Hillary really was running a child slavery/prostitution ring and is continuing to do so, and that she'll be arrested any day now for that.  Oh, and did you know that she gave 20% of our uranium to Russia?  And did you know that it was the Democrats who colluded with Russia in 2016 -- and that the talk of impeachment against our saintly and entirely innocent President is fueled entirely by their fury over their inability to use gerrymandering and voter suppression to completely thwart the will of the overwhelming majority of American voters?


Trump has managed to create an astonishing cult of personality, and at this point, I honestly don't think that there's anything he could do or say that would change the opinions of his most ardent followers.  This, despite the fact that Trump scarcely even tries to hide his sociopathy, his corruption, and his sneering contempt for everyone other than the rich (and despots).  And despite the fact that the Republican Party has all but openly declared its motto to be "Make the Rich Richer, and Screw Everybody Else!".  

The irony, of course, is that many of his most ardent followers are precisely the working-class people that Trump and his cronies are screwing over so thoroughly.

*I know; Poe's Law is to be kept in mind.  But based on their past posting history, I'm convinced that most of them are completely sincere when they insist that Trump is the greatest and most holy man since Jesus Christ himself.

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[Post 3464]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 11-03-2019 11:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Jumping Jiminy Cricket on a pogo stick!

In Kentucky, the gubernatorial race is between incumbent Republican and Trump wannabe Matt Bevin and Democratic challenger Andy Beshear.  Some of the campaign ads being aired by the freakin' Democrats can be summarized as:  "Hey, we all agree that Trump is great, but Bevin has been a terrible governor -- so vote for Bevin, even though he is a Democrat."

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[Post 3465]
Author : erimir
Date : 11-04-2019 05:36 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That's the thing.  On Facebook, I'm seeing all kinds of posts from various "friends" about how Trump is the most intelligent, cunning, effective, and above all Christian man to ever inhabit the White House.  According to them, the man is a veritable saint who is incapable of doing wrong -- and the only thing holding him back is all those eeeevil Democrats -- plus a handful of "Republicans" who are actually Democrats in disguise.  [Because, of course, everyone knows that Democrats are Pure Evil.  So some of them try to hide their true colors by calling themselves Republicans.  You can always tell the difference though, because all True Republicans -- in other words, all True Americans -- are loyal supporters of our great and glorious leader.]

In just the past few days I've seen completely serious* posts about how the country was in an economic depression during Obama's time in office, and that Trump pulled us out of it and created an economic boom.  I've seen posts claiming that during Obama's time in office, violent crime was at an all-time high and you could scarcely leave your house for fear of being robbed, raped, and murdered (not necessarily in that order).  I've seen posts claiming that the Mueller Report not only completely exonerated Trump and Company, but conclusively showed that the Democrats were guilty of treasonous behavior during the 2016 election.  I've seen posts claiming that Hillary really was running a child slavery/prostitution ring and is continuing to do so, and that she'll be arrested any day now for that.  Oh, and did you know that she gave 20% of our uranium to Russia?  And did you know that it was the Democrats who colluded with Russia in 2016[?]
From here (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lie#Types):
A blue lie is assessd by some as between a white lie and a black lie; as such, it is simultaneously an example of pro-social and anti-social behavior. A blue lie is intended to help one's group, thus pro-social; but it does so by damaging others through deceit, thus anti-social. The color blue is said to be a reference to its purported use by police.
I think quite a few of the people saying things you find astonishing because they're so at odds with reality are just engaging in this.

A lot of them know those are lies, but they're saying them because it helps their side. It gives them cover to do what they want, it muddies the waters about their true motivations, it lets them get indignant if you point out the truth or what their true motivations are ("I'm not a racist! I told you it's because crime was so bad under Obama. Are you calling me a liar?! How dare you!"), and the hope is that it does convince some of the fools who don't know it's just what Republicans are supposed to say, not what they actually believe, etc. And there are plenty of those fools, especially in the both-sides/centrist pundit media (the right-wing media, of course, is almost completely knowing liars).

It's not hard to see examples of this that are pretty hard to interpret as anything else. How else do you make sense of the Tea Party and the Congressional GOP under Obama, claiming to be more concerned about the deficit and the debt than anything else? When Bush was president, he blew up the debt, yet there was no Tea Party movement as a result, only under Obama. Now Trump is president, and he doesn't even have the excuse of "needing" to start a big war like Bush (because 9/11 GWOT orange alert!) or the need for economic stimulus. Somehow the economy is doing great but he's increasing the deficit by massive amounts for no particular reason. And do any of them care now? No.

Because they never did. And many of them, both the politicians AND the voters, knew it was a pile of bullshit the whole time. People don't like you to blame the voters, but there's no other interpretation than that Republican voters are also liars.

And yes, some Democrats engage in the same behavior. But the polls show that while Democrats' opinions of things swings somewhat depending on who's in office, there's no comparison - Republicans turn on a dime and Democrats don't. Because what Republican voters say they care about - a lot of the time - they're lying.

Because most of them are not going to come out and say they're motivated by racism or sexism or the like. They know they gotta tell the blue lie to help the team.

And with "owning the libs" now being a central motivation, the fact that it makes you exasperated is the fucking cherry on top. Because it's even more fun for them to know that you see through the idiotic logic... but you can't do anything about it.

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[Post 3466]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-04-2019 04:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Corsi, lawsuit, one beeeeeellion dollars.

https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.202269/gov.uscourts.dcd.202269.60.0.pdf

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[Post 3467]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 11-04-2019 04:48 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

California fires: Trump threatens to pull federal aid - BBC News (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50284656)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">..Every year, as the fire&#8217;s rage &amp; California burns, it is the same thing-and then he comes to the Federal Government for $$$ help. No more. Get your act together Governor. You don&#8217;t see close to the level of burn in other states...But our teams are working well together in.....</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1190995035703185408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 3, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3468]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 11-13-2019 01:53 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
:drunk4:

It&#39;s Impeachment Hearing Eve! - YouTube

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[Post 3469]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-13-2019 02:11 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">To an abusive person, report of the offense is considered the offense. <a href="https://t.co/hKs6P0xsKZ">https://t.co/hKs6P0xsKZ</a></p>&mdash; A.R. Moxon (@JuliusGoat) <a href="https://twitter.com/JuliusGoat/status/1194608340044861445?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 13, 2019</a></blockquote>
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[Post 3470]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-15-2019 01:24 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Every author I know is gonna see the little dagger next to junior&#39;s name and know exactly what it means<br><br>(Means there were massive bulk orders, and yes people have done that to buy up a slot on the list) <a href="https://t.co/7zJmTQhiFO">https://t.co/7zJmTQhiFO</a></p>&mdash; Elizabeth May (@_ElizabethMay) <a href="https://twitter.com/_ElizabethMay/status/1194741662179827715?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 13, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

:examine:

https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/methodology/

 Sales are defined as completed transactions by vendors and individual end users during the period on or after the official publication date of a title. Institutional, special interest, group or bulk purchases, if and when they are included, are at the discretion of The New York Times Best-Seller List Desk editors based on standards for inclusion that encompass proprietary vetting and audit protocols, corroborative reporting and other statistical determinations. When included, such bulk purchases appear with a dagger (†).

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“Contribute $50 or more TODAY to claim your HAND-SIGNED copy of my new book TRIGGERED. &gt;&gt;<br> <br>(Graphic)<br><br>CONTRIBUTE $250 <br> <br>CONTRIBUTE $100 <br> <br>CONTRIBUTE $75 <br> <br>CONTRIBUTE $50 <br><br>CONTRIBUTE ANY AMOUNT”</p>&mdash; Trump Fundraising Emails (@TrumpEmail) <a href="https://twitter.com/TrumpEmail/status/1191887043149869058?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 6, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

:grift:

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[Post 3471]
Author : SR71
Date : 11-15-2019 03:41 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The jury has the Stone case.  There are seven counts and so far the jury asked for clarification on one charge, whatever may be read into that.

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[Post 3472]
Author : SR71
Date : 11-15-2019 05:04 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Guilty on all seven counts!

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[Post 3473]
Author : SR71
Date : 11-15-2019 06:16 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

lol that republican counsel guy.

In his opening remarks to Yovanovitch he was whining about the chamber being turned into a television studio.  Wasn't it just like a week ago republicans were complaining about closed doors and lack of transparency, like a Soviet Style putsch or some shit?  Didn't they storm into the closed door hearing in a secure facility in demonstration?  Wasn't that during the very time Yovanovitch was testifying?  Fucking asshat. :asshat:

correction;  It was Laura Cooper's testimony the republicans interrupted, not Yovanavitch's.

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[Post 3474]
Author : Ari
Date : 11-15-2019 09:14 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://www.snopes.com/tachyon/2019/01/stone-for-prison.jpg
(Snopes verified)

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[Post 3475]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 11-15-2019 09:50 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

lol that republican counsel guy.

As seen somewhere on the Internet yesterday, how awesome is it that the guy who's suing an imaginary cow is not the biggest GOP clown act in the impeachment inquiry.

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[Post 3476]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-15-2019 11:44 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

lol that republican counsel guy.

As seen somewhere on the Internet yesterday, how awesome is it that the guy who's suing an imaginary cow is not the biggest GOP clown act in the impeachment inquiry.



<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I think it's an exaggeration to say it's &quot;standard playbook,&quot; but the Chewbacca Defense is certainly something that some lawyers use.</p>&mdash; NotOutlandishHat (@Popehat) <a href="https://twitter.com/Popehat/status/1194681098128654336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 13, 2019</a></blockquote>
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[Post 3477]
Author : The Man
Date : 11-17-2019 11:27 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I am reading a lot of tweets about Trump going to Walter Reed hospital. Everyone should stop for one moment and consider that he has a family. If something is wrong, if he&#39;s actually sick, we should all join together and pray it&#39;s contagious.</p>&mdash; Country First USAF Vet (@USAirForce92) <a href="https://twitter.com/USAirForce92/status/1195831494842998785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 16, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3478]
Author : SR71
Date : 11-17-2019 06:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump hikes prices tag for US forces in Korea almost 400% as Seoul fumes, frets  - CNNPolitics (https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/14/politics/trump-south-korea-troops-price-hike/index.html)

Here's a story that's not getting much exposure, but like wow man, it fits right in with the pattern of the Dump's ill treatment of our strategic military allies while giving a boost to their antagonists. 

So Dump elevates NK's dictator with negotiations, makes concessions for little or nothing in return, then turns around and puts the bite on the RoK by demanding 500% more to host our military in their country.  Not seen in the western press, the RoK was hit by a large number of powerful typhoons and tropical storms this year, suffering extensive flooding and wind damage.  Way to kick 'em when they're down, Dump.  

Much the same for Japan, except he only wants 400% more from Japan.  

All this while China is hitting the boiling point in Hong Kong.

I can't believe the Republicans just take it without batting an eye.

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[Post 3479]
Author : JoeP
Date : 11-18-2019 09:42 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/fHb2emO.png

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[Post 3480]
Author : The Man
Date : 11-20-2019 09:26 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/fHb2emO.png

If they really wanted to invoke Trump, they should've added an extra "Sad!" at the end for maximum verisimilitude.

Anyway:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"> <a href="https://t.co/hYY8s5n6gH">pic.twitter.com/hYY8s5n6gH</a></p>&mdash; Jim Swift (@JimSwiftDC) <a href="https://twitter.com/JimSwiftDC/status/1197188081906061318?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 20, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3481]
Author : SR71
Date : 11-20-2019 11:49 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Watching that Jordan guy bully and cajole witnesses into validating points that sound like exculpation but are really misleading or just plain irrelevant has been really irritating for me.  In part, it's because there's a fair portion of citizens that respond favorably to that kind of thing, and in part, because Democrats haven't mustered anyone to match his righteous tone, even though the case against Dump is sound. Finally, this Maloney guy shows some fire. I hate to say it, but isn't showmanship an important component of getting public support in this type of thing?  I think Democrats sometimes forget that to their own detriment.  You can't just assume that everyone is analytical and objective.  Some people make the judgement more on the sentiment than on the facts.

Happy face sticker for Maloney.  :)

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[Post 3482]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 11-21-2019 05:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The cult-like mentality of Trump's most loyal followers almost defies belief.  For those with an Authoritarian mindset, it truly seems that there's literally nothing their "Dear Leader" can do which will shake their faith in him -- so long as he maintains that "strong leader" image and continues to punish those people whom they dislike for whatever reason.  And the more unreasoning and the more cruel the "punishment," the better.

So I've been watching in growing horror how many of my Facebook "friends" have been responding to news that Trump raised millions of dollars for veterans and then basically pocketed it.  The responses fall into one of two camps:  a.) "You can't make me believe it" or b.) "Hey, I don't care if he did it or not; Trump is the greatest thing to happen to this country in forever; he can do exactly as he pleases and I'm absolutely fine with it."

Then, of course, they launch into a screed about how it has been "proved" that Hillary Clinton personally sold arms to ISIS, is still running a child pornography ring, and has personally ordered the murders of several people who threatened to "tell the truth" about her and her wicked ways.  Oh, and don't all you Liberal Scum remember how the country was in an economic depression during all of Obama's time in office -- and how Trump displayed his incredible acumen to almost immediately turn things around once he got into office, and is thus single-handedly responsible for the fact that every single "real American" is now employed with their dream job and is living the dream life?


So long as it glorifies Trump and demonizes anyone who opposes him, there is no lie so blatantly false that they will question it for even a second.  

And as horrifying as it is to contemplate, I think that it literally is true that Trump could rape and murder someone on live television -- and that a good 30% or more of the country would cheer him on.  These are terrifying times we live in.

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[Post 3483]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 11-21-2019 07:16 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I think it was Amanda Marcotte on Twitter that pointed out that Trump probably doesn't give 2 shits about whether or not Hunter Biden is guilty of anything, he just wanted Zelensky to announce an investigation so he and his campaign could spin conspiracy theories around it.

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[Post 3484]
Author : erimir
Date : 11-21-2019 09:46 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Gordon Sondland testified: "He had to announce the investigations, he didn&#8217;t have to actually do it as I understand it."

So aside from that obviously making sense - Trump obviously isn't bothered by corruption, and to the extent that he is, it's just that the Don should be getting a cut - we have testimony to that effect.

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[Post 3485]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-22-2019 01:22 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Apropos of nothing: Marino Faliero - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marino_Faliero)

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[Post 3486]
Author : SR71
Date : 11-23-2019 12:15 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Wow, a whole hairball was spit up by the impeachment kitty overnight. 

DoS had to release doc's per court order in re FOIA from some watchdog group.  Posted on their site.  Involves Pompeo and Giuliani.

Lev Parnus (sp?), charged after being caught trying to flea an indictment, is willing to cooperate against Giuliani.

Nunez went to Vienna (?) to meet with Parnus about something.  

I'm sure we'll catch the correct details soon.  Just a heads up to catch the news, it's better than cartoons this morning.

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[Post 3487]
Author : Stormlight
Date : 11-25-2019 10:46 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The best people.

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[Post 3488]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-03-2019 09:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Macron's Toddler Psychology Trick Makes Trump Endorse NATO (http://nymag.com/intelligencer/amp/2019/12/macrons-toddler-psychology-trick-makes-trump-endorse-nato.html)

Trump himself has called NATO “obsolete,” openly questioned whether the U.S. would come to the defense of allies under attack (the very foundation of the alliance), and privately told aides on several occasions last year he wants to withdraw from the alliance. But the notion that somebody else would question NATO, and blame its demise on Trump, has enraged him.

And now Trump is lashing out at Macron. “NATO serves a great purpose,” he declared today. “And I hear that President Macron said NATO is ‘brain dead.’ I think that’s very insulting to a lot of different forces … When you make a statement like that, that is a very, very nasty statement to 28 — including them — 28 countries.”

Manipulating children into doing what you want by pretending to demand they do the opposite thing is a trick most parents learn to use. It usually stops working around the age of 5.

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[Post 3489]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-05-2019 06:39 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Aged well: Coping with Chaos in the White House (https://medium.com/@nziehl/coping-with-chaos-in-the-white-house-697fa2ca3ddf)

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[Post 3490]
Author : SR71
Date : 12-05-2019 03:29 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The gaslighting part of that is what I came to post about.  I've noticed several times Republican talking head surrogates on the news and also Congressmen in the hearings claim that the Zhelensky/Trump call summary doesn't mention Biden.  Nobody ever called them on it, even though the call summary certainly does mention Biden(s) (p.4) (https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Unclassified09.2019.pdf).  I find that very weird.  Even I knew it did just from seeing the summary on the news a couple of times.

Also,  at the bottom of p.4 you see Zhelinsky currying Dump, repeating what Dump says and mentioning that he stayed at a Dump hotel.  That was also addressed in the article above, make the NPD feel great about himself so you can get what you want from him.  It's been said this aspect of NPD is what made him exceptionally vulnerable to Putin's manipulations.

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[Post 3491]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-07-2019 05:43 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ahem... <a href="https://t.co/776pXrTllf">pic.twitter.com/776pXrTllf</a></p>&mdash; Translate Trump (@TranslateRealDT) <a href="https://twitter.com/TranslateRealDT/status/1203108125433307136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 7, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3492]
Author : SR71
Date : 12-07-2019 04:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Supreme Court halts subpoena to Deutsche Bank for Trump records (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/supreme-court-halts-subpoena-to-deutsche-bank-for-trump-records/ar-BBXSugF)

Trump really doesn't want anyone to see these Deutsche bank records.

Former Deutsche Bank Exec Connected to Trump Loans Dies by Suicide in Malibu (https://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/deutsche-bank-death/)

Apparently that guy didn't either.

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[Post 3493]
Author : SR71
Date : 12-09-2019 03:08 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Tomorrow we get the real scoop on this, about the origin of the FBI investigation into Dump campaign asshattery (https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/12/5/20996935/russia-investigation-inspector-general-john-durham-mifsud).   Assuming the announced conclusion is that the investigation was richly deserved, please read this Wonkette arcticle, because it is teh extremeleh funneh.  :D

Who's Bill Barr Gotta Blow To Get Some Made-Up Conspiracy Theories About Russia Investigation For Donald Trump?  (https://www.wonkette.com/bill-barrs-terrible-horrible-no-good-very-bad-week-gets-terribler-horribler-no-gooder-very-badder)

Coming IG Report Doesn't Indict FBI For Treason And Bill Barr Is Having A Sh********tfittttt  (https://www.wonkette.com/bill-barr-having-poopy-tantrums-about-upcoming-ig-report-everybody-point-and-laugh-at-bill-barr)

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[Post 3494]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-10-2019 03:54 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This guy, but it got me thinking:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Democrats stealing Trump’s thunder to hail their own negotiating on the USMCA deal is pretty comical.<br><br>That may rankle Trump as much as the announced articles of impeachment.</p>&mdash; The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) <a href="https://twitter.com/HoarseWisperer/status/1204420672518262784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 10, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Maybe rename it CAMUS given the absurdity of the last four years.

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[Post 3495]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-10-2019 10:44 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">You&#39;ve made Trump a supervillain and depicted him in the scene where his plan to kill everyone in the universe falls apart due to his arrogance and incompetence. <a href="https://t.co/2B7KdvI7Y8">pic.twitter.com/2B7KdvI7Y8</a></p>&mdash; Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) <a href="https://twitter.com/KevinMKruse/status/1204511404306391041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 10, 2019</a></blockquote>
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[Post 3496]
Author : The Man
Date : 12-11-2019 12:05 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Oh hey, Thanos&#8217; creator Jim Starlin has responded (https://screenrant.com/donald-trump-thanos-tweet-creator-responds/) (spoiler tagged because there are, in fact, Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame spoilers):

Jim Starlin, creator of Thanos, took exception to the tweet and didn't mince words in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/thanos-creator-feels-violated-trump-campaigns-avengers-ad-1261553). Starlin, like many others replying to the tweet, was most struck by the comparison to a believer in genocide on a universal scale:

After my initial feeling of being violated, seeing that pompous fool using my creation to stroke his infantile ego, it finally struck me that the leader of my country and the free world actually enjoys comparing himself to a mass murderer. How sick is that? These are sad and strange times we are going through. Fortunately all things, even national nightmares, eventually come to an end.

Choosing this specific Thanos clip was an odd choice by the Trump account. The Thanos snap inspired memes (https://www.cbr.com/thanos-memes-vicious-snap/) by the hundreds, so there were certainly more fitting -- the scene being referenced sees Thanos try and fail to snap the Avengers out of existence, only to be defeated himself. Thanos' plan falls apart because of his arrogance, getting defeated and snapped out of existence later in the film. It appears the account mixed up the Thanos clip, as a more appropriate scene might be Thanos successfully snapping half the world to dust in Avengers: Infinity War. Still, the implication of tying yourself to one of the murderous villains in all of comics and the MCU is, as Starlin points out, a bizarre choice. Thanos has done some awful, awful things. (https://screenrant.com/avengers-worst-things-thanos-has-done-in-the-mcu/)
(&#8230;fixed link; that&#8217;s what I get for posting at 7 am)

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[Post 3497]
Author : X-SOLDIER
Date : 12-11-2019 05:24 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Jon Cooper, on Twitter: "As Trump plans to sign an executive order classifying Judaism as a race or nationality, remember that in Hitler's first written comment in 1919 on the so-called Jewish Question, he likewise defined the Jews as a race and not a religious community." (https://twitter.com/joncoopertweets/status/1204743480683220995)

So... while the disturbing fascist and nazi party parallels have never been something new to this presidency, this seems exceptionally well beyond incredibly problematic: Trump administration, citing anti-Semitism on college campuses, to interpret Judaism as a nationality - CNNPolitics (https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/10/politics/trump-order-judaism-nationality/index.html)



X :cool:

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[Post 3498]
Author : The Man
Date : 12-11-2019 07:14 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The actual executive order leaked today. I haven&#8217;t had time to read it, but in point of fact, according to Slate, it does no such thing (https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/12/trump-antisemitism-executive-order-israel-judaism.html). All of this analysis is based on inaccurate reporting by the Fuck the Fucking New York Times (and particularly, two of their worst reporters, Peter Baker and Maggie Haberman) that completely misrepresents the content of the executive order, which still seems bad and unnecessary, but does not redefine Judaism as a race or ethnicity, and isn&#8217;t even likely to have much impact on the pro-Palestinian movement. As usual, the Times updated their story without any acknowledgement of their error, or even that the story had been updated, which is horrible journalistic practice in and of itself.

Adam Silverman has more here (https://www.balloon-juice.com/2019/12/11/marking-beliefs-to-market-my-post-last-night-was-wrong-because-the-reporting-it-was-based-on-was-factually-incorrect/).

(This could also go in the &#8220;Why the Mainstream Media Sucks&#8221; thread, but people are already talking about it here, so.)

Also, hi X! Not seen you in a while.

ETA: Also, Newsdiffs (http://newsdiffs.org/) keeps track of revisions to FTFNYT stories, since the Times itself doesn&#8217;t. Might be worth a bookmark. (They also track Politico, the Washington Post, CNN, and the BBC.)

(&#8230;also, too, fixed a couple of typos &#8211; ugh. Apparently I need a copyeditor! It seems spending so much time at my job proofreading others has made me sloppier with my own writing. Or maybe I&#8217;m just tired)

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[Post 3499]
Author : erimir
Date : 12-11-2019 09:04 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if it later came out that the media reports were accurate, but the White House backtracked and leaked an updated version to make it seem like it was the media that fucked up.

Or alternatively, that they intentionally leaked the worse idea in order to make the media look foolish.

The thorough dishonesty of the Trump administration makes it hard to ever take their side, even if something actually was unfair to them, because without harder evidence you can't be sure you're not being played for a chump. It makes me feel like a conspiracy theorist, even though we know they've done things like this.

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[Post 3500]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 12-11-2019 11:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The best quote regarding the "Trump snap" I've seen:  "Thanos is an abnormally large and misshapen villain, with an unnatural skin tone, a dangerously huge and fragile ego, and a fetish for genocide, who tortures his younger daughter because he doesn't like her as much as his older one. No wonder this seems like perfect casting."

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[Post 3501]
Author : JoeP
Date : 12-12-2019 04:52 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

(…also, too, fixed a couple of typos – ugh. Apparently I need a copyeditor! It seems spending so much time at my job proofreading others has made me sloppier with my own writing. Or maybe I’m just tired)

:ohnoes:

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[Post 3502]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-12-2019 05:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'll put this mini Trump here:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CPC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CPC</a> sources tell Global News that members of the Conservative Fund are outraged and demanded Scheer&#39;s resignation when they found out party money was being spent on private schooling. Sources say the expenditures were made without the knowledge or approval of the Fund <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/cdnpoli?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#cdnpoli</a></p>&mdash; Mercedes Stephenson (@MercedesGlobal) <a href="https://twitter.com/MercedesGlobal/status/1205168547577643011?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 12, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

https://i.imgflip.com/3j95wo.jpg

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[Post 3503]
Author : The Man
Date : 12-12-2019 06:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

How quaint. Your leaders still sometimes face consequences when they do something corrupt. Even if it's just "Sorry we got caught", that's still better than "Yeah, we did it. What are you going to do about it?" or "We didn't do it; who are you going to believe, us or your lying eyes?"

There's some pretty messed up aspects to Canadian politics, but you've got a long time before you're anywhere near our level of dysfunction, is what I'm saying.

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[Post 3504]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-12-2019 08:30 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

There's even a mechanism for handling corrupt senators.

https://i.gyazo.com/d608b9f6cea08234d822658e3284b35b.jpg

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[Post 3505]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-12-2019 09:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Okay, I've had some time to think of a reasonable response.

Remember this guy?

It is always, always, ALWAYS projection with these motherfuckers.

Holy shit, Andrew Sheer is right off that playbook. 

Scheer spends his career lambasting various appointees or politicians for their dual citizenships.
During the election run up it's revealed Scheer has dual Can-US citizenship.
"No one asked." <-- lol the hubris

Scheer claims to have been an insurance agent.
Revealed he never had such a license.

Scheer points at Trudeau having two nannies for his kids on the public dime.
Scheer was milking the CPC for his kid's private school.

Why isn't he going down in a storm of ragetweets? Because Andrew Scheer is a limp noodle. So bad I'm tempted to add his picture to the Urban Dictionary definition of Beta Cuck.

The candidate who lost the party nomination to Scheer is a Maxime Bernier. Now HIM I could see going down in a rage tweet express right out of the Evil Overlord list of things not to do. When Bernier lost the nomination, he quit the party and formed his own. And promptly lost his own seat in Parliament.

So yeah, sure, consequences. Still the same energy in the world's fucked up conservative parties, and a lesson for all other democracies to beware.

eta: since I can't resist, from the r/Canada
https://i.gyazo.com/4d3eb295734be32fee1736277d626290.png

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[Post 3506]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-14-2019 07:27 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">*chef&#39;s kiss* <a href="https://t.co/DoNAoDpwJM">pic.twitter.com/DoNAoDpwJM</a></p>&mdash; Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) <a href="https://twitter.com/MattGertz/status/1204384616985038849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 10, 2019</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

https://i.gyazo.com/f9580930c2dd844cf307b01586c8597b.jpg

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[Post 3507]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-14-2019 05:06 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Dafuq.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">When it comes to keeping his promises, there&#39;s only one Person Of The Year:<br> <br>&#9989;Booming Economy<br>&#9989;Record Job Creation<br>&#9989;Historic Tax Cuts<br>&#9989;<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AmericaFirst?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AmericaFirst</a> Trade Deals<br>&#9989;ISIS Destroyed<br>&#9989;Building the Wall<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TIMEPOY?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TIMEPOY</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PromisesMadePromisesKept?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PromisesMadePromisesKept</a> <a href="https://t.co/bEt9yqInqY">pic.twitter.com/bEt9yqInqY</a></p>&mdash; Trump War Room (Text TRUMP to 88022) (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href="https://twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1205156430879379460?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 12, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3508]
Author : Ari
Date : 12-14-2019 05:38 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It’s fine, our president is stable and certainly didn’t have a tantrum over Time Person of the year, causing his staff to fake a cover to appease their dictator. Meanwhile Trump is winning so much he even has time to tweet insults at children. 

And this is the man traitor Mitch has declared loyalty too.

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[Post 3509]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-17-2019 06:20 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Thrad

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">From the first stirrings of life beneath water... to the great beasts of the Stone Age... to man taking his first upright steps, you have come far. Now begins your greatest quest: from this early cradle of civilization on towards the stars.</p>&mdash; Patrick Nonwhite (@NonWhiteHat) <a href="https://twitter.com/NonWhiteHat/status/1206968537442590720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 17, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3510]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-17-2019 06:32 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This scam bot seems to have it's wires crossed.

https://images.plurk.com/4M7VRXQcpvgXI8ElR5KGjM.png

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[Post 3511]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-18-2019 12:50 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.gyazo.com/c8df29e6295fa849aef9ac8876bd3949.jpg

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[Post 3512]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 12-19-2019 03:48 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/pnNMAFJEiK">pic.twitter.com/pnNMAFJEiK</a></p>&mdash; Susan Fraser &#10084;&#65039; &#127464;&#127462; (@SusanFr89425048) <a href="https://twitter.com/SusanFr89425048/status/1207688475153055746?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3513]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-19-2019 09:16 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

How Trump Is Criminalizing Homelessness - CityLab  (https://www.citylab.com/equity/2019/12/trump-policy-homeless-executive-order-city-services-shelters/603670/)

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[Post 3514]
Author : SR71
Date : 12-20-2019 01:33 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

There was a recent article about how whiny Dump is, but I forget where I read it. The remarkable thing in it was easily found though (https://www.cnn.com/2015/08/11/politics/donald-trump-refutes-third-party-run-report/index.html).  He told us flat out how whiny he was.  

It is truly facking unglaublich to me that Republicans respond favorably to that.  I always thought of them as these unforgiving hardasses who think of complaining as weakness, but they love this guy.  It seems like he splits his time about evenly between talking smack and sniveling and slinging snot.

"I do whine because I want to win and I'm not happy about not winning and I am a whiner and I keep whining and whining until I win," Trump told CNN's Chris Cuomo on Tuesday.
- Donald Dump, August 11, 2015

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[Post 3515]
Author : erimir
Date : 12-20-2019 04:09 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yeah, but consider: would someone who quickly jumps to "I want to speak to your manager" be more likely to vote for Trump or a Democrat?

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[Post 3516]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-20-2019 04:32 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump Should Be Removed from Office | Christianity Today (https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2019/december-web-only/trump-should-be-removed-from-office.html)

Can we say with a straight face that abortion is a great evil that cannot be tolerated and, with the same straight face, say that the bent and broken character of our nation’s leader doesn’t really matter in the end?

huh

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[Post 3517]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-20-2019 05:10 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ah. The call is on for Pence.

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[Post 3518]
Author : SR71
Date : 12-20-2019 06:06 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yeah, but consider: would someone who quickly jumps to "I want to speak to your manager" be more likely to vote for Trump or a Democrat?

Dig. :yup:

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[Post 3519]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-21-2019 02:52 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Whoever selected this image for this is a genius and I still want to kick their ass for being an idiot.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The editor in chief of the evangelical magazine Christianity Today, Mark Galli, has called for President Trump&#39;s removal in an op-ed. <br><br>He said Trump&#39;s Twitter feed is &quot;a near perfect example of a human being who is morally lost and confused.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/kPBzj1IDlS">https://t.co/kPBzj1IDlS</a></p>&mdash; NPR Politics (@nprpolitics) <a href="https://twitter.com/nprpolitics/status/1208172740072681474?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 20, 2019</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3520]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-26-2019 05:35 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

U.S. has 'no right' to Syrian oil, adviser to President Assad says

Bouthaina Shaaban was referring to President Donald Trump&#8217;s declaration earlier this year that the U.S. would &#8220;keep&#8221; Syrian oil.
 (https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/u-s-has-no-right-syrian-oil-adviser-president-assad-n1106846)

Ready to send troops back to Syria, y'all?

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[Post 3521]
Author : erimir
Date : 01-03-2020 03:45 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">In order to get elected, <a href="https://twitter.com/BarackObama?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BarackObama</a> will start a war with Iran.</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/141604554855825408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 29, 2011</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

So Trump drone-bombed perhaps Iran's top military leader. Analysts on the internet are saying this is equivalent to Iran assassinating the head of the CIA, or the Secretary of State or Defense. My Iranian friend says he's equivalent to the head of the Pentagon.

2020 already off to a roaring start in case you thought we were gonna get a break.

And a hearty "fuck you" to anyone who said Trump was a non-interventionist/dove, doesn't go looking for dragons, we can't have Killary, yada yada. And an extra-special "fuck you" to those who said that it's better we have him than Hillary because she would totally start a war with Iran (blowing up Obama's signature foreign policy achievement because she's just so bloodthirsty).

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[Post 3522]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-03-2020 04:25 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Bonus: 

Blagojevich: House Democrats Would've Impeached Lincoln, Too (https://www.snopes.com/ap/2020/01/02/blagojevich-house-democrats-wouldve-impeached-lincoln-too/)

Trump has said he&#8217;s considering a commutation for Blagojevich, who was convicted of trying to trade former President Barack Obama&#8217;s Senate seat for campaign money. He also tried to shake down executives from a children&#8217;s hospital and within the horse racing industry for campaign contributions.

Blagojevich, who entered federal prison in 2012, has formally applied for a commutation, and his wife has lobbied hard on his behalf. His relationship with the president dates to 2009 when he was contestant on Trump&#8217;s TV show, &#8220;The Celebrity Apprentice.&#8221;

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[Post 3523]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-07-2020 02:57 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Jim Bakker declares that supporting Trump &quot;is a test [of] whether you are even saved.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/Lay3BNfihc">pic.twitter.com/Lay3BNfihc</a></p>&mdash; Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) <a href="https://twitter.com/RightWingWatch/status/1214246794005221378?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 6, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3524]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-07-2020 05:28 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Interesting observation.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">going to be thinking about this quote from steve schmidt about lindsey graham for awhile in this rolling stone piece by <a href="https://twitter.com/markbinelli?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@markbinelli</a><a href="https://t.co/uhM3nEjuaX">https://t.co/uhM3nEjuaX</a> <a href="https://t.co/60lCI8P8Yr">pic.twitter.com/60lCI8P8Yr</a></p>&mdash; Sopan Deb (@SopanDeb) <a href="https://twitter.com/SopanDeb/status/1214400194147696640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 7, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3525]
Author : Sock Puppet
Date : 01-07-2020 07:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Lindsey can even kowtow to his current shark while paying homage to his former one, by reviving that hilarious-and-not-at-all-dogshit-stupid "Bomb Iran" bit! :strangelove:

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[Post 3526]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-07-2020 11:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;Gaddafi&#39;s Bedouin tent in the grounds of an estate owned by Donald Trump complete with communications tent with satellite dishes.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/g4Q2Goe8UV">https://t.co/g4Q2Goe8UV</a></p>&mdash; Arjang (@arjangch) <a href="https://twitter.com/arjangch/status/1214348331163561984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 7, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3527]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-09-2020 07:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Some guy posits when Trump thought Mericuh was last Great:

Thrad

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">When <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a> says &quot;Make America Great Again&quot; a lot of people wonder what he&#39;s talking about. But using my detective skills and looking through history, I believe I&#39;ve finally narrowed down the exact day Donald Trump thinks America was &quot;great.&quot;</p>&mdash; michaelharriot (@michaelharriot) <a href="https://twitter.com/michaelharriot/status/1214794629071196160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 8, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3528]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-10-2020 10:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This could not be a more accurate depiction... <a href="https://twitter.com/GodlessEngineer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GodlessEngineer</a> <a href="https://t.co/pimqDbHVgw">pic.twitter.com/pimqDbHVgw</a></p>&mdash; KC Gleason (@ge_kaitlyn) <a href="https://twitter.com/ge_kaitlyn/status/1215466019642314754?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 10, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3529]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 01-10-2020 10:50 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That describes approximately 2/3 of my Facebook "friends" precisely.

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[Post 3530]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 01-10-2020 11:54 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Hey, in the unlikely event that Trump is removed from office by the Senate, who thinks Mike Pence will be any better when it comes to belligerence and escalation of violence?

On that subject, more disturbing details are emerging by the day. The picture we are getting is of the Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, and Vice-President Mike Pence both egging on an impetuous President to launch the January 2nd drone attack that killed the Iranian military commander Qassem Suleimani at Baghdad International Airport. None of Trump’s other senior political or military advisers, meanwhile, appear to have urged restraint, despite the near-certainty that the move would inflame the entire Middle East and provoke reprisals. Any deliberative policymaking process appears to have been replaced by a combination of belligerence, toadyism, and saluting the Commander-in-Chief.
(emphasis mine)

The Real Backstory of Why Trump Ordered the Killing of Suleimani Is Becoming More Clear | The New Yorker (https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-real-backstory-of-why-trump-ordered-the-killing-of-suleimani-is-becoming-more-clear)

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[Post 3531]
Author : Ari
Date : 01-11-2020 01:59 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

[twitter house]

This is one reason the whole SF is dirty with the human poop and homeless! Line has me worried.  It’s not like I care about the insult, but given the conditions of many of the places poor conservatives live it really stinks of North Korean style propaganda where they tell their people how Americans stand in bread lines in decaying cities so that those dumb enough to believe will feel superior thanks the fact their bread lines have soup and chicken as well!  It’s very much priming a group of people who measure their worth against others to settle for less just so long as they still believe they are on top.

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[Post 3532]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 01-11-2020 10:30 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's worth keeping in mind that both Mike Pompeo and Mike Pence are Evangelicals.  They would probably love to jump-start the events that they believe will lead to Armageddon and to the Second Coming of Christ.

Indeed, I've seen several Facebook posts recently which have suggested that the "End Times" are nigh, that Trump is doing "God's will" in helping to bring about those "End Times," and that they can't wait to be "called home" to Heaven.


Pointing out that Christians have been claiming that the "End Times" are nigh for roughly 2,000 years now does not seem to have any detectable effect upon their beliefs, but it does tend to engender nasty, hate-filled responses.

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[Post 3533]
Author : SR71
Date : 01-12-2020 03:38 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Amen brother.   Given that what's changed in the past century is that we ourselves can bring about our own extermination multiple times over, I dearly wish the eschatologically minded would leave it up to GODot's timing and refrain from efforts to hurry things along by their own intervention.  Personally, I find the prospect that I might  somehow take flight to meet my invisible creator unlikely in the extreme.  I see no advantage to perishing by manmade catastrophe.  

I'm sure you've probably also noticed that this belief that we're supposed to wait for GODot to come down and kill all the other kinds of  evil people is also the mostly unspoken justification for tolerating or even encouraging environmental degradation.

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[Post 3534]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 01-13-2020 04:16 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm sure you've probably also noticed that this belief that we're supposed to wait for GODot to come down and kill all the other kinds of  evil people is also the mostly unspoken justification for tolerating or even encouraging environmental degradation.

Indeed, James G. Watt, who served as Reagan's Secretary of the Interior, supposedly insisted that there was no point to conservation, since Jesus' second coming was imminent.

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[Post 3535]
Author : The Man
Date : 01-13-2020 06:39 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Homophone shade:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The collapse of our republic seems imminent for as long as we continue to pretend that a submoronic, race-baiting grifter is an eminent national leader. <a href="https://t.co/oRBcB065f1">https://t.co/oRBcB065f1</a></p>&mdash; David Simon (@AoDespair) <a href="https://twitter.com/AoDespair/status/1216763381899759622?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 13, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Even the dictionary has gotten in on it!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&#39;Eminent&#39;: &#55357;&#56568; prominent or famous<br><br>&#39;Imminent&#39;: &#9888;&#65039; about to occur <a href="https://t.co/nhrdDTdZ4A">https://t.co/nhrdDTdZ4A</a></p>&mdash; Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) <a href="https://twitter.com/MerriamWebster/status/1216753003941834754?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 13, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3536]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 01-13-2020 09:26 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

My enjoyment of pointing out Trump's stupidity has been tempered by a realization that the primary reason why Trump is so lazy and stupid is because he knows his fans will excuse and ignore it.

I don't really want people to stop doing it, because I think it helps keeps my sanity that other people acknowledge how much of a shitshow Trump is.

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[Post 3537]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-16-2020 08:15 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Eric Trump on Fox News about Robert Hyde: &#8220;I have no idea who this guy is.&#8221;<br><br>Eric Trump and Robert Hyde 8 days ago. <a href="https://t.co/Et05RhF1XB">pic.twitter.com/Et05RhF1XB</a></p>&mdash; YS (@NYinLA2121) <a href="https://twitter.com/NYinLA2121/status/1217617749322522625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 16, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3538]
Author : SR71
Date : 01-16-2020 05:01 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

eminence front, it's an eminence front, it's a put on, it's a put on, it's a put on...

:fragment::guitar::drumroll:
:saloon:

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[Post 3539]
Author : lisarea
Date : 01-16-2020 08:19 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

If he knew who that was, there would have been tongue, though.

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[Post 3540]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-17-2020 04:11 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EObkoV_U4AAdf0G?format=jpg&name=small

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Someone gave a restaurant I worked at fifteen years ago a bad review because I hate trump just yo show you how absolutely stupid MAGA is.</p>&mdash; Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) <a href="https://twitter.com/tonyposnanski/status/1217917102134374406?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 16, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3541]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-18-2020 12:49 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Irony is dead. Long live irony. ('https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/iran-supreme-leader-trump-1.5430458')

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[Post 3542]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-18-2020 01:45 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I am currently watching Lindsey Graham&#39;s speech as an impeachment manager for Clinton. He specifically says abuse of power impeachable</p>&mdash; Jason Johnson (@DrJasonJohnson) <a href="https://twitter.com/DrJasonJohnson/status/1218316023893569537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 17, 2020</a></blockquote>
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[Post 3543]
Author : Kyuss Apollo
Date : 01-18-2020 03:08 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ken Starr was the one fired from his job at Baylor U for covering up the rape of students by football stars? And Dershowitz is the one who was unapologetically close to sex trafficker and pedophile Epstein and often visited Rape Island, right? I just don&#39;t want to mix them up.</p>&mdash; Dan Murphy (@bungdan) <a href="https://twitter.com/bungdan/status/1218196571591852033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 17, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3544]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-19-2020 01:14 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Not a Joke: Trump Is Looking Into Making Bribery Legal | Vanity Fair (https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/01/donald-trump-bribery-laws)

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[Post 3545]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-20-2020 10:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;Democracy anticipates in its normal operation the right of the individual to criticize the rules. Impeachment is the final expression of this right.” - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., summarizing Niebuhr’s ethics, 1952. <a href="https://t.co/mmMyryPBR2">https://t.co/mmMyryPBR2</a></p>&mdash; Yoni Appelbaum (@YAppelbaum) <a href="https://twitter.com/YAppelbaum/status/1219339270227406848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2020</a></blockquote>
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[Post 3546]
Author : Sock Puppet
Date : 01-20-2020 10:47 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Sweet Fucking Christmas, is narcissism-by-proxy a thing? :vomit:

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[Post 3547]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-21-2020 12:32 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Sweet Fucking Christmas, is narcissism-by-proxy a thing? :vomit:

About 62 million Americans apparently felt validated by this. I'm not sure what the future holds but there was this generation or two between child labour laws and child abuse laws where Father Knew Best and there we have a whole residual form of cyclic abuse culture.

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[Post 3548]
Author : The Man
Date : 01-22-2020 06:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It was early this morning on CNBC, but the President said he wants to cut entitlements in his second term including social security. Medicare and Medicaid are also targets. He says they're the easiest to cut. Gamechanger for the election.</p>&mdash; Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) <a href="https://twitter.com/joelockhart/status/1219999356163633155?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 22, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Social Security is called the "third rail (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_rail) of American politics" for a reason - it's a live electrical wire that you're not supposed to touch. It's easy to forget now (and was always hard to understand), but Bush 43 was relatively popular when he attempted to privatise Social Security. Katrina is what we remember as what caused a big dent in his popularity, but it was really the two events together - Katrina and the failed Social Security privatisation attempt. Then President* Sundown here just blurts it out on live television. It's like Romney's "47%" remarks if Romney had known he was being recorded. If Warren doesn't have an ad about this by tomorrow, I'll be utterly shocked.

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[Post 3549]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-22-2020 07:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The Republicans Have Revealed Their Impeachment Strategy - Lying | The Nation (https://www.thenation.com/article/cipollone-impeachment-lies/)

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[Post 3550]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-22-2020 07:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Wasn&#39;t expecting Mitch McConnell to shout &quot;I *am* the Senate!&quot; and shoot lightning from his fingers.</p>&mdash; Eyes on the Right (@EyesOnTheRight) <a href="https://twitter.com/EyesOnTheRight/status/1220017713977925633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 22, 2020</a></blockquote>
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[Post 3551]
Author : SR71
Date : 01-23-2020 02:22 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The Republicans Have Revealed Their Impeachment Strategy - Lying | The Nation (https://www.thenation.com/article/cipollone-impeachment-lies/)

I'm relatively pleased with the manager's performance.  They came prepared to neuter most of the ridiculous bullshit defenses the Repubs kept getting away with over and over during the house investigation.  That was really off-pissing to watch.  Just frustrating.

It's amazing to me how good the Repubs are at taking bullshit and making it sound legit to anyone who isn't really paying attention to the facts.  They'll present an argument that sounds extremely convincing unless you dig down one level and find out why it's utter bullshit.

Example - Repub says aid has been withheld by presidents before, like by Obama for Egypt.  What's left out is that the aid was withheld at the urging of congress because Egypt was having a civil melt down at the time and who knows what would've happened to the funds.  

I'm aware the Repubs are still more likely than not to just proceed with the cover up, and I don't feel that's an exaggerated description of what's going.  At least the Dems aren't letting the opportunity to clobber the bastards for the their duplicity and make it clear to anyone who's paying attention what's going on, which is mainly obstruction.  I'm glad they finally got off their collective ass and went ahead with the impeachment.

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[Post 3552]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-23-2020 05:28 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">When Ted Cruz votes to acquit Trump remember: he knows exactly who and what Trump is. <a href="https://t.co/VLOa4w4VJH">https://t.co/VLOa4w4VJH</a></p>&mdash; A.R. Moxon (@JuliusGoat) <a href="https://twitter.com/JuliusGoat/status/1220127009210355713?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 22, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3553]
Author : Sock Puppet
Date : 01-23-2020 04:31 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

In Ted's defense, he is a lying sack of shit.






Oh, c'mon, I haven't poasted that for over 10 years, and it was about Hannity then (https://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?p=619994#post619994). If I've exceeded my violations allotment, let's take it to the secret forums.

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[Post 3554]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-23-2020 06:10 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Mod note: Sock Puppet is on warning for not having poasted that phrase often enough.

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[Post 3555]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-25-2020 06:33 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">lol did you just rip off Star Trek?</p>&mdash; Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) <a href="https://twitter.com/eugenegu/status/1220821836117630976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 24, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3556]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-25-2020 10:48 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">There&#39;s something familiar about that <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceForce?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SpaceForce</a> logo, can&#39;t quite put my finger on it <a href="https://t.co/EyPuNwxuJK">pic.twitter.com/EyPuNwxuJK</a></p>&mdash; HappyToast &#9733; (@IamHappyToast) <a href="https://twitter.com/IamHappyToast/status/1220833619222110214?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">24 January 2020</a></blockquote>
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[Post 3557]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-25-2020 10:50 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Earlier entries:

http://sinkers.org/posters/ussflogo/ussflogo.jpg

https://s4.b3ta.com/host/creative/13617/1520983237/SpaceForceLogoSmallJPG.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DkNdH7iUUAAgr9L.jpg

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[Post 3558]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-25-2020 05:02 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.redd.it/y0il336gb6f11.jpg

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[Post 3559]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-25-2020 07:23 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Jokes aside:

Air Force Space Command - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Force_Space_Command)

Probably an evolution of this emblem.

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[Post 3560]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-26-2020 05:10 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Cool, cool.

Meet the Boy Scouts of the Border Patrol | The Nation (https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/scouts-border-immigration-trump/)

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[Post 3561]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-28-2020 12:52 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">ABC: Bolton&#8217;s book<br>NBC: Bolton&#8217;s book<br>CNN: Bolton&#8217;s book<br>Cartoon Network: Bolton&#8217;s book<br>Animal Planet: Bolton&#8217;s book<br>FOX News: Fun decorations for Groundhog Day<br>Groundhog Channel: Bolton&#8217;s book</p>&mdash; Quinn Sutherland (@ReelQuinn) <a href="https://twitter.com/ReelQuinn/status/1221866150373490688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 27, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3562]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 01-28-2020 01:06 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I saw a bit of Eric Herschmann's presentation today, and godDAMN is that guy stupid. Pam Bondi, the former Fla. attorney general best known for shutting down an investigation into Trump University fraud, was even worse. Ken Starr was ghastly as well. According to him, the Nixon impeachment articles were legit because they were bipartisan. 

There will be no more watching this clown show for me, lest downing a few gallons of bleach becomes a necessity instead of just an option.

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[Post 3563]
Author : SR71
Date : 01-28-2020 01:28 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's insane, the arguments are so lacking in everything but pure duplicity.  One of the dumb ones that sticks is one of the clowns was going on about how none of the Dems mentioned that burden sharing was indeed discussed with Zhelensky (sp?), as if that was even an issue.  Nobody charged that burden sharing wasn't discussed.  It's as if the argument was, well, he did something that's not positively baleful, doesn't that prove he shouldn't be impeached?  Why doesn't anyone mention that, huh?  Checkmate, radical Democrats!

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[Post 3564]
Author : fragment
Date : 01-28-2020 01:35 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Seems like the point is to muddy the waters and make the Dems appear as dirty as the GOP, and is aimed at turning off on-the-fence voters.

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[Post 3565]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-28-2020 01:37 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

There will be no more watching this clown show for me, lest downing a few gallons of bleach becomes a necessity instead of just an option.

You seem more of a Gin kind of guy.

https://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/1476110366-20161010.png
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Self-Destructive Beverages (https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/self-destructive-beverages)

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[Post 3566]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-28-2020 08:01 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

There will be no more watching this clown show for me, lest downing a few gallons of bleach becomes a necessity instead of just an option.
Wow, drinking games are a lot more serious over there.

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[Post 3567]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 01-29-2020 05:38 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Bottoms up, motherfuckers!

https://media3.giphy.com/media/9gICru20hKxXi/giphy.gif

https://media.giphy.com/media/2hojuZS4kYH1S/giphy.gif

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[Post 3568]
Author : Limoncello
Date : 01-29-2020 06:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That dude is pretty darkish to be saying that.

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[Post 3569]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-29-2020 07:59 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We digress for this twitter moment: A couple of hours ago, a follower of Trump (initials JT) tweeted &quot;Mister President, sir, you should fire the moron who hired John Bolton. He&#39;s the real idiot.&quot; Moments later, Bolton himself &quot;liked&quot; the tweet.</p>&mdash; Duty To Warn &#55357;&#56585; (@duty2warn) <a href="https://twitter.com/duty2warn/status/1222599581197668352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 29, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3570]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-29-2020 10:07 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

In the comments I find the term "Impotus". WHY HAVE WE NOT BEEN USING THIS ALL THE TIME.

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[Post 3571]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 01-31-2020 11:13 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Two Republicans jumped ship, but the Senate still voted (51-49) not to subpoena any witnesses or documents. Lulzily enough, a couple of Faux News talking clownheads are saying that Moscow Mitch doesn't have the votes to compel an immediate conviction/acquittal vote.

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[Post 3572]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-01-2020 12:28 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Murkowski drew the short straw, I see.

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[Post 3573]
Author : Ari
Date : 02-01-2020 12:42 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

IMO as soon as traitor Mitch declared his loyalty to Trump over country and then thought us all stupid by claiming he was impartial this all became a sham and now they declared it officially a sham.  It’s interesting that we’re moving closer and closer to being ruled by a king with supporting land and capital owning lords.

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[Post 3574]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-01-2020 01:08 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Still wondering what was on that GOP mail server that Russia didn't release.

And also wondering about the whole Epstein thing.

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[Post 3575]
Author : SR71
Date : 02-01-2020 03:27 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

IMO as soon as traitor Mitch declared his loyalty to Trump over country and then thought us all stupid by claiming he was impartial this all became a sham and now they declared it officially a sham.  It’s interesting that we’re moving closer and closer to being ruled by a king with supporting land and capital owning lords.

I definitely feel they kicked the stool out from under the republic.  It's effectively null and void.  I hope I'm being too dramatic, but I'm not convinced I am.

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[Post 3576]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-01-2020 05:31 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">US Senate sudden and unexpected embrace of DPRK Supreme People&#8217;s Assembly parliamentary rules seen as first tentative step towards embrace of Juche Idea <a href="https://t.co/KzwYh9Lc0e">pic.twitter.com/KzwYh9Lc0e</a></p>&mdash; DPRK News Service (@DPRK_News) <a href="https://twitter.com/DPRK_News/status/1223380416830169089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 31, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3577]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-02-2020 02:47 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump's legal team gave thousands in contributions to Republican senators ahead of impeachment trial | Salon.com (https://www.salon.com/2020/01/29/trumps-legal-team-gave-thousands-in-contributions-to-republican-senators-ahead-of-impeachment-trial/)

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[Post 3578]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-03-2020 06:38 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.gyazo.com/1426158fe53034dc87a0e231e3d1f45a.png

https://i.gyazo.com/5c99e1d870552e967b019365041cdb05.jpg

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[Post 3579]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-03-2020 09:02 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Pompeo tells Kazakh reporter that barring NPR reporter sent 'a perfect message about press freedoms' (https://theweek.com/speedreads/893269/pompeo-tells-kazakh-reporter-that-barring-npr-reporter-sent-perfect-message-about-press-freedoms)

:right:

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[Post 3580]
Author : JoeP
Date : 02-03-2020 09:38 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.gyazo.com/1426158fe53034dc87a0e231e3d1f45a.png


Is the answer "yes"?

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[Post 3581]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 02-03-2020 12:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump's legal team gave thousands in contributions to Republican senators ahead of impeachment trial | Salon.com (https://www.salon.com/2020/01/29/trumps-legal-team-gave-thousands-in-contributions-to-republican-senators-ahead-of-impeachment-trial/)


I wanted to look at the source of the data Salon are citing there, but the link to "Center for Responsive Politics" (https://www.salon.com/2020/01/29/trumps-legal-team-gave-thousands-in-contributions-to-republican-senators-ahead-of-impeachment-trial/#utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=r%2F_senators-overseeing-impeachment-01%2F27%2F20) provided points to the Salon article. 

I'm unimpressed.

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[Post 3582]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-03-2020 01:34 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.gyazo.com/1426158fe53034dc87a0e231e3d1f45a.png


Is the answer "yes"?

Technically.

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[Post 3583]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 02-05-2020 02:59 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I haven't watched or listened to a SOTU address since the one in which Dubya spent fifteen or so excruciating minutes yammering about how steroids were ruining major league baseball. As usual, though, the internet preserves the essentials.

https://media.giphy.com/media/KbwmdppPrSLmYdljU6/giphy.gif

Extra glad I didn't watch this year. I would have had to kill something had I seen Limbaugh receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom in real time.

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[Post 3584]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 02-05-2020 05:21 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

We need a power vomit smilie. That's my reaction.

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[Post 3585]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-05-2020 05:41 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:pukebow::projectilevomit::rainbowhurl:

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[Post 3586]
Author : SR71
Date : 02-05-2020 06:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I haven't watched or listened to a SOTU address since the one in which Dubya spent fifteen or so excruciating minutes yammering about how steroids were ruining major league baseball. As usual, though, the internet preserves the essentials.

https://media.giphy.com/media/KbwmdppPrSLmYdljU6/giphy.gif

Extra glad I didn't watch this year. I would have had to kill something had I seen Limbaugh receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom in real time.

Quick, administer the antidote!  :ambulance:

Helluva speech (https://www.waaytv.com/content/news/Senator-Doug-Jones-says-he-will-vote-to-convict-President-Trump-on-articles-of-impeachment--567586051.html) by Alabama's white elephant Democratic Senator.

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[Post 3587]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-05-2020 06:10 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I haven't watched or listened to a SOTU address since the one in which Dubya spent fifteen or so excruciating minutes yammering about how steroids were ruining major league baseball. As usual, though, the internet preserves the essentials.

https://media.giphy.com/media/KbwmdppPrSLmYdljU6/giphy.gif

Extra glad I didn't watch this year. I would have had to kill something had I seen Limbaugh receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom in real time.

Quick, administer the antidote!  :ambulance:

Helluva speech (https://www.waaytv.com/content/news/Senator-Doug-Jones-says-he-will-vote-to-convict-President-Trump-on-articles-of-impeachment--567586051.html) by Alabama's white elephant Democratic Senator.

Ah, Collins or Romney will have to coin toss now.

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[Post 3588]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 02-05-2020 06:21 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ah, Collins or Romney will have to coin toss now.

Susan Collins will vote to acquit Trump, saying he's "learned" from impeachment (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/susan-collins-will-vote-to-acquit-trump-saying-hes-learned-from-impeachment/)

"I'm voting to acquit. Because I do not believe that the behavior alleged reaches the high bar in the Constitution for overturning an election, and removing a duly elected president," Collins said.

The Maine Republican told CBS News she believes the bipartisan condemnation of the president's efforts to pressure Ukraine will give him pause about foreign assistance moving forward.

"He was impeached. And there has been criticism by both Republican and Democratic senators of his call," Collins explained, referring to his July 25 call with the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in which Mr. Trump asked for an investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden. "I believe that he will be much more cautious in the future."

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[Post 3589]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-05-2020 06:31 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

"I believe that he will be much more cautious in the future."

https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/021/418/82a.png

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[Post 3590]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-05-2020 06:32 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.gyazo.com/fcc954c79c441371c88f8aba03e4da7a.gif

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[Post 3591]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 02-05-2020 08:45 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Helluva speech (https://www.waaytv.com/content/news/Senator-Doug-Jones-says-he-will-vote-to-convict-President-Trump-on-articles-of-impeachment--567586051.html) by Alabama's white elephant Democratic Senator.

I lubs me some Doug Jones. In my fondest dreams, a Dem becomes POTUS and nominates Jones as Attorney General, an epic step up from both what we have now and the most recent AG from Alabama.

Looks like Rmoney is going to vote guilty on the second article. Ol' Mitt apparently lacks Collins' faith in the Mango Mussolini's ability to learn lessons.

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[Post 3592]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-06-2020 04:51 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Nancy was mean to me , ...it&#39;s running rampant in trumps empty lie filled head!! &#55357;&#56838;&#55357;&#56838;&#55357;&#56838;&#55357;&#56838;&#55357;&#56838;&#55357;&#56838; <a href="https://t.co/MCalIo7KIg">pic.twitter.com/MCalIo7KIg</a></p>&mdash; CeCeResistance (@gumboqueen3030) <a href="https://twitter.com/gumboqueen3030/status/1225083948633595905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 5, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3593]
Author : chunksmediocrites
Date : 02-06-2020 05:50 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.gyazo.com/fcc954c79c441371c88f8aba03e4da7a.gif

Weird how Pelosi- who gave Trump a trade victory and got him a fat military budget approved, who leapt to applaud Juan Guaido, Trump's annointed coup leader for Venezuela at the State of the Union- this same person invited Trump to attend, triggering the bizarre spectacle of the SOTU- Not impressed by empty gestures.

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[Post 3594]
Author : erimir
Date : 02-06-2020 06:25 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Politics involves rhetoric and media attention. Instead of talking about Trump's State of the Union, they're talking about Nancy.

It's not a purely empty gesture anymore than the cable channels running Trump's rally speeches in full was symbolic or "just TV".

There's no need to exaggerate it beyond that, but playing the media game to counter Trump's playing of the media is good.

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[Post 3595]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-06-2020 07:03 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

"Upstaged the showman and rented space in the real estate guy's head for free."

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[Post 3596]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-06-2020 07:58 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: I'm filing an ethics complaint against <a href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerPelosi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SpeakerPelosi</a> for destroying <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a>'s State of the Union speech.<br><br>Her conduct was beneath the dignity of the House, and a potential violation of law (18 USC 2071).<br><br>Nobody is above the law. She must be held accountable. <a href="https://t.co/dXPPWQNtI8">pic.twitter.com/dXPPWQNtI8</a></p>&mdash; Rep. Matt Gaetz (@RepMattGaetz) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMattGaetz/status/1225255448745533440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 6, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 

Look who defied a narcissist and is trying to get off the shitlist.
White House Official Calls Matt Gaetz’s Efforts to Limit War Powers “Super Uncool” – Mother Jones (https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/01/white-house-official-calls-matt-gaetzs-efforts-to-limit-war-powers-super-uncool/)

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[Post 3597]
Author : JoeP
Date : 02-06-2020 09:25 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

beneath the dignity of the House, and a potential violation of law

Every accusation is a confession, etc

Except in this case, the irony meter just exploded. The House has demonstrated it doesn't like dignity and does like violations of the law.

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[Post 3598]
Author : SR71
Date : 02-06-2020 02:09 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

In that same category, yesterday McMyrtle DeTurtle was going on about partisanship.  This was like hearing Himmler scolding about cruelty.  If the irony meter could explode again it would.  I think we need to order some in bulk.

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[Post 3599]
Author : Ari
Date : 02-06-2020 03:12 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

When do I get to cast a vote of no confidence in our crumbling government?

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[Post 3600]
Author : lisarea
Date : 02-06-2020 04:39 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Robert Maguire on Twitter: "Donald Trump, who cares deeply about the national anthem, is caught goofing off in a video by a "real estate agent for a Russian-American firm who frequents Mar-a-Lago," where Trump was watching the Super Bowl with paying customers" (https://twitter.com/RobertMaguire_/status/1224437545301241858)

He thinks it's for him, like when people sing Happy Birthday.

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[Post 3601]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-07-2020 05:54 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is the whitest fucking thing I ever saw &amp; I once saw an Oak Ridge Boy autograph a guy&#39;s trucknuts in a Cracker Barrel parking lot. <a href="https://t.co/zbYdiCGICz">pic.twitter.com/zbYdiCGICz</a></p>&mdash; Grimm (@grimmreality) <a href="https://twitter.com/grimmreality/status/832522592414228480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 17, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3602]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-07-2020 08:03 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump administration to allow drilling and mining in Utah areas once protected as national monuments <a href="https://t.co/Mec7K8WoNY">https://t.co/Mec7K8WoNY</a></p>&mdash; The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) <a href="https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1225457161947549699?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 6, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3603]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 02-07-2020 12:29 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That'll show Romney!

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[Post 3604]
Author : JoeP
Date : 02-07-2020 09:18 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I think ... this thread. Yes, seems to fit.

https://i.imgur.com/lJ85vzd.jpg

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[Post 3605]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-08-2020 01:04 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I think ... this thread. Yes, seems to fit.

https://i.imgur.com/lJ85vzd.jpg

https://i.redd.it/38ykh0wrigf11.jpg

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[Post 3606]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-08-2020 04:51 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Right in the uncanny valley.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&#8294;<a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a>&#8297; returns to the White House from Charlotte, North Carolina. Photo by William Moon at the South Lawn of the White House on February 7, 2020 <a href="https://t.co/n1a1Z93LrJ">pic.twitter.com/n1a1Z93LrJ</a></p>&mdash; White House Photos (@photowhitehouse) <a href="https://twitter.com/photowhitehouse/status/1225909811851780096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 7, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3607]
Author : Crumb
Date : 02-08-2020 05:20 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:runaway:

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[Post 3608]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-08-2020 05:26 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Oh hey, revenge purges.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Vindman family fled the Soviet Union to get away from corruption, groupthink, cults of personality, purges, and retaliation for not toeing the party line.<br><br>As it turns out, they should have picked a country not called the United States.<a href="https://t.co/bryAFEzy1S">https://t.co/bryAFEzy1S</a></p>&mdash; Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) <a href="https://twitter.com/BettyBowers/status/1225929751833010176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 7, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3609]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 02-09-2020 03:59 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This was news to me and I'm guessing it might be news to you.

Trump allies are handing out cash to black voters - POLITICO (https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/29/trump-black-voters-cash-giveaways-108072)

Asked  about the legality of the giveaways in a brief phone interview, the  Urban Revitalization Coalition’s CEO, Darrell Scott, said that most  gifts were between $300 and $500, and that the group mandates that  anyone who receives over $600 fills out a W-9 form in order to ensure  compliance with tax law. He did not respond to follow-up questions about  how the giveaways were structured and whether they met the legal  standard for a charitable act. 
Scott declined to name the donors funding the effort. "I'd rather not,” he said. “They prefer to remain anonymous."

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[Post 3610]
Author : JoeP
Date : 02-09-2020 07:48 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Right in the uncanny valley.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&#8294;<a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a>&#8297; returns to the White House from Charlotte, North Carolina. Photo by William Moon at the South Lawn of the White House on February 7, 2020 <a href="https://t.co/n1a1Z93LrJ">pic.twitter.com/n1a1Z93LrJ</a></p>&mdash; White House Photos (@photowhitehouse) <a href="https://twitter.com/photowhitehouse/status/1225909811851780096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 7, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

https://i.imgur.com/kKCaExy.jpg

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[Post 3611]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-09-2020 08:29 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.gyazo.com/a839222ffc9a535c4da4758e29a6ff5c.jpg

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[Post 3612]
Author : lisarea
Date : 02-09-2020 09:45 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

For anyone who doesn't know it by heart like I do.

Let his days be few,
And let another take his office.

The whole thing works, too. (https://biblehub.com/nkjv/psalms/109.htm)

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[Post 3613]
Author : But
Date : 02-09-2020 11:11 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one Accord in one place.

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[Post 3614]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-10-2020 01:14 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Do you want ancient curses? This is how you get ancient curses. (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/organ-pipe-cactus-national-monument-blasts-arizona-national-monument-being-blown-up-for-border-wall-2020-02-07/)

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[Post 3615]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 02-11-2020 08:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This is pretty fucking insane. It would have been shocking not that long ago, now it just seems like the natural progression of things. :worry:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Corruption is just getting more blatant <a href="https://t.co/pk1JpFyBM5">pic.twitter.com/pk1JpFyBM5</a></p>&mdash; Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) <a href="https://twitter.com/ParkerMolloy/status/1227279507226275840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 11, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“This is shocking. It&#39;s an earthquake. The corruption of DOJ under Barr is now complete,” tweeted <a href="https://twitter.com/waltshaub?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@waltshaub</a> <br><br>“We are officially a f*cking banana republic!” tweeted <a href="https://twitter.com/Amy_Siskind?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Amy_Siskind</a><br><br>Twitter reacts as Roger Stone sentence gets reduced following Trump tweet. <a href="https://t.co/ojMk5E8g0V">https://t.co/ojMk5E8g0V</a></p>&mdash; Richard Hine (@richardhine) <a href="https://twitter.com/richardhine/status/1227317297485942787?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 11, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3616]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-11-2020 09:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Schaub thinks there's a bottom? Sweet Summer Child.

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[Post 3617]
Author : Ari
Date : 02-14-2020 05:52 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

One of the few positives of Trump is that all the corrupt people under Trump still have to deal with Trump.

After Barr gave and interview to say Trump’s tweeting was making it impossible to do his job, Trump tweeted that he has the legal right to interfere in federal investigations, just that he’s chosen not to at this time.

So awesome, we can expect Trump’s blatant meddling in federal investigations, say into his own corruption, in the future!  

I can’t wait till the election results are put on hold by a Trump controlled DOJ and senate until a multi year voter fraud investigation occurs.

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[Post 3618]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-14-2020 11:09 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Oh, he learned something alright.

GOP Sen Lisa Murkowski says it appears Trump hasn't learned anything from impeachment - CNN Video (https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/02/13/gop-senator-trump-hasnt-learned-from-impeachment-nr-vpx.cnn)

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[Post 3619]
Author : erimir
Date : 02-15-2020 09:17 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Thing is... they could more justifiably argue that conviction and removal wasn't necessary... if they were going to, say, vote for witnesses and investigate Trump and his administration's actions. And use their leverage over things like judicial appointments and so forth to deny Trump things he wants. And vote for other bills that would constrain him.

But they aren't willing to use any of their powers as senators to constrain him. You can argue he doesn't need the final consequence of being removed from office. But how are you going to teach him a lesson if nothing has any consequences?

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[Post 3620]
Author : SR71
Date : 02-15-2020 02:41 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This is the thing.  If nothing else, one would think they would jealously guard their own authority as a coequal branch, but they've ceded that entirely with nary a whimper.  Boot licking toadies.  No.  Apparatchiks.

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[Post 3621]
Author : Miisa
Date : 02-16-2020 06:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Well, he finally got around to basically calling himself a king.
Not doing the twitter embed because I can't, but here is a piece about it:

People Respond To Trump Tweet About Striking At "King" (https://god.dailydot.com/trump-emerson-king-tweet/)

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[Post 3622]
Author : lisarea
Date : 02-16-2020 07:15 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yeah, I figured no way Trump read Emerson or spelled everything right. Turns out he's quoting the NYT. 

Of course, Machiavelli was all about that sentiment, except he said it about men and not kings specifically, so I guess that one wasn't good enough. 

"And here it has to be noted that men must be either pampered or crushed, because they can get revenge fore small injuries but not fore grievous ones.&#8221;

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[Post 3623]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-17-2020 05:10 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">200 times, sorry. In that case no problem.</p>&mdash; The Out And Abouter (@OutAndAbouter) <a href="https://twitter.com/OutAndAbouter/status/1229224532461924352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 17, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3624]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 02-17-2020 07:32 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

With that pesky impeachment falderal out of the way, it's time to serve up some red meat for old-school Republicans. The administrations proposed budget includes gargantuan cuts (https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/healthpolicy/84813) in funding for CDC, NIH, Medicare, Medicaid, and ACA credits. Time for sick fucks to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps or kindly drop dead and gtfo the way of healthy folk.

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[Post 3625]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-17-2020 08:01 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

"It's Like a Foreign Language": Donald Trump's Encounter With the Constitution Did Not Go Well | Vanity Fair (https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/01/donald-trump-disastrous-encounter-with-the-constitution-very-stable-genius)

“Every time he stumbled, he manufactured something to blame people,” another person in the room recalled. “He never said, ‘Sorry, I’m messing this up.’ [Other] people would screw up and say, ‘Ohhhh, I’m sorry.’ They would be self-effacing. He was making up excuses and saying there were distracting sounds.… He was definitely blaming everyone for his inability to get through it. That was prickly, or childish.”

No surprises here.

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[Post 3626]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-17-2020 09:32 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Playing Scrooge in "The Best Economy Ever" - The Big Picture (https://ritholtz.com/2020/02/playing-scrooge-in-the-best-economy-ever/)

and

Tech-starved government seeks industry's best, brightest (https://www.detroitnews.com/story/tech/2020/02/17/code-for-america/111330788/)

makes

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/78/aa/db/78aadb4f091af5d255692f546fafed2c.png

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[Post 3627]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-17-2020 10:35 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

When abusive daddy is the entire government:


Trump’s US delegation was ‘dumbfounded’ by hostile reception at Munich conference: report (https://www.rawstory.com/2020/02/trumps-us-delegation-was-dumbfounded-by-hostile-reception-at-munich-conference-report/)




Politico specifically reports that the American delegation was “dumbfounded” after French President Emmanuel Macron, “speaking at the forum for the first time, echoed Steinmeier the next day, noting that ‘what Europe wants is not quite the same as the U.S.'”

Pompeo lashed back at Steinmeier’s comments in his speech, telling the attendees, “I’m here to tell you the facts. Those statements do not reflect reality.”

ETA
Trump camp finds no appeasement at Munich - POLITICO (https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/16/trump-munich-security-conference-115645)
After the speech, a consensus formed among the Germans and French that Pompeo’s audience wasn’t the Europeans in the room, but Donald Trump. Pompeo’s insistence that the “West is winning, we’re collectively winning,” was registered by many attendees as “the U.S. is winning.”

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[Post 3628]
Author : erimir
Date : 02-18-2020 04:48 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

"It's Like a Foreign Language": Donald Trump's Encounter With the Constitution Did Not Go Well | Vanity Fair (https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/01/donald-trump-disastrous-encounter-with-the-constitution-very-stable-genius)
So... do they have this whole thing on tape?

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[Post 3629]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 02-18-2020 05:09 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

and Senator Ted Cruz, who “knew it from beginning to end” as a result of performing dramatic readings of the Constitution as a high school student

Hoo. Talk about buried ledes. (emphasis mine)

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[Post 3630]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-18-2020 08:17 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

"It's Like a Foreign Language": Donald Trump's Encounter With the Constitution Did Not Go Well | Vanity Fair (https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/01/donald-trump-disastrous-encounter-with-the-constitution-very-stable-genius)
So... do they have this whole thing on tape?

I don't care hard enough to reread it. I have alternative facts on my side.

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[Post 3631]
Author : JoeP
Date : 02-18-2020 08:44 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I don't care hard enough to reread it. I have alternative :ff:acts on my side.

:fixed:

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[Post 3632]
Author : SR71
Date : 02-18-2020 11:04 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

When abusive daddy is the entire government:


Trump’s US delegation was ‘dumbfounded’ by hostile reception at Munich conference: report (https://www.rawstory.com/2020/02/trumps-us-delegation-was-dumbfounded-by-hostile-reception-at-munich-conference-report/)




Politico specifically reports that the American delegation was “dumbfounded” after French President Emmanuel Macron, “speaking at the forum for the first time, echoed Steinmeier the next day, noting that ‘what Europe wants is not quite the same as the U.S.'”

Pompeo lashed back at Steinmeier’s comments in his speech, telling the attendees, “I’m here to tell you the facts. Those statements do not reflect reality.”

ETA
Trump camp finds no appeasement at Munich - POLITICO (https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/16/trump-munich-security-conference-115645)
After the speech, a consensus formed among the Germans and French that Pompeo’s audience wasn’t the Europeans in the room, but Donald Trump. Pompeo’s insistence that the “West is winning, we’re collectively winning,” was registered by many attendees as “the U.S. is winning.”

I'm dumbfounded the delegation was dumbfounded.  How they not know? :shrug:

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[Post 3633]
Author : SR71
Date : 02-18-2020 11:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

First there was the letter of 1000+ former DoJ signatures calling for bar to resign, and now Federal judges' association calls emergency meeting after DOJ intervenes in case of Trump ally Roger Stone  (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/federal-judges-association-calls-emergency-meeting-after-doj-intervenes-in-case-of-trump-ally-roger-stone/ar-BB1068Le?li=BBnbfcL).

Rufe, nominated to the bench by President George W. Bush, said the group of more than 1,000 federal jurists called for the meeting last week after Trump criticized prosecutors' initial sentencing recommendation for his friend Roger Stone and the Department of Justice overruled them.
Trump also took a swipe at the federal judge who is set to preside at Stone’s sentencing hearing Thursday.

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[Post 3634]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-18-2020 11:21 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm dumbfounded the delegation was dumbfounded. How they not know? :shrug:

While I'm guessing that's rhetorical, I've an answer. If the kids in a family don't show enough enthusiasm for abusive daddy, they're volunteering for the uncoveted position of Least Favourite, and all the extra abuse that entails.

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[Post 3635]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 02-18-2020 08:18 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump has been on a burst of pardons and commutations, and they're all for shitbags like this: 
Trump Commutes The Sentence Of Rod Blagojevich | WBEZ (https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/trump-commutes-the-sentence-of-rod-blagojevich/39405a99-f51f-433c-9ccd-1d72d6bc827e?fbclid=IwAR1jCJZYMuvr-xSRl8y9mrQ7GFaI2QwJLEHXXJeh3zpN2_Ms22MjCBMVFYs)

Other people who don't deserve clemency include  Michael Milkin and Bernie Kerik, but they received it anyway.

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[Post 3636]
Author : Ari
Date : 02-18-2020 08:47 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It feels like Trump is really going all out to broadcast it’s open season for corruption and anyone on team Trump is guaranteed leniency.  Given everything it really does seem it’s building to some corrupt officials giving whole states to Trump under the belief that so long as Trump wins, there won’t be any consequences even if caught.  Bonus if propaganda networks spin Trump getting caught as proof our system is unreliable thus we should halt the elections until a Trump government approved investigation into whether democrats illegally exposed Trump officials just doing their job rigging the numbers and how many democratic senators should be jailed for exposing such weakness to our enemy.  Or some such bootlicking bullcrap.

It’s amusing how so many people are realizing that when Trump asked if he could pardon himself, it was a serious question.

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[Post 3637]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-18-2020 08:50 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump has been on a burst of pardons and commutations, and they're all for shitbags like this: 
Trump Commutes The Sentence Of Rod Blagojevich | WBEZ (https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/trump-commutes-the-sentence-of-rod-blagojevich/39405a99-f51f-433c-9ccd-1d72d6bc827e?fbclid=IwAR1jCJZYMuvr-xSRl8y9mrQ7GFaI2QwJLEHXXJeh3zpN2_Ms22MjCBMVFYs)

Oh wow, nonpartisan.

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[Post 3638]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 02-18-2020 11:22 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So being on Celebrity Apprentice is ... what? Something like time served?

But hey, let's not forget the Real American reason for granting pardons, namely payola:

Paul Pogue, a construction company owner who pleaded guilty to underpaying his taxes by $473,000 and received three years probation, was issued a full pardon and clemency by the president.

According to FEC filings, Pogue&#8217;s family has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars in direct contributions and in-kind air travel to the Trump Victory Committee. Beginning in August 2019, Ben Pogue&#8212;CEO of Pogue Construction and son of Paul Pogue&#8212;and his wife Ashleigh made over $200,000 in contributions to the campaign.

In August alone, Ben Pogue donated $85,000 to Trump Victory while Ashleigh Pogue contributed $50,000 that month. The following month, Ben Pogue made an in-kind air travel contribution of $75,404.40. The couple also made several large donations to the Republican National Committee and each donated $5,600 to Donald Trump for President Inc.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-grants-clemency-to-another-round-of-people-he-saw-on-fox-news?ref=home

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[Post 3639]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-20-2020 08:31 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“My party is very interested in deficits when there is a Democrat in the White House. The worse thing in the whole world is deficits when Barack Obama was the president. Then Donald Trump became president, and we’re a lot less interested,” Mulvaney said. <a href="https://t.co/KmWxjp2GHO">https://t.co/KmWxjp2GHO</a></p>&mdash; Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) <a href="https://twitter.com/jdawsey1/status/1230336056945512454?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 20, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Ooookay, and does it get worse?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mulvaney criticized his predecessor John Kelly and spoke at length about how bureaucrats were upending the administration. He said that he hoped the Trump administration would be remembered for proving supply-side economics works. <a href="https://t.co/KmWxjp2GHO">https://t.co/KmWxjp2GHO</a></p>&mdash; Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) <a href="https://twitter.com/jdawsey1/status/1230336848582643714?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 20, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

:rr:

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[Post 3640]
Author : SR71
Date : 02-22-2020 03:35 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Top lines from Judge Amy Berman Jackson during the Roger Stone sentencing - CNNPolitics (https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/20/politics/amy-berman-jackson-quotes/index.html)

Judge Berman told Donald Dump and Bilbar Baghead right where to stick it, dint she?  This lady was not intimidated by anything that was meant to intimidate.  Respect yo.

Lock him up!

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[Post 3641]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-22-2020 04:56 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Little on the nose there Canada. <a href="https://t.co/nxI8cTxAjh">https://t.co/nxI8cTxAjh</a></p>&mdash; The Out And Abouter (@OutAndAbouter) <a href="https://twitter.com/OutAndAbouter/status/1230672803277549568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 21, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3642]
Author : JoeP
Date : 02-22-2020 10:58 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Was it addressed to Trump? Or was that just implied?

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[Post 3643]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-01-2020 01:40 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Probably important:

Republican mega-donor buys stake in Twitter and seeks to oust Jack Dorsey - report | Technology | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/feb/29/paul-singer-elliott-management-twitter-jack-dorsey)

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[Post 3644]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-04-2020 07:02 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://www.toonpool.com/user/6485/files/twitter_bomb_2890575.jpg

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[Post 3645]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-05-2020 12:22 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Fuck tha police? Nah, different and let's blame Trump.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This was taken through a peephole in the Bronx yesterday and just released by advocates and a councilman. 1/3 <a href="https://t.co/7s9kBTIWF2">pic.twitter.com/7s9kBTIWF2</a></p>&mdash; Annie Correal (@anniecorreal) <a href="https://twitter.com/anniecorreal/status/1235237698660708355?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 4, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Trigger discipline tho

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[Post 3646]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 03-05-2020 05:17 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I didn't see it talked about too much around the places I bubble on the internet. But remember when it was a BIG BAD THING to have a planned exit date to extract troops from the Middle East?

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[Post 3647]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-06-2020 05:35 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump&#039;s Coronavirus Press Conference Was 40 Years of Republicanism at Work (https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a31135032/president-trump-coronavirus-press-conference-republicans-science/)

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[Post 3648]
Author : SR71
Date : 03-07-2020 03:46 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Things move slowly, but sometimes they get there eventually.  Stories like this restore my faith a bit.  Remember when Barr held on to the Mueller report before releasing it even to congress and tried to tell the public it had nothing bad to say about Dump, even though it had plenty bad to say?  Well, a Judge in a FOIA case just said as much and it is strongly implied that he don't really trust Bilbar Baghead.  He wants access to the unredacted report to assess whether Barr redacted parts to make the report appear more favorable to Dump's interest than it really is.  

Federal judge blasts William Barr for Mueller report rollout - CNNPolitics (https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/05/politics/judge-mueller-report-barr/index.html)

"The Court cannot reconcile certain public representations made by Attorney General Barr with the findings in the Mueller Report," Walton wrote on Thursday. Barr's initial publicly announced interpretation of the findings from former special counsel Robert Mueller "cause the Court to seriously question whether Attorney General Barr made a calculated attempt to influence public discourse about the Mueller Report in favor of President Trump despite certain findings in the redacted version of the Mueller Report to the contrary."

Thank you Judge for recognizing the reality.  I really appreciate that.  For real.

"The speed by which Attorney General Barr released to the public the summary of Special Counsel Mueller's principal conclusions, coupled with the fact that Attorney General Barr failed to provide a thorough representation of the findings set forth in the Mueller Report, causes the Court to question whether Attorney General Barr's intent was to create a one-sided narrative about the Mueller Report -- a narrative that is clearly in some respects substantively at odds with the redacted version of the Mueller Report," Walton wrote.

I hope I'm not just naïve, but it seems as if there is significant recognition of and active opposition to Barr's toadiness within the DOJ.

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[Post 3649]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-09-2020 06:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

IT'S NOT MY FAULT IT'S CORONAVIRUS! ~Trump, soon

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[Post 3650]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 03-09-2020 07:20 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

And if it was my fault, Obama started it. ~ Also Trump, probably

And if it was my fault and Obama didin't start it it's not as bad as they say. ~ Also Trump, actually.

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[Post 3651]
Author : Ari
Date : 03-09-2020 08:49 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Dunce in president retweets himself as Nero. 
&#39;Nero&#39; Trends After Trump Shares Ominous Meme Of Himself Fiddling Amid Chaos | HuffPost (https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-nero-meme_n_5e658685c5b68d61645632c2)

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[Post 3652]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-09-2020 08:52 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

And if it was my fault, Obama started it. ~ Also Trump, probably

And if it was my fault and Obama didin't start it it's not as bad as they say. ~ Also Trump, actually.

I was (poorly) referencing the stock market, but yeah, that too.

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[Post 3653]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-10-2020 01:03 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Is &#8216;401K&#8217; some kind of error message?</p>&mdash; Colin Johnston (@colinjohnston) <a href="https://twitter.com/colinjohnston/status/1237044293782536192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 9, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3654]
Author : Crumb
Date : 03-10-2020 03:35 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

haha, yeah. I believe it is 401k: Retirement not possible

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[Post 3655]
Author : SR71
Date : 03-10-2020 06:36 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Dunce in president retweets himself as Nero. 
'Nero' Trends After Trump Shares Ominous Meme Of Himself Fiddling Amid Chaos | HuffPost (https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-nero-meme_n_5e658685c5b68d61645632c2)

I was referencing the narcissistic tendencies at the time (https://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1281071&postcount=4207), but sure, we can fold all the golf at critical moments right in there.  Wasn't it Nero who liked to be an actor in plays?

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[Post 3656]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-11-2020 03:53 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Eamon Javers on Twitter: "Kudlow says the president’s Econ plan is: a temporary payroll tax holiday. Use assistance to “unpaid sick leave people,� small and medium businesses and possibly to some distressed industries and sectors of the economy. “We are consulting with leaders in the House and Senate.�… https://t.co/P2FCOjebOM" (https://twitter.com/EamonJavers/status/1237498909221683202)

Global pandemic? TAX DEFERRALS!

Wait until the tax bill next year.

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[Post 3657]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 03-11-2020 11:07 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Calm down, ya ninnies. This administration has everything under control (https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/11/trump-emergency-declaration-coronavirus-message-125902):

There’s no deadline for a decision [regarding whether to issue an emergency declaration per the Stafford Act], but one of the people familiar with the talks said the task force will not give Trump its final verdict until Jared Kushner, the president’s senior adviser and son-in-law, finishes his research and comes to a conclusion himself.

:onfire: :rbdiaf: :fuel: :kiwf: :dud: :firestrm:

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[Post 3658]
Author : SR71
Date : 03-12-2020 02:18 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

They probably gonna prop up frackling amid the crashing oil price and the insane debt the industry carries, instead of letting it die a natural death, or at least catch a really mean case of corvi.  This is what happens when Libertarian meets sacred cow.  All that doctrinaire self sufficiency claptrap flies right out the cobgobbling window.

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[Post 3659]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-12-2020 02:29 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Jared Kushner

Well shit. A Millennial really is about to doom us all.

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[Post 3660]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 03-12-2020 02:41 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Actually watched the speech.  Dude is not well.

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[Post 3661]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 03-12-2020 02:47 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Kudos, Chuck. I haven't been able to look at the fucker for more than 15 seconds at a time since the last debate in 2016.

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[Post 3662]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 03-12-2020 02:51 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I generally limit intake to snippets that I can withstand.  Watched tonight to split screen with futures markets.

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[Post 3663]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-12-2020 02:55 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That's some high end masochism right there.

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[Post 3664]
Author : erimir
Date : 03-12-2020 03:33 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Actually watched the speech.  Dude is not well.
:crossfingers:

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[Post 3665]
Author : fragment
Date : 03-12-2020 04:34 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So, paranoid me is wondering... would Trump try to use the coronavirus as a reason to suspend the election? Can he? If the federal govt can't, what about Repub-run states?

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[Post 3666]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-12-2020 05:04 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

While announcing a travel ban from Europe over a virus that surfaced in China:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Also: I missed &quot;foreign virus.&quot;<br><br>Damn these people to Hell.</p>&mdash; OneMileContainmentHat (@Popehat) <a href="https://twitter.com/Popehat/status/1237910366945816576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 12, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Message received, America! -The World

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[Post 3667]
Author : Sock Puppet
Date : 03-12-2020 05:05 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I&#8217;d say that would be constitutionally impossible, but we&#8217;ve been in a mostly unacknowledged constitutional crisis at least since Inauguration Day. So who the fuck knows.

ETA: response to fragment. Not Sneaky In Between Poasters. :glare:

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[Post 3668]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-12-2020 05:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I did spot that, and if it were possible to delete and repost I would have.

:oldchap:

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[Post 3669]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-12-2020 06:06 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">REMINDER: In 2018, Trump fired the entire US pandemic response team. <br><br>These were the experts with decades of experience dealing with precisely the kind of situation we are in today.<br><br>Trump did not replace them.<br><br>He eliminated the positions.<a href="https://t.co/ftbQJ57PnL">https://t.co/ftbQJ57PnL</a></p>&mdash; Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) <a href="https://twitter.com/JuddLegum/status/1237765234959450114?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 11, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3670]
Author : erimir
Date : 03-12-2020 06:35 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Honestly, we're lucky it took this long for Trump to put the entire country at risk.

Trump's Katrina was Hurricane Maria, where thousands died and the response was awful. But it's far removed from most Americans' lives and affected far fewer people overall. Coronavirus is disrupting millions of people's lives already and in many scenarios could result in millions of Americans dying.

Coronavirus is Trump's... something else. It doesn't have a direct equivalent. And you can tell he is freaking the fuck out.

But I just knew something like this would happen eventually... ugh

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[Post 3671]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-12-2020 06:56 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The spin machine is pinning the economic meltdown on the virus and you can bet they'll be milking that cow for ages and buy at least another of these disaster economic policy cycles for the oligarchy.

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[Post 3672]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 03-12-2020 08:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

America is about to take the coronavirus seriously at last:

Tom Hanks Positive for COVID-19 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-51847198)

:gasp: Not Tom Hanks! :gasp:

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[Post 3673]
Author : JoeP
Date : 03-12-2020 11:03 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Actually watched the speech.  Dude is not well.

‘He’s gonna get us all killed’: sense of unease after Trump coronavirus speech | US news | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/11/donald-trump-us-coronavirus-address)

And the message was delivered by a 73-year-old man with a sniffing habit who did not seem to be a glowing picture of health nor entirely at ease reading from a TelePrompter. His bold assertion last week – “I like this stuff. I really get it … Maybe I have a natural ability.” – seemed even more incredible than before.

David Litt, who wrote speeches for Obama, posted: “As a former presidential speechwriter, my careful rhetorical analysis is that he’s gonna get us all killed.”

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[Post 3674]
Author : LarsMac
Date : 03-12-2020 04:39 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Maybe he'll sign an emergency measure to keep TP on the shelves?

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[Post 3675]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-12-2020 06:18 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mike Pence said that there has been &quot;irresponsible rhetoric&quot; from people who have downplayed the seriousness of the U.S. coronavirus outbreak. <a href="https://t.co/OKR7pmkYGH">https://t.co/OKR7pmkYGH</a></p>&mdash; Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) <a href="https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1238087381049389056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 12, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

This fucking guy.

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[Post 3676]
Author : erimir
Date : 03-12-2020 07:23 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Multiple Republicans have criticized Trump by saying "people" shouldn't be saying or doing this or that.

Cowards. It won't get through Trump's head unless it has Trump's name.

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[Post 3677]
Author : ceptimus
Date : 03-12-2020 07:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:dddp:

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[Post 3678]
Author : ceptimus
Date : 03-12-2020 07:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I guess most Americans have never heard of Viz magazine.  So for a limited time only I'll let you look at my copy.

http://ceptimus.co.uk/freethought/images/afo/page1.jpg

http://ceptimus.co.uk/freethought/images/afo/page2.jpg

http://ceptimus.co.uk/freethought/images/afo/page3.jpg

Viz magazine may not be to most Americans' taste (or even understanding) and the Trump cartoon was a one off.  It was in the 2020 annual (The Trumpeter's Lips).

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[Post 3679]
Author : erimir
Date : 03-12-2020 08:03 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Amusing, but phrases like "my barnet's gotta look the absolute tits" coming out of an American's mouth, much less Trump's, really breaks my suspension of disbelief.

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[Post 3680]
Author : Ensign Steve
Date : 03-12-2020 08:22 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

What happened to the lady with her perm?  Did she get her coffee?

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[Post 3681]
Author : JoeP
Date : 03-12-2020 11:11 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mike Pence said that there has been &quot;irresponsible rhetoric&quot; from people who have downplayed the seriousness of the U.S. coronavirus outbreak. <a href="https://t.co/OKR7pmkYGH">https://t.co/OKR7pmkYGH</a></p>&mdash; Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) <a href="https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1238087381049389056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 12, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

This fucking guy.

A point of US politics that I'm unclear on: can the president* fire the vice-president*?

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[Post 3682]
Author : erimir
Date : 03-12-2020 11:38 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The Vice President is technically elected to that position (even if, in practice, they are undemocratically selected by the presidential nominee).

The VP can only be removed by the same process as the president: impeachment by a majority of the House, and conviction by 2/3 of the Senate.

Mike Pence could come out and start calling a Trump an absolute moron who's going to get us all killed and saying Trump should be removed from office immediately, and Trump would have no ability to do anything about it.

He could, however, cut Pence out of the loop and remove all of his responsibilities that are not defined in the Constitution (which are quite few, the most important is breaking ties in the Senate).

The most important thing Trump could do to Pence is removing Pence from the 2020 ticket.

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[Post 3683]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-13-2020 01:48 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">President Trump will not be tested for the coronavirus after coming into contact with a Brazilian official who tested positive for the virus just days after a Mar-a-Lago visit, the White House said on Thursday<a href="https://t.co/qL7tz3RoBy">https://t.co/qL7tz3RoBy</a></p>&mdash; The New York Times (@nytimes) <a href="https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1238190610223370241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 12, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3684]
Author : erimir
Date : 03-13-2020 03:57 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:wish:

We're all thinking it.

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[Post 3685]
Author : ceptimus
Date : 03-13-2020 07:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Explanatory notes for the Viz cartoon, for American speakers:

Barnet: Hair.  Cockney rhyming slang (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhyming_slang) - Barnet Fair (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnet_Fair)

Noggin: slang for head.

Bonce: also slang for head.  Probably derived from the game of marbles (played with small glass balls) - the largest marble in a set is called the bonce.

Terry Nutkins: was a naturalist, and presenter of children's TV programs about animals.
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/410/media/images/62751000/jpg/_62751533_nutkins2_bodypa.jpg

Right old two-and-eight: More Cockney rhyming slang - this time for 'state'.  Two-and-eight was short for two shillings and eightpence in pre-decimal currency which was 2/15 of a pound or thirteen-and-one-third pennies in modern currency.

Alf Garnet: is a second-level rhyming slang for 'barnet' and so, again, means hair.  Alf was the main character of the TV series 'Till Death Us Do Part' and follow-on series.  Alf was misogynist, racist, ignorant, and a bigot.  In the American spin off version, his equivalent was Archie Bunker.
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjI4NzAyOTUyNl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNDgxNDMxOA@@._V1_.jpg

Bobby Charlton: was an English football (soccer) player, famous for his comb-over.
https://www.manutd.com/AssetPicker/images/0/0/10/126/687708/Legends-Profile_Sir-Bobby-Charlton21523461173909_large.jpg

https://i.eurosport.com/2014/09/26/1321092-28415085-2560-1440.jpg?w=750

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[Post 3686]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-13-2020 10:38 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Not true, <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a>. I wrote to you more than 600 days ago demanding answers after you fired the entire White House pandemic team. <a href="https://t.co/ICbHOkyeyY">https://t.co/ICbHOkyeyY</a> <a href="https://t.co/71OF9gKA3N">pic.twitter.com/71OF9gKA3N</a></p>&mdash; Sherrod Brown (@SenSherrodBrown) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenSherrodBrown/status/1238571872779935744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3687]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-13-2020 10:50 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Leadership: Whatever happens, you&#39;re responsible. If it doesn&#39;t happen, you&#39;re responsible.</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/398887965302091776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 8, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
How&#8217;s it going?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;I don&#39;t take responsibility at all,&quot; <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a> says of the testing delay fiasco reported across America.</p>&mdash; Jeff Zeleny (@jeffzeleny) <a href="https://twitter.com/jeffzeleny/status/1238557772477796354?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Oh.

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[Post 3688]
Author : SR71
Date : 03-15-2020 01:55 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The buck always stops somewhere else, unless it's something good, even if he had nothing to do with it being good.  He really is like a seven year old.

I hope all the people who love unfettered business and hate government are taking an object lesson here as they mind their empty shops.

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[Post 3689]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 03-15-2020 04:01 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The buck always stops somewhere else, unless it's something good, even if he had nothing to do with it being good.  He really is like a seven year old.

I hope all the people who love unfettered business and hate government are taking an object lesson here as they mind their empty shops.
The ones who matter are waiting patiently for the bailout checks they know will come.  The ones who don't are the rubes he needs most.

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[Post 3690]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-17-2020 08:50 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

There's a summary thread in the tweeter but here's the one with the the link to the article:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">11/ For more about the FB group in which these were posted &#8212; and to hear what the group&#8217;s founder had to say &#8212; check out the full story here. <a href="https://t.co/ATKPxuIiqt">https://t.co/ATKPxuIiqt</a></p>&mdash; ProPublica (@propublica) <a href="https://twitter.com/propublica/status/1239987529019002883?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3691]
Author : JoeP
Date : 03-17-2020 09:10 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Did we all see this?

Trump tests negative for coronavirus - White House doctor - BBC News (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-51893445)

I have doubts. Firstly, "remains symptom-free" is not the language you use if you're actually clear.

Secondly, unless he's tweeted "I got the best result, the doctors said it was one of the greatest results they've seen" ...

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[Post 3692]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-17-2020 09:23 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump, on cutting the US pandemic response team in 2018: &#8220;I&#8217;m a business person, I don&#8217;t like having thousands of people around when you don&#8217;t need them&quot; <a href="https://t.co/rEgB88YyXO">https://t.co/rEgB88YyXO</a></p>&mdash; Ryan McCarthy (@mccarthyryanj) <a href="https://twitter.com/mccarthyryanj/status/1239972741094072322?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 

bUt He'S a BuSiNeSsMaN

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[Post 3693]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 03-17-2020 10:06 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Did we all see this?

Trump tests negative for coronavirus - White House doctor - BBC News (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-51893445)

I have doubts. Firstly, "remains symptom-free" is not the language you use if you're actually clear.

Secondly, unless he's tweeted "I got the best result, the doctors said it was one of the greatest results they've seen" ...

It's a statement about my faith in Trump that I won't believe he actually took a test until they show me a video of someone jabbing a swab up his nose.

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[Post 3694]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 03-17-2020 10:34 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Have you seen the video of him describing the test? :lol: No way he took the test.

I can't find video,  but this is what he said:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is like Bart Simpson giving a book report on something he obviously didn’t read <a href="https://t.co/lyggjN1kmD">https://t.co/lyggjN1kmD</a></p>&mdash; Brian Gaar (@briangaar) <a href="https://twitter.com/briangaar/status/1239738133194907649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3695]
Author : erimir
Date : 03-17-2020 11:32 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's like Steve Carell describing what boobs feel like in The 40-Year-Old Virgin.

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[Post 3696]
Author : SR71
Date : 03-18-2020 09:36 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

When Republicans are in a big rush to give out the money to the poors, you know they know they're in big trouble.

:rich::aristocrat::capitalistpig:

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[Post 3697]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-19-2020 06:52 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump Adviser Paula White Wants Money For Her Fake Coronavirus 'Hospital' | HuffPost Canada (https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/paula-white-coronavirus-hospital_n_5e71a3b2c5b63c3b6486dc1a?ri18n=true)

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[Post 3698]
Author : JoeP
Date : 03-19-2020 06:36 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump keeps immigration courts open despite coronavirus risks (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/19/us-immigration-courts-open-coronavirus-risks)

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[Post 3699]
Author : Sock Puppet
Date : 03-19-2020 07:14 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That might have unintended benefits for some applicants. Right now the immigration courts are so backlogged that applicants with "good" cases are looking at 3-5 years just to get a hearing. Closing them down would delay deportations, but also make an already insanely slow process even worse. 

Plus, now that the orange thing's "Remain in Mexico" policy has been declared perfect-really-the-best-thing (https://www.lawg.org/all-about-the-remain-in-mexico-policy/) by our illustrious Supreme Court*, any further court delays will just increase the amount of rape, torture and murder this policy causes.



*I was casting about for something insulting enough to link to, but I don't feel like looking at goatse and you probably don't either.

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[Post 3700]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-21-2020 05:58 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

You know what would go good with this?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">No wonder he keeps emphasizing including hotels in the Republican Senate bailouts... <a href="https://t.co/qnW0VrXHKa">https://t.co/qnW0VrXHKa</a></p>&mdash; Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoyAnnReid/status/1241137852391534593?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 20, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Some good old fashioned means testing.

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[Post 3701]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-21-2020 07:10 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://ritholtz.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/EAlj2zwXsAEx3N7.png

Concerned About the Optics, Not the Jobs - The Big Picture (https://ritholtz.com/2020/03/concerned-about-the-optics-not-the-jobs/)

orange clown

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[Post 3702]
Author : JoeP
Date : 03-21-2020 12:39 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Last line:
I cannot hear the things this administration is saying, because their words are being drowned out by their actions.
:sadnod:

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[Post 3703]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-23-2020 06:20 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A country cannot thrive when nearly half of its adults are in open revolt against reality.

Home of the brave? Coronavirus epidemic reveals America's fundamental weakness | Salon.com (https://www.salon.com/2020/03/21/home-of-the-brave-coronavirus-epidemic-reveals-americas-fundamental-weakness/)

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[Post 3704]
Author : JoeP
Date : 03-23-2020 04:07 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

In a similar vein, China exploiting America's fundamental weakness:

China Is Maneuvering for Global Leadership During the Coronavirus Crisis as the United States Falters (https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/china/2020-03-18/coronavirus-could-reshape-global-order)
As Washington falters, Beijing is moving quickly and adeptly to take advantage of the opening created by U.S. mistakes, filling the vacuum to position itself as the global leader in pandemic response. It is working to tout its own system, provide material assistance to other countries, and even organize other governments. The sheer chutzpah of China&#8217;s move is hard to overstate. After all, it was Beijing&#8217;s own missteps&#8212;especially its efforts at first to cover up the severity and spread of the outbreak&#8212;that helped create the very crisis now afflicting much of the world. Yet Beijing understands that if it is seen as leading, and Washington is seen as unable or unwilling to do so, this perception could fundamentally alter the United States&#8217; position in global politics and the contest for leadership in the twenty-first century.

Xi understands that providing global goods can burnish a rising power&#8217;s leadership credentials. 
...

Beijing&#8217;s edge in material assistance is enhanced by the simple fact that much of what the world depends on to fight the coronavirus is made in China. 
...

The United States, by contrast, lacks the supply and capacity to meet many of its own demands, let alone to provide aid in crisis zones elsewhere. The picture is grim. 
...

China&#8217;s chief asset in its pursuit of global leadership&#8212;in the face of the coronavirus and more broadly&#8212;is the perceived inadequacy and inward focus of U.S. policy. 
...

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[Post 3705]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-24-2020 05:18 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Watch how this becomes the mainstream view on the Trump right <a href="https://t.co/mkY8Vscwv0">pic.twitter.com/mkY8Vscwv0</a></p>&mdash; Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheRickWilson/status/1242155643173310464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 23, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3706]
Author : erimir
Date : 03-24-2020 09:22 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

They'd rather die (or their parents/grandparents die) than admit that Trump is an incompetent madman.

Maybe I should pick up a copy of Dying of Whiteness (https://www.amazon.com/Dying-Whiteness-Politics-Resentment-Heartland/dp/1541644980) for quarantine reading... :chin:

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[Post 3707]
Author : JoeP
Date : 03-24-2020 10:07 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

More of the same:

Older people would rather die than let Covid-19 harm US economy – Texas official | World news | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/24/older-people-would-rather-die-than-let-covid-19-lockdown-harm-us-economy-texas-official-dan-patrick)

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[Post 3708]
Author : Ensign Steve
Date : 03-24-2020 03:46 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Something something death panels something something

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[Post 3709]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-24-2020 06:15 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

More commentary on the topic:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The let-them-die push comes after just one week of hanging out at home. If we did this for another 6 or 7 weeks and then went back to work as normal, the average American would still finish the year having worked around as many hours as Germans work in an *typical* year.</p>&mdash; David Segal (@DavidSegalRI) <a href="https://twitter.com/DavidSegalRI/status/1242246246699540480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 24, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Some later replies mentioned this as a demonstration of the power of American labour. And that if forced back to work as expendable meat bags, what a general strike could accomplish.

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[Post 3710]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-24-2020 06:38 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.gyazo.com/975f193919afc7f6003443e1bcfff8d2.jpg

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[Post 3711]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-24-2020 10:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'll just quarantine this in this thrad:

USA und G7-Erklärung: Streit um "Wuhan-Virus" - DER SPIEGEL (https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/streit-um-wuhan-virus-a-6bb570bb-9f2b-4cd1-a895-fdeabf53f6b4)

https://i.gyazo.com/a15d57cbd659ab649f3fb20db28e63be.png

Eeeeeyup, American officials are demanding it be called the 'Wuhan virus'.

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[Post 3712]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-25-2020 07:52 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

KISS THE RING FIRST

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">On Governors asking for help, Trump says, &quot;It&#39;s a two way street they have to treat us well too.&quot; .... (realized i had wrong clip before) <a href="https://t.co/gXM83TCUZR">pic.twitter.com/gXM83TCUZR</a></p>&mdash; Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) <a href="https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/1242533718620876800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 24, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3713]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-25-2020 08:16 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Something something death panels something something

Searching the forum for Death Panels was a head trip and to all those chucklehead lolbertarians from times of yore I say, &#8220;ha&#8221;.


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The same Republicans who falsely accused Obama of having death panels for old people are now pulling out calculators to figure out how many people they are willing to sacrifice to reopen the Cheesecake Factory.</p>&mdash; Santiago Mayer (@santiagomayer_) <a href="https://twitter.com/santiagomayer_/status/1242639307220774914?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 25, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3714]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 03-25-2020 08:17 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So I was arguing with some Trump dipshit elsewhere, because I&#8217;m a glutton.

He included that Gov Newsome said good things about Trump as evidence that Trump is winning the fight against Covid19.

I thought he was full of shit. They have been quite rancorous, but I looked it up and it&#8217;s true.

Newsome is playing Trump the most obvious narcissus asshole in the world.

He praised Trump by name and criticisms are launched at the admin and not personal at all.

Cuomo has done similar.

It&#8217;s pathetic that it&#8217;s necessary, but it apparently works.

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[Post 3715]
Author : erimir
Date : 03-25-2020 09:35 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Still waiting on Trump to start implementing Bernie's ideas like some dipshits were suggesting would happen.

While he invoked the Defense Production Act, he still hasn't even directed any companies to start manufacturing PPE or ventilators... His administration is still suing to overturn the ACA and kick millions off Medicaid. He wants to give money to companies, not workers.

So, waiting for what it is. And wondering why exactly it is that some dipshits wanted to promote the idea that Trump was going to implement Bernie's policies if it wasn't true :chin:

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[Post 3716]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-25-2020 05:06 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

He&#8217;s busy asking favours from the guys he just shook down. While offering favours to that guy&#8217;s rivals.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It&#8217;s almost like we shouldn&#8217;t have used alliances as protection rackets, shaking down a close and highly-capable partner for $5 billion, imagining there would be no consequences for transactional unilateralism. <a href="https://t.co/HbxUPpMcAI">https://t.co/HbxUPpMcAI</a></p>&mdash; Mira Rapp-Hooper (@MiraRappHooper) <a href="https://twitter.com/MiraRappHooper/status/1242553737476018186?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 24, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3717]
Author : SR71
Date : 03-25-2020 06:52 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I will offer as much  when there are surplus to spare for $5 billion.

:glare:

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[Post 3718]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-25-2020 07:47 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Washington state radio station won't air Trump briefings because of 'false or misleading information' | TheHill (https://thehill.com/blogs/news/blog-briefing-room/489439-seattle-radio-station-wont-air-trump-briefings-because-of-false-or)

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[Post 3719]
Author : JoeP
Date : 03-25-2020 11:14 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Why Did President Trump Lie About the COVID-19 Crisis? - YouTube

Posted by a channel "Republicans for the Rule of Law"

In a crisis, there are three rules that must be followed when communicating with the public: Be first. Be right. Be credible. President Trump has often been first but he has seldom been right and he has never been credible.

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[Post 3720]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 03-25-2020 11:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Washington state radio station won't air Trump briefings because of 'false or misleading information' | TheHill (https://thehill.com/blogs/news/blog-briefing-room/489439-seattle-radio-station-wont-air-trump-briefings-because-of-false-or)

Kudos to them, maybe I will give them more money than I already am.

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[Post 3721]
Author : SR71
Date : 03-25-2020 11:35 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

He's on now with the daily briefing.  So far he side stepped a reporter's question by accusing her of writing fake news, attacked NATO and "our allies" for "taking advantage" of us (I could almost hear Putin giggling from here), and also of course blowing his own horn and telling us what a great job he's been doing.  

Also still saying how badly we need to end the isolation and talking about Easter, but at the same time saying no loss of life is acceptable.  The mixed messaging has to be intentional.  Really it's hard to watch.

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[Post 3722]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 03-25-2020 11:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Thank you so I don't have to. taking one for the team.

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[Post 3723]
Author : ceptimus
Date : 03-26-2020 12:08 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

But it's a great mixed message, really great.  A perfect mixed message.

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[Post 3724]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-26-2020 12:15 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

He's on now with the daily briefing.  So far he side stepped a reporter's question by accusing her of writing fake news, attacked NATO and "our allies" for "taking advantage" of us (I could almost hear Putin giggling from here), and also of course blowing his own horn and telling us what a great job he's been doing.  

Also still saying how badly we need to end the isolation and talking about Easter, but at the same time saying no loss of life is acceptable.  The mixed messaging has to be intentional.  Really it's hard to watch.

Almost like the hotel biz is taking a hit and he's going broke.

Again.

If only he'd sold it all and invested in a peanut farm.

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[Post 3725]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-26-2020 08:04 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Pretty good impersonation:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">God only brought one guy back from the dead on Easter. Trump is here to bring back the whole economy on Easter 2020. Enjoy this clip (possibly, like, the best ever), share and be sure to subscribe to Making Podcasts Great Again (<a href="https://twitter.com/TrumpPod?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TrumpPod</a>) - new every week! <a href="https://t.co/aUifVWRzfh">pic.twitter.com/aUifVWRzfh</a></p>&mdash; J-L Cauvin (@JLCauvin) <a href="https://twitter.com/JLCauvin/status/1242515702688485376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 24, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3726]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 03-26-2020 09:09 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That is a good impression, but he need to throw in one or two 'oranges' moments as well as at least one 'I'm going to give him a warming... and a warning, warming and a warning.."

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[Post 3727]
Author : JoeP
Date : 03-26-2020 11:15 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

1
"He brought one guy back ... and it was his son so ... kind of ... biased"
That's like the pot calling the kettle orange. 

2
The implication of bringing the economy back on Easter Sunday is that he's going to crucify it on Friday. I suspect only one of these claims will bear up.

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[Post 3728]
Author : JoeP
Date : 03-26-2020 11:22 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Landmark First Amendment Lawsuit Against President Trump Will Proceed - PEN America (https://pen.org/press-release/landmark-first-amendment-lawsuit-against-president-trump-will-proceed/)

I don't expect this will go anywhere, but momentarily pleasing to see.

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[Post 3729]
Author : lisarea
Date : 03-26-2020 11:29 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

And he's threatening to sue (https://news.yahoo.com/trump-campaign-threatens-lawsuit-over-195140818.html) right now over this ad:

Exponential Threat - YouTube

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[Post 3730]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-27-2020 05:24 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ranty spiderweb of thrads I’m exploring:

Liza Sabater on Twitter: "back in the 1980s, after Bush1 gutted the Dpt of Labor and cut back services for JOB SEEKERS, i had an Econ professor dead pan, ’if they don’t go to their offices, they don’t count as a statistic & that's good for business’ (https://twitter.com/blogdiva/status/1243221723551588353)

I’ll put it here because now is the culmination of before.

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[Post 3731]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 03-27-2020 03:39 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The CDC&#8217;s China headcount has shrunk to around 14 staffers, down from approximately 47 people since President Donald Trump took office in January 2017, the documents show. The four people, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the losses included epidemiologists and other health professionals.

Exclusive: U.S. slashed CDC staff inside China prior to coronavirus outbreak (https://apple.news/AbhkyQ2NxRkawRBFo--mYtA)

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[Post 3732]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 03-27-2020 03:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Who could have foreseen this (https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/doj-suspend-constitutional-rights-coronavirus-970935/)?

"The constitution is not a suicide pact" in 3 ... 2 ... 1...

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[Post 3733]
Author : JoeP
Date : 03-27-2020 04:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:shocked: :notshocked:

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[Post 3734]
Author : JoeP
Date : 03-27-2020 04:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

'It's a two-way street': Trump suggests federal coronavirus aid will be given to governors who 'treat us well' | Business Insider (https://www.businessinsider.com.au/trump-suggests-coronavirus-aid-to-governors-that-treat-us-well-2020-3)

 President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that the federal government would give aid to governors battling the coronavirus outbreak if they &#8220;treat us well also.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s a two-way street,&#8221; Trump said of his discussions with governors about providing their states with federal aid. 

Previous reactions apply.

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[Post 3735]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-27-2020 06:41 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

'It's a two-way street': Trump suggests federal coronavirus aid will be given to governors who 'treat us well' | Business Insider (https://www.businessinsider.com.au/trump-suggests-coronavirus-aid-to-governors-that-treat-us-well-2020-3)

 President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that the federal government would give aid to governors battling the coronavirus outbreak if they “treat us well also.”
“It’s a two-way street,” Trump said of his discussions with governors about providing their states with federal aid. 

Previous reactions apply.

That dude gets really skittish when he doesn't have access to adoring crowds on a regular basis.

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[Post 3736]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-27-2020 10:46 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump was looking to put troops along the Canadian border. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Trump?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Trump</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TrumpPressConf?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TrumpPressConf</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CanadaLockdown?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CanadaLockdown</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CoronaVirusCanada?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CoronaVirusCanada</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#coronavirus</a> <a href="https://t.co/jYde010e9c">pic.twitter.com/jYde010e9c</a></p>&mdash; Michael de Adder (@deAdder) <a href="https://twitter.com/deAdder/status/1243524743246090240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 27, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3737]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-28-2020 06:11 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">In short, do you grovel to a narcissistic tyrant to save lives, federal republic or not?<br><br>I mean, hypothetically.</p>&mdash; InvokePHat (@Popehat) <a href="https://twitter.com/Popehat/status/1243734484307996672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 28, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3738]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-29-2020 06:22 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">True story: Trump had a longstanding feud with this tribe over control of a casino and <a href="https://t.co/nvMFC4Vsmx">https://t.co/nvMFC4Vsmx</a></p>&mdash; Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) <a href="https://twitter.com/HeerJeet/status/1244006445298802689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 28, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3739]
Author : Qingdai
Date : 03-29-2020 07:22 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

One US President seeking syncophants.

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[Post 3740]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 03-29-2020 04:31 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">True story: Trump had a longstanding feud with this tribe over control of a casino and <a href="https://t.co/nvMFC4Vsmx">https://t.co/nvMFC4Vsmx</a></p>&mdash; Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) <a href="https://twitter.com/HeerJeet/status/1244006445298802689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 28, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Interesting, but hardly "breaking news" ...

This Thanksgiving, The Trump Administration Is Taking Land From The Tribe That Welcomed The Pilgrims | HuffPost (https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-wampanoag-reservation-thanksgiving_n_5bf5b80de4b03b230f9e44ac?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9kdWNrZHVja2dvLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAL20YPzaOWNIIQBACAsBUyAKw0FZjbGwgSE8KMz9t8B9jSo709FOodw6zImTrGUeOhGlG3ssy8q3XULbZ7aXors2MB-k6-Da97AQ_BrsgBwkOeSdiXXWBeB-vmpVbSggJIyRc5OSxODamC1q-8OqA73dH6Wqmio5Q_bqsSsPjX3R)

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[Post 3741]
Author : SR71
Date : 03-30-2020 01:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

John King from CNN.  What is his problem?  There's this thing he always does, he'll give Dump a proper lambasting in part 1, then let him off easy in part 2.  Dude, you are doing it backwards.

See John, I may be biased, but I'm hard pressed to see where anything Dump did has been anything better than so-so at best, and really incredibly horrible at worst.  When you close a piece about how Dump has met the very minimum expectation in some regard and been abominable in many other respects, you want to lead with the barely meeting expectations part and close with the skewering part.  Otherwise, the viewers general impression is that everything is at sort of ok, when that clearly is not the case.  The last thing you close with is the part that sticks with the audience.

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[Post 3742]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-30-2020 04:43 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Seems the orange clown came to what (in his mind) must be the only reason medical professionals are going through so many gloves and masks.

Trump alleges some U.S. hospitals are hoarding ventilators as coronavirus pandemic grows - National | Globalnews.ca (https://globalnews.ca/news/6748759/coronavirus-trump-accuses-hospitals-hoarding-ventilators/)

Also implies theft.

Always projection.

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[Post 3743]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-30-2020 04:44 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">True story: Trump had a longstanding feud with this tribe over control of a casino and <a href="https://t.co/nvMFC4Vsmx">https://t.co/nvMFC4Vsmx</a></p>&mdash; Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) <a href="https://twitter.com/HeerJeet/status/1244006445298802689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 28, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Interesting, but hardly "breaking news" ...

This Thanksgiving, The Trump Administration Is Taking Land From The Tribe That Welcomed The Pilgrims | HuffPost (https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-wampanoag-reservation-thanksgiving_n_5bf5b80de4b03b230f9e44ac?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9kdWNrZHVja2dvLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAL20YPzaOWNIIQBACAsBUyAKw0FZjbGwgSE8KMz9t8B9jSo709FOodw6zImTrGUeOhGlG3ssy8q3XULbZ7aXors2MB-k6-Da97AQ_BrsgBwkOeSdiXXWBeB-vmpVbSggJIyRc5OSxODamC1q-8OqA73dH6Wqmio5Q_bqsSsPjX3R)

It’s an important issue to put on record.

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[Post 3744]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-31-2020 07:03 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I am approximately 1,000,000 per cent certain that Trump Googled &quot;Seoul&quot; specifically to make this observation and then confused Seoul&#39;s elevation for its population <a href="https://t.co/vXhllhMldj">https://t.co/vXhllhMldj</a> <a href="https://t.co/QcUv8mYi4n">pic.twitter.com/QcUv8mYi4n</a></p>&mdash; Ian Young (@ianjamesyoung70) <a href="https://twitter.com/ianjamesyoung70/status/1244753805834506240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 30, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3745]
Author : SR71
Date : 04-01-2020 07:26 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Brian Williams had a good opening with a rundown of the Donald Dump Comedy Hour.  The good part is between 01:00 and 03:00.  

https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/embedded-video/mmvo81470021674

I watched for a while but he was behaving at first so I tuned out.  He looked really mad whenever he wasn't talking, though.  WaPo did a piece today about how fewer and fewer reporters are showing up.  They said it's because of the health risk to reporters and low information value of the briefing.  They noted some hard right outfit gets a lot of questions in.

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[Post 3746]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-01-2020 07:53 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Let&#8217;s fuck up Star Wars for everyone.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2890366514332066&id=100000762374540

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[Post 3747]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-02-2020 12:02 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The 80s are back and here to destroy us.

At COVID-19 briefing, Trump announces mobilization against drug cartels, saying traffickers are trying to exploit coronavirus | KTLA (https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/at-covid-19-briefing-trump-announces-mobilization-against-drug-cartels-saying-traffickers-are-trying-to-exploit-coronavirus/)

1989
Full Metal Jackoff - YouTube

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[Post 3748]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-02-2020 05:22 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Navy intel guy talking about that.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">You know what&#39;s going on here, right? <br><br>There is nothing a white conservative is more positive about than if black people aren&#39;t hoeing the fields and picking the cotton all the livelong day, they&#39;ll just sit around doing drugs.<br><br>But to add injury to insult...<br>1/ <a href="https://t.co/wyFeBMX9MC">https://t.co/wyFeBMX9MC</a></p>&mdash; Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) <a href="https://twitter.com/Stonekettle/status/1245481099985326080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 1, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3749]
Author : JoeP
Date : 04-02-2020 12:53 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Good Prince Trump again showing the apple doesn't fall far from the orange tree.

Coronavirus: Donald Trump Jr shares racist meme depicting father as 'Kung Flu Kid' | The Independent (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/coronavirus-donald-trump-jr-instagram-kung-flu-kid-meme-video-pompeo-g7-a9430841.html)

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[Post 3750]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-02-2020 06:01 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">On 9/11, Canada immediately accepted thousands of Americans &#8212; on hundreds of planes &#8212; when US airspace was suddenly closed.<a href="https://t.co/3sA6o8hsRR">https://t.co/3sA6o8hsRR</a></p>&mdash; Steven Dengler (@Dracogen) <a href="https://twitter.com/Dracogen/status/1245436924296417280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 1, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3751]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 04-02-2020 08:07 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Desantis is a piece of fucking shit.

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[Post 3752]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 04-03-2020 03:26 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Almost no one has what it takes to skipper a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, and one of those people just got relieved of command (https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/02/826317152/uss-roosevelt-commander-removed-after-criticizing-handling-of-coronavirus-outbre) of the USS Theodore Roosevelt after his report regarding the COVID-19 outbreak aboard his ship became public. 

Capt. Brett Crozier, USN - patriot.

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[Post 3753]
Author : JoeP
Date : 04-03-2020 04:30 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Noam Chomsky: 'Coronavirus pandemic could have been prevented' | News | Al Jazeera (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/04/noam-chomsky-coronavirus-pandemic-prevented-200403113823259.html)

Mostly about coronavirus but I think subscribers to this thread will appreciate 
Describing the US president as a "sociopathic buffoon"

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[Post 3754]
Author : Kevlar
Date : 04-03-2020 05:06 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So, who thinks the Republicans and Trump are going to try to use this quarantine business to extend his presidency?

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[Post 3755]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-04-2020 05:43 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">That&#39;s Federalist for &quot;Jews will not replace us&quot;</p>&mdash; OURStockpileHat (@Popehat) <a href="https://twitter.com/Popehat/status/1246202524358463488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 3, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3756]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 04-04-2020 09:44 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This is my redneck upbringing, but I just know that some people are immune to logic and reason and that their minds can only be changed with a fucking brick and I have a strong desire to change their minds.

I am not always well socialized.

Fuck the federalist and anyone who uses Wuhan or Chinese virus.  it has a fucking name, adopting another name to accentuate where the fuck it originated is fuckshit.

The conservative "intelligentsia" as it were is the epitome of post truth knownothingness.

That essay is really fucking stupid.  We aren't doing sheltering in place to save new York City, we are doing it save millions of Americans all over America.   That dipshit doesn't understand pandemics. He points to places where sheltering in place is working as evidence that sheltering in place isn't needed.

Fucking moron

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[Post 3757]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 04-04-2020 11:52 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This is my redneck upbringing, but I just know that some people are immune to logic and reason and that their minds can only be changed with a fucking brick and I have a strong desire to change their minds.

I am not always well socialized.

Fuck the federalist and anyone who uses Wuhan or Chinese virus.  it has a fucking name, adopting another name to accentuate where the fuck it originated is fuckshit.

The conservative "intelligentsia" as it were is the epitome of post truth knownothingness.

That essay is really fucking stupid.  We aren't doing sheltering in place to save new York City, we are doing it save millions of Americans all over America.   That dipshit doesn't understand pandemics. He points to places where sheltering in place is working as evidence that sheltering in place isn't needed.

Fucking moron

My name is slimshady2357 and I approve this message.

Especially all the swearing. Given the subject matter, I think even more swearing could have been used, but it was a decent amount.

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[Post 3758]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-04-2020 06:09 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This is my redneck upbringing, but I just know that some people are immune to logic and reason and that their minds can only be changed with a fucking brick and I have a strong desire to change their minds.

I am not always well socialized.

Fuck the federalist and anyone who uses Wuhan or Chinese virus.  it has a fucking name, adopting another name to accentuate where the fuck it originated is fuckshit.

The conservative "intelligentsia" as it were is the epitome of post truth knownothingness.

That essay is really fucking stupid.  We aren't doing sheltering in place to save new York City, we are doing it save millions of Americans all over America.   That dipshit doesn't understand pandemics. He points to places where sheltering in place is working as evidence that sheltering in place isn't needed.

Fucking moron

My name is slimshady2357 and I approve this message.

Especially all the swearing. Given the subject matter, I think even more swearing could have been used, but it was a decent amount.

It was indeed well balanced, good high notes and emphasis. Like a fine Californian late harvest. Or, in redneck, a six pack of Hamm’s.

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[Post 3759]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-05-2020 12:10 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Wow, this blew up 4 years ago, please check out my soundcloud, it&#39;s just clips of me screaming &quot;Make sure you&#39;re registered to vote.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/JaFl5h63az">https://t.co/JaFl5h63az</a></p>&mdash; Daniel Kibblesmith (@kibblesmith) <a href="https://twitter.com/kibblesmith/status/1231943165244067841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 24, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3760]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-05-2020 01:29 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It is not just you. This is another impeachable offense. And it is worth reminding everybody yet again. 52 Republican senators defied their own oaths to exonerate this traitor in the face of overwhelming evidence. Tens of thousands are going to die as a direct consequence.</p>&mdash; Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) <a href="https://twitter.com/NormOrnstein/status/1246544155012186114?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 4, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3761]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 04-05-2020 06:14 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I love the Daily Show :squeezle:

This is a nice mash up of fox talking about Biden's cognitive problems, but without mention his name and inserting Trump's problems into the video.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A lifetime of drug abuse. He sounds pretty good <a href="https://t.co/iV4gt5qJGH">pic.twitter.com/iV4gt5qJGH</a></p>&mdash; Phil Hendrie (@realphilhendrie) <a href="https://twitter.com/realphilhendrie/status/1246770703791054850?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 5, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3762]
Author : But
Date : 04-05-2020 08:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Great! Uncle Joe is absolute shit on policy, but wait, Trump is just as senile as he is! If that doesn't mobilize the base, I don't know what will. Can we have a debate where they compare their sexual assaults? "Look. Look. At least I didn't stick my fingers in."

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[Post 3763]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 04-05-2020 09:12 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yup, Biden is a pile of shit.

But the American voters chose him (or have basically chosen him). So you can keep telling us how shit he is or you can point out how Trump is even worse. 

If you don't think Trump is worse, then I think you're basically crazy.

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[Post 3764]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-05-2020 09:17 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

basically crazy.

Speaking of basically crazy:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The goalposts are moving so fast <a href="https://t.co/A9GEJZHseV">pic.twitter.com/A9GEJZHseV</a></p>&mdash; Wild Geerters (@classiclib3ral) <a href="https://twitter.com/classiclib3ral/status/1246812006960726018?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 5, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 

From "It's a cold" to "Death is good!" in under a month.

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[Post 3765]
Author : SR71
Date : 04-05-2020 09:30 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's unfortunate, Biden does have quite a few allegations, obviously not what one would want.  I would like to hear more about them, find out what holds up to scrutiny, what can be verified, and it would be good to know sooner rather than later. 

All the same, if republicans want to go there, there are quite a few sound bites and videos of Dump's domineering, dismissive, disrespectful  treatment of multiple women to answer with.

Whatever the case, a big black swan just took a giant trump on Dump's head.  I don't see his happy talk about everything snapping back to normal happening, not by November.  Even if the cause of the catastrophe was beyond control, even if he had reacted well, instead of foolishly shirking his duty in the vain hope of serving his own interest, voters will go in the booth with fresh memories of friends and loved ones sickened or lost, 401k's depleted and paychecks done without.  He's at a bit of a disadvantage.

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[Post 3766]
Author : But
Date : 04-05-2020 09:39 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yup, Biden is a pile of shit.

But the American voters chose him (or have basically chosen him). So you can keep telling us how shit he is or you can point out how Trump is even worse. 

 If you don't think Trump is worse, then I think you're basically crazy.


The American voters? No, the DNC shitbags have chosen him because they would rather lose to Trump than win with Bernie Sanders. And barring a miracle, Biden is going to lose.

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[Post 3767]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 04-05-2020 09:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yup, Biden is a pile of shit.

But the American voters chose him (or have basically chosen him). So you can keep telling us how shit he is or you can point out how Trump is even worse. 

 If you don't think Trump is worse, then I think you're basically crazy.


The American voters? No, the DNC shitbags have chosen him because they would rather lose to Trump than win with Bernie Sanders. And barring a miracle, Biden is going to lose.

The centrists of the DNC managed to get behind Biden, but they didn't vote for him, the people in America did. Bernie got lots of coverage, especially after his great start. He had a chance and not enough people voted for him :shrug:

I wish they had, I really wanted him to win (after it was clear Warren couldn't win). It sucks. 

And Biden very well might lose. That would suck more than him winning, would you agree?

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[Post 3768]
Author : But
Date : 04-05-2020 10:20 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

And Biden very well might lose. That would suck more than him winning, would you agree?


I don't know and I don't care anymore.

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[Post 3769]
Author : erimir
Date : 04-06-2020 02:07 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

But cares so much about poor people and women and the environment and such that he doesn't even care whether the GOP cuts benefits to poor people and destroys labor, outlaws abortion, never renews the Violence Against Women Act, and builds more coal plants and relaxes emission standards. Why even care whether we have a competent government to handle a pandemic or hurricanes that will simply let poor people drown in hurricanes or die suffocating deaths from coronavirus if they're from states or cities that don't help the president electorally?

The fact that you do care about those things just shows how much you don't care about those things. Obviously if you cared you wouldn't bother trying to make anything better if Bernie loses, because if Bernie loses is there even a point to helping people?

Meanwhile, I assume But doesn't care whether the AfD gains control in Germany, right? Merkel has won so many times that there's no reason to care anymore. Might as well join them, really.

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[Post 3770]
Author : JoeP
Date : 04-06-2020 04:20 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/n0XHej9.jpg

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[Post 3771]
Author : davidm
Date : 04-06-2020 10:29 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yup, Biden is a pile of shit.

But the American voters chose him (or have basically chosen him). So you can keep telling us how shit he is or you can point out how Trump is even worse. 

 If you don't think Trump is worse, then I think you're basically crazy.


The American voters? No, the DNC shitbags have chosen him because they would rather lose to Trump than win with Bernie Sanders. And barring a miracle, Biden is going to lose.

How is the DNC doing that, But? Is there a DNC agent assigned to each Democratic primary voter, when the voter shows up to vote? Does the agent enter the voting booth with the voter? Does the voter then prepare to check off Bernie’s name, and the agent then pulls out a gun, aims it at the voter, and says: “I’m sorry, please vote for Biden, or I will have to kill you. You see, the DNC is shoving Biden down your throats.” Is that it works?

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[Post 3772]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-07-2020 03:58 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here&#39;s a link. <br><br>And here&#39;s the conclusion of Justice Ginsburg&#39;s dissent. <a href="https://t.co/7zhDvSLF4r">https://t.co/7zhDvSLF4r</a> <a href="https://t.co/72OZG7h7lF">pic.twitter.com/72OZG7h7lF</a></p>&mdash; Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) <a href="https://twitter.com/mjs_DC/status/1247301390105542658?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 6, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3773]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-07-2020 07:08 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&#8220;Who are you working for? China?&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/xANhmcvp7z">pic.twitter.com/xANhmcvp7z</a></p>&mdash; Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) <a href="https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1247291955123335169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 6, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3774]
Author : Kyuss Apollo
Date : 04-09-2020 12:34 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D_cCLG4VUAEDl15.jpg

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[Post 3775]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 04-09-2020 04:37 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Which one?

Yes.

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[Post 3776]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-09-2020 04:50 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Some companies have been &#39;stepping up&#39; to help, during COVID-19 pandemic—but not Trump&#39;s (https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/4/5/1934617/-Some-companies-have-been-stepping-up-to-help-during-COVID-19-pandemic-but-not-Trump-s)

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[Post 3777]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-10-2020 12:22 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump broke the Republic. Trump broke the Republic.

Gavin Newsom Declares California a ‘Nation-State’ (https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-04-09/california-declares-independence-from-trump-s-coronavirus-plans)

At this stage he's talking shit, but, holy shit.

Canada anticipates productive and friendly relations with the nation states of California and Cascadia. Minnesota can join as a province.

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[Post 3778]
Author : But
Date : 04-10-2020 12:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

How is the DNC doing that, But? Is there a DNC agent assigned to each Democratic primary voter, when the voter shows up to vote? Does the agent enter the voting booth with the voter? Does the voter then prepare to check off Bernie&#8217;s name, and the agent then pulls out a gun, aims it at the voter, and says: &#8220;I&#8217;m sorry, please vote for Biden, or I will have to kill you. You see, the DNC is shoving Biden down your throats.&#8221; Is that it works?


You're right, I forgot how the system works. What's really happening is that all US citizens aged 18 or older who are all omniscient choose the most perfect human being among all the US citizens above the age of 35.

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[Post 3779]
Author : erimir
Date : 04-10-2020 02:32 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

How is the DNC doing that, But? Is there a DNC agent assigned to each Democratic primary voter, when the voter shows up to vote? Does the agent enter the voting booth with the voter? Does the voter then prepare to check off Bernie&#8217;s name, and the agent then pulls out a gun, aims it at the voter, and says: &#8220;I&#8217;m sorry, please vote for Biden, or I will have to kill you. You see, the DNC is shoving Biden down your throats.&#8221; Is that it works?You're right, I forgot how the system works. What's really happening is that all US citizens aged 18 or older who are all omniscient choose the most perfect human being among all the US citizens above the age of 35.
:lol: Biden wasn't my first choice OR davidm's first choice.

Neither of us would say that Biden is "the most perfect human being" eligible to be US president, or even close to it!

But we have a democratic system, and that's who the Democratic Party primary voters chose. They made a clear decision when it got down to only* Biden and Sanders. I disagree with their choice, but that doesn't mean that the DNC dictated that choice to them.

What should've happened instead? Should Buttigieg and Klobuchar been forced to stay in despite having no chance of winning? Should they have been forced to keep their mouths shut instead of endorsing Biden?

I will certainly concede that there are better voting methods. I think the party should use something like approval or range voting. This would be simple, easy to understand and to count, and it would avoid some of the issues we saw in this primary, like early voting causing problems with candidates who dropped out, similar candidates splitting certain voter groups, the 15% threshold would no longer be necessary (although they could still use a threshold for debates). There would be no issue of a candidate getting a narrow plurality and then there being an issue of whether that means they automatically win, nor wondering what to do if the presumptive nominee were to die or have to drop out - the next highest scoring candidate would be the obvious choice and there'd be little issue of debating whether that candidate was truly the legitimate choice of the people.

There are some other reforms you could incorporate as well. You could try to use ranked choice voting in some form, for example (which can combine with the proportional delegate system in various ways). They had this in the caucuses but it was incomplete, does weird things by applying the threshold at multiple levels instead of just statewide, and is paired with other features that strongly suppress turnout, but you could use it in a normal primary vote.

What's not the case, however, is that there's any reason to believe these changes would've resulted in Bernie Sanders specifically winning. In polls that did incorporate ranked choice, usually Biden still came out on top. Approval voting might've benefited some of the candidates who were trying to forge a path between Bernie and Biden though, like Harris or Warren. One hypothetical poll (https://www.electionscience.org/press-releases/new-poll-74-of-democratic-primary-voters-would-support-warren-for-president/) found that Warren would've had a clear lead in an approval election, but since the dynamics of such an election would've been very different (and voters unfamiliar with the system might not be thinking their choices through as much), you can't assume that those would hold up. Candidates would spend less time attacking each other and more time trying to simply make themselves more appealing, for example, including by instead praising candidates whose supporters they might be courting.

But while there are issues as there are with the Democratic Party primary system, it's still better than the overall American voting system, and it's better than it was in 2016.

*And Tulsi I suppose, for a little bit, but lol

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[Post 3780]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-10-2020 03:12 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Neither of us would say that Biden is "the most perfect human being" eligible to be US president, or even close to it!

https://i.gyazo.com/5db90bb0a26d0234d18ad6eb28bdbcaf.png

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[Post 3781]
Author : SR71
Date : 04-10-2020 03:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Oh hey, is my camera on?  STOP SPYING ON ME!

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[Post 3782]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 04-10-2020 03:43 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I about flipped my desk when a Blue State facebutt group was all happy about Biden. Dammit, but we could have done better at least! GOD. YOU GUYS RUIN EVERYTHING.

But instead, I closed the tab and wept into my whipped coffee.

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[Post 3783]
Author : erimir
Date : 04-10-2020 04:03 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

There were at least half a dozen candidates I would've preferred. Possibly more, but the field was too big to really look into all of them.

But he'll do. And he definitely wasn't the worst candidate either... I'd be a lot less happy if Bloomberg had won. And Bill de Blasio sucks ass too. Imagine if he, with his botched response to the coronavirus, were our standard-bearer...

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[Post 3784]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 04-10-2020 04:22 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'd like to think there would have been some kind of riot if Bloomberg had lasted longer than he did let alone win the nomination. But, this is the newest and most improvedest america so who knows what's going to happen tomorrow.

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[Post 3785]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 04-10-2020 04:44 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm going to vote for Biden enthusiastically and as many times as I am allowed even though I don't particularly care for the erstwhile segregationist.

He is still superior in just about every way to Trump.

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[Post 3786]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-10-2020 09:05 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Congratulations to all those who wanted a reality show host for president.

You&#8217;re on Survivor.

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[Post 3787]
Author : davidm
Date : 04-10-2020 04:39 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

How is the DNC doing that, But? Is there a DNC agent assigned to each Democratic primary voter, when the voter shows up to vote? Does the agent enter the voting booth with the voter? Does the voter then prepare to check off Bernie’s name, and the agent then pulls out a gun, aims it at the voter, and says: “I’m sorry, please vote for Biden, or I will have to kill you. You see, the DNC is shoving Biden down your throats.” Is that it works?


You're right, I forgot how the system works. What's really happening is that all US citizens aged 18 or older who are all omniscient choose the most perfect human being among all the US citizens above the age of 35.

How is this response, to a bizarre strawman caricature of what I wrote, even remotely responsive to what I ACTUALLY wrote?

Hell, it’s not even a strawman of my question— it’s just out to lunch. 

You said that the DNC was to blame for Biden coasting to victory, and NOT the voters.

I asked you HOW the DNC is to blame for Biden, as opposed to the voters — you know, those people who ACTUALLY VOTED, in most cases by huge margins, for Biden over Bernie?

You might also take a stab at explaining why Bernie’s vaunted youth vote actually DECLINED this time around, as compared with 2016. Was the DNC also to blame for THAT? If so, again … how???

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[Post 3788]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-11-2020 02:33 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The 80s are back and here to destroy us.

At COVID-19 briefing, Trump announces mobilization against drug cartels, saying traffickers are trying to exploit coronavirus | KTLA (https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/at-covid-19-briefing-trump-announces-mobilization-against-drug-cartels-saying-traffickers-are-trying-to-exploit-coronavirus/)

1989
Full Metal Jackoff - YouTube (https://youtu.be/2aHrCGcTEeQ)

I keep coming back to these lyrics:

Some gang that ran smack in Viet Nam
Ain't got no reason to fear
Just get a Vice President so dumb
The crook at the top never gets impeached
That sure was easy wasn't it?
That sure was easy wasn't it?
More crack-more panic-moe cops-more jails
You see emergency-total war
You see emergency-total war
You see a black face-you see a crackhead
You see a black face-you see a crackhead
You see a black face-you see Willie Horton with a knife
You see Willie Horton with a knife
You see one Willie Horton you've seen them all
They're everywhere, I know
You asked for it, you've got it
Drug suspects have no rights at all
Property seized and sold before trial
Labor camps-on American soil?!?
Neo-Nazi bootboys
That the cops never seem to arrest
Prowl neighborhoods with baseball bats
Why now? Why do they get so much press...?
Mein Kampf-the mini series
Ollie North-"patriotic" hero
The leader for tomorrow is yours today
Finally gotcha psyched for a police state
On the Washington D.C. Beltway
Around and around I go
In a black van with no windows
And a chimney puffing smoke
My van's a mobile oven now
That burns the bodies you never see
Just like in Chile or Guatemala
People just seem to disappear
Just like Rome
We fell asleep when we got spoiled
Ignore human rights in the rest of the world
Ya might just lose your own
As the noose of narco-militarism
Tightens 'round your necks
We worry about burning flags
And pee in jars at work
To keep our jobs
But if someone came for you one night
And dragged you away
Do you really think your neighbors
Would even care...
Embrace the red white and blue reich
Ollie for president, he'll get things done!!!

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[Post 3789]
Author : SR71
Date : 04-11-2020 07:47 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Neither of us would say that Biden is "the most perfect human being" eligible to be US president, or even close to it!

https://i.gyazo.com/5db90bb0a26d0234d18ad6eb28bdbcaf.png

^ the visual ^

the :tealdeer:

Why this moment is perfectly suited to Joe Bidenâ&#8364;&#8482;s bid for president. (https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/04/joe-biden-democratic-nominee-why.html)


PS - I love that image, it makes me larff.  Larffing and larffing.

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[Post 3790]
Author : davidm
Date : 04-12-2020 12:09 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yep, Biden will do.

I skimmed that Slate story linked by SR71. The writer’s thinking seems to comport with mine. Even before this virus nightmare hit, I was thinking that 2020 was not 2016, and was not figuring to be a “revolution” election — bad news for Bernie/Warren.

I figured — and still do, more than ever — that this was going to exactly what it was 100 years ago, in 1920: a “return to normalcy [sic]” election — the slogan Harding ran on, and won, replacing a white racist president who lied America into World War I, and on the heels of that war, the rise of the Bolsheviks, the first Red Scare, and, last but not least, the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 18 million people worldwide. People were exhausted by all this, and just wanted — well — a return to normalcy [sic].

I think that is what the vast majority of Democrats, most independents, and even a fair number of Republicans who have not lost their minds, want this year. First and foremost, most people want an end to the never-ending nightmare in the White House. 

Even most people who are interested in revolution politics, I think, recognize that before any progressive revolution can take place, or even be thought about, the No. 1 priority is evicting the monster from the White House. I think a lot of people voted for Biden because they think he has a better chance to do that than Bernie. They may be right. If Bernie were the nominee he’d be smeared from pillar to post and from coast to coast as a Marxist, a Communist, even a Stalinist. Here in NYC, the vile NY Post, owned of course by the vile Rupert Murdoch, routinely calls Sanders “Comrade Bernie.” 

None of the charges against Bernie are true, of course, but we all should know by now that truth holds no sway with a stunningly large segment of the American public.

For four years, everyone who is not a Trump cult member, not a MAGA-hat wearing lunatic, has lived in a constant state of nervous tension, almost daily with a fight-or-flight reactive response to the never-ending cavalcade of horrors emanating from Drumpf’s filthy regime. People just want it to end.

Anyone who doesn’t see the difference between Biden and Drumpf is out of his or her fucking mind! No, I don’t want Biden, but if the alternative is Drumpf? Yes, Biden, please — or Charles Manson, or a pigeon, or a lump of dog shit. Anyone, anything!

If anyone needs a fresh update on the vicious imbecile who is president, take a pass over to the Pharyngula web site, where a video is posted of Drumpf discussing the corona virus, on Friday, I believe. 

I could not bring myself to watch the video, for fear that I might blow my brains out from despair. I’m only going to quote Drumpf’s words featured on the vid’s first frame. Read this and let it sink in, and tell me if you don’t get the dread fight-or-flight response. Here is what this “man” actually said:

“The germ has gotten so brilliant that the antibiotic can't keep up with it ... there's a whole genius to it ... not only is it hidden, but it's very smart.”

Are you reading this, people? This is the goddamned president of the United States, in the middle of the worst global public health crisis since 1918, and he doesn’t even know the goddamn difference between a fucking virus and a germ; doesn’t know that NO virus can be treated by antibiotics; and he thinks not only that a virus is a germ, but that it has brains.

Yes, Biden, please. Thank you! :yup:

And yes, Harding turned out to be one of the worst presidents ever, and Uncle Joe reminds me a lot of Harding — amiable grandfatherly type with no actual ideas who speaks in vapid platitudes. That is why I wanted Bernie or Warren! But we’re getting Biden, and if Harding could be brought back to life and were the nominee against Trump, I would vote for Harding.

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[Post 3791]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 04-12-2020 12:27 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So I hate Trump and he is a dipshit, but I don't take exception his use of germ.  Germs are just pathogens and a pathogen can be a virus, fungus, bacteria, protist, or archeon.  (maybe Prions as well, depending on how we think about it.  

Antibiotics won't kill a virus, no doubt and it's stupid for him to mention them, but many people don't think or know the difference.  It is stupid for someone who has access to experts in every field, but then everything Trump says is that.

  I also don't have a problem with his thinking  that it's smart and sneaky.  I mean it is hopelessly anthropomorphic, but someone had to get the idea across to him that it was difficult to stop and that it being asymptomatic wasn't a good thing.

Anyway, yes he is a dangerous moron, but I was far more concerned when he wanted to ride it out because an essay that a lawyer wrote for the Heritage foundation.

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[Post 3792]
Author : davidm
Date : 04-12-2020 12:48 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Granted point on germs, but I'm pretty sure he thinks a virus is a bacterium and doesn't even know about the other stuff you mention.

Yes, many people don't know the difference, and that is just the point! The president NEEDS to know the difference, so he can EDUCATE people. Now you've got people listening to this, no doubt tons of them his base, who are going to be bugging their doctors about why they can't just take an antibiotic to kill the virus!

Like corona virus, this goober himself just IS a public health menace!

Imagine this guy as the war leader in WWII and telling people about how we are going to win the war in the Pacific against Italy!

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[Post 3793]
Author : erimir
Date : 04-12-2020 01:48 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump would be saying that Hawaii should've ordered more planes to defend Pearl Harbor years ago and it's not his responsibility to defend them against Japan. Maybe if the governor were nicer to him...

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[Post 3794]
Author : JoeP
Date : 04-12-2020 10:07 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Anything which gets more attention than Trump - and can't be dealt with by mockery - is a huge threat to his ego. He has to call it a genius to preserve his own self-importance.

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[Post 3795]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-12-2020 06:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Street art done by an artist named Welin seen in Copenhagen.<br><br>Yep. That&#39;s President Mini-Mitts: Truly respected throughout the world. <a href="https://t.co/8kSKzUp9B8">pic.twitter.com/8kSKzUp9B8</a></p>&mdash; Bob Geiger (@GeigerNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/GeigerNews/status/1249377133186539522?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 12, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3796]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-13-2020 08:11 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;Are We There Yet&quot;, by <a href="https://twitter.com/deAdder?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@deAdder</a> <br><br>Subscribe to <a href="https://t.co/Iv9Fo1ppZG">https://t.co/Iv9Fo1ppZG</a> for more weekly cartoons. <a href="https://t.co/e1p7XJGd9d">pic.twitter.com/e1p7XJGd9d</a></p>&mdash; Counterpoint (@newcounterpoint) <a href="https://twitter.com/newcounterpoint/status/1248282221904973824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 9, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3797]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-13-2020 11:31 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Nation&#8217;s Governors Consider Forming Country (https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/nations-governors-consider-forming-country)

AMERICA (The Borowitz Report)&#8212;In order to better coördinate their efforts to combat the coronavirus, the nation&#8217;s governors are considering the extraordinary step of forming a country.

The radical proposal is an unusual bipartisan effort, spearheaded by the Democratic governor of Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer, and the Republican Governor of Ohio, Mike DeWine.

&#8220;Mike and I were bidding against each other for masks and ventilators, and I was, like, &#8216;Mike this is crazy,&#8217; &#8221; Whitmer said. &#8220; &#8216;It would be so much better if we just worked together and formed a country.&#8217; &#8221;

DeWine said that Whitmer&#8217;s proposal of creating a country out of the fifty states &#8220;made a lot of sense.&#8221;

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[Post 3798]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 04-14-2020 04:04 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump Campaign Sues TV Station for 'Coronavirus Hoax' Ad | Law & Crime (https://lawandcrime.com/2020-election/donald-trump-campaign-claims-nbc-affiliate-defamed-the-president-by-airing-ad-using-his-own-words/)

It's defamation now to repeat what Trump has previous said.

In context, Trump was clearly trying to say that fear over the Coronavirus was the Dems new hoax, but i reject that that is really different from saying the coronnavirus is a hoax.

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[Post 3799]
Author : ceptimus
Date : 04-15-2020 01:13 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

He's picking fights with everything and everyone now: the WHO, the Chinese, all the state Governors, the virus itself, science, reality, ...

It would be funny if it weren't so tragic.  If he were in a film or TV series, I'd be condemning the writers for penning such an unbelievable character.

He obviously has mental problems; shame he's too powerful to be forced to undergo treatment.

You Americans picked a bad time to elect such a dangerous man - this will cost many lives.

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[Post 3800]
Author : The Man
Date : 04-15-2020 01:36 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

To give ourselves a bit more credit than we perhaps deserve, he wasn't elected. The word "election" literally requires a popular vote by virtually every definition in operation (e.g., Merriam-Webster: "elect: to select by vote for an office, position, or membership"; Wiktionary: "election: a process of choosing a leader, members of parliament, councillors or other representatives by popular vote; the choice of a leader or representative by popular vote"), and he lost that by nearly three million votes. We don't elect our presidents, due to an eighteenth-century relic of slavery. He was appointed by that relic.

In any case, there is never a good time to elect (or appoint) such a dangerous man; but this was certainly a particularly inopportune time. It's just worth remembering that at no point in history has there ever been a majority or even a plurality of Americans in support of a Trump presidency*. His supporters have always been a minority of the country.

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[Post 3801]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-15-2020 02:37 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

To give ourselves a bit more credit than we perhaps deserve, he wasn't elected. The word "election" literally requires a popular vote by virtually every definition in operation, and he lost that by nearly three million votes (e.g., Merriam-Webster: "elect: to select by vote for an office, position, or membership"; Wiktionary: "election: a process of choosing a leader, members of parliament, councillors or other representatives by popular vote; the choice of a leader or representative by popular vote".) We don't elect our presidents, due to an eighteenth-century relic of slavery. He was appointed by that relic.

In any case, there is never a good time to elect (or appoint) such a dangerous man; but this was certainly a particularly inopportune time. It's just worth remembering that at no point in history has there ever been a majority or even a plurality of Americans in support of a Trump presidency*. His supporters have always been a minority of the country.

There are solutions for this: 2016–17 South Korean protests - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_South_Korean_protests)

At any time prior to the current situation mass demonstration could have done something. As large and decentralized as America is, millions of people in DC is not going to happen. Put 1000+ demonstrators every fucking day in front of a state capitol could be noticed. Put a few dozen to a few hundred picketing their local rep's office/house, or their senator's office/house, again, noticed. Imagine GOP Trump humping purple state senators terrified to even return to their home state. Same with Gaetz-esque weirdos or any other who's been too much of a chickenshit to hold a town hall. Large masses of angry unemployed coming up can be channeled a couple ways, gas chambers or solidarity.

And yes, some citizens might end up taking a bullet.

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[Post 3802]
Author : The Man
Date : 04-15-2020 07:00 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

To give ourselves a bit more credit than we perhaps deserve, he wasn't elected. The word "election" literally requires a popular vote by virtually every definition in operation, and he lost that by nearly three million votes (e.g., Merriam-Webster: "elect: to select by vote for an office, position, or membership"; Wiktionary: "election: a process of choosing a leader, members of parliament, councillors or other representatives by popular vote; the choice of a leader or representative by popular vote".) We don't elect our presidents, due to an eighteenth-century relic of slavery. He was appointed by that relic.

In any case, there is never a good time to elect (or appoint) such a dangerous man; but this was certainly a particularly inopportune time. It's just worth remembering that at no point in history has there ever been a majority or even a plurality of Americans in support of a Trump presidency*. His supporters have always been a minority of the country.

There are solutions for this: 2016â&#8364;&#8220;17 South Korean protests - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_South_Korean_protests)

At any time prior to the current situation mass demonstration could have done something. As large and decentralized as America is, millions of people in DC is not going to happen. Put 1000+ demonstrators every fucking day in front of a state capitol could be noticed. Put a few dozen to a few hundred picketing their local rep's office/house, or their senator's office/house, again, noticed. Imagine GOP Trump humping purple state senators terrified to even return to their home state. Same with Gaetz-esque weirdos or any other who's been too much of a chickenshit to hold a town hall. Large masses of angry unemployed coming up can be channeled a couple ways, gas chambers or solidarity.

And yes, some citizens might end up taking a bullet.
I appreciate the suggestion, but such demonstrations are not going to happen and would not even be particularly responsible during a pandemic of this scale. Maybe once there's a widely available vaccine people should start doing this, though. I think people are more pissed off now than they've ever been during my lifetime.

Thing is though, it's not even practical for many of us to get to our state capitals. Tallahassee is like a five-hour drive from here, and more like nine from Miami.

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[Post 3803]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-15-2020 07:43 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I recognize the frustration and swear I'm not trying to be a dick.

I feel I recognized that now is the worst possible time for a mass gathering.

At any time prior to the current situation mass demonstration could have done something.


I appreciate the suggestion, but such demonstrations are not going to happen and would not even be particularly responsible during a pandemic of this scale. Maybe once there's a widely available vaccine people should start doing this, though. I think people are more pissed off now than they've ever been during my lifetime.

And I stress there are local areas for public protest, not everyone needs to run to the capitol.
Put a few dozen to a few hundred picketing their local rep's office/house


Thing is though, it's not even practical for many of us to get to our state capitals. Tallahassee is like a five-hour drive from here, and more like nine from Miami.

Also, hold my beer. My capitol is on an island and 2-3 day's drive from some corners of this province. :D I can appreciate distance.

I'll try to expand my line of thinking here:
What we are seeing right now is the sheer panic oligarchs get with a general strike. We are witnessing the power of Labour.

I reiterate:
Large masses of angry unemployed coming up can be channeled a couple ways, gas chambers or solidarity.

Mass protest is a thing that might have to be done or the world might be headed for another dark age. Right or wrong, America basically leads, this continent at least, and many other chunks of the globe. If America can channel greater social solidarity, there will be spin off benefits throughout America's network of allies and hopefully even further. Going the gas chamber route? Well, shit, Trumptanic takes a lot of Americans and foreigners down too.

I hope for the solidarity route, in hopes it's the route involving a lot less dead bodies.

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[Post 3804]
Author : ceptimus
Date : 04-15-2020 06:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://scontent-lhr8-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/92439576_1328109430720695_5852739985660182528_n.jpg?_nc_cat=104&_nc_sid=8024bb&_nc_ohc=Ov82klRpwf8AX8uOcOS&_nc_ht=scontent-lhr8-1.xx&oh=7a47c9c63faac8d25c932aaae9633d68&oe=5EBE32F5

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[Post 3805]
Author : But
Date : 04-15-2020 07:38 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

You said that the DNC was to blame for Biden coasting to victory, and NOT the voters.

I asked you HOW the DNC is to blame for Biden, as opposed to the voters — you know, those people who ACTUALLY VOTED, in most cases by huge margins, for Biden over Bernie?


Oh, I don't know, changing the rules on the fly to get Bloomberg into the debates and later to keep Tulsi out? Just FYI, I will take the liberty to use "DNC" in a broader sense to include all the party establishment dipshits and their fat cat donors.

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[Post 3806]
Author : The Man
Date : 04-15-2020 08:15 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Oh, I don't know, changing the rules on the fly to get Bloomberg into the debates and later to keep Tulsi out?In point of fact, reporting suggests that nearly every other candidate wanted Bloomberg in the debates, in order to demonstrate what a paper tiger he was as a candidate. Once Elizabeth Warren eviscerated him, his polling numbers dropped like a stone, and he dropped out shortly thereafter.

Now, is this &#8220;fair&#8221;? Perhaps not. You know what else wasn&#8217;t &#8220;fair&#8221;? Bloomberg dropping tens of millions of dollars into ads to buy support among voters without having participated in a single debate. I&#8217;m no big fan of Biden, but I&#8217;m particularly glad Bloomberg is not the nominee.

Tulsi, on the other hand, never had polling numbers above about 1-3%, so it hardly takes a grave conspiracy to keep her out of the later debates. She had been in several earlier debates, people who actually care about facts will note, and failed to gain any sort of traction from them.

Just FYI, I will take the liberty to use "DNC" in a broader sense to include all the party establishment dipshits and their fat cat donors.So, in short, &#8220;people who actually care about facts&#8221; is a set that excludes you. Duly noted.

There is an actual DNC. I will allow readers to come up with their own terminology for knowingly using &#8220;DNC&#8221; to refer to people and groups that are not the DNC.

I recognize the frustration and swear I'm not trying to be a dick.Understood.

I feel I recognized that now is the worst possible time for a mass gathering.

At any time prior to the current situation mass demonstration could have done something.Yeah, I noticed that after re-reading the post, but it was late and I decided to prioritise sleep over amending my post.

I'll try to expand my line of thinking here:
What we are seeing right now is the sheer panic oligarchs get with a general strike. We are witnessing the power of Labour.

I reiterate:
Large masses of angry unemployed coming up can be channeled a couple ways, gas chambers or solidarity.

Mass protest is a thing that might have to be done or the world might be headed for another dark age. Right or wrong, America basically leads, this continent at least, and many other chunks of the globe. If America can channel greater social solidarity, there will be spin off benefits throughout America's network of allies and hopefully even further. Going the gas chamber route? Well, shit, Trumptanic takes a lot of Americans and foreigners down too.

I hope for the solidarity route, in hopes it's the route involving a lot less dead bodies.Yeah, I tend to agree; I&#8217;m just not sure what hope there is for mass demonstrations in an era where a pandemic makes mass gatherings unsafe. I&#8217;m seeing projections now that this could be a concern, off and on, at least until the year 2025. That&#8217;s&#8230; terrifying.

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[Post 3807]
Author : But
Date : 04-15-2020 08:53 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Tulsi, on the other hand, never had polling numbers above about 1-3%, so it hardly takes a grave conspiracy to keep her out of the later debates. She had been in several earlier debates, people who actually care about facts will note, and failed to gain any sort of traction from them.


Whatever. She qualified and was still in the race, so they just changed the rules because these shitheads can do whatever they fucking like. I'm sure she would have stuck a knife into Creepy Uncle Joe and twisted it around, as opposed to Bernie with his "good friend" bullshit, and that would have been really fucking inconvenient. It's almost certain after she knocked the shit out of dirty cop Harris.

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[Post 3808]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 04-15-2020 09:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Tulsi, on the other hand, never had polling numbers above about 1-3%, so it hardly takes a grave conspiracy to keep her out of the later debates. She had been in several earlier debates, people who actually care about facts will note, and failed to gain any sort of traction from them.


Whatever. She qualified and was still in the race, so they just changed the rules because these shitheads can do whatever they fucking like. I'm sure she would have stuck a knife into Creepy Uncle Joe and twisted it around, as opposed to Bernie with his "good friend" bullshit, and that would have been really fucking inconvenient. It's almost certain after she knocked the shit out of dirty cop Harris.

Tulsi Gabbard didn't qualify. She didn't even meet the relatively weak requirements for debate #6, and didn't meet them for the remainder of the debate schedule, without even needing to change the rules.

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[Post 3809]
Author : erimir
Date : 04-15-2020 10:29 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's hard to make the case that it's undemocratic or sleazy in some way for Democratic voters to hear from the candidate who was polling in double digits and within 8 pts of the polling leader. Bloomberg spending almost a billion dollars and his opponents never getting an opportunity to face him and force him to defend his record isn't a better way to run things. You're just mad because you think Sanders should be able to win without convincing a majority of Democratic voters. Because you're concerned about fairness :rolleyes:

The fundraising requirement is more worthy of criticism than the polling requirement, honestly. You need money to run a campaign anyway, and if you don't have one, it will be hard to get the polling numbers necessary to be in the debates anyway. And Tom Steyer showed that it doesn't guarantee grassroots support anyway - he spent more money convincing people to give him $1 donations so that he could be in the debates than he raised, so you can basically buy your way into the debate anyway (another reason to think that Bloomberg simply didn't want to be in the debates - he could've easily followed Steyer's lead and qualified anyhow).

They consistently increased the polling threshold, and once it got above 3% Gabbard couldn't meet it. They have no obligation to let someone in just because they want the opportunity to attack other candidates despite having no chance of winning. Unless you think they should let Delaney or other candidates in who would have no purpose but attacking Sanders. I'm sure they could find a few of those if that's the way it should work. The debates are for voters to see the candidates who might actually be nominated, not to let gadflies in to shit all over the party just because But thinks they should.

An issue was the volume of polling was perhaps not high enough for what they were trying for. A solution to this could be for the DNC to conduct their own polls. But while this would be perfectly reasonable way to ensure a high enough volume of polling, we know what would actually happen: if Gabbard or some other candidate barely missed the threshold, the DNC would be accused of rigging the poll, no matter how impartially conducted the poll actually was. Gabbard got a fair shot and you're still whining, I can only imagine the whining if the DNC paid for a poll and it found what all the other polls did: that Gabbard had almost no support.
I'm sure she would have stuck a knife into Creepy Uncle Joe and twisted it around, as opposed to Bernie with his "good friend" bullshit, and that would have been really fucking inconvenient. It's almost certain after she knocked the shit out of dirty cop Harris.Aside from it being ridiculous to think that the DNC has any obligation to let no-hope candidates in the debates for the purpose of attacking other candidates, you're fucking deluded about Tulsi herself.

Tulsi endorsed Biden (https://twitter.com/TulsiGabbard/status/1240650484546859008) while Sanders was still running.

And given that her candidacy was basically dead for months before that, she had plenty of time to endorse Sanders while he was still viable, and she could've endorsed Sanders while he was leading and chose not to. Gabbard had four debates to knife Biden in, and he had the national polling lead during all of them, yet she didn't take the opportunity to knife Biden the way you wanted.

She's not even running for reelection to Congress, her political career might be over at this point. But she still chose Biden over Sanders. The only reason anyone ever thought she was on the left was because she endorsed Sanders over Clinton; her voting record was more centrist than Biden's, and quite a bit more than Clinton's*! Maybe next time consider whether someone might be glomming onto a movement because they know people like you are credulous twits who will consider endorsing one guy more important than their entire political career. It's your own fault for believing she was really a leftist and she was your friend. Tulsi doesn't give a shit about you, she's not a leftist, she loves Hindu nationalism and thinks that one of the big problems with Obama was that he didn't shit-talk Islam enough.

Bernie lost because of his own mistakes, and because Biden was a formidable opponent despite his issues in the first couple lily-white states. He simply didn't convince a majority of Democratic voters.

*Hillary Clinton's voting record was left of the median Democratic Senator, while Joe Biden's record in the Senate was generally right about in the center of the Democratic caucus. Tulsi Gabbard was to the right of the median Democrat in every one of her Congressional terms.

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[Post 3810]
Author : But
Date : 04-15-2020 10:30 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Tulsi, on the other hand, never had polling numbers above about 1-3%, so it hardly takes a grave conspiracy to keep her out of the later debates. She had been in several earlier debates, people who actually care about facts will note, and failed to gain any sort of traction from them.


Whatever. She qualified and was still in the race, so they just changed the rules because these shitheads can do whatever they fucking like. I'm sure she would have stuck a knife into Creepy Uncle Joe and twisted it around, as opposed to Bernie with his "good friend" bullshit, and that would have been really fucking inconvenient. It's almost certain after she knocked the shit out of dirty cop Harris.

 Tulsi Gabbard didn't qualify. She didn't even meet the relatively weak requirements for debate #6, and didn't meet them for the remainder of the debate schedule, without even needing to change the rules.


She won two delegates and then they decided she would need 20%. That was in March. Anyway, I don't give a shit. Be happy with four more years of Drumpf.

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[Post 3811]
Author : erimir
Date : 04-15-2020 10:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Anyway, I don't give a shit."I'm not mad, actually, I'm laughing."
Be happy with four more years of Drumpf.Yes, we know you would be.

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[Post 3812]
Author : But
Date : 04-15-2020 10:41 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'll be sure to bring some tiny violins to the reelection party.

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[Post 3813]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-15-2020 10:59 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'll try to expand my line of thinking here:
What we are seeing right now is the sheer panic oligarchs get with a general strike. We are witnessing the power of Labour.

I reiterate:
Large masses of angry unemployed coming up can be channeled a couple ways, gas chambers or solidarity.

Mass protest is a thing that might have to be done or the world might be headed for another dark age. Right or wrong, America basically leads, this continent at least, and many other chunks of the globe. If America can channel greater social solidarity, there will be spin off benefits throughout America's network of allies and hopefully even further. Going the gas chamber route? Well, shit, Trumptanic takes a lot of Americans and foreigners down too.

I hope for the solidarity route, in hopes it's the route involving a lot less dead bodies.Yeah, I tend to agree; I’m just not sure what hope there is for mass demonstrations in an era where a pandemic makes mass gatherings unsafe. I’m seeing projections now that this could be a concern, off and on, at least until the year 2025. That’s… terrifying.

General strikes then? Two things that strike terror in the hearts of oligarchs are guillotines and meat sack plebs stopping work.

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[Post 3814]
Author : Jerome
Date : 04-15-2020 11:30 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Did I mention he is good at bankruptcy? A reality TV Star?

How many new trillions dumped into the economy just now? lol

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[Post 3815]
Author : maddog
Date : 04-16-2020 02:17 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Holy cow.  DJT's new move toward dictatorship: adjourn Congress and pack the courts AND the executive.

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[Post 3816]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-16-2020 02:35 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

lol

https://i.gyazo.com/28b2314db2eecc3fe5adac444bd3c97e.png

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[Post 3817]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-16-2020 05:39 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Must be an election year.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">You&#39;d think there would be an institutional penalty for using imbecilic lies to win a political fight impacting global health. But to the contrary, this woman has fashioned a lucrative brand by using imbecilic lies in political fights.</p>&mdash; Respectable Lawyer (@RespectableLaw) <a href="https://twitter.com/RespectableLaw/status/1250531155142684674?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3818]
Author : Jerome
Date : 04-17-2020 02:20 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Must be an election year.

Why do you hate strong women?

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[Post 3819]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-17-2020 04:40 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Must be an election year.

Why do you hate strong women?

Hey kids, what’s the formal name for that kind of logic fail?

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[Post 3820]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 04-17-2020 05:15 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That's just the ol' razzle dazzle :discoball:

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[Post 3821]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-17-2020 06:02 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I&#8217;m legit asking tho. If an opportunity arises why let a tool go to waste? :)

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[Post 3822]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 04-17-2020 06:34 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That's just the ol' razzle dazzle :discoball:

I call it jeroming.

:tmgrin:

Id say it's a non sequitur or red herring if we are being technical with a bit of well poisoning.  I also think it is being deliberately obtuse.

you know: jeroming  :troll:

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[Post 3823]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 04-17-2020 07:12 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Will wonders never cease, Lindsay Graham said something I completely agree with.  :faint:


Trump has been advised by a number of political allies, as well as medical experts, that there needs to be significantly more testing before the country reopens.

“The key to opening up the economy is mass testing,” Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.), a Trump confidant. “There are parts you could safely begin to reopen the economy, but the real key is mass testing. You have to have mass testing. It has to be science-based.”

which we don't have at this time.

Sadly :king::trash::diaf: didn't hold the thought.

On the conference call Thursday with governors, Trump played down the significance of testing.

“Testing is very interesting,” Trump said, according to the audio recording obtained by The Post. “There are some states where I think you can do with a lot less testing than other people are suggesting.” He told the governors that they have “a lot of leeway” in determining how many tests they conduct.

As testing outcry mounts, Trump cedes to states in announcing guidelines for slow reopening - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/as-testing-outcry-mounts-trump-cedes-to-states-in-announcing-guidelines-for-slow-reopening/2020/04/16/202ec300-7ffa-11ea-8013-1b6da0e4a2b7_story.html)


We need testing and competency.

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[Post 3824]
Author : JoeP
Date : 04-17-2020 10:21 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

We need testing 
Yes!
and competency.
Good luck with that.

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[Post 3825]
Author : JoeP
Date : 04-17-2020 10:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The pale-eyed narcissist will take control & credit himself where he thinks things are going to go well, and cede control to the states where some inkling of how bad it might be penetrates the swamp of unreality he lives in.

His boss in Russia has already been doing that, letting the mayor of Moscow issue the hard rules on lockdown.

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[Post 3826]
Author : Ari
Date : 04-17-2020 07:16 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Must be an election year.

Why do you hate strong women?
Well now, it&#8217;s been bugging me for quite some time, but now that you&#8217;ve asked, I hate strong women because they can open really stuck jars by themselves.  I had it all planned, I would swoop in through the window whenever a stuck lid was found!  Grabbing the jar from the poor helpless lady, who is now reaching for the knife drawer, I would spin around smack the bottom of the jar, and turning to her I would show my manly strength by opening the jar lid, deflecting the knife as she thrusted, proving no woman can penetrate me as the alpha.  After such a successful courting we would be married.  But no, these strong women with their muscles come along and ruin everything!

Thanks for asking.

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[Post 3827]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 04-17-2020 09:29 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Must be an election year.

Why do you hate strong women?

Hey kids, what’s the formal name for that kind of logic fail?

Jerrybantering. In this instance, the correct response is, "I dunno; why do you hate Negros (https://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=29353)?"

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[Post 3828]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 04-17-2020 10:59 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Oh, cumsupper (pbuh) wherever he is now :wish:

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[Post 3829]
Author : erimir
Date : 04-17-2020 11:11 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

In hindsight, I think Republicans made a big mistake not removing Trump in the impeachment trial.

Consider the fact that basically every other world leader has gotten a much larger and longer lasting bump in approval due to this crisis.

If they had removed Trump and installed Pence, Pence would've deferred to the experts for the pandemic and given fluffy feel-good speeches about how Americans are resilient and condolences to the dead and yada yada, instead of flailing around and attacking and blaming everyone else but refusing to do what the experts say is necessary. He could be enjoying like a +10, +20, or greater approval rating right now.

The GOP Senators were afraid of the backlash from Trump and his voters, but much like how Trump pulls some shit and dares McConnell and the rest to do anything about it, the GOP could've removed Trump and dared Rupert Murdoch to something about it. FOX News would receive orders from the top that they are to promote the incumbent GOP president, rather than fomenting dissent within the party ahead of a potentially winnable 2020 election. They had coronavirus briefings before they voted on conviction in the Senate. They could have predicted that the coronavirus news would so dominate the media coverage that Trump's sniping from the sidelines wouldn't matter much. And due to social distancing, Trump wouldn't be able to hold any spiteful revenge rallies. He'd be stuck at home stewing while the media moves on.

There'd still be risks from Trump's spitefulness, and the GOP's unwillingness to provide real economic relief to people out of work due to pandemic lockdown would also be a risk since without Trump's cultural resentment keeping some supporters in the tent, they might have a greater need to pass real help for workers. But the potential upside of a President Pence riding a durable disaster response approval bump is much higher and Trump's cultural resentment might only limit their losses, rather than leading to a win.

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[Post 3830]
Author : The Man
Date : 04-17-2020 11:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm inclined to agree, but I also think the universe in which Republicans (Romney aside; as a [by all appearances] devout Mormon, he is an exception to many current trends in the GOP) would even consider removing Trump looks very different from the Bad Place in which we currently live.

The GOP, as it stands, is fundamentally an authoritarian death cult, which is why my signature calls for its complete destruction (in Latin, as a paraphrase of Cato the Elder &#8211; literally translated, it means, &#8220;Furthermore, I opine that the Republican Party is to be destroyed,&#8221; but metaphorically, it is closer to saying, &#8220;Furthermore, I opine that there is no alternative to destroying the Republican Party&#8221;).* The phrase &#8220;death cult&#8221; might have looked like complete hyperbole merely four months ago, but with protesters gathering outside capitol buildings and calling for an end to social distancing rules because MUH FREEDUMBS, thus placing countless other people at risk of infection, I think it is a fairly fitting descriptor.

The thing about authoritarianism is it is, in essence, Frank Wilhoit&#8217;s definition of conservatism (https://crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/liberals-against-progressives/#comment-729288) writ large: &#8220;There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.&#8221; To some extent, this has summed up almost all attempts at governing throughout history to a lesser or greater extent, but it sees its fullest expression in authoritarianism. The leader is protected and not bound. He (and I deliberately use this pronoun because the leader in such systems is almost always a man) is not to be questioned. Dear Leader&#8217;s judgement rules supreme. If you believe you observe a fault in Dear Leader, the fault is not in Dear Leader but rather in yourself. Of course the emperor has clothes on; why would you think otherwise?

So the world in which the GOP would actually think to remove Trump is a world with a fundamentally different GOP. In fact, in such a world, we might not actually have Trump at all. Trump is a symptom of the disease that infects the GOP rather than its cause; he may have accelerated the decline, but he did not originate it. The disease may well have found its origin in Nixon&#8217;s Southern Strategy; or you could look further back and find some of its tendencies in Barry Goldwater&#8217;s 1964 run for the presidency &#8211; although in Goldwater&#8217;s defence, he himself later repudiated the Republican Party over its reactionary social policies and wilful ignorance.

Wilful ignorance is, I contend, a large portion of the disease; that and blind hatred. Since I&#8217;ve already brought Latin into this, I might as well cite the Greeks. They had a word for this: &#7936;&#956;&#945;&#952;&#943;&#945; (transliterated to our alphabet, amathia; in modern Greek, &#945;&#956;&#940;&#952;&#949;&#953;&#945; or amatheia) (https://howtobeastoic.wordpress.com/2016/01/19/one-crucial-word/), used to define a sort of wilful ignorance or &#8220;learned stupidity&#8221; that was essentially acquired; you had to work at it. Trump is, once again, a perfect example of this sort of thing: he is learned on paper (he has, as he never tires of pointed out, attended Yale and Wharton), but he is fundamentally an idiot who knows nothing and is proud of it, and has no intention or possibly even ability to learn more. But &#7936;&#956;&#945;&#952;&#943;&#945; can be found throughout the GOP&#8217;s elected officials; Newt Gingrich is probably the template. He has a PhD and all the right accreditations to seem like a subject matter expert, but in practice, he is&#8230; the common clay of the New West. A moron.

A large part of this owes to Gingrich&#8217;s decision to drain Congress of its institutional memory (his GOP Congress got rid of most of the legislative assistants that had previously helped with drafting legislation and such). It turns out this stuff matters (and it&#8217;s one big reason that I&#8217;m fiercely opposed to term limits for legislators). If you drain the institutional memory and replace it with &#7936;&#956;&#945;&#952;&#943;&#945;, you are left with a legislature full of people who know nothing about how to write a bill. This is, in large part, why the GOP&#8217;s constant attempts to repeal the ACA came to nothing: they fundamentally know nothing about how to write legislation, and they have no ideas for what to replace the ACA with. If you worship &#7936;&#956;&#945;&#952;&#943;&#945;, then you have no actual ideas of your own; you just have slogans that might whip a crowd up into a frenzy, but they don&#8217;t actually produce results. It turns out that results actually matter. Who knew? 

Since I mentioned Wilhoit&#8217;s definition of conservatism, it is worth citing his counter-proposal, the one that should underpin all of our efforts to fight the coronavirus (and indeed, to reshape our society going forward). It is this:

The law cannot protect anyone unless it binds everyone; and it cannot bind anyone unless it protects everyone.

Words to live by.

&#8212;

*As an aside, it would probably actually be more correct to use &#8220;C&#275;terum c&#275;nse&#333; partem R&#275;public&#257;nae esse d&#275;lend&#257;s,&#8221; but this trips up Google Translate, so I&#8217;ve gone with facti&#333;nem (accusative of facti&#333;) instead, since a certain number of people&#8217;s first impulse on seeing a Latin phrase may be to see if Google Translate gives an even slightly comprehensible result.

&#8230;although it looks like it&#8217;s closer now than it was. The version using the plural of pars now returns &#8220;I also think the Republicans should be destroyed.&#8221; It&#8217;s still missing party though. This is an improvement on what it used to return, which I believe contained &#8220;Republican parts&#8221; or something like that. Partem is in fact the accusative plural of pars, which can mean part, but in the context of a political organisation, the plural of pars means party. (Both the English words part and party are descendants of pars or its relatives part&#299;r&#299; or part&#299;re [&#8220;to divide&#8221;], incidentally, through differing etymologies. The word partition, of course, is also from this word family &#8211; specifically, part&#299;ti&#333;.)

My version with facti&#333; returns &#8220;I also think the Republican party should be destroyed&#8221; if you include the full stop at the end (&#8220;&#8230;should be erased&#8221; without it), which is close enough to the actual meaning (d&#275;lendam is actually the gerundive (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerundive) or future passive participle, which is a tense we don&#8217;t have in English, so &#8220;&#8230;should be destroyed&#8221; or &#8220;&#8230;must be destroyed&#8221;, despite the latter being the most commonly seen English translation of Cato&#8217;s famous quote, both aren&#8217;t entirely precise; &#8220;&#8230;is to be destroyed&#8221; is more accurate. &#8220;&#8230;is something that is to be destroyed&#8221; would be even more accurate, but that&#8217;s a really redundant and awkward English rendering of a phrase that isn&#8217;t verbose at all in Latin).

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[Post 3831]
Author : erimir
Date : 04-18-2020 12:05 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm inclined to agree, but I also think the universe in which Republicans (Romney aside; as a [by all appearances] devout Mormon, he is an exception to many current trends in the GOP) would even consider removing Trump looks very different from the Bad Place in which we currently live.Quick response before I get through the rest.

I'm not saying I'd expect them to agree with me in hindsight.

But before the coronavirus, I thought the politically smart move was what they did. They concluded the downside risk of a spiteful enraged Trump and his followers campaigning against the traitors in the GOP was greater than the benefits of having the more calm and competent* Pence at the helm.

But the coronavirus has changed that calculation and the move which would have maximized their electoral prospects in hindsight was probably removing Trump. They might still manage to muddle through to a victory with Trump, but they could potentially be sitting pretty with Pence.

*Not to say that Pence is particularly competent, mind you. Just considerably more than Trump.

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[Post 3832]
Author : The Man
Date : 04-18-2020 12:14 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Right, I get that; the coronavirus has been something of a black swan event. The thing is, though, that people did predict that a global pandemic was a serious threat, but of course, the Trump administration* demolished the task force on epidemics, so they didn&#8217;t have any institutional knowledge to deal with it. If you wrote this into a movie script, it would have been rejected for being too on-the-nose (or at least would have before the current disaster; now, maybe not).*

But it goes back to what I said about the GOP&#8217;s &#7936;&#956;&#945;&#952;&#943;&#945; (indeed, it&#8217;s an almost textbook demonstration of it). They are ignorant and proud of it. They don&#8217;t listen to experts. &#8220;What do experts know?&#8221; is an accurate summation of their attitude. The answer to that question, it turns out, is &#8220;Quite a lot, actually.&#8221;

The world in which the GOP would even consider removing Trump would be a very different world in so many ways that it&#8217;s questionable whether Trump would even be in office right now. You&#8217;d need a very different strain of politicians with very different attitudes in office to have ever considered doing that. The current Republicans simply would never have done that. It wouldn&#8217;t have even occurred to them. They probably would not even have been capable of comprehending the possibility; their brains may well have outright rejected the idea. When they look at the emperor, they aren&#8217;t even capable of seeing that he has no clothes on. Their minds outright invent clothing for him.

But yeah, I don&#8217;t expect the GOP to admit any of that. But that&#8217;s just demonstrative of the overall problem. They don&#8217;t change. They don&#8217;t learn. Or, as the Fourth Doctor put it, &#8220;The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common: They don&#8217;t alter their views to fit the facts; they alter the facts to fit their views&#8230; which can be very uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering.&#8221;

We are all facts that need altering now.



*We really need to fire the current showrunners. Bunch of incompetent hacks if you ask me.

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[Post 3833]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-18-2020 02:16 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Might as well reiterate:

For lack of another thread, and not sure if it's worth one, I'll put it here.

Most of these are Twitter threads discussing why so many trolls/bots all seem to have the same circular clusterfuck of doom effect. Of interest to anyone who deals with trolls in any capacity, and most threads are interesting beyond their numbered values in the form of some Q&A and examples of scripted responses from either bots or their sometimes human drivers.

What is information warfare?
Stonekettle on Twitter: "Information Warfare is incredibly powerful. 

IW is infinitely scalable, it can target one person or a billion
1/" (https://twitter.com/Stonekettle/status/894655625774473217)

On Trump's tweets guiding the bots and troll assisted bots:
Stonekettle on Twitter: "Trump is back on Twitter. He's now attacking the media. 

This idiot is giving the enemy their target set. https://t.co/UAgu2S8fiu" (https://twitter.com/Stonekettle/status/894659781872549893)

That thread leads to this one, so you may have already explored: What is a Target Set?
Stonekettle on Twitter: "@KristinLovgren Target Set is a military term. When you're setting up an operation, you define the target set -- 
1/" (https://twitter.com/Stonekettle/status/894667693722394624)

An example, remember that Blumenthal thing?
Stonekettle on Twitter: "Trends tweeted by bots/trolls

Now, after Trump renewed attacks on Blumenthal, vs an hour ago. https://t.co/SG4rzoQUtO" (https://twitter.com/Stonekettle/status/894675516170665986)

On troll objectives:
Stonekettle on Twitter: "Remember, the objective is to disrupt public conversation and the ability of ideas to coalescence into coherent public positions
1/" (https://twitter.com/Stonekettle/status/895337766753636363)
Stonekettle on Twitter: "@topjob66t No. He's a troll. He's using tactics specifically designed to piss you off, make you lose control, engage in a flame war. It's a diversion." (https://twitter.com/Stonekettle/status/894594664082395136)

What is information warfare supposed to accomplish?
Stonekettle on Twitter: "He's stopped responding in person and turned it over to automation. 

He's either going for help or moving on to easier targets. 

1/" (https://twitter.com/Stonekettle/status/894590117544964098)

Classic:
Stonekettle on Twitter: "See how awkward the sentence structure is? 

See how it keeps trying to turn my words back on me? 

Scripted tactic. https://t.co/BwjOebIS1P" (https://twitter.com/Stonekettle/status/894588137820872704)

Note that many of those are automated until they get a hook then a human with a language barrier takes over. Those threads will point out the areas of trouble Russians have with English. Forum based ones usually have a human driver getting their marching orders from somewhere, it's why all the approaches are basically clones of each other.

A thread that leads to another thread about Russian bot farms:
Right wing:
Conspirador Norteño on Twitter: "A pattern you may have noticed: many bot and troll accounts have usernames that end in 8 random digits. https://t.co/54Gc8Jq35L" (https://twitter.com/conspirator0/status/900158823515770880)
Left wing:
Goldwater's Ghost on Twitter: "Is Putin supporting Trump? 

Naw, Putin could care less. 

Trump’s a pawn Putin is using to attack the US on 2 fronts. /1 https://t.co/WRXjSmCp73" (https://twitter.com/BarryGsGhost/status/895839150980689922)

Of interest:
Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) | Twitter (https://twitter.com/stonekettle)
Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) | Twitter (https://twitter.com/MalcolmNance)

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[Post 3834]
Author : Jerome
Date : 04-18-2020 03:29 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Did I mention he is good at bankruptcy? A reality TV Star?

How many new trillions dumped into the economy just now? lol

Lots or writing, but I already gave you people the plot.

:fawkes:

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[Post 3835]
Author : Jerome
Date : 04-18-2020 03:31 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I am truly sorry I am able, in a couple of sentences, to undermine the vast efforts you spent on nonsense endeavors.

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[Post 3836]
Author : Jerome
Date : 04-18-2020 03:37 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Nancy Pelosi's older brother raped a 12 year old, then was elected Mayor of Baltimore.
 This is politics you dumb cunts.

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[Post 3837]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 04-18-2020 03:41 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:jiveturkey:

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[Post 3838]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-18-2020 04:14 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

He seemed a lot more articulate last election cycle.

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[Post 3839]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-18-2020 06:22 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Had to do a few things and was off Twitter for the last 90 minutes but I&#8217;m sure I didn&#8217;t miss anyth&#8212; <a href="https://t.co/4ucYWtFnwr">pic.twitter.com/4ucYWtFnwr</a></p>&mdash; Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) <a href="https://twitter.com/dandrezner/status/1251185535613313024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 17, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

cool, cool

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[Post 3840]
Author : JoeP
Date : 04-18-2020 12:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is why you do not fuck with an Italian from New York.<a href="https://t.co/M0qlfBh4iM">pic.twitter.com/M0qlfBh4iM</a></p>&mdash; Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) <a href="https://twitter.com/briantylercohen/status/1251200945884663809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 17, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Sorry if we've already had that.

No wait, not sorry.

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[Post 3841]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 04-18-2020 04:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

He seemed a lot more articulate last election cycle.

:soso:

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[Post 3842]
Author : JoeP
Date : 04-18-2020 05:01 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Moar:

Thousands of Americans backed by rightwing donors gear up for protests | US news | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/18/coronavirus-americans-protest-stay-at-home)

Yet while organisers claim the protests are grassroots- and people-driven, a closer look reveals a movement driven by traditional rightwing groups, including one funded by the family of Trump&#8217;s education secretary, Betsy DeVos.

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[Post 3843]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 04-18-2020 07:59 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Oops, I shared this story in the Conservatives say stupid shit thread.

Should have checked here.

But yeah, the conservative altright apparatus apparently got their marching orders over the last couple of weeks.

Many &#8220;spontaneous&#8221; and &#8220;grassroots&#8221; protests to follow.

I might have been optimistic in my initial forecast of (200-400k US dead during the pandemic)

Also for clarity, I know my estimate is higher than many experts and I don&#8217;t disagree with them lightly.

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[Post 3844]
Author : JoeP
Date : 04-18-2020 08:16 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I might have been optimistic in my initial forecast of (200-400k US dead during the pandemic)


Just to be quite clear on this ... by optimistic you mean that you hoped that no more than that many US citizens die, each one a individual and a tragic loss? Not that you're afraid not that many alt-right protestors will be removed from the gene pool?

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[Post 3845]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 04-19-2020 03:37 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Indeed.  Although it does look like there will be a lot overlap between the two groups (and of more sadly people in proximity to the Covidiots)

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[Post 3846]
Author : Jerome
Date : 04-19-2020 06:40 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This is why you do not fuck with an Italian from New York.

Because he will complain he can't do it on his own and needs someone else to do it for him??

I am east coast...this is not an Italian from New York, this is a cuckold.

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[Post 3847]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-19-2020 06:57 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

He seems prickly after spending the better part of a year exchanging backstabs with Roger Stone.

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[Post 3848]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-20-2020 09:54 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Every time Trump holds one of these disinformation self-praise media sessions imagine him executing five health care workers on stage because that&#39;s what he&#39;s doing.</p>&mdash; A.R. Moxon (@JuliusGoat) <a href="https://twitter.com/JuliusGoat/status/1252198616556584965?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 20, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3849]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-21-2020 04:24 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The big Oil Deal with OPEC Plus is done. This will save hundreds of thousands of energy jobs in the United States. I would like to thank and congratulate President Putin of Russia and King Salman of Saudi Arabia. I just spoke to them from the Oval Office. Great deal for all!</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1249422044564992001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 12, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: Crude oil price on May contract goes negative for the first time <a href="https://t.co/HlsH3slbGO">https://t.co/HlsH3slbGO</a> <a href="https://t.co/394UjlZ0vg">pic.twitter.com/394UjlZ0vg</a></p>&mdash; CNBC Now (@CNBCnow) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNBCnow/status/1252298451850801152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 20, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 

:welp:

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[Post 3850]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-21-2020 05:06 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">To you, he’s not Trump, he’s PRESIDENT Trump! <a href="https://t.co/EIgPTPDIuO">https://t.co/EIgPTPDIuO</a></p>&mdash; Kayleigh McEnany (@PressSec) <a href="https://twitter.com/PressSec/status/1252379590581841920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 20, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Everyone seems to have a plan except Trump <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GOPDebate?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GOPDebate</a></p>&mdash; Kayleigh McEnany (@kayleighmcenany) <a href="https://twitter.com/kayleighmcenany/status/629483719729000449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

K

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[Post 3851]
Author : SR71
Date : 04-22-2020 06:17 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Senate Intel report confirms Russia aimed to help Trump in 2016 - POLITICO (https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/21/senate-intel-report-confirms-russia-aimed-to-help-trump-in-2016-198171)

After we heard over and over from Republicans during the impeachment about what a hoax Putin's pro-Trump interference in the 2016 election was, now they suddenly find out that it wasn't a hoax.  Better late than never, I guess.  It won't matter to anyone but historians at this point.

The intelligence community’s initial January 2017 assessment of Moscow’s influence campaign included “specific intelligence reporting to support the assessment that [Russian President Vladimir] Putin and the Russian government demonstrated a preference for candidate Trump,” the committee’s report says. The panel also found “specific intelligence” to support the conclusion that Putin “approved and directed aspects” of the Kremlin’s interference efforts.

Senators and committee aides examined everything from the sources and methods used for the intelligence-gathering, to the Kremlin’s actions itself. The 158-page report is heavily redacted, with dozens of pages blacked out entirely. But its final conclusions were unambiguous.

“The committee found no reason to dispute the intelligence community’s conclusions,” Burr said in a statement, adding that the intelligence community’s conclusions reflect “strong tradecraft” and “sound analytical reasoning.”

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[Post 3852]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 04-22-2020 03:18 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:lol:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">FINALLY a president who isn&#39;t scared to take on [checks notes] flying Iranian boats <a href="https://t.co/R79Sq2fk69">https://t.co/R79Sq2fk69</a></p>&mdash; Fred Delicious (@Fred_Delicious) <a href="https://twitter.com/Fred_Delicious/status/1252946885335306240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 22, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3853]
Author : JoeP
Date : 04-22-2020 06:22 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Jar Jar Binks when he sees Anakin lifting weights <a href="https://t.co/R8W5AQkMFp">https://t.co/R8W5AQkMFp</a></p>&mdash; madds (@madds_1997) <a href="https://twitter.com/madds_1997/status/1251192753553375235?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 17, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3854]
Author : Jerome
Date : 04-23-2020 02:08 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump is good at bankruptcy...why do you think he was picked at this time?

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[Post 3855]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-23-2020 02:11 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

dis·in·gen·u·ous
/&#716;dis&#601;n&#712;jenyo&#862;o&#601;s/

adjective
adjective: disingenuous

    not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than one really does.

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[Post 3856]
Author : ceptimus
Date : 04-23-2020 11:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Wow Trump just suggested getting rid of coronavirus by bringing &quot;light inside the body&quot; ... &quot;either through the skin or in some other way&quot; or using disinfectant: &quot;is there a way you can do something like that by injection or some other way.&quot;</p>&mdash; Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) <a href="https://twitter.com/abbydphillip/status/1253447919551885314?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 23, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3857]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 04-24-2020 12:31 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Holy fuck (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-coronavirus-inject-disinfectant-bleach-treatment-sunlight-a9481291.html). It's like Seymour Lessans is Donald and peacegirl is Vanky.

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[Post 3858]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-24-2020 12:50 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.gyazo.com/2c4bff4b309298d4d08d5e8ecc9d8683.png

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[Post 3859]
Author : Jerome
Date : 04-24-2020 01:44 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump is good at bankruptcy...why do you think he was picked at this time?

Senate Majority Leader recommends that the States go into bankruptcy as a means to combat the Covid-19.

:wave:

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[Post 3860]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 04-24-2020 01:48 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

&#8220;I see the disinfectant that knocks it out in a minute, one minute. And is there a way we can do something like that by injection inside or almost a cleaning,&#8221; the president said during his daily Covid-19 briefing. A senior health official, under questioning from reporters, later said federal laboratories are not considering or trying to develop such a treatment option.

I feel sad for the official who had to answer the follow ups.

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[Post 3861]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-24-2020 04:18 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">MAGA, after hearing Trump on press conference <a href="https://t.co/WNazaQvgpc">pic.twitter.com/WNazaQvgpc</a></p>&mdash; Comfortably Numb&#55356;&#57312; (@YGalanter) <a href="https://twitter.com/YGalanter/status/1253456537194037251?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 23, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3862]
Author : Stormlight
Date : 04-24-2020 06:36 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'll just repeat myself because of the insanity of it all:

lol and to think you guys almost voted that Clinton woman into office. Dodged that bullet, didn't you?

:unfrown:

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[Post 3863]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 04-24-2020 08:02 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

God, imagine the emotional histrionics we'd be suffering through right now. The horror of President Karen demanding to talk to Covid's Manager. The wretched sub-subsistent lifestyle to which we'd all be commanded to "enjoy."

But, at least her emails would be fun to read through, right?

Sweet immerciful Baldur there literally is no bottom is there. IS THERE.

I CAN'T EVEN WEEP BECAUSE I'M SO TIRED.

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[Post 3864]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-24-2020 08:27 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

You seem like you could use:

11147

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[Post 3865]
Author : JoeP
Date : 04-24-2020 09:58 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

“I see the disinfectant that knocks it out in a minute, one minute. And is there a way we can do something like that by injection inside or almost a cleaning,” the president said during his daily Covid-19 briefing. A senior health official, under questioning from reporters, later said federal laboratories are not considering or trying to develop such a treatment option.

I feel sad for the official who had to answer the follow ups.

It's not so bad. He'll only be fired, not commit suicide.

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[Post 3866]
Author : ceptimus
Date : 04-24-2020 10:16 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

No discernable intelligence, yet able to cause terror around the world and leave us all poorer for decades to come.

Am I referring to the virus, or Trump, or both?

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[Post 3867]
Author : lisarea
Date : 04-24-2020 04:18 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Imagine what's going through his head when he pulls things out of his ass like that. 

He thinks that somehow, he's going to solve the problem that the all the experts working on it can't. That he's going to personally come up with the solution that nobody else thought of yet.

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[Post 3868]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-24-2020 04:33 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Siri, define castrated:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A reminder to all Americans- PLEASE always talk to your health provider first before administering any treatment/ medication to yourself or a loved one. <br><br>Your safety is paramount, and doctors and nurses are have years of training to recommend what’s safe and effective.</p>&mdash; U.S. Surgeon General (@Surgeon_General) <a href="https://twitter.com/Surgeon_General/status/1253682452889047041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 24, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3869]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 04-24-2020 06:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

You seem like you could use:

11147

:squeezle: (but from an appropriate distance)

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[Post 3870]
Author : JoeP
Date : 04-24-2020 07:42 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Revealed: leader of group peddling bleach as coronavirus 'cure' wrote to Trump this week | World news | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/24/revealed-leader-group-peddling-bleach-cure-lobbied-trump-coronavirus)

I must remind myself. Nothing is  surprising any more. Nothing is too banal or too ridiculous.

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[Post 3871]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-24-2020 11:01 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Revealed: leader of group peddling bleach as coronavirus 'cure' wrote to Trump this week | World news | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/24/revealed-leader-group-peddling-bleach-cure-lobbied-trump-coronavirus)

I must remind myself. Nothing is  surprising any more. Nothing is too banal or too ridiculous.

Since the start of the pandemic, Genesis II has been marketing MMS as a cure to coronavirus. It advises users, including children, to mix three to six drops of bleach in water and drink it.

~~~

https://www.doh.wa.gov/Emergencies/BePreparedBeSafe/SevereWeatherandNaturalDisasters/WaterPurification

https://i.gyazo.com/67fe3ed76bf5473228bbd63886b5f813.png

https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/018/489/nick-young-confused-face-300x256-nqlyaa.jpg

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[Post 3872]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-25-2020 05:04 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Well played.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">21 USC §§331, 333, 352 &amp; 21 CFR §1040.20(e)(2)(ii) make it a federal crime to sell an ultraviolet lamp without warnings that the instructions should be followed to avoid potential injury.</p>&mdash; A Crime a Day (@CrimeADay) <a href="https://twitter.com/CrimeADay/status/1253808815780356101?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 24, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3873]
Author : Corona688
Date : 04-25-2020 05:07 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

As a water plant operator that mixes it maybe 5 times stronger than the standard 1ppm, and if you drink it immediately might be borderline dangerous.  But in small containers probably a lot oxidizes before you get to drink it.

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[Post 3874]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-25-2020 05:11 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Goddam fuckn&#8217; prophesy right here. 

11150

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[Post 3875]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-25-2020 05:12 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mainstream media: Trump suggested that injecting yourself with household cleaners could help fight off coronavirus<br><br>Breitbart: Liars! A proper analysis, guided by Gadamerian hermeneutics, reveals that he actually meant that time progresses, reality is finite, bleach is all of us</p>&mdash; Zack Beauchamp (@zackbeauchamp) <a href="https://twitter.com/zackbeauchamp/status/1253687384128073728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 24, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3876]
Author : Ari
Date : 04-25-2020 04:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

~~~
https://www.doh.wa.gov/Emergencies/BePreparedBeSafe/SevereWeatherandNaturalDisasters/WaterPurification 
The clear open container and at least a 60 minute wait parts are important. Sodium hypochlorite bleach in solution exists as a mixture of a bunch of different ions that change based on the PH of the solution.  Once added to plain water household bleach begins to slowly breakdown, losing chlorine ions to sodium ions forming table salt as well as to chlorine gas which slowly evaporates into the air. Light and heat both promote this decomposition. The bleach in your bleach bottle is stabilized through PH and ionic balancing, in a light tight container so that it lasts longer.

This is why you should remix bleach cleaning solutions every so often to keep their strength up, and also why if left to their own devices the ions in the unbalanced solutions attack metal and rust spray bottle springs.

And while I&#8217;m talking about it, this balance is why you shouldn&#8217;t add acids to bleach as it promotes the excessive creation of chlorine gas, however because it&#8217;s the hypochlorous acid that does the heavy disinfecting, acidified bleach is the number one top germ killer around, as well as a great human killer in a closed environment. Which gets to dilute bleach cleaner, by mixing it with water you&#8217;re acidifying it in a controlled way, since water is more acidic than the container solution, making your newly made dilute cleaner oddly more effective at speedy germ killing than straight from the bottle.

Getting back to drinking bleach, you may have guessed by this point that sodium hypochlorite and stomach acid don&#8217;t mix well.

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[Post 3877]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-25-2020 08:36 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">the &quot;why don&#39;t they build the whole plane out of the black box material&quot; president</p>&mdash; Law Boy, Esq. (@The_Law_Boy) <a href="https://twitter.com/The_Law_Boy/status/1253770555679014913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 24, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3878]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-25-2020 09:34 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Corrected Edition <a href="https://t.co/tDnDvhJ7dM">https://t.co/tDnDvhJ7dM</a> <a href="https://t.co/FchtjQkFe3">pic.twitter.com/FchtjQkFe3</a></p>&mdash; Ekow N. Yankah (@ekownyankah) <a href="https://twitter.com/ekownyankah/status/1253776561439989760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 24, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3879]
Author : maddog
Date : 04-26-2020 01:34 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Siri, define castrated:

"A reminder to all Americans- PLEASE always talk to your health provider first before administering any treatment/ medication to yourself or a loved one. Your safety is paramount, and doctors and nurses are have years of training to recommend what’s safe and effective." 

Not worded nearly strongly enough.  It should say, at a minimum, "DON'T INGEST OR INJECT DISINFECTANTS, BLEACH, OR ANY OTHER HOUSEHOLD CLEANERS."

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[Post 3880]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 04-26-2020 01:49 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

LOOK, PEOPLE. WE HAD A BIG GIANT CAMPAIGN IN THE 60s 70s AND 80s ABOUT THIS. WE'LL BRING BACK MR YUCK IF WE HAVE TO. JUST REMEMBER: IT TO TEACH CHIDLREN NOT TO DRINK SHIT UNDER THE SINK FOR CRYING OUT LOUD.

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[Post 3881]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-26-2020 02:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

LOOK, PEOPLE. WE HAD A BIG GIANT CAMPAIGN IN THE 60s 70s AND 80s ABOUT THIS. WE'LL BRING BACK MR YUCK IF WE HAVE TO. JUST REMEMBER: IT TO TEACH CHIDLREN NOT TO DRINK SHIT UNDER THE SINK FOR CRYING OUT LOUD.

I know it's about a 0% chance that's the reason but it's like he's still rebelling against everything his dad ever told him. O_o

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[Post 3882]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 04-26-2020 02:58 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

OH and also:

:yuck:

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[Post 3883]
Author : JoeP
Date : 04-26-2020 08:47 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/GBvTDAs.gif

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[Post 3884]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-27-2020 01:17 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Anyone else remember when Dan Quayle&#39;s political career was pretty much over when he misspelled &quot;potato&quot;?</p>&mdash; M Sipher (@MSipher) <a href="https://twitter.com/MSipher/status/1254272511618854912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 26, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3885]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-27-2020 04:51 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This literally just happened to me. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/trump?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#trump</a> <a href="https://t.co/A1MNCSWJci">pic.twitter.com/A1MNCSWJci</a></p>&mdash; Michael de Adder (@deAdder) <a href="https://twitter.com/deAdder/status/1254497443888103425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 26, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3886]
Author : Kevlar
Date : 04-27-2020 07:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ok, so I have to know what you guys think about the sexual harassment allegations against Biden.  Have we lowered the bar so low that things like this don't matter any more?  Does it only matter when the opposition does things like this?  I don't know, but it does feel like a double standard, on both sides.

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[Post 3887]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 04-27-2020 07:50 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So I checked with my doctor and he said generic was okay on this.  Might save people a few bucks.  Kroger usually runs a buck or so cheaper.

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[Post 3888]
Author : lisarea
Date : 04-27-2020 08:02 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I can't speak for anyone else, but the reason I don't want to get into that is that it's going to be one or the other, and Trump is so dangerous and incompetent that I think it's relatively unimportant in the current climate. If it were Mitt Romney or virtually anyone else he were running against, I'd be talking about this a lot. But it's not. I will definitely be talking about it a lot if he wins, though. 

It might also be relevant that this sort of thing never really surprises me. I assume most men have done something like this, and the more power they have over others, the more those percentages go up.

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[Post 3889]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 04-27-2020 09:21 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ok, so I have to know what you guys think about the sexual harassment allegations against Biden. 

I don't argue it much if I can avoid it.

It's a losing argument.  I don't want to engage in whataboutism, and I don't like victim blaming defenses, but I do doubt the veracity of the claim and the sincerity of the people making the arguments.

  I don't think the argument is made in good faith in general.  Much like the arguments that Joe has dementia.  If it's an issue that you actually care about, the choice is still pretty clear.  Trump has show

 Have we lowered the bar so low that things like this don't matter any more?  Does it only matter when the opposition does things like this?  I don't know, but it does feel like a double standard, on both sides.

So no the bar hasn't been lowered in my estimation.  It isn't the case that it only matters when the opposition does things (I point to Franken not being in the Senate).

It feels like a double a standard because the rightwing are weaponizing progressive values and attacking with them.

edited to add:

Also, frankly voting in our system is a zero sum game, it is only about Joe Biden's and Donald Trump's relative worth compared to each other.  Even if true, Biden is still better, more alert and more moral than Trump.

That's just the sad reality of the world that we live in.  A guy that maybe raped and was definitely super handsy with some senility is still clearly superior to the more than a dozen credible sexual assault allegations having unrepentant pussy grabbing venal narcissus that is Donald Trump.

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[Post 3890]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 04-27-2020 10:06 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I disagree with bey only on the thing about the bar not being lowered.  There is no more bar.  It turns out the bar was a luxury all along.

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[Post 3891]
Author : erimir
Date : 04-27-2020 10:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I don't think the evidence is all that strong, the accuser hasn't been consistent, she doesn't have great corroboration, the new "revelation" they're trying to use to revive this (her mother calling into Larry King) seems more consistent with her original story (that Biden was handsy in an uncomfortable and inappropriate but seemingly non-sexual way, which is what all the other complaints have been) than the new one, and so don't prove her more serious accusation.

It is less relevant but she also has had some odd behavior, including praising Biden for his work on sexual violence quite recently, like 2017 or 2018.

I would also say that it seems to me that there aren't many people around this who can claim they're totally free of hypocrisy. How many of the lefties saying that liberals are revealing themselves to be hypocrites on this issue have been publicly calling for Assange to be freed and saying that the rape accusation against him (which I find to be more credible) is trumped up politically motivated bullshit?

And for all the comparison to Brett Kavanaugh, people are forgetting that Christine Blasey Ford wasn't his only accuser. There was another seemingly credible accuser, who did not testify, as well as the far less credible one that Michael Avenatti put forward who poisoned the well against that second accuser, harming attempts to get her to be called as a witness as well, and who was not generally considered credible by Democrats and others. The claim that Democrats/liberals/the left believed Blasey Ford and don't believe Reade is leaving out that context - that not every claim against Kavanaugh was believed uncritically. And honestly, it was clear that Kavanaugh was lying about the incident (given that he clearly lied about other aspects of the incident and his high school years), but he probably could've survived it if he had simply admitted to doing basically what he was accused of but claimed that it was roughhousing and intended as a "joke"/"prank" and he was a high school kid, which I find a plausible explanation. Say that and then give an insincere apology about how he should've known better and he deeply regrets treating the idea of sexual assault so cavalierly and he's matured since then, and he'd probably still be on the court today. He'd still be a sexist piece of shit due to this and many other aspects of his life and personality, but it's plausible to me that he wasn't actually trying to rape Ford, even though it was traumatizing for her because she didn't know that.

I also think if people are being honest, while most on the left think there should generally be consequences, they don't want to throw everything else away over it in a specific case. If you think that destroying Western imperialism is more important (but don't care much about Russian imperialism), you support Assange's efforts to ratfuck all Western governments. If you think that defeating Trump is more important, this isn't going to dissuade you. If you think it's more important that the Violence Against Women Act is renewed, affecting millions of women, than that one specific case of violence is punished, then your choice of vote is clear when it comes to the author of the law vs. the president and party who have declined to renew it.

So if it were true, as lisarea and bey have said, there still really isn't any choice between Biden and Trump. Biden is clearly superior on this and pretty much every other issue, and the revelation wouldn't be that surprising for any powerful man around Biden's age, tbh. Doesn't change the fact that Trump's behavior was (and probably remains) far worse and outside the norm even if you're grading on a curve for 70+year-old douchebags and that if he's reelected every issue is going to be made worse, including the issue of policy affecting violence against women generally.

And in contrast to Trump who feels no shame and whose political base doesn't care about this issue, if there is anything to this, it may end up like a Governor Northam situation, where due to the embarrassment and damage caused by this, he feels the need to pass more progressive legislation and make more progressive appointments to keep the base happy.

But so far the media has looked into it and it doesn't seem like there is more evidence to corroborate her story than we've seen so far, and no further accusers alleging sexual assault.

Still, Biden's at least creepy behavior was a reason to worry about nominating him, and is one of the reasons I didn't support him in the primary.

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[Post 3892]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 04-27-2020 11:24 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ok, so I have to know what you guys think about the sexual harassment allegations against Biden. 

I don't argue it much if I can avoid it.

It's a losing argument.  I don't want to engage in whataboutism, and I don't like victim blaming defenses, but I do doubt the veracity of the claim and the sincerity of the people making the arguments.

  I don't think the argument is made in good faith in general.  Much like the arguments that Joe has dementia.  If it's an issue that you actually care about, the choice is still pretty clear.  Trump has show

 Have we lowered the bar so low that things like this don't matter any more?  Does it only matter when the opposition does things like this?  I don't know, but it does feel like a double standard, on both sides.

So no the bar hasn't been lowered in my estimation.  It isn't the case that it only matters when the opposition does things (I point to Franken not being in the Senate).

It feels like a double a standard because the rightwing are weaponizing progressive values and attacking with them.

edited to add:

Also, frankly voting in our system is a zero sum game, it is only about Joe Biden's and Donald Trump's relative worth compared to each other.  Even if true, Biden is still better, more alert and more moral than Trump.

That's just the sad reality of the world that we live in.  A guy that maybe raped and was definitely super handsy with some senility is still clearly superior to the more than a dozen credible sexual assault allegations having unrepentant pussy grabbing venal narcissus that is Donald Trump.

hey dude long time no see. :wave:

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[Post 3893]
Author : SR71
Date : 04-28-2020 01:21 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So I checked with my doctor and he said generic was okay on this.  Might save people a few bucks.  Kroger usually runs a buck or so cheaper.

Generic disinfectants maybe, but UV lights?  No way, stick to name brands.

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[Post 3894]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 04-28-2020 01:26 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The important thing to understand is that some component of the nonexistent liberal mainstream media will make the accusations against Biden front-page news from now until November 3, whereas the 43 or so women who've made allegations against Trump will continue to be ignored. The Biden stuff is newsworthy, whereas even acknowledging the Trump stuff would render one's publication a Democratic party propaganda rag.

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[Post 3895]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-28-2020 04:45 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This literally just happened to me. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/trump?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#trump</a> <a href="https://t.co/A1MNCSWJci">pic.twitter.com/A1MNCSWJci</a></p>&mdash; Michael de Adder (@deAdder) <a href="https://twitter.com/deAdder/status/1254497443888103425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 26, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I drew this a on Friday, two days before there was any mention of Nobel or Noble Prizes. Cartoon for <a href="https://twitter.com/chronicleherald?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@chronicleherald</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TrumpVirusCoverup?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TrumpVirusCoverup</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TrumpPressConference?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TrumpPressConference</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/trump2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#trump2020</a> <a href="https://t.co/7vdPRu5SVH">pic.twitter.com/7vdPRu5SVH</a></p>&mdash; Michael de Adder (@deAdder) <a href="https://twitter.com/deAdder/status/1254724129242206209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 27, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3896]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 04-28-2020 08:42 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ok, so I have to know what you guys think about the sexual harassment allegations against Biden. 

I don't argue it much if I can avoid it.

It's a losing argument.  I don't want to engage in whataboutism, and I don't like victim blaming defenses, but I do doubt the veracity of the claim and the sincerity of the people making the arguments.

  I don't think the argument is made in good faith in general.  Much like the arguments that Joe has dementia.  If it's an issue that you actually care about, the choice is still pretty clear.  Trump has show

 Have we lowered the bar so low that things like this don't matter any more?  Does it only matter when the opposition does things like this?  I don't know, but it does feel like a double standard, on both sides.

So no the bar hasn't been lowered in my estimation.  It isn't the case that it only matters when the opposition does things (I point to Franken not being in the Senate).

It feels like a double a standard because the rightwing are weaponizing progressive values and attacking with them.

edited to add:

Also, frankly voting in our system is a zero sum game, it is only about Joe Biden's and Donald Trump's relative worth compared to each other.  Even if true, Biden is still better, more alert and more moral than Trump.

That's just the sad reality of the world that we live in.  A guy that maybe raped and was definitely super handsy with some senility is still clearly superior to the more than a dozen credible sexual assault allegations having unrepentant pussy grabbing venal narcissus that is Donald Trump.

hey dude long time no see. :wave:

:tmgrin:

:wave:

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[Post 3897]
Author : JoeP
Date : 04-28-2020 02:59 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Do you know what the 58,220 American Dead from the Vietnam War will have in common with the 58,220 American dead expected this midweek? <br><br>Donald Trump refused to fight for either one of them.</p>&mdash; Louis Rosas (@americanmishima) <a href="https://twitter.com/americanmishima/status/1254804925596352512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 27, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3898]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-29-2020 07:15 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Oh hey, a GOP postmortem of the 2012 Romney loss.

2013 RNC Election Report Autopsy - The Atlantic (https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/03/what-you-need-to-read-in-the-rnc-election-autopsy-report/274112/)

Young voters are increasingly rolling their eyes at what the Party represents, and many minorities wrongly think that Republicans do not like them or want them in the country. 

:LOL: 

As one conservative, Tea-Party leader, Dick Armey, told us, "You can't call someone ugly and expect them to go to the prom with you. We've chased the Hispanic voter out of his natural home." 

:lolfruits:

We have to blow the whistle at corporate malfeasance and attack corporate welfare. We should speak out when a company liquidates itself and its executives receive bonuses but rank-and-file workers are left unemployed. We should speak out when CEOs receive tens of millions of dollars in retirement packages but middle-class workers have not had a meaningful raise in years. 

STAAAAAHP! :sodaspit:

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[Post 3899]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-30-2020 08:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Experts estimate we are now less than 48 hours away from Donald Trump standing in the Covid ward of a hospital under a banner that says &#8220;Mission Accomplished.&#8221;</p>&mdash; The In And Withiner (@OutAndAbouter) <a href="https://twitter.com/OutAndAbouter/status/1255581570066460673?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 29, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3900]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 04-30-2020 08:31 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That's way too optimistic. If anything, he'll be caught in an alley behind a hospital that just burned down proclaiming a triumph of modern tremendosity that hugely brought the Invisible Enemy to its knees.

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[Post 3901]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-30-2020 08:39 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Speaking of giant egos and as an aside, Musk seems quite angry his factory is closed.

11154

lol

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"> <a href="https://t.co/FL6jzNfnzM">pic.twitter.com/FL6jzNfnzM</a></p>&mdash; Tam Pico (@ClearParadox) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClearParadox/status/1255760890240159744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 30, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3902]
Author : JoeP
Date : 04-30-2020 08:44 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

omg kam take the hint (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1338900#post1338900)

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[Post 3903]
Author : JoeP
Date : 04-30-2020 08:45 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That's way too optimistic. If anything, he'll be caught in an alley behind a hospital that just burned down proclaiming a triumph of modern tremendosity that hugely brought the Invisible Enemy to its knees.

Genius invisible enemy, don't forget

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[Post 3904]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-30-2020 08:59 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

omg kam take the hint (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1338900#post1338900)

im in bed tho

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[Post 3905]
Author : Stormlight
Date : 04-30-2020 01:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Speaking of giant egos and as an aside, Musk seems quite angry his factory is closed.


Hey, it's the future US president!

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[Post 3906]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-01-2020 01:47 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">JOHN ROBERTS: The Director of National Intelligence put out a statement saying they think the coronavirus was naturally occurring<br><br>TRUMP: Who?<br><br>R: It was a statement from the DNI office<br><br>TRUMP: Oh, he would know that, huh?<br><br>R: That would be your Director of National Intelligence <a href="https://t.co/ihBTp9HxVe">pic.twitter.com/ihBTp9HxVe</a></p>&mdash; Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) <a href="https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1255971874921644034?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 30, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3907]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-01-2020 08:04 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Week 180: Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you, so you’ll remember. (https://medium.com/@Amy_Siskind/week-180-experts-in-authoritarianism-advise-to-keep-a-list-of-things-subtly-changing-around-you-cf9641facbe1)

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[Post 3908]
Author : SR71
Date : 05-01-2020 07:39 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It goes so far beyond that too.  The lock he's putting on the courts is going to codify the normalization of gerrymandering and voter suppression.  

A Federal Judge Has a Plan to Let Politicians Manipulate Elections With Impunity (https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/04/11th-circuit-judges-election-law-politics-florida.html)

The Supreme Court&#8217;s 5&#8211;4 decision in Rucho v. Common Cause opened the floodgates for lawmakers to draw egregious partisan gerrymanders without fear of federal lawsuits. By declaring that gerrymandering presents &#8220;a political question beyond the competence of the federal courts,&#8221; SCOTUS ensured that the 2020 redistricting process will be infected with extreme partisan bias in most states. That ruling was harmful enough on its own terms. On Wednesday, however, an influential federal judge suggested that Rucho&#8217;s rule should be expanded to prevent judges from intervening when lawmakers manipulate the outcome of elections through voting laws. If more courts adopt that theory, it will become harder than ever to challenge partisan prejudice in the administration of elections.

In other news, holy crap, his new spokeswoman is formidable.  Full of shit, sure, but really good at selling it.  Watching her press brief now.  She went for the throat on the WHO and the Flynn defense.  The press is going to have to adjust from the easy meat bozo stomping they're accustomed to.

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[Post 3909]
Author : SR71
Date : 05-01-2020 07:58 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

And here it is.  Predictions that he would do to states what he did to Ukraine prove good,

Trump Is Weaponizing the Nice Things He Forced Democratic Governors to Say About Him – Mother Jones (https://www.motherjones.com/2020-elections/2020/04/trump-is-weaponizing-the-nice-things-he-forced-democratic-governors-to-say-about-him/)

President Donald Trump has been open about the fact that he saw aid to blue states as a transaction: He’ll send supplies like masks and ventilators to combat the virus if the governors say nice things about him. The not-so-subtle message for over a month has been that if blue states hit the hardest by the pandemic want government help, they should offer something in return. As it turns out, what their governors have provided is fodder for campaign ad footage.

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[Post 3910]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-02-2020 05:24 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Part of a much larger thrad on the topic or conspiracy nuts and white terrorist cells:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">To discover the history of the white terrorist problem in modern America, we have to start with the Cult of the Shining City, which I&#39;ve written on extensively.<br><br>It&#39;s Neo-Confederate Christianity with apocalyptic, paranoid conspiracy theories.<br><br>10/<a href="https://t.co/JJCBYjZgsz">https://t.co/JJCBYjZgsz</a></p>&mdash; Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) <a href="https://twitter.com/JYSexton/status/1256227379036520449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 1, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3911]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-02-2020 08:33 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Mild hunch Trump drops Pence for VP and adds in one of his kids.

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[Post 3912]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-03-2020 05:18 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/FPVQamPpJl">https://t.co/FPVQamPpJl</a> <a href="https://t.co/xriPiNhdpd">pic.twitter.com/xriPiNhdpd</a></p>&mdash; Patrick De Klotz (@patdeklotz) <a href="https://twitter.com/patdeklotz/status/1256713165603172352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 2, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3913]
Author : Basset Hound
Date : 05-03-2020 05:55 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Speaking of giant egos and as an aside, Musk seems quite angry his factory is closed.


Hey, it's the future US president!
He can't be US President.  He was born in Pretoria, South Africa of South African parents. Hy is 'n Afrikaner.

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[Post 3914]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-03-2020 09:00 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So I was looking for a thread to post a recap of the Bush years and found a really great blast from the past thread. I would have bumped it but it got hostile in places so I figure I’ll just link it here (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?p=3250). Why here? Because here we are struggling by the best we can and it’s insights on how we got here. :shrug:

As for what I wanted to post, long depressing Twitter thread:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Thread<br><br>In no particular order, but the Bush years <a href="https://t.co/5ENrrXropR">pic.twitter.com/5ENrrXropR</a></p>&mdash; Esha &#127801; (@eshaLegal) <a href="https://twitter.com/eshaLegal/status/914303646715797505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 1, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I already posted in thread this bit about New World Order conspiracy as a more detailed history, but I’ll repeat with this unrolled version for easier reading:
Thread by @JYSexton: So. We need to talk about the white terrorist movement, how apocalyptic evangelicalism and NRA/GOP propaganda fueled them, and why they see… (https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1256225261483438080.html)

And a special fuck you to Rick Wilson and Bill Kristol for eagerly paging the path to Trump, then behaving all Not Me. Trump, the symptom of a much deeper rot in the, for lack of a better word, “western world.”

*Rereads before pressing Reply, ugh what a rambling mess, presses anyway in hopes it’s useful

Eta: Reading postmortem thread about 2004:  America's 50 Million Informed, Intelligent, Sane People - Freethought Forum (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=941)

I also miss sleep.

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[Post 3915]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 05-03-2020 06:16 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EW8GhVIWAAEcpCm.jpg

damn, that cover of Time was prescient, electronic populism threatens to short-circuit representative democracy indeed!

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[Post 3916]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 05-03-2020 07:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The protestors have learned to not bring Confederate flags.  However, the Illinois protestors need to work on utilizing less Nazi rhetoric.  

https://quincy-network.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2020/05/IMG_9017-scaled.jpg

Hundreds join Capitol protest to Reopen Illinois (https://wgem.com/2020/05/01/hundreds-join-capitol-protest-to-reopen-illinois/)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EW9O98yWoAE4U1Y?format=jpg&name=large

The German phrase translates to “Work sets you free” and carries a dark significance as the slogan notoriously posted at the entrances of several Nazi concentration camps, including Auschwitz in Poland, where an estimated 1.1 million people were killed.

“‘Arbeit macht frei’ was a false, cynical illusion the SS gave to prisoners of #Auschwitz,” the Auschwitz museum tweeted. “Those words became one of the icons of human hatred. It’s painful to see this symbol instrumentalized & used again to spread hate. It’s a symptom of moral & intellectual degeneration.”

Auschwitz Museum condemns protester’s sign at Reopen Illinois rally - Chicago Sun-Times (https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/5/2/21245211/auschwitz-illinois-nazis-protest-reopen-museum-coronavirus-pritzker)

The governor of Illinois is JB Prizker of Jewish descent, his family came to America fleeing pogroms in Kiev.

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[Post 3917]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 05-03-2020 09:31 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Isn't that just crazy how the swastikas and Nazi slogans so consistently feature in the same crowd as the Trump-Pence signs?

Probably economic anxiety again, dang it.

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[Post 3918]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-04-2020 08:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

In today’s round of Everything These Guys Say Is Projection:

The Federalist on Twitter: "Examining these financial ties may explain why China is receiving such glowing coverage during a pandemic of their own making. https://t.co/VwOjttXU1G" (https://twitter.com/FDRLST/status/1257337398855454723)

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[Post 3919]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 05-06-2020 01:49 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A federal scientist who says he was removed from his post after disputing the efficacy of an unproven malaria drug to combat coronavirus has filed a whistleblower complaint alleging that his warnings were dismissed by the administration.




Coronavirus whistleblower says Trump administration ignored warnings and drug dangers before he was removed | The Independent (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/rick-bright-complaint-read-coronavirus-whistleblower-trump-hydroxychloroquine-a9500586.html?utm_source=reddit.com)

This covers a lot of ground that we were all probably aware of in a general way.

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[Post 3920]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 05-06-2020 01:49 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:dddp:

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[Post 3921]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-06-2020 08:15 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I bet someone get mad.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">NEW: Former Pres. Barack Obama will deliver a nationwide commencement message to the country&#39;s high school seniors on Saturday, May 16. <a href="https://t.co/SEYZ4Pq3Qx">https://t.co/SEYZ4Pq3Qx</a> <a href="https://t.co/UHUEKBv7KV">pic.twitter.com/UHUEKBv7KV</a></p>&mdash; ABC News (@ABC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1257692699358048257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3922]
Author : JoeP
Date : 05-06-2020 10:24 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:popcorn:

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[Post 3923]
Author : Zehava
Date : 05-07-2020 01:20 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Isn't that just crazy how the swastikas and Nazi slogans so consistently feature in the same crowd as the Trump-Pence signs?

Probably economic anxiety again, dang it.

It's almost if there is some sort of cross over between Trump supporters and racist shit-nozzles.  :chin:

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[Post 3924]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-07-2020 07:58 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Mail in ballots anyone?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">SCOOP: Major Trump and RNC donor Louis DeJoy will become the next Postmaster General, putting a top Trump ally in charge as Treasury takes unprecedented control of the US Postal Service via <a href="https://twitter.com/jdawsey1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JDawsey1</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Reinlwapo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Reinlwapo</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/jacobbogage?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JacobBogage</a><a href="https://t.co/oNjFVycmqT">https://t.co/oNjFVycmqT</a></p>&mdash; Matt Zapotosky (@mattzap) <a href="https://twitter.com/mattzap/status/1258178721225363456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 6, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3925]
Author : JoeP
Date : 05-07-2020 08:45 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Seems perfectly innocent.

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[Post 3926]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-07-2020 08:50 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://images.plurk.com/4FQimn4gKQvLK5l4wkYldv.jpg

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[Post 3927]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-08-2020 07:15 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.redd.it/x4ozhxqhg8x41.jpg

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[Post 3928]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-08-2020 07:31 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Let's blame Trump.

She Said Anthony Fauci Sexually Assaulted Her. Now She Says Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman Paid Her to Lie. &#8211; Reason.com (https://reason.com/2020/05/07/she-said-anthony-fauci-sexually-assaulted-her-now-she-says-jacob-wohl-and-jack-burkman-paid-her-to-lie/)

Wohl and Burkman. Again.

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[Post 3929]
Author : ceptimus
Date : 05-08-2020 05:33 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/sure-the-velociraptors-are-still-on-the-loose-but-thats-no-reason-not-to-reopen-jurassic-park

Sure, the velociraptors are still on the loose, But that&#8217;s no reason not to reopen Jurassic Park.

The life expectancy of a velociraptor is only 15-20 years, so we&#8217;re confident that these attacks will eventually run their course.

In the meantime, will more visitors die? Yes. Will more Jurassic Park staff die? Yes. But know that their sacrifice will not be forgotten &#8212; we plan to erect a small plaque dedicated to the velociraptor attack victims in the far back corner of the gift shop.

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[Post 3930]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-11-2020 08:51 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The president is up to 126 tweets or retweets today. Just an incredible pace of posting.</p>&mdash; Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) <a href="https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1259680013185699840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 11, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Seems to hate his job or something.

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[Post 3931]
Author : Crumb
Date : 05-12-2020 12:35 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

What is a Twitter egg?

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[Post 3932]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-12-2020 12:37 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A brand new account without a profile avatar. The default is an egg. Often whipped up for the purpose of trolling

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[Post 3933]
Author : Pyrrho
Date : 05-12-2020 12:50 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

What is the possibility that he'll act on his rants and actually imprison Obama and others?

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[Post 3934]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-12-2020 01:06 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Depends on what the SCOTUS and Senate lets him do I guess. Related:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump&#8217;s latest Instagram post.<br><br>I&#8217;ve said it before, and I&#8217;ll say it again: I fear we are going to be experiencing show trials against Trump&#8217;s self-perceived enemies.<br><br>In other words, things are going to get worse. <a href="https://t.co/e1giiivv4c">pic.twitter.com/e1giiivv4c</a></p>&mdash; Leah McElrath &#55356;&#57331;&#65039;*&#55356;&#57096; (@leahmcelrath) <a href="https://twitter.com/leahmcelrath/status/1259665213168791555?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 11, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3935]
Author : Ensign Steve
Date : 05-12-2020 04:12 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A brand new account without a profile avatar. The default is an egg. Often whipped up for the purpose of trolling

Or whipped up in bulk by bots for the purposes of signal boosting or artificially inflating follower counts and similar metrics.

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[Post 3936]
Author : SR71
Date : 05-13-2020 12:30 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">How to testing <a href="https://t.co/y9iwLK0N12">pic.twitter.com/y9iwLK0N12</a></p>&mdash; Sarah Cooper (@sarahcpr) <a href="https://twitter.com/sarahcpr/status/1259223035971805185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 9, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

She got tested and it was negative.  She was tested again and it was negative.  Then she got tested again and it was positive!  What is this testing bullshit?

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[Post 3937]
Author : SR71
Date : 05-13-2020 01:05 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Judge slows down effort to drop Flynn case - POLITICO (https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/12/judge-slows-effort-drop-flynn-case-252725)

Minutes after lawyers for Flynn urged Judge Emmet Sullivan to "immediately" toss the matter, Sullivan indicated he wasn't ready to act just yet, instead indicating he'll set a schedule to accept briefs from outside parties who might have an interest in the case.

I was so hoping the judge would do this.  :phew:

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[Post 3938]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-13-2020 01:36 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

What is the possibility that he'll act on his rants and actually imprison Obama and others?

Zero. They are all on that same team. You are watching a reality TV Show.

Remember Trump accused Obama of being an illegal President. He accused Clinton of committing treason, during the campaign, on Live TV, during the debates.

lol at anyone that thinks this is anything but a TV Show

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[Post 3939]
Author : Ari
Date : 05-13-2020 04:18 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

In some ways I envy that notion, that there’s some super intelligent dark force behind the scenes keeping everything in check, that it’s all going to someone’s plan.

Cause the reality, that everything is held together by twin and fish guts, that it’s a bunch of barely intelligent apes having a first go at this society experiment and no one really deep down knows what the fuck they are doing, does get unnerving sometimes.

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[Post 3940]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-13-2020 09:59 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This dude can&#8217;t thread a thrad but the content is there:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">An anguished question from a Trump supporter: &#8216;Why do liberals think Trump supporters are stupid?&#8217;<br><br>THE SERIOUS ANSWER: Here&#8217;s what the majority of anti-Trump voters honestly feel about Trump supporters en masse:<br><br>Read below in the comments <a href="https://t.co/MZ0bLpzxz1">pic.twitter.com/MZ0bLpzxz1</a></p>&mdash; bill (@bill8321) <a href="https://twitter.com/bill8321/status/1260278223755239427?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 12, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3941]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 05-13-2020 06:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I laughed. 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Practicing hard at the White House for the next time I have to face <a href="https://twitter.com/weijia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@weijia</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@kaitlancollins</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/PaulaReidCBS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PaulaReidCBS</a>! <a href="https://t.co/nDsPEq36nA">pic.twitter.com/nDsPEq36nA</a></p>&mdash; Donald J. Drumpf (@RealDonalDrumpf) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealDonalDrumpf/status/1260566585611296776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 13, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3942]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 05-14-2020 01:27 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This dude can’t thread a thrad but the content is there:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">An anguished question from a Trump supporter: ‘Why do liberals think Trump supporters are stupid?’<br><br>THE SERIOUS ANSWER: Here’s what the majority of anti-Trump voters honestly feel about Trump supporters en masse:<br><br>Read below in the comments <a href="https://t.co/MZ0bLpzxz1">pic.twitter.com/MZ0bLpzxz1</a></p>&mdash; bill (@bill8321) <a href="https://twitter.com/bill8321/status/1260278223755239427?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 12, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Yeah, I am less charitable and assume that the hard core are deplorables who may or may not be stupid.  I now they are largely sexist and racist and intolerant regardless of how smart they are.   (often there is alot of overlap, most Maga types are racist and/or sexist dullards, but certainly not all, propaganda rots the brain)

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[Post 3943]
Author : JoeP
Date : 05-14-2020 06:33 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">How to testing <a href="https://t.co/y9iwLK0N12">pic.twitter.com/y9iwLK0N12</a></p>&mdash; Sarah Cooper (@sarahcpr) <a href="https://twitter.com/sarahcpr/status/1259223035971805185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 9, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

She got tested and it was negative.  She was tested again and it was negative.  Then she got tested again and it was positive!  What is this testing bullshit?

She's got herself featured in the Guardian now: The comedian going viral for lip-syncing Trump: 'People really hate him' | US news | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/14/trump-lip-sync-video-memes-sarah-cooper-tiktoks-interview)

“He writes material faster than I could ever perform it!” she laughs.

and
Cooper is a comedian and author who describes herself as “not the normal demographic for TikTok, which is full of 11-year-olds – many of whom are sad that I am on it.”
:sniggle:

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[Post 3944]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-16-2020 05:13 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">In fairness to Trump, naming a missile &#8216;Super Duper&#8217; is better than the misappropriation of the Tomahawk missile, the self-redundancy of the Patriot weapon system (have you ever met a disloyal armament?) or the exploding contradiction that is the 97-ton Peacekeeper ICBM.</p>&mdash; The Out And Avoider (@OutAndAbouter) <a href="https://twitter.com/OutAndAbouter/status/1261474804395368449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 16, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3945]
Author : JoeP
Date : 05-17-2020 07:14 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I bet someone get mad.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">NEW: Former Pres. Barack Obama will deliver a nationwide commencement message to the country's high school seniors on Saturday, May 16. <a href="https://t.co/SEYZ4Pq3Qx">https://t.co/SEYZ4Pq3Qx</a> <a href="https://t.co/UHUEKBv7KV">pic.twitter.com/UHUEKBv7KV</a></p>&mdash; ABC News (@ABC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1257692699358048257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

:popcorn:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Congrats to the high school Class of 2020, as well as to the teachers, coaches, and most of all, parents and family who’ve guided you along the way. Thanks for letting me be part of your big day! <a href="https://t.co/RjYvHs2BhC">pic.twitter.com/RjYvHs2BhC</a></p>&mdash; Barack Obama (@BarackObama) <a href="https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/1261823767044476928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 17, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3946]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-17-2020 07:38 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I bet someone get mad.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">NEW: Former Pres. Barack Obama will deliver a nationwide commencement message to the country's high school seniors on Saturday, May 16. <a href="https://t.co/SEYZ4Pq3Qx">https://t.co/SEYZ4Pq3Qx</a> <a href="https://t.co/UHUEKBv7KV">pic.twitter.com/UHUEKBv7KV</a></p>&mdash; ABC News (@ABC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1257692699358048257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

He :mad:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump responds to Obama’s speech: &quot;Look, he was an incompetent president, that's all I can say. Grossly incompetent.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/bgkbMFvURr">pic.twitter.com/bgkbMFvURr</a></p>&mdash; Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) <a href="https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1262074633836089345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 17, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3947]
Author : SR71
Date : 05-17-2020 11:22 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'll be really surprised if he doesn't have an extended rage tweet session.  I'm sure his advisors have suggested that he put the phone down.

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[Post 3948]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-19-2020 05:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">In which Nancy Pelosi calls <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a> &quot;morbidly obese&quot; <a href="https://t.co/GRgtzAZ38l">pic.twitter.com/GRgtzAZ38l</a></p>&mdash; Emily C. Singer (@CahnEmily) <a href="https://twitter.com/CahnEmily/status/1262548147244609538?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 19, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

:boom:

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[Post 3949]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-19-2020 05:22 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

He is not paying attention to who or what he retweets

11178

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[Post 3950]
Author : SR71
Date : 05-19-2020 06:25 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yeah, they're getting into Jim Jones territory here.  Not entirely joking.

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[Post 3951]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 05-19-2020 02:50 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Jim Jones didn't actually drink the Kool-Aid. *nudge nudge, wink wink, say n'more say n'more, Secret Service PPD*

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[Post 3952]
Author : Ari
Date : 05-19-2020 04:53 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I’m almost certain “Trump” is going to become a word, it’s just what exactly will it mean.
Could “He Trumped himself” mean to start believing your own lies so much you kill yourself with your own snake oil?  Who knows, but there’s a chance!

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[Post 3953]
Author : The Man
Date : 05-19-2020 06:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Jim Jones didn't actually drink the Kool-Aid. *nudge nudge, wink wink, say n'more say n'more, Secret Service PPD*

…because it was probably Flavor Aid (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavor_Aid) rather than Kool-Aid?

(I don’t know if it’s actually known whether Jones himself drank Kool-Aid or Flavor Aid, though.)

It is worth noting that:

The phrase "drinking the Kool-Aid" as used to describe either blind obedience or loyalty to a cause is considered offensive by some of the relatives of the dead and survivors who escaped Jonestown. Seventy or more individuals at Jonestown were injected with poison, and a third of the victims (304) were minors. Guards armed with guns and crossbows had been ordered to shoot those who fled the Jonestown pavilion as Jones lobbied for suicide. (Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drinking_the_Kool-Aid))

FWIW.

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[Post 3954]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-19-2020 07:11 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://images.plurk.com/3tWDuXyTgDY4lREy23G9MC.jpg

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[Post 3955]
Author : SR71
Date : 05-19-2020 09:41 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's so weird how often the word judge and the name Trump appear in the same sentence.

Judge allows fraud suit against Trump, family and company to proceed (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/judge-allows-fraud-suit-against-trump-family-and-company-to-proceed/ar-BB14k1Em)

A federal judge on Monday allowed a federal lawsuit accusing President Donald Trump, his three eldest children and his company of collaborating with a fraudulent marketing scheme to prey on investors to proceed, denying the Trumps' request for a stay.

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[Post 3956]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-19-2020 10:13 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump is refusing to unveil Obama&#39;s portrait at the White House, breaking a 40-year tradition<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ObamaWasBetterAtEverything?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ObamaWasBetterAtEverything</a> <br> <a href="https://t.co/XiVfIc7PoO">https://t.co/XiVfIc7PoO</a></p>&mdash; Robert Cooper &#55356;&#57098; (@RobertCooper58) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobertCooper58/status/1262793095030149120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 19, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3957]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-20-2020 12:18 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Jim Jones

CIA operative.

Ever wonder how he suddenly had all those high level San Fransisco political connections? 

:doh:

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[Post 3958]
Author : SR71
Date : 05-20-2020 06:48 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

If this is accurate, it would appear that Dump voted illegally in Florida.  Idk, this is AlterNet, sometimes they get a little loose with the facts.

Worker threw exception | www.alternet.org | Cloudflare</title> (https://www.alternet.org/2020/05/trumps-florida-voter-registration-trips-ups-his-mar-a-lago-plans/)

Ah, therein lies the quandary: At the time of purchasing Mar-a-Largo in 1993, Trump signed agreements with the town of 8,000 that he was opening a club, not a residence. The town was wary about new water traffic in converting Mar-a-Lago from a single-family residence to a private club owned by a corporation that Trump controls.
The agreement also bans members from using the club’s guest rooms for longer than seven days at a time three times a year. Trump’s attorney at the time, Paul Rampell, assured town council members that he would not live at the club.
So, he owns a club, not private residence, which means that in registering to vote, just maybe Trump has made his voting address moot.
Indeed, he has created, you know, just the kind of mail ballot fraud he bleats about, since he voted by mail in Florida’s Republican presidential primary.

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[Post 3959]
Author : Kyuss Apollo
Date : 05-20-2020 08:29 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Just catching up on the news and it seems the president either has the virus and is taking a risky drug to treat it, or doesn&#39;t have it and is taking a risky drug for the hell of it, or doesn&#39;t have it and is lying about taking a risky drug to get other people to take it, or ...</p>&mdash; Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) <a href="https://twitter.com/KevinMKruse/status/1262487981685948416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 18, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3960]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-21-2020 04:07 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump: &quot;When you say per capita, there&#39;s many per capitas. Is this like per capita relative to what?&quot;<br>How did this guy made it through elementary school? <a href="https://t.co/Y6F7NhXD8w">pic.twitter.com/Y6F7NhXD8w</a></p>&mdash; Nico COVID Haircut XW (@Nicoxw1) <a href="https://twitter.com/Nicoxw1/status/1263244665647697921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 20, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3961]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-22-2020 01:20 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This thrad, why not.

Story of a guy’s dad falling into online conspiracy rabbit hole:
My Father, the QAnon Conspiracy Theorist (https://narratively.com/my-father-the-qanon-conspiracy-theorist/)

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[Post 3962]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-22-2020 08:24 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

lol

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">David Marcus at The Federalist hardest hit. <a href="https://t.co/Gz6ZVR9gS2">https://t.co/Gz6ZVR9gS2</a> <a href="https://t.co/Si4PFLEU79">pic.twitter.com/Si4PFLEU79</a></p>&mdash; Patterico (@Patterico) <a href="https://twitter.com/Patterico/status/1263663664965410816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 22, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3963]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-23-2020 09:15 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It&#8217;s like a three am drunk dial:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realdonaldtrump</a> Look, I know your anger, but recusal was required by law. I did my duty &amp; you&#39;re damn fortunate I did. It protected the rule of law &amp; resulted in your exoneration. Your personal feelings don&#39;t dictate who Alabama picks as their senator, the people of Alabama do. <a href="https://t.co/QQKHNAgmiE">https://t.co/QQKHNAgmiE</a></p>&mdash; Jeff Sessions (@jeffsessions) <a href="https://twitter.com/jeffsessions/status/1264028159965528065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 23, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3964]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 05-23-2020 11:24 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ever wonder why Trump stands in a fucked up way? Why he "stands like a centaur without its hind legs" as someone once said?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EDuEmqBXoAAOELW?format=jpg&name=360x360

https://i.cbc.ca/1.4821231.1536791347!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_1180/trump.jpg

Well the daily show figured it out...

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Why does Trump stand with his ass popped, his body bent forward, and his t-rex arms dangling? It&#8217;s not by accident. <a href="https://t.co/LuEhHZMOwm">pic.twitter.com/LuEhHZMOwm</a></p>&mdash; The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheDailyShow/status/1263824388056657922?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 22, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3965]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-23-2020 06:10 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This reply, tho:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">See anyone you know? This pic was part of a lecture given in 1888 by Jean-Martin Charcot a renowned French neurologist &amp; professor of anatomical pathology. He was noting precise differences &amp; characteristics of the PSP form of Frontotemporal Dementia even b4 it had it's own name <a href="https://t.co/LF1YDmQTzf">pic.twitter.com/LF1YDmQTzf</a></p>&mdash; patrick demetri (@megeetsa) <a href="https://twitter.com/megeetsa/status/1263846400955232258?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 22, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

eta: more:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">See anyone you know? This pic was part of a lecture given in 1888 by Jean-Martin Charcot a renowned French neurologist &amp; professor of anatomical pathology. He was noting precise differences &amp; characteristics of the PSP form of Frontotemporal Dementia even b4 it had it&#39;s own name <a href="https://t.co/UisrhqmA02">pic.twitter.com/UisrhqmA02</a></p>&mdash; Tom Joseph (@TomJChicago) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomJChicago/status/1263811708566503427?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 22, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The two on the left or Parkinson&#8217;s the two on the right or PSP that was the point of his lecture</p>&mdash; Tom Joseph (@TomJChicago) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomJChicago/status/1263814103593861120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 22, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3966]
Author : Ari
Date : 05-23-2020 06:26 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Hmm I wonder if he’s always always stood like this or if it’s something that could be seen developing in photos over the years, someone who’s not me should look into that!

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[Post 3967]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-23-2020 06:30 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A google image search of "Trump photos 80s"! And it's hard to tell.

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[Post 3968]
Author : JoeP
Date : 05-23-2020 07:39 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A general search of Trump posture reveals several people concluding that he wears 2-3 inch lifts in his shoes.

But not when he may have started doing this.

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[Post 3969]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-24-2020 06:21 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Artists are already working with the NEW YORK TIMES front page as a backdrop for new political art.<br><br>And with good reason&#8212;we *can&#39;t* become immune to outrage over the ways in which this president&#39;s perfidy, venality and malfeasance *directly* led to these 100,000 COVID-19 deaths. <a href="https://t.co/TYWLvhwL04">pic.twitter.com/TYWLvhwL04</a></p>&mdash; Seth Abramson (@&#55356;&#57312;) (@SethAbramson) <a href="https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/1264320066465738754?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 23, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3970]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 05-24-2020 07:52 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EYuzDBEXYAEELJ5?format=jpg&name=small

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[Post 3971]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-25-2020 01:22 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A steady market for military hardware.</p>&mdash; CMDuck (@CMDuckTweets) <a href="https://twitter.com/CMDuckTweets/status/1264621374544334849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 24, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3972]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-25-2020 03:35 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

hahaha nothing matters

US: Trump Administration Abandons Landmine Ban | Human Rights Watch (https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/01/31/us-trump-administration-abandons-landmine-ban)

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[Post 3973]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-25-2020 03:55 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump and Ann Coulter are fighting about Jeff Sessions like a soon to be divorced couple arguing over who gets custody of racism.</p>&mdash; The Volatile Mermaid (@OhNoSheTwitnt) <a href="https://twitter.com/OhNoSheTwitnt/status/1264627419278905344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 24, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3974]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-26-2020 04:12 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Apropos of nothing: Idi Amin in quotes (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3082349.stm)

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[Post 3975]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-26-2020 06:57 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.redd.it/wni415dujz051.png

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[Post 3976]
Author : SR71
Date : 05-27-2020 01:21 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

lol twitter is going to start putting fact checks on his majesty's tweets.  Oh he's gonna LOVE that!  :laugh:

I may be a little ahead of myself but here

twitter fact check trump tweets - Google Search (https://www.google.com/search?source=hp&ei=pbPNXuHGBsqrytMPpYagqAE&q=twitter+fact+check+trump+tweets&oq=twitter+fact+check+trump+tweets&gs_lcp=CgZwc3ktYWIQAzoCCAA6BQgAEIMBOgQIABADOgUIABDEAjoGCAAQFhAeOggIABAWEAoQHlDxCVj8WWC5XmgCcAB4AIABxQGIAcMjkgEEMC4zM5gBAKABAaoBB2d3cy13aXo&sclient=psy-ab&ved=0ahUKEwihraiT5NLpAhXKlXIEHSUDCBUQ4dUDCAg&uact=5)

all the news fit to google

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[Post 3977]
Author : LarsMac
Date : 05-27-2020 03:12 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Is it me, or does he seem to be starting to fold in on himself a bit?

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[Post 3978]
Author : SR71
Date : 05-27-2020 04:01 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

like an origami monkey

pretty soon he's gonna disappear up his own asshole

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[Post 3979]
Author : SR71
Date : 05-27-2020 04:11 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

'Trump is killing his own supporters'“ even White House insiders know it | Lloyd Green | Opinion | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/05/trump-is-killing-his-own-supporters-coronavirus-covid-19)

A plague is raging and the president is leaving the heartlands and blue-collar voters exposed. This could be the endgame

On Sunday, initially at least, there was no White House briefing on the president’s public schedule. But the bad news kept coming. Coronavirus deaths continued to climb and reports of the heartland being unprepared for what may be on its horizon continued to ricochet around the media.

In the words of one administration insider, to the Guardian: “The Trump organism is simply collapsing. He’s killing his own supporters.”

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[Post 3980]
Author : SR71
Date : 05-27-2020 04:15 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">....Twitter is completely stifling FREE SPEECH, and I, as President, will not allow it to happen!</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1265427539008380928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 26, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3981]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-27-2020 05:08 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

And then since it&#8217;s Twitter they automate it and in half a day&#8217;s work in Saint Petersberg OANN is the de facto fact checker.

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[Post 3982]
Author : JoeP
Date : 05-27-2020 10:15 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Is it me, or does he seem to be starting to fold in on himself a bit?

Happened long ago. Supporters don't care.

like an origami monkey

pretty soon he's gonna disappear up his own asshole

Happened long ago. Supporters don't care.

'Trump is killing his own supporters'“ even White House insiders know it | Lloyd Green | Opinion | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/05/trump-is-killing-his-own-supporters-coronavirus-covid-19)

Has been happening for a while. Supporters don't care.

None of this will stop him "winning" in November.

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[Post 3983]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-28-2020 06:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Thank you, Twitter and <a href="https://twitter.com/jack?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jack</a>, for confirming the truth: Donald Trump is a murderer who sodomizes sheep. <a href="https://t.co/hILZljZBnC">pic.twitter.com/hILZljZBnC</a></p>&mdash; God (@TheTweetOfGod) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheTweetOfGod/status/1265955259500789760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 28, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3984]
Author : JoeP
Date : 05-28-2020 06:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Maybe these two should talk <a href="https://t.co/it2Yu9eIIG">pic.twitter.com/it2Yu9eIIG</a></p>&mdash; Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) <a href="https://twitter.com/RyanLizza/status/1265644861312638977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 27, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3985]
Author : SR71
Date : 05-28-2020 07:32 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

"we will strongly regulate, or close them down"

Amendment I

Twitter Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

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[Post 3986]
Author : Ari
Date : 05-28-2020 07:45 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I think this might be even better than banning him, since the fact checker will always get the final say, he is going to go mental, I can’t wait for the tweet chains of him arguing with the fact check box.

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[Post 3987]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-29-2020 03:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Could you explain again exactly what it is? We'll wait. <a href="https://t.co/gvZla5JsUf">https://t.co/gvZla5JsUf</a></p>&mdash; John Heilemann (@jheil) <a href="https://twitter.com/jheil/status/1265709743898845190?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 27, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sorry, I'm still busy reporting out Trump's accusation that your father was involved in the killing of JFK. <a href="https://t.co/bs7L5W4QCj">https://t.co/bs7L5W4QCj</a></p>&mdash; John Heilemann (@jheil) <a href="https://twitter.com/jheil/status/1265760592637419521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 27, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3988]
Author : SR71
Date : 05-29-2020 04:32 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The daily flail.  100,000 Americans dead and he's worried about fact checks on Twitter.  

Of course he would be worried.  He lies a lot.

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[Post 3989]
Author : SR71
Date : 05-29-2020 07:15 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

He's up at 1 AM threatening to use the military to kill civilians.  

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">....These THUGS are dishonoring the memory of George Floyd, and I won&#8217;t let that happen. Just spoke to Governor Tim Walz and told him that the Military is with him all the way. Any difficulty and we will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts. Thank you!</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1266231100780744704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 29, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3990]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-29-2020 09:07 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Kinda like a less articulate Pinochet.

Add:
lol

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[Post 3991]
Author : JoeP
Date : 05-29-2020 10:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Could you explain again exactly what it is? We'll wait. <a href="https://t.co/gvZla5JsUf">https://t.co/gvZla5JsUf</a></p>&mdash; John Heilemann (@jheil) <a href="https://twitter.com/jheil/status/1265709743898845190?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 27, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>



Lol fair, but also disingenuous. We know, everyone knows, exactly what monstrous crime Obama committed in the Obamagate scandal:

Presidenting while black.

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[Post 3992]
Author : Jerome
Date : 05-30-2020 01:50 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I thought liberals liked government regulation of private industry??

They are mocking you.

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[Post 3993]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-30-2020 02:09 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"> <a href="https://t.co/hG82vT2WSF">pic.twitter.com/hG82vT2WSF</a></p>&mdash; 24K &#55356;&#56527;&#55356;&#57337; (@GoldRush5280) <a href="https://twitter.com/GoldRush5280/status/1266225850787094528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 29, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3994]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-30-2020 02:20 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Merkel rebuffs Trump invitation to G7 summit &#8211; POLITICO (https://www.politico.eu/article/angela-merkel-rebuffs-donald-trump-invitation-to-g7-summit/)

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[Post 3995]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-30-2020 05:12 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">You spent $325,000 in taxpayer money to stage a walkout of a 49ers game in order to make perfectly clear you don&#8217;t stand by the right to peacefully protect. <a href="https://t.co/p4e01d2mUn">https://t.co/p4e01d2mUn</a></p>&mdash; Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisMurphyCT/status/1266539265351180288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 30, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3996]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-30-2020 05:57 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">May we all be this passionate about porcelain. <a href="https://t.co/Zsl3E29gxP">https://t.co/Zsl3E29gxP</a></p>&mdash; The Out And Avoider (@OutAndAbouter) <a href="https://twitter.com/OutAndAbouter/status/1266362065700216832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 29, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 3997]
Author : SR71
Date : 05-30-2020 08:26 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Team Russia:  Let's interfere in American Election.
Team Obama:  Russia is interfering in the election.  Let's sanction Russia.
Team Kislyak:  Americans sanction us.  I have contact.  We talk,
Team Flynn:  Sergei!  Yes, we can help you when we're in.  Chill, dude.
Team FBI:  Ya know that Kislyak surveillance?  Someone in D.C. keeps calling him.  Tell Team Obama.
Team Obama:  Is that right?  Who is it?
Team FBI:  Flynn.
Team Obama:  No shit?  I gotta tell team Trump not to share info with him!
Team FBI:  No no no no.  We're gonna follow it some more and collar Flynn.  Don't tip off Team Trump.
Team Obama:  Well, okay, I guess.
Team Obama:  Don't hire Flynn.  He's trouble.
Team Trump:  gtfo
Team Trump:  Flynn, how's things with your operation?
Team Flynn:  All good.
Team FBI.  Flynn, have you been talking to Russia?
Team Flynn:  Nope.
Team FBI:  Liar.
Team Media:  News Flash!  Flynn had back door talks on Russian sanctions.
Team Trump:  Mike, did you talk to Russia?
Team Flynn:  No.
Team FBI:  He's lying.  
Team Trump:  Mike, You're fired!
Team Mueller:  Prosecute Mike.
Team Justice:  Okay.
Team Flynn:  I plead guilty.
Team Flynn:  I plead guilty again.
Team Sullivan:  Are you sure you're guilty?
Team Flynn:  Yeah.  Guilty.
Team Flynn:  I withdraw my guilty plea.
Team Barr:  Drop the case.  Insufficient grounds for prosecution.
Team Prosecutor:  This is bullshit.  I quit.
Team Sullivan:  Not so fast.  I need the full transcripts.  I'm appointing another judge to argue against dropping this.
Team DoJ:  You have to finish by 6/1/20.
Team DNI:  Hi Judge!  It's 5/29/20.  Here are some of the Flynn transcripts.

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[Post 3998]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-31-2020 08:49 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I&#8217;ll put it here:

Far-Right Extremists Are Hoping to Turn the George Floyd Protests Into a New Civil War - VICE (https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/pkyb9b/far-right-extremists-are-hoping-to-turn-the-george-floyd-protests-into-a-new-civil-war)

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[Post 3999]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-01-2020 09:20 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">If the president comes out of his bunker and sees his shadow, we&#8217;ll have six more weeks of protests.</p>&mdash; Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) <a href="https://twitter.com/KevinMKruse/status/1267304440027140096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4000]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 06-01-2020 09:44 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://scontent-sjc3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/100825365_1414369055416855_8428764449568980992_o.jpg?_nc_cat=110&_nc_sid=8bfeb9&_nc_oc=AQlAWHzxTzrrtW38mMIgC93QzPqxEbhjGvk_ifePPseifZRIR-fbJ3pQKVRuuueoGuayepUGjYkoLuBcNLu3WQ6E&_nc_ht=scontent-sjc3-1.xx&oh=a668f1c96e0b86d78e726852ef61f7fa&oe=5EFB1F77

I don't remember if anyone else posted this here, but if so, it bears repeating.

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[Post 4001]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 06-01-2020 04:20 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

He's up at 1 AM threatening to use the military to kill civilians.  

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">....These THUGS are dishonoring the memory of George Floyd, and I won’t let that happen. Just spoke to Governor Tim Walz and told him that the Military is with him all the way. Any difficulty and we will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts. Thank you!</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1266231100780744704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 29, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Looting is not a capital offense, so yeah, he's essentially threatening to have U.S. citizens murdered.  But perhaps more worrisome is the dog-whistle.

"When the looting starts, the shooting starts" is a phrase that was made [in]famous by Bull Connor and Walter Headley during the civil rights era.

The History Behind 'When the Looting Starts, The Shooting Starts' (https://www.npr.org/2020/05/29/864818368/the-history-behind-when-the-looting-starts-the-shooting-starts)

It hardly seems coincidental that our Sociopath-in-Chief chose to use that phrase.

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[Post 4002]
Author : SR71
Date : 06-01-2020 04:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

There was also a tweet threatening protesters with "vicious dogs".  Evokes these kind of images, doesn't it?  

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/74/Birmingham_campaign_dogs.jpg

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[Post 4003]
Author : SR71
Date : 06-01-2020 04:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

He's up at 1 AM threatening to use the military to kill civilians.  

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">....These THUGS are dishonoring the memory of George Floyd, and I won’t let that happen. Just spoke to Governor Tim Walz and told him that the Military is with him all the way. Any difficulty and we will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts. Thank you!</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1266231100780744704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 29, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Looting is not a capital offense, so yeah, he's essentially threatening to have U.S. citizens murdered.  But perhaps more worrisome is the dog-whistle.

"When the looting starts, the shooting starts" is a phrase that was made [in]famous by Bull Connor and Walter Headley during the civil rights era.

The History Behind 'When the Looting Starts, The Shooting Starts' (https://www.npr.org/2020/05/29/864818368/the-history-behind-when-the-looting-starts-the-shooting-starts)

It hardly seems coincidental that our Sociopath-in-Chief chose to use that phrase.

Of course he later claimed to not know where he heard it so he had no idea of the connotation.

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[Post 4004]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-01-2020 10:29 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I hear there are protests in DC. And then this:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I have never seen this in my entire life. I lived in DC and worked at a restaurant two blocks from here and rode my bike by the White House every night at around 2am. The lights were always on. This absolutely sums up this administration. Nobody&#8217;s home. <a href="https://t.co/Uk2rhxE1Wj">https://t.co/Uk2rhxE1Wj</a> <a href="https://t.co/ACjZtaaRPR">pic.twitter.com/ACjZtaaRPR</a></p>&mdash; Duff Goldman (@duffgoldman) <a href="https://twitter.com/duffgoldman/status/1267320540504584192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 

Can anyone verify this? Are the lights routinely turned off, or is Dump literally pretending not to be at home?

From the "there's always a tweet" department, it turns out that someone has noticed the White House lights being turned off before: 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The lights went out at the White House today <a href="http://t.co/f7z1t5CKBJ">http://t.co/f7z1t5CKBJ</a> Symbolic of the Obama presidency.</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/544596135974039552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 15, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4005]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-02-2020 06:59 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I can&#39;t say I&#39;ve ever seen a picture of a president like this one. <a href="https://t.co/S0kymRHl3x">pic.twitter.com/S0kymRHl3x</a></p>&mdash; Thor Benson (@thor_benson) <a href="https://twitter.com/thor_benson/status/1267609655649468419?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4006]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-02-2020 07:01 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump clears the streets with tear gas so he can have a photo op in front of a church.

Response of the church:

11190

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[Post 4007]
Author : SR71
Date : 06-02-2020 07:06 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I hear there are protests in DC. And then this:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I have never seen this in my entire life. I lived in DC and worked at a restaurant two blocks from here and rode my bike by the White House every night at around 2am. The lights were always on. This absolutely sums up this administration. Nobody’s home. <a href="https://t.co/Uk2rhxE1Wj">https://t.co/Uk2rhxE1Wj</a> <a href="https://t.co/ACjZtaaRPR">pic.twitter.com/ACjZtaaRPR</a></p>&mdash; Duff Goldman (@duffgoldman) <a href="https://twitter.com/duffgoldman/status/1267320540504584192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 

Can anyone verify this? Are the lights routinely turned off, or is Dump literally pretending not to be at home?

From the "there's always a tweet" department, it turns out that someone has noticed the White House lights being turned off before: 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The lights went out at the White House today <a href="http://t.co/f7z1t5CKBJ">http://t.co/f7z1t5CKBJ</a> Symbolic of the Obama presidency.</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/544596135974039552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 15, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I did see elsewhere that the lights were off for a while, but I forget where.  Sorry.

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[Post 4008]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 06-02-2020 10:30 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump clears the streets with tear gas so he can have a photo op in front of a church. 


"Rabbi  Jack Moline, the president of Interfaith Alliance, slammed the fact  that peaceful protesters near the White House were gassed and shot with  rubber bullets so Trump could hold his photo op.  "Seeing President  Trump stand in front of St. John&#8217;s Episcopal Church while holding a  Bible in response to calls for racial justice &#8212; right after using  military force to clear peaceful protesters out of the area &#8212; is one of  the most flagrant misuses of religion I have ever seen"

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/tear-gas-threats-before-president-trump-visits-church-amid-protests

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[Post 4009]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 06-02-2020 01:03 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Oh, but it tickles the Trump death cult in all the right places.  Rabbi Moline is wrong about the misuse part.  Trump is merely using religion for its original intended purpose: as cover for state violence.

They're gonna love it.

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[Post 4010]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 06-02-2020 01:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yes, I worry this unrest is going to boost Trump's electoral chances.

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[Post 4011]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-02-2020 06:36 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Seems they tear gassed a priest when clearing the area out.

Ahead of Trump Bible photo op, police forcibly expel priest from St. John&#8217;s church near White House (https://religionnews.com/2020/06/02/ahead-of-trump-bible-photo-op-police-forcibly-expel-priest-from-st-johns-church-near-white-house/)

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[Post 4012]
Author : Ari
Date : 06-02-2020 07:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This is all horrible, but could be great long term, as expected has no subtlety Trump is pulling out all the stops and calling for all the military invading america crack downs, like 3 - 4 days into protests.

But with the cops “Oh we’re violent eh, well we’ll show you violence!” responses basically proving the marchers, these protests will continue for some time now, and Trump will have already over extended himself on the first week.

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[Post 4013]
Author : SR71
Date : 06-02-2020 08:15 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I wonder if the alt racist hard right is a little bit intimidated seeing how many whites are coming out in support.

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[Post 4014]
Author : Ari
Date : 06-02-2020 08:44 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It’s been really interesting watching the cops bungle all of this as well.  Years ago during the Occupy protests the cops and media were a well oiled machine, to the point where the media leaving was a sign the cops were getting ready to get illegal/violent.  Then the next day they would publish a cop press release hyping any damage while appending an arrest number.  

Here is seems there are a number of white, alt-right provocateurs that are getting caught on video doing the damage for the media to later cry about, while the cops then come in and tear gas the media live just in case there was a chance to salvage the old narrative.  

They seem to think the white moderate who cares about order over justice are somehow on the side of wanton disorder so long as it wears a badge, and I don’t think that’s going to be the case.

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[Post 4015]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 06-03-2020 12:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

They seem to think the white moderate who cares about order over justice are somehow on the side of wanton disorder so long as it wears a badge, and I don’t think that’s going to be the case.

I really, really hope you're right here.

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[Post 4016]
Author : Pyrrho
Date : 06-03-2020 01:01 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A page from history:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/marching-on-history-75797769/

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[Post 4017]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-03-2020 02:25 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Not sure what to make of this take:

A thread written by @JYSexton: "PLEASE. Tell people about this. I&#39;m going to provide some history of Neo-Confederate, white-identity, [...]" (https://threader.app/thread/1267831319112761346)

The Confederate constitution I know nothing about, I lived through the 80s and 90s evangelical nuttery with a side order of Art Bell.

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[Post 4018]
Author : SR71
Date : 06-03-2020 04:40 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Not sure what to make of this take:

A thread written by @JYSexton: "PLEASE. Tell people about this. I'm going to provide some history of Neo-Confederate, white-identity, [...]" (https://threader.app/thread/1267831319112761346)

The Confederate constitution I know nothing about, I lived through the 80s and 90s evangelical nuttery with a side order of Art Bell.

Yeppirs, I grew up among those 700 club late great planet earth people.  That's about right.  It's just that crazy.  They'll walk right up to you and say some blatantly racist shit like of course you'll just nod your head in agreement.  A pennsyltucky county right on the north side of the Mason Dixon line.

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[Post 4019]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-03-2020 07:52 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Seems they tear gassed a priest when clearing the area out.

Ahead of Trump Bible photo op, police forcibly expel priest from St. John’s church near White House (https://religionnews.com/2020/06/02/ahead-of-trump-bible-photo-op-police-forcibly-expel-priest-from-st-johns-church-near-white-house/)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The US Park Police says its officers did *not* deploy tear gas at Lafayette Park, but acknowledges using &quot;smoke canisters and pepper balls,&quot; that contain a chemical designed to irritate the eyes. <a href="https://t.co/r4mlk6yrT1">https://t.co/r4mlk6yrT1</a></p>&mdash; Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) <a href="https://twitter.com/PeterAlexander/status/1268145220757176322?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 3, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Otherwise it’s just a sparkling human rights violation</p>&mdash; Mame (@MamezyDC) <a href="https://twitter.com/MamezyDC/status/1268177111015215107?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 3, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4020]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-03-2020 08:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ted Cruz is a cheater! He holds the Bible high and then lies and misrepresents the facts!</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/698661220258357248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 14, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4021]
Author : erimir
Date : 06-03-2020 11:03 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The polls seem to suggest that Trump's response is not helping him.

Law and order could work for Nixon... but for one, Nixon wasn't the incumbent, and a Democrat was. LBJ dropped out of the presidential race because of how unpopular he was. Trump is persistently unpopular, and he's staying in. And they didn't have smart phones showing the police blatantly beating, gassing and shooting at journalists and peaceful protesters without provocation. There are videos of police pushing elderly men with canes to the ground, or casually breaking the windows of parked cars... not in the middle of chaos, but on an uncrowded street with no smoke, people who weren't even involved in protests, much less riots. It's hard to uphold the lie that the police are just upholding order rather than a large* source of disorder themselves... when you can see clear video of them aiming and firing right at a news cameraman down a basically clear street.

And his hiding in the bunker and getting in spats over Twitter policies and using tear gas to set up a photo op at a church (including gassing clergy from that church!) isn't going over well either.

The RCP average (https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/us/general_election_trump_vs_biden-6247.html) for Trump vs. Biden is now showing the biggest lead for Biden of 2020, with a clear upward trend over the past few days as post-protest polls have started coming in.

So while I understand being apprehensive about the effect of these events, it isn't at all clear that it's going to help Trump. A lot of people are seeing what we're seeing.

*The greater source than the rioters/looters/vandals, imo, but there are definitely some people going with the intention of causing chaos and/or attempting to delegitimize the protests. We already know that Twitter suspended a violence-encouraging account posing as "antifa" that was actually run by white nationalists (https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/twitter-takes-down-washington-protest-disinformation-bot-behavior-n1221456). Given that some of those agent provocateurs may themselves be police, even that group isn't clearly separate. (That isn't to say that no sincere protesters are rioting as a reaction to police escalation, or a general lashing out, or even as an intentional strategy.)

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[Post 4022]
Author : erimir
Date : 06-04-2020 01:18 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

More cautiously optimistic information:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Support for the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlackLivesMatter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BlackLivesMatter</a> movement is the highest it has ever been in over three years of polling <a href="https://twitter.com/Civiqs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Civiqs</a>. This weekend was the single most significant shift in Americans&#39; racial attitudes since we began asking the question in April 2017.<a href="https://t.co/BP52L4Ao49">https://t.co/BP52L4Ao49</a> <a href="https://t.co/il1ebBtxLG">pic.twitter.com/il1ebBtxLG</a></p>&mdash; Drew Linzer (@DrewLinzer) <a href="https://twitter.com/DrewLinzer/status/1268284131495964673?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 3, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4023]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-04-2020 01:33 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I think I'll put it here rather than that new car smell BLM thrad, as this is odd and international.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="fr" dir="ltr">&#128293; ATHENES &#128293;<br>L'ambassade américaine vient d’être attaquée à coup de cocktail molotov lors d'une manif <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlackLivesMatter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BlackLivesMatter</a> ! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Athens?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Athens</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Athenes?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Athenes</a> <a href="https://t.co/faUtbq0F4X">pic.twitter.com/faUtbq0F4X</a></p>&mdash; Cerveaux non disponibles (@CerveauxNon) <a href="https://twitter.com/CerveauxNon/status/1268269513105199104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 3, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 

Greeks are pitching molotovs toward the US Embassy in Athens.

Greek demonstrators hurl firebombs towards U.S. embassy in Athens (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests-greece/greek-demonstrators-hurl-firebombs-towards-us-embassy-in-athens-idUSKBN23A2ZL)

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[Post 4024]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-04-2020 03:25 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">German satirist magazine Die Wochenshow again hits the nail on the head: &quot;As Germans with experience in these situations, let us tell you that political careers usually are on a downward trajectory once you had to hide in a bunker.&quot;</p>&mdash; Gregor Schwayer (@gremisch) <a href="https://twitter.com/gremisch/status/1268073374569373699?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 3, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4025]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 06-04-2020 04:32 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Seems they tear gassed a priest when clearing the area out.

Ahead of Trump Bible photo op, police forcibly expel priest from St. John’s church near White House (https://religionnews.com/2020/06/02/ahead-of-trump-bible-photo-op-police-forcibly-expel-priest-from-st-johns-church-near-white-house/)

One of my nephew's dipshit friends from Gerogia is convinced that the priest is lying if people check the bank accounts or some equally absurd nonsense.


I posted a couple of stories and was told that they were just stories what people said happened.


Propaganda rots the brain.

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[Post 4026]
Author : Ari
Date : 06-04-2020 04:55 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

“That’s just, like, your opinion man.” - The Dude.

Besides it’s pretty obvious the priest was a muslim terrorist and the “teargas” was a muslim bioweapons attack, that’s why they had to rush brave Trump into his Safety Cave just you wait, the “Covid” numbers will start going up. Trump later liberated the church, holding aloft the first bible ever held by Jesus.  Duh, open your eyes!

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[Post 4027]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-04-2020 08:34 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Propaganda rots the brain.

As it's intended to.

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[Post 4028]
Author : ShottleBop
Date : 06-04-2020 07:41 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

"The White House press secretary has likened President Donald Trump's "resilience and determination" during the #GeorgeFloyd protests to Winston Churchill inspecting bomb damage during World War Two."  

Gag me with a spoon.

White House likens Trump to Churchill in WW2 - BBC News (https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-52915972/white-house-likens-trump-to-churchill-in-ww2)

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[Post 4029]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-04-2020 08:23 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

fwiw:

Does This Picture Show Hitler Holding a Bible? (https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hitler-holding-bible/)

https://www.snopes.com/tachyon/2020/06/hitler-bible.png?w=900

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[Post 4030]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 06-04-2020 09:36 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Some moderately good news: The Joint Chiefs of Staff released a memo that confirms the military's oath to support and defend the Constitution.

https://www.jcs.mil/Portals/36/Documents/CJCS%20Memo%20to%20the%20Joint%20Force%20(02JUN2020).pdf

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley:
"We all committed our lives to the idea that is America--We will stay true to that oath and the American people."

I was actually wondering about this. Since Trump likes to use the US's military might as threat, how much would the military follow him down the path to fascism?  At a glace, it looks like not very far.

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[Post 4031]
Author : SR71
Date : 06-04-2020 09:42 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Seems they tear gassed a priest when clearing the area out.

Ahead of Trump Bible photo op, police forcibly expel priest from St. John&#8217;s church near White House (https://religionnews.com/2020/06/02/ahead-of-trump-bible-photo-op-police-forcibly-expel-priest-from-st-johns-church-near-white-house/)

One of my nephew's dipshit friends from Gerogia is convinced that the priest is lying if people check the bank accounts or some equally absurd nonsense.


I posted a couple of stories and was told that they were just stories what people said happened.

The politics RW part of the toy airplane forum I forum is absolutely not giving any ground on that.  So crazy.  It was a smoke bomb, period, and if there was anything else it was pepper paint balls which certainly are definitely not tear gas.

They won't give an inch.  So weird.  An article of faith.  To think otherwise is sacrilege.

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[Post 4032]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-04-2020 11:19 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

fwiw:

Does This Picture Show Hitler Holding a Bible? (https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hitler-holding-bible/)

https://www.snopes.com/tachyon/2020/06/hitler-bible.png?w=900

Per a meme I hadn't got round to posting, not even Hitler would hold up a bible as a prop for a photo op after gassing his own citizens.

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[Post 4033]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-04-2020 11:22 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Leaders who have hidden in a bunker and gassed their own citizens include Saddam Hussein, Adolf Hitler and Donald Trump</p>&mdash; Ben Wexler (@mrbenwexler) <a href="https://twitter.com/mrbenwexler/status/1267593286463582208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Guys this tweet was uncalled for &#8211; I never should&#8217;ve called Donald Trump a &#8220;leader&#8221;</p>&mdash; Ben Wexler (@mrbenwexler) <a href="https://twitter.com/mrbenwexler/status/1267602979495882753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4034]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-04-2020 11:23 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

nothing to see here

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[Post 4035]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-04-2020 11:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-theme="dark"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Not sure it&#8217;s fair to assume he had people teargassed for the sake of a photo op. Seems like he may well have planned the photo op for the sake of having people teargassed.</p>&mdash; Megan Greenwell (@megreenwell) <a href="https://twitter.com/megreenwell/status/1267598264192335874?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4036]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-05-2020 02:54 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Seems they tear gassed a priest when clearing the area out.

Ahead of Trump Bible photo op, police forcibly expel priest from St. John’s church near White House (https://religionnews.com/2020/06/02/ahead-of-trump-bible-photo-op-police-forcibly-expel-priest-from-st-johns-church-near-white-house/)

One of my nephew's dipshit friends from Gerogia is convinced that the priest is lying if people check the bank accounts or some equally absurd nonsense.


I posted a couple of stories and was told that they were just stories what people said happened.

The politics RW part of the toy airplane forum I forum is absolutely not giving any ground on that.  So crazy.  It was a smoke bomb, period, and if there was anything else it was pepper paint balls which certainly are definitely not tear gas.

They won't give an inch.  So weird.  An article of faith.  To think otherwise is sacrilege.

Ah, just a sparkling human rights violation (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1340731&postcount=4019).

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[Post 4037]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-05-2020 06:21 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Cartoon for <a href="https://twitter.com/TorontoStar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TorontoStar</a><br> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlackLivesMatter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BlackLivesMatter</a><br> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#coronavirus</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/covid19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#covid19</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TrumpMeltdown?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TrumpMeltdown</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ExecutiveOrder?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ExecutiveOrder</a> <a href="https://t.co/l1LeqlP8Xh">pic.twitter.com/l1LeqlP8Xh</a></p>&mdash; Michael de Adder (@deAdder) <a href="https://twitter.com/deAdder/status/1267417689494036485?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Cartoon for <a href="https://twitter.com/friendscb?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@friendscb</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/AMISRadiodiff?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AMISRadiodiff</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MarkZuckerberg?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MarkZuckerberg</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Facebook?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Facebook</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FacebookIsOverParty?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FacebookIsOverParty</a> <a href="https://t.co/RYylQdNytL">pic.twitter.com/RYylQdNytL</a></p>&mdash; Michael de Adder (@deAdder) <a href="https://twitter.com/deAdder/status/1268584200426467330?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 4, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4038]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-05-2020 06:39 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

New Trump Appointee to Foreign Aid Agency Has Denounced Liberal Democracy and ‘Our Homo-Empire’ | Talking Points Memo (https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/new-trump-appointee-to-foreign-aid-agency-has-denounced-liberal-democracy-and-our-homo-empire)

One more step to: Anti-gay purges in Chechnya - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-gay_purges_in_Chechnya)

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[Post 4039]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 06-06-2020 02:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Our View: To President Trump: You should resign now - Portland Press Herald (https://www.pressherald.com/2020/06/05/our-view-to-president-trump-you-should-resign-now/)

But bringing the nation together in times of distress is a big part of the job when you are head of state. You can&#8217;t do it, so you should resign.

As head of government, you have unmatched power to direct resources to relieve suffering. You can&#8217;t or won&#8217;t do that, either, so you should resign.

And in your mistreatment of lawful protesters and abuse of religious symbols, you have violated your oath to protect and defend the Constitution, so you should resign. [...]

America needs to heal again. Please resign now, and let us begin.

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[Post 4040]
Author : SR71
Date : 06-08-2020 04:03 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm happy to see so many high ranking military leaders expressing their distress with Dump's talk of sending active duty military to "dominate" citizens, calling him a threat to the constitution and the like.  I think it comes from a very genuine belief in the importance of an apolitical military at all levels in the services.  That idea is, or at least used to be, widely instilled and reinforced among the rank and file.  When political discussions started to pop up, they would quickly be extinguished by leadership, with an admonishment of the importance of separating personal opinion from official duty.  That was my experience.

I think the brass has potential to influence opinion.

Add Colin Powell.  Yeah yeh I know, but still...

Colin Powell: I “cannot in any way support� Trump, who has “drifted away� from Constitution. (https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/06/colin-powell-blasts-trump-vote-biden-republicans.html)

Powell&#8217;s opposition to Trump isn&#8217;t exactly new as he didn&#8217;t vote for him in 2016. &#8220;The first thing that troubled me is the whole birthers movement,&#8221; Powell said. &#8220;Birthers movement had to do with the fact that the president of the United States, President Obama, was a black man. That was part of it.&#8221; Powell then said he was &#8220;deeply troubled&#8221; with the way Trump &#8220;was going around insulting everybody.&#8221; That &#8220;is dangerous for our democracy&#8221; and &#8220;dangerous for our country,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I think what we&#8217;re seeing now, the most massive protest movement I have ever seen in my life, I think this suggests that the country is getting wise to this, and we&#8217;re not going to put up with it anymore.&#8221; 

Even though his opposition to Trump isn&#8217;t new, Powell spoke up at a time when other military leaders, including former Defense Secretary James Mattis, have criticized the president. Powell said he is &#8220;proud&#8221; that other military leaders are speaking up against Trump partly because it illustrates how the president has &#8220;drifted away&#8221; from the Constitution.

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[Post 4041]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 06-08-2020 04:15 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

"Drifted" from the constitution.

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[Post 4042]
Author : ceptimus
Date : 06-08-2020 04:29 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's time to watch this again.

Trump vs Talking Heads - Swedemason - YouTube

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[Post 4043]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-08-2020 08:42 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

"Drifted" from the constitution.

Voters astonished when "Leopards Eating the Constitution's Face Party" eats constitution's face.

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[Post 4044]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-12-2020 11:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

We may have had this before. Possibly even when it was topical.

https://i.imgur.com/xJiJfTN.jpg

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[Post 4045]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-12-2020 11:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

lol'd

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[Post 4046]
Author : erimir
Date : 06-14-2020 05:56 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump descended a ramp extremely carefully at the end of his West Point speech today <a href="https://t.co/uMG3KyB1V1">pic.twitter.com/uMG3KyB1V1</a></p>&mdash; Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) <a href="https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1271902553417138176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 13, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The ramp that I descended after my West Point Commencement speech was very long &amp; steep, had no handrail and, most importantly, was very slippery. The last thing I was going to do is &#8220;fall&#8221; for the Fake News to have fun with. Final ten feet I ran down to level ground. Momentum!</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1272000237809414149?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 14, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Jesus Christ is this moron pathetic.

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[Post 4047]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 06-14-2020 06:54 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'll be more than willing to believe it was slippery. I'm not of an advanced age or anything but I've learned that I have to be careful where I put my feet even on slightly angled ground sometimes. And, honestly, watching that is exactly how I'd expect a mid seventies years old man to descend a ramp. Even that one. Also. There should have been a handrail on one side at the least.

But. Did you see him drink that water?

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[Post 4048]
Author : erimir
Date : 06-14-2020 08:57 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

According to the same reporter... it was sunny all day in West Point. So not so likely to be slippery (also it's common for there to be those sandpaper-y non-skid strips on ramps).

My parents are about 70, and they can both negotiate a ramp better than that. And you see the military guy, an older man also, walking like a normal person.

One explanation I'm seeing, which I find believable particularly given some photos from the same event of Trump's shoes, is that Trump is wearing lifts, which would make going down a ramp more difficult.

Either way, that tweet was an unhinged level of insecurity. He's also lying about things that we can plainly see with our own eyes - there's no running there. And given how his nickname for Biden is Sleepy Joe and his campaign is trying to promote shit about Biden having dementia, I'm not inclined to go easy on him.

And finally, there is, of course, an old Trump tweet for that:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The way President Obama runs down the stairs of Air Force 1, hopping &amp; bobbing all the way, is so inelegant and unpresidential. Do not fall!</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/458763139866435584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 23, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4049]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-14-2020 11:18 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

But. Did you see him drink that water?

Well no. Because he couldn't lift the glass all the way to his mouth. 

Charitable explanation: a golfing injury.

Plausible explanation: syphilis.

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[Post 4050]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-14-2020 11:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

One explanation I'm seeing, which I find believable particularly given some photos from the same event of Trump's shoes, is that Trump is wearing lifts, which would make going down a ramp more difficult.


Yes.

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[Post 4051]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-14-2020 02:32 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Even children know<br>&#65533;&#65533;&#65533;&#65533;&#65533;&#65533;<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TrumpIsNotWell?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TrumpIsNotWell</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TrumpIsUnwell?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TrumpIsUnwell</a> <br>&#65533;&#65533; <a href="https://t.co/QB1ojlbv1f">pic.twitter.com/QB1ojlbv1f</a></p>&mdash; Anna jensen (@Annajen42826008) <a href="https://twitter.com/Annajen42826008/status/1272157872223326211?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 14, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

More ... #TrumpIsNotWell - Twitter Search / Twitter (https://twitter.com/hashtag/TrumpIsNotWell)

And why not ... #TrumpWearsAdultDiapers - Twitter Search / Twitter (https://twitter.com/hashtag/TrumpWearsAdultDiapers)

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[Post 4052]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 06-14-2020 04:01 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I still think he is being Brezhneved.  His symptoms are fairly consistent: forward-leaning posture, limb weakness (cannot lift a glass with one arm), balance and gait problems (grasping podium to steady body, fear of stairs and inclined surfaces), disordered speech, slurring and disorganized tongue movements.  Whatever the underlying pathology, which is probably not unrelated to him being rushed to Walter Reed without explanation not long ago, some portion of these are side effects from the medication used to manage his conditions.  Maybe it is neurological and he is on levodopa or something.  Others (like the uncontrollable sniffing) are probably effects of whatever drugs on which he is psychologically or physiologically dependent - amphetamine salts, cocaine, etc.

The other portion are likely the effects of the stimulants and depressants used to manage his mood and wakefulness throughout the day.  The drug abuse probably adds another layer of complexity to this, because he has to be brought down carefully and with a view towards his other conditions as well.  Yesterday's West Point speech was delivered with the affect that makes me wonder how much benzodiazepine he had been given before arriving.

Brezhnev was kept alive, if not always mentally present, for years through massive and constant pharmaceutical interventions.  Those interventions have improved a great deal since then, but they are still not curative.  The disease worsens and prevails in the end.  We are seeing it worsen.

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[Post 4053]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 06-14-2020 04:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump descended a ramp extremely carefully at the end of his West Point speech today <a href="https://t.co/uMG3KyB1V1">pic.twitter.com/uMG3KyB1V1</a></p>&mdash; Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) <a href="https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1271902553417138176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 13, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The ramp that I descended after my West Point Commencement speech was very long &amp; steep, had no handrail and, most importantly, was very slippery. The last thing I was going to do is “fall” for the Fake News to have fun with. Final ten feet I ran down to level ground. Momentum!</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1272000237809414149?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 14, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Jesus Christ is this moron pathetic.

Please, someone clip the last ten feet and run it on a loop so I can post "this is Trump "running"" with it :lol:

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[Post 4054]
Author : Ari
Date : 06-14-2020 05:15 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

While it seems to have gotten worse, if you look back through the last couple years Trump has always needed two hands to drink.  He seems to use one hand to put the cup to his mouth and the other tips it.

So much of Trump feels like it was burned into his brain around 6 or 7 and never changed.

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[Post 4055]
Author : lisarea
Date : 06-14-2020 05:38 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The ramp was EITHER long or steep, I suppose. How high and how long is it anyway? 

Is he saying that ramp doesn't comply with ADA requirements? OSHA?

EDIT: Wait a minute. He said he ran for the 'final ten feet.' If the part where he 'runs' (looked like a trip-save, but OK) is ten feet, then that ramp is easily 200 feet long for what looks like about at most five foot rise, based on pictures of Obama standing in front of it. I admit I'm not good at estimating things by sight like that, so I could be wrong, but I am confident that if he 'ran' for the last ten feet, that ramp is well within the ADA requirements.

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[Post 4056]
Author : erimir
Date : 06-15-2020 02:02 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It is possible for a ramp to be both long and steep, if it is descending from a great height.

For example, my sister and I attempted to hike down this road into Waipi&#699;o Valley when we were in Hawaii:

https://www.niftyplanet.com/np/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/w.jpg

This was, to put it lightly, a mistake, and we turned back after 15 minutes when our legs started to jellify.

A ramp up to a normal height stage is, however, not a 800 ft drop in 0.6 mi (~25% grade).

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[Post 4057]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-15-2020 08:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is actually on <a href="https://t.co/P1ftcxpfnJ">https://t.co/P1ftcxpfnJ</a>. <a href="https://t.co/C6PyMh1q0B">pic.twitter.com/C6PyMh1q0B</a></p>&mdash; Ed Solomon (@ed_solomon) <a href="https://twitter.com/ed_solomon/status/1272238221737549824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 14, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 

wanna take a poll? Official 2020 Trump vs Democrat Poll (https://www.donaldjtrump.com/landing/2020-trump-vs-dem-poll)

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[Post 4058]
Author : erimir
Date : 06-15-2020 09:53 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's just for data harvesting, they don't have any illusions that it's giving them useful information about how the election might go.

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[Post 4059]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 06-15-2020 10:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This "poll" has been around since June of last year.  erimir is correct, this is to get you on his mailing list and ask for a campaign donation.

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[Post 4060]
Author : But
Date : 06-16-2020 03:02 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

TONES AND I - DANCE MONKEY (Donald Trump Cover) - YouTube

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[Post 4061]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-16-2020 09:50 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Buffet of Trump regrets: Republicans who will not be voting for Trump this time around, what was the breaking point for you? : AskReddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/h94o2o/republicans_who_will_not_be_voting_for_trump_this/)

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[Post 4062]
Author : Corona688
Date : 06-16-2020 03:30 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

People are crying foul at poking at Trump's increasingly obvious disabilities.  Many great people had/have disabilities and weren't heckled for it.  I see their point of view, but must point out one thing:

Trump has been relentlessly cruel to people with disabilities, even while (perhaps especially while) covering up his own.

Extending courtesy to this kind of person is to be a doormat.  To be polite about his lies is to participate in the construction of them.

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[Post 4063]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-16-2020 03:52 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Buffet of Trump regrets: Republicans who will not be voting for Trump this time around, what was the breaking point for you? : AskReddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/h94o2o/republicans_who_will_not_be_voting_for_trump_this/)

From the comments
*broadly gestures at everything*
You didn't leave the Republican Party, the Republican Party left you.
and many, many more

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[Post 4064]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-16-2020 03:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

People are crying foul at poking at Trump's increasingly obvious disabilities. 

Here's a positive: it's a significant advance to complain about people making fun of him from the default position of absolutely denying that he has any issues. Even if it's not the same people growing in acceptance, just getting airtime is good. 

He richly deserves all mockery, of course.

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[Post 4065]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-16-2020 07:05 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Here's your bumper sticker.

https://i.imgur.com/OKs2gkC.jpg

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[Post 4066]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-16-2020 09:53 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Like this chestnut from a few years back:

https://www.snopes.com/tachyon/2018/12/treason-for-the-season.png?resize=865,452&quality=65

Did Fox News Display a 'Treason for the Season' Graphic? (https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fox-treason-for-the-season/)

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[Post 4067]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-16-2020 10:52 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

People are crying foul at poking at Trump's increasingly obvious disabilities.  Many great people had/have disabilities and weren't heckled for it.  I see their point of view, but must point out one thing:

Trump has been relentlessly cruel to people with disabilities, even while (perhaps especially while) covering up his own.

Extending courtesy to this kind of person is to be a doormat.  To be polite about his lies is to participate in the construction of them.

11209

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[Post 4068]
Author : Miisa
Date : 06-18-2020 04:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

John Bolton: White House makes last gasp bid to stop book's release - BBC News (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53089614)

President Trump was unaware the UK was a nuclear power and once asked a senior aide if Finland was part of Russia

I'm no political expert, but I am pretty sure this means we are now at war.

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[Post 4069]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-18-2020 04:44 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The way things are going, fat chance of the UK being on Finland's side this time. :brooding:

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[Post 4070]
Author : Miisa
Date : 06-18-2020 06:15 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

What do you mean "this time". Did you forget an "either"?

:shakecapitalistpig:

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[Post 4071]
Author : erimir
Date : 06-18-2020 08:54 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:dddp:

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[Post 4072]
Author : erimir
Date : 06-18-2020 08:54 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">In his <a href="https://twitter.com/WSJ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WSJ</a> interview, Trump spends nearly 300 words—unprompted—defending his walk down the ramp at West Point.<br><br>&quot;If you would have seen this ramp, it was like an ice skating rink.”<a href="https://t.co/MjrDJXyZdL">https://t.co/MjrDJXyZdL</a> <a href="https://t.co/VRZobAkB2m">pic.twitter.com/VRZobAkB2m</a></p>&mdash; Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) <a href="https://twitter.com/rebeccaballhaus/status/1273682393099120640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 18, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

This is really bothering him.

But also, his nighttime Walter Reed visit and his lack of transparency about his health aren't exactly irrelevant. If these things are explained by a neurological condition, it could very well be that it is relevant to the ability to do the job. If it's purely an issue affecting motor control, you know, I would agree it's just ableism to mock him for it. But he denies that there's any issue, and there are conditions which could affect both motor control and memory or cognition.

And we have reasons to believe that some of his previous statements about his health weren't entirely truthful. I mean, obviously there's some blatant lying right in there. No doctor told him that no president but him could handle giving a speech in the sun, or if they did, it was only because of how thin-skinned Trump is and so it's necessary to lie to attend to his ego to keep your job/get him to listen to you at all.

And the thing is, it's the degeneration which is more of an issue than the fact that he has any problem at all. We know that Trump didn't have these issues 10 or 20 years ago. If Trump had cerebral palsy and this affected his gait, it would be one thing. But you don't develop cerebral palsy in your 70s, as far as I know. A lot of the plausible explanations for it would be worrying. Parkinson's can lead to dementia. A stroke causing mobility issues might not have damaged his cognition, but it would indicate a high risk of another stroke, which could.

If Trump were more transparent about his health, if we had some idea of why he went to Walter Reed in the middle of the night, and he didn't tell an obvious lie that it was to get a start on his physical, I might feel worse about the implications of mocking his feebleness. But we don't really know whether it's something or nothing, and given Trump's pathological dishonesty it's unlikely we'll be able to feel confident that he's not going to be in the throes of dementia by 2022 before the election.

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[Post 4073]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 06-18-2020 09:10 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Who could have foreseen the Trump campaign issuing calls to action for the Very Fine People (https://www.mediamatters.org/facebook/facebook-let-trump-campaign-run-ads-inverted-red-triangle-infamous-nazi-symbol) yet again?

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[Post 4074]
Author : Ari
Date : 06-18-2020 09:30 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Just incase anyone was in doubt, they ran exactly 88 (a nazi symbol) number of ads with a nazi symbol on them.

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[Post 4075]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 06-18-2020 10:42 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/fa68ff528fcb55b6ce9c4950f013f14c712be956fb7471585a8c36c491b3dac1.gif

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[Post 4076]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-18-2020 11:24 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

What do you mean "this time". Did you forget an "either"?

:shakecapitalistpig:

I meant, of course, in contrast to the last time. When our people declared war on your people.

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[Post 4077]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-19-2020 12:55 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The queens on RuPaul's Drag Race couldn't be more dramatic. (https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-americans-wearing-masks-show-disapproval-not-as-preventive-measure-2020-6)

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[Post 4078]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-19-2020 09:18 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

he believes that some Americans are wearing masks during the coronavirus pandemic not to protect others but simply to show that they disapprove of him

If it wasn't entirely about being contrary, the solution would be simple:

MAGA face masks

I mean I'm now tempted to start selling them just to see the confusion. Yes! but wait no!

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[Post 4079]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 06-19-2020 05:31 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I can help you, JoPe. 

MAGA!

MAKE ANTIFA GREAT AGAIN

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[Post 4080]
Author : Kevlar
Date : 06-19-2020 06:18 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

John Bolton: White House makes last gasp bid to stop book's release - BBC News (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53089614)


Words I never thought I'd utter:  I can't wait to read John Bolton's book!

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[Post 4081]
Author : lisarea
Date : 06-19-2020 06:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

For free, from the library!

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[Post 4082]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 06-19-2020 06:58 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I've already started torrent searching for it. Nothing yet, but if I find it out there I'll let people know.

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[Post 4083]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-19-2020 06:59 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

John Bolton: White House makes last gasp bid to stop book's release - BBC News (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53089614)


Words I never thought I'd utter:  I can't wait to read John Bolton's book!

The fuckin mercenary could have said all he had to say during the impeachment. Senate wouldn’t have convicted but then he’d be more a man of principle than a man of fuck you pay me.

Mary Trump has a book as well: Trump niece's bombshell book to detail family 'trauma, neglect and abuse' | US news | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/16/mary-trump-book-too-much-never-enough-trauma-neglect-abuse-family-details)

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[Post 4084]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-19-2020 11:19 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The fuckin mercenary could have said all he had to say during the impeachment. Senate wouldn’t have convicted but then he’d be more a man of principle than a man of fuck you pay me.


He can rat out trump but he's still part of trump's swamp.

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[Post 4085]
Author : SR71
Date : 06-20-2020 12:37 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

You can take the rat out of the swamp but you can't take the swamp out of the rat. :ratwalk:

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[Post 4086]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-20-2020 04:11 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Wow. A nursing home in Baltimore, oldest African-American one, did not lose *a single person* to COVID because as soon as they heard Trump say cases would soon go to zero, they realized it was going to be a catastrophe, stopped visits and masked up. <a href="https://t.co/OeCAyqeMlH">https://t.co/OeCAyqeMlH</a> <a href="https://t.co/toL1XYEN1Y">pic.twitter.com/toL1XYEN1Y</a></p>&mdash; zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) <a href="https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1274133823031316481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 20, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 

"listened to Trump, assumed the opposite"

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[Post 4087]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-20-2020 06:18 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Sneaky in between post.

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[Post 4088]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 06-20-2020 06:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Don't let Trump read anything about that. He won't read any of the surrounding words, just that somebody listened to him.

:shakefist: @ Kam for being in-between sneaky poster.

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[Post 4089]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-20-2020 06:28 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It&#8217;s so remarkable to tell the president who appointed you to go fuck himself by PowerPoint slide <a href="https://t.co/zkDjgDaAd0">https://t.co/zkDjgDaAd0</a></p>&mdash; Josh Barro (@jbarro) <a href="https://twitter.com/jbarro/status/1274205868876345344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 20, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4090]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 06-20-2020 06:32 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Aww. You din't have to go and do that.

:shyblush:

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[Post 4091]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-20-2020 06:53 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.gyazo.com/abec1d10fef9450251f5b305fb41fbf0.jpg

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[Post 4092]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-20-2020 09:14 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">/2 ...in SDNY. And now she&#8217;s acting US Attorney until confirmation of a new appointee. <br><br>So. Either that means that the attempt to replace Berman was innocent and not intended to derail investigations ... or the attempt was abjectly, historically blundered by second-rate idiots.</p>&mdash; FridayNightMassacreHat (@Popehat) <a href="https://twitter.com/Popehat/status/1274430858393292800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 20, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4093]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-21-2020 12:27 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">To summarize:<br>&#8226; Barr: Berman is resigning. <br>&#8226; Berman: No, I&#39;m not resigning. <br>&#8226; Barr: Trump fired Berman.<br>&#8226; Trump: No, I&#39;m not involved.<a href="https://t.co/QJRbTzkOCm">https://t.co/QJRbTzkOCm</a> <a href="https://t.co/B1YTkgUj76">https://t.co/B1YTkgUj76</a></p>&mdash; Mike Baker (@ByMikeBaker) <a href="https://twitter.com/ByMikeBaker/status/1274436493210083328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 20, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4094]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-21-2020 07:53 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">^^^ Toldja - Close enough - <br><br>Receipt: Timestamp 02:16am - Forbes.<br><br>&quot;Turnout At Trump&#8217;s Tulsa Rally Was Just Under 6,200&#8211;A Fraction Of The Venue&#8217;s 19,200 Capacity&quot;<a href="https://t.co/l6hn0dJH4Y">https://t.co/l6hn0dJH4Y</a> <a href="https://t.co/MtHSistWP2">pic.twitter.com/MtHSistWP2</a></p>&mdash; J&#926;S&#358;&#926;R &#10026; &#916;C&#358;U&#916;L³³°¹ (@th3j35t3r) <a href="https://twitter.com/th3j35t3r/status/1274590401379401729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 21, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4095]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-21-2020 08:30 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

De Adder is one of my favourite cartoonists.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Image I did for The Lincoln Project. <a href="https://t.co/9fvmqS8t4u">https://t.co/9fvmqS8t4u</a></p>&mdash; Michael de Adder (@deAdder) <a href="https://twitter.com/deAdder/status/1273985246036443137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 19, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4096]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-21-2020 01:19 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

While I am naturally delighted by the low turnout, it doesn't mean a low election turnout: many MAGA-types may actually be worried about covid19, even while simultaneously believing that it's just the flu and doesn't even exist, and many may have been worried about BLM protestors making them feeling slightly uncomfortable and/or al-Tifa terrorists nuking the venue. And some of them definitely don't want to be seen as MAGA types. None of this means they won't happily and anonymously vote for their giant man-baby in November.

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[Post 4097]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-21-2020 01:23 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Did we have that video clip of a reporter asking a young Trump supporter to name something good Trump's done and the dude couldn't? Just "I just support him." I'm not going back through all the linked tweets to check. :hmph:

Obviously he could think of great things Drumpf has already done and more importantly promises to do just as soon as he can finish draining the swamp / dismantling the deep state (put the blacks and the latinos and the Mooslins in their places) - but he's not willing to state them on record.

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[Post 4098]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 06-21-2020 01:30 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

John Bolton: White House makes last gasp bid to stop book's release - BBC News (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53089614)


Words I never thought I'd utter:  I can't wait to read John Bolton's book!

I've already started torrent searching for it. Nothing yet, but if I find it out there I'll let people know.

:whistles:

The Room Where It Happened - John Bolton.pdf - Google Drive (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GvO7vDn-whr4Os7KZAOxiW4GW1gckjUb/view)

**I have not checked this, but seems to be entire book

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[Post 4099]
Author : lisarea
Date : 06-21-2020 04:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

None of this means they won't happily and anonymously vote for their giant man-baby in November.

Yep. I was feeling pretty good about things four years ago too, like a lot of people were, to the point that some didn't bother voting or voted for wacky third party candidates as a joke or to make some kind of point. 

And I've been thinking a lot about how different things could be now if Hillary Clinton were president.

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[Post 4100]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 06-21-2020 05:38 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The Room Where It Happened - John Bolton.pdf - Google Drive (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GvO7vDn-whr4Os7KZAOxiW4GW1gckjUb/view)

**I have not checked this, but seems to be entire book

I'm 40 pages in and I have to say, it's not badly written. You do have to ignore Bolton occasionally blathering on about Iran-this-Iran-that and generally being ultra-conservative. But it's an interesting glimpse into the insanity inside the White House that has been reported and rumoured since the beginning.

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[Post 4101]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-21-2020 07:24 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The Room Where It Happened - John Bolton.pdf - Google Drive (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GvO7vDn-whr4Os7KZAOxiW4GW1gckjUb/view)

**I have not checked this, but seems to be entire book


570 pages, according to my browser. 
But Google Drive says 
Sorry, you can't view or download this file at this time.

Too many users have viewed or downloaded this file recently. Please try accessing the file again later. If the file you are trying to access is particularly large or is shared with many people, it may take up to 24 hours to be able to view or download the file. If you still can't access a file after 24 hours, contact your domain administrator.
Not entirely surprising. I would encourage anyone to download it and share it, rather than give this rat any money.

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[Post 4102]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-21-2020 07:29 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

None of this means they won't happily and anonymously vote for their giant man-baby in November.

Yep. I was feeling pretty good about things four years ago too, like a lot of people were, to the point that some didn't bother voting or voted for wacky third party candidates as a joke or to make some kind of point. 

The one positive I'm holding is that far fewer people will feel safe in not voting or voting third party (I was going to type "turd party" but of course the two main parties are the main turds). 

Acourse, some Repubs might have felt safe last time and be motivated this time.

The most depressing thing would be a narrow trump victory on a low turnout.


And I've been thinking a lot about how different things could be now if Hillary Clinton were president.

STOP THINKING ABOUT THAT. It cannot do you any good.

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[Post 4103]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-21-2020 07:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

And I've been thinking a lot about how different things could be now if Hillary Clinton were president.

Imagine the response to a President H Clinton advising any pandemic measures at all.

https://images.plurk.com/3DwHOXBoLPYDlv0Qg4besQ.gif

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[Post 4104]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-21-2020 07:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The Room Where It Happened - John Bolton.pdf - Google Drive (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GvO7vDn-whr4Os7KZAOxiW4GW1gckjUb/view)
But Google Drive says 
Sorry, you can't view or download this file at this time.



Print to file works though, as does open in another viewer and saving. :muahaha:

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[Post 4105]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-22-2020 01:18 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Told ya&#39;ll he exaggerates about the size of things.</p>&mdash; Stormy Daniels (@StormyDaniels) <a href="https://twitter.com/StormyDaniels/status/1274718489715052545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 21, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4106]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-22-2020 06:14 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Bolton is just the latest in a long line of discarded Trump flunkies who didn&#39;t speak up when it could have made a difference. Who deliberately chose to put themselves, ideology, and profit over duty, over country, over honor, over their oath. <br><br>To hell with them all. <a href="https://t.co/15npO8aKne">https://t.co/15npO8aKne</a></p>&mdash; Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) <a href="https://twitter.com/Stonekettle/status/1274890890587377671?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 22, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4107]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 06-22-2020 01:21 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:whistles:

The Room Where It Happened - John Bolton.pdf - Google Drive (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GvO7vDn-whr4Os7KZAOxiW4GW1gckjUb/view)

**I have not checked this, but seems to be entire book

Whether you're reading the book or not, this is a good summary of it. I'm about 100 pages in now and reading this thread I definitely remembered thinking many similar things. 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">(THREAD) I&#39;m reading John Bolton&#39;s book The Room Where It Happened, and in this thread I&#39;ll tell you a lot about it so you won&#39;t have to buy or read it. I&#39;ll also discuss the larger problems with coverage of Trump that the book&#39;s content raises. I hope you&#39;ll read on and RETWEET. <a href="https://t.co/y3ZPERWZd0">pic.twitter.com/y3ZPERWZd0</a></p>&mdash; Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) <a href="https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/1274843414778073094?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 21, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4108]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 06-22-2020 08:15 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Amanda Marcotte on Twitter:
I adore the faith folks have that our extremely conservative military and police will choose Joe Biden over Trump when Trump declares the election "rigged" and refuses to leave in Januaray. I hope you are right! I am not so optimistic.

My response: I personally believe Biden is a comfortable enough alternative for most military leaders that violating their oath to defend the Constitution for Trump isn&#8217;t worth it.

I actually think that the fact Biden has generally been pro-military and pro "law and order" is the biggest asset Biden has to prevent this. Is the military going to be treated so badly under Biden that it's worth breaking the law, their oath, and possibly starting an uncomfortable civil war?  

I am also under the impression that Trump has not endeared himself that much to the military leadership and a super majority of the rank and file. Would more than 50% of the military personnel also be willing to follow the military leaders into violating their oath to defend the Constitution?

Plus, I'll bet a lot of those military conservatives are not so anxious to overturn a 200+ year tradition of peaceful transition, even if they are pro-Trump.

It's pretty thin gruel, though. In my more depressing thoughts, I consider this a potential reality.

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[Post 4109]
Author : Kevlar
Date : 06-22-2020 08:42 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:whistles:

The Room Where It Happened - John Bolton.pdf - Google Drive (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GvO7vDn-whr4Os7KZAOxiW4GW1gckjUb/view)

**I have not checked this, but seems to be entire book

Whether you're reading the book or not, this is a good summary of it. I'm about 100 pages in now and reading this thread I definitely remembered thinking many similar things. 


Thanks for the summary!  That's really all I wanted, so you saved me a lot of time.

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[Post 4110]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-22-2020 10:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/pfDoulIAkq">https://t.co/pfDoulIAkq</a> <a href="https://t.co/2JjdvnrLHh">pic.twitter.com/2JjdvnrLHh</a></p>&mdash; FuriousHat (@Popehat) <a href="https://twitter.com/Popehat/status/1275164753246076928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 22, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4111]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-23-2020 02:39 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;fans of the group K-pop&quot; <a href="https://t.co/zi2QZFetGX">pic.twitter.com/zi2QZFetGX</a></p>&mdash; Bobby Lewis (@revrrlewis) <a href="https://twitter.com/revrrlewis/status/1275017310152151040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 22, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4112]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-24-2020 07:26 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.gyazo.com/6ec23c047533810b2b9230b3d35f27d8.jpg

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[Post 4113]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-24-2020 10:53 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That's a double lol there :lol::tmlol:

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[Post 4114]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 06-24-2020 11:16 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">aliens: *landing on earth* take us to your leader<br><br>america: alright but ... sorry<br><br>aliens: *wincing* jesus christ are there any others we can talk to?<br><br>uk: here&#39;s ours? also sorry<br><br>aliens: okay look that&#39;s clearly the same guy as before</p>&mdash; nash™ (@nash_official) <a href="https://twitter.com/nash_official/status/1231281032109969411?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 22, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4115]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 06-24-2020 08:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

In support of the above, I offer exhibit A:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Already been ‘giffed’ <a href="https://t.co/SCP06bzOTb">pic.twitter.com/SCP06bzOTb</a></p>&mdash; Jules &#128149; (@JuliaB83650737) <a href="https://twitter.com/JuliaB83650737/status/1275766349306966018?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4116]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-26-2020 01:58 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Shared under the heading The Lincoln Project is done with trumps shit.

YouTube

By We Are Republicans, and We Want Trump Defeated | The Lincoln Project (https://lincolnproject.us/news/the-urgency-of-defeating-trump-falls-to-all-of-us/)

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[Post 4117]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-27-2020 01:14 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Tucker Carlson Warns Trump: You ‘Could Well Lose This Election’ (https://www.thedailybeast.com/tucker-carlson-warns-trump-that-he-could-well-lose-this-election)

Fox News host Tucker Carlson spent the first half of his program on Thursday night warning President Donald Trump that he is on pace to lose re-election unless the Trump administration starts rounding up protesters and charging them with terrorism.

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[Post 4118]
Author : Sock Puppet
Date : 06-27-2020 02:13 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Dude! There's an easier way to avoid losing. Withdraw from the election! I guarantee it'll work!

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[Post 4119]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-27-2020 11:20 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Tucker Carlson Warns Trump: You &#8216;Could Well Lose This Election&#8217; (https://www.thedailybeast.com/tucker-carlson-warns-trump-that-he-could-well-lose-this-election)

Fox News host Tucker Carlson spent the first half of his program on Thursday night warning President Donald Trump that he is on pace to lose re-election unless the Trump administration starts rounding up protesters and charging them with terrorism.

Hey, Tucker Carlson, reminds me - what does racism look like? :D

From the article, but :fixed: ...

The United States government would fall has fallen into the control of the radicals who controlled Joe Biden Donald Trump and they will remake are remaking the country.

Every accusation is a confession.

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[Post 4120]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-27-2020 11:22 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Dude! There's an easier way to avoid losing. Withdraw from the election! I guarantee it'll work!

Nice idea, but you know how Honest Don will actually think:

Stop counting! (black and "liberal" votes)
or
Withdraw the election itself! (I already won, another would be a waste of money)

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[Post 4121]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-29-2020 09:17 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

...

Mary Trump has a book as well: Trump niece's bombshell book to detail family 'trauma, neglect and abuse' | US news | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/16/mary-trump-book-too-much-never-enough-trauma-neglect-abuse-family-details)

https://i.imgur.com/Uf1iigR.jpg

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[Post 4122]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-30-2020 01:54 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Twitch, Reddit crack down on Trump-linked content as industry faces reckoning - POLITICO (https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/29/reddit-bans-pro-trump-forum-in-crackdown-on-hate-speech-344698)

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[Post 4123]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 07-03-2020 03:21 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Who was that masked man?  Not the Lone Ranger, apparently (https://apnews.com/1e44ece4bdb023fbcd7de93def02c475)

Trump has long resisted being photographed in a mask. In early April, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that people wear cloth face coverings in public settings where other social distancing measures were difficult to maintain.

Trump immediately undercut the CDC guidance by flatly stating that he wouldn&#8217;t be following it, suggesting it would be unseemly for the commander in chief to wear a mask as he meets with heads of state.

On Wednesday, he sounded a different tone, saying, &#8220;I had a mask on. I sort of liked the way I looked. OK. I thought it was OK. It was a dark black mask, and I thought it looked OK.

&#8220;It looked like the Lone Ranger,&#8221; he continued, a reference to the fictional law-and-order character from the American Old West who wore a black eye mask. &#8220;I have no problem with that, and if people feel good about it, they should do it.&#8221;

so did he wear it like this?

https://ewscripps.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/3dbe065/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1532x862+0+1/resize/1280x720!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fewscripps-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F55%2Fc7%2Ff89b54fe4e94b6635836c90d30d3%2Fcleveland-flight-to-nashville.jpg

if so did someone like take his picture so he could know what he looked like?


He was obviously lying, but this one was one of those really stupid lies.

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[Post 4124]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-03-2020 11:30 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">how I learned to stop worrying and love the coronavirus <a href="https://t.co/jEJYAaoH7v">https://t.co/jEJYAaoH7v</a></p>&mdash; Adam Steinbaugh (@adamsteinbaugh) <a href="https://twitter.com/adamsteinbaugh/status/1279174607786979332?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 3, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4125]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-06-2020 08:19 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The president&#8217;s son sharing an image like this would be viewed as over-the-top even in most dictatorships. <a href="https://t.co/ohQaNTG30b">pic.twitter.com/ohQaNTG30b</a></p>&mdash; Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) <a href="https://twitter.com/brianklaas/status/1279745359678488576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 5, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4126]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-08-2020 05:28 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

US begins formal process of withdrawing from WHO | USA News | Al Jazeera (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/07/begins-formal-process-withdrawing-200707193202097.html)

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[Post 4127]
Author : Stormlight
Date : 07-08-2020 08:59 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Is it too early to nominate the US for a Darwin award? :facepalm:

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[Post 4128]
Author : Corona688
Date : 07-08-2020 10:34 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Is it too early to nominate the US for a Darwin award? :facepalm: Look in the darwin award slush list and you'll find hundreds of places being nominated for darwin awards daily.  Which is against the darwin awards rules, people never learn.

If Trump catches covid as a result of this and dies, that would be an honorable mention - because endangering other people disqualifies you from a darwin too.

The rules are kind of strict, actually, but do a good job of preventing the darwins from being mean-spirited, political, and boring...

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[Post 4129]
Author : Stormlight
Date : 07-09-2020 11:09 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Harvard, MIT sue Trump admin to block deportation of online-only students (https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/07/harvard-mit-sue-trump-admin-to-block-deportation-of-online-only-students/?comments=1)

By all appearances, ICE's decision reflects an effort by the federal government to force universities to reopen in-person classes, which would require housing students in densely packed residential halls, notwithstanding the universities' judgment that it is neither safe nor educationally advisable to do so, and to force such a reopening when neither the students nor the universities have sufficient time to react to or address the additional risks to the health and safety of their communities. The effect&#8212;and perhaps even the goal&#8212;is to create as much chaos for universities and international students as possible.

Is really every action of the current US administration right now purely done out of spite? To be as evil as possible?

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[Post 4130]
Author : JoeP
Date : 07-09-2020 07:13 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Is really every action of the current US administration right now purely done out of spite? To be as evil as possible?

I'm going to go with "yes".

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[Post 4131]
Author : Pyrrho
Date : 07-11-2020 03:46 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Word is that ICE will be offering classes for citizens who are not law officers to make citizen's arrests of illegal immigrants. Classes to include firearms training.

What could possibly go wrong?

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[Post 4132]
Author : JoeP
Date : 07-11-2020 10:54 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Honest Don does right by people who do right by him. 

Trump commutes sentence of Roger Stone, longtime friend and adviser | US news | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/10/roger-stone-trump-commutes-prison-sentence)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Unprecedented, historic corruption: an American president commutes the sentence of a person convicted by a jury of lying to shield that very president.</p>&mdash; Mitt Romney (@MittRomney) <a href="https://twitter.com/MittRomney/status/1281937795616067586?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 
Not aware of any other Repub who's spoken against it. They are all corrupt. 


Roger Stone has escaped punishment for his crimes. Trump is sending a signal | Andrew Gawthorpe | Opinion | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jul/11/roger-stone-has-escaped-punishment-for-his-crimes-trump-is-sending-a-signal)
At America&#8217;s birth, when delegates in Virginia were debating whether to ratify the constitution, a politician called George Mason had an objection. Mason, who was influential over the development of the bill of rights, wondered whether the presidential pardon power was too broad. Might not the president encourage people who worked for him to commit crimes, and then pardon them? If he could, there would be essentially no check on a president&#8217;s power to break the law. Given that sort of leeway, an unscrupulous president could &#8220;establish a monarchy, and destroy the republic&#8221;.

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[Post 4133]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 07-12-2020 12:28 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Strange how all these so-called republicans in the white house or wherever who are stunned and shocked and horrified and terrified of what trump is doing wait until they're out of a position where they could hinder or stop or influence the stunning shocking horrible terrible things before they realize how against him and his polices they are.

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[Post 4134]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-12-2020 01:04 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Summed up nice:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">An American private citizen worked with foreign spies to damage one presidential candidate and help the other.That president accepted the help. When caught,the private citizen lied. When the private citizen was punished,the president commuted his sentence<a href="https://t.co/lBzLydS3Vi">https://t.co/lBzLydS3Vi</a></p>&mdash; Sunny Singh (@ProfSunnySingh) <a href="https://twitter.com/ProfSunnySingh/status/1281935567765360641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4135]
Author : lisarea
Date : 07-12-2020 02:14 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So I got curious about the shortages of canned tomatoes I've been seeing in the past couple weeks, and lo and behold, turns out it's largely the responsibility of the same thing that is largely responsible for everything else that sucks right now.  (https://www.fooddive.com/news/us-faces-potential-tomato-shortage-price-hikes-from-tariffs/555884/)

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[Post 4136]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 07-12-2020 02:20 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump's only superlative is actually pretty amazing.  He is consistently just the fucking worst in all ways at all times on all occasions.  

It is an amazing talent to be the quintessential asshole american in every single possible way.

I know I might be exaggerating, but I swear not by much.

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[Post 4137]
Author : lisarea
Date : 07-12-2020 02:44 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I keep trying to imagine the worst thing he could do in any given circumstance, and he always exceeds my expectations.

I imagined many horrors when he got elected. I lost so much sleep to that. When I would manage to fall asleep for a while, I'd wake up thinking, "Wait, is this real? OMG, what about [gay rights/immigration/the environment/whatever]" and that'd keep me up for about half an hour before I could fall back asleep. 

It's all come to pass, but so much worse, and with so many things I hadn't even considered.

And every time I get a little acclimated, he delivers some brand new horror to wake me up with. 

(I mean, canned tomatoes specifically aren't one of those things. Just a potent reminder that it's everywhere, in everything.)

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[Post 4138]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-12-2020 04:55 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Life comes at you fast when you&#8217;re a brainwashed Trump supporter <a href="https://t.co/qYFrS2EQsP">pic.twitter.com/qYFrS2EQsP</a></p>&mdash; Icculus The Brave (@FirenzeMike) <a href="https://twitter.com/FirenzeMike/status/1282099967738478592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4139]
Author : JoeP
Date : 07-12-2020 08:13 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So I got curious about the shortages of canned tomatoes I've been seeing in the past couple weeks, and lo and behold, turns out it's largely the responsibility of the same thing that is largely responsible for everything else that sucks right now.  (https://www.fooddive.com/news/us-faces-potential-tomato-shortage-price-hikes-from-tariffs/555884/)

Hey, this is :ff:.

I know this is serious business :heckled: but even in these difficult times :duck: the new normal still allows for smilies. :tomatod:

:killertomato:

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[Post 4140]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-12-2020 08:14 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:playthatfunkymusic: should be a smilie

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[Post 4141]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 07-12-2020 08:17 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That sort of turnaround is a marvel to behold. (that was for the Trump mask whiplash tweet, sneaky inbetween posters!)

But what really pisses me off is the people who suddenly realise Trump (and the rest) are bad people when he hurts them in some way. I saw a video of a guy talking about how he had worked for the GOP in some capacity for years in relation to agriculture. He voted for Trump last time, but by golly when Trump fucked the farmers with tariffs he just couldn't take it. I mean, do you know these people are like a cult and won't listen to reason, he says. 

They only care when it hurts them. They know Trump will hurt thousands or millions of people, but they just don't give a fuck until it comes around to their turn.

FFS there was a lady actually saying "he's hurting the wrong people". Like she used those words exactly. They just don't care at all about anyone else. 

Do you poor white racists think Trump likes you any more than the people of colour? He hates you just as much. He will work to keep you down and bleed you dry just as much. It's insanity and soul destroying.

arg :ranting:

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[Post 4142]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 07-12-2020 08:40 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:playthatfunkymusic: should be a smilie

:jiveturkey:

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[Post 4143]
Author : JoeP
Date : 07-12-2020 12:14 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

They only care when it hurts them. 

Exactly. They want the leopards to eat people's faces, until they realise they are the people. And even then they still want the leopards to eat other people's faces.

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[Post 4144]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 07-12-2020 02:30 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Twitter (https://mobile.twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1282068536731611142)


So as the number of official US deaths climbed over 130,000 dead, Trump finally deigns to wear a mask in public.


Back at the end of May when he visited Ford, he said he wore one, but either lied or refused to be photographed in the mask.

Back then we only had 100k dead.

So 100k dead Americans = not worth looking silly.

130k dead Americans = worth looking “silly”

And of course, probably months of staff stroking his ego telling him that he is pretty in a mask.  Like when he said people say he looks good in a mask.

I bet the White House has spent literal weeks working on that piece of shit to get him to wear a mask.

The worst.

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[Post 4145]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 07-12-2020 03:04 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Look if I need to tell Trump that he is a very good and special boy for wearing a mask like a big boy, and nobody ever thought of wearing a mask before, and that his dad would think so too, that is fine, I will do that, if it gets a few Trumpists to mask the fuck up and maybe stop spraying their disease at everyone.

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[Post 4146]
Author : Pyrrho
Date : 07-12-2020 04:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It won't matter. In their reality, he has always been doing whatever he did just now, and he's always been the firstest and bestest at it and always will be.

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[Post 4147]
Author : JoeP
Date : 07-12-2020 06:05 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

In their reality, he has always been doing whatever he did just now

Oceania had always been at war with Eastasia.

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[Post 4148]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 07-12-2020 06:17 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

And of course, probably months of staff stroking his ego telling him that he is pretty in a mask.  Like when he said people say he looks good in a mask.

I bet the White House has spent literal weeks working on that piece of shit to get him to wear a mask.


I actually think Trump looks pretty decent in the mask. It hides his weird jowls and whatever awful expression his mouth is forming.  His handlers also picked a mask shape that works on his face, and the solid color with the Presidential seal on the side is a good design. Overall, he looks about as good as he could.

His handlers should have been priming him to wear a mask 4 months ago.

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[Post 4149]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 07-12-2020 06:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It won't matter. In their reality, he has always been doing whatever he did just now, and he's always been the firstest and bestest at it and always will be.

Speaking of: 

Trump claims "nobody ever heard" Abraham Lincoln was a Republican until he pointed it out | The Independent (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-abraham-lincoln-president-doral-golf-resort-venezuela-a9613666.html)

“Like people don’t remember, nobody ever heard of it until I came along, nobody remembered it for a long time, or they didn’t use it at least, I use it all the time: Abraham Lincoln was a Republican. You know you say that and people say, ‘I didn’t know that’, but he was Republican, so we’re doing a great job.”

I wonder how many GOP sycophants who invoke Lincoln whenever it's convenient will accept this new history.

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[Post 4150]
Author : lisarea
Date : 07-12-2020 07:15 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Look if I need to tell Trump that he is a very good and special boy for wearing a mask like a big boy, and nobody ever thought of wearing a mask before, and that his dad would think so too, that is fine, I will do that, if it gets a few Trumpists to mask the fuck up and maybe stop spraying their disease at everyone.

Oh, man, I hope not.

I just got off an emergency meeting of the regional directors of Antifa, and this is a pretty big blow. 

If mask wearing were to become a regular thing for Trump, or even worse, for his followers, we'd be in pretty big trouble. We're already looking into finding buyers for our fleet of buses just in case.

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[Post 4151]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 07-12-2020 07:38 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

fuck i gotta dump some NTFA shares

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[Post 4152]
Author : JoeP
Date : 07-12-2020 09:19 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

His handlers should have been priming him to wear a mask 4 months ago.
:chin:

His handlers must have started priming him to wear a mask 4 months ago.
:fixed:

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[Post 4153]
Author : JoeP
Date : 07-12-2020 09:19 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I just got off an emergency meeting of the regional directors of Antifa

Infraction. Take it to the secret forums please.

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[Post 4154]
Author : SR71
Date : 07-13-2020 01:01 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://www.fooddive.com/news/us-faces-potential-tomato-shortage-price-hikes-from-tariffs/555884/So I got curious about the shortages of canned tomatoes I've been seeing in the past couple weeks, and lo and behold, turns out it's largely the responsibility of the same thing that is largely responsible for everything else that sucks right now.  (https://www.fooddive.com/news/us-faces-potential-tomato-shortage-price-hikes-from-tariffs/555884/)

Hey, this is :ff:.

I know this is serious business :heckled: but even in these difficult times :duck: the new normal still allows for smilies. :tomatod:

:killertomato:

Wake up, sheeple (https://www.fooddive.com/news/us-faces-potential-tomato-shortage-price-hikes-from-tariffs/555884/)!  :loud:

U.S. consumers will see fewer Mexican tomatoes and at higher prices in 15 days due to the 17.5% tariff imposed on imports May 7 by the Trump administration, according to Alfredo Diaz, director general of the Mexican Association of Protected Horticulture.

:trump:

When Mexico sends its tomatoes, they’re not sending their best. They’re not sending you. They’re not sending you. They’re sending tomatoes that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing mold. They’re bringing soft spots. They’re under ripe. And some, I assume, are good tomatoes.

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[Post 4155]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-13-2020 01:16 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Face mask makes Donald Trump look no more weak, ineffectual, or stupid than is usual. <a href="https://t.co/e1sl2NXyHL">pic.twitter.com/e1sl2NXyHL</a></p>&mdash; DPRK News Service (@DPRK_News) <a href="https://twitter.com/DPRK_News/status/1282288977026985984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4156]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-13-2020 01:59 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">YOU HAD ONE JOB TODAY.<br>For God&#39;s sake, man. <a href="https://t.co/OwjFPZsAon">pic.twitter.com/OwjFPZsAon</a></p>&mdash; Steve Marmel (@Marmel) <a href="https://twitter.com/Marmel/status/1282152323104468992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4157]
Author : lisarea
Date : 07-13-2020 06:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I know I shouldn't be surprised, and I'm really not, but I still can't get it out of my head that Trump is appealing to the authority of Chuck Woolery, another game show host, to discredit Fauci right now. 

I realize I'm thinking it through more than either of those guys did, but seriously. Nations the world over shut down their economies, coordinated medical professionals, civilians, scientists, and celebrities, sacrificing many of their lives, all to discredit Trump starting almost a full fucking YEAR before the US election. Jair Bolsonaro and Boris Johnson were in on it. 

Democrats are really really great at diplomacy. I think we should vote for them.

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[Post 4158]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-14-2020 01:26 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"> <a href="https://t.co/GNofheQ2iT">pic.twitter.com/GNofheQ2iT</a></p>&mdash; moduscheetotus (@moduscheetotus) <a href="https://twitter.com/moduscheetotus/status/1282766439531925508?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 13, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4159]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-14-2020 01:55 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Donald Trump Retweets Chuck Woolery's COVID-19 Conspiracy Theory | HuffPost Canada (https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/chuck-woolery-covid-19-conspiracy_n_5f0c37a0c5b6480493d2a13a)

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[Post 4160]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-14-2020 06:48 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This'll do as a 'Murica thrad:

https://i.imgur.com/aKXuQ67.jpg
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[Post 4161]
Author : Kyuss Apollo
Date : 07-15-2020 11:19 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EcX_nPzWkAIE_N-?format=jpg&name=900x900

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[Post 4162]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-16-2020 04:26 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/ASH8o3i.jpg

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[Post 4163]
Author : Ari
Date : 07-16-2020 04:42 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I like the creepy child underlighting just on the girl. ...Sally the Dolly says that bottle was the methanol... that’s why you can’t see and are staring off into the distance daddy...

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[Post 4164]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-16-2020 05:22 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://images.plurk.com/1yZrfKQtIZo8noaiuvlnL8.png

Nice abuser logic is how people voted trump.

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[Post 4165]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-20-2020 04:20 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Incredible <a href="https://t.co/BjaWMjaaHy">pic.twitter.com/BjaWMjaaHy</a></p>&mdash; Daniel Dale (@ddale8) <a href="https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1284843237753139201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 19, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4166]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 07-22-2020 05:05 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

In a statement, Trump framed the memo as an effort to push back on "the radical left," an indication he believes it will appeal to his base of supporters ahead of November's election.

"There used to be a time when you could proudly declare, 'I am a citizen of the United States,'" Trump said. "But now, the radical left is trying to erase the existence of this concept and conceal the number of illegal aliens in our country. This is all part of a broader left-wing effort to erode the rights of Americans citizens, and I will not stand for it."

Rep. Tony Cárdenas (D-Calif.), head of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus's campaign arm, called Trump a racist and said the order is a distraction.

&#8220;Trump&#8217;s strategy to scare immigrants from taking part in the Census is unlawful; it will not stand in the courts and he knows it. This executive order is the action of a racist, misguided, and troubled president who continues to make unconstitutional attacks on hard-working immigrants in this country to distract from his failure as a leader," said Cárdenas.

It's unclear how the Trump administration would discern each respondent's citizenship or immigration status as there is no citizenship question included in the 2020 census. The president last year directed federal agencies to collect and submit data to the Commerce Department on citizens and noncitizens in the United States and signaled that information would be used to help determine the census count.

"If they use questionable social science data techniques you're likely to have additional legal challenges," said Michael Kagan, director of the Immigration Clinic at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. Kagan pointed out that the use of sampling and other social science methods to reinforce Census numbers was struck down by the Supreme Court in a landmark 1999 case.

Trump tries to fuck the census again (https://thehill.com/latino/508314-trump-aims-to-bar-undocumented-immigrants-from-counting-toward-house-representation?v=2)

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[Post 4167]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-22-2020 06:22 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I see the proactive arrests have begun.

Again.

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[Post 4168]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 07-23-2020 01:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump Tries to explain how difficult a dementia test is  (https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/07/trump-repeated-5-words-person-woman-man-camera-tx-dementia-cognitive-test.html)



I read the article earlier this evening.

First off, Trump mentions that the doctor was Ronnie Jackson 



Jackson was widely criticized for giving an uncharacteristically glowing and untruthful assessment of president Trump's health, saying that "if he had a healthier diet over the last 20 years, he might live to be 200 years old", and that he had "incredibly good genes, and it's just the way God made him".[36] He was accused of misstating the height and weight of the president in order to minimize his obesity



The test is easy for everyone without dementia.

Trump tried to explain how hard the test is by talking about the five words that he had to remember.

The five words that Trump used were person, woman, man, camera, and television.

I wrote that from memory, so I guess I might not have dementia.  I haven&#8217;t drawn a clock in a minute, so we can&#8217;t be sure.  Trump did say tv where I said television which I consider a partial miss.

Anyway, I think he practiced and they made 5 easy words for him to do it with.  In the video you can see his brow furrow as he concentrates on the Herculean task of remembering 5 words of things that he could see in front of him.

I also think he probably failed the test and even with practice might fail one now.

Ronnie Jackson ain&#8217;t trustworthy.  He is a favorite to win a congressional seat.

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[Post 4169]
Author : Miisa
Date : 07-23-2020 01:12 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The five words that Trump used were person, woman, man, camera, and television.


Wut? I am pretty sure those are not the actual words from the test and just 5 things he could see from where he was being interviewed. The words would not be so closely associated with each other. 

The man is a walking slideshow of train of thought.

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[Post 4170]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 07-23-2020 01:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I really think they picked the words in advance and picked things that he would literally see and or be easy for him.

You can tell that he&#8217;s trying to remember when he says the list


But yeah, those words were nothing like what the actual test would be.

His followers will of course eat it up, but it&#8217;s painfully stupid.

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[Post 4171]
Author : lisarea
Date : 07-23-2020 05:26 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I also don't necessarily believe him when he says he passed it. I don't think he'd still be bringing up up over and over like this if he'd gotten all the questions right. My guess is that he's studied for it and thinks he could pass it now, so he's challenging people who haven't studied it, assuming they too would fail like he did.

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[Post 4172]
Author : Ari
Date : 07-23-2020 05:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Given reports years ago of how he used to shoot commercials, where he would walk in vomit what he thought were his lines, declare a wrap, congratulate himself and then walk out, leaving the production crew to turn his mess into something reasonable.

I presume he just says five words, declares those are the words on the test, tells himself he’s a genius and has a tantrum at anyone who questions it until only those left are those that will just nod and fill in the blanks for him.

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[Post 4173]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-24-2020 09:40 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Dragging a quote over here:

I wonder if cancel culture includes imprisoning critics of the regime?  

NYC judge sends Michael Cohen home, agrees with 'retaliation' claims - UPI.com (https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2020/07/23/NYC-judge-sends-Michael-Cohen-home-agrees-with-retaliation-claims/2961595508224/)

July 23 (UPI) -- A federal judge ordered Thursday that Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal attorney, be released to home confinement -- agreeing with arguments that his return to prison amounted to government retaliation.

Cohen was taken back into custody this month during a hearing that arranged the terms of his house arrest. He was furloughed from prison in May due to underlying health conditions that put him at greater risk should he contract COVID-19.

The American Civil Liberties Union and a New York law firm filed suit this week calling for Cohen's release, arguing that his rearrest amounted to retaliation for his plans to publish a book about the president.

lolyer thrad tangent:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">So. Let&#39;s talk for a moment about why &quot;get rid of Trump and Barr to restore justice&quot; is imperfect.<br><br>/1<a href="https://t.co/iQsXRHEz65">https://t.co/iQsXRHEz65</a></p>&mdash; PersonWomanManCameraTVHat (@Popehat) <a href="https://twitter.com/Popehat/status/1286341022855954443?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 23, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4174]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-24-2020 09:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://images.plurk.com/6Otw4XRWZIToSHrGgHhFqR.jpg

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[Post 4175]
Author : ceptimus
Date : 07-25-2020 05:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EdtoxYNXYAIcPB6?format=jpg&name=large

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/jgsEdDGSkT">pic.twitter.com/jgsEdDGSkT</a></p>&mdash; Cold War Steve (@Coldwar_Steve) <a href="https://twitter.com/Coldwar_Steve/status/1286737323959484417?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 24, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4176]
Author : ceptimus
Date : 07-26-2020 02:42 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Explanatory notes for Americans.

The TV game show was popular in the UK: called "The Generation Game";  hosted by Sir Bruce Forsyth.  This episode from November 1974.  The "conveyor belt" memory test section begins at about 06:25.

Classic Generation Game 30-11-74 - YouTube

The guy you can see in the background in the Donald version is (maybe ?) Phil Mitchell - a character from the EastEnders soap opera.  At least I think it might be him, but I don't watch EastEnders.  Not sure what the relevance is, but apparently Phil Mitchell has been a drugs and alcohol addict.

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[Post 4177]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 07-27-2020 06:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

An Army National Guard commander who witnessed protesters forcibly removed from Lafayette Square last month is contradicting claims by the attorney general and the Trump administration that they did not speed up the clearing to make way for the president’s photo opportunity minutes later.&#8233;A new statement by Adam DeMarco, an Iraq veteran who now serves as a major in the D.C. National Guard, also casts doubt on the claims by acting Park Police Chief Gregory Monahan that violence by protesters spurred Park Police to clear the area at that time with unusually aggressive tactics. DeMarco said that “demonstrators were behaving peacefully” and that tear gas was deployed in an “excessive use of force.”




National Guard Commander makes a liar out of Trump and Barr (https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/27/national-guard-commander-says-police-suddenly-moved-lafayette-square-protesters-used-excessive-force-clear-path-trump/)

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[Post 4178]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 07-27-2020 06:23 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

In unsurprising given that he&#8217;s a racist piece of shit news,



In the past couple of weeks, senior advisers began presenting Trump with maps and data showing spikes in coronavirus cases among &#8220;our people&#8221; in Republican states, a senior administration official said. They also shared projections predicting that virus surges could soon hit politically important states in the Midwest &#8212; including Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin, the official said.&#8233;This new approach seemed to resonate, as he hewed closely to pre-scripted remarks in a trio of coronavirus briefings last week.&#8233;&#8220;This could have been stopped. It could have been stopped quickly and easily. But for some reason, it wasn&#8217;t, and we&#8217;ll figure out what that reason was,&#8221; Trump said Thursday, seemingly to simultaneously acknowledge his predicament while also trying to assign blame elsewhere.




Why doesn&#x27;t Trump try harder to solve the coronavirus crisis? - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-not-solve-coronavirus-crisis/2020/07/26/7fca9a92-cdb0-11ea-91f1-28aca4d833a0_story.html)

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[Post 4179]
Author : JoeP
Date : 07-27-2020 09:47 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

But for some reason, it wasn’t, and we’ll figure out what that reason was,” Trump said Thursday, seemingly to simultaneously acknowledge his predicament while also trying to assign blame elsewhere.



:mirror:

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[Post 4180]
Author : JoeP
Date : 07-27-2020 11:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/rrsPHtr.jpg

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[Post 4181]
Author : JoeP
Date : 07-27-2020 11:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/Et2a2ER.jpg

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[Post 4182]
Author : JoeP
Date : 07-27-2020 11:09 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A Russian agent, a sexual predator and a con man walk into a bar.

The bartender says: "What can I get you, Mr President?"

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[Post 4183]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 07-28-2020 11:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

When he abruptly announced on Sunday that he would not be throwing out the first pitch at the Yankees game August 15, Donald Trump claimed that it was because he couldn&#8217;t break his &#8220;strong focus&#8221; on the coronavirus pandemic and a host of other issues he&#8217;s never before had a problem ignoring. But the real reason he won&#8217;t be taking the mound next month is far simpler: He hadn&#8217;t actually been asked.

According to the New York Times, the president surprised both the Yankees and his own staff when he said during a press conference that he&#8217;d be tossing the opening pitch on the 15th next month&#8212;a day he hadn&#8217;t been invited to do so, and which evidently conflicted with something already on his schedule. It&#8217;s not clear what that prior engagement is, but aides&#8212;shocked by his announcement&#8212;&#8220;scrambled to let the ballclub know that he already had plans for that Saturday. &#8220;We will make it later in the season!&#8221; Trump promised in his tweet canceling the outing.

Peak Trump - He Canceled Doing the Thing He Wasn't Invited to Do (https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/07/trump-wont-throw-first-pitch-at-yankees-game-because-no-one-asked-him-to)

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[Post 4184]
Author : ceptimus
Date : 07-30-2020 02:15 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

In a surprise move :rolleye2: Trump has called for a delay to the November elections.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-53597975

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[Post 4185]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 07-30-2020 03:26 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

tired of winning probably

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[Post 4186]
Author : lisarea
Date : 08-04-2020 04:30 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

If you can stomach half an hour plus of Trump being interviewed, this one is pretty good.

AXIOS on HBO: President Trump Exclusive Interview (Full Episode) | HBO - YouTube

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[Post 4187]
Author : lisarea
Date : 08-04-2020 06:24 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yo, Semites!

https://twitter.com/AmerIndependent/status/1290664895353106433

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[Post 4188]
Author : Ensign Steve
Date : 08-04-2020 06:26 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Potatoe.
Nucular.
Yo Semite.

These old white dudes just keep on failing upwards, don't they. :sigh:

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[Post 4189]
Author : lisarea
Date : 08-04-2020 07:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Thing is, I'll bet he knows how to pronounce it, from Yosemite Sam if nothing else. I don't think he'd seen it spelled before. 

It's like the exact opposite as the problem you get when you mostly know words from reading and end up mispronouncing them because of it.

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[Post 4190]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-04-2020 07:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That time as a tween giving a Bible reading from the pulpit saying "Genetiles."

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[Post 4191]
Author : SR71
Date : 08-05-2020 04:34 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump's 'Axios on HBO' interview is a self-demolition derby | Newsday (https://www.newsday.com/long-island/politics/trump-axios-hbo-jonathan-swan-coronavirus-biden-john-lewis-maxwell-mail-voting-polls-yosemite-1.47764403)

When reporter Jonathan Swan sharply challenged Trump's declarations that he has brought the coronavirus pandemic "under control" when "a thousand Americans are dying a day," the president all but shrugged off the horrific and still growing numbers.

&#8220;They are dying. That&#8217;s true. And you &#8212; it is what it is,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;But that doesn&#8217;t mean we aren&#8217;t doing everything we can. It&#8217;s under control as much as you can control it.&#8221; The "it is what it is" line from the interview, which aired Monday night, was in a Joe Biden campaign ad by Tuesday afternoon.

Eagerly anticipating the phrases, "What? 180,000 dead or whatever?", and "I guess like 190,000 deaths now, yada yada yada".

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[Post 4192]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-05-2020 09:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

If you can stomach half an hour plus of Trump being interviewed, this one is pretty good.

What if you don't think you can? 

I will have to rely on the excellent and in:ff:ormed commentary in this thrad.

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[Post 4193]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-05-2020 09:24 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump's 'Axios on HBO' interview is a self-demolition derby | Newsday (https://www.newsday.com/long-island/politics/trump-axios-hbo-jonathan-swan-coronavirus-biden-john-lewis-maxwell-mail-voting-polls-yosemite-1.47764403)



Not available in my region, thanks Newsday. 

As self-demolition derbys go, how does it compare to Prince Andrew vs Emliy Maitlis?

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[Post 4194]
Author : lisarea
Date : 08-05-2020 05:04 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I haven't seen the Prince Andrew one, but I can assure you that the Trump interview is wall-to-wall self-demolition. I don't remember a single topic he didn't respond to with complete fuckery, and Swan did a great job both with follow-up questions that made Trump squirm, and with reactions that look a lot like a normal person's reactions to the shit Trump was saying. 

I recommend watching it. I mean, I have a hard time looking at the guy, but a lot of it is because nobody ever really gets to call him out one on one and ask him to clarify or follow up on his claims. It really did happen this time. He still skirted a lot of questions, but it was obvious to anyone he was not answering because he was talking out of his ass and didn't expect to be challenged. Trump was really, really uncomfortable the whole time.

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[Post 4195]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-05-2020 06:39 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump was really, really uncomfortable the whole time.

I am increasingly motivated to watch it

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[Post 4196]
Author : lisarea
Date : 08-05-2020 07:52 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

If you listen very, very closely, at a couple of points, you can hear little klaxons bouncing off the walls of Trump's skull.

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[Post 4197]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-05-2020 10:54 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

OK I am watching it now.

Swan: who says that? Who?

:sniggle:

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[Post 4198]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-05-2020 11:01 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Swan: Really?

:sniggle:

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[Post 4199]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-05-2020 11:07 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Swan: New?

:sniggle:

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[Post 4200]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-05-2020 11:11 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Dump: AnTIfa

:glare:

Fucking shitgibbon.

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[Post 4201]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-05-2020 11:20 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Swan: What does systemic racism mean to you?

Systemic racist: I hope the answer to that question is does anybody really answer that question accurately

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[Post 4202]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-05-2020 11:24 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

If you listen very, very closely, at a couple of points, you can hear little klaxons bouncing off the walls of Trump's skull.

I didn't listen very, very closely, but I'm pretty sure he has klaxons going off in his skull all the time and has had since birth.

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[Post 4203]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-06-2020 01:22 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Bro mocked a disabled reporter on camera and 60+ million people shouted in unison AMERICA NEEDS MORE OF THIS.

:drunk:

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[Post 4204]
Author : SR71
Date : 08-06-2020 04:51 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

OK I am watching it now.

Swan: who says that? Who?

:sniggle:

For rills, this is elementary level composition.  Teacher said, you can't just say "many people" say this or do that.  Which people?  Be specific!  How many people?  Be specific!  Support your assertion!

It's insane how often he gets away with that "many people" hokum unchallenged.

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[Post 4205]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-06-2020 08:58 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Bro mocked a disabled reporter on camera and 60+ million people shouted in unison AMERICA NEEDS MORE OF THIS.

:drunk:

And are still shouting

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[Post 4206]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-06-2020 05:38 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Americans amazed by fancy new Australian technique called ‘Journalism’  |  The Shovel (https://www.theshovel.com.au/2020/08/06/americans-amazed-by-fancy-new-australian-technique-called-journalism/)

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[Post 4207]
Author : Kevlar
Date : 08-06-2020 06:06 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Americans amazed by fancy new Australian technique called ‘Journalism’  |  The Shovel (https://www.theshovel.com.au/2020/08/06/americans-amazed-by-fancy-new-australian-technique-called-journalism/)

On the other hand, they did give us Rupert Murdoch.  :D

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[Post 4208]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-07-2020 03:33 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here&#8217;s the clip: <a href="https://t.co/oiIdPcY2vl">pic.twitter.com/oiIdPcY2vl</a></p>&mdash; The Recount (@therecount) <a href="https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1291433664774012928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 6, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4209]
Author : Ari
Date : 08-07-2020 08:41 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The full quote is so much better, not just against the bible “no religion at all” Also guns guns guns, “He’s against god he’s against guns.”

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[Post 4210]
Author : SR71
Date : 08-07-2020 03:54 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Gott mit uns!

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[Post 4211]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-07-2020 06:07 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Biden can hurt God? He's more powerful than I thought.

Mind you, their God can't stop hurricanes or school shootings. Not that impressive really.

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[Post 4212]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-07-2020 06:07 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Oh shit ... take god's name in vain, get :dddp: ... it's a sign

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[Post 4213]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-08-2020 03:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">... and look what a difference it makes ... &#39;a miracle&#39; <a href="https://t.co/JWF6pNxVX8">pic.twitter.com/JWF6pNxVX8</a></p>&mdash; Jesse J. Visser (@JesseJanic) <a href="https://twitter.com/JesseJanic/status/1289205591223615491?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 31, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4214]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-08-2020 06:49 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">If he fights TikTok as successfully as he fought Covid, you&#39;ll find it running on your toaster in six weeks with no way to uninstall it.</p>&mdash; Elliott Downing (@elliott_downing) <a href="https://twitter.com/elliott_downing/status/1289529314468179972?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 1, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4215]
Author : lisarea
Date : 08-09-2020 01:05 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

White House reportedly asked about adding Trump to Mount Rushmore - Business Insider (https://www.businessinsider.com/how-gov-noem-trumps-desire-carved-into-mt-rushmore-2020-8)

1. WHAT?!?!?!
2. The American public needs to see this replica thing. Cough it up, or I'll cough one up myself.

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[Post 4216]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-09-2020 01:51 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I&#8217;m surprised this is even a surprise.

:sadcheer:

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[Post 4217]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-11-2020 05:50 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ben Garrison&#8217;s brain will be studied by scientists after he passes on. <a href="https://t.co/CDftjSSth6">pic.twitter.com/CDftjSSth6</a></p>&mdash; Maggie Serota (@maggieserota) <a href="https://twitter.com/maggieserota/status/1292618039268200448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 10, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4218]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-11-2020 05:50 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

..

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[Post 4219]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 08-11-2020 02:48 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Turns out that the "1917" influenza pandemic "probably ended the Second World War," which a "terrible situation."

https://a.disquscdn.com/get?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcomb.io%2F94P0K2.gif&key=jLQfStsaqOCvdwJP15RPQw&w=600&h=218

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[Post 4220]
Author : lisarea
Date : 08-11-2020 08:38 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

There is now a Qanon themed commercial for Trumpy Bears running on Fox News, apparently. 

Fox News is now running ads for QAnon Trumpy Bears. This is not a parody. - YouTube

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[Post 4221]
Author : ceptimus
Date : 08-13-2020 12:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/41FB/production/_113919861_hi045965426.jpg

US Government proposes rules on shower heads be changed, following complaints from Trump about low flow rates affecting his hair - BBC report (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-53761744)

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[Post 4222]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 08-15-2020 03:48 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/hAnlIQWcmj">pic.twitter.com/hAnlIQWcmj</a></p>&mdash; The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheDailyEdge/status/1294641069930483714?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 15, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4223]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-15-2020 10:13 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Opinion | George Conway: I (still) believe the president, and in the president - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/08/10/i-still-believe-president-president/)

I believe the president Made America Great Again. I believe we need him reelected to Make America Great Again Again.

....

I believe the news media would have &#8220;no ratings&#8221; and &#8220;will go down along with our great USA!&#8221; if the president loses &#8212; and that this would be bad even though the media is fake.

I believe it&#8217;s normal for the president to say &#8220;Yo Semites&#8221; and &#8220;Yo Seminites,&#8221; &#8220;Thigh Land,&#8221; &#8220;Minne-a-napolis,&#8221; &#8220;toe-tally-taria-tism,&#8221; &#8220;Thomas Jeffers&#8221; and &#8220;Ulyss-eus S. Grant.&#8221; I believe it&#8217;s Biden who&#8217;s cognitively impaired.

...

I believe Rep. John Lewis made a &#8220;big mistake&#8221; not attending the president&#8217;s inauguration. I believe the president has done more for Blacks than any other president &#8212; perhaps even Abraham Lincoln, who &#8220;did good&#8221; although the &#8220;end result&#8221; was &#8220;questionable,&#8221; and certainly more than Lyndon B. Johnson, who signed into law the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which hasn&#8217;t &#8220;worked out&#8221; so well.

I believe the president has been treated worse than Lincoln, even though Lincoln was assassinated. I believe the president should be added to Mount Rushmore, pronto.



Many more of these, all with links.

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[Post 4224]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-15-2020 10:17 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

'Do you regret all your lying?' White House reporter's question startles Trump | US news | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/14/do-you-regret-all-your-lying-white-house-reporters-question-startles-trump)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Wow. A reporter (I&#39;m not sure who he is) asks Trump, &quot;after three and a half years, do you regret all the lying you&#39;ve done to the American people?&quot; Trump quickly moves on to the next question. <a href="https://t.co/DHn3UvXHnN">pic.twitter.com/DHn3UvXHnN</a></p>&mdash; Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) <a href="https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1294033254174150658?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 13, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4225]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 08-16-2020 02:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Honest Political Ads: Trump 2020 :fuckyou: Fuck you :fuckyou:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Holy shit. &#129315;<a href="https://t.co/ypNGky5FPC">pic.twitter.com/ypNGky5FPC</a></p>&mdash; Ricky Davila (@TheRickyDavila) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheRickyDavila/status/1289380700018192384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 1, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4226]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 08-17-2020 02:17 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Not to worry, you guys. Trump is going to force the FDA to let Ben Carson and the MyPillow guy (https://www.axios.com/trump-covid-oleandrin-9896f570-6cd8-4919-af3a-65ebad113d41.html) cure COVID-19.

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[Post 4227]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 08-18-2020 04:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump with a total GOTCHA! moment on Michelle Obama. 

In her speech at the DNC she said it was over 150,000 dead from corona virus. HA! what a fool, it's 170,000 now! Stupid libs! I've killed another 20,000+ people since she pre-taped that. PWNED. 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump disses Michelle Obama: &quot;She was over her head, and frankly, she should&#39;ve made the speech live, which she didn&#39;t do, she taped it. And it was not only taped, it was tape a long time ago, because she had the wrong [coronavirus] deaths.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/Ckyj3wtoWq">pic.twitter.com/Ckyj3wtoWq</a></p>&mdash; Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) <a href="https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1295721905777971200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 18, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4228]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-21-2020 01:50 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A five year old's approach to avoiding his Nuremberg Trial.

Hannity Has Said to Me More Than Once, He's Crazy: Fox News Staffers Feel Trapped in the Trump Cult | Vanity Fair (https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/08/sean-hannity-fox-news-staffers-feel-trapped-in-trump-cult)

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[Post 4229]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-21-2020 08:38 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I need more adblocker to read that site ... wait, reader view to the rescue!

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[Post 4230]
Author : SR71
Date : 08-22-2020 02:34 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Did we cover that the Senate Intel Commuppets put forth the final report on the Mueller investigation and !SURPRISE! it was all true?  Yeah, thanks, but we already had that kinda figured out already.  

Provocative details from the Senate&#x27;s report on Trump and Russia - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/08/21/provocative-details-senate-intel/)

For some reason it's not paywalled at the moment.

There are some cute little love note memos between the Dumos and Rootin' Tootin' Putin.

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[Post 4231]
Author : SR71
Date : 08-22-2020 02:40 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This is a little more comprehensive and is about the same as I heard on NPR.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-report-russian-interference-2016-us-election/

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[Post 4232]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-22-2020 10:03 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">If Trump really wanted Hillary locked up, he should have just hired her...</p>&mdash; Georgiana Steele-Wal (@georgeegirl) <a href="https://twitter.com/georgeegirl/status/1296914850598105088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 21, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4233]
Author : ShottleBop
Date : 08-23-2020 05:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Watched "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure" tonight, in preparation for next week's premiere of "Bill & Ted Face the Music," and this scene always reminds me of Trump when he's asked a question:  

Bill and Ted&#39;s Excellent Adventure school report - YouTube

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[Post 4234]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 08-23-2020 03:36 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'll give you a film that's not terrible but not very good either:  Herbie Rides Again.  But I'm posting it here rather than TLR's estimable thread because the second best thing * in it is the Trump parody character, Alonzo Hawk. It's hard to believe he's not deliberate.  In fact, let's just accept that Trump (Sr or Jr) was exactly who Walt's team had in their sights.

It seems I'm not the first to spot the connection ...

The Alonzo Hawk and Donald Trump Connection - YouTube


* the best thing is Helen Hayes natch.

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[Post 4235]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 08-24-2020 10:47 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This is the best Dump impression I've ever heard. And it's hilarious :lol:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">SCOOBY-DON !! <a href="https://t.co/DESl7LDplH">pic.twitter.com/DESl7LDplH</a></p>&mdash; james austin johnson (@shrimpJAJ) <a href="https://twitter.com/shrimpJAJ/status/1296892397951922176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 21, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4236]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-24-2020 12:54 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Does Honest Don know any words as long as "narrative"?

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[Post 4237]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-24-2020 08:39 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The story isn&#39;t that Jerry Falwell Jr&#39;s wife had sex with someone other than him, it&#39;s that the guy she was having sex with had photos of her and then Michael Cohen somehow got the photos and then Falwell suddenly and unexpectedly endorsed Donald Trump. <a href="https://t.co/oOeHNjM5mD">https://t.co/oOeHNjM5mD</a></p>&mdash; Hank Green: A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor is Out! (@hankgreen) <a href="https://twitter.com/hankgreen/status/1297943086920683520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 24, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4238]
Author : SR71
Date : 08-25-2020 01:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Does Honest Don know any words as long as "narrative"?

There was  Hydroxy..chlor..o....quine.

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[Post 4239]
Author : ShottleBop
Date : 08-25-2020 03:13 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A stellar day for the RNC:

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[Post 4240]
Author : SR71
Date : 08-25-2020 03:29 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">NY AG says Eric Trump cancelled an interview, and now won't comply with their subpoena -- citing &quot;rights afforded to every individual under the Constitution.&quot;<a href="https://t.co/ZZ5CtiboDV">https://t.co/ZZ5CtiboDV</a></p>&mdash; David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) <a href="https://twitter.com/Fahrenthold/status/1297952225759821825?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 24, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

lol rights afforded every individual = taking the fifth

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[Post 4241]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-25-2020 11:18 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Not only
Kellyanne Conway resigns as senior White House adviser - BBC News (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-53885239)

but also
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">my mother&#8217;s job ruined my life to begin with. heartbreaking that she continues to go down that path after years of watching her children suffer. selfish. it&#8217;s all about money and fame, ladies and gentlemen.</p>&mdash; CLAUDIA CONWAY (@claudiamconwayy) <a href="https://twitter.com/claudiamconwayy/status/1297352852021665792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 23, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4242]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-25-2020 11:20 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Seen on Twitter:
Still can't believe a major political party punted on the incredibly basic task of drawing up a party platform and instead just issued a statement that's basically an "I'm With Stupid" T-shirt.

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[Post 4243]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-25-2020 11:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">GOP = Grand Old Palpatine</p>&mdash; Formerly Gaggapudding, haha (@TheGaggapudding) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheGaggapudding/status/1298185161067167745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 25, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4244]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-25-2020 11:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&#8220;We&#8217;re gonna build a wall and Mexico is gonna to pay for it. Well, actually Steve Bannon is gonna pay for it. Well, actually you&#8217;re gonna pay Steve Bannon and he&#8217;s going to keep the money. Also, there won&#8217;t be a wall.&#8221;<br><br>38%: I like this guy.</p>&mdash; Mike Birbiglia (@birbigs) <a href="https://twitter.com/birbigs/status/1297255606802419713?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 22, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4245]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-27-2020 09:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Designed by Steve Bannon:

https://i.imgur.com/aTXEEiY.jpg

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[Post 4246]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-28-2020 02:33 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I didn't know who Jim Gaffigan was but now I am a fan.

https://i.imgur.com/LTvB4gW.jpg

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Remember everything Trump accuses the Democrats of he&#39;s guilt of. Dont let the socialist name calling distract you from the fact he is a fascist who has no belief in law.</p>&mdash; Jim Gaffigan (@JimGaffigan) <a href="https://twitter.com/JimGaffigan/status/1299200966076575744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 28, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 

A whole bunch of tweets from 8-9 hours ago: the man has had enough.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I dont give a fuck if anyone thinks this is virtue signaling or whatever. We need to wake up. We need to call trump the con man and thief that he is.</p>&mdash; Jim Gaffigan (@JimGaffigan) <a href="https://twitter.com/JimGaffigan/status/1299204126383968257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 28, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4247]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-28-2020 09:04 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump vows to wow RNC audiences by crawling out of their televisions and strangling them - The Beaverton (https://www.thebeaverton.com/2020/08/trump-vows-to-wow-rnc-audiences-by-crawling-out-of-their-televisions-and-strangling-them/)

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[Post 4248]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-29-2020 07:44 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/wwndxw6.jpeg

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[Post 4249]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-30-2020 03:18 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Shunning is a tradition somewhere, right?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I saw a tweet where someone described that when they find out someone they know personally supports Trump, they lose all respect for them instantly. I liked it and retweeted it, but stopped short of sharing it on Instagram. <br><br>Why? <br><br>1/x</p>&mdash; Gabrielle Blair (@designmom) <a href="https://twitter.com/designmom/status/1299440940545908736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 28, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4250]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-01-2020 01:10 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Herman Cain Tweets Coronavirus Not That Deadly Despite Having Died From It (https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisettevoytko/2020/08/31/herman-cain-tweets-coronavirus-not-that-deadly-despite-having-died-from-it/)

Dr. Reanimator - Move Your Dead Bones - 2003 Vale Music Spain - YouTube

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[Post 4251]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 09-01-2020 05:44 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

"I don't think the president has seen that video. Nor have I," Ms McEnany told reporters at a press conference on Monday, a comment that strains credulity considering Mr Trump's retweet of and comment on a video from New York Times correspondent Mike Baker showing exactly that.

Have We hit Peak DoublePlusGood Newspeak? (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/portland-protests-maga-attack-paintball-trump-white-house-a9697616.html?utm_source=reddit.com)

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[Post 4252]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-01-2020 09:29 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

"I don't think the president has seen that video. Nor have I," Ms McEnany told reporters at a press conference on Monday, a comment that strains credulity considering Mr Trump's retweet of and comment on a video from New York Times correspondent Mike Baker showing exactly that.

Have We hit Peak DoublePlusGood Newspeak? (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/portland-protests-maga-attack-paintball-trump-white-house-a9697616.html?utm_source=reddit.com)

Someone thinks there's a bottom?

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[Post 4253]
Author : JoeP
Date : 09-01-2020 10:45 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

"I don't think the president has seen that video. Nor have I," Ms McEnany told reporters at a press conference on Monday, a comment that strains credulity considering Mr Trump's retweet of and comment on a video from New York Times correspondent Mike Baker showing exactly that.

Have We hit Peak DoublePlusGood Newspeak? (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/portland-protests-maga-attack-paintball-trump-white-house-a9697616.html?utm_source=reddit.com)

Someone thinks there's a bottom?

Exactly my thought.

https://i.imgur.com/8Wzukd8.jpg

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[Post 4254]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 09-01-2020 04:10 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Thanks guys for making me feel like a starry eyed optimist :tmgrin:

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[Post 4255]
Author : Oxymaroon
Date : 09-01-2020 04:17 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Thanks guys for making me feel like a starry eyed optimist :tmgrin:

It's like all front-line work: the pay sucks, the hours suck, you live in danger and fear all the time, you're chronically sleep-deprived, you get more abuse and fewer long weekends, can't strike or shirk -- 
because we neeeeed you!!

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[Post 4256]
Author : fragment
Date : 09-02-2020 03:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It never ends! Now they are trying to say that your favorite President, me, went to Walter Reed Medical Center, having suffered a series of mini-strokes. Never happened to THIS candidate - FAKE NEWS. Perhaps they are referring to another candidate from another Party!</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1300811758051954695?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 1, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 

Suspiciously Specific Denial - TV Tropes (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SuspiciouslySpecificDenial)

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[Post 4257]
Author : lisarea
Date : 09-02-2020 04:42 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

President Trump talks about anarchists throwing bags of soup - YouTube

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[Post 4258]
Author : Oxymaroon
Date : 09-02-2020 06:15 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So, let's see if i've understood correctly. Bringing soup to a protests is an act of war, while bringing assault weapons to a protest is very fine citizenship. 
(Bonus info: tiny-hands can't thwow bwick)

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[Post 4259]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 09-02-2020 06:20 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

To be fair, soup is inherently dangerous.

Bill Weston Hates The Soup Bowl - Preston & Steve&#39;s Daily Rush - YouTube

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[Post 4260]
Author : JoeP
Date : 09-02-2020 06:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Nigel Faraj got milkshaked ... we now need Honest Don to get souped. Preferably a good orange tomato soup.

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[Post 4261]
Author : Kyuss Apollo
Date : 09-02-2020 10:32 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

To be fair, soup is inherently dangerous.



Dead Kennedys: Soup Is Good Food - YouTube

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[Post 4262]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-04-2020 07:55 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Thanks guys for making me feel like a starry eyed optimist :tmgrin:

Hold my beer.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Several large men in uniform have walked up to Trump with tears in their eyes and said “Sir, thank you for calling our war dead losers.”</p>&mdash; SwearOnWhateverOrWhoeverHat (@Popehat) <a href="https://twitter.com/Popehat/status/1301757352685649924?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 4, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4263]
Author : JoeP
Date : 09-04-2020 11:36 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/4VjYxOx.jpg

Catbus!

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[Post 4264]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-05-2020 12:03 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here&#39;s Fox News Channel confirming details of the <a href="https://twitter.com/JeffreyGoldberg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JeffreyGoldberg</a> article.<br><br>Trump would say about American veterans: &quot;What&#39;s in it for them? They don&#39;t make any money.&quot;<br><br>On including wounded military veterans in a parade: &quot;That&#39;s not a good look. Americans don&#39;t like that.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/9uDuUTfMt9">pic.twitter.com/9uDuUTfMt9</a></p>&mdash; Josh Campbell (@joshscampbell) <a href="https://twitter.com/joshscampbell/status/1301993408219684865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 4, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4265]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-05-2020 12:06 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It&#8217;s 2:45 am and the retired Marine who lives behind me just took his Trump sign down, walked it to the street and threw it in the garbage.</p>&mdash; Alan! (@o2bnobx) <a href="https://twitter.com/o2bnobx/status/1301773792088403969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 4, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is the Military Times, a right wing partisan outfit if ever there was one. The Times&#39; editorial board is a bunch of relentless drum beaters. For them to approve publication of a headline like this, that&#39;s pretty significant. <a href="https://t.co/nY0uvYtUkf">https://t.co/nY0uvYtUkf</a></p>&mdash; Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) <a href="https://twitter.com/Stonekettle/status/1301870266625261568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 4, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4266]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 09-05-2020 12:16 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

lol it won't cost him a vote

Trump's appeal is that he gives horrible people space to be horrible.  He's been saying this stuff out loud for a long time.  Not only do his voters not care, they agree.  Just wait.  After spending some time footstamping about HOAX!11!1, the narrative will shift to "Well, McCain was really kind of a loser" and then eventually to how the war dead were probably immigrants anyway.

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[Post 4267]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-05-2020 01:59 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Winner winner chicken dinner! (https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-defenders-he-doesnt-hate-the-troops-he-just-sounds-like-an-asshole?ref=home)*

But it&#8217;s because he hates the wars they&#8217;re forced to fight, not the service members themselves.

Subtext: You see, if those brown foreigners sitting on pots of oil didn&#8217;t Force the USA to invade and murder a million of their citizens on false pretenses, American soldiers wouldn&#8217;t have to die at their filthy, uncivilized hands.

*Reader View got me past the login requirement

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[Post 4268]
Author : Oxymaroon
Date : 09-05-2020 02:36 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It will cost him some votes, but that's not the big win for the white-hats. The big win is a visible, tangible rift between the DTs and the armed forces. When he finally realizes that he's losing, and when the Democratic voters also bring guns to protect themselves from intimidation at the polling booths, and there are clashes (This is not speculation; this is a stone realistic prediction.)  he will try to declare martial law. If the army's reply is the appropriate one, his only recourse will be to barricade himself in the oval office and frantically wonder why none of his children are answering their phone.

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[Post 4269]
Author : Ari
Date : 09-05-2020 03:51 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So much of right wing praise is just lip service, fantasy and self insertion (double entendre intended).  The Team America song is just so on point as to how many feel about the military.  “Support the troops” they say, but the troops reply “My body armor is inadequate, the trauma from losing a hand and leg is serious, or I can’t get away from the memories of mowing down children bombers...” They just wave their flags harder and shout “Thank you for your service” as if that’s an adequate reply.  Since they support the notion of Troops, not the actual troops.  Of brave tough men and sometimes women sacrificing to protect them, and give them that warm feeling, not as real people.

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[Post 4270]
Author : Oxymaroon
Date : 09-05-2020 04:58 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

thankyouforyourservice and now getouttamyfaceloser

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[Post 4271]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 09-05-2020 08:08 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I agree with Chuck.

It'll go through the usual channels.

HE DIIDN'T SAY IT.

Well, okay, maybe he said it but that's not what he meant.

Okay, he meant what he said but what do you care, Democrats have hated the soldiers since before we were even a nation.

And then on it goes.

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[Post 4272]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 09-05-2020 02:20 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I think there is one advantage to the "Trump thinks the people in the military are suckers and losers." narrative. When Trump is scheduled to leave office, and is "joking" that he might try to stay in office, the military leadership will be slightly less inclined to violate their oaths for a man who thinks they are all suckers.

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[Post 4273]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 09-05-2020 02:34 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I agree.  The actual military has no real affection for him.  I think that's one reason he's been cultivating his Sturmabteilung of pudgy incels and neoconfederate pigfuckers.

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[Post 4274]
Author : Oxymaroon
Date : 09-05-2020 03:22 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Very fine timing from The Atlantic, btw. 
And then Stars and Stripes.... If this subject stays alive for another couple of news cycles (and it's bound to; I bet everyone concerned and unconcerned has been tweeting up a shitstorm) it'll permeate the Great American Unconscious in a way that nothing else has. 
Women -  yeah, who cares, they're always bitching about somebody done them wrong.  Arabs, Chinese - well, they shoulda stayed home and not brung us all their violence and kung flu. Mexicans - serve 'em right, they been stealing our jobs and smuggling in drugs, shoulda never dragged their their babies along. BLM' s just a bunch of looters and vandals, corrupting the football players, making a big deal out of a few bad apples in the police. 

But disrespecting the Marines..... whooo-eee!

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[Post 4275]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-05-2020 09:22 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Great god Poseidon, hear my prayers and look favorably upon these your sacrifices. <a href="https://t.co/2LJHM4VVlv">pic.twitter.com/2LJHM4VVlv</a></p>&mdash; Cultural Marxism, PhD (@polusyroy) <a href="https://twitter.com/polusyroy/status/1302331111800963072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 5, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4276]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 09-06-2020 01:03 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

lol it won't cost him a vote.

That's a true fact. No one planning to vote for Trump will do otherwise because he called dead Marines losers and suckers. 

However, I foolishly harbor a infinitesimally small hope that some people who wouldn't have voted at all will be moved to get off their pathetic p.o.s. asses and vote Biden because of this. Since the stupidest white people in three states now decide who gets to be POTUS, here's hoping the phenomenon is most pronounced in those states.

By hey, my assessments are worthless. Trump assured an audience during a televised 2016 Republican candidates debate that his wang was sufficiently large for him to serve as POTUS. I loled and thought, "Welp, if anyone was really planning to vote for this fuckheaded fool before, they certainly won't now." 

:tard:

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[Post 4277]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 09-06-2020 01:30 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Great god Poseidon, hear my prayers and look favorably upon these your sacrifices. 

My two favorite hashbrowns from this: #Dumbkirk and #boatersuppression

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[Post 4278]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 09-06-2020 02:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Also seen on the internet: Poseidon is ridin' with Biden.

In addition, Proud Buoys.

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[Post 4279]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-06-2020 10:49 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Great Battle of Lake Travis <a href="https://t.co/ZndtTUQarC">pic.twitter.com/ZndtTUQarC</a></p>&mdash; Kal Mehta (@KM1410) <a href="https://twitter.com/KM1410/status/1302371063444189184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 5, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4280]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 09-06-2020 11:02 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Also seen on the internet: Poseidon is ridin' with Biden.

In addition, Proud Buoys.


https://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=11499&stc=1&d=1599429683


I made one instead of looking for it, I am now going to go share it on Facebook.

:tmgrin:

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[Post 4281]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 09-06-2020 11:31 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/60d0bbb753b8254ac29483f06c3a7f783401e77a6e9d4b1db9054833a2fc6bda.jpg?w=600&h=317

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[Post 4282]
Author : lisarea
Date : 09-07-2020 12:28 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Oh, man, I was hoping Puddles did this himself and there'd be a full version, but apparently it's a fan mashup. Still pretty great, though:

https://twitter.com/ReesusP/status/1302374614400602112

(I hate Twitter. It's the first reply to the Nikki Haley tweet, but I can't get it to go straight there.)

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[Post 4283]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-07-2020 03:42 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dumbkirk?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Dumbkirk</a> &#55357;&#56844;<a href="https://t.co/jI6P5pCinq">pic.twitter.com/jI6P5pCinq</a></p>&mdash; REESUS PATRIOT&#8482;&#55357;&#56473; (@ReesusP) <a href="https://twitter.com/ReesusP/status/1302374614400602112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 5, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4284]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-07-2020 03:44 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

11500

11501

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[Post 4285]
Author : JoeP
Date : 09-07-2020 06:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Back on land, and back in time a few days

Bad orange blames racism in policing on 'bad apples' during visit to Kenosha (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/01/donald-trump-division-kenosha-protests-jacob-blake)

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[Post 4286]
Author : JoeP
Date : 09-07-2020 06:41 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

And

DHS to label white supremacists as the 'most persistent and lethal threat' to the US: report | TheHill (https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/515244-dhs-to-label-white-supremacists-as-the-most-persistent-and-lethal)

Well yes, Honest Don is the most persistent and lethal threat to the US.

None of the drafts refer to Antifa, the loose association of anti-fascist groups that President Trump and Republicans have described as dangerous anarchists and terrorists, though two drafts discuss groups that want to exploit the &#8220;social grievances&#8221; driving lawful protests.

And he's the #1 anarchist, stochastic terrorist.

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[Post 4287]
Author : JoeP
Date : 09-07-2020 06:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

And way back in time: Barack Obama creates a monster. 

Watch Obama dig into Trump at the 2011 White House Corres... - YouTube

He starts laying into the thin-skinned monster at about 2:30. Watch Honest Don not react. Watch no thoughts go through his mind, except, obviously, hate. 

Origin story.

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[Post 4288]
Author : JoeP
Date : 09-07-2020 06:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

And now the new news. Well, "new" only in the sense that it's emerged from Michael Cohen's book, and "news" in a purely tabloid sense.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">NEW: In upcoming book, Michael Cohen writes Donald Trump's disdain for Obama was so extreme he hired a &quot;Faux-Bama&quot; to participate in a video in which he &quot;ritualistically belittled the first black president and then fired him.&quot; He includes this photo: <a href="https://t.co/LGrqsUUrY2">https://t.co/LGrqsUUrY2</a> <a href="https://t.co/otwYW8VSmQ">pic.twitter.com/otwYW8VSmQ</a></p>&mdash; Pervaiz Shallwani (@Pervaizistan) <a href="https://twitter.com/Pervaizistan/status/1302427987929899008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 6, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Michael Cohen's book: Tell-all says Trump hired a 'Faux-Bama' before White House run - CNNPolitics (https://edition.cnn.com/2020/09/05/politics/michael-cohen-book-trump-white-house/index.html)

In a statement to the Washington Post, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said, "Michael Cohen is a disgraced felon and disbarred lawyer, who lied to Congress. He has lost all credibility, and it's unsurprising to see his latest attempt to profit off of lies."
Which is not untrue I suppose

In a statement to the Freethought Forum, JoeP said, "Donald Trump is a disgraced piece of shit and failed businessmen, who lies to everybody all the time. He has lost all credibility, and it's unsurprising to see his endless attempts to profit off of lies."

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[Post 4289]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 09-08-2020 02:02 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

How many tell all books came out of eight years of Obama?

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[Post 4290]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-08-2020 02:35 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

How many tell all books came out of eight years of Obama?

I think he wrote it himself, didn't he?

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[Post 4291]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 09-08-2020 04:07 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

How many tell all books came out of eight years of Obama?

I think he wrote it himself, didn't he?

There's this tell-all book (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072L5SGBP/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1), with picture evidence.

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[Post 4292]
Author : Kevlar
Date : 09-08-2020 06:05 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

thankyouforyourservice and now getouttamyfaceloser

That sums up about half the replies to my Tweets.

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[Post 4293]
Author : SR71
Date : 09-09-2020 03:06 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

lol @ mcenany suddenly developing a fervent zeal for the truth

McEnany demands Twitter 'fact check' widely shared clip of her saying Obama 'promised a vaccine' (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mcenany-demands-twitter-fact-check-widely-shared-clip-of-her-saying-obama-promised-a-vaccine/ar-BB18PEgP?ocid=msedgdhp)

Some accounts shared a shortened clip that made it appear as though McEnany was pushing responsibility for a vaccine to tackle the current pandemic on the Obama administration.

"WATCH full clip where I clearly mention Swine Flu & the failed Obama/Biden response," McEnany tweeted. "Will @Twitter fact check??"

I can't even think of an analogy.  What, after shoveling 10 manure piles at us you object to one little horse apple getting tossed back?

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[Post 4294]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 09-09-2020 09:15 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">gold from <a href="https://twitter.com/davepell?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@davepell</a> :<br>&quot;during the Nixon era, Woodward . . had to get the story from a secret source in an underground garage. During the Trump era, the president provided his own leaks. In the fullest actualization of his malignant narcissism, Donald Trump deep throated himself.&quot;</p>&mdash; Jerry Jordan (@lighthousejerry) <a href="https://twitter.com/lighthousejerry/status/1303780335210115075?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 9, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

:lol:

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[Post 4295]
Author : JoeP
Date : 09-09-2020 10:50 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That is an awesome sentence. 

"In the fullest actualization of his malignant narcissism, Donald Trump deep throated himself."

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[Post 4296]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-10-2020 11:11 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Idea for homeless shelter  ('https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-trump-hotel-closure-covid-19-shut-2017-1.5703721')

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[Post 4297]
Author : Oxymaroon
Date : 09-10-2020 07:38 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Idea for homeless shelter  ('https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-trump-hotel-closure-covid-19-shut-2017-1.5703721')
Not until it's been been properly fumigated!
(Could take months. Don't know if they'll ever manage to disinfect the White House. Might as well let him stay in there, board up the doors and quietly relocate the national capital to Lincoln NE.)

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[Post 4298]
Author : JoeP
Date : 09-10-2020 10:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Might as well let him stay in there, board up the doors and quietly relocate the national capital to Lincoln NE.

And tell him he's still "President". Perfect.

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[Post 4299]
Author : Oxymaroon
Date : 09-11-2020 03:12 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Might as well let him stay in there, board up the doors and quietly relocate the national capital to Lincoln NE.

And tell him he's still "President". Perfect.
Yea. Leave the red phone. It's only got an earpiece anyway.*


(*cribbed from old iron curtain joke.)

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[Post 4300]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-13-2020 02:12 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Reminder that every accusation is a confession in Trumpland.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;I think there&#39;s probably, possibly drugs involved. That&#39;s what I hear.&quot; -- during interview with Judge Jeanine, Trump casually accuses Joe Biden of using performance enhancing drugs <a href="https://t.co/RVWJMqPNhn">pic.twitter.com/RVWJMqPNhn</a></p>&mdash; Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) <a href="https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1304472674375262208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 11, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4301]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 09-13-2020 07:02 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ive been aboard the Trump snorts adderall train for sometime.  His accusations against Biden pretty much confirm it for me as he is just the lyingnest projecting motherfucker ever.

and I think such hyperbole is appropriate.

hell, it might not even be hyperbole

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[Post 4302]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-17-2020 11:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&#8220;Patriotic eduction&#8221; feels like the kind of thing they teach you in a dystopia. <a href="https://t.co/jQ7i8ZejrQ">https://t.co/jQ7i8ZejrQ</a></p>&mdash; Molly Jong-Fast&#55356;&#57313; (@MollyJongFast) <a href="https://twitter.com/MollyJongFast/status/1306690265613324288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 17, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4303]
Author : Sock Puppet
Date : 09-18-2020 12:31 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:projectilevomit:

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[Post 4304]
Author : Oxymaroon
Date : 09-18-2020 05:24 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“Patriotic eduction” feels like the kind of thing they teach you in a dystopia. 
So... appropriate to Trump's great-again USA?

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[Post 4305]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-19-2020 08:28 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump says Canada wants to reopen the border. ('https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trump-border-reopen-canada-1.5730806')

Family Feud Strike SFX - YouTube

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[Post 4306]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-20-2020 11:01 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

United States of Biff Tannen

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is the key section in the US statement, since snapback isn&#8217;t happening. If you thought 2020 wasn&#8217;t already wild in foreign policy, the US is threatening secondary sanctions against states that don&#8217;t impose sanctions on Iran, including allies such as the UK, France, Germany. <a href="https://t.co/p1wpfClFP6">https://t.co/p1wpfClFP6</a> <a href="https://t.co/GDqzY3qUFE">pic.twitter.com/GDqzY3qUFE</a></p>&mdash; Vipin Narang (@NarangVipin) <a href="https://twitter.com/NarangVipin/status/1307509334146981889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 20, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4307]
Author : LarsMac
Date : 09-21-2020 04:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Anyone else find this encouraging? 

Trump tells supporters 'you'll never see me again' if he loses to Biden (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-tells-supporters-youll-never-see-me-again-if-he-loses-to-biden/ar-BB19en51?ocid=sf&fbclid=IwAR07MnXdF9uQ8TnY16C-rQu86IxGgboQo6nM_cGLON1wPVnMqZLw05QK078)

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[Post 4308]
Author : Oxymaroon
Date : 09-21-2020 05:03 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Anyone else find this encouraging? 


Insofar as any of his utterance have been credible....
....no, not really.

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[Post 4309]
Author : JoeP
Date : 09-21-2020 05:38 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Exactly. He said it, therefore it's a lie.

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[Post 4310]
Author : lisarea
Date : 09-21-2020 05:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That just means he's not planning to testify in his defense.

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[Post 4311]
Author : The Lone Ranger
Date : 09-21-2020 06:54 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Actually, I'm not so sure that it isn't true.  Trump knows that he will likely face criminal charges if he loses and no longer enjoys the legal protections that come with being President.

As such, I've heard serious speculation that, if he loses, then a day or two before the transition of power, Trump will find it necessary to make an "emergency visit" to a country that doesn't have an extradition treaty with the U.S.  And he simply won't return.

I think that's pretty plausible, actually.


Personally, I want to see him after he loses to Biden.  Specifically, I want to see him in an orange jumpsuit and chains, being frog-marched into prison, where he'll spend the rest of his miserable life.

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[Post 4312]
Author : Ari
Date : 09-21-2020 07:39 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That kinda feels like ‘defeat’ and Trump doesn’t do that even if it’s in his best interest.  Worryingly I put him more in the murder-suicide, perhaps murder suicide ‘via cop’ that is forcing someone to shoot him before he kills them.  This assumes he doesn’t just push himself so hard he strokes out.  He’s already had warning strokes and seems to be hitting the uppers extra hard.

I’m kinda waiting for him to declare those that commit attacks to ‘restore order’ in democratic cities will be rewarded in heaven.  We’re basically headed towards the Taliban regime afterall.

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[Post 4313]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 09-21-2020 07:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Actually, I'm not so sure that it isn't true.  Trump knows that he will likely face criminal charges if he loses and no longer enjoys the legal protections that come with being President.


I honestly doubt that he will.  Sure, he's broken all sorts of laws, significantly more than normal, but usually Presidents get a pass once they actually leave office. Will the Democrats want to disrupt that tradition?

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[Post 4314]
Author : Ari
Date : 09-21-2020 07:47 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

If he goes quietly establishment dems will probably allow his treason to stand, but he has so many non president cases the DOJ is currently running interference for that will suddenly have more bite so long as Barr isn’t somehow made Attorney General for life.

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[Post 4315]
Author : Oxymaroon
Date : 09-21-2020 09:49 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's a ruse. 
There is no way he's going quietly. Kicking and screaming, dragged by six marshals, ploughing a furrow in the carpets with his heels, maybe. 
Far more likely, he'll try to declare martial law, even if he has to start the riot himself and set fire to Washington as an excuse. 
He finally has what he most wanted his entire life, at any price: to be the most powerful man in the world. I really don't believe he's capable of giving it up.

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[Post 4316]
Author : JoeP
Date : 09-21-2020 10:29 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:shrug: Self-exile, murder-suicide or debilitating stroke all sound like outcomes I could say "yup" to. 

(I mean debilitating relative to his current already-debilitated state...)

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[Post 4317]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-22-2020 08:14 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;The f***ing White House has commandeered our websites.&quot; &#8212; close friend of mine, from her office at CDC in Atlanta <br><br>This is bad. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#COVID19</a></p>&mdash; Johnathan S. Perkins &#55357;&#56887; (@JohnathanPerk) <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnathanPerk/status/1308105474311507969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 21, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4318]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-24-2020 12:31 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">He&#39;s too stupid and misogynist to be racist is quite a take <a href="https://t.co/4X5dUr3O2Q">https://t.co/4X5dUr3O2Q</a></p>&mdash; Jessica Valenti (@JessicaValenti) <a href="https://twitter.com/JessicaValenti/status/1308789690254974977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 23, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4319]
Author : Kevlar
Date : 09-24-2020 06:23 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ah yes, the "I'm not racist because I hate everybody equally" argument.

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[Post 4320]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-28-2020 03:10 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale, armed, barricades self in Fort Lauderdale home, police called (https://www.local10.com/news/local/2020/09/28/former-trump-campaign-manager-brad-pascale-armed-barricades-self-in-fl-home-police-called/)

best people lol

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[Post 4321]
Author : Kyuss Apollo
Date : 09-28-2020 03:40 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale, armed, barricades self in Fort Lauderdale home, police called (https://www.local10.com/news/local/2020/09/28/former-trump-campaign-manager-brad-pascale-armed-barricades-self-in-fl-home-police-called/)

best people lol

This news calls for a grilled cheese sammich, which I barricade myself with until it is gone. :cheeseprison:

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[Post 4322]
Author : SR71
Date : 09-28-2020 03:44 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

What a delicate snowflake.  Wahhh, I lost my job of buying expensive sports cars for myself.  Wahhhh.

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[Post 4323]
Author : Oxymaroon
Date : 09-28-2020 03:48 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

They all melt down sooner or later. It's the long-term effect of trumponium-16. 
I just wish they could get it done faster, more efficiently.

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[Post 4324]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-28-2020 04:20 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Remember Sean Spicer hiding in the bushes?

Or the Mooch wrecking his marriage and getting fired before his official start date?

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[Post 4325]
Author : lisarea
Date : 09-28-2020 04:35 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Sean Spicer is always and forever the guy raging against Dippin' Dots, the Ice Cream of the Future.  (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/press-secretary-sean-spicer-vs-dippin-dots-ice-cream/)

This is the hill you die on, Sean Spicer. Nothing else does or ever will matter.

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[Post 4326]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-28-2020 08:45 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">TRUMPS tax returns??? FAKE NEWS <a href="https://t.co/k4IgbT1hJd">pic.twitter.com/k4IgbT1hJd</a></p>&mdash; Brent Terhune (@BrentTerhune) <a href="https://twitter.com/BrentTerhune/status/1310429328119943168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 28, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 

Apparently it's H&R Block's fault

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[Post 4327]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-28-2020 08:58 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I mean there&#8217;s a lot to dump on in his taxes but that he&#8217;s in hock up to his neck with sooooooooo many sketchy creditors seems bigger</p>&mdash; kilgore trout, soros u-haul renter (@KT_So_It_Goes) <a href="https://twitter.com/KT_So_It_Goes/status/1310386251565068295?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 28, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4328]
Author : Ari
Date : 09-28-2020 09:16 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Apparently it's H&R Block's fault
Is there a joke here or is it just some rando shouting about fake news while being completely oblivious to the fact Rambo is an emotionally broken man abused by those who believe might makes right.

Context would be nice, as I don’t actually need to watch some dumbass rant at his screen.

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[Post 4329]
Author : Miisa
Date : 09-28-2020 09:32 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The world?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">That somebody? America. <a href="https://t.co/EukEp6xlpr">https://t.co/EukEp6xlpr</a></p>&mdash; Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) <a href="https://twitter.com/pattonoswalt/status/1310336627357577216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 27, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4330]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-28-2020 10:22 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Apparently it's H&R Block's fault
Is there a joke here or is it just some rando shouting about fake news while being completely oblivious to the fact Rambo is an emotionally broken man abused by those who believe might makes right.

Context would be nice, as I don’t actually need to watch some dumbass rant at his screen.

Satire is no longer possible, no?

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[Post 4331]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 09-28-2020 02:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Apparently it's H&R Block's fault
Is there a joke here or is it just some rando shouting about fake news while being completely oblivious to the fact Rambo is an emotionally broken man abused by those who believe might makes right.

Context would be nice, as I don’t actually need to watch some dumbass rant at his screen.

That guy has a lot of videos that are definitely satire. He's just making fun of Trump fans. 

But it really is hard to tell satire from reality these days. 

This video is about a C- compared to some of his better ones.

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[Post 4332]
Author : lisarea
Date : 09-28-2020 03:12 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This one is pretty weak, but if you want to see a good one, go find the one about his ship going down in that lumpenprole boat parade.

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[Post 4333]
Author : Ari
Date : 09-29-2020 12:16 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Satire is no longer possible, no?
When I’m certain I could find someone exactly like that video only being 100% serious, yes, unlabelled satire is dead.

There are enough ‘comedians’ who just want to be shitheads and call it satire or edgy so they can get away with it that If it’s not obvious satire I presume they are serious, cause they often turn out to be.

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[Post 4334]
Author : Crumb
Date : 09-30-2020 04:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

We Don&#8217;t Know How to Warn You Any Harder. America is Dying. (https://eand.co/we-dont-know-how-to-warn-you-any-harder-america-is-dying-26ff80912391)

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[Post 4335]
Author : Oxymaroon
Date : 09-30-2020 05:53 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I should have signed that document.

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[Post 4336]
Author : JoeP
Date : 09-30-2020 07:01 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I have a feeling I'm going to want all y'all USA residents - and you Canadians too, unless you've finished that wall - to post a "Marked safe from the next jack-booted step of fascism" just about of every week from November to January. And probably beyond.

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[Post 4337]
Author : Oxymaroon
Date : 09-30-2020 07:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

We can't afford to build a wall - our military budget's too small, plus a lot of the personnel are redeployed, taking care of people in nursing homes. 
Besides, enough of our own Asshole Brigade are fans of your AB's to constitute a home-grown danger.

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[Post 4338]
Author : Miisa
Date : 09-30-2020 08:03 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ice. Build it out of ice. ASAP.

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[Post 4339]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-30-2020 08:17 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ice. Build it out of ice. ASAP.

I hear Finland has one of these too:

Canada Tests Cloaking Device &#8211; The Out And Abouter (https://outabouter.com/2019/02/12/canada-tests-cloaking-device/)

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[Post 4340]
Author : Oxymaroon
Date : 09-30-2020 10:33 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ice. Build it out of ice. ASAP.
Tried that. The faster we build, the faster it melts.

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[Post 4341]
Author : Oxymaroon
Date : 09-30-2020 10:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I hear Finland has one of these too:

Canada Tests Cloaking Device – The Out And Abouter (https://outabouter.com/2019/02/12/canada-tests-cloaking-device/)

Not for another three, four weeks.
(At least, it better not: we haven't got all the firewood in and the greenhouse still needs repair from the icicles last year.)

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[Post 4342]
Author : JoeP
Date : 09-30-2020 10:47 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ice. Build it out of ice. ASAP.

Gotta keep out the Orange Walkers.

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[Post 4343]
Author : SR71
Date : 10-01-2020 03:48 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

We Don’t Know How to Warn You Any Harder. America is Dying. (https://eand.co/we-dont-know-how-to-warn-you-any-harder-america-is-dying-26ff80912391)

With only the benefit of having read of how this happened elsewhere, I've already come to the conclusion that we're in grave danger of achieving the same outcome without benefit of the actual experience.  I don't think the author is overstating the risk.

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[Post 4344]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-01-2020 04:35 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Those capitalism related bread lines are going to be an eye opener.

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[Post 4345]
Author : fragment
Date : 10-01-2020 07:51 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

You don't get food queues under pure capitalism, just hoarding and price-gouging.

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[Post 4346]
Author : Oxymaroon
Date : 10-01-2020 03:22 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

You don't get food queues under pure capitalism, just hoarding and price-gouging.
and food riots, to add to the race and land and water and border riots

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[Post 4347]
Author : lisarea
Date : 10-02-2020 06:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

...HAS THE COVID

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[Post 4348]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 10-02-2020 06:27 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump tested positive for the coronavirus, he announced on Twitter early Friday.

"Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER!" he tweeted.

Trump's doctor, Sean Conley, said "the President and First Lady are both well at this time, and they plan to remain at home within the White House during their convalescence."

Trump alleges positive test (https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-first-lady-test-positive-covid-19-n1241769)

I hope it's true, but maybe he's just lying.  I mean, he does do it constantly.  and given how bad he fucked up that debate.  I could see him lying about being sick to avoid it.

but I do so hope it's true.

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[Post 4349]
Author : lisarea
Date : 10-02-2020 06:30 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Oh, damn. There's that possibility.

THANKS, BEY. Gosh forbid I get a good night's sleep or anything!

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[Post 4350]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 10-02-2020 06:34 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

sorry, I have a dark turn of mind these days.

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[Post 4351]
Author : Miisa
Date : 10-02-2020 06:59 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yeah, the fact that his team says he's going to keep working normally through it makes me think they just want people to know he can keep going even if he has an illness that defeats and even kills others, because superhuman. 

Therefore, unless he actually gets really sick, I suspect he is not actually ill. Just a sympathy move for votes and to avoid embarrassing debates.

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[Post 4352]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 10-02-2020 07:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The worst thing. And, honestly, Imma say it this way: God forbid he die from it. Because then there's the eternal, infernal media response where they have to be nice about the asshole and be all golly gee he wasn't a racist con man asshole piece of shit maybe. And that on top of all the other political fall out that will happen and be much worse than I want to imagine.

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[Post 4353]
Author : Ari
Date : 10-02-2020 08:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Woo!
I hope it kicks his ass a bit, and not just for the vindictive reasons (but for those too) but because he’s shown that the only sliver of a chance he will care about something is if it happens to him.  I can just imagine the force of the government he might consider bringing to bear on this problem if for say, he must go through a vital organ transplant.

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[Post 4354]
Author : Miisa
Date : 10-02-2020 08:32 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I can't say I have ever wished for anyone to get a serious version of an illness before, but honestly, *if* he actually does get sick, then him getting the wake-up that comes with dealing with severe symptoms might be what is best for America - and the world - right now. 

Worst case is him either having a very mild case or no symptoms at all and thus he can continue to say and believe this disease isn't really a serious thing, or, as you say, he dies from it and becomes a martyr.

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[Post 4355]
Author : erimir
Date : 10-02-2020 08:39 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I don't see how it makes him a martyr. He won't be a victim of the left or the Democrats. He'll just be dead and many of his fans will be too despondent to vote.

I don't think it would be likely to benefit the GOP. The only thing could be complacency on the part of Democrats, who feel the big bad is gone so it's not so urgent anymore. But I doubt that would outweigh the demoralization of GOP voters.

(Also: so many Democrats are voting early this year, while GOP voters are more likely to vote on election day, meaning the effects would disproportionately fall on GOP voters given the likely timing)

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[Post 4356]
Author : fragment
Date : 10-02-2020 08:43 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I don't see how it makes him a martyr. He won't be a victim of the left or the Democrats.
If he dies, there absolutely will be conspiracies saying that he is a victim of the left/Democrats/the deep state/the Elders of Zion.

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[Post 4357]
Author : erimir
Date : 10-02-2020 08:51 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Sure but those will mostly be among people who would already vote for him, and I don't think it would be a huge group of people. We're going to have it established where he got it (I mean we already know it was probably Hope Hicks) long before he dies.

It needs to result in changed votes to matter and I don't know who is going to vote for Pence because Trump died other than some anti-Trump conservatives who are forgiving of Pence's deal with the devil.

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[Post 4358]
Author : Ari
Date : 10-02-2020 08:55 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Until any of those potentially harmful outcomes happen though, I expect standard Trump spin, I&#8217;m going to predict that at some point when something he says is pointed out wrong or a mob connection revealed, he&#8217;s going to accuse the dems of trying to beat down a STRONG and BRAVE president fighting COVID.

(Besides it could always be worse, Herman Cain&#8217;s twitter is still tweeting anti-covid conspiracies despite being dead from it, Melania has it too and if we really are in the dumbest of evil timelines Trump will be fine and puppet the sick/dead body of his wife-by-contract to ram through and then lock down the supreme court judge... &#8216;For Melania&#8217;... *shudder*).

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[Post 4359]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-02-2020 10:02 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

getting the wake-up

I don't think this is possible at all with his psychological make-up.

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[Post 4360]
Author : JoeP
Date : 10-02-2020 10:21 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

getting the wake-up

I don't think this is possible at all with his psychological make-up.

His make-up prevents wake-up? So no shake-up?

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[Post 4361]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-02-2020 10:24 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

getting the wake-up

I don't think this is possible at all with his psychological make-up.

His make-up prevents wake-up? So no shake-up?

Have an AngryThanks.

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[Post 4362]
Author : JoeP
Date : 10-02-2020 10:24 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump alleges positive test (https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-first-lady-test-positive-covid-19-n1241769)

I hope it's true, but maybe he's just lying.  I mean, he does do it constantly.  and given how bad he fucked up that debate.  I could see him lying about being sick to avoid it.

but I do so hope it's true.

Everyone should doubt that he's actually tested positive

until (and hear me out on this)

he produces the original long-form test result document.

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[Post 4363]
Author : JoeP
Date : 10-02-2020 10:25 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

getting the wake-up

I don't think this is possible at all with his psychological make-up.

His make-up prevents wake-up? So no shake-up?

Have an AngryThanks.

Another smilie we need that we have no chance now of getting. :wish:

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[Post 4364]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-02-2020 10:36 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

getting the wake-up

I don't think this is possible at all with his psychological make-up.

His make-up prevents wake-up? So no shake-up?

Have an AngryThanks.

Another smilie we need that we have no chance now of getting. :wish:

https://i.gyazo.com/c86acbe7528615abc724582bc5c674cf.jpg

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[Post 4365]
Author : JoeP
Date : 10-02-2020 11:54 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Next thought: he's deliberately set this up - but not faking, he really has made sure he got it because he still thinks he's invincible (and doesn't care about Melania or anyone else). AND he'll be hospitalised "as a precaution" in late October AND he will declare the election suspended because of this (even though he doesn't have that power).

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[Post 4366]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 10-02-2020 12:18 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump tested positive for the coronavirus, he announced on Twitter early Friday.

"Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER!" he tweeted.

Trump's doctor, Sean Conley, said "the President and First Lady are both well at this time, and they plan to remain at home within the White House during their convalescence."

Trump alleges positive test (https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-first-lady-test-positive-covid-19-n1241769)

I hope it's true, but maybe he's just lying.  I mean, he does do it constantly.  and given how bad he fucked up that debate.  I could see him lying about being sick to avoid it.

but I do so hope it's true.
And then emerging talking about how it was really nothing at all, what is the big deal, and oh I took hydroxychloroquine as a cure.  I absolutely do not discount the strong possibility that this is just another of his lies.  But the one thing that makes me think it isn&#8217;t is that he has to cancel his cult rallies and travel.  Those are his oxygen.

I am worried if he was infectious at the debate.  He was shouting and spewing disease (also potentially coronavirus) for 90 minutes.  Hope the Bidens are tested this morning.

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[Post 4367]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 10-02-2020 01:05 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The first thought I had was "Wow he really doesn't want to do any more debates!". You know, because these totally normal days you just assume whatever comes out of the President's mouth is a lie.

I'm not sure him dying in the next couple weeks would be a good thing. I think there are a fair number of republicans holding their noses and voting Biden because they have some level of decency still. They will be oh-so-happy to vote for Pence. Will that offset the despondent rabid-Trumpers that erimir mentioned? I don't know. Trump was losing ground before the alleged positive test and I would have liked to have seen that continue. 

Really hope the Bidens are getting tested.

I don't see how Trump could have it.... it's all a hoax right? :rolls:

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[Post 4368]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 10-02-2020 01:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

On the whole, I am inclined to believe that he is actually positive, just because it is so plausible.  They have been ignoring basic health guidance for months.  It seems way more likely to me that it finally caught up with them and then everybody got it from rubbing up on Hope Hicks like they do, rather than some subterfuge that the WH would be completely incapable of executing.

Also, Trump is not really complicated.  He thinks being sick is being weak.  He says it all the time.

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[Post 4369]
Author : Stormlight
Date : 10-02-2020 02:07 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Thoughts and prayers.

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[Post 4370]
Author : Oxymaroon
Date : 10-02-2020 02:31 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I've got half of my prayer answered....
No, it is not wrong or bad to wish upon someone what he has inflicted on so many others. 
But spare the FLO, please. She'll look fetching in a black coat with I DON'T CARE DO U? printed on the back.

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[Post 4371]
Author : Stormlight
Date : 10-02-2020 02:41 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It is what it is.

:blank:

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[Post 4372]
Author : lisarea
Date : 10-02-2020 02:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ha, missed the second page. Was just talking about how Matlock pointed out he was spraying juices all over Biden at that debate, and didn't see Chuckles bring it up first.

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[Post 4373]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 10-02-2020 02:47 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump is symptomatic.  He went (unmasked, obviously) to a fundraiser yesterday.  He knew then.  He is infecting his own supporters.  I'm fine with that.  Ronna McDaniel positive.  That's also fine.

The prospect of him infecting Biden worries me greatly.

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[Post 4374]
Author : lisarea
Date : 10-02-2020 03:04 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm not sure him dying in the next couple weeks would be a good thing. I think there are a fair number of republicans holding their noses and voting Biden because they have some level of decency still. They will be oh-so-happy to vote for Pence. 

On the other hand, the hardcore Qanon voters think Pence is a baby-eating agent of the deep state and many either want him executed or think he already has been and replaced with a double. I guess they could add something to the story if they have time to get it out and get it disseminated, but as things stand, a lot of them really really hate Pence.

I have no idea how many of those there are, but I do know it always seems to be more than I'd imagined. 

I can hardly believe how ridiculous everything is all the time anymore.

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[Post 4375]
Author : Gonzo
Date : 10-02-2020 04:36 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I can hardly believe how ridiculous everything is all the time anymore.

everything happens so much

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[Post 4376]
Author : Gonzo
Date : 10-02-2020 04:39 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

RE: The Trump-flu
http://mindromp.org/forum/picture.php?albumid=10&pictureid=650

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[Post 4377]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 10-02-2020 04:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Good to see you, Gonz! How's things?

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[Post 4378]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 10-02-2020 04:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Thoughts and prayers.

	:microbes: 	:microbes:  	:microbes:

Thoughts and Prayers indeed.

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[Post 4379]
Author : Gonzo
Date : 10-02-2020 05:09 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Good to see you, Gonz! How's things?

Hey! Life has it's ups & downs as always but I am living comfortably, have a wage job as well as a very-small business* & do both from home now. Also have some very good people in my life & many other blessings to count.

*I sell multimedia & multimedia accessories. (mostly records, but other hobby stuff I am into like books, trading cards, comics, games, etc.) Can't really complain much having the privilege to keep doing that.

Hope everyone here is doing well; considering how generally rough this year has been collectively.

I live alone currently & have definitely been doing most of my interacting online for the past ~6 months, besides really essential things like groceries/ bringing checks to the bank (my employer is too cheap to do direct deposits or even buy stamps, so I have to pick-up my checks & deposit them in person still). :fuming: Which would be fine if it didn't defeat the purpose of self-isolating so adamantly for so long.

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[Post 4380]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 10-02-2020 05:24 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Bidens negative at the moment, hopefully the antigen test confirmed by molecular ASAP.  Gotta start testing Joe daily.


:glomp: :gonzo:

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[Post 4381]
Author : lisarea
Date : 10-02-2020 05:30 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:welcome3: back G-dawg! 

I'm glad you're doing reasonably well in "these challenging times." Stick around for online interacting here. We still do that some!

Unfortunately, a recent development for me is that I cannot tear myself away from watching the Qanon conspiracies in real time. 

As such, I have discovered that one current spin is that Trump is faking the 'rona so he can hunker down because for real this time the 'storm is coming' and the Qanon forces are out arresting all the deep state pedophiles. Shortly after this is done, Trump will emerge victorious to announce that Mike Pence was among those detained, and the still-alive JFK Jr. has replaced him as Trump's VP and running mate.

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[Post 4382]
Author : Crumb
Date : 10-02-2020 05:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Great to see you posting, Gonzo! :manhug:
... bringing checks to the bank (my employer is too cheap to do direct deposits or even buy stamps, so I have to pick-up my checks & deposit them in person still). :fuming: Which would be fine if it didn't defeat the purpose of self-isolating so adamantly for so long.
Have you tried mobile deposits? You can deposit your check just by taking a picture with your phone. :yup:

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[Post 4383]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 10-02-2020 05:45 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Interesting speculation that the SCOTUS announcement in the Rose Garden was a super spreader event.  Mike Lee is positive as is the president of Notre Dame, both whom were there and obviously not masked or distancing.

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[Post 4384]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 10-02-2020 05:48 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I don't really care, do you?

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[Post 4385]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 10-02-2020 05:50 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Maybe they should slow the testing down

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[Post 4386]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 10-02-2020 06:11 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=11536&d=1601658640

11536

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[Post 4387]
Author : JoeP
Date : 10-02-2020 07:53 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

+1 :thanked: slim

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[Post 4388]
Author : JoeP
Date : 10-02-2020 07:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"> <a href="https://t.co/a7OzUaytJb">pic.twitter.com/a7OzUaytJb</a></p>&mdash; Yellowdog for Biden (@TNYellowDog) <a href="https://twitter.com/TNYellowDog/status/1311964341890166790?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4389]
Author : JoeP
Date : 10-02-2020 07:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">possibilities:<br>1. voter suppression (why vote if he&#8217;s dying?)<br>2. in two weeks he&#8217;ll say he recovered and it wasnt a big deal<br>3. look over here forget about my taxes!<br>4. it&#8217;s his way to resign and save face<br>5. a way to avoid debates like the last one</p>&mdash; Dave (@davidkuchar) <a href="https://twitter.com/davidkuchar/status/1311965429829566464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I mean, honestly, do we know this is real? Do we know this isn&#8217;t some last ditch election ruse where he claims he&#8217;s cured himself with some obscure drug that his company coincidentally makes? That sounds ludicrous but &#8216;gestures at 2020]</p>&mdash; EverythingIsOnFireHat (@Popehat) <a href="https://twitter.com/Popehat/status/1311897328182161409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4390]
Author : JoeP
Date : 10-02-2020 07:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Perspective: Journalists, beware that this White House can&#8217;t be trusted to be truthful about Trump&#8217;s health, <a href="https://twitter.com/Sulliview?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Sulliview</a> writes.<br><br>Not a single administration statement deserves to be taken at face value. That privilege has been forfeited. <a href="https://t.co/2mTP4nIJMd">https://t.co/2mTP4nIJMd</a></p>&mdash; The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) <a href="https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1312084435836301314?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-theme="dark"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I reserve my sympathy, empathy, and despair for those who are sick and for those who have died because they were misled, lied to, or ignored.<br><br>Wear a fucking mask.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/VOTE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#VOTE</a></p>&mdash; Mary L Trump (@MaryLTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/MaryLTrump/status/1312026299981074432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4391]
Author : Stormlight
Date : 10-02-2020 08:05 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

GONZO!!!! :larrybounce:

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[Post 4392]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-02-2020 09:39 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">well well well look who&#8217;s too good for proven treatments like hydroxycloroquine and some mandrake root mixed with deer teeth boiled in an old soup can down by the railroad tracks by the mypillow guy <a href="https://t.co/gXYN8bxLQ7">https://t.co/gXYN8bxLQ7</a></p>&mdash; kilgore trout, $750 (@KT_So_It_Goes) <a href="https://twitter.com/KT_So_It_Goes/status/1312125997978808320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4393]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 10-02-2020 10:34 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Off to Walter Reed after the markets closed.  I think he's got it and is getting worse.

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[Post 4394]
Author : davidm
Date : 10-02-2020 10:47 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Maybe there is a god after all.

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[Post 4395]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 10-02-2020 10:52 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Could be, David. After all, Jimmy Carter turned 96 yesterday, having survived both cancer and a Seymour Lessans lawsuit.

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[Post 4396]
Author : lisarea
Date : 10-02-2020 11:03 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

He's also gotten an experimental antibody cocktail. Within hours, he went from asymptomatic (or, according to Ronny Jackson, asymptotic) to having mild symptoms to moderate while being flown to Walter Reed where he's admitted for at least a few days.

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[Post 4397]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 10-02-2020 11:14 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

He also received the 8g dosage of the Regeneron antibody - the highest dosage administered  to clinical trial subjects.  I am pretty alarmed by this, and not just because I have a lot of sympathy for the Regeneron expanded access team today...I work on that stuff and it is not fun in the best of circumstances.  It seems like the right experimental therapy for the moment but it suggests the circumstances warranted administering it even in the absence of a comprehensive safety profile.

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[Post 4398]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 10-02-2020 11:21 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

(or, according to Ronny Jackson, asymptotic) 

:lol: "Dr. Ronny"

Let us recall that a couple of years back Dr. Ronny told us Trump weighed 239 lbs when it was abundantly clear that his wattle alone weighed that much.

In another shining example of trash rising to the top, Dr. Ronny will be a member of the U.S. House of Representatives come January.

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[Post 4399]
Author : SR71
Date : 10-02-2020 11:49 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I forbid the tyrant to die until he's been properly humiliated by the release of his tax returns and the loss of this election.

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[Post 4400]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-02-2020 11:52 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hey, remember when Republicans told us how Grandpa should be willing to take one for the team because Wall Street?</p>&mdash; Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) <a href="https://twitter.com/Stonekettle/status/1312035451788767236?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4401]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 10-02-2020 11:53 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Pretty clear they took him to Walter Reed because they wanted to do it while he could still walk.

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[Post 4402]
Author : Oxymaroon
Date : 10-03-2020 01:03 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm imagining all the medical personnel he's been contradicting, inconveniencing and stretching to the limit, rubbing their metaphorical hands in glee:
He's going to demand every possible treatment...
"Who's up for a brisk game of Pincushion?"

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[Post 4403]
Author : Oxymaroon
Date : 10-03-2020 01:03 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm imagining all the medical personnel he's been contradicting, inconveniencing and stretching to the limit, rubbing their metaphorical hands in glee:
He's going to demand every possible treatment...
"Who's up for a brisk game of Pincushion?"

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[Post 4404]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 10-03-2020 01:35 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Thom Tillis positive.  You hate to see it.

So these are cases from Saturday exposures.  Next 3-4 days gonna be lit.

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[Post 4405]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 10-03-2020 01:41 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It would be a goddamn shame if a few Republcians were laid up with the covid and so couldn't vote for Serena Joy.

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[Post 4406]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 10-03-2020 01:52 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

[thanks] Ofsteve

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[Post 4407]
Author : Corona688
Date : 10-03-2020 02:36 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The worst thing. And, honestly, Imma say it this way: God forbid he die from it. Because then there's the eternal, infernal media response where they have to be nice about the asshole and be all golly gee he wasn't a racist con man asshole piece of shit maybe. And that on top of all the other political fall out that will happen and be much worse than I want to imagine.
Nah.  He lowered the bar going forward for that, too.
https://i.imgur.com/L13Snst.jpg

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[Post 4408]
Author : SR71
Date : 10-03-2020 03:43 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Kellyanne Conway falls ill.  lol, now she's using "global pandemic" language.  I hope the people get that the Redpublicans can't even manage the simplest of their own affairs, let alone govern a nation.  Even the thickest people.  It should be clear to anyone.

Now the dipshits are wearing masks.  :laugh:

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[Post 4409]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-03-2020 03:47 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A group of people ignore a beloved woman&#8217;s dying wish and rush to take advantage of her death. <br><br>They hold an event to announce their corrupt plan...<br><br>...and then one by one they start falling ill.<br><br>Gotta admit, it&#8217;s all very Stephen King.</p>&mdash; The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheRealHoarse/status/1312212376075161601?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 3, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4410]
Author : SR71
Date : 10-03-2020 04:50 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Chris Christy.  In case you hadn't noticed, he has an underlying condition.

Maybe I wrote too soon, thought I heard something on the tube but maybe not.  First it's the eyes, then the ears...

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[Post 4411]
Author : lisarea
Date : 10-03-2020 05:17 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

He was exposed, and has been tested, so it's understandable. 

And let me go on record that I'm not having this bullshit about how we're supposed to be all empathetic to people just because we know who they are. Well over 200K Americans have died, their families and friends are mourning, and who knows how many others have suffered horribly with this, and are still dealing with the long term effects, maybe for the rest of their lives. And think about the medical bills so many of them are going to have, and the ramifications of COVID as a preexisting condition if these people succeed in repealing the ACA. 

So let's say I have compassion fatigue. I care more about the people who were exposed because their livelihoods depended on showing up for their jobs in service industries, and others who were exposed through no fault of their own. 

The only reason I care about what's happening to these politicians who knowingly and intentionally exposed themselves and others is because of the political ramifications. I don't feel bad for them, and I don't feel bad that I don't. 

The world would be a better place without them.

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[Post 4412]
Author : lisarea
Date : 10-03-2020 05:17 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Doppelpfosten

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[Post 4413]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-03-2020 05:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O1PP9aK2BEE/WDIvhNGo9HI/AAAAAAAAFRg/0_XrRYvR1yolCaLDZUEmFY-X2kaIhP7cACLcB/s1600/Trumpanzee-B04.jpg

:shrug:

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[Post 4414]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-03-2020 06:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Wild how the Generalissimo Herman Cain is still dead.

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[Post 4415]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-03-2020 07:11 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A trip down memory lane:

Mocking man with Parkinsons over health care.wmv - YouTube


:heavysigh:

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[Post 4416]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 10-03-2020 09:06 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

He was exposed, and has been tested, so it's understandable. 

And let me go on record that I'm not having this bullshit about how we're supposed to be all empathetic to people just because we know who they are. Well over 200K Americans have died, their families and friends are mourning, and who knows how many others have suffered horribly with this, and are still dealing with the long term effects, maybe for the rest of their lives. And think about the medical bills so many of them are going to have, and the ramifications of COVID as a preexisting condition if these people succeed in repealing the ACA. 

So let's say I have compassion fatigue. I care more about the people who were exposed because their livelihoods depended on showing up for their jobs in service industries, and others who were exposed through no fault of their own. 

The only reason I care about what's happening to these politicians who knowingly and intentionally exposed themselves and others is because of the political ramifications. I don't feel bad for them, and I don't feel bad that I don't. 

The world would be a better place without them.


Like I said elsewhere

the record will show that I kicked him repeatedly long before he went down. I beat him like a mad dog with mange every time I got a chance, and I am proud of it. He was scum.


-Hunter S Thompson about a different piece of shit but words that apply just now.

Trump was piece of shit and then he got a virus, so now he's a piece of shit with a virus.

the only thing that tempers my schadenfreude is that it could be bullshit.

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[Post 4417]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 10-03-2020 01:41 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

He was diagnosed, hospitalized and received REGN-COV2 and remdesivir (two investigational agents that have never been systematically studied together) within less than 36 hours.  Remdesivir was most effective in patients who were receiving supplemental oxygen but not yet ventilated.  Even accepting that he was symptomatic as early as Wednesday, this is not at all a normal progression of symptoms, even for severe cases.  He is not working from Walter Reed.  He is sucking O2 through a tube at Walter Reed.  The medical updates don't make sense.  I think they are trying to solve for comorbidities that we don't know about (like, oh, heart disease exacerbated by cocaine use - have you seen his JVD???)

If he lives, he will probably leave the hospital before election day, but how far will he be able to walk?  Will he be able to go up stairs?  How long will he be able to be awake?

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[Post 4418]
Author : Oxymaroon
Date : 10-03-2020 02:53 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ha! It was a pretty good stand-in, but the sixteen hours or however long that helicopter was parked outside, wasn't long enough to learn the Trumpian hand gestures more accurately. The real Trump is on life-support in the WH basement.  (https://variety.com/2018/film/news/dave-25th-anniversary-kevin-kline-ivan-reitman-1202801213/)
Now, there remains the question of this unfortunate choice of VP...

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[Post 4419]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 10-03-2020 02:59 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This is my fault. I never should have made those jokes about how there needs to be a Weekend at Bernie's 3.

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[Post 4420]
Author : davidm
Date : 10-03-2020 03:20 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ha ha ha tell us how you really feel, P.Z. ( https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2020/10/03/i-possess-a-little-spirit-of-vengeance/)

Also ha ha ha ha ( https://verysmartbrothas.theroot.com/if-youre-happy-president-trump-tested-positive-for-covi-1845252412)


:rofl:

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[Post 4421]
Author : Corona688
Date : 10-03-2020 03:30 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump saying he's well while wearing a hidden oxygen concentrator
https://i.imgur.com/K2M3him.jpg

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[Post 4422]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 10-03-2020 04:42 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Chris Christy.  In case you hadn't noticed, he has an underlying condition.

Maybe I wrote too soon, thought I heard something on the tube but maybe not.  First it's the eyes, then the ears...

You were a little quick off the mark, but not wrong in the end.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I just received word that I am positive for COVID-19. I want to thank all of my friends and colleagues who have reached out to ask how I was feeling in the last day or two. I will be receiving medical attention today and will keep the necessary folks apprised of my condition.</p>&mdash; Governor Christie (@GovChristie) <a href="https://twitter.com/GovChristie/status/1312416381758050305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 3, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4423]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 10-03-2020 04:45 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

&#8220;The president this morning is not on oxygen"

So yeah.  He has been on oxygen.

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[Post 4424]
Author : lisarea
Date : 10-03-2020 04:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ron Johnson: Senate GOP's third positive Covid-19 case threatens quick Barrett confirmation  - CNNPolitics (https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/03/politics/ron-johnson-coronavirus/index.html)

What's that thing the children say nowadays about "not the hero we need, but the hero we deserve" or whatever? It would be weird if that turned out to be the 'rona.

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[Post 4425]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 10-03-2020 05:14 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Even accepting that he was symptomatic as early as Wednesday, this is not at all a normal progression of symptoms, even for severe cases.

One of the twotes from this tweeter thrad (https://twitter.com/Bob_Wachter/status/1312220372402540545) says almost the exact same thing.

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[Post 4426]
Author : erimir
Date : 10-03-2020 06:47 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

He also received the 8g dosage of the Regeneron antibody - the highest dosage administered  to clinical trial subjects.  I am pretty alarmed by this, and not just because I have a lot of sympathy for the Regeneron expanded access team today...I work on that stuff and it is not fun in the best of circumstances.  It seems like the right experimental therapy for the moment but it suggests the circumstances warranted administering it even in the absence of a comprehensive safety profile.Does this drug have severe side effects or something?

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[Post 4427]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 10-03-2020 07:02 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A nice little timeline of events from our friend Roland98 on twitter. It paints a pretty disgusting picture, but that's Trump for ya.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Positive test first on Wednesday but unreported (note: *before* Hicks was diagnosed). Continued to attend events and expose others. This is pathological. <a href="https://t.co/jel2Wt9nLX">pic.twitter.com/jel2Wt9nLX</a></p>&mdash; Dr. Tara C. Smith (@aetiology) <a href="https://twitter.com/aetiology/status/1312450944194412546?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 3, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4428]
Author : ceptimus
Date : 10-03-2020 07:03 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Will he be able to go up stairs?

More importantly, will he still be able to run down slippy ramps?

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[Post 4429]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-03-2020 07:20 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Loyalty to Trump be like

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">i think this kind of loyalty is beautiful <a href="https://t.co/ayUN4beLSu">pic.twitter.com/ayUN4beLSu</a></p>&mdash; moron of idiot experience (@Lubchansky) <a href="https://twitter.com/Lubchansky/status/1312421126304391170?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 3, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4430]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 10-03-2020 07:45 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

He also received the 8g dosage of the Regeneron antibody - the highest dosage administered  to clinical trial subjects.  I am pretty alarmed by this, and not just because I have a lot of sympathy for the Regeneron expanded access team today...I work on that stuff and it is not fun in the best of circumstances.  It seems like the right experimental therapy for the moment but it suggests the circumstances warranted administering it even in the absence of a comprehensive safety profile.Does this drug have severe side effects or something?
Sorry, should have been clearer - I work on expanded access stuff and that is not fun.  Any time you are giving access to an investigational (i.e. not approved) drug outside of a clinical trial, it is almost always a very challenging set of circumstances.  There are a bunch of variables, you virtually never have adequate information, and very often the patient could die without it.  And the answer is often no.  It is usually complicated and sad.

Usually.

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[Post 4431]
Author : Ari
Date : 10-03-2020 08:39 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Typhoid Trump!
White House learned of Hicks's positive test before Trump left for fundraiser: Meadows | TheHill (https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/519335-white-house-learned-of-hicks-positive-test-before-trump-left-for)

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[Post 4432]
Author : davidm
Date : 10-03-2020 08:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Salon ( https://www.salon.com/2020/10/03/when-did-trump-get-the-virus--and-when-did-he-know-it/)

Trump's failures with COVID have gone from the political to the personal. If only one person who attended that fundraiser with Trump dies from COVID, his "extreme indifference to human life" will make him liable to a manslaughter charge in the state of New Jersey.

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[Post 4433]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 10-03-2020 09:06 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I see no reason to believe he was not already aware and intentionally attempted to expose Biden at the debate.  He just thought he would be asymptomatic because he believed his own bullshit.

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[Post 4434]
Author : erimir
Date : 10-03-2020 11:53 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Herman Cain is staring down at Donald Trump from heaven like <a href="https://t.co/DLO27gFxRf">pic.twitter.com/DLO27gFxRf</a></p>&mdash; 2RawTooReal &#55357;&#56475;&#55357;&#56349; (@2RawTooReal) <a href="https://twitter.com/2RawTooReal/status/1311865296831954945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4435]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-04-2020 12:07 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Donald Trump trying to tell twitter that he&#39;s got Coronavirus <a href="https://t.co/PgAZDK342q">pic.twitter.com/PgAZDK342q</a></p>&mdash; Adam Clery (@AdamClery) <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamClery/status/1312084063814135809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4436]
Author : JoeP
Date : 10-04-2020 12:11 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:^:  :yup:

Wait ... 

Are we saying that Honest Don has been kicked out by the QAnon Continuum?

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[Post 4437]
Author : SR71
Date : 10-04-2020 12:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I saw a clip of the Barrett on the Lawn thing at the White Hot Infection House.  Kellyanne was talking right into Bilbar Bagheads face at close range.   

//roots for a virus to find a new host//

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[Post 4438]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-04-2020 12:44 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:^:  :yup:

Wait ... 

Are we saying that Honest Don has been kicked out by the QAnon Continuum?

https://i.gyazo.com/9eac7660866a37aae1ab9fad0eb074c8.gif

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[Post 4439]
Author : Oxymaroon
Date : 10-04-2020 01:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Even if he recovers - and, given the poor relationship I've had with God all these years, he probably will - hundreds of reporters and commentators, on thousands of news broadcasts, around several clocks will have called him old and obese about a million times. 
They can't...take... that...a..waa..y from.... me!

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[Post 4440]
Author : Oxymaroon
Date : 10-04-2020 01:20 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Why's this bot repeating everything i say?

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[Post 4441]
Author : Kyuss Apollo
Date : 10-04-2020 02:15 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

From Newsweek, whom I am still not talking to: 
https://d.newsweek.com/en/full/1645747/chris-christie-debate-prep.webp?w=790&f=7e4d320461e6aa3e67ab563ab6cbd01e

Christie said he'd last been tested Tuesday ahead of the first presidential debate, and again Friday morning following Trump's announcement that he had tested positive.

Alright! Skull-head boy's right next to Chris Christie on Tuesday at Turnip's debate prep. :skull:

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[Post 4442]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-04-2020 06:14 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The U.S. cannot allow EBOLA infected people back. People that go to far away places to help out are great-but must suffer the consequences!</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/495379061972410369?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 2, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

¯\_(&#12484;)_/¯

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[Post 4443]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 10-04-2020 12:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The photos released by the WH tonight of the president working at Walter Reed were taken 10 minutes apart at 5:25:59 pm and 5:35:40 pm ET Saturday, according to the EXIF data embedded in both <a href="https://twitter.com/AP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AP</a> wire postings that were shared by the White House this evening. <a href="https://t.co/EzeqIkGdf7">pic.twitter.com/EzeqIkGdf7</a></p>&mdash; Jon Ostrower (@jonostrower) <a href="https://twitter.com/jonostrower/status/1312616578773446656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 4, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4444]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 10-04-2020 04:39 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/934331aab233da828fb31a71f4039e4219d68821bd486c191c30d5f5bd1d4caa.jpg?w=600&h=540

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[Post 4445]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 10-04-2020 05:06 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So, uh, he is getting dexamethasone, a glucocorticoid.  I AM NOT A DOCTOR BUT I PRETEND TO BE ONE NOW.  Corticosteroids are used to control inflammation.  They do this by suppressing the immune response.  Generally you try to avoid coadministration of glucocorticoids and immunotherapies like REGN-COV2, because the glucocorticoids suppress the immune response that you are trying to elicit with the monoclonal antibodies. Caution should also be used when administering them to patients with cardiovascular conditions.  That suggests that 1) he has inflammation and is still recieving supplemental O2 (that is when you give dexamethasone) and 2) his physicians decided that it was sufficiently serious that the potential benefit of the dexamethasone outweighed the risks.

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[Post 4446]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 10-04-2020 05:06 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

damn double posts

I will use it to add that he should not be going home tomorrow. This is still an abnormal disease progression.

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[Post 4447]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 10-04-2020 07:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

When I was about 9 years old my mother&#8217;s lover broke up with her, so she got drunk, took a bath and slit her wrists.

Obvious in retrospect, but weird at the time is that sudsy white soap and blood make pinkish water.

We called an ambulance.  She refused attention even as the paramedic appealed to her that her two kids would watch her die.  He then said that they would help her anyway once she passed out.  Then she acquiesced.

So that&#8217;s how the doctors had to appeal to Trump



Three sources said Trump argued with his doctors on Friday after they told him he needed to be moved to Walter Reed. &#8220;He didn&#8217;t want to go to the hospital a month before the election,&#8221; a Republican close to Trump told me. Two sources said doctors gave Trump an ultimatum: he could go to the hospital while he could still walk, or doctors would be forced to take him in a wheelchair or on a stretcher at a later point if his health deteriorated. &#8220;They told him, &#8216;You can go now or we&#8217;re taking you later and it&#8217;s non negotiable,&#8217;&#8221; a second source close to the White House said. Trump waited to leave for the hospital until the stock market closed on Friday, a source said.



â&#8364;&#339;This Is Spiraling Out of Controlâ&#8364;�: Allies Panic About Trumpâ&#8364;&#8482;s Hospital Stay as White House Deflects | Vanity Fair (https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/10/this-is-spiraling-out-of-control-allies-panic-about-trumps-hospital-stay-as-white-house-deflects?fbclid=IwAR0N1sFhxUF70bo11dzJ50PsP1o9vKyIKtWM6DUm-Cf-aA6iFt020PiOj3s)


My mom and brother were pretty narcissistic.  Mom&#8217;s dead and Chris is dead to me.  :tmgrin:

I imagine the &#8220;we will do it anyway when you pass out&#8221; is probably a common tactic, but what a fucking dipshit?

:tmbowel:

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[Post 4448]
Author : Oxymaroon
Date : 10-04-2020 07:36 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I love the critical thinking:
 &#8220;It&#8217;s weird that all these Republicans are getting it,&#8221; a prominent Republican told me.
That's not political. The virus just likes them more: it's expressing gratitude.

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[Post 4449]
Author : ceptimus
Date : 10-04-2020 07:42 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

damn double posts

I will use it to add that he should not be going home tomorrow. This is still an abnormal disease progression.

The White House does have a pretty good hospital built-in.  Obviously not as good as the Walter Reed one, but better than any normal "home."

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[Post 4450]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 10-04-2020 07:45 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:dddp:

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[Post 4451]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 10-04-2020 07:46 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Which says they moved him for good reason in the first place imo.  It must have been serious if the clinic wouldn’t suffice.


On a lighter note



Nothing says "I work hard" to America more than signing blank sheets of paper. But the real question is whether it was the same "magical Sharpie" the president uses for his hurricane forecasting.

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[Post 4452]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 10-04-2020 08:06 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I think they wanted him near respiratory ICU facilities in case he develops ARDS, which makes sense.  I have no doubt that WH medical facilities are excellent but would be much, much more difficult to move him at that level of severity.

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[Post 4453]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-04-2020 08:07 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/934331aab233da828fb31a71f4039e4219d68821bd486c191c30d5f5bd1d4caa.jpg?w=600&h=540

lol laurence stop doing this much less pinning the tweet

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">students should not plagiarize otherwise they will end up being professors of law at harvard with millions of followers and book deals a dangerous lesson for us all <a href="https://t.co/6gduOC5WKM">pic.twitter.com/6gduOC5WKM</a></p>&mdash; Anthony Oliveira (@meakoopa) <a href="https://twitter.com/meakoopa/status/1312519002355232768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 3, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4454]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 10-04-2020 08:32 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/934331aab233da828fb31a71f4039e4219d68821bd486c191c30d5f5bd1d4caa.jpg?w=600&h=540

lol laurence stop doing this much less pinning the tweet

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">students should not plagiarize otherwise they will end up being professors of law at harvard with millions of followers and book deals a dangerous lesson for us all <a href="https://t.co/6gduOC5WKM">pic.twitter.com/6gduOC5WKM</a></p>&mdash; Anthony Oliveira (@meakoopa) <a href="https://twitter.com/meakoopa/status/1312519002355232768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 3, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

TBH, The Vincent Price movie "Masque of the Red Death" just came up on Shudder for October, and I had a similar independent thought.

The structure of the text is remarkably similar, but this *may* just be a coincidence.

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[Post 4455]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-04-2020 10:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

People have been making Masque jokes since January, so no surprise there. Laurence Tribe has a history of coincidences (https://web.archive.org/web/20050420102240/http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-harvard-scholar,0,7302646.story?coll=sns-ap-nation-headlines) and that's not unusual in humans either. The part I find (most) offensive is some rich and famous guy making what looks like an insulting attempt at - hell with it, I'll use a meme

11537

One more coincidence for Larry? ¯\_(&#12484;)_/¯

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[Post 4456]
Author : Ari
Date : 10-04-2020 11:47 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Frankly I&#8217;ve been laughing my ass off at the pure fable of it all.  No one shot or bombed them, no one injected them with poison; a bunch of evil people got overly excited at the prospect of hurting the vulnerable, started believing their own lies and grandeur, thinking they are immune to reality and end up contracting the very illness they played down when it only hurt others.

It gets even better when the king shows just how much he cares about his loyal lords as he appears to have knowingly exposed a whole bunch of rich donors, letting them find out the same way the peons do, through twitter.

President Trump took photos, had roundtable with donors at fundraiser hours before testing positive for coronavirus - CNNPolitics (https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/03/politics/bedminister-trump-fundraiser-coronavirus/index.html)

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[Post 4457]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-04-2020 11:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Frankly I’ve been laughing my ass off at the pure fable of it all.  No one shot or bombed them, no one injected them with poison; a bunch of evil people got overly excited at the prospect of hurting the vulnerable, started believing their own lies and grandeur, thinking they are immune to reality and end up contracting the very illness they played down when it only hurt others.

Can't forget the insider trading!! :D

Four senators sold stocks before coronavirus threat crashed market | TheHill (https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/488593-four-senators-sold-stocks-before-coronavirus-threat-crashed-market)


It gets even better when the king shows just how much he cares about his loyal lords as he appears to have knowingly exposed a whole bunch of rich donors, letting them find out the same way the peons do, through twitter.

President Trump took photos, had roundtable with donors at fundraiser hours before testing positive for coronavirus - CNNPolitics (https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/03/politics/bedminister-trump-fundraiser-coronavirus/index.html)


Energizer bunny still going!

Walter Reed attending physician swipes at Trump for motorcade visit to supporters | TheHill (https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/519562-walter-reed-attending-physician-swipes-at-trump-for-motorcade-visit)

What's a couple Secret Service lives in that sealed against chemical attack vehicle anyway?

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[Post 4458]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-05-2020 02:42 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

ok

Historic Moments in History: President Donald J. Trump Defeats COVID at Walter Reed with Icons of His Entire First Term! Giannini Limited 1500 Edition Art Series Coin (https://www.whitehousegiftshop.com/product-p/trump-defeats-covid.htm)

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[Post 4459]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 10-05-2020 04:40 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm really hoping that those will age about as well as Buffalo Bills Super Bowl Champs shirts did.

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/HlYAAOSw1BlZQgWU/s-l1600.jpg

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[Post 4460]
Author : SR71
Date : 10-06-2020 12:11 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Dump left Walter Reed, got off his helipropter, walked up stairs to the balcony and took off his mask before entering the White House.  Dr. Sanjay Gupta said the presidope looks good, but it looked to me an awful lot like he was struggling for wind and trying really really hard not to show it.

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[Post 4461]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-06-2020 12:17 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.gyazo.com/2a4dddee704039ff420061d8261d97d7.gif

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[Post 4462]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-06-2020 12:25 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Medical tip for the day:<br><br>Steroids can make a patient feel so good that he can walk himself to the morgue.</p>&mdash; Denise Dewald, MD &#55357;&#56829; (@denise_dewald) <a href="https://twitter.com/denise_dewald/status/1313174528936345601?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 5, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4463]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 10-06-2020 12:33 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

He is hopped the fuck up on Decadron and can't catch his breath because he has pneumonia.  Can see his shortness of breath and suppressing a cough

https://twitter.com/brenonade/status/1313256208363552769

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[Post 4464]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 10-06-2020 12:38 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Herman Cain Timeline (https://twitter.com/TimOBrien/status/1313192280971452418)

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[Post 4465]
Author : Oxymaroon
Date : 10-06-2020 12:51 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

He had to go home! Somebody told him Ivanka had started redecorating the oval office.

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[Post 4466]
Author : Kyuss Apollo
Date : 10-06-2020 04:22 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Also, this (https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a34277602/trump-no-mask-white-house-balcony-covid-19-walter-reed/).

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[Post 4467]
Author : Kyuss Apollo
Date : 10-06-2020 04:35 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

You can't stop the stupidity.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump is clearly struggling for air and in distress.<br><br>This was an astoundingly ill-advised stunt. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#COVID19</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TrumpCovid19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TrumpCovid19</a> <a href="https://t.co/dXTEy1amJf">pic.twitter.com/dXTEy1amJf</a></p>&mdash; Julie Laumann (@Otpor17) <a href="https://twitter.com/Otpor17/status/1313271347410276363?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 6, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4468]
Author : JoeP
Date : 10-06-2020 10:35 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Can we start calling him President Zero? "Superspreader" sounds too powerful. 

President Zero also reflects upon his achievements, his humanity, his compassion.

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[Post 4469]
Author : JoeP
Date : 10-06-2020 09:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/0wX3Ejj.jpg

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[Post 4470]
Author : JoeP
Date : 10-06-2020 09:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/yAeGPq3.png

https://i.imgur.com/6liQjlp.png

https://i.imgur.com/qjNPTWj.png

https://i.imgur.com/Y0QDYtB.jpg

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[Post 4471]
Author : JoeP
Date : 10-06-2020 09:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I genuinely don&#39;t know how to feel about the thought that Trump&#39;s final words as president might be, &quot;I can&#39;t breathe.&quot;<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TrumpVirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TrumpVirus</a></p>&mdash; Adeyemi Adams&#55357;&#56401; &#55356;&#56819;&#55356;&#56812;&#55356;&#56826;&#55356;&#56824; (@HRHAdeyemiAdams) <a href="https://twitter.com/HRHAdeyemiAdams/status/1312255766687088641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 3, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4472]
Author : JoeP
Date : 10-06-2020 09:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Aaaand ... one more

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-theme="dark"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sorry Republicans, if you don&#39;t wear protection and something happens, you have to keep it!</p>&mdash; Alison Leiby (@AlisonLeiby) <a href="https://twitter.com/AlisonLeiby/status/1312210212741242880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 3, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4473]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-07-2020 12:42 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="hi" dir="ltr">Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha <a href="https://t.co/GGMIj40RIo">https://t.co/GGMIj40RIo</a></p>&mdash; God (@TheTweetOfGod) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheTweetOfGod/status/1313613109077008385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 6, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4474]
Author : Kyuss Apollo
Date : 10-07-2020 12:51 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Hello Karma my old friend.

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[Post 4475]
Author : JoeP
Date : 10-07-2020 08:34 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="hi" dir="ltr">Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha <a href="https://t.co/GGMIj40RIo">https://t.co/GGMIj40RIo</a></p>&mdash; God (@TheTweetOfGod) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheTweetOfGod/status/1313613109077008385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 6, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

As some wit posted on the social interwebs, proof that the virus can jump the species barrier back to bats.

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[Post 4476]
Author : JoeP
Date : 10-07-2020 07:47 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<video controls loop><source src="https://i.imgur.com/ImOELfW.mp4"></video>

:covfefe:

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[Post 4477]
Author : JoeP
Date : 10-07-2020 07:48 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:dddp:

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[Post 4478]
Author : SR71
Date : 10-07-2020 10:04 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Manhattan D.A. Can Obtain Trump's Tax Returns, Judges Rule (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/manhattan-d-a-can-obtain-trump-s-tax-returns-judges-rule/ar-BB19MVfh?ocid=msedgdhp)

The Manhattan district attorney can enforce a subpoena seeking President Trump&#8217;s personal and corporate tax returns, a federal appeals panel ruled on Wednesday, dealing yet another blow to the president&#8217;s yearlong battle to keep his financial records out of the hands of state prosecutors.


Mr. Trump is expected to try to appeal the decision in the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Vance has said that his office will not enforce the subpoena for 12 days in exchange for the president&#8217;s lawyers agreeing to move quickly.

Another reason why Dump and his party are so gung ho to seat Barrett?

Hey, if there's nothing to be scared of, they shouldn't let it dominate them.

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[Post 4479]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-08-2020 12:20 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The New England Journal of Medicine (the nation&#39;s oldest continuously published peer reviewed medical journal) has fucking had it.<a href="https://t.co/HrztSrcINT">https://t.co/HrztSrcINT</a> <a href="https://t.co/eYGb2eAq2O">pic.twitter.com/eYGb2eAq2O</a></p>&mdash; Decoherence (@DecoherenceWave) <a href="https://twitter.com/DecoherenceWave/status/1313953984760045569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 7, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4480]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-08-2020 01:28 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Somewhere right now, the CEO of Regeneron is throwing breakable things through the plate glass wall of his office and screaming &quot;MOTHERFUCKER!&quot; over and over. <a href="https://t.co/fIUiHido94">https://t.co/fIUiHido94</a></p>&mdash; Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) <a href="https://twitter.com/Stonekettle/status/1313969821281906688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 7, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4481]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 10-08-2020 01:43 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

As always, follow the fucking money (https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/05/investing/trump-regeneron/index.html). His buddy's promising COVID-19 treatment will be free as fuck, not counting the billions of taxpayer dollars used to pay for it.

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[Post 4482]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 10-08-2020 09:44 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr">&#129488; <a href="https://t.co/6WBske3LGE">pic.twitter.com/6WBske3LGE</a></p>&mdash; Ali A. Rizvi (@aliamjadrizvi) <a href="https://twitter.com/aliamjadrizvi/status/1313895419819237376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 7, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4483]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 10-08-2020 04:41 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

From the "Store" page of Biden's campaign website:

https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-oum5xvwhlh/images/stencil/500x659/products/475/1234/Frame_1973_1__89733.1602126171.png?c=1

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[Post 4484]
Author : lisarea
Date : 10-10-2020 08:29 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Welp, looks like it's pretty much over for Biden now that Trump has secured the coveted Taliban endorsement. (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/taliban-on-trump-we-hope-he-will-win-the-election-withdraw-us-troops/)

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[Post 4485]
Author : Kyuss Apollo
Date : 10-10-2020 10:53 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Welp, looks like it's pretty much over for Biden now that Trump has secured the coveted Taliban endorsement. (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/taliban-on-trump-we-hope-he-will-win-the-election-withdraw-us-troops/)


The Trump campaign's communications director, Tim Murtaugh, said in a statement to CBS News that it rejects the Taliban's support and that the Taliban should know President Trump will always protect American his own interests by any means necessary.  

:fixed:

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[Post 4486]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 10-13-2020 05:00 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I wasn’t sure  where to put this.

Eric Trump’s Cancels Event at Shop Domestic Terrorist formerly Worked at (https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2020/10/12/eric-trump-cancels-event-at-michigan-gun-shop-after-former-employee-is-linked-to-domestic-terror-plot-against-governor/)


It’s also really fucking stupid.

 In February 2020 we had a young man that worked on the range who would show up for work in a LOT of tactical gear. We found that a little odd. We weren’t comfortable with him for a few other reasons and fired him after 3 weeks. He ended up being one of the fringe characters arrested for the Governor Whitmer kidnapping,” wrote Huron Valley Guns in a Facebook post announcing the Trump campaign had changed venues for the event.

Yeah, I’ve been to gun shops and firing ranges, dipshit, and you described most of the employees that I’ve seen.

It’s not like y’all disagree with the domestic terrorists.  You just don’t want that stink on you.

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[Post 4487]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-13-2020 11:12 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Best part of a Devin Nunes tweet chain. Scroll way up to start.

Twitter (https://mobile.twitter.com/apathetic_NY/status/1315936427113406467)

Seems someone arsoned a trailer. Maybe it was the cow.

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[Post 4488]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-13-2020 11:20 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr">&#55358;&#56611; <a href="https://t.co/qYHd3oBjbO">pic.twitter.com/qYHd3oBjbO</a></p>&mdash; Jonah Rodriguez (@BookofJonah) <a href="https://twitter.com/BookofJonah/status/1315816658502520832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 13, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4489]
Author : JoeP
Date : 10-14-2020 09:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Donald Trump is the bad kids from Willy Wonka rolled into one.<br>&#8226; Self-centered and rude<br>&#8226; Selfish and gluttonous<br>&#8226; Rich, entitled, and impatient<br>&#8226; Always watching TV <a href="https://t.co/jVWZs9RrQh">pic.twitter.com/jVWZs9RrQh</a></p>&mdash; JRehling (@JRehling) <a href="https://twitter.com/JRehling/status/1315060910088544258?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 10, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4490]
Author : JoeP
Date : 10-14-2020 09:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Donald Trump is the bad kids from Willy Wonka rolled into one.<br>• Self-centered and rude<br>• Selfish and gluttonous<br>• Rich, entitled, and impatient<br>• Always watching TV <a href="https://t.co/jVWZs9RrQh">pic.twitter.com/jVWZs9RrQh</a></p>&mdash; JRehling (@JRehling) <a href="https://twitter.com/JRehling/status/1315060910088544258?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 10, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4491]
Author : Sock Puppet
Date : 10-15-2020 04:32 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I :thanked: 'd it twice, and I'd do it again.

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[Post 4492]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-15-2020 06:30 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It&#8217;s really quite liberating to give up pretending, for the sake of civility, that bad faith is good faith.</p>&mdash; IWILLKISSYOUALLHat (@Popehat) <a href="https://twitter.com/Popehat/status/1316487994350563328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 14, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4493]
Author : Kyuss Apollo
Date : 10-15-2020 06:41 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Right. Those fuckers operating in bad faith just don't care, so fuck 'em.

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[Post 4494]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-15-2020 07:01 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Right. Those fuckers operating in bad faith just don't care, so fuck 'em.

Did you know that the United Kingdom has 12 Supreme Court judges without the island sinking into the sea in a fit of divine retribution? And they add temporary judges as needed? Imagine.

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[Post 4495]
Author : Miisa
Date : 10-15-2020 07:36 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

We have a minimum of 16. 19 at the moment.

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[Post 4496]
Author : Pan Narrans
Date : 10-15-2020 08:48 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

without the island sinking into the sea in a fit of divine retribution

:soso:

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[Post 4497]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 10-15-2020 08:49 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Okay, maybe not sink. How about just tip over.

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[Post 4498]
Author : JoeP
Date : 10-15-2020 09:25 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Right. Those fuckers operating in bad faith just don't care, so fuck 'em.

Did you know that the United Kingdom has 12 Supreme Court judges without the island sinking into the sea in a fit of divine retribution? And they add temporary judges as needed? Imagine.

The difference may be that the Supreme Court have not been packed by the right-wing and don't work exclusively for the government ... Brexit: What just happened in the UK Supreme Court? - BBC News (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49807212)

Tipping the UK into the sea does not require the help of the judiciary, The People are doing that all by themselves.

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[Post 4499]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-15-2020 09:49 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

without the island sinking into the sea in a fit of divine retribution

:soso:



Tipping the UK into the sea does not require the help of the judiciary, The People are doing that all by themselves.

And the way it seems to be weighted, the way it tips will catapult Scotland into Pan's back yard.

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[Post 4500]
Author : SR71
Date : 10-15-2020 03:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Think of the dike they could build with that!

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[Post 4501]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-16-2020 03:10 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is hilarious! David Cross describes Trump regretters in his stand-up and he doesn&#8217;t pull any punches! &#65533;&#65533; Thanks for the mention <a href="https://twitter.com/davidcrosss?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@davidcrosss</a>! <a href="https://t.co/KuUbE0uYJr">pic.twitter.com/KuUbE0uYJr</a></p>&mdash; Trump Regrets (@Trump_Regrets) <a href="https://twitter.com/Trump_Regrets/status/1307498696943308801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 20, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

full thing David Cross Is Starting To Regret His Vote for Trump... - YouTube

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[Post 4502]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-16-2020 05:59 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I apologize for the &quot;might.&quot; The President just confessed to it: <a href="https://t.co/oZds3B3FFt">https://t.co/oZds3B3FFt</a></p>&mdash; Peter Sagal (@petersagal) <a href="https://twitter.com/petersagal/status/1316804478864105473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 15, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4503]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-16-2020 10:44 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Seth Rich again. (https://www.thedailybeast.com/man-who-reportedly-gave-hunters-laptop-to-rudy-speaks-out-in-bizarre-interview)

He&#8217;s afeared for his life because Seth Rich. Should be more worried about a Russian cocktail, my bro.

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[Post 4504]
Author : JoeP
Date : 10-16-2020 11:20 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Kam, that was your 9,999th (MXCMXCIX) post. May I commend you on your fertility!

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[Post 4505]
Author : Crumb
Date : 10-16-2020 03:32 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:eww:

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[Post 4506]
Author : Crumb
Date : 10-16-2020 03:33 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:eww:

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[Post 4507]
Author : JoeP
Date : 10-16-2020 08:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Kam, that was your 9,999th (MXCMXCIX) post. May I commend you on your fertility!

I see Kam has stopped posting. :hmph:

Did I say fertility? I met fertilisation. As in promoting growth. As in ...

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[Post 4508]
Author : Crumb
Date : 10-16-2020 09:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

He is planning something big for his :xbar:

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[Post 4509]
Author : JoeP
Date : 10-16-2020 10:16 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:popcorn:

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[Post 4510]
Author : SR71
Date : 10-20-2020 04:05 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This judge.  I loves this judge. :hearts:  JUDGE REGGIE WALTON!  :hearts: 

In this week's episode, he's forcing the issue of whether a particular Dump tweet is a lie or if DOJ is disobeying a presidential order.  It's great because this is clearly a case of it can either be this, or it can be that, but it can not be both.

Judge Orders DOJ to Submit Proof of Trump's Declassification Intent | Law & Crime (https://lawandcrime.com/awkward/federal-judge-signals-its-clear-that-trump-tweet-intended-to-declassify-all-mueller-documents-orders-doj-to-find-out/)

Ever since Robert Mueller&#8217;s Russia report was released with redactions, multiple lawsuits have sought to force the DOJ to disclose anything from grand jury information to FBI witness interview reports known as 302s. BuzzFeed has been at the forefront of these challenges, while the DOJ has fought tooth-and-nail against these lawsuits at every turn. Then the president stepped in it, promising the declassification of &#8220;any and all&#8221; Russia documents with &#8220;no redactions.&#8221; Note: he used the words &#8220;I have fully authorized.&#8221;  

This leads the judge to wonder, ok, then where is the unredacted report, I guess, which seems a perfectly natural question.

On Oct. 8, Walton, a George W. Bush appointee, ordered the DOJ to &#8220;confer with the White House in order to advise the Court as to the White House&#8217;s official position regarding declassification and release to the public of information related to the Russia investigation.&#8221; Walton also ordered the DOJ to file by Oct. 13 a response in opposition to BuzzFeed&#8217;s motion, addressing whether President Trump really did waive&#8212;by tweeting&#8212;the Freedom of Information Act exemptions that the DOJ previously relied on to redact the Mueller Report and FBI 302s.

So, the president and the DOJ are really boxed in here.  Check Box A or Box B.  

So far the DOJ response is that the president didn't say what he said.  So typical.  This just the latest in a string of episodes involving Judge Reggie and the Dumpamites.  He's pretty fantabulous if you ask me. 

 I think he's still got his foot in the door to keep Flynn in play for sentencing.  The DOJ said he should dismiss the case post conviction and old Reg was like, yeah, no, I'm not doing that.  :laugh:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is INCREDIBLE<br><br>Judge Reggie Walton: I think when a president makes an unambiguous statement that he was declassifying information I don't think anything more is required. He clearly has indicated intent.<br><br>Walton wants WH counsel to speak to Trump about his tweets/intent <a href="https://t.co/yWZchZCZX2">https://t.co/yWZchZCZX2</a></p>&mdash; Jason Leopold (@JasonLeopold) <a href="https://twitter.com/JasonLeopold/status/1317124082857439232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

If I recall correctly, Judge Walton has already somehow wrested the unredacted Mueller Report loose, but for his use in legal matters only.

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[Post 4511]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-20-2020 07:08 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;Fortunate Son&quot; is playing before Trump&#39;s pandemic rally in Carson City, Nevada. <a href="https://t.co/CJsT7fqJAB">pic.twitter.com/CJsT7fqJAB</a></p>&mdash; Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) <a href="https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1317964608792125440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 18, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4512]
Author : Jerome
Date : 10-21-2020 02:43 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"

Not sure where the joke is????

Orange Man Bad  :sadcheer:

Dude is a TV reality Star! Has been for 40 years, lots of jokes can be made here. 

A 'joke' that is something along the lines of : he big dumb.. this is unfunny

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[Post 4513]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-21-2020 03:11 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Supreme Leader Kim Jong-Un completes his interviews.</p>&mdash; DPRK News Service (@DPRK_News) <a href="https://twitter.com/DPRK_News/status/1318672353824559106?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 20, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4514]
Author : Miisa
Date : 10-21-2020 06:54 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Lol, wut? Something something protests too much something something. 

Trump has bank account in China and paid taxes there - NY Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/20/us/trump-taxes-china.html)

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[Post 4515]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 10-21-2020 07:32 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

“They spent their money on unnecessary overhead, lifestyles-of-the-rich-and-famous activity by the campaign staff and vanity ads,” Mike Murphy, a Republican consultant, told the AP. “You could literally have 10 monkeys with flamethrowers go after the money, and they wouldn’t have burned through it as stupidly.”

Trump handles campaign cash with skill commensurate to his business acumen-they brankrupt (https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/10/trump-campaign-cash-woes)

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[Post 4516]
Author : Crumb
Date : 10-21-2020 02:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"

Not sure where the joke is????


He was born silver spoon in hand waving the red, white, and blue. It is him, It is him. He is the fortunate son.

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[Post 4517]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 10-21-2020 05:36 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Lord, don't they help themselves, y'all?  But when the taxman comes to the door they give them $750 unless it is the Chinese Communist Party taxman, yeah

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[Post 4518]
Author : JoeP
Date : 10-21-2020 07:14 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Lol, wut? Something something protests too much something something. 

Trump has bank account in China and paid taxes there - NY Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/20/us/trump-taxes-china.html)

Every accusation is a confession.

“He’s like a vacuum cleaner — he follows his father around collecting,” Mr. Trump said recently, referring to Mr. Biden’s son. “What a disgrace. It’s a crime family.”

Every accusation.

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[Post 4519]
Author : JoeP
Date : 10-22-2020 10:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This is an absolute monstrosity and no one should watch it. 

Trump vs Talking Heads - Swedemason - YouTube

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[Post 4520]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-23-2020 12:04 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That's the bestworst thing I've seen all week. +1 :thanked:

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[Post 4521]
Author : Kevlar
Date : 10-23-2020 12:32 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That's a good one and this is too:

Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody (Donald Trump Cover) - YouTube

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[Post 4522]
Author : lisarea
Date : 10-23-2020 01:14 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

NO.

Both of you. Stop it.

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[Post 4523]
Author : LarsMac
Date : 10-23-2020 03:18 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That's the bestworst thing I've seen all week. +1 :thanked:

Ditto! 
After the day I had, I needed dat.

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[Post 4524]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-26-2020 04:58 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A friend&#8217;s parents just disowned him, called him a leftist fascist child.

:shrug:

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[Post 4525]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-26-2020 04:58 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Double

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[Post 4526]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 10-26-2020 05:53 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A friend’s parents just disowned him, called him a leftist fascist child.

:shrug:

That's awful, I feel for your friend.

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[Post 4527]
Author : JoeP
Date : 10-26-2020 09:49 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A friend’s parents just disowned him, called him a leftist fascist child.

:shrug:

leftist fascist child adult human alien?

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[Post 4528]
Author : JoeP
Date : 10-26-2020 03:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

From US election 2020: How Trump has changed the world - BBC News (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2020-54541907)

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/AF73/production/_115051944_pewleaders-nc.png

Honest Don is less trusted than Putin or Xi. Impressive.

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[Post 4529]
Author : JoeP
Date : 10-26-2020 03:38 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

and less trusted than the good old :dddp:

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[Post 4530]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-28-2020 05:18 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump: &quot;You like the song &#39;O Canada,&#39; right? Yeah. Hockey game. Nice song. &#39;O Canada,&#39; their national anthem. By the way, they stand for their national anthem. Our people have to stand for our national anthem. They have to stand. But Canada treated us badly.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/UJK9kCHdcD">pic.twitter.com/UJK9kCHdcD</a></p>&mdash; Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) <a href="https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1321224959079948294?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 27, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

“We have been called worse, by better people.”

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[Post 4531]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-29-2020 05:06 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The World Is Trapped in America's Culture War - The Atlantic (https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/10/internet-world-trapped-americas-culture-war/616799/)

Idk, I’ll put it here

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[Post 4532]
Author : Qingdai
Date : 10-29-2020 06:07 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A friend’s parents just disowned him, called him a leftist fascist child.

:shrug:


If they need a new parent, let me know. Fricken family

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[Post 4533]
Author : Kevlar
Date : 10-29-2020 11:33 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Leftist AND Fascist...   sounds schizophrenic.  One minute loving Hitler and the next minute loving Stalin.  Must be exhausting.

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[Post 4534]
Author : Stormlight
Date : 10-30-2020 08:16 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

lol (https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/29/wisconsin-gop-hackers-stole-trump-fund-433593)

Hackers stole $2.3 million from the Wisconsin Republican Party's account that was being used to help reelect President Donald Trump in the key battleground state, the party's chairman told The Associated Press on Thursday.

Donald J. Trump, October 19, 2020: "Nobody gets hacked. To get hacked you need somebody with 197 IQ and he needs about 15% of your password."

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[Post 4535]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 10-30-2020 08:05 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Thousands of people showed up to President Trump’s campaign rally at Eppley Airfield in Omaha, Neb., on Tuesday night. But once the commander-in-chief left aboard Air Force One around 9 p.m. Central time, hundreds of supporters who had been shuttled in for the event were now left stranded in near-freezing temperatures some four miles from their cars.

The crowds weren’t fully cleared until after midnight — three hours later. And during that time, photos and videos of people lined up in the cold lit up Twitter, drawing comparisons to another epic event fail: 2017’s Fyre Festival.


Trump’s Fyre Festival Rally in Omaha (https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trumps-omaha-rally-compared-to-fyre-festival-after-hundreds-left-stranded-in-near-freezing-temperatures-2020-10-28)

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[Post 4536]
Author : lisarea
Date : 10-31-2020 12:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Then he went to Florida where they were fainting from the heat and needed to be hosed down.

Trump Supporters Sprayed by Fire Truck at Maga Rally, Dozen Hospitalized amid Scorching Heat (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/trump-supporters-sprayed-by-fire-truck-at-maga-rally-dozen-hospitalized-amid-scorching-heat/ar-BB1axrQv)

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[Post 4537]
Author : JoeP
Date : 10-31-2020 01:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump thought (or whatever passes for that) process: that coronavirus is getting more media coverage that me, we hates it yes we does, wants the precious media coverage - so if I kills people too I gets media coverage.

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[Post 4538]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-31-2020 10:12 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Thefuk does this even need to be said.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Presidential campaign events shouldn’t have a death toll. <a href="https://t.co/jenXG4RBwN">https://t.co/jenXG4RBwN</a></p>&mdash; Pete Buttigieg (@PeteButtigieg) <a href="https://twitter.com/PeteButtigieg/status/1322597707291238401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 31, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4539]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-01-2020 01:26 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Time&#8217;s up.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Chief of Staff Mark Meadows says WH aiming to have 100 million doses of Coronavirus vaccine ready to go by end of October. Says goal is to make the the most vulnerable and highest risk people are vaccinated in that first group. Says up to 300 million doses would be ready in Jan. <a href="https://t.co/7YHttsd5au">pic.twitter.com/7YHttsd5au</a></p>&mdash; Mark Knoller (@markknoller) <a href="https://twitter.com/markknoller/status/1306586684935503872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 17, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4540]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-01-2020 01:26 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Repurposing a double post.

Guy who remembers the Bosnian War does a tweet thrad.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The way that part of the American media are generically talking about the prospects for &#8220;post-elxn violence&#8221; evacuates all agency &amp; responsibility from the architects of this climate of fear. It reminds me of the &#8220;ancient ethnic hatreds&#8221; myth from the Bosnian War.</p>&mdash; Jasmin Mujanovi&#263; (@JasminMuj) <a href="https://twitter.com/JasminMuj/status/1322603410433089536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 31, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4541]
Author : JoeP
Date : 11-01-2020 01:18 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">President Obama on Donald Trump: &#8220;Did no one come to his birthday party when he was a kid?&#8221;</p>&mdash; Palmer Report (@PalmerReport) <a href="https://twitter.com/PalmerReport/status/1322602350234783744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 31, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4542]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-01-2020 02:44 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://images.plurk.com/4uaUcdFWnWUOJO80R76Jew.jpg

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[Post 4543]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-01-2020 05:17 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"> <a href="https://t.co/waH3fl4uuS">pic.twitter.com/waH3fl4uuS</a></p>&mdash; Jon Ruuska (@JonRuuska) <a href="https://twitter.com/JonRuuska/status/1322724104168943617?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 1, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4544]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-01-2020 07:28 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Thread of the important stuff from today everyone missed because we were watching a Trump Mad Max procession. 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Four different news outlets published damning stories about Trump administration corruption in four different agencies -- none can get the attention they deserve. They&#39;ve flooded the zone with graft to the point where it is virtually impossible to hold them accountable for it.</p>&mdash; Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) <a href="https://twitter.com/MattGertz/status/1322143631671701504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 30, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4545]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-03-2020 01:02 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">1 John 4:20 &#8220;If anyone says, &#8220;I love God,&#8221; and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.&#8221;</p>&mdash; Matt Ghostbriele &#55357;&#56443; (@prof_gabriele) <a href="https://twitter.com/prof_gabriele/status/1323275208409653248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4546]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-03-2020 01:03 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">1 John 4:20 “If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.”</p>&mdash; Matt Ghostbriele &#128123; (@prof_gabriele) <a href="https://twitter.com/prof_gabriele/status/1323275208409653248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4547]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 11-05-2020 12:42 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Been a while since I saw one of these, but this a pretty good one.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Superb captioning here&#128516;<br> <a href="https://t.co/Mc1BEvYQzN">pic.twitter.com/Mc1BEvYQzN</a></p>&mdash; Shreyas Doshi (@shreyas) <a href="https://twitter.com/shreyas/status/1324020849230319616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 4, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4548]
Author : JoeP
Date : 11-05-2020 05:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/pzXeAkj.jpg

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[Post 4549]
Author : JoeP
Date : 11-05-2020 05:49 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/aL5oHDn.jpg

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[Post 4550]
Author : JoeP
Date : 11-05-2020 08:26 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

http://i.imgur.com/BJk25Fu.png

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[Post 4551]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-06-2020 12:13 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.gyazo.com/3950deeefe584603293a73fddda629a9.png

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[Post 4552]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-06-2020 12:20 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Good coverage from the BBC. Essentially:<br><br>&quot;The following speech will not be true&quot;<br><br>Trump waddles into room, lies, waddles out<br><br>&quot;That wasn&#39;t true&quot;</p>&mdash; James Felton (@JimMFelton) <a href="https://twitter.com/JimMFelton/status/1324503247369940992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 6, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4553]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-06-2020 12:56 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Normal.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Context: He said Trump should put Dr. Fauci&#8217;s head on a pike outside the Whitehouse as a warning to bureaucrats. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/onlythebestpeople?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#onlythebestpeople</a> <a href="https://t.co/3MhHcfAiUF">https://t.co/3MhHcfAiUF</a></p>&mdash; Hank Green (@hankgreen) <a href="https://twitter.com/hankgreen/status/1324513809776607232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 6, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4554]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-06-2020 04:46 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump hates the troops. (but we knew this)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">My and my active duty Air Force husband’s votes are on this list! The AF moved us to CA but NV is still our state of legal residence so we still vote in NV. The SCRA and the MSRRA allow this. Our votes are absolutely legal!! Way to target military families...</p>&mdash; Amy Rose (@AmyRose6) <a href="https://twitter.com/AmyRose6/status/1324553576874610688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 6, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4555]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-06-2020 09:10 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So year four of infrastructure week. How's it going?

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[Post 4556]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-06-2020 09:49 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Shout out to Daniel Dale, best fact librarian in the Trump business

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I&#39;ve read or watched all of Trump&#39;s speeches since 2016. This is the most dishonest speech he has ever given.</p>&mdash; Daniel Dale (@ddale8) <a href="https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1324501050276171778?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 5, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4557]
Author : fragment
Date : 11-06-2020 09:56 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Biden finally ahead in Georgia... bloody ongoing knife-edge

edit meant this for another thread

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[Post 4558]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 11-06-2020 01:23 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It is plain and beyond dispute.

All the myths about what America is, or perhaps more accurately, what America has long pretended to be, have been permanently extinguished.

. . .

Turns out, the so-called shining city on a hill is, instead, a black hole where hope, optimism, reason and the future go to die.

We now know what America is (https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2020/11/4/we-now-know-what-america-is/)

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[Post 4559]
Author : SR71
Date : 11-06-2020 01:39 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So year four of infrastructure week. How's it going?

As soon as he finishes the Health Care Plan...

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[Post 4560]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 11-06-2020 02:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This alone is a great clip of Shep Smith cutting off the orange liar.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is about as chilling as it gets. Shep Smith had to abruptly cut Trump off in order to prevent the American people from hearing blatant lies which attack our democracy. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TrumpIsLosing?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TrumpIsLosing</a> <a href="https://t.co/5C5GWVFqhA">pic.twitter.com/5C5GWVFqhA</a></p>&mdash; Mrs. Krassenstein (@HKrassenstein) <a href="https://twitter.com/HKrassenstein/status/1324544493723488256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 6, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

But we now have the audio of why they had to cut him off...

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is why CNN had to cut the live feed<br><br>(audio by <a href="https://twitter.com/shrimpJAJ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@shrimpJAJ</a>) <a href="https://t.co/W2dTDPizhR">pic.twitter.com/W2dTDPizhR</a></p>&mdash; James Kelleher (@etienneshrdlu) <a href="https://twitter.com/etienneshrdlu/status/1324674321336459264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 6, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4561]
Author : Stormlight
Date : 11-06-2020 03:38 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So year four of infrastructure week. How's it going?

As soon as he finishes the Health Care Plan...

What about The Wall?

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[Post 4562]
Author : Ari
Date : 11-06-2020 05:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

For possibly the first time ever I went to Trump’s twitter on purpose, last post 9hrs ago, 1hr ago, 24 min, 24 min, 24 min, 24 min, 15 min ago.  I think he’s awake!

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[Post 4563]
Author : JoeP
Date : 11-06-2020 05:36 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:thanked: for not actually posting any of said tweets

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[Post 4564]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 11-06-2020 07:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So year four of infrastructure week. How's it going?

It's going perfectly, K! U.S. infrastructure is falling apart at a horrifying rate, just as planned!

https://www.abc.net.au/cm/rimage/12717986-16x9-large.jpg?v=2

Throw transport down the well
So my country can be free

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[Post 4565]
Author : Oxymaroon
Date : 11-06-2020 09:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

[quote=SR71;1348515]
What about The Wall?
I think it blew over a while back. Doesn't matter: the contractors haven't been paid, but the money's gone.

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[Post 4566]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-06-2020 11:38 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Rick Santorum Demands the Nation Allow Trump and His Supporters Time to Work Out Their Feelings <a href="https://t.co/gYLu6BNJSI">https://t.co/gYLu6BNJSI</a></p>&mdash; #TuckFrump (@realTuckFrumper) <a href="https://twitter.com/realTuckFrumper/status/1324789683281399811?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 6, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O1PP9aK2BEE/WDIvhNGo9HI/AAAAAAAAFRg/0_XrRYvR1yolCaLDZUEmFY-X2kaIhP7cACLcB/s1600/Trumpanzee-B04.jpg

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[Post 4567]
Author : lisarea
Date : 11-07-2020 12:24 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I will be sure to fly the Biden flags on my truck at half mast for one week.

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[Post 4568]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-07-2020 12:42 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump is racing to raise money for an &#8220;official election defense fund.&#8221; But the fine print on the solicitations tells a different story: Half -- or more -- of any contribution will be used to retire debt from his re-election campaign. &#8294;<a href="https://twitter.com/bykowicz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@bykowicz</a>&#8297; <a href="https://t.co/pdbmDpelPs">https://t.co/pdbmDpelPs</a></p>&mdash; Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) <a href="https://twitter.com/rebeccaballhaus/status/1324863789553098755?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 6, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 

:lol:

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[Post 4569]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-07-2020 12:48 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Trump campaign moves from courting donors to getting aggressive with them, a clear sign of desperation. <a href="https://t.co/P1l5MdXd1g">pic.twitter.com/P1l5MdXd1g</a></p>&mdash; David Cay Johnston (@DavidCayJ) <a href="https://twitter.com/DavidCayJ/status/1324826939731988485?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 6, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 

final final notice will involve guns or something idk

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[Post 4570]
Author : SR71
Date : 11-07-2020 01:49 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm sure Barr's DOJ will approve armed Federal collection agents.

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[Post 4571]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-07-2020 04:53 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/HR35hT8qrX">https://t.co/HR35hT8qrX</a> <a href="https://t.co/dIj8Nrx1xp">pic.twitter.com/dIj8Nrx1xp</a></p>&mdash; NotGoingQuietlyHat (@Popehat) <a href="https://twitter.com/Popehat/status/1324889530466402305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 7, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4572]
Author : SR71
Date : 11-07-2020 05:03 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So year four of infrastructure week. How's it going?

As soon as he finishes the Health Care Plan...

What about The Wall?

Mexico is demanding to pay for the wall in an effort to prevent the illegal immigration of American refugees seeking affordable health care and the marauding Klem Kliven Kletus Militia Coalition.

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[Post 4573]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-07-2020 05:17 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I will be sure to fly the Biden flags on my truck at half mast for one week.

https://images.plurk.com/4CTUol9tHVZKO8dwPXFcEu.jpg

:eagletear:

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[Post 4574]
Author : Basset Hound
Date : 11-07-2020 05:38 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The rump's greatest fear is that he will have to move from a white house with a rose garden to a big house with a yard.

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[Post 4575]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-07-2020 06:29 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

These past few years. Gawd.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Never forget that it was a team effort <a href="https://t.co/F9BI2FmlrV">pic.twitter.com/F9BI2FmlrV</a></p>&mdash; Greg Cobb (@godaigamer) <a href="https://twitter.com/godaigamer/status/1324734193390227462?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 6, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4576]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 11-07-2020 08:49 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

There are some really creative people out there with free time on their hands right now :lol:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This made my damn night.<a href="https://t.co/8CXzo5zzSP">pic.twitter.com/8CXzo5zzSP</a></p>&mdash; Ricky Davila (@TheRickyDavila) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheRickyDavila/status/1324906322341474308?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 7, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4577]
Author : JoeP
Date : 11-07-2020 10:56 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The rump's greatest fear is that he will have to move from a white house with a rose garden to a big house with a yard.

Just to be quite clear here, you're referring to a yard he'll be allowed to walk around for one hour out of every 24?

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[Post 4578]
Author : JoeP
Date : 11-07-2020 12:54 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump got 2020&#39;d:<br><br>Caught Covid, became unemployed and will soon be evicted. &#55357;&#56834;</p>&mdash; RuralLiberal (@HiraethResists) <a href="https://twitter.com/HiraethResists/status/1324741268736417792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 6, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4579]
Author : JoeP
Date : 11-07-2020 12:54 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/btPoAo2.png

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[Post 4580]
Author : JoeP
Date : 11-07-2020 02:48 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/hkc5uAQ.jpg

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[Post 4581]
Author : lisarea
Date : 11-07-2020 02:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I have been hoping he doesn't leave willingly. Not just because I want to see it, but because I think it might help if his supporters saw him kicking, screaming, and crying and being dragged out by force. There is also a good chance he'll shit himself. He's done it before.

Any little thing that chips away at this weird tough guy fantasy will help, and I think that'd be a great start.

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[Post 4582]
Author : Pyrrho
Date : 11-07-2020 07:02 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

He'll spend the next three months making his lawyers rich, take whatever isn't nailed down from the White House, and hold court at Mar-A-Lago from whence he will do guest shots on Fox & Friends, bemoaning his fate while continuing to blame everybody else for his failures.

What we really need is someone to do one of those "end credits" sequences like at the end of Animal House where we get a freeze-frame of each character with captions describing what happens to them in the future.

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[Post 4583]
Author : Pyrrho
Date : 11-07-2020 07:20 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Giuliani, for example, was pathetically pathetic today.

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[Post 4584]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 11-07-2020 07:32 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'll have you know the location scouting committee for our press conference dutifully and diligently searched for the last eight months and selected the single best location that could possibly be found in the whole of the entire country for our purposes today.

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[Post 4585]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-07-2020 07:33 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&#8220;It&#8217;s time to listen to the other half of the country&#8221; <br><br>The other half of the country: <a href="https://t.co/ewAC8uAJHq">pic.twitter.com/ewAC8uAJHq</a></p>&mdash; Brett Kamann (@b_kamann) <a href="https://twitter.com/b_kamann/status/1325149270039810048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 7, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4586]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-07-2020 08:10 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Trump administration in the past 2 days has abruptly dumped the leaders of 3 agencies that oversee the nuclear weapons stockpile, electricity and natural gas regulation, and overseas aid.<a href="https://t.co/Wabk4J45ZO">https://t.co/Wabk4J45ZO</a></p>&mdash; NPR (@NPR) <a href="https://twitter.com/NPR/status/1324939327160393729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 7, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 

:examine:

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[Post 4587]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-07-2020 08:31 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">deleted tweet: <a href="https://t.co/fmJ9LlWQ1b">pic.twitter.com/fmJ9LlWQ1b</a></p>&mdash; Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) <a href="https://twitter.com/ditzkoff/status/1325086568143593472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 7, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4588]
Author : Pyrrho
Date : 11-07-2020 08:44 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Madame Tussaud's has changed his wax figure from wearing a suit into wearing a set of golf togs.

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[Post 4589]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-07-2020 08:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A man wearing a Puerto Rican flag tosses paper towel over the fence toward the White House. &#8220;Never forget,&#8221; he said. <a href="https://t.co/tZkalqgB2D">pic.twitter.com/tZkalqgB2D</a></p>&mdash; Samantha Schmidt (@schmidtsam7) <a href="https://twitter.com/schmidtsam7/status/1325148092228804614?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 7, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4590]
Author : Ymir's blood
Date : 11-08-2020 12:32 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Tom Morello Mocks Trumpers Dancing to Rage Against the Machine - Rolling Stone (https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/tom-morello-trumpers-dancing-rage-against-the-machine-killing-in-the-name-1087221/)

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[Post 4591]
Author : Pyrrho
Date : 11-08-2020 01:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://twitter.com/wsteaks/status/1325238370340130818


Staffers are huddled on a floor at HQ answering a &#8220;voter fraud&#8221; hotline and getting bombarded with prank calls with people laughing, and mocking them over Biden&#8217;s win

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[Post 4592]
Author : SR71
Date : 11-08-2020 01:57 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://static.rcgroups.net/forums/attachments/5/9/8/4/8/6/a14262851-17-124092179_1534604910062468_4621932253835262143_n.jpg

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[Post 4593]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-08-2020 02:09 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Calls for civility and compassion in this trying moment remind me of:

https://i.gyazo.com/ed884e3e3f837aa53237bedda61e83a7.gif

Fuckyourfeeli-actuallynodon'tIneedtogogetreinforcementstostandachanceherethenIwillkillyou

And the third act there is yet to be determined.

America’s Next Authoritarian Will Be Much More Competent (https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/11/trump-proved-authoritarians-can-get-elected-america/617023/)

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[Post 4594]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 11-08-2020 02:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm still trying to catch up to that completely plaid press conference.

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[Post 4595]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 11-08-2020 02:44 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's hard to believe the sense of relief I have felt today.  Some tension inside unwound for the first time in a very long time.  Don't get me wrong, I'm still tense.  The next few months will be fucking awful.  But today.  Today was pretty good.

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[Post 4596]
Author : Oxymaroon
Date : 11-08-2020 04:24 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Madame Tussaud's has changed his wax figure from wearing a suit into wearing a set of golf togs.
I'm holding out for an orange jumpsuit.

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[Post 4597]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-08-2020 04:58 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This has been plainly obvious for years, by the way, but always written off as left wing hysteria. <a href="https://t.co/zxuxEouv8L">https://t.co/zxuxEouv8L</a></p>&mdash; Matt Bors (@MattBors) <a href="https://twitter.com/MattBors/status/1324762652749516801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 6, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4598]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-08-2020 05:12 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This was an unfortunately missed opportunity for the people in the car to reach out and show some empathy to Trump supporters, who are hurting today. <a href="https://t.co/NZrXTOl61f">https://t.co/NZrXTOl61f</a></p>&mdash; A.R. Moxon (@JuliusGoat) <a href="https://twitter.com/JuliusGoat/status/1325235022715088897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 8, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4599]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-08-2020 05:18 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This came true and will again if not guarded against.

After Obama Victory, Shrieking White-Hot Sphere Of Pure Rage Early GOP Front-Runner For 2016 - YouTube (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jjonGtrCyVE)

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[Post 4600]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 11-08-2020 07:08 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Madame Tussaud's has changed his wax figure from wearing a suit into wearing a set of golf togs.
I'm holding out for an orange jumpsuit.

Oranger.

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[Post 4601]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-08-2020 07:38 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.gyazo.com/22f9794ca9068e5835c1ace42bc4d768.png

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The latest release of ballots from Allegheny County were mostly military. <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JoeBiden</a> won them by something approaching four-to-one. <a href="https://t.co/be4qPWQZck">https://t.co/be4qPWQZck</a></p>&mdash; David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) <a href="https://twitter.com/davidaxelrod/status/1324914573791670272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 7, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4602]
Author : JoeP
Date : 11-08-2020 10:37 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.gyazo.com/22f9794ca9068e5835c1ace42bc4d768.png

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The latest release of ballots from Allegheny County were mostly military. <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JoeBiden</a> won them by something approaching four-to-one. <a href="https://t.co/be4qPWQZck">https://t.co/be4qPWQZck</a></p>&mdash; David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) <a href="https://twitter.com/davidaxelrod/status/1324914573791670272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 7, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 

While I'd like to believe this, I don't believe Trump will ever rethink anything. Even originally it wasn't really "thinking".

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[Post 4603]
Author : JoeP
Date : 11-08-2020 10:39 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://twitter.com/wsteaks/status/1325238370340130818


Staffers are huddled on a floor at HQ answering a “voter fraud” hotline and getting bombarded with prank calls with people laughing, and mocking them over Biden’s win

Snowflakes who projected their fragility onto the lib'ruls and weaponised mockery: "We never thought they would turn mockery on us! It's soooo unfair!"

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[Post 4604]
Author : Oxymaroon
Date : 11-08-2020 02:22 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.gyazo.com/22f9794ca9068e5835c1ace42bc4d768.png


I know where they are, btw 
https://www.businessinsider.com/trumps-calls-to-stop-vote-counts-could-disenfranchise-military-voters-2020-11
It's the left hand that knoweth not what the right hand hath done.

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[Post 4605]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 11-08-2020 04:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's hard to believe the sense of relief I have felt today.  Some tension inside unwound for the first time in a very long time.  Don't get me wrong, I'm still tense.  The next few months will be fucking awful.  But today.  Today was pretty good.

I felt physically ill at breakfast on Wednesday morning, because a part of me I had been trying to disown since April had been expecting an almost instantly conclusive blue wave and instead it was clear from reports on all sides that Trump appeared to be holding on.  I offered up  a silent prayer for strength, resolved not to refer to social media or news sources for 24 hours and went to do some manual labour as therapy.

Covid or no Covid, it feels good to breathe again.

This is very silly, and yet totally appropriate: 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Dear <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a>, I have heard you are having a difficult day so I&#8217;ve written you a poem to cheer you up. It&#8217;s called &#8216;On Hearing the News that You&#8217;re a Great Big Loser&#8217;. <a href="https://t.co/Fj5mR0KRi6">pic.twitter.com/Fj5mR0KRi6</a></p>&mdash; Brian Bilston (@brian_bilston) <a href="https://twitter.com/brian_bilston/status/1325144054179323911?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 7, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4606]
Author : Oxymaroon
Date : 11-08-2020 07:07 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

All that. ... and then, when we've had time to master the art of normal breathing once again...
comes the daunting task of dealing with those people in the thickets of a parall --- um --  divergent universe. They've gone pretty wild out there; nor sure whether they can be domesticated.

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[Post 4607]
Author : Oxymaroon
Date : 11-08-2020 07:07 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Once was plenty, thank you, Andrew.

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[Post 4608]
Author : Kevlar
Date : 11-08-2020 10:10 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Splendid opportunity to troll Trump (https://defendyourballot.formstack.com/forms/voter_fraud?utm_source=graphic)

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[Post 4609]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-08-2020 10:15 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I, too, can harvest addresses and names with a Formstack form.

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[Post 4610]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-09-2020 03:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Anti-Trump dominatrices are a thing

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump, his team and all republicans enjoy public humiliation. It&#8217;s their kink. They will continue outrageous displays stupidity, like lose TWICE, to get off on all the attention we give their stupidity. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MockeryOfTheMAGA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MockeryOfTheMAGA</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CultOfCucks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CultOfCucks</a> <a href="https://t.co/SCnrTiln1Y">https://t.co/SCnrTiln1Y</a></p>&mdash; Empress Delfina (@EmpressDelfina) <a href="https://twitter.com/EmpressDelfina/status/1325616937599000576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 9, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4611]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-09-2020 03:49 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

South Ayrshire Golf club owner loses 2020 presidential election | Ayrshire Daily News (https://www.ayrshiredailynews.co.uk/post/south-ayrshire-golf-club-owner-loses-2020-presidential-election)

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[Post 4612]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-09-2020 07:32 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Splendid opportunity to troll Trump (https://defendyourballot.formstack.com/forms/voter_fraud?utm_source=graphic)

I, too, can harvest addresses and names with a Formstack form.

This Tweeter posted this four years too early and I've never forgotten it:
https://i.gyazo.com/cb4c308c4a9909567d908b4632471bed.png

This link (https://twitter.com/pookleblinky/status/785906997652664322) will put you somewhere in the middle of the thread, doing this since Twitter threading is lol there, you can scroll up and work down. It's something to watch for in the near to mid future.

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[Post 4613]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 11-13-2020 09:18 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump has had some pretty insane/wild/stupid/ridiculous tweets in the past, but this one has to take the cake.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">For years the Dems have been preaching how unsafe and rigged our elections have been. Now they are saying what a wonderful job the Trump Administration did in making 2020 the most secure election ever. Actually this is true, except for what the Democrats did. Rigged Election!</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1327279929319432200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 13, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

It was a SUPER secure election, except where it was TOTALLY rigged :lol:

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[Post 4614]
Author : JoeP
Date : 11-13-2020 10:05 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">At this point, the only ones who haven&#8217;t congratulated President-elect Biden are Vladimir Putin, and his extended political party: the Republicans of the United States. <a href="https://t.co/Zi2E4L8ydo">https://t.co/Zi2E4L8ydo</a></p>&mdash; Joy WE VOTED!! WEAR A MASK!! Reid &#55357;&#56887;) (@JoyAnnReid) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoyAnnReid/status/1327240464102256642?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 13, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4615]
Author : JoeP
Date : 11-13-2020 10:05 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:dddp:

Let's find something else to put here

https://i.imgur.com/xdN8KZT.jpg

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[Post 4616]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-14-2020 02:29 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">306. Landslide. Blowout. Historic. <a href="https://t.co/ObYZDo8cBq">https://t.co/ObYZDo8cBq</a></p>&mdash; Kellyanne Conway (@KellyannePolls) <a href="https://twitter.com/KellyannePolls/status/803336493469204481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 28, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4617]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-14-2020 05:00 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Congratulations to all of the &#8221;DEPLORABLES&#8221; and the millions of people who gave us a MASSIVE (304-227) Electoral College landslide victory! <a href="https://t.co/7ifv5gT7Ur">pic.twitter.com/7ifv5gT7Ur</a></p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/928325667556548608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 8, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4618]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-14-2020 08:16 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A little toilet reading: https://twitter.com/CopingMAGA

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[Post 4619]
Author : JoeP
Date : 11-14-2020 09:47 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Borowitz Report: New Trump Lawsuit Seeks to Overturn Obama&#8217;s 2008 Election | The New Yorker (https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/new-trump-lawsuit-seeks-to-overturn-obamas-2008-election)

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[Post 4620]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-15-2020 12:43 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I can&#39;t help but feel.a little bad for them <br><br>Anyway the plan is obvious just follow the diagram <a href="https://t.co/Ax8uS4nd6W">pic.twitter.com/Ax8uS4nd6W</a></p>&mdash; Elisabeth In Chains (@LeashaMiz) <a href="https://twitter.com/LeashaMiz/status/1325574311260909568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 8, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 

Donovan - Atlantis (Audio) - YouTube

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[Post 4621]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-15-2020 01:03 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Update: World delightfully and refreshingly unaware of Joe Biden&#8217;s inner thoughts right now.</p>&mdash; The Out And Black Lives Matter (@OutAndAbouter) <a href="https://twitter.com/OutAndAbouter/status/1327051537080856582?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 13, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4622]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-16-2020 04:07 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Kenyan ranting about stuff, and at a wider range about some of the navel gazing the USA and the western world could stand to do:

Laugh? We nearly all died – why my US failed state Twitter thread went viral | US elections 2020 | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/nov/15/patrick-gathara-donald-trump-us-election-joe-biden-twitter-thread)

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[Post 4623]
Author : Miisa
Date : 11-16-2020 11:06 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Is he trying to look more like Biden so no-one will realize he's the wrong guy in January?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump’s Hair Colorist concedes. <a href="https://t.co/erH6ic2Enr">pic.twitter.com/erH6ic2Enr</a></p>&mdash; Hoodlum &#127482;&#127480; (@NotHoodlum) <a href="https://twitter.com/NotHoodlum/status/1327766867755356160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 15, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4624]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 11-16-2020 02:46 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Em89MecXMAAbS7k?format=jpg&name=large

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[Post 4625]
Author : Oxymaroon
Date : 11-17-2020 12:24 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

What's with the  wimpy little "disputed" subscript? 
Don't they have a stamp that says LIE! at a 30% angle across the text?

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[Post 4626]
Author : Miisa
Date : 11-17-2020 09:18 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ok, what are the actual odds of Trump resigning mid-January, then making Pence give him a full pardon of all wrongdoing, just before Jan 20? 


And is Pence lackey-minded enough to do it or would he realize it will stain him forever? You know, besides the immorality of it all.

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[Post 4627]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-17-2020 10:12 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Wisconsin to Trump. Fuck you, pay me. (https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/16/politics/wisconsin-recount-estimated-cost/index.html)

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[Post 4628]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 11-17-2020 11:16 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Wisconsin to Trump. Fuck you, pay me. (https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/16/politics/wisconsin-recount-estimated-cost/index.html)

"These estimates are significantly higher than the actual costs of the 2016 recount, but they take into account factors not present four years ago, including the need for larger spaces to permit public observation and social distancing, security for those spaces, the higher number of absentee ballots, a compressed timeframe over a holiday, and renting high-speed ballot scanning equipment," Wolfe said.

Jeez, I wonder why they would need security :chin:

The Trump campaign previously announced that it wants a recount in Wisconsin and has pushed false conspiracy theories about voting irregularities.

Well done CNN it's only taken 4 years and an attempted coup to start calling it like it is rather than mealy mouthed bullshit.

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[Post 4629]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 11-17-2020 04:15 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Well done CNN it's only taken 4 years and an attempted coup to start calling it like it is rather than mealy mouthed bullshit.

Since I'm in a hotel room with cable, I've actually watched CNN and MSNBC. They've finally discovered their courage once it was obvious Biden won.

What little I could stand of Fox, they seem to have switched back to "Democrats are socialist monsters" mode and are less interested in Trump's attempt to derail the election.

Not that they are uninterested in Trump's attempted coup, just less interested than they might be if they thought he could succeed.

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[Post 4630]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-17-2020 09:46 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Huge if true. (https://www.sanfransentinel.com/fraudinpennsylvania.html)

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[Post 4631]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-17-2020 10:07 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Of interest, journalist high school friend of Ivanka writes stuff:

Ivanka Trump Was My Best Friend. Now She's MAGA Royalty | Vanity Fair (https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/11/ivanka-trump-was-my-best-friend-now-shes-maga-royalty)

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[Post 4632]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-18-2020 02:56 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="fr" dir="ltr">Follow me on Parler! <a href="https://t.co/BiQwZRSlq0">pic.twitter.com/BiQwZRSlq0</a></p>&mdash; Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/IvankaTrump/status/1328835268854550530?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 17, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Goodbye <a href="https://twitter.com/IvankaTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@IvankaTrump</a>. You will be loved by the people you disdain and disdained by the people you want to be loved by. There will never be a Met Ball for you again. You are fated to live out your years as an aging, corrupt, villainous Barbie; paying the price for what you did. <a href="https://t.co/Xn1BBopbb1">https://t.co/Xn1BBopbb1</a></p>&mdash; Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) <a href="https://twitter.com/SteveSchmidtSES/status/1324751828907626496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 6, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4633]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 11-18-2020 10:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

On behalf of Joe Biden I humbly accept Trump's concession.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The concession speech we all deserve... <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FallonTonight?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FallonTonight</a> <a href="https://t.co/yRpftyJNw3">pic.twitter.com/yRpftyJNw3</a></p>&mdash; The Tonight Show (@FallonTonight) <a href="https://twitter.com/FallonTonight/status/1328508889638318080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 17, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4634]
Author : The Man
Date : 11-19-2020 01:01 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

On behalf of Joe Biden I humbly accept Trump's concession.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The concession speech we all deserve... <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FallonTonight?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FallonTonight</a> <a href="https://t.co/yRpftyJNw3">pic.twitter.com/yRpftyJNw3</a></p>&mdash; The Tonight Show (@FallonTonight) <a href="https://twitter.com/FallonTonight/status/1328508889638318080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 17, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

&#8220;I&#8217;m the only president in history to lose the popular vote twice.&#8221;

People keep saying this, but unfortunately, it isn&#8217;t true: Benjamin Harrison also lost the popular vote twice, and John Quincy Adams lost it three times! Trump isn&#8217;t fit to shine either&#8217;s shoes. Both would&#8217;ve also found him insufferably racist &#8211; Adams was an abolitionist, and Harrison attempted to secure voting rights for African-Americans, for all the good it did. Both Adams and Harrison also lost the popular vote to much worse people, unlike Trump (Adams to Andrew Jackson the second and third times he ran, and Harrison to Grover Cleveland both times he ran).

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[Post 4635]
Author : JoeP
Date : 11-19-2020 04:01 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Officials To Move Trump To Fake White House Where They&#8217;ll Pretend He&#8217;s Still President &#8211; Waterford Whispers News (https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2020/11/18/officials-to-move-trump-to-fake-white-house-where-theyll-pretend-hes-still-president/)

Seems (a) a good idea and (b) would def work.

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[Post 4636]
Author : JoeP
Date : 11-19-2020 04:01 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:dddp:

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[Post 4637]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-20-2020 02:48 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="fr" dir="ltr">Follow me on Parler! <a href="https://t.co/BiQwZRSlq0">pic.twitter.com/BiQwZRSlq0</a></p>&mdash; Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/IvankaTrump/status/1328835268854550530?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 17, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Goodbye <a href="https://twitter.com/IvankaTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@IvankaTrump</a>. You will be loved by the people you disdain and disdained by the people you want to be loved by. There will never be a Met Ball for you again. You are fated to live out your years as an aging, corrupt, villainous Barbie; paying the price for what you did. <a href="https://t.co/Xn1BBopbb1">https://t.co/Xn1BBopbb1</a></p>&mdash; Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) <a href="https://twitter.com/SteveSchmidtSES/status/1324751828907626496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 6, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Didn't you leave?

https://i.gyazo.com/c9f93cbeb37621913251ba8435cdc62f.png

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[Post 4638]
Author : JoeP
Date : 11-20-2020 10:00 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Whereas "election fraud" lawsuits are 100% motivated by democracy, truth and fairness, of course.

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[Post 4639]
Author : davidm
Date : 11-20-2020 04:20 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

My proposed inaugural address for President Biden:

My friends,

After a formidable but unsuccessful attempt by the outgoing president to subvert the will of the American people and overturn the results of a free and fair election, we meet here today — as we have every four years since the inception of the republic — to usher in a presidential administration. The good news is that we have thwarted this effort to tear at the very heart of our democracy, the secret ballot freely cast. The rest of the news, I am afraid, is mostly bad and even dire. We must face facts without flinching but also without fear. 

Here are the facts: A lethal virus runs unchecked across the land. Our economy lies in ruins, with factories and stores shuttered. Our international relations are in ruins. We have alienated our friends and emboldened our foes. Throughout the world, we are either mocked or pitied, or both. Four years ago from this very location, the previous president spoke of American carnage. He vowed to end a carnage that did not then exist. Instead, he implemented a set of disastrous domestic and a foreign policies, and the carnage came. He sowed the wind and, unfortunately, we reap the whirlwind.

I do not come here today to offer platitudes, but to speak unvarnished and unpleasant truths. At the same time, I am here to offer hope. Let fear not be our face, but let us face our fears —  predominantly, the fear of a pathogen that has now claimed some 300,000 American lives, more lives that were lost in all our wars combined. Fear of joblessness. Fear of hunger. Fear of poverty. Fear of a future in which our children and theirs will live in a land of less. These fears are understandable, but the American people, in their fortitude and courage, and with decisive leadership, will overcome and transcend these dark times, as they have every national crisis in the past. 

Tackling the pandemic is priority one, here on day one of this administration. After delivering this speech, which I will keep brief and to the point, I will sign an executive order for a national mask mandate. We know from science — yes, science, and not superstition, or the lies that become memes on the internet — that wearing a mask greatly curtails the spread of the corona virus, and will literally save tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of lives.  It is appalling to me that the previous administration made wearing a mask or not some kind of currency in the so-called culture wars. It is not. It is plain common sense and a way for all of us to establish some sort of agency over this pathogen that does not care about politics. My friends, is the simple expedient of wearing a mask really so great of a sacrifice? Think of our forebears, and the sacrifices they made in times of war. Now, no one is asking you to be massacred, but simply to wear a mask.

There is promising news on the vaccine front, but the wide distribution and administration of a safe and effective vaccine is many months away. This administration will do its utmost to expedite that process, but I must also tell you that a large proportion of our population has come to distrust vaccines because of the false and odious propaganda of the so-called anti-vaxxers. For a vaccine to be effective in establishing herd immunity and conquering the corona virus, it is a fact that the vast majority of people must be vaccinated. If that does not happen, we are looking at a death toll, not in the hundreds of thousands, but in the millions. Starting today, this administration will inaugurate a nationwide education campaign to drive home the safety and necessity of vaccines, which in the past have vanquished smallpox and polio and greatly curbed the measles. The public health benefits of timely vaccinations have historically been immeasurable and will be again in our current crisis.

There will be no nationwide lockdowns that undermine our economy, but at the same time we must practice caution and restraint and maintain our vigilance against this invisible enemy. Social distancing, wearing a mask, and keeping indoor business and social activities to a minimum are what we must continue to do until we prevail. We are in a kind of war, but it is a war that can be won without bloodshed and by taking steps to keep casualties to a minimum.

An inaugural address is not the proper vehicle for detailed policy recommendations. Those I will lay out in my forthcoming state of the union speech. When we have got the corona virus under control, as we most assuredly will, we will then have to address a whole host of festering problems. We shall have to revive and rehabilitate the economy, address the climate change catastrophe and combat misinformation about it, and repair our crumbling infrastructure. The switch to a green economy and renovating our bridges, roads, rails and other necessities will foster tens of millions of new, good-paying jobs. Let us get to work on doing that, and in the days ahead I will outline, in detail, plans for meeting these challenges.

May I says a few words to Republican lawmakers, and to the tens of millions of good Americans who voted for my opponent? Joe Biden is not your enemy but your friend. At age 78, I still am who I was in the beginning — a working-class kid from Scranton. If we continue to divide this nation into two tribes — Red and Blue — then we are eventually going to lose the whole nation. I am afraid that we are in what I would call a cold civil war, and cold civil wars can eventually become hot ones. I appeal to all of us to give one another the benefit of the doubt, to lower the temperature, temper the rhetoric, and to start afresh. I pledge to reach across the aisle in Congress and to reach out to those who did not vote for me. I am your president too, and I pledge to you that you will always have my ear and I will always have your back, and the backs of all Americans.

I promised to be brief and to the point and I now close. I sense that America wants fewer words and lots more action, and action it shall have. Let us heal. Let us reach out to one another as friends and not as foes, as fellow citizens and not as tribal enemies. Let us roll up our sleeves and whip this virus and put our people back to work and make our factories, farms and shops hum again, and make America sing again. Let us turn the page on the past and begin to write, as every generation must, a new chapter in the great book of America. Thank you very much, and Zod bless you all. ... Um, I mean God, not Zod! :shiftier:

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[Post 4640]
Author : lisarea
Date : 11-20-2020 07:26 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I like everything about this, even including most of the conciliatory language because I think it's appropriate in that context. But I also think that leaving out anything about racism and the rise of domestic terrorism would be a mistake.

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[Post 4641]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-22-2020 01:32 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Short thrad of :lolwut:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Conservative twitter is erupting w these Obama-judge takes, but it&#39;s all delusional. Judge Brann was a Federalist Society member who served on the Pa. GOP State Comm, on his county Republican committee for 18 years. He reportedly was picked by Toomey.<a href="https://t.co/d9GS0GeuxT">https://t.co/d9GS0GeuxT</a> <a href="https://t.co/8wpfC07gUs">https://t.co/8wpfC07gUs</a></p>&mdash; Matthew Stiegler (@MatthewStiegler) <a href="https://twitter.com/MatthewStiegler/status/1330303713249030145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 22, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4642]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-22-2020 03:17 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.gyazo.com/743daf8cb8b46ebeeb680d27ae96afce.png

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[Post 4643]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-23-2020 12:32 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">2. Just three days ago, the official GOP twitter account was tweeting out videos of Sidney Powell at the press conference. <br><br>Now they&#8217;re saying she&#8217;s not involved in the campaign and doesn&#8217;t represent the president. <a href="https://t.co/RTbbrxqfuu">pic.twitter.com/RTbbrxqfuu</a></p>&mdash; Yashar Ali &#55357;&#56344; (@yashar) <a href="https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1330641007927431175?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 22, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">4. In the past few days, any Republican or conservative commentator who offered even the mildest criticism of Sidney Powell was attacked by diehard Trump fans. <br><br>What will those fans say now?</p>&mdash; Yashar Ali &#55357;&#56344; (@yashar) <a href="https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1330643845562859521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 22, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 

:clowncar:

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[Post 4644]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-23-2020 01:01 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">What you are witnessing here is a fight between two swindlers fighting over millions of dollars flowing from a massive pool of stupid &amp; easy marks. They push conspiracy theories, foment fear, &amp; make millions. <br><br>There&#8217;s nothing else to this fight. Money is the main thing. <a href="https://t.co/oUpmRvvIeS">pic.twitter.com/oUpmRvvIeS</a></p>&mdash; Christopher C. Alberto (@ChrisAlbertoLaw) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisAlbertoLaw/status/1330647949727191040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 22, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4645]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-23-2020 01:57 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Sidney Powell firing is going really well on Parler... <a href="https://t.co/mA1gtNWW56">pic.twitter.com/mA1gtNWW56</a></p>&mdash; YS (@NYinLA2121) <a href="https://twitter.com/NYinLA2121/status/1330669833269088256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 23, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4646]
Author : Ari
Date : 11-23-2020 02:50 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Haha, wow, make checks payable, not to the GOP, not to Trump’s campaign, not even to some LLC, but directly to me!  Remember to put a note in the non legally binding section that this was the Trump election grift. 

There’s a lady who knows Trump wasn’t ever going to pay her fees.

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[Post 4647]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-23-2020 03:56 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The Lincoln Project sold Biden/Harris swag. (https://lincolnproject.us/gear/)

Grifters all the way down.

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[Post 4648]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-23-2020 05:01 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Following the tradition of Play Stupid Games Win Stupid Prizes.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I kinda wonder if Trump being furious with Sidney Powell could imperil the pardon Michael Flynn is expecting. <a href="https://t.co/CMwkgEbfEu">https://t.co/CMwkgEbfEu</a></p>&mdash; Josh Barro (@jbarro) <a href="https://twitter.com/jbarro/status/1330724990661038080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 23, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4649]
Author : JoeP
Date : 11-23-2020 08:20 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm enjoying seeing the right splinter and turn on itself.

I mean the left has been doing this forever...

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[Post 4650]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 11-23-2020 10:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

"4. In the past few days, any Republican or conservative commentator who offered even the mildest criticism of Sidney Powell was attacked by diehard Trump fans. 

What will those fans say now?"

What they always say... 

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/End2UvLXMAgYMAc?format=jpg&name=large

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[Post 4651]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-25-2020 01:38 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I wish the country was more alert and active at what Trump and his gang members are doing in the final days. <a href="https://t.co/x9k8CMzpoJ">https://t.co/x9k8CMzpoJ</a></p>&mdash; Don Winslow (@donwinslow) <a href="https://twitter.com/donwinslow/status/1331404942880305152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 25, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4652]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-25-2020 05:24 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr">lol <a href="https://t.co/fvq7fzt0nT">pic.twitter.com/fvq7fzt0nT</a></p>&mdash; Matt Binder (@MattBinder) <a href="https://twitter.com/MattBinder/status/1331447624252133377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 25, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4653]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-25-2020 07:53 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">As Trumpworld implodes, one of his best-known supporters in the Philly suburbs -- ex-Chester County Sheriff Carolyn &quot;Bunny&quot; Welsh, who visited the Trump White House on several occasions -- has been charged with stealing $$$ from a K-9 unit charity <a href="https://t.co/ZeJr3y90AB">https://t.co/ZeJr3y90AB</a></p>&mdash; Will Bunch Sign Up For My Newsletter (@Will_Bunch) <a href="https://twitter.com/Will_Bunch/status/1331361665187782664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">In happier times <a href="https://t.co/y2UDKWTsLj">pic.twitter.com/y2UDKWTsLj</a></p>&mdash; Will Bunch Sign Up For My Newsletter (@Will_Bunch) <a href="https://twitter.com/Will_Bunch/status/1331362601234784256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4654]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 11-25-2020 04:50 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

"Never met her. Don't know anything about who she is."

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[Post 4655]
Author : lisarea
Date : 11-25-2020 08:49 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This isn't really of much significance, really, just some more bumblefuckery from the bumblefucks; but I keep spontaneously laughing at Brian Williams' exquisitely deadpan Pence burn, so I want to make sure everyone sees it.

Brian Williams Has Figured Out What Is Wrong With Mike Pence | Crooks and Liars (https://crooksandliars.com/cltv/2020/11/brian-williams-has-figured-out-what)

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[Post 4656]
Author : JoeP
Date : 11-25-2020 09:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Brian Williams' exquisitely deadpan Pence burn

That is an exquisitely deadpan burn.

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[Post 4657]
Author : JoeP
Date : 11-25-2020 09:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Oh, look at this.

Trump pardons former national security adviser Michael Flynn | US news | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/25/donald-trump-pardons-michael-flynn)

What a surprise.

Trump is expected to offer pardons to a number of key aides before he leaves office on 20 January.

He has already commuted the sentence of longtime aide Roger Stone, like Flynn, campaign manager Paul Manafort and adviser George Papadopoulos convicted under special counsel Robert Mueller&#8217;s investigation of Russian election interference and links between Trump and Moscow.

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[Post 4658]
Author : lisarea
Date : 11-25-2020 09:34 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

WH WH WH WHAAAAAAA?

I am shocked.

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[Post 4659]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-26-2020 02:52 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We know you&#8217;re finding it difficult to accept the election result so we projected it onto your golf course with some familiar music <a href="https://t.co/sn6h0zA5MT">pic.twitter.com/sn6h0zA5MT</a></p>&mdash; Led By Donkeys (@ByDonkeys) <a href="https://twitter.com/ByDonkeys/status/1331671167762108419?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 25, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4660]
Author : JoeP
Date : 11-26-2020 08:48 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

WH WH WH WHAAAAAAA?

I am shocked.

One positive from this could be that starting to pardon his circle of conmen, grifters and criminals means he's accepted he'll be out of a job on 21 Jan.

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[Post 4661]
Author : JoeP
Date : 11-27-2020 06:05 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Here's another behaviour that might suggest he's working towards accepting it.

President-loser Donald J. Trump is now president #tinydesk. 

Trump's furniture fail: that's not a desk, Donald &#8211; it's a table for TV dinners | Design | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/nov/27/trumps-furniture-fail-desk-donald-table-tv-dinners)
The Resolute desk at the White House is made of timbers taken from a Royal Navy ship. It projects pure power. Is that why the defeated US president has switched to an occasional table he can barely squeeze his legs under?

&#8216;Mini desk. Tiny hands. Small soul&#8217;: Trump mocked for giving speech at little table | US news | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/27/mini-desk-trump-mocked-speech-little-table-diaperdon-twitter-president-furniture)
The hashtag #DiaperDon swiftly trended on Twitter, with people mocking the president as an infant banished to the children&#8217;s table for Thanksgiving.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I still can&#8217;t quite believe this happened today.<br>Whoever suggested that desk &#8230; thank you.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/tinydesk?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#tinydesk</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TinyDeskDonald?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TinyDeskDonald</a> <a href="https://t.co/9sQ6Ko1bMA">https://t.co/9sQ6Ko1bMA</a> <a href="https://t.co/xKuU0DVjUD">pic.twitter.com/xKuU0DVjUD</a></p>&mdash; Noah Maher (@noahsparc) <a href="https://twitter.com/noahsparc/status/1332167163822567424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 27, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Clean your room, <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/tinydesk?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#tinydesk</a> <a href="https://t.co/SqyPgKvlaa">pic.twitter.com/SqyPgKvlaa</a></p>&mdash; Insónias em Carvão (@insoniascarvao) <a href="https://twitter.com/insoniascarvao/status/1332263839212179457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 27, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 

This is just too good. No way he chose this himself - some in what remains of the White House team has deliberately set him up. I raise my glass to that person!

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[Post 4662]
Author : JoeP
Date : 11-27-2020 06:05 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So good FF posted it twice.

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[Post 4663]
Author : JoeP
Date : 11-27-2020 06:17 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/2I5Jqr2.jpeg

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[Post 4664]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-28-2020 05:35 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Short gloating thrad

Thread by @pookleblinky on Thread Reader App – Thread Reader App (https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1332525534585233408.html)

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[Post 4665]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-28-2020 05:59 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"> <a href="https://t.co/56pO1W1oQG">pic.twitter.com/56pO1W1oQG</a></p>&mdash; Oval Office Extraction Team (@SierraTangoNYC) <a href="https://twitter.com/SierraTangoNYC/status/1332416956834533377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 27, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4666]
Author : JoeP
Date : 11-28-2020 03:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

#tinydesk is the funniest thing to happen since Four Seasons Total Landscaping, and I am still laughing about it. About both things. 

https://i.imgur.com/Qr4cbyF.jpeg

https://i.imgur.com/w5GOupv.jpeg

https://i.imgur.com/maQKXkZ.jpeg

https://i.imgur.com/WdQcFzf.jpeg

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[Post 4667]
Author : Pyrrho
Date : 11-28-2020 08:26 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://twitter.com/JYSexton/status/1332769107498967041

We've lived years in this bizarre reality, but it's only beginning. What we're looking at as the Trump Administration winds down and the Trump Antipresidency begins will be surreal, exhausting, and absolutely dangerous.

We need to get ready for it.

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[Post 4668]
Author : JoeP
Date : 11-30-2020 12:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/i9OLovh.jpeg

https://i.imgur.com/8Og3Nrj.jpeg

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[Post 4669]
Author : JoeP
Date : 11-30-2020 12:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/7HuybxC.jpg

I was told there would be winning...

okay, but... i could set the country on fire....

Mister Lundberg told me I could be president if I keep my tyranny at an acceptable level

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[Post 4670]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-02-2020 05:38 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/TheTucsonHeat?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheTucsonHeat</a> <a href="https://t.co/jzYAGIMioM">pic.twitter.com/jzYAGIMioM</a></p>&mdash; Rusty Shackleford (@RsTshackleford) <a href="https://twitter.com/RsTshackleford/status/1333536026468368384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 30, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4671]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-02-2020 06:02 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">it&#39;s 9-dimensional 3D patriotism but he lost the VR glasses that came with the kit so he&#39;s been winging it mostly</p>&mdash; Oval Office Extraction Team (@SierraTangoNYC) <a href="https://twitter.com/SierraTangoNYC/status/1334010389982445569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 2, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4672]
Author : lisarea
Date : 12-03-2020 06:38 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Why am I watching this crazy Trump speech? I slept like two hours last night, and it's 11:30 now. I should have gone to bed an hour ago.

This may be the most important speech I've ever made.... - YouTube

I was kind of hoping he was finally going to concede or something, but of course not. He's just doubling down with the lies. It'd be hilarious if his groupies weren't getting violent over it.

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[Post 4673]
Author : JoeP
Date : 12-03-2020 02:33 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Why is the Trump White House suddenly a very polite place to work? Everyone&#8217;s going around saying &#8220;pardon me.&#8221;</p>&mdash; Dan Rather (@DanRather) <a href="https://twitter.com/DanRather/status/1334008047778160640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 2, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4674]
Author : JoeP
Date : 12-03-2020 02:33 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:dddp:

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[Post 4675]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-05-2020 07:03 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is the stupidest day in American history, a record that will be broken by every subsequent day in American history.</p>&mdash; Holden Accountable, PhD (@cushbomb) <a href="https://twitter.com/cushbomb/status/822504053057929218?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4676]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-05-2020 08:41 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Another blast form the past:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Conservatives who for 8 years sowed the dragon&#39;s teeth of partisan politics are horrified to discover they have grown an actual dragon.</p>&mdash; Stephen King (@StephenKing) <a href="https://twitter.com/StephenKing/status/705228758840643584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 3, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4677]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-08-2020 10:28 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Now my family will be impressed. Two days ago, I told them that Jared and Ivanka would be buying a hugely expensive home in Florida. Crooks always do that when they face lawsuits. Florida has a law that prevents seizure of a home, no matter how expensive. <a href="https://t.co/JXDP1PWJT6">https://t.co/JXDP1PWJT6</a></p>&mdash; Kurt &quot;Masks Save Lives&quot; Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) <a href="https://twitter.com/kurteichenwald/status/1336174349653569539?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 8, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4678]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-08-2020 07:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/xI27QiSNGK">pic.twitter.com/xI27QiSNGK</a></p>&mdash; Poorly Aged Things (@PoorlyAgedStuff) <a href="https://twitter.com/PoorlyAgedStuff/status/1336339761112428545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 8, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4679]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-08-2020 08:24 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">can&#39;t believe Pfizer took a pass on this <a href="https://t.co/c9jECpbrze">https://t.co/c9jECpbrze</a></p>&mdash; Josh Barro (@jbarro) <a href="https://twitter.com/jbarro/status/1336392484855943169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 8, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4680]
Author : JoeP
Date : 12-09-2020 09:31 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Just saying. I&#8217;ve tweeted at least five times to Trump, Jr and Eric that their dad wants to fuck their sister and not once has Twitter flagged it as misleading and inaccurate.</p>&mdash; Richard Marx (@richardmarx) <a href="https://twitter.com/richardmarx/status/1324231358240100353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 5, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4681]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 12-10-2020 06:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Resigned-in-disgrace former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke was back in D.C. for the unveiling of his official portrait (https://earther.gizmodo.com/ryan-zinke-unveils-official-portrait-featuring-national-1845843896). If this is not already the case, the portrait should be titled High Plains Grifter.

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[Post 4682]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-11-2020 05:18 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I hear it&#8217;s Execution Season.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">These executions were a conscious choice. Barr, presumably with Trump&#8217;s approval, ordered them. They didn&#8217;t have to. This isn&#8217;t some required duty they had no choice but to carry out. They made executing people a priority. They made it their legacy. They&#8217;re proud of it.</p>&mdash; Radley Balko (@radleybalko) <a href="https://twitter.com/radleybalko/status/1337227242355748866?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4683]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-12-2020 01:20 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Things are a little heated on Parler .... <a href="https://t.co/xajBsWX49S">pic.twitter.com/xajBsWX49S</a></p>&mdash; George Conway (@gtconway3d) <a href="https://twitter.com/gtconway3d/status/1337557156246269952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 12, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4684]
Author : ShottleBop
Date : 12-12-2020 05:25 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Things are a little heated on Parler .... <a href="https://t.co/xajBsWX49S">pic.twitter.com/xajBsWX49S</a></p>&mdash; George Conway (@gtconway3d) <a href="https://twitter.com/gtconway3d/status/1337557156246269952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 12, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Talk about Poe's Law!

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[Post 4685]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 12-12-2020 05:36 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Uh. There was a succession. It wasn't Trumps.

*checks translat-o-tron notes*

Oh. Secession. Y'all tried that before. Didn't win that one either.

Maybe you can go one for three and try some cessation.

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[Post 4686]
Author : lisarea
Date : 12-12-2020 06:48 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://twitter.com/SteveSchmidtSES/status/1337624776534319104

What is happening? What is this? Just run of the mill centrism to try to feed their own redemption arc without admitting they need redeeming? 

AOC seems one of the least likely candidates to be on board with Bush-era conservatism.

They're evil, not stupid. What are they trying to do here?

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[Post 4687]
Author : JoeP
Date : 12-12-2020 07:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The emphasis on tipping waitresses 50% or more, in the first tweet there, makes me think this is just more posturing.

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[Post 4688]
Author : lisarea
Date : 12-12-2020 07:30 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I mean, we do that sometimes. Not every time, but in some cases, especially when services are underpriced for the market.

And I'd believe they were just exaggerating and not outright lying. 

But that's not really relevant. The relevant position would be supporting a comfortable living wage for everyone, not just ostentatious displays of largesse. 

I just want to know what they're up to with this. Trying to make her look unreasonable when she doesn't agree to meet them in the middle for some kind of "centrist" coalition?

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[Post 4689]
Author : Kevlar
Date : 12-12-2020 07:41 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That whole "boycott the election" movement is so bizarre.  My mom and dad are right there with it.  I told them that was great and they should have started boycotting the election 40 years ago.  I don't think they got the sarcasm.

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[Post 4690]
Author : JoeP
Date : 12-12-2020 08:03 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I mean, we do that sometimes. Not every time, but in some cases, especially when services are underpriced for the market.


I wasn't talking so much about the tip amount as the waitress part. "AOC is a US Representative but let's emphasise that she previously worked as a waitress. And subtly remind everyone she's female. And if we can, Latina. And waitressing is a young woman's job so we might get the 'young' implication in there too."

It seems very far from a good-faith attempt to work with AOC, and more like a veiled public negging to impress their jock friends.

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[Post 4691]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-12-2020 08:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Schmidt looking like a creepy old man there.

Yeah, Steve-o, how about tackle it issue by issue, day by day, rather than form a formal ‘alliance’.

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[Post 4692]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-12-2020 08:16 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:lightbulb:

Driving a wedge in the Democratic Party.

Looking at the replies to Steve-o, sowing division, I tell ya.

11674

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[Post 4693]
Author : JoeP
Date : 12-12-2020 08:35 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's occurred to me I may be assuming bad faith and interpreting the tweets in that light as a demonstration of bad faith.  A logical error. 

It is bad faith, though.

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[Post 4694]
Author : JoeP
Date : 12-12-2020 08:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:lightbulb:

Driving a wedge in the Democratic Party.



Could be, but why put in the effort? The Democrats seem quite capable of making their own wedges.

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[Post 4695]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-12-2020 08:48 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:lightbulb:

Driving a wedge in the Democratic Party.



Could be, but why put in the effort? The Democrats seem quite capable of making their own wedges.

Because he, Wilson, Nichols are Very Serious and Important White Men Who Should Be Taken Seriously?

Their whole Project Lincoln effort was a &#8220;HEY EVERYONE LOOK AT US&#8221; PR gig. I mean, have you ever tried to tell such dudes to shush? Tell a certain type of dude to can it, and they&#8217;ll devote the rest of the month writing novels about how they&#8217;re right, you&#8217;re wrong, and that makes them good and you bad.

Taking credit for Democrats shooting themselves in the foot - money - somehow - idk

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[Post 4696]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-12-2020 10:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Nick Fuentes to Trump Supporters: &#8220;We are going to destroy the GOP&#8221; (for its failure to keep Trump in power)<br><br>MAGA crowd chants:<br><br>&#8220;Destroy the GOP! Destroy the GOP! destroy the GOP!&#8221;<a href="https://t.co/SGAT9MWl13">pic.twitter.com/SGAT9MWl13</a></p>&mdash; Johnattan F. Bilancieri (@BilancieriNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/BilancieriNews/status/1337835480101122050?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 12, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4697]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-14-2020 12:02 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Act like this is your first coup, if you want to be sure that it’s also your last. - The Atlantic (https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/12/trumps-farcical-inept-and-deadly-serious-coup-attempt/617309/)

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[Post 4698]
Author : JoeP
Date : 12-14-2020 03:29 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/MzviJis.jpg

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[Post 4699]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-15-2020 01:55 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Bill Barr resigns in order to spend more time with his moral void.</p>&mdash; The Out And Black Lives Matter (@OutAndAbouter) <a href="https://twitter.com/OutAndAbouter/status/1338624596484960261?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 14, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4700]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-19-2020 02:02 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We are the most embarrassing country in the world <a href="https://t.co/QifgsErqCy">https://t.co/QifgsErqCy</a></p>&mdash; Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeDrucker/status/1340067935356907520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 18, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4701]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 12-19-2020 06:04 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:laugh:

Guardians (https://destiny.fandom.com/wiki/Guardian), a name chosen by Bungie for gamers.

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[Post 4702]
Author : Corona688
Date : 12-19-2020 06:49 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Brian Williams Has Figured Out What Is Wrong With Mike Pence | Crooks and Liars (https://crooksandliars.com/cltv/2020/11/brian-williams-has-figured-out-what) adblocker blocker lol no.

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[Post 4703]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 12-19-2020 11:05 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I mean, the idea of an independent Space Force aside, it's only as :LOL: as the generic Airman might've been back in 1947. At least it's not the nuclear wedgie inspiring Space Man or Space Cadet. (Names I have been called in my well spent yoot.)

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[Post 4704]
Author : Ari
Date : 12-19-2020 11:39 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

“Heritage + mission + culture”

Wow, way to make “SpaceForce: Be Best!” Sound good!

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[Post 4705]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 12-20-2020 01:20 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

heritage? in the area we've only been exploring for fifty years? so... tail fins and chrome and disco dust?

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[Post 4706]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-20-2020 02:18 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"> <a href="https://t.co/ZrsqAHe0Kk">pic.twitter.com/ZrsqAHe0Kk</a></p>&mdash; benderlict scumberpatch, PI (@onehumangarbage) <a href="https://twitter.com/onehumangarbage/status/1340068745293783041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 18, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4707]
Author : lisarea
Date : 12-21-2020 06:59 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Bloomberg - Trump Sets &#8216;Beautiful&#8217; as the New Standard for Federal Buildings (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-21/trump-signs-order-mandating-beautiful-new-federal-architecture)

It's down pretty low on the list of his flaws, but he's got such a sub-basic bitch aesthetic, like if a suburban extended stay motel and a gold plated clock triptych had a baby. 

It's impressive how he manages to be so grotesquely wrong about literally everything. I didn't have brutalism on my bingo card of 'things he's going to try to fuck with on the way out,' though.

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[Post 4708]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-21-2020 07:46 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A readable Thread by @JuliusGoat Says They're talking about a military coup - UnrollThread.com (https://unrollthread.com/t/1340996943779147777/)

They're talking about a military coup right now and if it doesn't happen we're going to be told the best way to heal is pretending it never happened. This is how abuse works.

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[Post 4709]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-21-2020 09:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.gyazo.com/c7cb9aacb510796d425d6f80b4c7216a.jpg

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[Post 4710]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-22-2020 09:50 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Televangelist Pat Robertson declares that Biden will be president and that Trump &quot;lives in an alternate reality,&quot; &quot;is very erratic,&quot; and should not run again in 2024: &quot;You&#39;ve had your day and it&#39;s time to move on.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/2WYCZOSNTO">pic.twitter.com/2WYCZOSNTO</a></p>&mdash; Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) <a href="https://twitter.com/RightWingWatch/status/1341122230026178561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 21, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 

https://i.imgflip.com/4ra00d.jpg

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[Post 4711]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-25-2020 09:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This motherfucker's trolling of Parler. https://twitter.com/DannyBSvg

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[Post 4712]
Author : Kyuss Apollo
Date : 12-26-2020 05:50 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Remember, AG Barr suggested that people who don&#8217;t appreciate law enforcement and the legal system should be deprived of its protection. <a href="https://t.co/tGiBXqyrdg">https://t.co/tGiBXqyrdg</a></p>&mdash; Steven Strauss (@Steven_Strauss) <a href="https://twitter.com/Steven_Strauss/status/1342887162040229889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 26, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4713]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-27-2020 03:15 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/NHGOP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NHGOP</a> State Representatives signing a new Declaration of Independence <a href="https://twitter.com/GovChrisSununu?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GovChrisSununu</a> does this mean they are resigning as State Representatives? Sounds like it to me. When are the special elections <a href="https://twitter.com/NHDems?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NHDems</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/nhpolitics?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#nhpolitics</a> <a href="https://t.co/a3ILGEvh9U">pic.twitter.com/a3ILGEvh9U</a></p>&mdash; Sebastian Fuentes &#127477;&#127466;&#127482;&#127474; (@SebastianF603) <a href="https://twitter.com/SebastianF603/status/1342910419657232386?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 26, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 

I was under the impression the original declaration had a list of specific grievances and not, well:

11701

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[Post 4714]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 01-01-2021 01:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

In these COVID times, do people have too much free time? :giggle:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Dear Lord. Is this real?? <a href="https://t.co/j4lLlGfmVl">pic.twitter.com/j4lLlGfmVl</a></p>&mdash; Mr. Victor Berger IV (@VicBergerIV) <a href="https://twitter.com/VicBergerIV/status/1284990795955593216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 19, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4715]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-02-2021 01:58 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Normal

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Nothing to see here. Just Donald Trump’s attorney calling for the arrest and execution of Vice President Pence. <a href="https://t.co/0SeGDEvDh3">pic.twitter.com/0SeGDEvDh3</a></p>&mdash; Travis Akers (@travisakers) <a href="https://twitter.com/travisakers/status/1345160893382995969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 2, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4716]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-02-2021 06:42 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Vanilla Ice played Mar-A-Lago last night.

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[Post 4717]
Author : lisarea
Date : 01-02-2021 04:36 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ha ha, I love how the Mike Love Beach Boys played there too, but Vanilla Ice gets all the press. I only know because I saw a short promo video for it and he was there, singing weak and off-key, for like two seconds. 

Brian Wilson sells out huge venues. Mike Love is an opening act for Vanilla Ice.

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[Post 4718]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-02-2021 06:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I am so mad that Vanilla Ice is MAGA that I drove 12 hours to my parent&#8217;s house to go in the attic and smash his most recent cassette.</p>&mdash; Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) <a href="https://twitter.com/tonyposnanski/status/1345091979701579777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 1, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4719]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-02-2021 10:34 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Just a reminder of what <a href="https://twitter.com/JennaEllisEsq?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JennaEllisEsq</a> said on FB in 2015. <a href="https://t.co/Jii35f044w">pic.twitter.com/Jii35f044w</a></p>&mdash; Parlertakes&#55356;&#56826;&#55356;&#56824; (@parlertakes) <a href="https://twitter.com/parlertakes/status/1345468901652480000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 2, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4720]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-03-2021 02:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Please follow my gurl <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a>, he’s starting his own business.</p>&mdash; Randy Rainbow (@RandyRainbow) <a href="https://twitter.com/RandyRainbow/status/1345132885712498689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 1, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4721]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-04-2021 06:16 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I don&#39;t know how else to put this: The QAnon social media pipeline has totally engulfed far-right social media and churns out one new fictitious way for Trump to remain president every day.<br><br>It&#39;s all Donald Trump ingests, and he thinks he can remain president because of it.</p>&mdash; Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) <a href="https://twitter.com/oneunderscore__/status/1345846312156213249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 3, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4722]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-04-2021 06:20 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The audio of Trump with the Georgia secretary of state. Wow. It&#8217;s like telling the Nixon tapes to &#8220;hold my beer.&#8221;</p>&mdash; Dan Rather (@DanRather) <a href="https://twitter.com/DanRather/status/1345834047503646722?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 3, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4723]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-04-2021 09:43 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump officially completes tight four year arc from, &#8220;Hillary Clinton&#8217;s corruption is on a scale we have never seen before,&#8220; to &#8220;I just want to find 11,780 votes.&#8221;</p>&mdash; The Out And Abouter (@OutAndAbouter) <a href="https://twitter.com/OutAndAbouter/status/1345835926585540609?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 3, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4724]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-04-2021 11:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">My goal is to produce at least one banger a day for you guys. Looks like I hit that goal early. <a href="https://t.co/EdTHJC8u0U">pic.twitter.com/EdTHJC8u0U</a></p>&mdash; one pump chump (@DannyBSvg) <a href="https://twitter.com/DannyBSvg/status/1346182231593775106?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 4, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 

lol, ten minutes and 67 replies on Parler.

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[Post 4725]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-05-2021 03:41 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/4qoisYhaoB">pic.twitter.com/4qoisYhaoB</a></p>&mdash; Parlertakes&#55356;&#56826;&#55356;&#56824; (@parlertakes) <a href="https://twitter.com/parlertakes/status/1346254001780580352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 5, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4726]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 01-05-2021 04:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

You know. I wouldn't have thought you could encapsulate all of this *gestures broadly* in just one picture. But. There it is.

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[Post 4727]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-05-2021 05:07 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://images.plurk.com/4ZJP8c7y0GV3QLKp7lCgrA.jpg

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[Post 4728]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-05-2021 06:03 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Still can&#8217;t get over how America named their space marines after an Alanis Morissette song.

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[Post 4729]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 01-05-2021 06:21 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The Space Force Ironics?

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[Post 4730]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-05-2021 06:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Was that the only song they let in there? Next you&#8217;ll tell me Tom Cochrane is a one hit wonder.


&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Don&#8217;t be hysterical he doesn&#8217;t really mean a Muslim ban<br>Don&#8217;t be hysterical he didn&#8217;t really mean child separation<br>Don&#8217;t be hysterical he isn&#8217;t really colluding to attack elections<br>Don&#8217;t be hysterical he isn&#8217;t really advocating for unchecked spread<br>Don&#8217;t be hysterical he&#8217;s not re <a href="https://t.co/5ajAlDcAFJ">https://t.co/5ajAlDcAFJ</a></p>&mdash; A.R. Moxon (@JuliusGoat) <a href="https://twitter.com/JuliusGoat/status/1346229189079400448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 4, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4731]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-05-2021 10:16 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Prestwick has been told to expect the arrival of a US military aircraft the day before Joe Biden's inauguration<a href="https://t.co/osJWuVLTBJ">https://t.co/osJWuVLTBJ</a></p>&mdash; The National (@ScotNational) <a href="https://twitter.com/ScotNational/status/1346143605023338497?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 4, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Trump not allowed into Scotland to escape Biden inauguration, Sturgeon warns | The Independent (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/trump-biden-inauguration-scotland-sturgeon-lockdown-b1782602.html)

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[Post 4732]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 01-06-2021 04:49 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

We may just have two brand spankin' new Dem U.S. Senators from Georgia, of all places. P. much everyone has called Rev. Ralph Warnock the winner over KKKelly Loeffler. The other race remains uncalled by most, but Ossoff is all over teevee and the internet saying "We won." It is most definitely not too early to declare Stacey Abrams a god.

This, of course, is a very big deal. In the likely event that SCOTUS kills the Affordable Care Act, the coming Senate alignment (48 Dems, 2 independents who caucus with Dems, and a Dem vice president to break ties on legislation votes) means we'll probably get something useful to replace it. The new legislation won't curl anyone's toes, as it will only go as far as the most conservative Democratic senators allow, but it'll be worthwhile.

The bad news is things gotta get done quick. Warnock has to run again in 2022. I certainly hope Georgia gets it right then as well, but we can't count on it.

Finally, I am sure that the results of yesterday's runoffs have nothing to do with the post-election batshittery of Diaper Don and his idiot surrogates. No sir. Nothing whatsoever.

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[Post 4733]
Author : Crumb
Date : 01-06-2021 06:34 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Stacey Abrams is the real Wonder Woman.

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[Post 4734]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-06-2021 08:53 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Stacey Abrams is the real Wonder Woman.

https://i.imgur.com/gDrufl2.jpg

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[Post 4735]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-06-2021 09:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This already seems like so long ago:

https://i.imgur.com/9pRpMgY.jpg

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[Post 4736]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 01-06-2021 11:02 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I think you guys might enjoy reading this:

President Trump's Post-Election Behavior Indefensible | National Review (https://www.nationalreview.com/the-tuesday/trumps-final-insult/)

The Republicans who were all too willing to swap their honor for a little bit of political power have been, like most people who have done business with Donald Trump over the years, ripped off. And there is no moral-bankruptcy court in which to try to recover a portion of their losses.

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[Post 4737]
Author : Ari
Date : 01-07-2021 01:26 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Wow, in what is almost literally the least they can do, which is more than I expect, the man who failed a coup, has been suspended from twitter until he removes his recent posts inciting violence, if they are removed, it&#8217;s only a 12 hour suspension.

While requiring him to remove posts that have already done their job seems pretty light, this is esentially asking Trump to choose, admit twitter has power over him and do as they say, or no longer have the instant narcissism fix that is speaking to his cult.

Twitter says Trump&#8217;s account is locked, and he&#8217;s facing a ban - The Verge (https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/6/22217686/trump-twitter-account-locked-capitol-hill-riot-tweets-policy-violations)

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[Post 4738]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-07-2021 10:51 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Remember that time a woman got arrested for laughing at Jeff Sessions?

Good times.

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[Post 4739]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-07-2021 12:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The BLOAT* keeps on coming up with new ways of losing, on top of simply repeating the same losses over and over again.

I am energised by the thought of him being removed from office before 20th Jan, for yet another way of losing. What are the chances of the 25th amendment being invoked?

OK, I know
Discussions - already happening
Going ahead - close to zero chance

* Biggest Loser Of All Time

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[Post 4740]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-07-2021 08:21 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Last year, President Trump extended painful economic sanctions placed on Zimbabwe, citing concerns about Zimbabwe&#8217;s democracy. <br><br>Yesterday&#8217;s events showed that the U.S. has no moral right to punish another nation under the guise of upholding democracy. These sanctions must end.</p>&mdash; President of Zimbabwe (@edmnangagwa) <a href="https://twitter.com/edmnangagwa/status/1347176848694931457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 7, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Needle and the damage done.

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[Post 4741]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-07-2021 11:06 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We love the Yakuza series for their over the top and crazy storylines.<br><br>Yakuza: Like a Dragon for instance has the most powerful politician in the country who uses a violent mob to try and gain even more power.<br><br>It&#8217;s nice to be able to play games like this to escape reality. <a href="https://t.co/FCscYWSHDh">pic.twitter.com/FCscYWSHDh</a></p>&mdash; The Tojo Dojo-Yakuza News (@thetojodojo) <a href="https://twitter.com/thetojodojo/status/1347249874249650181?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 7, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4742]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-08-2021 10:31 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I respectfully recommend <a href="https://twitter.com/DanaBashCNN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DanaBashCNN</a> read one book about narcissistic personality disorder or visit a domestic violence shelter. <a href="https://t.co/Oc40xxjUEQ">https://t.co/Oc40xxjUEQ</a></p>&mdash; Stephen Robinson (@SER1897) <a href="https://twitter.com/SER1897/status/1347381840315748352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 8, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4743]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-08-2021 10:41 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">if you can put a Supreme Court justice on the bench in a week you can impeach in a week</p>&mdash; Eric Lach (@ericlach) <a href="https://twitter.com/ericlach/status/1347548745613914113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 8, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4744]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-08-2021 11:05 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgflip.com/4t4e0c.jpg

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[Post 4745]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-09-2021 01:52 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.gyazo.com/453056195737709bc702f29d79f49d01.png

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[Post 4746]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-09-2021 02:43 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">LMAO Trump<br>You know who&#8217;s not banned from Twitter... <a href="https://t.co/elZOr103HL">pic.twitter.com/elZOr103HL</a></p>&mdash; Dustin Hines (@dustinhines) <a href="https://twitter.com/dustinhines/status/1347702625903534081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 9, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4747]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-09-2021 03:49 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Who did this!?!? <a href="https://t.co/Nmd6dRIBm8">pic.twitter.com/Nmd6dRIBm8</a></p>&mdash; YS (@NYinLA2121) <a href="https://twitter.com/NYinLA2121/status/1347721876525649921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 9, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4748]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-09-2021 03:50 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Been a wild year today.

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[Post 4749]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-09-2021 03:54 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It&#39;s here. Track account suspensions related to Trump&#39;s whack-a-mole on Twitter at this dashboard, part of a series of trackers on Trump&#39;s final days (including resignations and calls for the president&#39;s removal). Will be updated with new reports.<a href="https://t.co/2ZOeJ9GPwp">https://t.co/2ZOeJ9GPwp</a> <a href="https://t.co/NltLxxxCuA">pic.twitter.com/NltLxxxCuA</a></p>&mdash; Benjy Renton (@bhrenton) <a href="https://twitter.com/bhrenton/status/1347743401509314560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 9, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4750]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-09-2021 03:54 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">From his feet on Nancy Pelosi&#39;s desk to an Arkansas jail. Here&#39;s a mug shot of Richard Barnett, who was arrested this morning and is now facing federal charges <a href="https://t.co/rpSJ3BvyAm">pic.twitter.com/rpSJ3BvyAm</a></p>&mdash; Reena Roy (@reenaroy) <a href="https://twitter.com/reenaroy/status/1347644935915372546?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 8, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4751]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-09-2021 04:17 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr">&#10004;&#65039; <a href="https://t.co/lQmZvooFYW">https://t.co/lQmZvooFYW</a></p>&mdash; Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) <a href="https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/1347723969777045510?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 9, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4752]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 01-09-2021 05:15 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Been a wild year today.

I had one of those for a month one day next week!

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[Post 4753]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-09-2021 05:18 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Been a wild year today.

I had one of those for a month one day next week!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">OK doomscrolling is bad but have you SEEN the quality of the doom this week?</p>&mdash; Ethan Jacobs (@ethanjacobslaw) <a href="https://twitter.com/ethanjacobslaw/status/1347434641540538368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 8, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4754]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-09-2021 06:52 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We elders of the Internet have watched many trolls try to evade the banhammer with sock puppets so this is like watching a classic sitcom do a weird WWIII episode.</p>&mdash; Catherynne M. Valente (@catvalente) <a href="https://twitter.com/catvalente/status/1347728058703368192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 9, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4755]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-09-2021 08:03 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Well this just might be the wildest shit I&#8217;ve seen all day, and that&#8217;s saying something <a href="https://t.co/szx0vwUDbD">pic.twitter.com/szx0vwUDbD</a></p>&mdash; Eric Haywood (@EricHaywood) <a href="https://twitter.com/EricHaywood/status/1347337775520079874?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 8, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4756]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 01-09-2021 08:12 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That's one of the best This You? burns I've seen.

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[Post 4757]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-09-2021 08:17 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Here's a fuller article:

2 women charged with assault from the night before the attempted coup - Insider (https://www.insider.com/2-women-charged-assault-night-before-attempted-coup-2021-1)

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[Post 4758]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-09-2021 08:18 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

11724

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[Post 4759]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-09-2021 08:07 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/zwXwZcxIpl">pic.twitter.com/zwXwZcxIpl</a></p>&mdash; Jamie Jones (@JamieDMJ) <a href="https://twitter.com/JamieDMJ/status/1347715220786057216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 9, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>


Legendary:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr">&#55358;&#56596; <a href="https://t.co/HHUJylI3J2">pic.twitter.com/HHUJylI3J2</a></p>&mdash; Tom Anderson (@myspacetom) <a href="https://twitter.com/myspacetom/status/1347723797361659906?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 9, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4760]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-09-2021 08:22 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Oooh, something longer than a tweet:

Trump was a billionaire celebrity President, and then the fucking idiot got greedy  |  The Shot (https://theshot.net.au/politics/fame-fortune-power-trump-had-it-all-and-then-got-greedy-and-lost-it-all/)

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[Post 4761]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-09-2021 08:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/hKI60hB.jpg

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[Post 4762]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-09-2021 09:05 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hey <a href="https://twitter.com/FLOTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FLOTUS</a> <br>Great news. Twitter just banned your husband. Your anti cyber bullying campaign is working.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BeBest?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BeBest</a></p>&mdash; jvharris_1965 (@jvharris_1965) <a href="https://twitter.com/jvharris_1965/status/1347691329665396736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 8, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4763]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-09-2021 11:52 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump&#8217;s email provider has removed his service, cutting his campaign off from their email list of supporters. <a href="https://t.co/yArEXdk1yE">https://t.co/yArEXdk1yE</a></p>&mdash; Kevin Beaumont (@GossiTheDog) <a href="https://twitter.com/GossiTheDog/status/1347726051703713793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 9, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4764]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-09-2021 11:53 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/4j0sIHt.jpg

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[Post 4765]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 01-10-2021 12:13 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:inscrutable:

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[Post 4766]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-10-2021 12:38 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Remember when Trump had to make sure his own wife supported him lmao <a href="https://t.co/zDI529rAK2">pic.twitter.com/zDI529rAK2</a></p>&mdash; amy (@C0INCELPR0) <a href="https://twitter.com/C0INCELPR0/status/1347692465843822594?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 8, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4767]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-10-2021 05:20 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/461695916663898115/797694850547974164/136790972_2860741567471511_3792649086226149743_n.png

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[Post 4768]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-10-2021 04:50 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/0HF0I2S.jpg

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[Post 4769]
Author : lisarea
Date : 01-10-2021 07:22 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/461695916663898115/797694850547974164/136790972_2860741567471511_3792649086226149743_n.png

It does look like the Georgian flag, but there's a Knights Templar flag that's a slightly different variant of that design that's been used as a white supremacist symbol for a while, too. 

So it might be stupid and evil, or might be stupidly evil.

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[Post 4770]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-10-2021 09:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Basic idea for an official Trump portrait:

https://i.gyazo.com/298a0a559618b6800ea6a59ccdb7faa9.jpg

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[Post 4771]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-11-2021 10:43 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Look: statistically, what are the odds that the *same* president tries to murder the *same* Congress in the *same* month. We&#8217;re safe!</p>&mdash; A.R. Moxon (@JuliusGoat) <a href="https://twitter.com/JuliusGoat/status/1348479830682030082?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 11, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Hold that inauguration in Philly and get Gritty to do security.

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[Post 4772]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-11-2021 09:58 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/wFkmU0w.jpg

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[Post 4773]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-12-2021 12:51 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm sure this isn't a trap

11732

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[Post 4774]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-12-2021 01:13 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Patriots&#8217; HC Bill Belichick will not be traveling to Washington nor accepting the Presidential Medal of Freedom, he announced today. <a href="https://t.co/uvLLigFlHU">pic.twitter.com/uvLLigFlHU</a></p>&mdash; Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1348790788046680067?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 12, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4775]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-12-2021 01:13 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

If it gonna double post

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/fryAbu19rz">pic.twitter.com/fryAbu19rz</a></p>&mdash; Conservative Self-Owns (@ConSelfOwns) <a href="https://twitter.com/ConSelfOwns/status/1348788533167734785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 12, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4776]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-12-2021 06:32 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Not great news for junior and Jared<br> <a href="https://t.co/tju5lHA9Y1">pic.twitter.com/tju5lHA9Y1</a></p>&mdash; Molly Jong-Fast&#65533;&#65533; (@MollyJongFast) <a href="https://twitter.com/MollyJongFast/status/1348974977463287808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 12, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Tl;dw

Trump mad that if he can&#8217;t get a pardon no one can!

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[Post 4777]
Author : SharonDee
Date : 01-13-2021 09:54 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

With apologies to the J. Geils Band ...

Impeached, Impeached Again

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[Post 4778]
Author : SharonDee
Date : 01-13-2021 09:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

DANG IT

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[Post 4779]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-13-2021 09:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

With apologies to SharonDee ...

Posted, Posted Again

A case where a double post is entirely appropriate.

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[Post 4780]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-13-2021 10:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

President-loser Donald J Trump:

Popular votes won: 0
Terms served: 1
Impeachments: 2

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[Post 4781]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-13-2021 10:04 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/bYjuAMZ.jpg

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[Post 4782]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-14-2021 05:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Dear Clintons,<br><br>You know what&#39;s deplorable?<br><br>Being Impeached!!!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BasketOfDeplorables?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BasketOfDeplorables</a></p>&mdash; Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) <a href="https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/774741598311776256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 10, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4783]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 01-14-2021 03:03 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A nice collection of Trump's greatest moments :lol:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Since Trump’s almost out of office, I figured this would be a fun time to remind everyone of the weirdest &amp; dumbest sh*t our failed dictator did in the last four years that we totally forgot about.<br><br>Starting with a classic:<br><br>STARING DIRECTLY INTO THE SUN DURING A SOLAR ECLIPSE <a href="https://t.co/XtvDltgJsv">pic.twitter.com/XtvDltgJsv</a></p>&mdash; Jules Suzdaltsev (@jules_su) <a href="https://twitter.com/jules_su/status/1348879180658860032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 12, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4784]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-14-2021 09:31 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/sVGH8ze3uZ">https://t.co/sVGH8ze3uZ</a> <a href="https://t.co/CNkq1TdQ3X">pic.twitter.com/CNkq1TdQ3X</a></p>&mdash; Teddy Amenabar (@TeddyAmen) <a href="https://twitter.com/TeddyAmen/status/1349761837517176834?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 14, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4785]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 01-14-2021 11:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://www.stlucianewsonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/trump-eclipse.jpg

It's time this "don't look directly at the sun" shit was nailed, guys.  It's a myth*. The sun's rays do not come close to burning holes in your retina in milliseconds, or even in seconds.  Yes, that is the advice that is always given, but that has as much to do with established habit and fear of litigation as it has to do with science.  The belief appears to be based on learned articles referring to earlier learned articles in a web of reflexive referencing centred on advice given out by NASA which itself derives almost entirely from a myth handed down in astronomy circles that Galileo Galilei blinded himself by looking at the sun too much, so you shoudn't do it.  

I am now putting myself in the position of a science denier in parallel with anti-vaxers, covid  deniers and climate sceptics, with this guy as my Andrew Wakefield: 

Galileo, solar observing, and eye safety | Andrew T. Young (https://aty.sdsu.edu/vision/Galileo.html)

*Happy to be debunked&#8212;fight me!

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[Post 4786]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 01-15-2021 02:40 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

You know, that is interesting.  I always assumed that is a real thing because my dad used to be a welder and welder's eye is a real thing, but I never really spent any time wondering whether the the sun is like a welding arc.

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[Post 4787]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-15-2021 03:20 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Maybe true?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Per <a href="https://twitter.com/MSNBC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MSNBC</a>, Republican Senate staffers are telling their bosses that if they don&#8217;t vote to convict Trump, they will resign en masse because they were also the ones barricaded in offices, hiding under desks, fearing for their lives for hours on end<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ImpeachmentDay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ImpeachmentDay</a></p>&mdash; Eimear (@eimzcaomhanach) <a href="https://twitter.com/eimzcaomhanach/status/1349496613476118528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 13, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 

lol:
NYT: Trump Had To Be Dissuaded From Dropping In On His Own Impeachment | Talking Points Memo (https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/nyt-trump-had-to-be-dissuaded-from-dropping-in-on-his-own-impeachment)

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[Post 4788]
Author : lisarea
Date : 01-15-2021 03:31 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

lol:
NYT: Trump Had To Be Dissuaded From Dropping In On His Own Impeachment | Talking Points Memo (https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/nyt-trump-had-to-be-dissuaded-from-dropping-in-on-his-own-impeachment)

Me miserable! which way shall I fly  
Infinite wrauth and infinite despair?  
Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell;            
And, in the lowest deep, a lower deep  
Still threatening to devour me opens wide,  
To which the Hell I suffer seems a Heaven.  
O, then, at last relent! Is there no place  
Left for repentence, none for pardon left?

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[Post 4789]
Author : Ymir's blood
Date : 01-15-2021 03:37 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Lucifer is a more sympathetic character...

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[Post 4790]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-15-2021 07:45 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">NEW VIDEO: As evidence mounts that the Capitol Coup was an inside job, Trump&#8217;s impeachment means he has just been neutered.<br><br>He has just lost that on which he and his co-conspirators most depended: his ability to pardon anybody connected to this treason. <a href="https://t.co/bdn0Blpq3S">pic.twitter.com/bdn0Blpq3S</a></p>&mdash; Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) <a href="https://twitter.com/KeithOlbermann/status/1349895036020920321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 15, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 

wait, this true?

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[Post 4791]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-15-2021 07:56 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

There appears to be a few things taking a walk from the WH:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">More stuff (appears to be Abe Lincoln bust) leaving the West Wing this afternoon. <a href="https://t.co/4fjkVPmiMS">pic.twitter.com/4fjkVPmiMS</a></p>&mdash; Jim Acosta (@Acosta) <a href="https://twitter.com/Acosta/status/1349810898454638592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 14, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4792]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 01-15-2021 08:40 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:loud: STOP THE STEAL!

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[Post 4793]
Author : Miisa
Date : 01-15-2021 08:46 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That picture needs to be tagged so it shows up high on a google image search of looting. 

I want to think it is innocent, but surely if it was being moved to a museum or storage one would think it would be in a crate and handled by moving pros? I am not American and still unreasonably angry at the image, as I have NO problem believing the worst of that whole family/administration.

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[Post 4794]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-15-2021 09:33 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A 2017 Facebook post from <a href="https://twitter.com/benshapiro?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BenShapiro</a>'s Daily Wire called <a href="https://twitter.com/politico?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Politico</a> &quot;fake news&quot; and cheered the outlet's exclusion from a White House press briefing <a href="https://t.co/DUAJ9PVgPy">pic.twitter.com/DUAJ9PVgPy</a></p>&mdash; Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) <a href="https://twitter.com/JuddLegum/status/1349856652917411847?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 14, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 

memory lane.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Politico has released a statement on the backlash against using <a href="https://twitter.com/benshapiro?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@benshapiro</a> as a guest-writer for Playbook. It says, &quot;we rise above partisanship and ideological warfare.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/NZ3HQQIMCr">pic.twitter.com/NZ3HQQIMCr</a></p>&mdash; ErikWemple (@ErikWemple) <a href="https://twitter.com/ErikWemple/status/1349811734937276416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 14, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 

oh. wtf

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[Post 4795]
Author : lisarea
Date : 01-15-2021 03:41 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That picture needs to be tagged so it shows up high on a google image search of looting. 

I want to think it is innocent, but surely if it was being moved to a museum or storage one would think it would be in a crate and handled by moving pros? I am not American and still unreasonably angry at the image, as I have NO problem believing the worst of that whole family/administration.

Yeah, I've heard that explanation, but I have the same questions about people just marching out carrying things like that. 

And it'd fit Trump's MO.

Trump Stole Fake Artwork From Ambassador's Home In France - The Ring of Fire Network (https://trofire.com/2020/09/08/trump-stole-fake-artwork-from-ambassadors-home-in-france/)

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[Post 4796]
Author : Ari
Date : 01-16-2021 05:37 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's time this "don't look directly at the sun" shit was nailed, guys.
I’ll fight you with, It’s complicated.
There it’s settled, I win. 

Ok most of this is in the linked article, but first off it’s a thing we were told as kids because its effects on the lens are most damaging to children, with early excessive UV exposure being connected to early cataracts, or lens fogging.  It’s not that they will go blind right away but that they would go blind (now fixable) sooner.

Second when people say directly they do mean directly dead center, not just in the vicinity of.  Most of our eye’s resolution is shit, except the fovea in the center where we get most of our detail from, and because of that it’s the area you want to take the least risks with.  The general advice is to look to the side of the sun so that any tiny chance of damage happens to a less important area of the eye.  Additionally the color of your eyes matters with lighter eyes not blocking as much UV as darker ones, increasing the damage in comparison. The same reason people with dilated pupils as more susceptible.

Finally, there are cases of going blind in seconds and most if not all involve telescopes. Focused sunrays can easily burn holes in paper or fabric and occasionally eye piece sun filters pop under the heat suddenly exposing the person’s eye to focused rays. Telescope sun filters always go on the front.

But yeah, quickly looking at the sun without additional circumstances won’t suddenly blind you.

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[Post 4797]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 01-16-2021 05:19 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Relax, folks! Everyone's favorite woman beating junkie, the MyPillow guy, has a plan (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/15/pillow-salesman-apparently-has-some-ideas-about-declaring-martial-law/) to keep Trump in office that apparently involves the Insurrection Act and declaring martial law.

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[Post 4798]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-16-2021 06:13 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Bort got there first ...
I just. Man. What. Is. Going. On. (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/15/pillow-salesman-apparently-has-some-ideas-about-declaring-martial-law)

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[Post 4799]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-16-2021 08:10 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The Radicalization of Kevin Greeson — ProPublica (https://www.propublica.org/article/the-radicalization-of-kevin-greeson/)

Guy was at Obama’s inauguration and a huge fan. This talks about how he went full trumptard.

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[Post 4800]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-16-2021 10:07 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

double

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[Post 4801]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-16-2021 10:07 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">dude that sells me wrestling tees who works at a porn store put this sign up <a href="https://t.co/qAkweiGihY">pic.twitter.com/qAkweiGihY</a></p>&mdash; &#120182;&#120202;&#120217;&#120217;&#120209;&#120202;&#120199;&#120202;&#120209;&#120209; &#128100; &#120190;&#120205;&#120206;&#120199;&#120198;&#120217;&#120198; (@jockonimus) <a href="https://twitter.com/jockonimus/status/1349749049663090694?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 14, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4802]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-17-2021 11:46 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The MyPillow website has an active promo code &#8220;QAnon&#8221; which gets you a $45 discount. (h/t <a href="https://twitter.com/weijia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@weijia</a> for this discovery)<br><br>MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell visited the White House yesterday to meet w/ Pres Trump (45), armed with notes referencing martial law and election conspiracy theories <a href="https://t.co/Nz7jloe1ra">https://t.co/Nz7jloe1ra</a> <a href="https://t.co/LAMPUOH6ic">pic.twitter.com/LAMPUOH6ic</a></p>&mdash; Sara Cook (@saraecook) <a href="https://twitter.com/saraecook/status/1350489243878096904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 16, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4803]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-17-2021 01:11 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Surprise ... OK, no surprise.

Historians having to tape together records that Trump tore up | Donald Trump | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/17/historians-having-to-tape-together-records-that-trump-tore-up)

Turns out even "but her emails!" was just a confession presented as an accusation. 

"But his torn-up documents!"

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[Post 4804]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-17-2021 10:05 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Pardons for sale, final clearance blowout! (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/17/us/politics/trump-pardons.html)

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[Post 4805]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-18-2021 12:47 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Memory lane thread:

https://twitter.com/JuliusGoat/status/1350453019956158469

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[Post 4806]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-18-2021 06:03 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">huge missed opportunity for the my pillow guy <a href="https://t.co/JcgDdlViTg">pic.twitter.com/JcgDdlViTg</a></p>&mdash; Anthony McHats (@TheHatStore) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheHatStore/status/1350459950905126915?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 16, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4807]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-18-2021 08:50 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump&#39;s tax audit has outlasted his presidency.</p>&mdash; Greg Olear (@gregolear) <a href="https://twitter.com/gregolear/status/1351132737395109891?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 18, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4808]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-19-2021 11:45 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump spends final days just rubbing his dick on everything in White House - The Beaverton (https://www.thebeaverton.com/2021/01/trump-spends-final-days-just-rubbing-his-dick-on-everything-in-white-house/)

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[Post 4809]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-19-2021 06:44 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Last day, right?

I hope somebody in the White House staff does let the door hit Trump's ass on the way out.

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[Post 4810]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-19-2021 08:45 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Commute this guy's sentence and at long last we'll see Trump's health care plan. (https://www.courthousenews.com/11th-circuit-tackles-eye-docs-73-million-health-care-fraud/)

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[Post 4811]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-19-2021 09:04 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Dale: Reflections on four weird years fact checking every word from Donald Trump - CNNPolitics (https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/19/politics/fact-check-daniel-dale-reflections-fact-checking-trump/index.html)

I had to email a Babe Ruth museum to find out if the President had made a bunch of false claims about the baseball legend while awarding him a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom. (He had.)
I had to email some of Michigan's most prominent organizations to find out if the President had actually received a state "Man of the Year" award he kept claiming he once got. (Nope.)
I fact checked every public word Donald Trump said or tweeted for just under four years. The job was unrelenting. The job was unrelentingly weird.

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[Post 4812]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-19-2021 11:05 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump's climate buffoonery shot down in court (https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/why-it-matters-trump-s-pollution-plan-just-got-upended-n1254720)

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[Post 4813]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-20-2021 05:30 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The complete list of Trump&#8217;s Twitter insults incase you need a list of things that are perfectly alright to say to a Trump supporter.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/19/upshot/trump-complete-insult-list.html

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[Post 4814]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-20-2021 05:35 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">There&#8217;s at least one <a href="https://t.co/A39ixskNpz">pic.twitter.com/A39ixskNpz</a></p>&mdash; Matt Modlin (@modlintw) <a href="https://twitter.com/modlintw/status/1351715039569444865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4815]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-20-2021 12:26 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump's climate buffoonery shot down in court (https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/why-it-matters-trump-s-pollution-plan-just-got-upended-n1254720)

The headline I want to see: 

Trump shot in court (https://whynotitcouldhappen.com/)

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[Post 4816]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 01-20-2021 01:49 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Happy Disentrump day, America!

<blockquote  class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a  href="https://twitter.com/JKCorden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JKCorden</a>  and an array of Broadway friends bid farewell to President Trump, Les  Mis style. <a  href="https://t.co/l9PiSRvCOA">pic.twitter.com/l9PiSRvCOA</a></p>&mdash;  The Late Late Show with James Corden (@latelateshow) <a  href="https://twitter.com/latelateshow/status/1351716549971722241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January  20, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"  charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4817]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 01-20-2021 02:39 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Didn't some people suggest Trump wouldn't be any worse than Hillary on the LGBTQ+ community :rolleyes:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/F7EAlqXXh8">https://t.co/F7EAlqXXh8</a> <a href="https://t.co/4leRZ27f7w">pic.twitter.com/4leRZ27f7w</a></p>&mdash; Eugene Scott (@Eugene_Scott) <a href="https://twitter.com/Eugene_Scott/status/1351868470502285313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4818]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 01-20-2021 03:01 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

lol slim that must be a mistake

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/23/us/politics/donald-trump-gay-rights.html

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[Post 4819]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 01-20-2021 03:01 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:dddp: but also, her emails

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[Post 4820]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-20-2021 04:18 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BEAUTY DAY, NEIGHBOUR... EH?<br>&#9996;&#65039;&#10084;&#65039;&#55356;&#56808;&#55356;&#56806;&#55356;&#56826;&#55356;&#56824; <a href="https://t.co/B2MRwgru70">pic.twitter.com/B2MRwgru70</a></p>&mdash; Brittlestar (@brittlestar) <a href="https://twitter.com/brittlestar/status/1351898737476579328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4821]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 01-20-2021 04:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

lol slim that must be a mistake

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/23/us/politics/donald-trump-gay-rights.html

:lol:

The undeniable fact that Clinton posed a greater threat to gay rights than Trump is so 2016, Chuck.

The Gray Lady is on to more important and timely business. As Kamilah pointed out yesterday, Biden's Peloton bike poses a grievous threat (https://www.wonkette.com/how-scandalous-is-joe-bidens-peloton-on-a-scale-of-one-to-are-you-kidding-us-with-this-s-t) to national security. We'll surely be treated to multiple opinion pieces about how the Peloton also sends the wrong message in a time where austerity is needed to blunt the effects of the Biden administration's mishandling of the pandemic.

And don't be surprised if we find that Hunter Biden once sat on that goddamn thing.

#ButHisPeloton

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[Post 4822]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-20-2021 08:13 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I heard you can hack a Peloton and use it as an email server. :freakout:

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[Post 4823]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-20-2021 08:44 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Copium:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Wow. Coping hard. <a href="https://t.co/yUqQof511A">pic.twitter.com/yUqQof511A</a></p>&mdash; Parlertakes&#55356;&#56826;&#55356;&#56824; (@parlertakes) <a href="https://twitter.com/parlertakes/status/1351992001223245824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4824]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-20-2021 09:05 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">when the building you&#39;re in is falling apart around you and the only exit is labelled &quot;SATIRE&quot; <a href="https://t.co/KgYotl9DTS">pic.twitter.com/KgYotl9DTS</a></p>&mdash; &#55357;&#56354; bob &#55357;&#56572; (@bobvids) <a href="https://twitter.com/bobvids/status/1351986381367734281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4825]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-20-2021 09:05 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

If it gonna double post, I have more shitposts:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">taking shitposting to a new level <a href="https://t.co/pCPOMOWnVt">pic.twitter.com/pCPOMOWnVt</a></p>&mdash; Parler Cringe (@ParlerCringe) <a href="https://twitter.com/ParlerCringe/status/1351709563108601856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4826]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-20-2021 09:09 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

And more positive:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Capitol police officer that saved the Senators was just recognized at the Biden/Harris inauguration. <br><br>Eugene Goodman, everyone... <a href="https://t.co/wxZl0xgSeS">pic.twitter.com/wxZl0xgSeS</a></p>&mdash; Rex Chapman&#55356;&#57287;&#55356;&#57340; (@RexChapman) <a href="https://twitter.com/RexChapman/status/1351930035733733376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4827]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-20-2021 09:32 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I am in tears&#55357;&#56877;&#55357;&#56877;&#55357;&#56877;&#55357;&#56877;&#55357;&#56877;&#55357;&#56877;&#55357;&#56877; <a href="https://t.co/G8GVVhRLQN">pic.twitter.com/G8GVVhRLQN</a></p>&mdash; I Aint Going Back N Forth With None of You (@nice_two) <a href="https://twitter.com/nice_two/status/1351977151805980673?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4828]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-20-2021 09:42 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump tells Americans 'have a good life' as he leaves White House for final time | Donald Trump | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/20/trump-leaves-white-house-biden-to-be-sworn-in)

Trump had demanded that aides prepare an ostentatious ceremony at the base, accompanied by a sprawling audience, but two weeks after Trump incited a riot at the US Capitol, he got neither. The soon-to-be former president arrived at the military base just before 8.30am, and was met with a flat sendoff marked by a sparse crowd.

Senior Republicans had shunned the event, including the House GOP leader, Kevin McCarthy, and Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, in favor of attending Biden&#8217;s inauguration, and the audience for Trump&#8217;s final sendoff far from filled the small viewing pen that the that had been set up.

Trump, who has not left the White House for over a week, had reportedly spent recent days in a dejected mood, but according to CNN, the outgoing president had been &#8220;eagerly anticipating&#8221; the sendoff event.

Instead, Trump seemed sombre and lacking in energy as he addressed his crowd, perhaps disappointed by the scale of the event.

The rest of the article (also) reads like an obituary. 

Good.

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[Post 4829]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-20-2021 09:50 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

And more positive:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Capitol police officer that saved the Senators was just recognized at the Biden/Harris inauguration. <br><br>Eugene Goodman, everyone... <a href="https://t.co/wxZl0xgSeS">pic.twitter.com/wxZl0xgSeS</a></p>&mdash; Rex Chapman&#65533;&#65533;&#65533;&#65533; (@RexChapman) <a href="https://twitter.com/RexChapman/status/1351930035733733376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

That's a genuine grade-A hero there.

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[Post 4830]
Author : fragment
Date : 01-20-2021 10:01 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/01/no-trains-no-guns-washington-dc-prepares-for-chaos-ahead-of-joe-biden-inauguration/_jcr_content/par/video/image.dynimg.1280.q75.jpg/v1610661632446/reuters-RTX8KXE0-washington-dc-riot-capitol-damage-maga-hat-1120.jpg

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[Post 4831]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-20-2021 10:06 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump pardoning a guy indicted by the Trump Justice Department for defrauding Trump supporters over the fake Trump wall is a fitting ending to the Trump presidency.</p>&mdash; Ted Boutrous (@BoutrousTed) <a href="https://twitter.com/BoutrousTed/status/1351741358696931329?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4832]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-20-2021 11:24 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Sorry!

This content is not available in your region


:sadcheer:

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[Post 4833]
Author : fragment
Date : 01-20-2021 11:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

lolbrexit

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[Post 4834]
Author : fragment
Date : 01-20-2021 11:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Try some of these TinEye Reverse Image Search (https://tineye.com/search/d0389319965c4000380ac911261708c9d0b4ed65?sort=score&order=desc&page=1)

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[Post 4835]
Author : lisarea
Date : 01-20-2021 11:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Senior Republicans had shunned the event, including the House GOP leader, Kevin McCarthy, and Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, in favor of attending Biden’s inauguration, and the audience for Trump’s final sendoff far from filled the small viewing pen that the that had been set up.


I am just sick thinking about how people are going to try to brush the whole thing under the rug. Like showing up at the inauguration is some kind of redemption arc for traitors and collaborators and apologists. 

If we're going to have anything like 'unity,' it has to be a united front AGAINST them, not with them.

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[Post 4836]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-21-2021 12:10 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">And that&#8217;s that. <a href="https://t.co/PKwLPv1Sxf">pic.twitter.com/PKwLPv1Sxf</a></p>&mdash; Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) <a href="https://twitter.com/jimmykimmel/status/1352042645686689793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4837]
Author : Ari
Date : 01-21-2021 12:57 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump pardoning a guy indicted by the Trump Justice Department for defrauding Trump supporters over the fake Trump wall is a fitting ending to the Trump presidency.
This!  I’ve been laughing all day now that the man who’s slogan was “stop the steal” pardoned the guy that stole from maga supporters as his final action.

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[Post 4838]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-21-2021 03:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">My father, a strict Republican and Trump supporter, shared that &quot;I survived Obama, you can survive Trump&quot; meme in 2016.<br><br>My father passed away from COVID in November and never heeded social distancing because Trump told him not to bother.<br><br>He didn&#39;t survive Trump.</p>&mdash; MST3K, Rifftrax, and Beyond (@1godzillafan) <a href="https://twitter.com/1godzillafan/status/1352085339326738433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 21, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4839]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 01-21-2021 05:16 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

If it gonna double post, I have more shitposts:

:squeezle:

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[Post 4840]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-21-2021 05:56 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

BrewDog troll Donald Trump by launching petition to rename Prestwick Airport &#039;Joe Biden International&#039; - Scotsman Food and Drink (https://foodanddrink.scotsman.com/drink/brewdog-troll-donald-trump-by-launching-petition-to-rename-prestwick-airport-joe-biden-international/)

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[Post 4841]
Author : Stormlight
Date : 01-21-2021 07:52 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So America ... how does it feel living in a Communist country? Have they started taking your guns away yet?

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[Post 4842]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-21-2021 11:07 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Wait a minute. <a href="https://t.co/g9Lemu7yyM">pic.twitter.com/g9Lemu7yyM</a></p>&mdash; Hend Amry (@LibyaLiberty) <a href="https://twitter.com/LibyaLiberty/status/1351880672848343040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4843]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-21-2021 05:58 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

...

If we're going to have anything like 'unity,' it has to be a united front AGAINST them, not with them.

Healing begins after you cut out the cancer.

America does not negotiate with terrorists.

and other such slogans

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[Post 4844]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-21-2021 06:02 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

If it gonna double post, I have more shitposts:

:squeezle:

Waaait a minute ... is it Bort behind making the server produce all these double postings? A sneaky ploy to create more posts (shit- or otherwise)?

Because if so ... well played, sir. Well played.

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[Post 4845]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 01-21-2021 06:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:adminpwr:

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[Post 4846]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 01-21-2021 09:48 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Makes a fella queasy recommending anything from the National Review, but Witless Ape Rides Helicopter (https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/01/witless-ape-rides-helicopter/) is worth a look.

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[Post 4847]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-21-2021 10:06 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">QAnon congresswoman hasn&#39;t filed Biden impeachment articles because &#39;she thought it would be easier&#39; <a href="https://t.co/txHAm2RGDX">https://t.co/txHAm2RGDX</a></p>&mdash; Daniel Uhlfelder (@DWUhlfelderLaw) <a href="https://twitter.com/DWUhlfelderLaw/status/1352322831506436096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 21, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4848]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-21-2021 10:24 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A lost Monty Python sketch:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump&#8217;s greatest legacy is that he restored faith and trust in politics. <br><br>He made promises and kept them. <a href="https://t.co/6t0lCwBw1C">pic.twitter.com/6t0lCwBw1C</a></p>&mdash; Nigel Farage (@Nigel_Farage) <a href="https://twitter.com/Nigel_Farage/status/1351983558504579072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4849]
Author : Ari
Date : 01-21-2021 10:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:spend: x 10,000
Nigel Farage loses £10,000 bet on Donald Trump winning the US election | The Independent (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/nigel-farage-bet-trump-us-election-b1678653.html)

 The Brexit Party leader appears to have made the wager after Mr Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen put down $10,000 on a Joe Biden victory.

 Mr Farage said: "Trump's got the momentum, we know what happened in 2016... I think that's a very dumb bet from Michael Cohen."

Meanwhile Mr Cohen, who was sentenced to three years in 2018 for campaign finance violations, told the betting firm that Mr Trump "will be the loser". He added: "Donald J. Trump cares for no one or anything other than himself.”

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[Post 4850]
Author : Sock Puppet
Date : 01-21-2021 11:02 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Makes a fella queasy recommending anything from the National Review, but Witless Ape Rides Helicopter (https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/01/witless-ape-rides-helicopter/) is worth a look.
A rather good read, at least until it gets to this part:

A fond farewell to ... Lindsey Graham&#8217;s manhood
:lolwut:

Late by at least several decades, sport-o.

:ladyburn:

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[Post 4851]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-21-2021 11:03 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">In what is possibly my favorite custom video of the year, I&#39;m going to tell you why you are a LOSER for voting for Drumpf. I&#39;ve got a little bobblehead of Agent Orange here that I&#39;m going to destroy while I simultaneously destroy your self-esteem.<br><br>Buy it: <a href="https://t.co/DrjY0LU4lZ">https://t.co/DrjY0LU4lZ</a> <a href="https://t.co/lntEbY4gMB">pic.twitter.com/lntEbY4gMB</a></p>&mdash; Goddess Alexandra Snow (@DominaSnow) <a href="https://twitter.com/DominaSnow/status/1352376722981793796?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 21, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4852]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 01-22-2021 10:23 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

lol slim that must be a mistake

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/23/us/politics/donald-trump-gay-rights.html

:lol:

The undeniable fact that Clinton posed a greater threat to gay rights than Trump is so 2016, Chuck.

The Gray Lady is on to more important and timely business. As Kamilah pointed out yesterday, Biden's Peloton bike poses a grievous threat (https://www.wonkette.com/how-scandalous-is-joe-bidens-peloton-on-a-scale-of-one-to-are-you-kidding-us-with-this-s-t) to national security. We'll surely be treated to multiple opinion pieces about how the Peloton also sends the wrong message in a time where austerity is needed to blunt the effects of the Biden administration's mishandling of the pandemic.

And don't be surprised if we find that Hunter Biden once sat on that goddamn thing.

#ButHisPeloton

Fresh off the scandal of having an exercise bike that costs, like, $49 a month...motherfucker is wearing a watch too! (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/22/fashion/mens-style/rolex-biden.html?smid=tw-share)

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[Post 4853]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 01-22-2021 11:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Well, at least the Trump removal trial won't be going forward. The Defend Our Freedoms Foundation ("DOFF" :lol: ) is suing (https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.807850/gov.uscourts.cacd.807850.1.0.pdf) Chuck Schumer and Kamala Harris to shut that shit down.

If the structure and content of the complaint seem somehow familiar, check out the identity of plaintiff's counsel.

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[Post 4854]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 01-22-2021 11:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:foocl:  I see that god's best lawyer has finally found a way to avoid beclowning herself in establishing Article III standing.

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[Post 4855]
Author : lisarea
Date : 01-23-2021 02:59 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump and Justice Dept. Lawyer Said to Have Plotted to Oust Acting Attorney General (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/22/us/politics/jeffrey-clark-trump-justice-department-election.html)  (I know it's the NYT, but that's where it is.)

Let's just move on, though, and heal the rift. Let bygones be bygones and all.

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[Post 4856]
Author : Corona688
Date : 01-23-2021 03:09 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump and Justice Dept. Lawyer Said to Have Plotted to Oust Acting Attorney General (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/22/us/politics/jeffrey-clark-trump-justice-department-election.html)  (I know it's the NYT, but that's where it is.) I found it elsewhere, what it doesn't explain is how he planned to do that.

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[Post 4857]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 01-23-2021 03:21 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump wanted to fire him and replace him.

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[Post 4858]
Author : lisarea
Date : 01-23-2021 04:54 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's in the first few paragraphs:

The unassuming lawyer who worked on the plan, Jeffrey Clark, had been devising ways to cast doubt on the election results and to bolster Mr. Trump&#8217;s continuing legal battles and the pressure on Georgia politicians. Because Mr. Rosen had refused the president&#8217;s entreaties to carry out those plans, Mr. Trump was about to decide whether to fire Mr. Rosen and replace him with Mr. Clark.

The department officials, convened on a conference call, then asked each other: What will you do if Mr. Rosen is dismissed?

The answer was unanimous. They would resign.

Their informal pact ultimately helped persuade Mr. Trump to keep Mr. Rosen in place, calculating that a furor over mass resignations at the top of the Justice Department would eclipse any attention on his baseless accusations of voter fraud.

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[Post 4859]
Author : fragment
Date : 01-24-2021 06:27 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Capitol Insurrection, the Musical

"I Got Maced," from "Capitol Insurrection, the Musical" - YouTube

The QAnon Shaman Song from "Capitol Insurrection, the Musical" - YouTube

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[Post 4860]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-24-2021 07:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump is getting warm welcome from the skies near Mar-a-lago today <a href="https://t.co/S6uUFx3t30">pic.twitter.com/S6uUFx3t30</a></p>&mdash; Daniel Uhlfelder (@DWUhlfelderLaw) <a href="https://twitter.com/DWUhlfelderLaw/status/1353429639356624897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 24, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4861]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-24-2021 08:21 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Question for people who've paid more attention to all this shit:

Assuming the articles of impeachment are sent to the Senate tomorrow (Monday 25th), why isn't the trial starting the next day, as required? 

Has it been delayed until 8th Feb because the entire Democratic Party is still spinelessly caving in to Mitch's every dishonest delaying demand? Or is there actually a good reason?

Bonus question:
One of the reasons floated is to allow Dump time to assemble his legal team. But will a couple of extra weeks be enough? Is there anyone left prepared to work with him?

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[Post 4862]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 01-25-2021 02:06 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Question for people who've paid more attention to all this shit:

Assuming the articles of impeachment are sent to the Senate tomorrow (Monday 25th), why isn't the trial starting the next day, as required? 

Has it been delayed until 8th Feb because the entire Democratic Party is still spinelessly caving in to Mitch's every dishonest delaying demand? Or is there actually a good reason?

Bonus question:
One of the reasons floated is to allow Dump time to assemble his legal team. But will a couple of extra weeks be enough? Is there anyone left prepared to work with him?

I don't know exactly how it works, but I image that the the trial will "start" immediately, but procedural mechanisms will allow the Senate to delay anything happening until the 8th.

I don't know why it's being delayed, the news says it's because the Republicans have been asking for more time (for their own reasons), and the Democrats want to get as much of Biden's appointments done before taking up the trial.

I think he'll be able to find someone, maybe even someone competent, but if I were Trump's lawyers, I'd ask for payment up front.

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[Post 4863]
Author : Ari
Date : 01-25-2021 05:07 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

One of the reasons floated is to allow Dump time to assemble [blackmail and cocaine] for his legal team.
:fixed:

Seriously, with Rudy screaming at rallies about trial by combat I can’t tell if Trump has some dirt on him or is his dealer.

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[Post 4864]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-27-2021 06:46 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

11766

Screencap should be enough, but if you want to read some erotica:

Trump is furiously watching Fauci give interviews about how relieved he is to be working for Biden, report says (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-is-furiously-watching-fauci-give-interviews-about-how-relieved-he-is-to-be-working-for-biden-report-says/ar-BB1d4lM6)

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[Post 4865]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 01-29-2021 09:17 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This seems real, this is amazing and of the greatest things ever if it's real.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Oh my god <a href="https://t.co/zmZVP3LQpX">pic.twitter.com/zmZVP3LQpX</a></p>&mdash; Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) <a href="https://twitter.com/AndrewFeinberg/status/1355121643966889985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 29, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4866]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-31-2021 03:53 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

When you can't keep a lawyer or a lolyer.

Trump's top impeachment lawyer has left his team (https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-top-impeachment-lawyer-left-013032667.html)

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[Post 4867]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-31-2021 05:31 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

lol

Donald Trump&#39;s entire legal team quits week before impeachment trial: Sources (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/donald-trump-s-entire-legal-team-quits-week-before-impeachment-trial-sources/ar-BB1dffvG)

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[Post 4868]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-31-2021 11:36 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

No one could possibly have foreseen this.

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[Post 4869]
Author : Basset Hound
Date : 01-31-2021 06:07 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

lol

Donald Trump's entire legal team quits week before impeachment trial: Sources (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/donald-trump-s-entire-legal-team-quits-week-before-impeachment-trial-sources/ar-BB1dffvG)

What's the matter?  Didn't he pay them?

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[Post 4870]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 01-31-2021 06:23 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

lol

Donald Trump's entire legal team quits week before impeachment trial: Sources (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/donald-trump-s-entire-legal-team-quits-week-before-impeachment-trial-sources/ar-BB1dffvG)

What's the matter?  Didn't he pay them?

If the anonymous sources are to be believed, Trump wants to continue to claim election fraud, while his lawyers wanted to mount a successful defense.

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[Post 4871]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 01-31-2021 06:24 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

He doesn't need to mount any defense at all.

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[Post 4872]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 01-31-2021 06:31 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">There are three main reasons lawyers quit cases.<br><br>1) Client won&#39;t accept their advice.<br>2) Client instructs the lawyer to do something which would compromise their professional duty i.e. lying in court.<br>3) The client won&#39;t pay.<br><br>I suspect we&#39;ve got the holy trinity here. <a href="https://t.co/Oa39Uakvtr">https://t.co/Oa39Uakvtr</a></p>&mdash; Steve Cavanagh (@SSCav) <a href="https://twitter.com/SSCav/status/1355846413792456704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 31, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4873]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 01-31-2021 06:36 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

He doesn't need to mount any defense at all.

That's probably true. According to the sources in the article, Trump's lawyers were planning to simply assert that the trial is unconstitutional, like how 45 Republicans already voted.

Trump apparently wanted them to air his grievances, somehow justifying his putsch. I personally think that defense might actually lead to a conviction.

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[Post 4874]
Author : Ari
Date : 01-31-2021 06:46 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I look forward to republican’s protecting him so that he can run again, while he goes on to create the maga party to split republican and qanon votes, destroying the party’s chances because they wouldn’t hold him accountable.

Afterall, all Trump really wants to do is to hold rallies, collect donations and dip his fingers in the pot, this whole holding office thing really got in the way of the important things.  If they allow him to be eligible to run again but don’t crush him in some other way, attached to the GOP will be a parasite that speaks loudly and collects lots of money but never manages to get it to the republicans.

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[Post 4875]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-31-2021 06:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Bitch McConnell will argue for a further delay to the start of the trial on account of this unexpected shortage of lawyers.

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[Post 4876]
Author : lisarea
Date : 01-31-2021 06:52 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

He doesn't need to mount any defense at all.

That's probably true. According to the sources in the article, Trump's lawyers were planning to simply assert that the trial is unconstitutional, like how 45 Republicans already voted.

Trump apparently wanted them to air his grievances, somehow justifying his putsch. I personally think that defense might actually lead to a conviction.

Yeah, that seems likely. The only way he'd actually have a chance of being convicted is if he blunders it up so badly that even Republicans worry about the optics. They got away with it the first time mostly because people didn't pay attention to the actual charges, and believed him when he said he was fully exonerated. 

If Trump actually tries to mount some crazy defense this time, even the ignoramuses will hear about it.

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[Post 4877]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-31-2021 07:42 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Reason: Sneaky in-betweeners

:muahaha:

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[Post 4878]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-01-2021 05:17 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Schoen, who advised his friend Epstein for over a decade, says the billionaire pedophile &quot;had very peculiar tastes with women&quot; but that he should have avoided prosecution under a Florida immunity deal. He was mad Prince Andrew wouldn&#39;t intervene.</p>&mdash; Respectable Lawyer (@RespectableLaw) <a href="https://twitter.com/RespectableLaw/status/1356034654965534720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 1, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

https://uglicoyote.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/clown-car.png

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[Post 4879]
Author : JoeP
Date : 02-01-2021 08:54 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

People keep going on about the 45 senators. And that seems like an apt and fitting description.

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[Post 4880]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-01-2021 11:25 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It gets better:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Quite the dynamic duo for Trump:<br><br>* the prosecutor who got shredded at the ballot and on the witness stand for his secret agreement to let Bill Cosby walk<br><br>and<br><br>* one of Jeffrey Epstein&#39;s friends <a href="https://t.co/biBjoz2zTq">https://t.co/biBjoz2zTq</a> <a href="https://t.co/j1zg0MnCUV">pic.twitter.com/j1zg0MnCUV</a></p>&mdash; Max Kennerly (@MaxKennerly) <a href="https://twitter.com/MaxKennerly/status/1356018595122311172?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 31, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Elite cabal of pedos anyone?

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[Post 4881]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-02-2021 04:02 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Leaked Parler videos organized and put on a timeline:

What Parler Saw During the Attack on the Capitol | ProPublica (https://projects.propublica.org/parler-capitol-videos/)

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[Post 4882]
Author : JoeP
Date : 02-02-2021 10:02 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

In case I don't feel like watching 30 videos of a terrorist attack, anyone got some analysis? Any surprises, any new information?

Of course my hope is that the FBI have all this and more and are diligently putting together thorough cases against all of them and their enablers. Of course I know that nothing will actually happen.

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[Post 4883]
Author : lisarea
Date : 02-10-2021 06:34 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's longish, but this is really good. I'm not opposed or immune to passionate appeals to emotion, but I like this even better.

Rep. Joe Neguse delivers opening remarks at Donald Trump's second impeachment trial - YouTube

That's our representative.

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[Post 4884]
Author : Limoncello
Date : 02-10-2021 03:09 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Is it possible Donald would go to the Big House?  Would he need Secret Service in there with him?

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[Post 4885]
Author : JoeP
Date : 02-10-2021 05:23 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Is it possible Donald would go to the Big House?  Would he need Secret Service in there with him?

The Bigliest House.

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[Post 4886]
Author : JoeP
Date : 02-10-2021 05:26 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Also,

Trump to Defend Self After Receiving Law Degree from Trump University | The New Yorker (https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/trump-to-defend-self-after-receiving-law-degree-from-trump-university)

&#8220;It&#8217;s true that he will now have a fool for a client, but that was also true of his other attorneys,&#8221; Logsdon said. &#8220;One downside of working for himself, however, is that he definitely will not get paid.&#8221;

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[Post 4887]
Author : lisarea
Date : 02-10-2021 05:46 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

He wouldn't be criminally convicted from impeachment itself. He won't be convicted anyway because too many of his co-conspirators get to vote on it, but they could bring separate criminal charges afterward. And there are possibly some other criminal charges on the way, in New York, Georgia, and maybe elsewhere. 

I don't think impeached officials lose security detail even if they're convicted, and I'm just guessing, but if he did go to prison, that'd probably be something they have to figure out then. 

Disclaimer: I could literally be wrong about everything. I don't know much about this stuff.

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[Post 4888]
Author : Limoncello
Date : 02-10-2021 07:22 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I keep imagining him with his orange hair & complexion in his orange jumpsuit.

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[Post 4889]
Author : JoeP
Date : 02-10-2021 07:54 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

For your own health, please stop imagining him at all.

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[Post 4890]
Author : Limoncello
Date : 02-10-2021 08:18 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's not a sexual thing. Joe. :nojustno:

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[Post 4891]
Author : lisarea
Date : 02-10-2021 08:49 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It just occurred to me, you know that thing where accused criminals will show up for their trials all frail looking, with wheelchairs or walkers, talking in little feeble voices, to try to get people to pity them? Like Harvey Weinstein and the Golden State Killer?

I'd like to see that. It's one of those things where good people would love it and bad people would hate it. 

Then, afterward, I want him to be in prison like on Oz and the never hear from or of him again.

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[Post 4892]
Author : JoeP
Date : 02-10-2021 09:17 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's not a sexual thing. Joe. :nojustno:

That never occurred to me ... did I imply that? ... I don't think so ... it must be on your mind.

Trump obviously tithes nothing at all. Is that something that appeals to you? How does it make you feel?

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[Post 4893]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-10-2021 09:19 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's not a sexual thing. Joe. :nojustno:

That never occurred to me ... did I imply that? ... I don't think so ... it must be on your mind.

Trump obviously tithes nothing at all. Is that something that appeals to you? How does it make you feel?

https://i.gyazo.com/32a77b40c248313e9da933f4761dcb00.jpg

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[Post 4894]
Author : Limoncello
Date : 02-10-2021 09:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Then, afterward, I want him to be in prison like on Oz and the never hear from or of him again.

oooooooooooh is Oz good? I've been thinking of watching it

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[Post 4895]
Author : lisarea
Date : 02-10-2021 10:17 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It is good. There's a fair amount of violence, but there's also a bunch of naked men.

It really is pretty intense, though. I liked it a lot, and would recommend it if you're OK with that sort of thing.

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[Post 4896]
Author : Limoncello
Date : 02-11-2021 02:39 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Naked men and violence?  That's my middle name.

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[Post 4897]
Author : Ensign Steve
Date : 02-12-2021 08:02 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I've been thinking of doing a rewatch of OZ. I haven't watched it since it originally aired. I just finished Sopranos and I meant to move on to OZ next but I forgot and ended up starting Orphan Black instead, so I have to finish that first. A couple
of the actors from OZ are also in Lost, which I love.

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[Post 4898]
Author : Ensign Steve
Date : 02-12-2021 08:31 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Damn, I meant to not post that at all since it doesn't have to do with GKT, but I slipped and double-posted instead. d'oh!

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[Post 4899]
Author : wei yau
Date : 02-12-2021 08:48 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It is good. There's a fair amount of violence, but there's also a bunch of naked men.

It really is pretty intense, though. I liked it a lot, and would recommend it if you're OK with that sort of thing.

It is where I first learned to love JK Simmons and follow him in everything he does.

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[Post 4900]
Author : Ensign Steve
Date : 02-12-2021 09:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yeah, me too. Dr. Skoda, J. Jonah Jameson, Siskel on the Ref, they're all Vernon Schillinger as far as my head canon is concerned.

Also apparently I am cool with derailing this thread, now that GKT is mostly behind us.

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[Post 4901]
Author : wei yau
Date : 02-12-2021 09:24 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Also apparently I am cool with derailing this thread, now that GKT is mostly behind us.

Okay, cool.

Have you watched Counterpart?  It is the best, you get two JK Simmonses for the price of one!

It really is a great show and has an awesome Cold War vibe to it.  The aesthetics are great and, of course, the acting superb.  I can't help to think the series ending was a bit rushed, but honestly couldn't see them doing more than three seasons anyway.

Shit.  I should watch it again.

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[Post 4902]
Author : Ensign Steve
Date : 02-12-2021 09:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

We had not heard of that one, but we have Starz so it's added to the list. :thumbup:

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[Post 4903]
Author : lisarea
Date : 02-12-2021 10:12 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

*ahem*

Trump's lawyer just blamed Antifa for the insurrection. 

He said the leader was one of the first people arrested.

I assure you I was not.

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[Post 4904]
Author : lisarea
Date : 02-12-2021 10:12 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

*ahem*

Trump's lawyer just blamed Antifa for the insurrection. 

He said the leader was one of the first people arrested.

I assure you I was not.

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[Post 4905]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 02-12-2021 10:44 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ladies and gentlemen of the supposed jury, this . . .

https://treeandneighborlawblog.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/chewbacca140722.jpg

. . . is Chewbacca.

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[Post 4906]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-12-2021 10:54 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Doesn't matter when a significant portion is going to acquit no matter what.

Thrad, fwiw:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Fascists prefer lies to truth.<br><br>Believing a lie is preferable to believing a truth, if what you want is to dominate&#8212;the only fascist principle.<br><br>So they believe lies. <a href="https://t.co/DHNBcGdM5k">https://t.co/DHNBcGdM5k</a></p>&mdash; A.R. (Actually Republic) Moxon (@JuliusGoat) <a href="https://twitter.com/JuliusGoat/status/1359471842554183685?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 10, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4907]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 02-13-2021 12:16 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Doesn't matter when a significant portion is going to acquit no matter what.

Absolutely true. There's more than a little emotional security in certain knowledge that you're going to win regardless of how slappy a slapdick you are.

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[Post 4908]
Author : lisarea
Date : 02-13-2021 12:39 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It does matter, though, because once the case is laid out clearly and thoroughly, anyone voting to acquit is clearly admitting they're complicit. They can't convincingly claim they didn't know.

As loathsome as they are generally speaking, there are a whole lot of Trump supporters who've been hoodwinked because they're gullible and don't know how to fact check the things people are telling them. And with people being more isolated from normal society, they've been more vulnerable than ever. 

There are quite a few already coming around after the insurrection and multiple failed Qanon predictions. (Stay home March 4, though. The craziest ones are still on board.)

He won't be convicted, of course, but that doesn't mean it doesn't matter.

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[Post 4909]
Author : lisarea
Date : 02-13-2021 12:39 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

You heard me.

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[Post 4910]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 02-13-2021 01:45 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

You heard me.

I feel what you say often bears repeating  :tmgrin:

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[Post 4911]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-13-2021 02:55 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The things that happen when you try to feed :ff: more than 500 bytes of data all at once.

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[Post 4912]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-13-2021 02:56 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

And sometimes less.

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[Post 4913]
Author : JoeP
Date : 02-13-2021 10:14 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

You heard me.

I feel what you say often bears repeating  :tmgrin:

Are you implying, and I think you are, that the :ff: server knows pea is worth repeating and acts accordingly?

This can only mean that the software, which doubleposts most of us at one time or another, thinks we are all manifestations of the one true Lisarea? I mean I can't rule out that possibility, and AIs naturally have less familiarity with human nature.

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[Post 4914]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 02-14-2021 11:20 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Also apparently I am cool with derailing this thread, now that GKT is mostly behind us.

Okay, cool.

Have you watched Counterpart?  It is the best, you get two JK Simmonses for the price of one!

It really is a great show and has an awesome Cold War vibe to it.  The aesthetics are great and, of course, the acting superb.  I can't help to think the series ending was a bit rushed, but honestly couldn't see them doing more than three seasons anyway.

Shit.  I should watch it again.


This is an oddly named Counterpart appreciation thread, but man are we enjoying Counterpart.  Schillinger acts up a storm in this, so fucking good.

The "prescient" pandemic backstory and how it effects society is something I really like. 7 percent of the population.

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[Post 4915]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-17-2021 08:03 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Infrastructure Week is finally here. Trump Plaza Casino in Atlantic City is now gone. <a href="https://t.co/JgL9WHSyBS">pic.twitter.com/JgL9WHSyBS</a></p>&mdash; Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) <a href="https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1362042883528884224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 17, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4916]
Author : JoeP
Date : 02-17-2021 08:50 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

One down.

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[Post 4917]
Author : wei yau
Date : 02-17-2021 09:47 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

During the Second Impeachment of Donald Trump, I wondered what would he, his supporters and the Republican Senators be saying if the insurrectionists succeeded in their goal.  Let's say that they were able to get to some Congressmen, harm them, maybe kill them and stop the counting of the Electoral Votes.

Assume that somehow the siege ends, maybe with the insurrectionists being arrested and are now in prison.

What would Trump and his Trumpists do?  

I wanted someone to ask them this question, but I guess it isn't relevant to an impeachment trial.  But I think that their answers would be revelatory. I guess I'll have to wait for the alternate history TV series on HBO Max or whatever.

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[Post 4918]
Author : wei yau
Date : 02-17-2021 09:48 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

During the Second Impeachment of Donald Trump, I wondered what would he, his supporters and the Republican Senators be saying if the insurrectionists succeeded in their goal.  Let's say that they were able to get to some Congressmen, harm them, maybe kill them and stop the counting of the Electoral Votes.

Assume that somehow the siege ends, maybe with the insurrectionists being arrested and are now in prison.

What would Trump and his Trumpists do?  

I wanted someone to ask them this question, but I guess it isn't relevant to an impeachment trial.  But I think that their answers would be revelatory. I guess I'll have to wait for the alternate history TV series on HBO Max or whatever.

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[Post 4919]
Author : Limoncello
Date : 02-17-2021 09:54 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:foggy:

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[Post 4920]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-18-2021 03:07 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump Uses Rush Limbaugh’s Death to Whine About Election Loss on Fox News (https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-uses-rush-limbaughs-death-to-whine-about-rigged-election-on-fox-news)

https://i.gyazo.com/83695bc840eb1c9b185415d8df1c54bf.jpg

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[Post 4921]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-19-2021 10:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Inside the drama that is dealing with rich dudes. And Trump.

Trump Hotel Employees Reveal What It Was Really Like Catering to the Right Wing Elite (https://www.washingtonian.com/2021/02/19/trump-hotel-employees-tell-all-what-it-was-really-like-serving-right-wing-elite/)

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[Post 4922]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 02-19-2021 10:39 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Meh.  That's 5 minutes of life you owe me, Kam.

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[Post 4923]
Author : Sock Puppet
Date : 02-19-2021 10:49 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

If it was exactly what it said on the tin, then caveat legit, good sir. That'd be why I didn't click it.




(If my Latin grammar is off, feel free to :pointlaugh: at me.)

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[Post 4924]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 02-19-2021 10:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It had Kam's "I think this is worth reading" imprimatur, so I guess you're right, Sock.  That's me schooled.

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[Post 4925]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-19-2021 11:02 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:snicker:

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[Post 4926]
Author : JoeP
Date : 02-20-2021 12:01 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It had Kam's "I think this is worth reading" imprimatur, so I guess you're right, Sock.  That's me schooled.

All we can say is it had Kam's "I think this is worth posting" imprimatur.

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[Post 4927]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-04-2021 05:25 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">what kind of shithole ex-president gets vaccinated in secret for the virus he claimed was a hoax</p>&mdash; Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) <a href="https://twitter.com/itsJeffTiedrich/status/1366801545589850114?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 2, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4928]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 03-04-2021 10:27 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:dddp:

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[Post 4929]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 03-04-2021 10:30 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I've lately been following the estimable Heather Cox Richardson's daily blog of news (https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/march-3-2021)

Today&#8217;s testimony suggests  that the Pentagon [in dramatic contrast to the approval accorded to the National Guard to deploy in June 2020] placed unprecedented restrictions on the mobilization of the National Guard on January 6, preventing it from responding to the crisis at the Capitol in a timely fashion.

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[Post 4930]
Author : Crumb
Date : 03-04-2021 05:58 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's March 4th! :loud:
It's March 4, my dudes. Happy inauguration day! - GIF on Imgur (https://imgur.com/xB02R7P)

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[Post 4931]
Author : Crumb
Date : 03-04-2021 05:59 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:dddp:

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[Post 4932]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-06-2021 06:05 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

11878

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[Post 4933]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-10-2021 05:30 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It is stunning to think that one of the very last public campaigns of the Trumpists was the open (if ineffectual) announcement of thought reform (&#8220;American&#8221; education) and an attack on &#8220;decadent&#8221; architecture.</p>&mdash; Ari Costello (@AriCostello) <a href="https://twitter.com/AriCostello/status/1369512765438713862?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 10, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

2022 might be important.

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[Post 4934]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-10-2021 05:31 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It is stunning to think that one of the very last public campaigns of the Trumpists was the open (if ineffectual) announcement of thought reform (“American” education) and an attack on “decadent” architecture.</p>&mdash; Ari Costello (@AriCostello) <a href="https://twitter.com/AriCostello/status/1369512765438713862?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 10, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

2022 might be important.

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[Post 4935]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-12-2021 10:12 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump accused of passing around nude photos and hitting on his accountant&#8217;s mourning family members ('https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-accountant-shiva-weisselberg-b1816619.html')

Annoying gif under spoiler
https://i.gyazo.com/e7ac241a543fb6e20193c176dd5fea2e.gif

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[Post 4936]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-13-2021 07:11 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Dog Rescue Charity Linked To Lara Trump Funneling Money Into Donald Trump's Pocket (https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/lara-trump-mar-a-lago-dog-rescue-charity-232906971.html)

see post above for gif.

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[Post 4937]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-14-2021 04:16 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump Org Ex-Wife: Trump Showed Nudes at Weisselberg’s Mom’s Shivah, but We Got a Free Apartment (https://www.thedailybeast.com/jennifer-weisselberg-trump-org-insiders-ex-wife-says-only-a-small-part-of-the-pay-was-reported)

:soccer:

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[Post 4938]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-18-2021 07:58 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Tussaud’s Waxworks in San Antonio removes Trump figure because people keep punching it | The Daily (https://www.sacurrent.com/the-daily/archives/2021/03/17/tussauds-waxworks-in-san-antonio-removes-trump-figure-because-people-keep-punching-it)

:lol:

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[Post 4939]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-18-2021 07:58 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Tussaud’s Waxworks in San Antonio removes Trump figure because people keep punching it | The Daily (https://www.sacurrent.com/the-daily/archives/2021/03/17/tussauds-waxworks-in-san-antonio-removes-trump-figure-because-people-keep-punching-it)

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[Post 4940]
Author : lisarea
Date : 03-18-2021 09:59 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That looks like Klaus Kinski.

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[Post 4941]
Author : Sock Puppet
Date : 03-18-2021 10:35 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I thanked both posts. Because it deserved to be seen twice.

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[Post 4942]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-18-2021 10:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Huh, the first one did go through. Oh well. :shrug:

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[Post 4943]
Author : Limoncello
Date : 03-19-2021 05:29 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Waxworks in San Antonio removes Trump figure because people keep punching it

They could have displayed him securely- in a jail cell.

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[Post 4944]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-29-2021 04:57 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

You thought this thrad would make it to page two?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump wanders into Mar-a-Lago wedding reception, proceeds to run through a laundry list of his own personal grievances instead of toasting the happy couple: &#8220;Do you miss me yet?&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/NGBFhDGjzJ">https://t.co/NGBFhDGjzJ</a></p>&mdash; The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) <a href="https://twitter.com/thedailybeast/status/1376305796733153282?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 28, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Sad Trombone - YouTube (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yJxCdh1Ps48)

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[Post 4945]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-08-2021 09:49 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

G.O.P. Group Warns of ‘Defector’ List if Donors Uncheck Recurring Box (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/07/us/politics/republicans-donations-trump-defector.html)

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[Post 4946]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-15-2021 07:23 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

If we could learn to look instead of gawking,
We'd see the horror in the heart of farce,
If only we could act instead of talking,
We wouldn't always end up on our arse.
This was the thing that nearly had us mastered;
Don't yet rejoice in his defeat, you men!
Although the world stood up and stopped the bastard,
The bitch that bore him is in heat again. 

..

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[Post 4947]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-15-2021 07:23 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

dub dub

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[Post 4948]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-21-2021 01:44 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;I think it&#39;s the role of the president of the United States to stay back, to not inflame the tensions,&quot; said Kayleigh McEnany... the press secretary for DONALD TRUMP. <a href="https://t.co/ghUSeQHhtC">pic.twitter.com/ghUSeQHhtC</a></p>&mdash; Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) <a href="https://twitter.com/briantylercohen/status/1384572107384705030?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 20, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4949]
Author : wei yau
Date : 04-21-2021 02:14 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Man, fuck CNN for even giving that person a platform.

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[Post 4950]
Author : Ari
Date : 04-27-2021 02:58 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

In the latest Slop the Seal news, Arizona senate republicans have given their investigation over to a company called &#8220;Cyber Ninjas&#8221; who&#8217;s CEO has spouted Trumpian conspiracies.  Would you have guessed then that they are unwilling to give details.

Who the fuck is Cyber Ninjas? No one knows.
Their website is a basic template with 80s/90s style ninjas, swords and generic copy. Oh and their phone number even ends in 3-NINJAS. As far as I can tell the only person who works there is Doug Logan, and this is a way to funnel money and call himself a CEO.

The [Arizona] Senate is paying Cyber Ninjas, a cybersecurity firm, $150,000 to conduct the audit and hire its own contractors. The Arizona Republic found that the CEO of the firm, Doug Logan, had touted conspiracy theories about the election on social media and had participated in a previous attempt to overturn Michigan election results. Logan told reporters at a news conference last week that the audit is costing more than $150,000, but he would not say how much or who is paying his company. He also will not give information about everyone involved. Nonpartisan election auditing experts have indicated this audit will cost millions.

By handing the operations over to Cyber Ninjas, the Senate has reduced the transparency of the audit. The contractors are unwilling to share all of the parties they have hired, how much in total it will cost and who is paying them, and public records requests have so far gone unanswered. One America News Network announced they were fundraising for the effort, along with Sidney Powell. 
Arizona Republicans are conducting a baffling and completely secretive recount of the 2020 election - CNNPolitics (https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/26/politics/arizona-recount-2020-election/index.html)

&#8220; Logan authored a document, bristling with conspiracy theories surrounding voting machine companies, [b]that was posted on the website of lawyer Sidney Powell.&#8221;
Never heard of them: Arizona GOP audit firm unknown even in home state - POLITICO (https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/26/republicans-arizona-vote-audit-florida-484737)

Oh now it&#8217;s all starting to come together!

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[Post 4951]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-03-2021 08:28 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Lest we forget

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">happy three year anniversary to this spectacular display of zero upper body strength <a href="https://t.co/fOH2xkaVBz">https://t.co/fOH2xkaVBz</a></p>&mdash; hannah gais (@hannahgais) <a href="https://twitter.com/hannahgais/status/1388599128586964994?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 1, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4952]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-03-2021 08:28 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Well if it's going to double post:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is a sweet given how Trump obsessed over market performance. <a href="https://t.co/3xwcaR0CLN">https://t.co/3xwcaR0CLN</a></p>&mdash; Hillary Warned Us (@HillaryWarnedUs) <a href="https://twitter.com/HillaryWarnedUs/status/1387007879023104000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 27, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4953]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-04-2021 04:54 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

White man: Bruce Bartman Gets Probation After Illegally Voting for Trump  (https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/i-listened-to-too-much-propaganda-white-trump-voter-gets-probation-after-voting-for-his-dead-mother-and-registering-another-dead-woman-as-a-republican-in-pa/)

Black woman: Highest Criminal Court in Texas to Review Crystal Mason's Conviction (https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/highest-criminal-court-in-texas-to-hear-appeal-in-crystal-masons-illegal-voting-case/)

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[Post 4954]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-06-2021 04:52 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump started a blog.

And tried to tie a Twitter account to it.

Suspended now: https://mobile.twitter.com/DJTDesk

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[Post 4955]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-18-2021 06:06 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This was just unsealed. In the last weeks of the Trump administration, William Barr&#39;s Justice Department tried to use a secret grand jury subpoena to unmask <a href="https://twitter.com/NunesAlt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NunesAlt</a>, a Devin Nunes parody account. <a href="https://t.co/ENc4oiUV0f">https://t.co/ENc4oiUV0f</a></p>&mdash; kpoulsen (@kpoulsen) <a href="https://twitter.com/kpoulsen/status/1394344671761993731?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 17, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4956]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 05-18-2021 10:50 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A lot of these defendants — and I'm going to use this colloquial term, perhaps disrespectfully — but they're all fucking short-bus people. These are people with brain damage, they're fucking retarded, they're on the goddamn spectrum. But they're our brothers, our sisters, our neighbors, our coworkers — they're part of our country. These aren't bad people; they don't have prior criminal history. Fuck, they were subjected to four-plus years of goddamn propaganda, the likes of which the world has not seen since fucking Hitler.

~ Albert Watkins (https://www.rawstory.com/qanon-shamans-lawyer-capitol-rioters-are-short-bus-people-manipulated-by-worst-propaganda-since-hitler/), the QAnon Shaman's criminal defense lawyer

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[Post 4957]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-18-2021 11:39 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Laughing german midget - YouTube

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[Post 4958]
Author : Ari
Date : 05-19-2021 06:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I can’t wait till Trump turns on the Arizona grift count,
Arizona Election Auditors Find Files Trump Claimed Had Been Destroyed (https://www.businessinsider.com/arizona-recount-auditors-find-files-trump-claimed-destroyed-2021-5)

 "Just want to underscore that AZ Senate's @ArizonaAudit account accused Maricopa County of deleting files- which would be a crime- then a day after our technical letter explained they were just looking in the wrong place," the tweet said. "All of a sudden 'auditors' have recovered the files."
The audit was supposed to wrap up on May 14th but will go on for several more weeks, presumably as the auditors learn how to use a mouse and keyboard. I can’t wait till someone actually puts forth the possibility the Thanos snap dusted Trump ballots.

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[Post 4959]
Author : lisarea
Date : 05-19-2021 08:26 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A lot of these defendants — and I'm going to use this colloquial term, perhaps disrespectfully — but they're all fucking short-bus people. These are people with brain damage, they're fucking retarded, they're on the goddamn spectrum. But they're our brothers, our sisters, our neighbors, our coworkers — they're part of our country. These aren't bad people; they don't have prior criminal history. Fuck, they were subjected to four-plus years of goddamn propaganda, the likes of which the world has not seen since fucking Hitler.

~ Albert Watkins (https://www.rawstory.com/qanon-shamans-lawyer-capitol-rioters-are-short-bus-people-manipulated-by-worst-propaganda-since-hitler/), the QAnon Shaman's criminal defense lawyer

Good thing that lawyer has the superior neurotype.

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[Post 4960]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 05-19-2021 08:45 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Adrienne Lawrence is onto it:

QAnon Shaman&#39;s Attorney Makes Wildly Ignorant Claims - YouTube

Do we like Adrienne Lawrence?  I think I do.

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[Post 4961]
Author : Ari
Date : 05-19-2021 09:03 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Qanon&#8217;s Lawyer: 
Morons of the West - Blazing Saddles - YouTube

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[Post 4962]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 05-19-2021 09:35 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Do we like Adrienne Lawrence?  

We had not heard of her before today, but having reviewed that vid, yes, we do in fact like Adrienne Lawrence!

I fully expected some of the Jan. 6 defendants to mount a diminished capacity defense, but Mr. Watkins' "my client is goddamn short-bus Aspie dipshit who's far too much a fucking retard to form any sort of mens rea or put up any psychological resistance to trumpanzee pant-hooting" came as a bit of a surprise. It shouldn't have come as a surprise, but it did.

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[Post 4963]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-28-2021 05:30 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

But her emails

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ugh, sorry for the typo! That&#39;s gonna bug me.<br><br>Anyway, retired Army Col. Douglas Macgregor made the comments in April and May. He also attacked women serving in the military in combat roles.<a href="https://t.co/xCBlnsQHRB">https://t.co/xCBlnsQHRB</a></p>&mdash; em steck (@emsteck) <a href="https://twitter.com/emsteck/status/1398024398506971136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 27, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4964]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-02-2021 09:50 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump started a blog.

And tried to tie a Twitter account to it.

Suspended now: https://mobile.twitter.com/DJTDesk

Quitting quitter quits.

Donald Trump has shut down his blog - The Verge (https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/2/22464930/donald-trump-blog-facebook-twitter-social-media-platform)

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[Post 4965]
Author : lisarea
Date : 06-03-2021 01:36 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Maybe he should get a pay per minute 900 number.

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[Post 4966]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 06-05-2021 06:22 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Pence Says He And Trump May Never 'See Eye To Eye' On Jan. 6 : NPR (https://www.npr.org/2021/06/04/1003228976/pence-distances-himself-from-trump-over-jan-6th-insurrection?utm_source=Newsletter_Daily-Rundown-Member&utm_medium=WBEZEmail&utm_campaign=Daily_Newsletter_Daily-Rundown_+20210604&utm_content=6/4/2021&DE=WBEZEmail)

I could put this in the "mainstream media sucks" category, because Pence said this:

"[delusional orange man] and I have spoken many times since we've left office, and I don't know if we'll ever see eye to eye on that day," Pence said, "but I will always be proud of what we accomplished for the American people over the last four years."


Pence is such a pathetic quisling.  The man was happy with people attempting to murder you.

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[Post 4967]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 06-05-2021 08:40 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This prompts me to share a thought about gaslighting and a misunderstanding I see in the way it&#8217;s commonly applied to Trump and his presidency. 

It isn&#8217;t Trump&#8217;s alternative facts that gaslight us. It&#8217;s the acceptance without question on the part of the wider GOP.  What threatens our collective sanity is not Trump&#8217;s  incredible self serving claims, but that so many in positions of authority have refused to denounce him, and continue to refuse.

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[Post 4968]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 06-08-2021 12:09 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

We are now accepting bets on how long it'll take this (https://occupydemocrats.com/2021/06/06/was-donald-trump-wearing-a-diaper-at-his-speech-last-night/) to become the official GOP uniform.

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[Post 4969]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-08-2021 04:47 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Process serving ninjitsu.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mo Brooks’ wife is finally served with Jan 6 insurrection incitement lawsuit from Eric Swalwell’s attorney. (Video courtesy Mo Brooks’ security camera). <a href="https://t.co/B8bxHcT3jM">pic.twitter.com/B8bxHcT3jM</a></p>&mdash; Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) <a href="https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1402085010740592644?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 8, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4970]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-14-2021 12:22 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Look at the eye movement. 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I&#39;m not saying this is a hostage video. But I&#39;m not saying it isn&#39;t, either. <a href="https://t.co/lo8yvtc2Ym">pic.twitter.com/lo8yvtc2Ym</a></p>&mdash; Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) <a href="https://twitter.com/justinbaragona/status/1403179097505869828?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 11, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4971]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-16-2021 12:33 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Sure, this thrad.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">* Get budget smartphone made in China that retails for $179.99 &#9989;<br><br>* Install free open source Google-managed OS, fail to do the free compatibility process so can&#39;t use the Android name &#9989;<br><br>* Call it &quot;Freedom Phone&quot; and sell it to gullible Trump supporters for $499.99 &#9989; <a href="https://t.co/1Wt9AJYaeG">pic.twitter.com/1Wt9AJYaeG</a></p>&mdash; Max Kennerly (@MaxKennerly) <a href="https://twitter.com/MaxKennerly/status/1415501825088888839?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 15, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4972]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-16-2021 12:33 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

If it&#8217;s going to double post.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump supporters think they&#8217;re signing on to a class-action lawsuit against social media companies. What they&#8217;re really signing on to is a fundraising email list <a href="https://t.co/IWmmaMDhJi">https://t.co/IWmmaMDhJi</a></p>&mdash; The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) <a href="https://twitter.com/thedailybeast/status/1413854839604400130?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 10, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4973]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 07-16-2021 05:01 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

... uncensorable app store ...

Press [X] to doubt.

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[Post 4974]
Author : Ari
Date : 07-16-2021 05:03 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:news:
Shocking news just in! A recently leaked document shows country we knew helped Trump in the 2016 elections, did in fact help Trump in the 2016 elections! 

 There is a brief psychological assessment of Trump, who is described as an &#8220;impulsive, mentally unstable and unbalanced individual who suffers from an inferiority complex&#8221;.

There is also apparent confirmation that the Kremlin possesses kompromat, or potentially compromising material, on the future president, collected &#8211; the document says &#8211; from Trump&#8217;s earlier &#8220;non-official visits to Russian Federation territory&#8221;.

Kremlin papers appear to show Putinâ&#8364;&#8482;s plot to put Trump in White House | Vladimir Putin | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/15/kremlin-papers-appear-to-show-putins-plot-to-put-trump-in-white-house)I&#8217;ll show you Unstable!
&#8230; &#8220;Russia respected us, China respected us, Iran respected us, North Korea respected us. And the world was a much safer place than it is now with mentally unstable leadership.&#8221;
Well guess someone&#8217;s read it too him! Nothing shows a better president than &#8220;Nuh uh, you are!&#8221; as their response.

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[Post 4975]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-21-2021 08:09 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

double

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[Post 4976]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-21-2021 08:09 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Just reading the US Attorneys&#39; letter request to keep Barrack in custody in EDNY. It&#39;s pretty nice. A THREAD.</p>&mdash; Dirk Schwenk (Esq) &#127925; (@DirkSchwenk) <a href="https://twitter.com/DirkSchwenk/status/1417678188864475138?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 21, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4977]
Author : Jerome
Date : 07-28-2021 01:01 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump pushed and continues to push the vaccine. 

For profit international drugs companies are making a killing.

lol

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[Post 4978]
Author : Jerome
Date : 07-28-2021 01:01 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

dupe

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[Post 4979]
Author : JoeP
Date : 07-28-2021 11:53 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Watch: Daniel Hodges Responds to GOP Claim That Insurrectionists Were Tourists (https://www.businessinsider.com/watch-daniel-hodges-responds-republican-claim-insurrectionists-tourists-2021-7)

Police officer responds to GOP claims that Capitol rioters were tourists: 'If that's what American tourists are like, I can see why foreign countries don't like American tourists'

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[Post 4980]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-28-2021 07:22 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Watch: Daniel Hodges Responds to GOP Claim That Insurrectionists Were Tourists (https://www.businessinsider.com/watch-daniel-hodges-responds-republican-claim-insurrectionists-tourists-2021-7)

Police officer responds to GOP claims that Capitol rioters were tourists: 'If that's what American tourists are like, I can see why foreign countries don't like American tourists'

Random aside:

My travels in Europe usually went:
Enter establishment.
Greeted by someone.
I speak.
They stiffen up upon hearing my typically North American rhotic English.
I find an excuse to dig in a pocket and casually put my passport on the counter.
They visibly relax, maybe even smile.

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[Post 4981]
Author : Jerome
Date : 07-29-2021 01:50 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

In France they are burning down vaccination venues.

Europe is on fire with fear of vaccination depopulation scams.

These people generationaly lived through Hitler's depopulation schemes.

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[Post 4982]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 07-29-2021 03:46 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

In France they eat snails!

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[Post 4983]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-29-2021 04:50 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Hank Scorpio: By the way, Homer, what's your least favorite country? Italy or France? Homer: France. Hank Scorpio: Heh heh. Nobody ever says Italy.

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[Post 4984]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-31-2021 08:09 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Tasty thrad

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&#8220;&#8216;You guys may not be following the internet the way I do&#8217;&#8221; (p. 3) <br><br>&#8212;Former President Trump <a href="https://t.co/oVMVtVDSfL">pic.twitter.com/oVMVtVDSfL</a></p>&mdash; Oversight Committee (@OversightDems) <a href="https://twitter.com/OversightDems/status/1421131313319399425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 30, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4985]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-04-2021 03:22 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

US Capitol riot: 2 more DC police officers who responded to insurrection have died by suicide | CNN (https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/02/politics/dc-metropolitan-police-officer-suicide-january-6-capitol-riot/index.html)

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[Post 4986]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 08-04-2021 05:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

In France they eat snails!

:projectilevomit::snail:

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[Post 4987]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-08-2021 01:58 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump slams US women's soccer team: Would have gold if not 'woke' | TheHill (https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/566490-trump-us-womens-soccer-team-wouldve-won-olympic-gold-instead-of)

:medal:

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[Post 4988]
Author : Jerome
Date : 08-11-2021 12:42 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

US Capitol riot: 2 more DC police officers who responded to insurrection have died by suicide | CNN (https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/02/politics/dc-metropolitan-police-officer-suicide-january-6-capitol-riot/index.html)

Apparently they were not willing to tell the lie.

Dead men tell no tales\\\:popcorn:

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[Post 4989]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-13-2021 06:07 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Heather Heyer died 4 years ago today. RIP Heather, you will never be forgotten. <a href="https://t.co/5SEnG7l9fn">pic.twitter.com/5SEnG7l9fn</a></p>&mdash; Turn Texas Blue (@Blue_Texas2022) <a href="https://twitter.com/Blue_Texas2022/status/1425804511361212417?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 12, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4990]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 08-13-2021 05:42 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Happy Reinstatement Day, you guys!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E8qoYtsWYAAZ1jb?format=jpg&name=large

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[Post 4991]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 08-13-2021 05:47 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Crowds comparable to Trump's first inauguration, I see

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[Post 4992]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 08-13-2021 05:47 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

double posting every fucking time now

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[Post 4993]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-13-2021 07:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump Sized Bigly Posting.

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[Post 4994]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-13-2021 09:12 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/zlHDWpt.jpg

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[Post 4995]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-13-2021 09:19 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I was up all night practicing my dance for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ReinstatementDay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ReinstatementDay</a>. I think I finally got it. <br><br>&#128252;davidvarner4 <a href="https://t.co/SxSkvfbXVX">pic.twitter.com/SxSkvfbXVX</a></p>&mdash; Mel the Enforcer (@Fah_Lo_Me) <a href="https://twitter.com/Fah_Lo_Me/status/1426166195741470723?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 13, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4996]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-14-2021 05:35 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Happy <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ReinstatementDay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ReinstatementDay</a> &#55358;&#56691;&#55358;&#56609; <a href="https://t.co/vEhbvmcR7g">pic.twitter.com/vEhbvmcR7g</a></p>&mdash; BStrongerTogether&#55357;&#56473; (@IsaScienceLogic) <a href="https://twitter.com/IsaScienceLogic/status/1426133405100658689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 13, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4997]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-16-2021 05:14 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&#8220;President Trump has continued to take the lead in peace talks as he signed a historic peace agreement with the Taliban in Afghanistan&#8221; &#8212; h/t <a href="https://twitter.com/daveweigel?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@daveweigel</a> who appears to have spotted first <a href="https://t.co/CNocg3g1OZ">https://t.co/CNocg3g1OZ</a></p>&mdash; Hugo Lowell (@hugolowell) <a href="https://twitter.com/hugolowell/status/1427048965506224130?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 15, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 4998]
Author : Ari
Date : 08-16-2021 06:54 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

As misogynistic dictators who know nothing but forcing others to obey as everything goes to shit, I wondered, could I find a quote of Trump praising the Taliban? 
Why yes, of course I could. 

“We’re dealing very well with the Taliban, They’re very tough, they’re very smart, they’re very sharp, but you know it’s been 19 years and even they are tired of fighting, in all fairness.”

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[Post 4999]
Author : Jerome
Date : 08-20-2021 01:26 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A synthetic opioid has been created and distributed, they no longer need the poppy fields secured.

https://images03.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/full/public/2021-07/mil-marines-poppy-field-1800.jpg?itok=M2bThbpM

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[Post 5000]
Author : Jerome
Date : 08-20-2021 01:26 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A synthetic opioid has been created and distributed, they no longer need the poppy fields secured.

https://images03.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/full/public/2021-07/mil-marines-poppy-field-1800.jpg?itok=M2bThbpM

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[Post 5001]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-23-2021 06:00 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA (https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-booed-alabama-rally-after-telling-supporters-get-vaccinated-n1277404)

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[Post 5002]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 08-23-2021 02:12 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So then, the bugfuck insane bacteria have escaped the lab and are mutating at a prodigious rate, and Gaetz of Babylon went out and got himself a Roethlisberger marriage (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/rep-matt-gaetz-elopes-marries-girlfriend-in-california/ar-AANBy1t?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531). The Master Race had itself one helluva weekend.

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[Post 5003]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-24-2021 05:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump’s wall struck by God’s wrath. (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/aug/23/trump-border-wall-reportedly-severe-disrepair-arizona)

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[Post 5004]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-24-2021 09:31 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

TIL that monsoons in North America are a thing.

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[Post 5005]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 08-25-2021 01:59 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=12121&stc=1&d=1629852960

My non-voting, Trump-loving, racist once upon a time mother figure shared this on FB today.

Angela is my brother’s ex-wife.  I don’t have much interaction with her.  I normally just block her politics garbage, but I couldn’t pass up the talk of Satan.

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[Post 5006]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-25-2021 08:37 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Remember these losers?

FCC Proposes Largest Robocall Fine Ever Against Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman (https://www.newsweek.com/fcc-proposes-largest-robocall-fine-ever-against-jacob-wohl-jack-burkman-1622753)

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[Post 5007]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-02-2021 08:06 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This onion has enough layers to put in the Trump thrad.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/yM8Szm7PKJ">pic.twitter.com/yM8Szm7PKJ</a></p>&mdash; Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) <a href="https://twitter.com/kenklippenstein/status/1432562197809537030?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 31, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Sad Trombone - YouTube

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[Post 5008]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 09-08-2021 08:23 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Just 10 days to go until the Look Ahead America rally (https://www.rollcall.com/2021/09/08/capitol-police-prepare-for-sept-18-rally-lawmakers-invited/) in D.C., celebrating the January 6 patriot heroes. The Proud Boys, White Lives Matter, and many other assorted trumpanzee neo-Nazi fucks will be there. I look forward to seeing which members of Congress attend.

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[Post 5009]
Author : Ari
Date : 09-10-2021 03:57 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Meanwhile, I wonder what Trump is doing…

NEVER FORGET WHERE YOU WERE: HOLYFIELD VS BELFORT 9/11 

Donald Trump, son to provide commentary on Evander Holyfield-Vitor Belfort alternate telecast (https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/32167639/donald-trump-son-provide-commentary-evander-holyfield-vitor-belfort-alternate-telecast)
Former President Donald Trump has signed a contract to provide commentary on a "gamecast" of Saturday's boxing event headlined by Evander Holyfield vs. Vitor Belfort, Triller told ESPN on Tuesday.

His son Donald Trump Jr. will join him at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida.

Viewers will have the option to purchase either the main telecast or the Trump "gamecast" for $49.99.
$49 to listen to Trump and one of his sons ‘comment on a boxing match’ is one of the wonders of deplatforming. Gotta pay up to hear the master speak.

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[Post 5010]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-10-2021 04:05 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I wonder if Don Sr is gonna punch is boy again if Junior&#8217;s tie isn&#8217;t straight.

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[Post 5011]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-10-2021 06:50 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">My mother was always very proud of me but she was smarter than this. | Trumper Pleads Guilty After His Mom Bragged About His Capitol Riot Antics On Facebook <a href="https://t.co/zC4EqQF6Nw">https://t.co/zC4EqQF6Nw</a> via <a href="https://twitter.com/HuffPostPol?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@HuffPostPol</a></p>&mdash; Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) <a href="https://twitter.com/RadioFreeTom/status/1435675483358834694?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 8, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5012]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-12-2021 03:47 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A special thanks to whoever told Donald Trump it was going to rain at the 9/11 memorial. <a href="https://t.co/luzdLgvit8">pic.twitter.com/luzdLgvit8</a></p>&mdash; Middle Age Riot (@middleageriot) <a href="https://twitter.com/middleageriot/status/1436713757959507977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 11, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 

https://i.gyazo.com/5e8d012bed05f2df4696cc04494b7ba4.gif

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[Post 5013]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-16-2021 08:36 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;Obama is probably running the government now anyway, according to many&quot; -- Donald Trump on Newsmax <a href="https://t.co/7LMBuK6fE8">pic.twitter.com/7LMBuK6fE8</a></p>&mdash; Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) <a href="https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1437903781270855681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 14, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5014]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 09-16-2021 08:15 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

At face value, it's astonishing that nearly four in five GOP voters believe the president did not win the election, reality be damned. But just as notable is the fact that CNN asked the same question in an April poll and found 70 percent of Republicans did not see Biden as the legitimate winner of the election. Now, that percentage is up to 78.

The problem of Republicans questioning Biden&#x27;s legitimacy gets worse (https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/problem-republican-questioning-biden-s-legitimacy-gets-worse-n1279355)

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[Post 5015]
Author : Ari
Date : 09-16-2021 09:58 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Rank-and-file Republican voters, meanwhile, don't know they're being deceived, and the result is widespread confusion about reality.
Here I’m not so sure. The heavily Q sure, but I think there are a decent number of republicans who know it’s not actually true but the nagging fear that it could be true, maybe, and of course something that *will* be true in the future they are certain, combined with the notion that you always call the ref a blind wanker when he calls against your team, no matter what, that many are repeating the lie, like the good liars they are, in support of the team.

I think a problem with how liberals often report on conservatives is by taking them too much at face value. These aren’t all dumb people, many of them know they make up bullshit in bad faith and are ok with it because you are the enemy or a neutral lamb, neither of which they have enough respect for to care about being honest too. One thing we’ve learned from internal nazi-group chatter, is they often know they are violent hateful shitheads and purposefully tone it down around certain people, so that they can more readily get away with being violent hateful shitheads, in other circumstances.

Luckily, this is mostly all revolving around Trump, someone who possibly could be tricked into signing away running again if it meant a permanent unblockable twitter account.

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[Post 5016]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 09-20-2021 05:19 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Former President Donald Trump has made no secret that he is eager to end Mitch McConnell’s run as the Republican leader in the Senate, but lawmakers don’t seem all that interested, reports the Wall Street Journal. Trump has been making calls to senators and allies to try to weigh potential interest in ousting McConnell from the leadership spot but so far he has gotten little traction. Although the two men were allies for much of Trump’s presidency, McConnell refused to go along with the former president’s lies that widespread voter fraud cost him the 2020 election. Even if Trump’s plan never gets off the ground though “the discussions risk driving a wedge deeper between the most influential figure in the Republican Party and its highest-ranking member in elected office,” notes the Journal.

Trump would like to oust Moscow Mitch (https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/09/republican-senators-trump-plan-oust-mcconnell.amp)

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[Post 5017]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-20-2021 11:18 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Here's a wild chart:

https://i.gyazo.com/bbc2b6437627148aa8fc6232a933050b.jpg

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[Post 5018]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 09-20-2021 11:23 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Hey do you have a source for this graph?  I really like it, but I don't like sharing stuff on fb without a source.

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[Post 5019]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-21-2021 01:21 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I actually ended up using google image search on that one and found:

"A Simple Actuarial Analysis." (https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/9/12/2051831/--A-Simple-Actuarial-Analysis)

Where a guy concludes that any amount of dead redcap bodies is acceptable to damage Biden and hope they get a net gain.

Add: and I appended that to where I found the chart posted, unsourced.

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[Post 5020]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-23-2021 05:34 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">When your whole personality is just Trump. <a href="https://t.co/6vRdyFGPRI">pic.twitter.com/6vRdyFGPRI</a></p>&mdash; PatriotTakes &#55356;&#56826;&#55356;&#56824; (@patriottakes) <a href="https://twitter.com/patriottakes/status/1440496074561507328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 22, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5021]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-24-2021 09:32 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

In the latest Slop the Seal news, Arizona senate republicans have given their investigation over to a company called “Cyber Ninjas” who’s CEO has spouted Trumpian conspiracies.  Would you have guessed then that they are unwilling to give details.

Who the fuck is Cyber Ninjas? No one knows.
Their website is a basic template with 80s/90s style ninjas, swords and generic copy. Oh and their phone number even ends in 3-NINJAS. As far as I can tell the only person who works there is Doug Logan, and this is a way to funnel money and call himself a CEO.

The [Arizona] Senate is paying Cyber Ninjas, a cybersecurity firm, $150,000 to conduct the audit and hire its own contractors. The Arizona Republic found that the CEO of the firm, Doug Logan, had touted conspiracy theories about the election on social media and had participated in a previous attempt to overturn Michigan election results. Logan told reporters at a news conference last week that the audit is costing more than $150,000, but he would not say how much or who is paying his company. He also will not give information about everyone involved. Nonpartisan election auditing experts have indicated this audit will cost millions.

By handing the operations over to Cyber Ninjas, the Senate has reduced the transparency of the audit. The contractors are unwilling to share all of the parties they have hired, how much in total it will cost and who is paying them, and public records requests have so far gone unanswered. One America News Network announced they were fundraising for the effort, along with Sidney Powell. 
Arizona Republicans are conducting a baffling and completely secretive recount of the 2020 election - CNNPolitics (https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/26/politics/arizona-recount-2020-election/index.html)

“ Logan authored a document, bristling with conspiracy theories surrounding voting machine companies, [b]that was posted on the website of lawyer Sidney Powell.”
Never heard of them: Arizona GOP audit firm unknown even in home state - POLITICO (https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/26/republicans-arizona-vote-audit-florida-484737)

Oh now it’s all starting to come together!

Didn't go as expected. (https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2021/09/23/arizona-audit-draft-report-confirms-biden-beat-trump-2020/5835521001/)

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[Post 5022]
Author : Ari
Date : 09-25-2021 06:45 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The year is 2221, Martian colony “New-Arizona” celebrates it’s traditional annual audit fair. Participate in a Ballot Speed counting contest! Dress in your favorite oversized suit! Face paint for the kids!

Arizona GOP Chair Calls For New Audit After Biden Confirmed Winner Again (https://www.newsweek.com/arizona-gop-chair-calls-new-audit-after-biden-confirmed-winner-again-1632669)

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[Post 5023]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-25-2021 11:12 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:clown: :car:

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[Post 5024]
Author : JoeP
Date : 09-25-2021 12:29 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

They keep coming back for proof they're losers. They love feeling abused and persecuted.

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[Post 5025]
Author : Ari
Date : 09-26-2021 07:02 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Let the infighting begin!
Trump ‘endorses’ democrat Stacy Abrams over Republican Kemp who refused to steal the election for him.
This can only be settled one way, Trump Vs Kemp UFC fight!
:sisfight:
"Of course, having her [Abrams] I think might be better than having your existing governor, if you want to know the truth"

"Kemp is a disaster. He's a disaster. He talks about elections...He did everything he could to make sure we lost the election. He was terrible”

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[Post 5026]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-26-2021 07:14 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Let the infighting begin!
Trump ‘endorses’ democrat Stacy Abrams over Republican Kemp who refused to steal the election for him.
This can only be settled one way, Trump Vs Kemp UFC fight!
:sisfight:
"Of course, having her [Abrams] I think might be better than having your existing governor, if you want to know the truth"

"Kemp is a disaster. He's a disaster. He talks about elections...He did everything he could to make sure we lost the election. He was terrible”

The depth of the pettiness is amazing.

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[Post 5027]
Author : JoeP
Date : 09-26-2021 09:20 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

You seem surprised, Kam.

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[Post 5028]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-26-2021 10:03 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I&#8217;ve had too much close contact with this brand of narcissist. I wish it was more surprising.

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[Post 5029]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-28-2021 10:12 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DonaldJTrumpJr</a>, thanks for your concern.<br><br>I don&#8217;t have COVID. <br>Fortunately for you, if you want to have a conversation about the effects of obesity on people with COVID, your dad is a phone call away&#8230;assuming he answers your calls.<br><br>Or just ask your sister to call him for you. <a href="https://t.co/1v6GISIt5B">https://t.co/1v6GISIt5B</a></p>&mdash; Ana Navarro-Cárdenas (@ananavarro) <a href="https://twitter.com/ananavarro/status/1441890497572655112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 25, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5030]
Author : JoeP
Date : 09-28-2021 07:02 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/Gkb0VYF.jpg

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[Post 5031]
Author : Ari
Date : 10-06-2021 03:33 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I bet someone is spitting mad! 
Donald Trump misses Forbes wealthiest list; Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk lead (https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2021/10/05/trump-misses-forbes-list-first-time-25-years/6009431001/)

Forbes&#8217; estimate is that Trump lost $600 million during the pandemic and now has an alleged $2.5 Billion. But since we have no clue how much of that is real and how much is owed to foreign powers, a half a billion loss in real-estate value could really put him in the weeds. 

Meanwhile, a judge has ruled that Trump has till the end of the year to be questioned in an Apprentice lawsuit that he&#8217;s been stalling on since 2017 under the claim that you can&#8217;t sue a sitting president.
Judge says Trump can be deposed in former Apprentice; contestants lawsuit | Reuters (https://www.reuters.com/world/us/judge-says-trump-can-be-deposed-former-apprentice-contestants-lawsuit-2021-10-04/)

At this rate I&#8217;m not sure Trump is even going to make it to 2024 to run again.

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[Post 5032]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 10-06-2021 01:58 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

At this rate I’m not sure Trump is even going to make it to 2024 to run again.

:prayer:

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[Post 5033]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-07-2021 05:54 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

‘Trumpcoin’ Scam From Fake Celebrity Accounts Is Fooling QAnon (https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumpcoin-scam-from-fake-celebrity-accounts-is-fooling-qanon)

 “I think the lesson of Trumpcoin is that when you have a situation like QAnon, these people have already self-identified as extremely gullible. And so a lot of people are then going to come in and sort of try to feed at the trough there.”

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[Post 5034]
Author : Ensign Steve
Date : 10-07-2021 06:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

More power to them. :thumbup:

Sorry, I get that people are old and vulnerable and outright dumb, but I am completely out of sympathy for these people.  Maybe if they get screwed over enough times, they'll wise up.

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[Post 5035]
Author : JoeP
Date : 10-07-2021 07:53 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I bet someone is spitting mad! 
Donald Trump misses Forbes wealthiest list; Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk lead (https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2021/10/05/trump-misses-forbes-list-first-time-25-years/6009431001/).

Trump Claims He Fell Off Forbes’s Richest List Because They Failed to Count Rubles | The New Yorker (https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/trump-claims-he-fell-off-forbess-richest-list-because-they-failed-to-count-rubles)

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[Post 5036]
Author : Ari
Date : 10-07-2021 09:14 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

these people have already self-identified as extremely gullible. 

I think this is one of the reasons we aren’t in a civil war right now. Just imagine if all the money they’ve given to become a dictatorship actually went to real efforts to overthrow the government, instead of buying multiple people nice properties in Florida. Instead the con-artists lined up and each took turns grifting the faithful with the promise that “this time” their money would actually go to hurting the libs.

It’s clear many of our systems are so poorly secure that a legit team of cyber attackers *could* have turned the Arizona recount into serious accusations that would keep the election in shambles for years to come. Instead all the grifters agreed that it was Cyber-Ninjas turn at the grift table, to grab the money and run.

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[Post 5037]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-08-2021 05:03 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

More power to them. :thumbup:

Sorry, I get that people are old and vulnerable and outright dumb, but I am completely out of sympathy for these people.  Maybe if they get screwed over enough times, they'll wise up.

Something about scam victims doubling down and, well, what this guy who successfully fleeces the left but is definitely not stupid, says: 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Remember when I wrote that thing about how people will resist all factual information if it threatens their narcissistic, tribal priors, and will stovepipe their own info sources rather than ever change their mind? <a href="https://t.co/G454NHMzEG">https://t.co/G454NHMzEG</a></p>&mdash; Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) <a href="https://twitter.com/RadioFreeTom/status/1445952156088025090?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 7, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5038]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-09-2021 05:28 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Tell me voting for Trump is symptomatic of poor decision making, without telling me &#8230; <a href="https://t.co/MJ0XVRjrYi">pic.twitter.com/MJ0XVRjrYi</a></p>&mdash; Paul Duncan (@paulmakingway) <a href="https://twitter.com/paulmakingway/status/1444343954120478721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5039]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-10-2021 05:26 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It&#39;s interesting that C-SPAN is promoting coverage of Trump&#39;s rally tonight as &quot;Campaign 2024&quot; when Trump hasn&#39;t, you know, announced he&#39;s running <a href="https://t.co/c09QfeM1NQ">https://t.co/c09QfeM1NQ</a></p>&mdash; Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) <a href="https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1446908859516399626?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 9, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Oh, he&#8217;ll do anything for money, spite, and attention. Barring a stroke or heart attack he&#8217;ll be running. Dementia won&#8217;t stop him.

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[Post 5040]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-10-2021 05:26 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Double

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[Post 5041]
Author : Jerome
Date : 10-10-2021 10:53 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Oh, he’ll do anything for money, spite, and attention. Barring a stroke or heart attack he’ll be running. Dementia won’t stop him.

Wait, you think cspan is owned by Trump??

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[Post 5042]
Author : Jerome
Date : 10-10-2021 11:09 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Btw, several hundred thousand fake votes in Arizona..strange how the media reports that.

Winston Smith would be proud.

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[Post 5043]
Author : Jerome
Date : 10-10-2021 11:09 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Btw, several hundred thousand fake votes in Arizona..strange how the media reports that.

Winston Smith would be proud.

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[Post 5044]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 10-11-2021 02:09 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

boat water

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[Post 5045]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-13-2021 08:05 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

boat water

Pro-Trump candidate suggests taking 'all the boats out of the water' to lower sea levels - Raw Story - Celebrating 17 Years of Independent Journalism (https://www.rawstory.com/scott-pio-sea-level/)

?

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[Post 5046]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 10-13-2021 04:09 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

boat water

Pro-Trump candidate suggests taking 'all the boats out of the water' to lower sea levels - Raw Story - Celebrating 17 Years of Independent Journalism (https://www.rawstory.com/scott-pio-sea-level/)

?

If we pulled all the boats out of the sea, the average sea level would go lower, so a few seconds of searching would have told him how many boats we'd need to remove to have a noticeable effect.

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[Post 5047]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 10-13-2021 05:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

But if the sea level changes so drastically over such a short period of time won't the islands flip over?

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[Post 5048]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 10-13-2021 10:26 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'll need to think on it a minute, but I'm fairly sure this (https://twitter.com/patriottakes/status/1448371633463332864) is the first time I've ever seen an old, incontinent, morbidly obese adderall junkie depicted as an archangel.

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[Post 5049]
Author : Ari
Date : 10-13-2021 10:46 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So, God created Biden in his image and every christian republican is related to Biden and Harris? Although that’s probably putting too much thought into this, assuming they know their own religion and all.

And God said unto the angels, “Fetch me my phone, for I must tweet my latest commandment!” But Satan was cunning and had banned God from his holy mount. God was furious and went on OAN to complain.

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[Post 5050]
Author : JoeP
Date : 10-14-2021 09:44 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It's interesting that C-SPAN is promoting coverage of Trump's rally tonight as &quot;Campaign 2024&quot; when Trump hasn't, you know, announced he's running <a href="https://t.co/c09QfeM1NQ">https://t.co/c09QfeM1NQ</a></p>&mdash; Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) <a href="https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1446908859516399626?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 9, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Oh, he’ll do anything for money, spite, and attention. Barring a stroke or heart attack he’ll be running. Dementia won’t stop him.

...

Trump to Skip 2024 Campaign and Go Straight to Claiming He Won | The New Yorker (https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/trump-to-skip-2024-campaign-and-go-straight-to-claiming-he-won)

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[Post 5051]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-14-2021 09:51 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Borowitz needs to stop with tomorrow&#8217;s headlines today

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[Post 5052]
Author : JoeP
Date : 10-14-2021 11:45 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Reality is too unbelievable for Borowitz. Or the Onion.

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[Post 5053]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-19-2021 09:52 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Given the chance to be gracious about someone’s death, or say nothing at all, Trump takes a decidedly different route <a href="https://t.co/HMgFAiiRcK">pic.twitter.com/HMgFAiiRcK</a></p>&mdash; Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) <a href="https://twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/1450455942714306566?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

12189

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[Post 5054]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-21-2021 07:03 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Look who's refreshing his grifting list.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">And there is is&#8230; <br><br>Trump is launching a social media network called &#8220;TRUTH Social,&#8221; the former President announced tonight. <a href="https://t.co/4IIJ1CUXHe">pic.twitter.com/4IIJ1CUXHe</a></p>&mdash; Donie O&#39;Sullivan (@donie) <a href="https://twitter.com/donie/status/1450986510585630724?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 21, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5055]
Author : JoeP
Date : 10-21-2021 09:31 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ooh. Who's going to visit www . truthsocial . com to sign up for the invite list?

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[Post 5056]
Author : Ari
Date : 10-21-2021 09:44 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The real question here is, will the hard drives be properly cursed by god to prevent hacking?

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[Post 5057]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-21-2021 06:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The real question here is, will the hard drives be properly cursed by god to prevent hacking?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It took less than two hours for Donald Trump&#39;s new social media to collapse under the weight of embarrassment. Trump&#39;s own account was quickly compromised and proceeded to post a photo of a pig defecating on its own scrotum. Access to the site is now shut down.</p>&mdash; steven monacelli (@stevanzetti) <a href="https://twitter.com/stevanzetti/status/1451030745263263745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 21, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5058]
Author : JoeP
Date : 10-21-2021 09:41 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Dammit I came here to poast that

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[Post 5059]
Author : Ari
Date : 10-21-2021 10:14 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The tweet thread update says that it wasn’t hacked, this was just a fake account, which I feel is worse. It’s one thing to mess up computer security, it’s another to just completely miss the possibility of people faking accounts by already registering variants of DJT’s name.

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[Post 5060]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-21-2021 10:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Donald Trump's new social media SPAC, explained - The Verge (https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/21/22738240/donald-trump-truth-social-spac-dwac-stock-merger)

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[Post 5061]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 10-22-2021 12:20 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I wonder if there's a way I can short the new company.

TMTG seems designed to fail. That Verge article implies that the new company hasn't attracted any outside investors, so that means the real money people aren't interested. I assume the grift is to make money off of foolish small investors.

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[Post 5062]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-22-2021 05:03 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

TMTG seems designed to fail.

Trump's new social-media investors didn't know he was involved when they loaned $300 million: report - Raw Story - Celebrating 17 Years of Independent Journalism (https://www.rawstory.com/trumps-media-venture-gives-him-access-to-300m-but-investors-were-aware-he-was-involved-report/)

:popcorn:

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[Post 5063]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 10-22-2021 10:47 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Can we turn the hysteria knob down from 11?

From Kamilah's Rawstory link http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/images/buttons/viewpost.gif (https://www.rawstory.com/trumps-media-venture-gives-him-access-to-300m-but-investors-were-aware-he-was-involved-report/)

Former president Donald Trump's media venture, Truth Social, could give his new company access to $300 million. 

Er ... what?  I may not be an economics major but even I can see that that is gibberish.

Trump's new social media investors  didn't know he was involved ...

... yes; that's like the way I am not aware of who will be involved when I pay into my pension fund.  

This is not what serious responsible journalism looks like.  Why does this even need saying here at :ff:?

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[Post 5064]
Author : Ari
Date : 10-22-2021 11:59 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Given it only took Trump 29 days from start to trashing of his own blog because he wasn&#8217;t getting that instant boost like twitter. If I was an investor I would probably want to know that my investment into a future facebook hinges on how fast Trump gains viewers on the new platform.

But yeah the worry that it&#8217;s suddenly giving specifically Trump $300 million is a bit of media :freakout: 
It&#8217;s more like &#8220;Trump handed match and gas can while standing over pile of $300m&#8221;

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[Post 5065]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 11-10-2021 05:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Plaintiff does not acknowledge the deference owed to the incumbent President&#8217;s judgment.  His position that he may override the express will of the executive branch appears to be premised on the notion that his executive power &#8220;exists in perpetuity.&#8221; But Presidents are not kings, and Plaintiff is not President.  He retains the right to assert that his records are privileged, but the incumbent President &#8220;is not constitutionally obliged to honor&#8221; that assertion.

Trump v. Thompson (https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.236632/gov.uscourts.dcd.236632.35.0_2.pdf), No. 21-cv-2769, at 18 (D.D.C. Nov. 9, 2021) (order denying preliminary injunction) (emphasis added, citations omitted). 

Thus did the federal judiciary keep intact its unblemished record of kicking the old incontinent morbidly obese Adderall junkie squah in the dick.

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[Post 5066]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 11-13-2021 08:50 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A New York state judge ruled on Tuesday that a defamation lawsuit filed against Trump by Summer Zervos, a contestant on his former reality show The Apprentice, can go ahead. ... 

Summer Zervos: Ex-Apprentice drops lawsuit against Trump | BBC (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59271928)


I don't know what to make of Zervos folding her hand like that.  Is Trump the innocent maligned party in this case?  It seems so unlikely, but that of course is prejudice.  

Anyone?

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[Post 5067]
Author : Ari
Date : 11-13-2021 09:19 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I know nothing about the case, but in general defamation is hard to prove and the potential winnings small unless damages can be shown.

It’s possible she decided that something like a book deal was overall more profitable than a defamation case.

Frankly one of the few expertise Trump really has is playing the legal system while he drags people through the mud with him, something something wrestling a pig. I could see not wanting to become the target of his piglings.

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[Post 5068]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 11-13-2021 11:48 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Unless Zervos' lawyers were working on a contingent fee basis and advancing costs from their own pockets, Zervos may have run out of money.

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[Post 5069]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-23-2021 06:03 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">After beating his kids, choking out his wife, allegedly sexual assaulting an underage girl &amp; trying to force his wife to have an abortion, the HEAVILY Trump endorsed PA Senate candidate, Sean Parnell, has officially lost custody of his children today.</p>&mdash; Kyla In The Burgh &#55356;&#57331;&#65039;*&#55356;&#57096;&#55356;&#57332;*&#9760;&#65039; (@KylaInTheBurgh) <a href="https://twitter.com/KylaInTheBurgh/status/1462864598802046976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 22, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5070]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-23-2021 06:03 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Double

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[Post 5071]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-23-2021 11:44 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It will never not be hilarious that hundreds of insurrectionists were turned in by their ex-wives</p>&mdash; Layla Benson (@BaelaLayla) <a href="https://twitter.com/BaelaLayla/status/1463282166528450560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 23, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5072]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-02-2021 08:32 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I&#8217;m impressed by the ability to bothsides calls for your hanging <a href="https://t.co/SDQ4YnpWv9">https://t.co/SDQ4YnpWv9</a></p>&mdash; Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) <a href="https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1466216958144266240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 2, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5073]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-17-2021 11:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Congratulations on volunteering your biggest fans for the control group. (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/08/briefing/covid-death-toll-red-america.html)

To end run around the paywall, try Reader View. then refresh

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[Post 5074]
Author : JoeP
Date : 12-18-2021 12:06 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

To end run around the paywall, try Reader View. then refresh

Ka. Ching.

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[Post 5075]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-19-2021 11:34 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Let's Go Brawndo seems to be a thing.

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[Post 5076]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 12-20-2021 07:02 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

GUNS ARE WHAT PLANTS CRAVE.

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[Post 5077]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 12-20-2021 03:03 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Let's Go Brawndo seems to be a thing.

Only if you follow 8chan or whatever.   No one REALLY knows what that is. 

/sarcasm.

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[Post 5078]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 12-20-2021 08:20 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

GUNS ARE WHAT PLANTS CRAVE.

https://media0.giphy.com/media/ETyhu6h829Hdm/200.gif

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[Post 5079]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-20-2021 11:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">That&#8217;s &#8230;that&#8217;s not a thing <a href="https://t.co/IQqKaSrefg">https://t.co/IQqKaSrefg</a></p>&mdash; JeSuisJortsHat (@Popehat) <a href="https://twitter.com/Popehat/status/1472962022862065668?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 20, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5080]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-23-2021 10:50 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

When you lose Ben Garrison:

12278

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[Post 5081]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-24-2021 08:50 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

lol, Candace.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Candace Owens is doing damage control after &#8220;so many donors and supporters&#8221; are upset over Trump&#8217;s vaccine comments. She says he is old, isn&#8217;t tech savvy, doesn&#8217;t keep up with or read obscure internet conspiracies, and only follows the main stream media so doesn&#8217;t have the facts. <a href="https://t.co/XAuTFfellE">pic.twitter.com/XAuTFfellE</a></p>&mdash; Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) <a href="https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1474473371391995908?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 24, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5082]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 12-24-2021 09:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So, OAN is now Main Stream?

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[Post 5083]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-24-2021 10:26 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Just watching that progression is how y’all are going to have people calling those with debilitating long covid “life unworthy of life” in a few years.

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[Post 5084]
Author : ceptimus
Date : 12-25-2021 03:46 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump golf courses in Scotland received over £3m UK taxpayers' money in COVID furlough support.  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-59790443

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[Post 5085]
Author : JoeP
Date : 12-25-2021 09:44 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm sure it'll trickle down!

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[Post 5086]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-31-2021 05:50 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This thrad, iunno:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Five very stupid days later <a href="https://t.co/TDfFEgG8au">pic.twitter.com/TDfFEgG8au</a></p>&mdash; Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) <a href="https://twitter.com/MollyJongFast/status/1476569269794127877?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 30, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5087]
Author : JoeP
Date : 12-31-2021 06:12 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So ... he's definitely going to be in Congress. :sadcheer:

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[Post 5088]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-06-2022 10:09 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Happy insurrection day, Donnie!

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[Post 5089]
Author : Zehava
Date : 01-08-2022 03:04 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So ... he's definitely going to be in Congress. :sadcheer:

It's not impossible.  The rest of the country may consider Oregon to be a land of tree huggers, hippies, and leftists, but outside of the Willamette Valley and the college towns, the state is VERY red.

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[Post 5090]
Author : Ari
Date : 01-12-2022 05:46 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

NPR had apparently been trying to get an interview with Trump for 6 years, when they finally did, Trump rage quits the 15 minute interview at the 9 minute mark. He couldn&#8217;t even last another 6 minutes before melting down.
Trump Rage-Quits NPR Interview After He&#8217;s Grilled on Election-Fraud Lies: The Daily Beast (https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-rage-quits-npr-interview-after-hes-grilled-on-election-fraud-lies)

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[Post 5091]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-29-2022 09:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This thrad, the tangled web of TrumpCo

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Fun Factoid : <br>Spotify is a Kushner Company <a href="https://t.co/1z3afIaHIx">pic.twitter.com/1z3afIaHIx</a></p>&mdash; Sarah Anderson (@myrubypearl) <a href="https://twitter.com/myrubypearl/status/1387818960415072267?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 29, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5092]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-29-2022 10:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So of course they support Joe Rogan.

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[Post 5093]
Author : JoeP
Date : 03-01-2022 10:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/DayaGCb.jpg

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[Post 5094]
Author : Ari
Date : 03-05-2022 04:18 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Oh dear God they let Trump back onto Twitter!
Wait, wait, no, that&#8217;s just Trump&#8217;s Truth Social, which is not at all a clone of Twitter.

The Emptiness Inside Donald Trump&#8217;s New Social Media Platform - POLITICO (https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/03/05/truth-social-emptiness-donald-trump-00014355)

https://static.politico.com/dims4/default/bec2ab3/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x1900+0+0/resize/1260x798!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F55%2F9e%2Fdad11f6a45fc9590ce120b0e5a7b%2Ftrump-image-from-ios-1-1.png

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[Post 5095]
Author : JoeP
Date : 03-05-2022 04:58 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I bet Truth Social isn't blocked in Russia.

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[Post 5096]
Author : JoeP
Date : 03-06-2022 10:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/PmpOj8Y.jpg

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[Post 5097]
Author : Jerome
Date : 03-14-2022 11:41 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Did you all get your Trump approved warp speed vaccinations?

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[Post 5098]
Author : Crumb
Date : 03-15-2022 06:33 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I made sure all the syringes had his signature. :yup: None of that commie vaccine for me.

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[Post 5099]
Author : Kevlar
Date : 03-15-2022 07:02 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I've been getting presidentially approved vaccines my entire life.  So what?  

OMG, and then there was the military...  gauntlets of needles, and we didn't even ask what they were for...  and god help you if you refused them.

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[Post 5100]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 03-25-2022 08:02 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The old incontinent morbidly obese Adderall junkie/serial rapist done filed hisself a lawsuit in a Florida federal court against Hillary, her 2016 presidential campaign, and a host of related persons and entities. Docket available here (https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/63184300/trump-v-clinton/) and 108-page complaint available here (https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.610157/gov.uscourts.flsd.610157.1.0.pdf). We're talking a host of federal statutory claims, including RICO, plus state law tort and vicarious liability claims.

Fat boy's latest pro se lolyers, who may not yet know that they're working pro se here, are headed by The Ticktin Law Group of Deerfield, FL. For strip mall based personal injury/general practice firm, scoring free work for Donald Trump is quite the coup!

Here is firm principal Peter Ticktin:

https://legalbrains.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/PeterTicktin.jpg

You can find their website at - I shit you not - legalbrains.com (https://legalbrains.com/). 

For fellow old fucks who recall the teevee series Taxi, there was an episode in which Louie (Danny DeVito) was looking through the Yellow Pages for a lawyer and was well and truly impressed with an ad that said, "If I don't win your case, I'll eat a bug."

Not sure why that came to mind just now.

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[Post 5101]
Author : JoeP
Date : 03-25-2022 10:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The old incontinent morbidly obese Adderall junkie/serial rapist

Until I checked the thrad title I was going to have to ask you to narrow this down a bit.

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[Post 5102]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 03-28-2022 09:41 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

You know, when you file a lawsuit the sole purpose of which is preventing disclosure of documents to which you claim the attorney-client privilege attaches, you open yourself up to scrutiny aimed at determining whether any exception to the privilege might apply to one or more of the documents you're trying to keep under wraps. One of those exceptions is the crime/fraud exception.

Wingnut lawyer/lawprof John Eastman fucked around by filing such a lawsuit to keep emails away from the Jan. 6 commission, and, along with his client, is now finding out (https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.841840/gov.uscourts.cacd.841840.260.0_4.pdf):

Based on the evidence, the Court finds it more likely than not that President Trump corruptly attempted to obstruct the Joint Session of Congress on January 6, 2021. 

. . .

Based on the evidence, the Court finds that it is more likely than not that President Trump and Dr. Eastman dishonestly conspired to obstruct the Joint Session of Congress on January 6, 2021.

. . .

Dr. Eastman and President Trump launched a campaign to overturn a democratic election, an action unprecedented in American history. Their campaign was not confined to the ivory tower—it was a coup in search of a legal theory. The plan spurred violent attacks on the seat of our nation’s government, led to the deaths of several law enforcement officers, and deepened public distrust in our political process.

I am queasy at the prospect of the current SCOTUS entertaining an application for an emergency stay of this judge's order requiring production of 101 out of 111 disputed emails pending the outcome of an appeal, but this judge's opinion is a great read.

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[Post 5103]
Author : Ari
Date : 03-30-2022 12:18 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

According to white house records Trump took calls from Giuliani and Bannon, then went phone silent from 11:17am to 6:54pm on Jan 6th. It’s sad it must be said in this way, but it has been said that Trump has used, and more importantly, understands, the term ‘burner phone.’

White House Logs Show 7-Hour Gap in Trump Calls on Jan. 6 - Rolling Stone (https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/white-house-call-logs-seven-hour-gap-jan-6-1329261/)

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[Post 5104]
Author : lisarea
Date : 03-30-2022 12:56 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Someone is going to have footage of him using his (or a) phone during those hours.

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[Post 5105]
Author : JoeP
Date : 03-30-2022 10:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

it has been said that Trump has used, and more importantly, understands, the term ‘burner phone.’


Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

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[Post 5106]
Author : Ari
Date : 04-11-2022 12:33 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump back&#8217;s TV&#8217;s doctor OZ for senate because he&#8217;s seen him on TV.
&#8220;I have known Dr. Oz for many years, as have many others, even if only through his very successful television show,&#8221; Mr Trump said on Saturday. &#8220;He has lived with us through the screen and has always been popular, respected, and smart.&#8221;
Trump news live: Ex-president faces fierce GOP backlash after endorsing TV&#8217;s Dr Oz in Senate race | The Independent (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-rally-latest-news-jan-6-capitol-riot-b2054954.html)
While endorsing another con-artist is nothing new, I find it interesting that it&#8217;s because Trump thinks the one way interaction between a TV personality talking at him through a screen is a friendship. Similar to how many Joe Rogan fans see Rogan as being part of the conversation with a fellow bro.

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[Post 5107]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 04-11-2022 09:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Or, as Rolling Stone put it, Fraud Endorses Quack (https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/donald-trump-endorsement-mehmet-oz-pennsylvania-senate-1335478/). It's hard to imagine looking back at Pat Toomey's tenure as a U.S. Senator from Pa. as "the good old days," but here we are. 

Wife-beating psycho Sean Parnell has thankfully dropped out of the race for the GOP nomination, which is now down to Oz (thanks, Oprah!), rich businessman David McCormick (https://twitter.com/Timodc/status/1512937432269799426?s=20&t=sTKQGst7GnyLMWmulj-Krw), who self-cucked by taking a futile trip to Mar-A-Lago to kiss the ring of the old incontinent fat fuck, and a boatload of other trumpers. There are four Dems vying for their party's nomination, including Lt. Gov. John Fetterman.

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[Post 5108]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-13-2022 06:10 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Let&#8217;s go Brandon crypto rug pull (https://news.yahoo.com/let-brandon-crypto-lawsuit-trumpworld-023633766.html)

What did they think was going to happen?

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[Post 5109]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-13-2022 06:10 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Let’s go Brandon crypto rug pull (https://news.yahoo.com/let-brandon-crypto-lawsuit-trumpworld-023633766.html)

What did they think was going to happen?

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[Post 5110]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-13-2022 06:11 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Fuck it, let&#8217;s go for three.

Let&#8217;s go Brandon crypto rug pull (https://news.yahoo.com/let-brandon-crypto-lawsuit-trumpworld-023633766.html)

What did they think was going to happen?

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[Post 5111]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-15-2022 06:28 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">MAGA Family Values <a href="https://t.co/NVIT97iwot">pic.twitter.com/NVIT97iwot</a></p>&mdash; Ron Filipkowski &#55356;&#56826;&#55356;&#56806; (@RonFilipkowski) <a href="https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1514713494490386436?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 14, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5112]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-15-2022 06:29 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Double posts are YUGE in here.

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[Post 5113]
Author : JoeP
Date : 04-15-2022 07:47 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Have lots of kids and brainwash them.

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[Post 5114]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-05-2022 08:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Today&#39;s the big day! Joe B removal and return of Trump to the US Presidency! <a href="https://t.co/txnCa2LhDH">https://t.co/txnCa2LhDH</a></p>&mdash; Mike Rothschild (@rothschildmd) <a href="https://twitter.com/rothschildmd/status/1522226514833534981?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5115]
Author : Sock Puppet
Date : 05-05-2022 08:31 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Remember when it was just Elvis coming back? I miss that. :wish:

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[Post 5116]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-07-2022 11:45 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="ht" dir="ltr">lmao <a href="https://t.co/fqbItXrGqx">pic.twitter.com/fqbItXrGqx</a></p>&mdash; Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) <a href="https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1523047124250021888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 7, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5117]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-04-2022 12:02 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Let's catch up with Navarro:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Nobody is angrier than an old white guy in a blue suit treated the way the system treats everyone else <a href="https://t.co/N0tbTbKcjy">https://t.co/N0tbTbKcjy</a></p>&mdash; OnlineDefamationExpertHat (@Popehat) <a href="https://twitter.com/Popehat/status/1532828717386330112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 3, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5118]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-04-2022 12:02 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

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[Post 5119]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-04-2022 10:06 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

If you've done nothing wrong, you've got nothing to be afraid of.

If you can't do the time, don't do the crime.

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[Post 5120]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-04-2022 10:07 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:dddp:

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[Post 5121]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-05-2022 05:51 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Even Jason Miller and Eric Bolling on Newsmax are telling Peter Navarro to go get a lawyer and stop running his mouth. <a href="https://t.co/kbUN23SrKY">pic.twitter.com/kbUN23SrKY</a></p>&mdash; Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) <a href="https://twitter.com/justinbaragona/status/1532828809040371712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 3, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5122]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 06-06-2022 05:31 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:lol:


"Jason Miller" and "Eric Bolling" should consider that there's no practical way to unring the bell hanging around the neck of a horse that's left the barn and is currently heading for destinations unknown aboard a ship that's already sailed.

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[Post 5123]
Author : Ari
Date : 06-10-2022 08:15 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

"And, aware of the rioters' chants to 'hang Mike Pence,' the president responded with this sentiment: quote, 'Maybe our supporters have the right idea,' Mike Pence, quote, 'deserves it.'"

"I NEVER said, or even thought of saying, 'Hang Mike Pence.' This is either a made up story by somebody looking to become a star, or FAKE NEWS!"
:frysees:

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[Post 5124]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-13-2022 08:46 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/eeOBi2n.jpg

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[Post 5125]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-13-2022 08:21 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">If the Republic is going to collapse into a dark age of ignorance and fascism it&#39;s sort of nice so many colorful characters are involved I guess</p>&mdash; AbsolutelySoberHat (@Popehat) <a href="https://twitter.com/Popehat/status/1536415688859930625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 13, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5126]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 06-28-2022 07:05 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The special Jan 6th hearing today: Cassidy Hutchinson was an assistant to Mark Meadows. Right now, they're painting Trump as knowing people had weapons on the meadow, wanting to allow weapon at the rally, wanting to march or drive to the Capitol, and was a little shitty baby when he wasn't allowed by his security staff.

Trump was literally throwing his food when he didn't get his way.

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[Post 5127]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 06-30-2022 01:47 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ah yes (https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-girth-suv-secret-service-cassidy-hutchinson-january-6-2022-6?utmSource=twitter&utmContent=referral&utmTerm=topbar&referrer=twitter), the old "He couldn't have grabbed the steering wheel because he's far too gargantuan a fat fuck to pull that off" defense.

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[Post 5128]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 06-30-2022 03:22 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ah yes (https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-girth-suv-secret-service-cassidy-hutchinson-january-6-2022-6?utmSource=twitter&utmContent=referral&utmTerm=topbar&referrer=twitter), the old "He couldn't have grabbed the steering wheel because he's far too gargantuan a fat fuck to pull that off" defense.

Hutchinson's testimony is a secondhand account.  IIRC, up to this point Bobby Engel has refused to testify, as have the other first hand witnesses. I think the obsession with the details is wrong.  I assume that Trump got handsy with Engel once he learned that he wasn't going to drive to the Capitol.  Sure, it's  pathetic assault, but the important part is that Trump wanted to actively participate.

Up to this point, I had thought that he was too cowardly to directly engage in his attempted insurrection.  Now we know he wasn't too cowardly, he was just too weak, stupid, or ineffective to override his handlers, who kept him from acting on his worst impulses.

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[Post 5129]
Author : viscousmemories
Date : 06-30-2022 06:47 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Or the story was completely fabricated and put forth by any or all of the involved parties to make it look, to Trump's supporters, like he fought to be there with them. Or... so many other equally nauseating possibilities.

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[Post 5130]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 08-09-2022 12:01 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

FBI executes search warrant at Trump's Mar-a-Lago  - CNNPolitics (https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/08/politics/mar-a-lago-search-warrant-fbi-donald-trump/index.html)

Meth-infused popcorn for everyone!

https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/7db7765e9cb0c3e900213ed757cc15c0b47617ac3e0fe1c160b18f54e9748e39.jpg?w=800&h=464

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[Post 5131]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 08-09-2022 12:34 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

man I was having a surprisingly good Monday even before

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[Post 5132]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 08-09-2022 01:34 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

For real, man. I haven't been this close to giddy since Dumbkirk, the glorious day in September 2020 when Poseidon sank those MAGA boats on that lake in Texas.

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[Post 5133]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 08-09-2022 02:10 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

For real, man. I haven't been this close to giddy since Dumbkirk, the glorious day in September 2020 when Poseidon sank those MAGA boats on that lake in Texas.

I'm pleased, but I won't be truly happy until there's a perp walk. 

I want it just like KSM, in a dirty T with flyaway hair. (BTW, I got a "500" error searching for an image of this.)

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[Post 5134]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-09-2022 12:20 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/t9dC528.jpg

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[Post 5135]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 08-09-2022 09:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm pleased, but I won't be truly happy until there's a perp walk. 

I hear ya, but I doubt we'll see anything resembling a perp walk. I also remain convinced that the U.S. is on the hot rails to hell, and that there's no reversing the process. Once the uber rich have stolen every last penny, they'll abandon those who were too poor and/or stupid to GTFO to a Hobbesian state of nature that'll last until the civilized nations come in, restore order by force, and divvy up the former U.S. among themselves.

So yeah, a perp walk would be legendary, but the warrant itself is quite happiness-inducing for me.

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[Post 5136]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-09-2022 09:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/qsBBGj2.jpeg

https://i.imgur.com/4YwIc1L.jpeg

https://i.imgur.com/6djTWxv.jpeg

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[Post 5137]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-09-2022 11:05 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

until the civilized nations come in, restore order by force, and divvy up the former U.S. among themselves.


With America’s nuclear arsenal there will be no alliance of nations rising up against the flailing destructiveness of the falling empire that would not result in a radioactive ball of dust. No multicellular survivours.

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[Post 5138]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-10-2022 08:57 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

until the civilized nations come in, restore order by force, and divvy up the former U.S. among themselves.


With America’s nuclear arsenal there will be no alliance of nations rising up against the flailing destructiveness of the falling empire that would not result in a radioactive ball of dust. No multicellular survivours.

The Chinese will have attained cyber-control of America's weapons long before the actual invasion, sorry, peace-keeping mission.

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[Post 5139]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 08-10-2022 07:04 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Donald Trump invokes Fifth Amendment rights, declines to answer questions from NY attorney general - CNNPolitics (https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/10/politics/trump-deposition-ny-attorney-general/index.html)

:cheesywink:

Meanwhile, in 2016 (https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-pleads-fifth-after-saying-only-guilty-people-do-1732549):

During the 2016 campaign, Trump had blasted aides of his former opponent, Democrat Hillary Clinton, for pleading the Fifth in the probe of her use of a private email server.

"So there are five people taking the Fifth Amendment, like you see on the mob, right? You see the mob takes the Fifth. If you're innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?"

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[Post 5140]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-10-2022 08:50 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

There's always a quote.

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[Post 5141]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 08-11-2022 05:33 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That's for sure, but in accordance with Mick's advice, I'm gonna leave the alleged Trump quote (https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-fbi-not-qualified/) "Anyone Being Investigated by the FBI Is Not Qualified To Be President" alone for now.

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[Post 5142]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-11-2022 11:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/M91MJEF.jpg

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[Post 5143]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-11-2022 11:09 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<video controls loop muted width="800px" height="800px"><source src="https://i.imgur.com/ctocgTr.mp4"></video>

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[Post 5144]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-11-2022 11:10 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/1U0Mhdh.jpg

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[Post 5145]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 08-12-2022 07:34 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

FBI Sent Itemized Bill For 12-Hour Stay At Mar-A-Lago (https://www.theonion.com/fbi-sent-itemized-bill-for-12-hour-stay-at-mar-a-lago-1849403046?utm_campaign=TheOnion&utm_content=1660320974&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_source=twitter)

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[Post 5146]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 08-12-2022 09:18 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Just a little light espionage (https://twitter.com/emptywheel/status/1558161121902739460).

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[Post 5147]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-12-2022 10:23 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Just a little light espionage (https://twitter.com/emptywheel/status/1558161121902739460).

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The hilarious thing is that since Brietbart doesn&#39;t even know what a Supervisory Special Agent is, they probably don&#39;t realize they&#39;ve confirmed that Trump is under investigation for violating the Espionage Act.</p>&mdash; emptywheel (@emptywheel) <a href="https://twitter.com/emptywheel/status/1558162268491333633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 12, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5148]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 08-13-2022 12:51 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

As seen on the internet, it's only espionage if it comes from the Espionage region in France. Otherwise, it's just Sparkling Treason.

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[Post 5149]
Author : Ari
Date : 08-13-2022 12:55 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Fake president Biden can’t be trusted, stole the election from the winner, ME, I won, you all saw and would sell off our greatest nuclear, we have the greatest nuclear, trust me, I wouldn’t sell nuclear, unlike crooked killary, what was on her server, her emails, we don’t know, maybe nuclear secrets! I protected the US from Biden, everyone is wanting, they tell me, we would buy those, there’s people that want, want them, and tell me I have the greatest! We can’t let fake president BIDEN sell our secrets to CHINA! 

Trump probably. 
(It’s amusing watching the MAGA all have the same fit over this).

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[Post 5150]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 08-13-2022 04:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Just a little light espionage (https://twitter.com/emptywheel/status/1558161121902739460).

If it's a legitimate espionage, the body has a way to shut that all down.

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[Post 5151]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-13-2022 06:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/JIszpu9.jpg 

https://i.imgur.com/I72em9u.jpg

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[Post 5152]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-13-2022 06:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/YLPzl5o.jpg 

https://i.imgur.com/SaB788D.jpg

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[Post 5153]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 08-16-2022 03:41 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Federal Judge Rejects Graham's Motion To Quash Fulton County Subpoena (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/federal-judge-rejects-graham-s-motion-to-quash-fulton-county-subpoena/ar-AA10Gh9Q?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=58bb57d720b945c48b26d31ed890ca0d)

This should be the performance of a lifetime for ol' Lindsey.

 You will only be risking your lives, whilst I will be risking an almost certain Academy Award nomination for best supporting actor!
https://somecamerunning.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/05/29/godothatvoodoo.jpg

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[Post 5154]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-21-2022 11:09 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I didn’t expect the nothingburger recipes from right wing media five years ago to be quite so fattening.

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[Post 5155]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-23-2022 03:09 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I didn’t expect the nothingburger recipes from right wing media five years ago to be quite so fattening.

Fat. En. Ing.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">FOX: ‘You cannot remove classified documents. You cannot obstruct a federal investigation seeking to lawfully recover those documents. You cannot present false statements to federal investigators. <br><br>Our jails are filled with people who have gone to jail for less.’ <a href="https://t.co/ZwRSWES9C1">pic.twitter.com/ZwRSWES9C1</a></p>&mdash; Hoodlum &#127482;&#127480; (@NotHoodlum) <a href="https://twitter.com/NotHoodlum/status/1561789553458962433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 22, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5156]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-23-2022 08:49 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=12575&stc=1&d=1661241056

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[Post 5157]
Author : Ari
Date : 08-26-2022 03:15 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

&#8230;I wouldn&#8217;t sting you said the scorpion, for we would both die&#8230;

:rofl:
Webhosting service RightForge was formed in 2021 to host conservative content like Trump&#8217;s Truth Social and is now claiming Truth Social has stiffed them for over $1M in service having not paid their bill since may.

Trump&#8217;s social media app facing financial fallout | Fox Business (https://www.foxbusiness.com/features/trump-social-media-app-facing-financial-fallout)

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[Post 5158]
Author : lisarea
Date : 08-26-2022 04:27 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

…I wouldn’t sting you said the scorpion, for we would both die…

:rofl:
Webhosting service RightForge was formed in 2021 to host conservative content like Trump’s Truth Social and is now claiming Truth Social has stiffed them for over $1M in service having not paid their bill since may.

Trump’s social media app facing financial fallout | Fox Business (https://www.foxbusiness.com/features/trump-social-media-app-facing-financial-fallout)

12584

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[Post 5159]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 08-26-2022 05:34 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

No but for real though. That is really very funny indeed.

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[Post 5160]
Author : Ensign Steve
Date : 08-26-2022 05:03 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Here's the thing about the scorpion and the frog, though.  The frog is never not going to offer the ride. That's what's in his nature. Did I just blow the lid off this whole thing, or is that actually the point and I've been missing it all along?

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[Post 5161]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 08-26-2022 05:18 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:explode2:

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[Post 5162]
Author : Pyrrho
Date : 08-27-2022 10:52 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://twitter.com/questauthority/status/1563640361263632389

Mike Dunford
@questauthority
In fairness to the lawyers I maligned earlier, why not phone it in when "I've almost served the defendants and my feels say you have jurisdiction" is good enough to get a Trump-appointed judge to say, on paper, "yeah, I'll probably rule in your favor?

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[Post 5163]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-30-2022 08:48 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I think it&#39;s time we start covering Trumpism for what it is now.<br><br>It&#39;s no longer a political movement. It&#39;s a violent fairytale of revenge on political enemies.<br><br>Feds could&#39;ve found a body in those Mar a Lago boxes and followers wouldn&#39;t care. It&#39;s about retribution, not facts. <a href="https://t.co/cF7OCnt261">pic.twitter.com/cF7OCnt261</a></p>&mdash; Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) <a href="https://twitter.com/oneunderscore__/status/1564285426340433922?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 29, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 

Middle of thrad:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">4 - But here&#39;s an important point: Trumpism changed. It&#39;s no longer a &quot;Cult of Personality,&quot; about a man. It&#39;s about tribal contrarianism. The goal: TO WIN (and &quot;own the libs&quot;). When Trump himself got booed for advocating vaccines, that was a first sign of cult outgrowing man.</p>&mdash; Duty To Warn &#55357;&#56585; (@duty2warn) <a href="https://twitter.com/duty2warn/status/1564448345145241602?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 30, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> >

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[Post 5164]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-30-2022 08:49 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

thnx 4 dubble

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[Post 5165]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-31-2022 05:35 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

12589

:shrug:

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[Post 5166]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-31-2022 07:56 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Fuck his feelings.

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[Post 5167]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-31-2022 09:29 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump mocks reporter with disability - YouTube (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PX9reO3QnUA)

:shrug:

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[Post 5168]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 08-31-2022 08:17 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

How can people be so heartless?

Three Dog Night "Easy to be Hard" OnTV - YouTube

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[Post 5169]
Author : Kevlar
Date : 08-31-2022 10:30 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

What a snowflake!

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[Post 5170]
Author : JoeP
Date : 09-01-2022 08:55 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/bgcgdhB.jpg 

https://i.imgur.com/fThDIEc.jpg

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[Post 5171]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-02-2022 07:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is what the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TruthSocial?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TruthSocial</a> office looked like in Sarasota, Fl. on Wed. afternoon. There was no one inside the social media company&#8217;s headquarters, no receptionist, no business sign, no sign of CEO Devin Nunes, nothing with Trump&#8217;s name anywhere in the building. <a href="https://twitter.com/HeraldTribune?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@HeraldTribune</a> <a href="https://t.co/VnZ0bAuPFw">pic.twitter.com/VnZ0bAuPFw</a></p>&mdash; Chris Anderson (@ChrisA0213) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisA0213/status/1565024895083450373?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 31, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5172]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-02-2022 09:39 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I thought this was satire but&#8230;apparently he&#8217;s serious? &#55358;&#56610;&#55358;&#56622; <a href="https://t.co/qVp3XSTcpX">https://t.co/qVp3XSTcpX</a></p>&mdash; Melissa Reed (@MelissaAReed) <a href="https://twitter.com/MelissaAReed/status/1565775695846014979?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 2, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 

Kim Jong-Il  -- North Korea dictator left behind laughable golf legacy - Page 2 - ESPN (http://www.espn.com/espn/page2/index/_/id/7369649)

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[Post 5173]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-02-2022 09:39 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

derp

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[Post 5174]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 09-02-2022 10:10 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Is that picture photoshopped or old?  I didn't think he's been that trim in a decade.

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[Post 5175]
Author : Ari
Date : 09-02-2022 10:26 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yup, it’s from 2000 when Trump hosted a charity Tennis tournament at Mar a lago.

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[Post 5176]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 09-06-2022 07:12 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's nice to see at least some people are seeing accountability for the attempted insurrection:

A New Mexico state district court judge has disqualified county commissioner and Cowboys for Trump cofounder Couy Griffin from holding public office for engaging in insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

https://apnews.com/article/new-mexico-government-and-politics-5e2fd96d5f698017b974f878398578c8

It would be nice to see the same accountability for the person which Griffin is a "Cowboy" for...

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[Post 5177]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 09-14-2022 10:26 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

lol "Pillowy biscuits." (https://www.mediaite.com/news/hardees-trolls-mike-lindell-after-feds-seize-his-phone-in-their-drive-thru-try-our-pillowy-biscuits/)

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[Post 5178]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 09-21-2022 04:53 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It sounds like Trump's lawyers made the mistake of proposing a competent judge as special master:

Trump's team miscalculated: Experts say Trump's handpicked special master just called his bluff | Salon.com (https://www.salon.com/2022/09/20/trumps-team-miscalculated-experts-say-trumps-handpicked-special-master-just-called-his-bluff/)

Judge Raymond Dearie is doing the job he was asked to perform, and Trump's lawyers don't like it. 

Donald Trump's attorneys on Tuesday refused to back up his claims that he "declassified" secret documents found at his Mar-a-Lago resort in response to a request from the special master that they sought.

Trump's lawyers also took issue with Dearie's plan to complete the entire "inspection and labeling process" by October 7 after Cannon allocated two months for the review process.

"We respectfully suggest that all of the deadlines can be extended to allow for a more realistic and complete assessment of the areas of disagreement," Trump's attorneys wrote.


I read this as, "This was a delaying tactic, and you're not taking as long as we want - take longer."

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[Post 5179]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 09-21-2022 08:49 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

My enthusiasm is tempered by the fact that Dearie is still subject to the control of that trumpanzee judge who agreed to this crackheaded foolishness in the first place, but this is good stuff. As I understand it, Dearie was the only person whose name appeared on both sides' lists of acceptable special master candidates. So yeah, another oopsie-daisy for clown-ass's very best lawyers.

Donald Trump's attorneys on Tuesday refused to back up his claims that he "declassified" secret documents found at his Mar-a-Lago resort in response to a request from the special master that they sought. 

:laugh:

Well, YEAH. Even some trump lolyers know there are consequences for uttering intentional falsehoods in the course of a judicial proceeding.

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[Post 5180]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 09-21-2022 09:16 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Well, YEAH. Even some trump lolyers know there are consequences for uttering intentional falsehoods in the course of a judicial proceeding.

Conversely, some Slick Willy loyalists don't know they are consequences for uttering falsehoods during the course of a judicial proceeding since they almost put him back in the white house in 2016.  The east wing where he would have undoubtably had more time on his hands. (and more than time on whatever young intern(s) would have ended up there with him).

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[Post 5181]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 09-21-2022 09:35 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's not every day you see a 214-page, 838-paragraph verified complaint, but today ain't just another day!

People of the State of New York v. Donald J. Trump, et al. (https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=q0KunqL6AzoiHioXkB85aw==)

The relief requested includes: revoking the Trump Organization's business license and appointing an independent monitor to oversee all its operations; replacing Trump's spawn as trustees of the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust; requiring Trump to prepare accurate financial statements for his lenders; barring Trump and his companies from doing any real estate deals or loans for five years; permanently banning Trump and his spawn from being officers or directors in any New York corporation or other business entity; and disgorgement of fraudulent obtained funds estimated at $250 million, plus prejudgment interest.

Holy fuck. This makes New York County DA Alvin Bragg's decision not to prosecute the old incontinent morbidly obese adderall junkie look really, really bad. Not to worry, though. The New York AG plans on referring this shit to the IRS and U.S. Attorney's Office.

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[Post 5182]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 09-21-2022 09:48 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Is he REALLY an adderall junkie?

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[Post 5183]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 09-21-2022 09:48 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Well, YEAH. Even some trump lolyers know there are consequences for uttering intentional falsehoods in the course of a judicial proceeding.

Conversely, some Slick Willy loyalists don't know they are consequences for uttering falsehoods during the course of a judicial proceeding since they almost put him back in the white house in 2016.  The east wing where he would have undoubtably had more time on his hands. (and more than time on whatever young intern(s) would have ended up there with him).

1. Tu quoque fallacy here.
2. Clinton lied about a BJ in a civil trial, Team Trump here is lying about issues of national security. The difference in severity is clear, so it's bad even as a tu quoque fallacy.
3. Isn't it a both a bit regressive and contrary to the public image of Mrs. Clinton to think she'd cede any power to the former president had she become President?

Most Democrats I know have soured on Bill for both his personal and political weaknesses and wouldn't mind not having him in the spotlight.  Why haven't the Republicans done the same for Trump?

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[Post 5184]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 09-21-2022 09:54 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Anyhoo I couldn&#8217;t pass the opportunity to point out that Trumpy ain&#8217;t the only prez to have lied under oath and that&#8217;s IF what it&#8217;s true.  And btw, Biden is ALSO incontinent.  Don&#8217;t you remember he had to run out of the room during his visit with the pope because was shitting himself?  Also, I heard the results of his colonoscopy included a thousand ballots that were Trumps

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[Post 5185]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 09-21-2022 09:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Well, YEAH. Even some trump lolyers know there are consequences for uttering intentional falsehoods in the course of a judicial proceeding.

Conversely, some Slick Willy loyalists don't know they are consequences for uttering falsehoods during the course of a judicial proceeding since they almost put him back in the white house in 2016.  The east wing where he would have undoubtably had more time on his hands. (and more than time on whatever young intern(s) would have ended up there with him).

1. Tu quoque fallacy here.
2. Clinton lied about a BJ in a civil trial, Team Trump here is lying about issues of national security. The difference in severity is clear, so it's bad even as a tu quoque fallacy.
3. Isn't it a both a bit regressive and contrary to the public image of Mrs. Clinton to think she'd cede any power to the former president had she become President?

Most Democrats I know have soured on Bill for both his personal and political weaknesses and wouldn't mind not having him in the spotlight.  Why haven't the Republicans done the same for Trump?
Re: number three. Yes it is.  But her whole image is.

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[Post 5186]
Author : Ari
Date : 09-21-2022 11:52 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Donald Trump's attorneys on Tuesday refused to back up his claims that he "declassified" secret documents found at his Mar-a-Lago resort in response to a request from the special master that they sought. 
:laugh:
I’m amused they got someone who seems to actually respect the classification system. He wants them to be specific about which documents were declassified because he doesn’t want to have to read information he doesn’t need to know as the more eyes the less secure the documents is.

Such a fellow would probably not look too kindly on then storing those documents with magazines to read on the toilet.

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[Post 5187]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 09-22-2022 12:58 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Hot of the presses, the federal court of appeals hearing the government's appeal of that special master order has granted (https://twitter.com/dnlbrns/status/1572728437873287169) the government's request for a stay that allows the government to continue using documents marked "classified" in their criminal investigation. 

The FAFO is strong up in here today.

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[Post 5188]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 09-22-2022 01:01 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

My enthusiasm is tempered by the fact that Dearie is still subject to the control of that trumpanzee judge who agreed to this crackheaded foolishness in the first place, but this is good stuff.
:yup: I am sure they are feverishly working on yet another motion for Cannon and the fedsoc braintrust to come up with something they can argue and then grant them that relief. Equity no doubt demands that the Court enjoin performance of certain duties by the special master appointed to perform such  duties of the special master. Whatever the opposite of mandamus is.

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[Post 5189]
Author : Kevlar
Date : 09-22-2022 07:48 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

What is this about suing him for fraud?  Why doesn't the NY AG press charges?  Asking for a friend...

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[Post 5190]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 09-22-2022 09:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

If New York is like most other states, its AG's office has little to no criminal law enforcement authority. Next time you hear a state AG candidate say shit like, "Vote for me cuz I'm tough on crime," please feel free to point and laugh.

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[Post 5191]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 09-22-2022 10:17 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Stephen M.  That is a very interesting read that lawsuit thing you posted.

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[Post 5192]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-26-2022 03:18 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

12589

:shrug:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Donald Trump Calls Mitch McConnell A ‘Piece Of Shit’ <a href="https://t.co/5qI2CKd5BX">https://t.co/5qI2CKd5BX</a></p>&mdash; #TuckFrump (@realTuckFrumper) <a href="https://twitter.com/realTuckFrumper/status/1574123116821118976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 25, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

:shrug:

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[Post 5193]
Author : Sock Puppet
Date : 09-26-2022 06:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

There's a Man Bites Dog story for you -- Trump tells the truth.

Man Bites Lapdog might be a little more accurate.

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[Post 5194]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-30-2022 01:20 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&#8220;Number 1 Presidential Golfer&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/pvVCSiKnsE">pic.twitter.com/pvVCSiKnsE</a></p>&mdash; PatriotTakes &#55356;&#56826;&#55356;&#56824; (@patriottakes) <a href="https://twitter.com/patriottakes/status/1575606343511277568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5195]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-30-2022 08:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hey, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LitigationDisasterTourists?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LitigationDisasterTourists</a> Judge Loose Cannon is at it again, apparently completely unchastened by the shellacking she received from the 8th circuit and once again handing Trump everything he asks for.<a href="https://t.co/gMix0tOs7A">https://t.co/gMix0tOs7A</a></p>&mdash; Akiva Cohen (@AkivaMCohen) <a href="https://twitter.com/AkivaMCohen/status/1575575664820113408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5196]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-30-2022 08:48 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump's paid-speeches organizer is struggling financially - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/09/29/trump-speeches-bankruptcy-vendors/)

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[Post 5197]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 10-01-2022 05:17 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's juicy because there's no way they didn't know he doesn't pay people.

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[Post 5198]
Author : It's Me!
Date : 10-03-2022 02:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's juicy because there's no way they didn't know he doesn't pay people.

Trump doing Trumpian things since the 1990's.

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[Post 5199]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 10-03-2022 04:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

put in wrong thread.  e

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[Post 5200]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-07-2022 03:24 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">From Ted Budd&#8217;s Senate campaign: <a href="https://t.co/cZdH4nIRPN">pic.twitter.com/cZdH4nIRPN</a></p>&mdash; Andrew Solender (@AndrewSolender) <a href="https://twitter.com/AndrewSolender/status/1578168091107803136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 6, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5201]
Author : Ensign Steve
Date : 10-07-2022 04:16 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

He sees you when you're sleeping.  He knows when you're awake.  He and Baby Jesus cry when you masturbate.

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[Post 5202]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 10-12-2022 08:19 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Uh oh. No more stallin' (https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/12/politics/trump-e-jean-carroll-defamation-deposition/index.html) for the old incontinent morbidly obese adderall junkie/serial rapist in the Carroll defamation case. Deposition is set for 10/19, one week from today.

The order linked in the article is pretty fucking spectacular, detailing all Trump's crackheaded delay efforts (including without limitation trying to the United States subbed in as the defendant).

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[Post 5203]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-14-2022 05:25 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

SCOTUS in Biden’s back pocket. UNFAIR. (https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/13/supreme-court-denies-trump-bid-to-void-ruling-in-mar-a-lago-raid-documents-case.html)

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[Post 5204]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 10-15-2022 04:09 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Someone else noticed this bit of sore-losering:

Electoral-vote.com (https://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2022/Senate/Maps/Oct15.html#item-1)
A bit that is not getting nearly as much attention as we might expect is the revelation that Trump tried to rapidly pull out of Afghanistan and Somalia, so that Joe Biden could not reverse course and leave troops stationed in those nations. To those who are reporting on this, it's being held out as a further example that Trump knew he lost. Some outlets also observe that this is evidence that the military establishment, which did not follow the former president's order, had concluded he was out of control and his instructions were no longer to be honored. However—and this is an angle we've seen nobody bring up—this also reiterates that the Afghanistan withdrawal was largely Trump's handiwork, which undermines the right-wing narrative that the whole thing belongs on Biden's ledger.

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[Post 5205]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 10-17-2022 07:03 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

We've got some Jewish Americans here, so in case y'all haven't seen it, Fat Donny from Queens say you fuckers need to straighten up and fly right (https://www.wonkette.com/trump-warns-american-jews-to-love-him-before-it-s-too-late) "before it is too late."

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[Post 5206]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-19-2022 05:20 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It is very difficult for victims of a scam to ever escape from scams. Their scammer will victimize them over and over again.

12720
12721

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[Post 5207]
Author : Kevlar
Date : 10-19-2022 11:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I can't believe we're still talking about this fucking guy.  Kind of feels like that's what he wants.

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[Post 5208]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-20-2022 12:13 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I can't believe we're still talking about this fucking guy.  Kind of feels like that's what he wants.

The grifter identified the biggest suckers in the country, once conned, the con victim often will defend their scammer even after the scammer's been convicted. Insert something about normalized generational abuse, imperialism, and a con wrapped around some Middle Eastern Jew named Jesus.

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[Post 5209]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-20-2022 05:40 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Also, that&#8217;s an impressive nuclear arsenal America has. Be a shame if someone left boxes of classified stuff ij a Florida resort?

Oh, and:
Federal judge finds that Trump lied under oath about voter fraud in Georgia while trying to overturn the 2020 election results (https://ca.yahoo.com/news/federal-judge-finds-trump-lied-000120999.html)

This asshole still matters and will for a long time.

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[Post 5210]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-20-2022 06:48 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

lol Trump shares graph outlining his popularity after Pence says he might not vote for him (https://news.yahoo.com/trump-shares-graph-outlining-popularity-140722819.html)

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[Post 5211]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-20-2022 08:02 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

More in why Trump remains relevant, the ongoing process.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Just a reminder: Trumpists win by winning in the legal system, but also win by eroding the legitimacy of the legal system and destroying it, thus transferring more unconstrained power to fascist strongmen. <a href="https://t.co/EzhZl81biB">https://t.co/EzhZl81biB</a></p>&mdash; TriumphantLettuceHat (@Popehat) <a href="https://twitter.com/Popehat/status/1583139494764507139?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 20, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5212]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-20-2022 08:22 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Mike Pence Rehabilitation speed run:

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-2022-midterm-elections-europe-744e33c8ac5f789329a5f8ec178c1ef5

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[Post 5213]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-20-2022 09:14 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Donald Trump Filed Lawsuits with 'Voter Fraud' Data He Knew Was False, Judge Finds (https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a41723783/donald-trump-john-eastman-lawsuit/)

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[Post 5214]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-22-2022 04:44 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">At the QAnon conference today headlined by Eric Trump and Michael Flynn, the speaker says the &#8216;Angel of Death&#8217; is coming for various govt officials, and God is reinstating Trump to the presidency by the end of the year. <a href="https://t.co/i7tyWOdWlB">pic.twitter.com/i7tyWOdWlB</a></p>&mdash; Ron Filipkowski &#55356;&#56826;&#55356;&#56806; (@RonFilipkowski) <a href="https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1583514393069113344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 21, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5215]
Author : Ari
Date : 10-22-2022 04:44 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It’s been wild watching the rapture con go from “Your enemies will be punished and you shall be lifted up to heaven living forever, never knowing death” to “Your enemies will be punished and Trump shall be reinstated as president.”

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[Post 5216]
Author : LarsMac
Date : 10-22-2022 08:32 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

More in why Trump remains relevant, the ongoing process.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Just a reminder: Trumpists win by winning in the legal system, but also win by eroding the legitimacy of the legal system and destroying it, thus transferring more unconstrained power to fascist strongmen. <a href="https://t.co/EzhZl81biB">https://t.co/EzhZl81biB</a></p>&mdash; TriumphantLettuceHat (@Popehat) <a href="https://twitter.com/Popehat/status/1583139494764507139?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 20, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

That cannot actually be The Donald. There are too many long and complex sentences in that post for him to have written it.

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[Post 5217]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 10-23-2022 01:09 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Steve Bannon: Ex-Trump aide given jail sentence for contempt of Congress (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-63332078)

Just the four months, couldn't we make it four decades :D

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[Post 5218]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-24-2022 09:20 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.redd.it/ixc6acba0kv91.jpg

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[Post 5219]
Author : -FX-
Date : 10-27-2022 06:58 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i0.wp.com/stonetoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/trump-monitoring-the-situation-comic.png?fit=1000%2C500&ssl=1

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[Post 5220]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-01-2022 05:22 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Broke His Oath (https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida/2022/10/31/florida-oath-keeper-believed-capitol-riot-was-historic-now-hes-embarrassed/)

Pull quote for you Euros.
Florida Oath Keeper believed Capitol riot was historic. Now he’s ‘embarrassed’
Sarasota County resident Graydon Young testified in Stewart Rhodes’ seditious conspiracy trial.

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[Post 5221]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-03-2022 05:26 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

donald the unready once again runs away (https://www.rawstory.com/trump-tower-lawsuit/)

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[Post 5222]
Author : JoeP
Date : 11-03-2022 10:48 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:chicken:

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[Post 5223]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 11-03-2022 04:01 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

donald the unready once again runs away (https://www.rawstory.com/trump-tower-lawsuit/)

Yet another settlement and payout by Fat Donny from Queens, who'll tell anyone dumb enough to listen that he never, ever settles lawsuits.

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[Post 5224]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-07-2022 06:53 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Happy 2nd anniversary to the funniest thing that happened in the history of ever <a href="https://t.co/nHyWOB9JV2">pic.twitter.com/nHyWOB9JV2</a></p>&mdash; Santiago Mayer (@santiagomayer_) <a href="https://twitter.com/santiagomayer_/status/1589622920829341696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 7, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5225]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-09-2022 03:13 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A real quote from Donald Trump about tonight&#8217;s results:<br><br>&quot;Well, I think if they win, I should get all the credit. If they lose, I should not be blamed at all.&quot;<br><br> <a href="https://t.co/u0O8yWfCoE">pic.twitter.com/u0O8yWfCoE</a></p>&mdash; Matt Wilstein (@mattwilstein) <a href="https://twitter.com/mattwilstein/status/1590105710440112128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 8, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5226]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 11-09-2022 09:32 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Nobody is better at playing both sides. Ask anyone.

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[Post 5227]
Author : SharonDee
Date : 11-09-2022 02:54 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

"Well, I think if they win, I should get all the credit. If they lose, I should not be blamed at all."
Oh wow, he really is God!  :yikes:

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[Post 5228]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 11-09-2022 09:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

'ALPHA MALE' Trump Is Blaming Melania for Picking Mehmet Oz and Twitter is Having a Field Day (https://www.politicalflare.com/2022/11/alpha-male-trump-is-blaming-melania-for-picking-mehmet-oz-and-twitter-is-having-a-field-day/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter)

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[Post 5229]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-10-2022 02:25 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A few loose screws : IdiotsInCars (https://www.reddit.com/r/IdiotsInCars/comments/yqmlwv/nothing_tied_down_and_spilling_screws/)

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[Post 5230]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-10-2022 05:40 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Rupert Murdoch is 110% done with Trump. The knives are out. <a href="https://t.co/tUvmyAqnET">pic.twitter.com/tUvmyAqnET</a></p>&mdash; Spiro&#8217;s Ghost (@SpiroAgnewGhost) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpiroAgnewGhost/status/1590514026190020608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 10, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5231]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-11-2022 07:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Anyone who couldn't see what this guy was all about as early as 1985 might be a blithering idiot. (https://www.newsweek.com/trump-fbu-desantis-loss-election-florida-1758934)

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[Post 5232]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-12-2022 12:28 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Vanity Fair wins headline of the decade for sure. Yes, it&#39;s real.<br>The subheading is not too shabby either: The message to Trump from the Murdoch-owned New York Post, Wall Street Journal, and Fox News is clear: Pack your bags, bitch. You&#8217;re done. <a href="https://t.co/fN1ai52h55">pic.twitter.com/fN1ai52h55</a></p>&mdash; Duty To Warn &#55357;&#56585; (@duty2warn) <a href="https://twitter.com/duty2warn/status/1591198113431445504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 11, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5233]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 11-12-2022 05:02 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

News the Trump team seems to want buried.

Trump sues January 6 committee to block subpoena for testimony and documents | CNN Politics (https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/11/politics/trump-january-6-committee-subpoena-lawsuit/index.html)

Former President Donald Trump has sued the House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, as a way to challenge its subpoena for documents and his testimony, according to filings in a federal court in Florida.

Trump is challenging both the legitimacy of the committee – which multiple courts have upheld – and is claiming he should be immune from testimony about the time he was president.

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[Post 5234]
Author : Basset Hound
Date : 11-17-2022 12:44 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://images.mktw.net/im-667612?width=540&size=1.4382022471910112

Latest news on whatsisname.

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[Post 5235]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 11-17-2022 05:18 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This fucking fuck.  He needs to go away.

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[Post 5236]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 11-17-2022 05:18 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This fucking fuck.  He needs to go away.

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[Post 5237]
Author : Crumb
Date : 11-17-2022 06:14 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

He's not our fault.

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[Post 5238]
Author : erimir
Date : 11-17-2022 06:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

He gave certain people what they wanted. And it caught Democrats off-guard, so they got it.

But now they're surprised that actually most Americans aren't primarily motivated by "librul tears". But the GOP base can't quit him because as much as DeSantis or whoever is also an asshole that liberals don't like, nobody brings out the liberal tears like Trump, which is why he continues to have the loyalty of the base.

I don't really see much likelihood of someone else being the 2024 nominee unless Trump croaks or is incapacitated (or perhaps incarcerated? although Trump running a campaign from prison is both legal and plausible and would be hilarious).

The problem for DeSantis (and anyone else) is that no matter how good his case is for being the nominee, the fundamental asymmetry is this: DeSantis supports the GOP, and Donald Trump doesn't. If Trump is the nominee, DeSantis will bend the knee like a good little boy. If DeSantis beats Trump for the nomination nobody expects him to accept his defeat and campaign for DeSantis.

The absolute best you could possibly hope for from nomination-loser Trump is passive-aggressive pouting and sitting out the election. He will not give a conciliatory and congratulatory speech at the RNC. More likely outcomes (from bad to worse for the GOP) are:
 bitter sniping
 attacking DeSantis and anyone who backed him in the primary
 attacking Trump-endorsers who side with nominee DeSantis over Trump
 claiming the nomination was rigged
 suggesting that loyal MAGAts should not vote for DeSantis
 suggesting that loyal MAGAts should not vote for any Republican who went along with DeSantis being the nominee
 suggesting that loyal MAGAts should not vote for any Republican, or not vote at all
 actively holding "Stop the Steal"-type rallies about the GOP nomination, for example, during the RNC
And now we're getting into the apocalyptic scenarios for the GOP
 running a write-in campaign for the presidency
 running a proper third-party/independent campaign for the presidency
 running a proper third-party campaign for the presidency AND running third-party MAGA candidates for Congress, etc. against DeSantis endorsers
 running third-party MAGA candidates everywhere he can, even against Republicans who endorsed him in the primary - only sparing those who endorse his third-party candidacy
A theoretically worse scenario for them - Trump endorses Biden over DeSantis, etc. - very probably wouldn't happen, and might actually be less damaging than that last scenario as it might actually break Trump's spell on a lot of MAGAts. Although it's worth keeping in mind that flipping votes from GOP to Dem is worth twice as much to Dem chances as siphoning them to third-party candidates.

But it seems to me that Trump's rock-bottom floor in the GOP primary is probably in the range of 25-35% of GOP primary voters. If even half of them were to listen to Trump and withhold their votes, or vote Dem to punish the corrupt GOP, or vote for an independent Trump candidacy, they would have no chance of winning the presidency, it would be a Biden landslide. If this transferred to GOP Senate/House candidates, Biden would not only win, but would likely win enough seats to eliminate the filibuster and pass a bunch of Democratic priorities. Even Trump just making bitter remarks about how he's better than DeSantis and it was unfair and he would be doing better if he were the nominee could suppress MAGAt turnout, and hand the election to Biden (but perhaps with still a relatively narrow victory).

Maybe I'm wrong about Trump. Maybe he'd become a party man, bow to his new alpha-dog DeSantis, and campaign for him. But I think most Republican elites see what I see, which is that Trump is willing, able, and expected to blow up their 2024 chances if he doesn't get what he wants, and DeSantis and the other candidates being mentioned are not.

And the more they struggle against him to try to prevent him from being the nominee (even if unsuccessful) it makes it more difficult to get him to endorse non-crazy, establishment-friendly candidates in down-ballot races. A repeat of Mastriano/Oz/Masters/Bolduc/Dixon/Walker*/Vance** is more likely the more Trump sees establishment Republicans as his enemies.

*Walker has yet to lose, but I'd rather be Warnock. Also, based on how Georgia went for the other candidates, Walker significantly underperformed. Kemp won with little issue and was not endorsed by Trump.

**Vance won, but Mike DeWine won by 25 points, while he only won by 6.5 pts. He was a bad candidate, and if he had been their nominee in a more competitive state like Wisconsin, NC, etc. they would be down another seat.

(Another issue is that DeSantis's current popularity is partly based around COVID policy, which will 1. not be important in 2024 2. obscures that he had a far-right record in Congress that will come back up if he's actually required to talk about policy. Trump is to the left of DeSantis on economic issues, so some of the shine on DeSantis's "electability" might come off if he's forced to actually discuss policies beyond masks and vaccine mandates.)

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[Post 5239]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 11-17-2022 07:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

He's not our fault.

No but you certainly have your hands full with president poopypants

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[Post 5240]
Author : erimir
Date : 11-17-2022 07:48 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/932/122/2bd.png

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[Post 5241]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-17-2022 09:36 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.redd.it/1zxh2kq47m0a1.png

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[Post 5242]
Author : LarsMac
Date : 11-18-2022 04:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

One scenario I have seen looming is that The Drumpster gets the nod, with De Santis signing on as VP. 
The only thing I haven't got is where Texas Ted will fit in. 
 He may end up just sliding off the edge with Rudy. and Uncle Lindsey.

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[Post 5243]
Author : LarsMac
Date : 11-18-2022 04:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

One scenario I have seen looming is that The Drumpster gets the nod, with De Santis signing on as VP. 
The only thing I haven't got is where Texas Ted will fit in. 
 He may end up just sliding off the edge with Rudy. and Uncle Lindsey.

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[Post 5244]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 11-18-2022 06:23 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

One scenario I have seen looming is that The Drumpster gets the nod, with De Santis signing on as VP. 
The only thing I haven't got is where Texas Ted will fit in. 
 He may end up just sliding off the edge with Rudy. and Uncle Lindsey.

One of them would have to move - President and VP cannot be from the same state. See Amendment XII: The Constitution: Amendments 11-27 | National Archives (https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/amendments-11-27#toc-amendment-xii)

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[Post 5245]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-24-2022 09:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.redd.it/frcwew0aar1a1.jpg

:lol:

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[Post 5246]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 11-25-2022 12:51 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Did somebody just tell him about ampersands?

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[Post 5247]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-26-2022 05:53 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The most surprising thing about Trump meeting with a Charlottesville Nazi is that he didn&#39;t endorse the Nazi for the US Senate.</p>&mdash; L O L G O P (@LOLGOP) <a href="https://twitter.com/LOLGOP/status/1596325219597262850?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 26, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5248]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 11-28-2022 11:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

As sociopathic shitstain Ben Shapiro correctly pointed out, the most reliable way to avoid "accidentally" dining with a racist/anti-Semite you don't know is to avoid dining with a racist/anti-Semite you do know. Also, :lol: @ Fat Donny from Queens' contention that he had no idea Ye was bringing a "guest." That's quite completely impossible, Secret Service protocols being what they are.

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[Post 5249]
Author : LarsMac
Date : 11-29-2022 03:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

One scenario I have seen looming is that The Drumpster gets the nod, with De Santis signing on as VP. 
The only thing I haven't got is where Texas Ted will fit in. 
 He may end up just sliding off the edge with Rudy. and Uncle Lindsey.

One of them would have to move - President and VP cannot be from the same state. See Amendment XII: The Constitution: Amendments 11-27 | National Archives (https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/amendments-11-27#toc-amendment-xii)

Oops. Yeah. I forgot about that.

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[Post 5250]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 12-02-2022 03:48 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

My enthusiasm is tempered by the fact that Dearie is still subject to the control of that trumpanzee judge who agreed to this crackheaded foolishness in the first place, but this is good stuff.
:yup: I am sure they are feverishly working on yet another motion for Cannon and the fedsoc braintrust to come up with something they can argue and then grant them that relief. Equity no doubt demands that the Court enjoin performance of certain duties by the special master appointed to perform such  duties of the special master. Whatever the opposite of mandamus is.

The law is clear. We cannot write a rule that allows any subject of a search warrant to block government investigations after the execution of the warrant. Nor can we write a rule that allows only former presidents to do so. Either approach would be a radical reordering of our caselaw limiting the federal courts’ involvement in criminal investigations. And both would violate bedrock separation-of-powers limitations. Accordingly, we agree with the government that the district court improperly exercised equitable jurisdiction, and that dismissal of the entire proceeding is required.

The district court improperly exercised equitable jurisdiction in this case. For that reason, we VACATE the September 5 order on appeal and REMAND with instructions for the district court to DISMISS the underlying civil action. 

Trump v. United States (https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23323310/221201-11th-c-vacate.pdf), ___ F.3d ___ (11th Cir. 2022). 

The panel that bitch-slapped this clownery down the judicial shithole consisted of two Trump appointees and William Pryor. That's right, they couldn't get William Fucking Pryor to buy into this shit.

Judge Aileen Cannon has a lifetime appointment, so she gets to keep that district court judgeship as long as she wants it. However, it's difficult to imagine anyone taking her seriously as a jurist after this, so maybe a transition to a wingnut welfare jerb is in order. I, for one, would watch the shit out of a Fox News show on which Cannon and Jeanine Pirro get hammered on box wine and wax bugfuck about pressing legal issues.

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[Post 5251]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 12-02-2022 05:34 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I, for one, would watch the shit out of a Fox News show on which Cannon and Jeanine Pirro get hammered on box wine and wax bugfuck about pressing legal issues. 

You sonofabitch don't you dare put that out into the universe and make me want something that is demonstrably bad for me.

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[Post 5252]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 12-02-2022 05:34 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I seent the doubling happening.

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[Post 5253]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-04-2022 12:37 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Republican groups and individuals that are usually quick off the mark -- such as <a href="https://twitter.com/JudiciaryGOP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JudiciaryGOP</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/GOPChairwoman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GOPChairwoman</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@tedcruz</a> -- and that, a quick look around Twitter suggests, have been tweeting today, have had nothing to say about this declaration by Donald Trump. <a href="https://t.co/hMsKLvoqDS">pic.twitter.com/hMsKLvoqDS</a></p>&mdash; Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) <a href="https://twitter.com/BillKristol/status/1599183306746400769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 3, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5254]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 12-04-2022 03:15 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I cannot parse what the loser is saying here, and it seems that he still hasn't bothered to learn shit about the US Constitution.

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[Post 5255]
Author : JoeP
Date : 12-04-2022 08:05 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

No surprises there.

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[Post 5256]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-06-2022 10:58 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump Organization guilty of tax fraud, New York jury finds | Donald Trump | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/06/trump-organization-guilty-verdict-tax-fraud)

$10 fine coming up.

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[Post 5257]
Author : JoeP
Date : 12-07-2022 06:26 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Which...won't get paid. Trump style.

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[Post 5258]
Author : Ari
Date : 12-15-2022 05:21 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:lolfruits:

OMG this is real, Trump has released an NFT ‘trading card’ set of himself playing dress up.
 CollectTrumpCards | Donald Trump Digital Trading Card NFTs (https://collecttrumpcards.com/)

After staring into an eclipse TrumpMan gained super heat vision!
 https://collecttrumpcards.com/images/trump-fire-eyes.webp

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[Post 5259]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-15-2022 09:49 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Oh hey, new Garbage Pail Kids dropped.

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[Post 5260]
Author : Pan Narrans
Date : 12-15-2022 10:03 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

"Rump Tower" :giggle:

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[Post 5261]
Author : JoeP
Date : 12-16-2022 06:41 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/niOXSen.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/48sUNFg.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/O6qhBd5.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/BG7Dx2G.jpeg

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[Post 5262]
Author : JoeP
Date : 12-16-2022 12:52 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/sLdRj8Q.png

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[Post 5263]
Author : Ari
Date : 12-16-2022 02:34 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It’s especially funny that fatter Trump looks better than actual Trump because his clothes fit better.

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[Post 5264]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 12-21-2022 02:06 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Anybody reading the Jan 6th Committee final report (https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23466462-jan6-committee-final)?

It's what they presented, only loaded with mode details.  I've been skimming it, but it's really damning stuff.
I'm on page 20, where the committee is showing that Trump specifically knew he was lying about the election fraud.  There's a several pages dedicated to a table where it's showing specific examples of people telling Trump that something is false, and then Trump stating the lie afterward:

GA Sec. State Brad Raffensperger (1/2/21): “I don’t believe that you’re really questioning the Dominion machines. Because we did a hand re-tally, a 100 percent re-tally of all the ballots, and compared them to what the machines said and came up with virtually the same result. Then we did the recount, and we got virtually the same result.”

President Trump four days later (1/6/21): “In addition, there is the highly troubling matter of Dominion Voting Systems. In one Michigan county alone, 6,000 votes were switched from Trump to Biden and the same systems are used in the majority of states in our country.” … “There is clear evidence that tens of thousands of votes were switched from President Trump to former Vice President Biden in several counties in Georgia.”

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[Post 5265]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-21-2022 02:09 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Waiting for it to be filed with the Panama Papers and the Downing Street Memo. :(

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[Post 5266]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-21-2022 02:17 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Breaking News: A House committee voted to publicly release Donald Trump&#8217;s tax information, which he kept secret in defiance of modern tradition. <a href="https://t.co/Jvx5lyqMYO">https://t.co/Jvx5lyqMYO</a></p>&mdash; The New York Times (@nytimes) <a href="https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1605362448369868803?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 21, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5267]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 12-21-2022 04:07 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

NYT had the absolute shittiest take (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/20/us/politics/trump-tax-returns-house.html) this morning, that Republicans might engage in reprisals if Democrats release Trump's tax returns. Bitch, have you met Republicans?

Also, this would be bad becase it would, uh
represent both a significant act of transparency and what some fear is the end of an era of taxpayer privacy.

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[Post 5268]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-21-2022 04:26 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Republicans might engage in reprisals if Democrats release Trump's tax returns. 

Nice abuser logic.

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[Post 5269]
Author : JoeP
Date : 12-21-2022 10:26 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Waiting for it to be filed with the Panama Papers and the Downing Street Memo. :(

We were having a good day. :sadcheer:

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[Post 5270]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 12-23-2022 06:58 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I was wrong before - the report published after the final Jan 6th meeting was the preliminary report. 
The final Jan 6th report is here. (https://january6th.house.gov/sites/democrats.january6th.house.gov/files/Report_FinalReport_Jan6SelectCommittee.pdf)

I've just started, it's long - I don't know if I will get past the executive summary.  We'll see.

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[Post 5271]
Author : LarsMac
Date : 12-23-2022 03:35 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

QOTD. 

"We can never surrender to democracy’s enemies. We can never allow America to be defined by forces of division and hatred. We can never go backward in the progress we have made through the sacrifice and dedication of true patriots. We can never and will never relent in our pursuit of a more perfect union, with liberty and justice for all Americans."
- Bennie G Thompson 
Chairman of the Jan 6 committee

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[Post 5272]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 12-23-2022 06:11 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I had already read the executive summary.  It's functionally the same as the report that was released immediately after the final hearing.  It's been formatted, cleaned up and possibly lightly edited, but the essential content is the same.

I'm into the rest of the document, and there's just a lot more detail. The executive summary is probably enough for most people. In fact, for most people, watching the public hearings would be enough.  I'd say the executive summary reinforces what the public hearing revealed, and the full report is piling on details.

One thing I don't understand - why isn't John Eastman being disbarred? He's the lawyer who came up with the intentionally false legal theory that the Vice President can reject the electoral vote - the thing that Trump was pressuring Pence to do on Jan 6th. Eastman knew that interpretation of the Constitution was false, but he was hoping that if Pence did it, it would give them the opportunity to introduce the fake electors and steal the election.

I mean literally steal the election. After the selection of the electors, Biden was lawfully elected the President. After that point, Trump resorted to criminal behavior to disrupt that process, and Eastman assisted. Eastman even knew this,

Days afterward, Eastman sent an email to Giuliani, making a
request that tacitly acknowledged just how much trouble he was in: &#8220;I&#8217;ve
decided that I should be on the pardon list, if that is still in the works.&#8221;

Maybe if he actually gets prosecuted by the Justice Department, his Bar Association will act.

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[Post 5273]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 12-23-2022 06:11 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I had already read the executive summary.  It's functionally the same as the report that was released immediately after the final hearing.  It's been formatted, cleaned up and possibly lightly edited, but the essential content is the same.

I'm into the rest of the document, and there's just a lot more detail. The executive summary is probably enough for most people. In fact, for most people, watching the public hearings would be enough.  I'd say the executive summary reinforces what the public hearing revealed, and the full report is piling on details.

One thing I don't understand - why isn't John Eastman being disbarred? He's the lawyer who came up with the intentionally false legal theory that the Vice President can reject the electoral vote - the thing that Trump was pressuring Pence to do on Jan 6th. Eastman knew that interpretation of the Constitution was false, but he was hoping that if Pence did it, it would give them the opportunity to introduce the fake electors and steal the election.

I mean literally steal the election. After the selection of the electors, Biden was lawfully elected the President. After that point, Trump resorted to criminal behavior to disrupt that process, and Eastman assisted. Eastman even knew this,

Days afterward, Eastman sent an email to Giuliani, making a
request that tacitly acknowledged just how much trouble he was in: “I’ve
decided that I should be on the pardon list, if that is still in the works.”

Maybe if he actually gets prosecuted by the Justice Department, his Bar Association will act.

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[Post 5274]
Author : LarsMac
Date : 12-23-2022 11:33 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I had already read the executive summary.  It's functionally the same as the report that was released immediately after the final hearing.  It's been formatted, cleaned up and possibly lightly edited, but the essential content is the same.

I'm into the rest of the document, and there's just a lot more detail. The executive summary is probably enough for most people. In fact, for most people, watching the public hearings would be enough.  I'd say the executive summary reinforces what the public hearing revealed, and the full report is piling on details.

One thing I don't understand - why isn't John Eastman being disbarred? He's the lawyer who came up with the intentionally false legal theory that the Vice President can reject the electoral vote - the thing that Trump was pressuring Pence to do on Jan 6th. Eastman knew that interpretation of the Constitution was false, but he was hoping that if Pence did it, it would give them the opportunity to introduce the fake electors and steal the election.

I mean literally steal the election. After the selection of the electors, Biden was lawfully elected the President. After that point, Trump resorted to criminal behavior to disrupt that process, and Eastman assisted. Eastman even knew this,

Days afterward, Eastman sent an email to Giuliani, making a
request that tacitly acknowledged just how much trouble he was in: &#8220;I&#8217;ve
decided that I should be on the pardon list, if that is still in the works.&#8221;

Maybe if he actually gets prosecuted by the Justice Department, his Bar Association will act.

I had to read up on his involvement. After doing so, I can only hope that there will be a follow up by the Justice Dpt. I would not be surprised to hear that T-rump's own legal beagels might try to lay the blame on Eastman for the whole thing, claiming that it was his advice that led them down that path.
"Had we known that he was lying to us, we wouldn't have taken that trip."

I never really cared much for the Former VP. but to his credit, he almost single handed put the kabosh on the plan to steal the election. They might have pulled it off, if he had fallen in line. IT could have been days or weeks before any opposition could have been able to organize and by then, it's possible that it would have been too late, and we could have had a civil war on our hands.

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[Post 5275]
Author : viscousmemories
Date : 12-24-2022 11:17 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm a fan of the theory that Pence absolutely would have played ball if he thought they could get away with it, he just didn't believe they could.

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[Post 5276]
Author : LarsMac
Date : 12-24-2022 04:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm a fan of the theory that Pence absolutely would have played ball if he thought they could get away with it, he just didn't believe they could.

I think that you are right. He more than likely chickened out. And now he is a minor hero in the story. 
He gets to use that "It went against every thing that I stand for." line in his coming POTUS campaign.  

The conservative Rethuglicans will eat that up.

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[Post 5277]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 12-24-2022 04:49 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm a fan of the theory that Pence absolutely would have played ball if he thought they could get away with it, he just didn't believe they could.

I think that you are right. He more than likely chickened out. And now he is a minor hero in the story. 
 

You know what? I'll take it. Let Pence have the credit for refusing the obviously stupid and criminal plan that would make him a monster in the history books. I don't like or trust the man any more, but I'm willing to praise him for upholding the US Constitution.


He gets to use that "It went against every thing that I stand for." line in his coming POTUS campaign. 
The conservative Rethuglicans will eat that up.


Some may, but there's a sizeable minority in the Republican party that has decided that fascism is the only way they're going to retain power in the future. You can call them MAGA Republicans or just white nationalists, they're never voting for Pence again.

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[Post 5278]
Author : LarsMac
Date : 12-24-2022 05:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm a fan of the theory that Pence absolutely would have played ball if he thought they could get away with it, he just didn't believe they could.

I think that you are right. He more than likely chickened out. And now he is a minor hero in the story. 
 

You know what? I'll take it. Let Pence have the credit for refusing the obviously stupid and criminal plan that would make him a monster in the history books. I don't like or trust the man any more, but I'm willing to praise him for upholding the US Constitution.


He gets to use that "It went against every thing that I stand for." line in his coming POTUS campaign. 
The conservative Rethuglicans will eat that up.


Some may, but there's a sizeable minority in the Republican party that has decided that fascism is the only way they're going to retain power in the future. You can call them MAGA Republicans or just white nationalists, they're never voting for Pence again.

I agree. The MAGA's will leave him at the bus stop. Though he will have a following of some conservatives, chances are whatever is left of the old line Republicans will see too much of Trump in his past, and look for another Conservative. The Religious Right, who embraced T will have to work a lot harder to get that smell off their clothes. Mike might be able to appeal to them. They may stick with Donald just because he still claims to have been "Born Again" and they hate to be wrong. 
I remain hopeful that T is officially disqualified and sent to jail before the Primaries begin next year. 

But, listening to the locals around here, it seems that he will get their votes, even if he is locked up.

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[Post 5279]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-24-2022 06:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Pence had a history of folding like a house of cards. He was the governor who almost went down in history as losing Indiana the Indy 500 over a gay marriage cake law.

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[Post 5280]
Author : LarsMac
Date : 12-24-2022 08:44 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I think that Pence's chances are very poor for 2024. 
The MAGAs will see him as a turncoat, and the republican leadership will just see him as the ragged banner of a bad time in history. 
Some of the Xtian Right might appreciate his religious beliefs, but they will also see the Judas in his failure to act "as his King commanded" 

Hopefully, he will just slink away into the night.

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[Post 5281]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 12-25-2022 06:52 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Even the forum is so mad it made me say it twice.

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[Post 5282]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 12-25-2022 06:53 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm not giving any of those fuckers any damn credit for being a stopped clock by accident.

When it came time to hold people accountable all of them aligned themselves against the rule of law and wanted to point fingers everywhere else except at the fuckers responsible for making it happen.

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[Post 5283]
Author : lisarea
Date : 12-25-2022 07:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Supposedly, it was Dan Quayle who convinced Pence not to go along with it.  (https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/dan-quayle-talked-mike-pence-rejecting-trump-what-story-n1279406)

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[Post 5284]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-26-2022 12:39 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Gawd. Vice Presidents Dumb and Dumber.

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[Post 5285]
Author : Ari
Date : 12-26-2022 02:10 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Time Cop V: To prevent the coup of 2021 Time Officers are sent back to the 1990s to convince one man Potato ends in an e…

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[Post 5286]
Author : Ari
Date : 12-30-2022 03:22 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

In a late Christmas present, twice impeached man who certainly learned his lesson the first time has shown he’s learned about running third party if he fails to get the republican nomination. 

Trump Promotes Article Supporting Him to Run as Third-Party Candidate &#8211; Rolling Stone (https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-article-third-party-candidate-white-house-2024-1234653812/)

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[Post 5287]
Author : LarsMac
Date : 12-30-2022 10:03 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

In a late Christmas present, twice impeached man who certainly learned his lesson the first time has shown he’s learned about running third party if he fails to get the republican nomination. 

Trump Promotes Article Supporting Him to Run as Third-Party Candidate – Rolling Stone (https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-article-third-party-candidate-white-house-2024-1234653812/)

Hmmm, I think that I'd actually like to see that. Well, unless he were to end up in jail first. I'd probably pay to see THAT.

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[Post 5288]
Author : Sock Puppet
Date : 12-30-2022 10:12 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

They got Al Capone with tax evasion. Admittedly, it was a different era, but then again, Capone was a lot smarter than Trump.

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[Post 5289]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 01-03-2023 03:12 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Still reading the Jan 6th final report, I might want to search out some of the individual interviews from some of the primary witnesses, but Jesus this whole thing makes me mad. I can only read it in chunks.

Just fucking furious. Once Dec 14th happened and the electors were selected, Biden was legally the next President. No effort to change that result was legal. At the time, I thought the matter was resolved, but I underestimated the enormity of Trump's lawlessness.

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[Post 5290]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 01-03-2023 03:12 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

vBulletin thinks I'm twice as furious.

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[Post 5291]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 01-03-2023 05:47 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm not giving any of those fuckers any damn credit for being a stopped clock by accident.

When it came time to hold people accountable all of them aligned themselves against the rule of law and wanted to point fingers everywhere else except at the fuckers responsible for making it happen.

You know, the more I read, I think Pence was determined to do the right thing, even at the expense of the hatred of Trump and his fans.  This wasn't him being accidental or cowardly:


Every four years, on January 6th, vice presidents read from a script that remains essentially unchanged. Eastman&#8217;s theory of the Vice President&#8217;s power and the Trump Campaign&#8217;s scheme to convene and submit the slates of &#8220;alternate&#8221; (fake) electors motivated Vice President Pence and his advisors to alter the script and to make sure they were prepared to respond to any unexpected actions in the joint session.

Vice President Pence met with the Senate Parliamentarian on January 3rd to discuss the joint session and revised the joint session scripts in consultation with her office.274 Vice President Pence and the Parliamentarian agreed that the Vice President&#8217;s role is ministerial.


I am willing to give the appropriate credit to Pence for this. He stayed true to his oath to uphold the US Constitution, and he was proactive in upholding it.

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[Post 5292]
Author : LarsMac
Date : 01-03-2023 09:53 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Now that all the Xmassy stuff is done, I am going back to it. But, I think I have to agree with you. 
Mr Pence has scruples. I don't think I'm voting for him in 2024, but he deserves the thanks of the nation for not playing along with Donald's Madness.

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[Post 5293]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 01-04-2023 12:49 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I give no credit whatsoever for complying with the law. That is the floor. To offer praise for not participating in an illegal coup attempt is only essentially applauding how low the Republicans have placed the bar. Not violating the oath of office does not earn a cookie.

Pence spent years enabling Trump and Trumpism. He is a bad and evil person. Not trying to overthrow the government doesn't make him any less so.

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[Post 5294]
Author : Sock Puppet
Date : 01-04-2023 01:43 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's also at least possible that Pence might have gone along with it if he thought they could get away with it, but he had enough basic understanding of US civic norms to realize they couldn't. Or even that he just didn't have the guts to go full fascist.

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[Post 5295]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 01-04-2023 01:52 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's also at least possible that Pence might have gone along with it if he thought they could get away with it, but he had enough basic understanding of US civic norms to realize they couldn't. Or even that he just didn't have the guts to go full fascist.
I think he simply calculated (correctly) that he would not be rewarded for it either way. It was all downside.

Join the coup, Trump would have no further use for him and discards him - this is hardly speculative.  Don't join the coup, act like that's virtue and try to reinvent, at the expense of Trumpist support.

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[Post 5296]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-04-2023 05:30 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I give no credit whatsoever for complying with the law. That is the floor. To offer praise for not participating in an illegal coup attempt is only essentially applauding how low the Republicans have placed the bar. 

Well then, I’d like to give him credit for managing the greatest show in a game of political limbo in history. So far.

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[Post 5297]
Author : Ari
Date : 01-05-2023 08:22 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

House speaker vote: Gaetz votes Trump for House Speaker twice as Kevin McCarthy loses eighth ballot – live news | The Independent (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/kevin-mccarthy-speaker-house-vote-tally-latest-b2256353.html)

Hahaha! :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:

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[Post 5298]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 01-08-2023 01:44 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm into the Appendixes of the Jan 6th final report.  I'm mostly skimming at this point, but I enjoyed Appendix 3: 

CONCLUSION
In the weeks after the 2020 election leading up to January 6, 2021, President Trump&#8217;s Campaign and his allies sent his supporters a barrage of emails and text messages pushing lies about a stolen election and asking for contributions to challenge the outcome of the election. In reality, the funds raised went primarily towards paying down the Trump Campaign&#8217;s outstanding 2020 debt, financing President Trump&#8217;s newly created Save America PAC, and raising money for the RNC.

Overall, only a small amount of the contributions ever went to President Trump&#8217;s recount account or were otherwise obviously used in connection with post-election recounts or litigation. As President Trump used the Big Lie as a weapon to attack the legitimacy of the 2020 election, his Campaign used that same Big Lie to raise millions of dollars based on false claims and unkept promises.

Not only did President Trump lie to his supporters about the election, but he also ripped them off.

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[Post 5299]
Author : LarsMac
Date : 01-08-2023 02:52 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I like how he gave all the credit to The Donald for the success of his push to get the Gavel.

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[Post 5300]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 01-20-2023 03:18 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Apparently (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64347994):

Judge  Middlebrooks called Mr Trump a "mastermind of strategic abuse of the  judicial process", and said ... "No reasonable lawyer would have filed it [frivolous, politically motivated, lawsuit]."

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[Post 5301]
Author : JoeP
Date : 01-20-2023 09:54 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I can't decide what to think about this until we know what Miss Shelby's instinct says.

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[Post 5302]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 01-20-2023 11:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

An Article III judge called me a mastermind!

~ Old incontinent morbidly obese adderall junkie/serial rapist, probably

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[Post 5303]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-17-2023 01:02 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Look at that one way street loyalty.

12866

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[Post 5304]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 02-20-2023 05:16 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

In fact, there are signs that vaccine skepticism is highest among some of Trump&#8217;s strongest supporters, making his position a weakness in a Republican primary, said Will Humble, executive director of the Arizona Public Health Association, which is tracking antivaccine legislation there. 

&#8220;If there was one thing about the pandemic that Trump did right, it was the vaccine,&#8221; Humble said, &#8220;and his voters are going to punish him for it.&#8221;

Desantis vs Trump (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-18/ron-desantis-may-attract-gop-voters-wary-of-trump-s-covid-response?srnd=politics-vp#xj4y7vzkg)

Desantis is hoping leopards eat Trump&#8217;s face.

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[Post 5305]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 02-20-2023 05:17 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:dddp:

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[Post 5306]
Author : Ari
Date : 03-19-2023 12:58 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I call to you my subjects, as the clown car heads straight towards the cliff I pointed it at, throw your bodies in front of the wheels, sacrifice your children and build a wall of their dead bones to catch me, your one and true GOD!

He sounds more scared/unhinged than usual, if he commits suicide in jail the qnuts will just explode!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Frf8wplagAchObV?format=jpg&name=small

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[Post 5307]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 03-19-2023 01:17 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

If I understand correctly, this is the "bribing Stormy Daniels" case. While I'm sure he violated a law or two, this is the least important crime he committed. It's been over 2 years. This man needs to be indicted on his more serious crimes.

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[Post 5308]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-19-2023 06:10 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

They will kill you too, andrew.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/bba6BamTtO">https://t.co/bba6BamTtO</a> <a href="https://t.co/wUcxQNvWqH">pic.twitter.com/wUcxQNvWqH</a></p>&mdash; Andrew Sullivan (@sullydish) <a href="https://twitter.com/sullydish/status/1636797348780347392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5309]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 03-19-2023 11:57 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This man needs to be indicted on his more serious crimes.
I don't understand you, spec.  It matters not one whit which crime sends Trump down, provided he goes down, and that as soon as possible.

Sure,  there is something unsatisfactory about the fact that he will appear to have "got away with" stuff, just as Al Capone got away with heading an organised band of cut-throats.   But we needed Capone to not get away.  And he didn't.

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[Post 5310]
Author : Ari
Date : 03-19-2023 04:18 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Tell me you need therapy without saying you need therapy&#8230;
Andrew Sullivan, &#8220;I&#8217;m a Gay Catholic DeSantis supporter who thinks the woke left deserve it.&#8221;
Woah! Dorris cancel my other appointments, where&#8217;s going to be here for awhile!

I don't understand you, spec.  It matters not one whit which crime sends Trump down, provided he goes down, and that as soon as possible.
I agree with both sentiments, Trump needs to go down, but there are also serious crimes that need to be acknowledged. If Trump died tomorrow his coffin should be tried for voter fraud/intimidation as we can&#8217;t let things like asking for more votes stand as acceptable, or we need the current court to acknowledge we are just that corrupt.

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[Post 5311]
Author : LarsMac
Date : 03-19-2023 04:52 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

If I understand correctly, this is the "bribing Stormy Daniels" case. While I'm sure he violated a law or two, this is the least important crime he committed. It's been over 2 years. This man needs to be indicted on his more serious crimes.

Oh, I absolutely agree. The whole Stormy Daniels thing shoulda been enough to  stop him from getting nominated. But it wasn't. 
Surely, the justice system has to work eventually to put him where he belongs. 
But we gotta start somewhere.

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[Post 5312]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-19-2023 06:18 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This is all very normal mob and racketeering prosecution. They started with the small fish and squeezed until they sang like canaries about the next level up. Then those clowns get squeezed until their eyes are ready to pop out. It takes years.

Small stuff first, then progressively pile deeper and deeper shit.

&#8216;Course it&#8217;ll help to make an absolute example of Trump Co before Trump 2.0 abolishes the Senate and the last remnants of the old republic are swept away.

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[Post 5313]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-19-2023 06:18 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Double boogaloo

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[Post 5314]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 03-20-2023 04:36 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This man needs to be indicted on his more serious crimes.
I don't understand you, spec.  It matters not one whit which crime sends Trump down, provided he goes down, and that as soon as possible.

Sure,  there is something unsatisfactory about the fact that he will appear to have "got away with" stuff, just as Al Capone got away with heading an organised band of cut-throats.   But we needed Capone to not get away.  And he didn't.

Some of the legal analysis I was reading indicates that the Stormy Daniels case might be the most straightforward case to prosecute, but has a lower chance of  success. I want him convicted, and he should have been indicted before he announced running again.

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[Post 5315]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 03-20-2023 09:06 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I get that, and I'm not going to disagree.

But do you want the Whiter Inciter to indicted for the crime for which there's the strongest, most winnable case, or do you want him indicted for the crime that's most serious and carries the heaviest sentence, or do you just want him indicted as quickly as possible?  

Because they aren't the same.  Not even close.

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[Post 5316]
Author : LarsMac
Date : 03-20-2023 10:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I get that, and I'm not going to disagree.

But do you want the Whiter Inciter to indicted for the crime for which there's the strongest, most winnable case, or do you want him indicted for the crime that's most serious and carries the heaviest sentence, or do you just want him indicted as quickly as possible?  

Because they aren't the same.  Not even close.

I want him convicted on a felony. That's kind of the threshold that gets him sent packing before the election.

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[Post 5317]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 03-20-2023 10:36 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I doubt there's time for a conviction on any of these counts.  I think the best we can hope for is a few more indictments.  Happy to be corrected, as always ...

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[Post 5318]
Author : Kevlar
Date : 03-21-2023 09:21 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It might be nice to have Trump run for president again, lose miserably, and then go to jail.  Then, fingers crossed, he'll get shivved in the prison shower before another GOP president takes the president's office and pardons him.

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[Post 5319]
Author : LarsMac
Date : 03-21-2023 10:47 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

His appearance on the ballot is far too close in my book. 
I would would settle for a poor showing in the Primaries, though.

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[Post 5320]
Author : ceptimus
Date : 03-21-2023 11:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Regardless of him being a terrible human, he's just too old to run for another term as President, in my opinion: Biden is also too old.  Why does the USA political system keep selecting these old people as presidential candidates?

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[Post 5321]
Author : Sock Puppet
Date : 03-22-2023 12:08 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump won't go to jail. As fantastic as it would be to see his fat ass frog-marched in a jumpsuit roughly matching his skin tone (imagine the Oompa Loompa memes!), he'd pull a Polanski before that happens. Not by any craftiness on his part; he's just rich and white enough that the opportunity will be handed to him as if he earned it. Then he'll continue to tweet about the ever-so-unfair persecution from "exile."

At this point, the best I dare hope for is death by heart attack, stroke, or choking on a Big Mac.

ETA @ceptimus - probably the same reason the Catholic Church usually picks an old guy for Pope. So he won't live long enough to change too much. Of course, even if Liz Warren were campaigning from hospice care, I'd still vote for her.

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[Post 5322]
Author : LarsMac
Date : 03-22-2023 02:06 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Regardless of him being a terrible human, he's just too old to run for another term as President, in my opinion: Biden is also too old.  Why does the USA political system keep selecting these old people as presidential candidates?

Agree. 
I think that we need an amendment to the Constitution that sets the age bracket for the President's office between 45 and 65 years of age.

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[Post 5323]
Author : ceptimus
Date : 03-22-2023 03:43 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

@Sock
The USA constitution already limits a President to a maximum of eight years in office.  So unless you're worried about the influence of ex-presidents, that doesn't seem a good reason to continue to choose people past the normal retirement age for the job.

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[Post 5324]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 03-22-2023 03:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

ETA @ceptimus - probably the same reason the Catholic Church usually picks an old guy for Pope. So he won't live long enough to change too much. Of course, even if Liz Warren were campaigning from hospice care, I'd still vote for her.

:doh:

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[Post 5325]
Author : Sock Puppet
Date : 03-22-2023 04:46 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I’m aware of the term limits. That was (mostly) a joke.

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[Post 5326]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 03-22-2023 04:47 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

i was (mostly) dohing at the pope remark.

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[Post 5327]
Author : Ari
Date : 03-22-2023 05:49 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Age is a red herring, Desantis is 44, (Liz Truss is 47), just being not-old doesn’t make someone a better/smarter/more-caring choice. 

In the established political system, becoming president seems to end out the person’s political career, even Obama retired over going back to congress. So they seem to levitate older politicians to the nomination. Trump being an outlier.

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[Post 5328]
Author : Ari
Date : 03-22-2023 06:12 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I’ve always thought the Pope was selected by gathering each Bishop’s collection of Altar Boys, lining them up on squares facing each other, then fighting to the death. That’s what the black smoke is, dead altar boys. When one boy is left champion they burn his clothes, which burn white and clean, and the orgy commences.

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[Post 5329]
Author : LarsMac
Date : 03-22-2023 06:39 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Age is a red herring, Desantis is 44, (Liz Truss is 47), just being not-old doesn’t make someone a better/smarter/more-caring choice. 

In the established political system, becoming president seems to end out the person’s political career, even Obama retired over going back to congress. So they seem to levitate older politicians to the nomination. Trump being an outlier.

They should have been around a bit, and know how the world works, and have earned some sort of reputation so folks can get where they are coming from. It helps if their also old enough that te decisions they make while in office aren't necessarily going to be based on what they can get rich on after leaving office. 

(Yeah, I know - Good luck with that.)

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[Post 5330]
Author : Sock Puppet
Date : 03-22-2023 11:48 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

My more serious answer is that anyone with Presidential aspirations has to build enough support within his/her party, as well as a reliable donor base, even to have a realistic shot at getting nominated. That usually takes a really long time, possibly decades. Obama got in while relatively younger because he built his support much faster than the average candidate. Trump bypassed the whole process by buying everybody.

ETA: That's a bit of an exaggeration. He didn't buy everybody; he extorted quite a few.

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[Post 5331]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 03-23-2023 02:26 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

My more serious answer is that anyone with Presidential aspirations has to build enough support within his/her party, as well as a reliable donor base, even to have a realistic shot at getting nominated. That usually takes a really long time, possibly decades. 

Excellent points. One of my favorite aspects of the 2008 POTUS campaign was that McCain became the GOP nominee because he was the only Republican candidate left with any goddamn money.

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[Post 5332]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 03-25-2023 12:08 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I don't know this person, but they made a bunch of AI images featuring Trump getting arrested:

https://twitter.com/EliotHiggins/status/1637927681734987777

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[Post 5333]
Author : Pyrrho
Date : 03-30-2023 10:38 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

New York Times is reporting that the grand jury has voted to indict Trump for the Stormy Daniels hush money payments.

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[Post 5334]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 03-30-2023 11:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

New York Times is reporting that the grand jury has voted to indict Trump for the Stormy Daniels hush money payments.

Finally.  Let's hope it sticks...  this particular case isn't the strongest one against him.

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[Post 5335]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 03-31-2023 01:43 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Donald Trump indicted by Manhattan grand jury on more than 30 counts related to business fraud | CNN Politics (https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/30/politics/donald-trump-indictment/index.html)

Donald Trump faces more than 30 counts related to business fraud in an indictment from a Manhattan grand jury, according to two sources familiar with the case &#8211; the first time in American history that a current or former president has faced criminal charges.

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[Post 5336]
Author : LarsMac
Date : 03-31-2023 02:21 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I hope some of them stick.

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[Post 5337]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 03-31-2023 02:07 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I read in our local newspaper this morning that the charges centered around him paying hush money regarding extra marital affairs.

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[Post 5338]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 03-31-2023 02:59 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I read in our local newspaper this morning that the charges centered around him paying hush money regarding extra marital affairs.

Paying hush money to people you slept with isn't illegal as such, but IIRC, the problem is how the money was handled. "[Michael Cohen] admitted to campaign-finance violations related to his coordination of the payments. The argument by federal prosecutors was that the payouts to the two women constituted an unreported in-kind donation to the Trump campaign." (from here (https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/03/trump-indictment/673575/))

...but 30 counts imples they found more than just that.

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[Post 5339]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 03-31-2023 03:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I couldn't read the entire article without signing up.   But it's interesting.  I'll bet there are a good number of people out there doing back flips, especially since one of the things he ran on was 'Hillary for Prison' .  I don't know if she spells her name with one or two Ls.

But I can't help but compare it to Bill, who lied under oath, pressured his intern to do the same, got her a job at Revlon with the intention to continue the affair because Hillary's plan was to carpet bag and run for Senate in NY.   He didn't face any charges.  And I'm sure if he was investigated it could have well been the tip of the proverbial iceberg.

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[Post 5340]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 03-31-2023 03:16 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

[Clinton] didn't face any charges.

He was literally impeached.

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[Post 5341]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 03-31-2023 03:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

New York Times is reporting that the grand jury has voted to indict Trump for the Stormy Daniels hush money payments.

Finally.  Let's hope it sticks...  this particular case isn't the strongest one against him.

Maybe he'll be the new 'Teflon Don'

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[Post 5342]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 03-31-2023 03:58 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

[Clinton] didn't face any charges.

He was literally impeached.

Big whoop.  He didn't leave office or admit to any wrong doing until his back was against the wall.  He did not face criminal charges for perjury.

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[Post 5343]
Author : LarsMac
Date : 03-31-2023 05:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

[Clinton] didn't face any charges.

He was literally impeached.

Big whoop.  He didn't leave office or admit to any wrong doing until his back was against the wall.  He did not face criminal charges for perjury.

You're actually serious, aren't you?

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[Post 5344]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 03-31-2023 09:11 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

You're making this shit up as you go along, aren't you Shel?

Clinton fined $90,000 for court sex lie | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/jul/30/clinton.usa)

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[Post 5345]
Author : LarsMac
Date : 03-31-2023 09:19 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

You're making this shit up as you go along, aren't you Shel?

Clinton fined $90,000 for court sex lie | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/jul/30/clinton.usa)

Probably. But, then, As I learned from my days in High School, "But, they did it too!" has never been a good defense tactic.

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[Post 5346]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 03-31-2023 10:24 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

What makes you think I&#8217;m not serious?

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[Post 5347]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 03-31-2023 10:26 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Did the man face criminal charges?  And do you think he really paid that fine, mickey?

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[Post 5348]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 04-01-2023 01:18 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Did the man face criminal charges?  And do you think he really paid that fine, mickey?

Besides this being a Tu Quoque argument, it's a bad one.

Besides what was already said:
1. Bill Clinton was also disbarred. 
2. Any unproven payments Clinton given to Lewinsky, they weren't literal cash illegally coming from his campaign. There's a distinction here, at least a legal one.
3. I'm pretty much fine with throwing Clinton under the bus.

Typically, even if you can invoke a "you too" argument, Trump almost always has confounding factors that make his crimes worse. He's a terrible, terrible man.

ETA: 
4. I don't even think he actually committed perjury. In the time period, I read the transcripts, and I thought he was acting like a too-clever-by-half lawyer who was trying not to lie, but not actually giving the opposing side the information they wanted. It's this testimony where "It depends on what the definition of 'is' is." comes from. He was trying to walk that line between evasiveness and perjury. He might have crossed it, but it's a hard sell in a trial.

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[Post 5349]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 04-01-2023 07:30 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/trump-tweet-meme-1.jpg

We're not after Trump, we're after you, Shel  But we gotta get rid of Trump first because he's protecting you from us ... by falsifying his business records to hide his hush-money payment to a sex worker.

:ROFL:

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[Post 5350]
Author : Kevlar
Date : 04-01-2023 09:17 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I do hope we learned some lessons from Slick Willy.

He certainly did commit an egregious abuse of power.  If the Republicans had just been professional about it, they probably could have nailed him.  But, they had to go the route of "maximum humiliation" and publicly shaming.  The way they made Monica detail every sex act in fine detail turned everyone's stomach and led to public sympathy for Bill and Monica.  The GOP just took it too far.  And to top it off, Democrats learned how much money there is in being a political victim.

Now, a very similar thing could happen with The Don.  We're already seeing surges in his popularity.  All these various allegations against him, the timing of them, the slow rollouts, the vagueness, the media circus...   is going to create sympathy for him and probably just make him richer and more popular.

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[Post 5351]
Author : Kevlar
Date : 04-01-2023 09:17 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Double your pleasure

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[Post 5352]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-01-2023 10:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">NEW CRIME STATISTICS ARE OUT ON BAJOR, THE PLANET REIGNED OVER BY RADICAL LEFT, STARFLEET BACKED, SECTOR ATTORNEY. THE NUMBERS ARE A COMPLETE &amp; TOTAL DISASTER….BUT, AT LEAST HE CAN TELL HIS DUKAT HATING FRIENDS THAT HE IS GOING AFTER THE VERY SUCCESSFUL 45TH FEDERATION PRESIDENT</p>&mdash; Gul Dukat (@realGulDukat) <a href="https://twitter.com/realGulDukat/status/1641938456153563137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 31, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5353]
Author : JoeP
Date : 04-04-2023 01:22 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/Bs6A30X.jpg

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[Post 5354]
Author : JoeP
Date : 04-04-2023 01:22 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/Oa1n4zx.jpg

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[Post 5355]
Author : Sock Puppet
Date : 04-04-2023 10:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

34 for 45. Count 'em. Thirty-four. (https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/04/read-the-trump-indictment-document-00087925)

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[Post 5356]
Author : LarsMac
Date : 04-04-2023 11:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Daughter is so disappointed that they didn't cuff 'im.

I guess I am, too, a little.

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[Post 5357]
Author : Sock Puppet
Date : 04-04-2023 11:41 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I guess a frog-march in leg chains is out of the question. :wish:

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[Post 5358]
Author : JoeP
Date : 04-05-2023 06:09 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Daughter is so disappointed that they didn't cuff 'im.

I guess I am, too, a little.

They couldn't find small enough handcuffs.

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[Post 5359]
Author : LarsMac
Date : 04-05-2023 03:32 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This pretty well sums him up. 

Love him? Hate him? For Donald Trump, attention is attention (https://apnews.com/article/trump-attention-indictment-arraignment-president-1e87be51004b12dc7b85728fd7946b56)

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[Post 5360]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 05-09-2023 08:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Jury finds Trump sexually abused writer in NY department store| BBC (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65531098)

 A jury in a civil case has found former President Donald Trump sexually abused a magazine columnist in a New York department store in the 1990s [but] not liable for raping E Jean Carroll in the dressing room of Bergdorf Goodman. The jury also found Mr Trump liable for defamation for calling the writer's accusations "a Hoax and a lie".
[&#8230;]
The Manhattan jury ordered Mr Trump to pay her about $5m (£4m) in damages.

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[Post 5361]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 05-09-2023 09:31 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I just saw that as well. I wonder what the legal distinction is between rape and sexual abuse.

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[Post 5362]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 05-09-2023 09:47 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Oh, you silly libby-lib woketards. What former U.S. President HASN'T been found civilly liable for sexual abuse, defamation, and willful and wanton negligence (that last one's always seemed more than a little oxymoronic to me, but hey, the term was around long before I arrived on the scene and will endure long after I'm gone)?

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[Post 5363]
Author : ShottleBop
Date : 05-10-2023 02:50 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I just saw that as well. I wonder what the legal distinction is between rape and sexual abuse.

Trump-E. Jean Carroll verdict: Why Trump was found liable for sexual abuse but not rape. (https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/05/trump-e-jean-carroll-verdict-rape-sexual-abuse.html)

 . .  the difference, as the jury was instructed between rape and sexual abuse, is that for it to be rape, there had to have been vaginal penetration by Trump’s penis. It’s very specific in terms of the penetration required. Carroll testified that he initially penetrated her digitally with his finger, but then followed with his penis. It seems strange that the jurors would find her her story persuasive enough to find Trump liable on the sex abuse count, but not on the rape account, just to say that that is the one fact she did not establish by a preponderance of evidence.

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[Post 5364]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 05-10-2023 05:41 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I just saw that as well. I wonder what the legal distinction is between rape and sexual abuse.

Trump-E. Jean Carroll verdict: Why Trump was found liable for sexual abuse but not rape. (https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/05/trump-e-jean-carroll-verdict-rape-sexual-abuse.html)

 . .  the difference, as the jury was instructed between rape and sexual abuse, is that for it to be rape, there had to have been vaginal penetration by Trump’s penis. It’s very specific in terms of the penetration required. Carroll testified that he initially penetrated her digitally with his finger, but then followed with his penis. It seems strange that the jurors would find her her story persuasive enough to find Trump liable on the sex abuse count, but not on the rape account, just to say that that is the one fact she did not establish by a preponderance of evidence.

It made me wonder if the jury decided sexual abuse was consistent with known Trump behavior, so it was easier to convince all jurors to vote for this.

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[Post 5365]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-12-2023 06:10 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It&#8217;s like an infinite money glitch in a game. (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/11/nyregion/e-jean-carroll-trump-defamation.html)

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[Post 5366]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-12-2023 06:10 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It’s like an infinite money glitch in a game. (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/11/nyregion/e-jean-carroll-trump-defamation.html)

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[Post 5367]
Author : JoeP
Date : 05-12-2023 08:56 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

If only double posts were an infinite money glitch.

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[Post 5368]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 05-12-2023 04:50 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's like an infinite [Thanks] glitch in a forum.

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[Post 5369]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-12-2023 09:02 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

LOL (https://twitter.com/CalltoActivism/status/1657003021962731520)

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[Post 5370]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 05-12-2023 09:41 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

PAB's lolyers are not alone in that E. Jean Carroll case:

Petition to Address and Remonstrance This Court (https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.543790/gov.uscourts.nysd.543790.152.0.pdf)

Alleged 1996 Rape at Bergdorf Goodman (https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.590045/gov.uscourts.nysd.590045.177.0.pdf)

The second document is 50 glorious handwritten pages penned by PAB's "half-[sister]" who, like PAB, suffers from bipolar disorder traceable to U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence signers John and Edward Rutledge of Charleston, S.C.

I'm p. sure at least one of the authors is our old friend Jerome, or someone highly Jerome-adjacent.

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[Post 5371]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-24-2023 07:59 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump’s Lawyers Send Cryptic Letter to Merrick Motherfucking Garland to ‘Request a Meeting at Your Earliest Convenience’ (https://www.mediaite.com/crime/trumps-lawyers-send-cryptic-letter-to-merrick-garland-to-request-a-meeting-at-your-earliest-convenience/)

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[Post 5372]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 05-24-2023 05:04 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

[I]t’s likely the former president had a hand in drafting it.

:lol:

Ya think?

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[Post 5373]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 05-26-2023 03:59 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

â&#8364;&#732;Trump has the charisma of a morticianâ&#8364;&#8482;: Donald Jr confuses dad with DeSantis | Donald Trump Jr | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/26/donald-trump-jr-mix-up-desantis)

He was briefly silent after his gaffe on Thursday night.

He had just said: &#8220;Once you actually put out the facts I think a different image is going to emerge,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Ron wants people to think that he&#8217;s like &#8216;Trump-lite&#8217; or something like that. He&#8217;s not, either on policy grounds or personality.

&#8220;Trump has the charisma of a mortician, and the energy that makes Jeb Bush look an Olympian.&#8221;

After a short pause, and without correcting himself, Trump Jr continued: &#8220;The policies of a DC swamp rat because we&#8217;ve seen &#8230; the flip-flops, right?&#8221;

Looks like Jr is a chip off the ol' blockhead :lol:

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[Post 5374]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-26-2023 05:07 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'll put this MAGA moron in this thrad.

Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes sentenced to 18 years in prison on Jan. 6 charges - CBS (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/stewart-rhodes-oath-keeper-founder-sentencing-january-6/)

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[Post 5375]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 05-26-2023 07:34 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:lol:

That boy's a Gravy Seal who literally shot his own eye out. He might live longer in prison.

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[Post 5376]
Author : LarsMac
Date : 05-26-2023 09:13 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I think they need to change the name of their organization to something like, PFP - "Patriots for Profit"

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[Post 5377]
Author : maddog
Date : 05-27-2023 12:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

PAB?

I can't tell the players without a scorecard.

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[Post 5378]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 05-31-2023 12:04 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A lot of these defendants — and I'm going to use this colloquial term, perhaps disrespectfully — but they're all fucking short-bus people. These are people with brain damage, they're fucking retarded, they're on the goddamn spectrum. But they're our brothers, our sisters, our neighbors, our coworkers — they're part of our country. These aren't bad people; they don't have prior criminal history. Fuck, they were subjected to four-plus years of goddamn propaganda, the likes of which the world has not seen since fucking Hitler.

~ Albert Watkins (https://www.rawstory.com/qanon-shamans-lawyer-capitol-rioters-are-short-bus-people-manipulated-by-worst-propaganda-since-hitler/), the QAnon Shaman's criminal defense lawyer

But not so brain damaged and short-bussy as to miss out on a good grifting opportunity (https://www.vice.com/en/article/4a3xm9/qanon-shaman-out-of-jail-selling-leggings), eh?

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[Post 5379]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 05-31-2023 01:18 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

First I read “yoga leggings” and thought, I respect that. Then:

There is also merchandise advertising Chansley’s “Forbidden Truth Academy” project, which “seeks to improve the lives of its members and transform the world through education and mentorship, offering services to increase IQ, expand consciousness, and enhance personal evolution.”

:lol:

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[Post 5380]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 06-05-2023 09:19 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Robert Hanssen, the FBI agent who sold classified info to the USSR and later Russia, died today (https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/05/politics/robert-hanssen/index.html) in the Florence, CO federal supermax prison, thereby vacating a cell for another deserving traitor.

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[Post 5381]
Author : -FX-
Date : 06-06-2023 08:24 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Oh how the libtards and the wokerati must have felt when they first saw the following ...


Interestingly enough, a few of my speculations (not predictions) have proven to be apposite. China IS a trade cheater, and Trump, however maladroitly, is waging a trade war against them &#8212; not so different from the sort of action Bernie advocated. But at the same time, as I discussed as a distinct possibility, Trump HAS kept the United States out of a shooting war &#8212; where is John Bolton now? 

Not that I think Trump would refrain from going to war if he thought doing so would benefit him politically &#8212; but this is true of most presidents. Let&#8217;s look at the record:

JFK famously complained that unless he presided over a war, he would not be regarded as a great president, because presidents traditionally thought of as great, preside over wars. In his very first press conference in 1961, he beat the drums for possible military action against commie guerrillas in Laos, which was then seen as more vulnerable to an insurgency than South Vietnam. 

When that effort petered out, he greatly increased the flow of troops and advisers into South Vietnam, over what Eisenhower had done. On the morning of his death, he bragged in a speech in Fort Worth about the increasing American military presence in South Vietnam.

His successor, Lyin&#8217; Baines Johnson, famously said, during the 1964 election, that American boys would not do, in Southeast Asia, what Vietnamese boys ought to be doing for themselves. How did that turn out?

Or look at Woodrow Wilson, who in the 1916 election, vowed that the U.S. would stay out of the European war, if only he were elected. How did that turn out?

Or look at FDR, who, during the election of 1940, famously vowed that the U.S. would stay out of the second European war, unless the United States were attacked &#8212; an attack that came in 1941 at Pearl Harbor, but which many historians persuasively argue FDR engineered by imposing an oil embargo on Japan. 

It is quite obvious, in retrospect, that FDR was angling to get the U.S. into World War II by hook or by crook, which he practically admitted to his advisers. In short, he lied, repeatedly, to the American public.

Trump, by contrast, has, so far, stuck to his word to avoid any further idiotic war.

My only regret is that Trump did not follow through on his instincts to pull all U.S. forces out of the Mideast and Afghan quagmires, but these quagmires are backed by both parties. 

Now &#8212; behold! &#8212; Trumps stands revealed as pressuring the Ukrainian government to dig up dirt on a potential opponent, Biden, with the implicit threat of withholding military aid unless Ukraine complied with his wishes. Oh, the crocodile tears! How could the Orange Oaf have done something so vile! He must be impeached immediately! This is The Worst Thing That Any President Has Ever Done!

Except &#8212; no one impeached FDR for deviously shepherding America into World War II. No one impeached Wilson for lying about American plans for involvement in World War I. No one impeached Johnson for lying about his plans for Vietnam. No one impeached Ike for using the CIA to engineer the overthrow of the legitimate governments of Guatemala and Iran. No one impeached Nixon for overthrowing Allende in Chile. No one impeached Reagan for illegally selling arms to Iran and funneling the money to the contras. The list of American foreign policy crimes and malfeasance goes on, abysmally, heart-wrenchingly. 

But Trump, you see, is designated to be the bad apple in the American presidential bushel &#8212; even though his stupid phone call to the Ukrainian premier has cost zero American lives.

The late and lamented Gore Vidal talked about this very tendency &#8212; American amnesia, he called it &#8212; in essays on the American presidency that he published in the 1980s. Nixon, he wrote, was designated to be the &#8220;bad apple&#8221; in the presidential lot &#8212; a convenient way to find a scapegoat for America&#8217;s multitudinous sins, while whitewashing our past and making plaster saints out of others who do not deserve sainthood. Now, it seems, Trump has taken Nixon&#8217;s place as the bad apple in the bushel, but American amnesia goes on.



It's so much worse than that.  Biden and his corrupt idiot son, are so much worse than all the lies and slander we heard for four years about Trump.  Yet the leftists/liberal/woke-as-fuck folks keep sucking his wrinkled and flaccid penis, while ignoring his fondling of children, his falling down, and the true hideous mental declines that all the editing and spin in the world can't hide.

While declaring the oldest most corrupt white man ever to be elected president, to be doing a great job.

It's high comedy, it's a complete clown world insanity, and the idiots rejoice in it.

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[Post 5382]
Author : LarsMac
Date : 06-06-2023 04:15 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Badmouth everybody you wish, but Trump is still the biggest ASS to ever sit in the POTUS chair, with the possible exception of WH Taft.

And one must acknowledge that far too often the idiot in that seat is often there because the other party simply put up an even worse choice. But then, to circle back around, the American people have also oft proved that they are perfectly capable of making really bad choices. 

The current list of hopefuls shows that we are on course, once again, to prove that out.

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[Post 5383]
Author : -FX-
Date : 06-06-2023 04:54 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump was President for just over two years when he ordered military action against Syria, which enraged Russia.  At the same time the media and the idiots of the world were claiming he was a Russian controlled pawn, elected by Russia, controlled by Russia.

Shit fire man, some people still believe he is somehow controlled by Russia.

Meanwhile the senile idiot the deep state replaced him with is a magnitude worse.  The real tragedy is so many people believe electing an idiot to rule over you is somehow winning.

"Our guy won!" is like crowing over the fact you helped put yet another corrupt old white guy in the White House

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[Post 5384]
Author : -FX-
Date : 06-06-2023 04:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump was President for just over two years when he ordered military action against Syria, which enraged Russia.  At the same time the media and the idiots of the world were claiming he was a Russian controlled pawn, elected by Russia, controlled by Russia.

Shit fire man, some people still believe he is somehow controlled by Russia.

Meanwhile the senile idiot the deep state replaced him with is a magnitude worse.  The real tragedy is so many people believe electing an idiot to rule over you is somehow winning.

"Our guy won!" is like crowing over the fact you helped put yet another corrupt old white guy in the White House

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[Post 5385]
Author : Ari
Date : 06-06-2023 09:07 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I probably wont get an answer, but I’m honestly curious, FX, what sites are you perusing to come up with these thoughts of yours? Reddit, twitch chat, Joe Rogan, Joe Walsh, 4chan, twitter, Truth social, or some other source? 

I keep expecting Copium to enter your vocabulary, it’s apparently the new hotness all over twitch. Cope attack is totally yesterday though, so careful how you use it!

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[Post 5386]
Author : -FX-
Date : 06-06-2023 09:17 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I avoid almost everything on social media, and I didn't even know Joe Walsh was on some platform.  Does he explain how he plays such awesome riffs?

I catch selected Rogan on YT shorts, (I wish I had the free time to listen or watch an entire episode), never looked at truth social, Reddit is a burning shithole, I onely look at Chess and Uber/Lyft forums, cat videos and funny shit like that, maybe some porn.  Don't know what twitch is, 4chan I bailed on in 2008 after seeing child porn, which was disgusting and illegal, so I never went back.

Pretty much my thoughts are my own, I don't march to any drummer, but make my own beat.  I find humor and mockery of whatever petty tyrant is in power to be the best.

A lot of stupid insults go over my head, because I don't know what you are even talking about, like with "Copium".  And I care even less.

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[Post 5387]
Author : Ari
Date : 06-06-2023 09:42 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yeah nope, I don’t believe you one bit, your vocabulary betrays your aloof claims. The slang you use and claims you make are clearly being repeated from somewhere and I was curious what your specific source was, but if you don’t want to say what media you view in favor of this fantasy, I guess that answers my question. Thx.

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[Post 5388]
Author : -FX-
Date : 06-06-2023 10:20 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yeah nope, I don’t believe you one bit
Well, now you know how I feel about you.  Now.

I answered honestly, but since you are a liar and a con, you can't fathom anybody could be simply honest.

In the grand scheme of things, it doesn't matter at all.  And your opinion of me matters even less.

:D

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[Post 5389]
Author : -FX-
Date : 06-06-2023 10:23 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Back in 2015, before the election, and especially in 2016, a lot of nut job leftist thought I was a Trump supporter.  When in reality, I was just enjoying his bitch slapping the insane and corrupt regime that had been running the show for 8 years.

I predicted Trump would lose in 2020, because he isn't that smart.  He suffers from Hubris, and especially he could not understand the swamp he was saying he would drain.

Because he is actually a part of it.

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[Post 5390]
Author : Ari
Date : 06-07-2023 12:33 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yep yep, that answered it for me, you’re smarter and better than everyone, if only they were smart enough to see just how correct you have always been.

It must be exhausting.

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[Post 5391]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-07-2023 01:00 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=12891&d=1680278525

12891

:shrug:

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[Post 5392]
Author : -FX-
Date : 06-07-2023 01:24 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yep yep, that answered it for me, you’re smarter and better than everyone

One thing I noticed about 24 years ago.  The people who post most often, have the least to say.

http://redpanels.com/comics/what-difference-does-it-make-comic.png

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[Post 5393]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-07-2023 01:32 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Keep flailing. :pat:

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[Post 5394]
Author : Ari
Date : 06-07-2023 01:45 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

While certainly enjoyable, the answer to narcissists seems to be to either appease them and ignore the shitty attitude when they aren’t being appeased, or to let them wander off and get sucked in by someone who will. But there’s seemingly no curing them with words.

White supremacists seem acutely aware they are dealing with bruised egos, and are willing to put up with all kinds of attitude to score a conversion. I don’t think it’s an accident that men with bruised egos gravitate to right-wing ideology especially when they’re willing to indulge their power fantasies.

Which is why many are conservative talking points on repeat, the goal is the fastest way to feel right, not to be correct, and conservatives know this.

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[Post 5395]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-07-2023 01:50 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Narcissists who, like FX are also stalker/abusers, will just ramp it up to higher heights for a reaction. Many of them call it challenging themselves outside their comfort zones, but it&#8217;s really just going where the perceived victim supply is.

And lol martyr complex.

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[Post 5396]
Author : -FX-
Date : 06-07-2023 04:39 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Bless your heart

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[Post 5397]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-07-2023 05:13 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:fap:

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[Post 5398]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-07-2023 05:39 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I avoid almost everything on social media, and I didn't even know Joe Walsh was on some platform.  Does he explain how he plays such awesome riffs?

I catch selected Rogan on YT shorts, (I wish I had the free time to listen or watch an entire episode), never looked at truth social, Reddit is a burning shithole, I onely look at Chess and Uber/Lyft forums, cat videos and funny shit like that, maybe some porn.  Don't know what twitch is, 4chan I bailed on in 2008 after seeing child porn, which was disgusting and illegal, so I never went back.

Pretty much my thoughts are my own, I don't march to any drummer, but make my own beat.  I find humor and mockery of whatever petty tyrant is in power to be the best.

A lot of stupid insults go over my head, because I don't know what you are even talking about, like with "Copium".  And I care even less.

I don't believe anything in this post, but especially not the bolded bit. You protest too much, pedo guy.

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[Post 5399]
Author : -FX-
Date : 06-07-2023 08:13 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Instagram just got busted for enabling child porn.  I don't use Instagram or Facebook, never trusted the company, not even a little.

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[Post 5400]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-07-2023 08:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Sop up that sweet, sweet persecution complex fuel, my dude. Ahhhh.

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[Post 5401]
Author : -FX-
Date : 06-07-2023 11:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fx-a9MCakAA1Beh?format=png&name=medium

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[Post 5402]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-07-2023 11:52 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

You're like the kid in high school who lost every fight he picked and hasn't been able to move on.

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[Post 5403]
Author : -FX-
Date : 06-08-2023 07:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgflip.com/4w04a0.jpg

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[Post 5404]
Author : davidm
Date : 06-08-2023 06:02 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Oh how the libtards and the wokerati must have felt when they first saw the following ...


Interestingly enough, a few of my speculations (not predictions) have proven to be apposite. China IS a trade cheater, and Trump, however maladroitly, is waging a trade war against them — not so different from the sort of action Bernie advocated. But at the same time, as I discussed as a distinct possibility, Trump HAS kept the United States out of a shooting war — where is John Bolton now? 

Not that I think Trump would refrain from going to war if he thought doing so would benefit him politically — but this is true of most presidents. Let’s look at the record:

JFK famously complained that unless he presided over a war, he would not be regarded as a great president, because presidents traditionally thought of as great, preside over wars. In his very first press conference in 1961, he beat the drums for possible military action against commie guerrillas in Laos, which was then seen as more vulnerable to an insurgency than South Vietnam. 

When that effort petered out, he greatly increased the flow of troops and advisers into South Vietnam, over what Eisenhower had done. On the morning of his death, he bragged in a speech in Fort Worth about the increasing American military presence in South Vietnam.

His successor, Lyin’ Baines Johnson, famously said, during the 1964 election, that American boys would not do, in Southeast Asia, what Vietnamese boys ought to be doing for themselves. How did that turn out?

Or look at Woodrow Wilson, who in the 1916 election, vowed that the U.S. would stay out of the European war, if only he were elected. How did that turn out?

Or look at FDR, who, during the election of 1940, famously vowed that the U.S. would stay out of the second European war, unless the United States were attacked — an attack that came in 1941 at Pearl Harbor, but which many historians persuasively argue FDR engineered by imposing an oil embargo on Japan. 

It is quite obvious, in retrospect, that FDR was angling to get the U.S. into World War II by hook or by crook, which he practically admitted to his advisers. In short, he lied, repeatedly, to the American public.

Trump, by contrast, has, so far, stuck to his word to avoid any further idiotic war.

My only regret is that Trump did not follow through on his instincts to pull all U.S. forces out of the Mideast and Afghan quagmires, but these quagmires are backed by both parties. 

Now — behold! — Trumps stands revealed as pressuring the Ukrainian government to dig up dirt on a potential opponent, Biden, with the implicit threat of withholding military aid unless Ukraine complied with his wishes. Oh, the crocodile tears! How could the Orange Oaf have done something so vile! He must be impeached immediately! This is The Worst Thing That Any President Has Ever Done!

Except — no one impeached FDR for deviously shepherding America into World War II. No one impeached Wilson for lying about American plans for involvement in World War I. No one impeached Johnson for lying about his plans for Vietnam. No one impeached Ike for using the CIA to engineer the overthrow of the legitimate governments of Guatemala and Iran. No one impeached Nixon for overthrowing Allende in Chile. No one impeached Reagan for illegally selling arms to Iran and funneling the money to the contras. The list of American foreign policy crimes and malfeasance goes on, abysmally, heart-wrenchingly. 

But Trump, you see, is designated to be the bad apple in the American presidential bushel — even though his stupid phone call to the Ukrainian premier has cost zero American lives.

The late and lamented Gore Vidal talked about this very tendency — American amnesia, he called it — in essays on the American presidency that he published in the 1980s. Nixon, he wrote, was designated to be the “bad apple” in the presidential lot — a convenient way to find a scapegoat for America’s multitudinous sins, while whitewashing our past and making plaster saints out of others who do not deserve sainthood. Now, it seems, Trump has taken Nixon’s place as the bad apple in the bushel, but American amnesia goes on.



It's so much worse than that.  Biden and his corrupt idiot son, are so much worse than all the lies and slander we heard for four years about Trump.  Yet the leftists/liberal/woke-as-fuck folks keep sucking his wrinkled and flaccid penis, while ignoring his fondling of children, his falling down, and the true hideous mental declines that all the editing and spin in the world can't hide.

While declaring the oldest most corrupt white man ever to be elected president, to be doing a great job.

It's high comedy, it's a complete clown world insanity, and the idiots rejoice in it.

I am afraid you rather comprehensively missed my point, or perhaps it missed you, as attested by the whoosh sound of it flying over your head. :whoosh:

I am a member of what you tendentiously style “the wokerati.” That is why I was able to point out uncomfortable facts about American history that many would prefer to sweep under the rug. For what does “woke” really mean? Unlike the right-wing turds you worship, who risibly always fail to even try to define the word when asked to do so, I know exactly what it means: to be fully awake to all the pertinent facts of U.S. history and culture, and to act and behave rationally in accordance with those facts and their implications.

So if you wish to praise me for the points I raised, I welcome you as a member of the wokerati. The irony is palpable, though, because you don’t recognize that the points I raised are woke. You invoke them as a propaganda cudgel to wield against those you don’t like and absolve those you do, like Donald Trump. Because other presidents were bad or did bad things, it’s OK for Trump to be bad? Most telling are your allegations against Joe Biden, none of which are supported by a scintilla of evidence and all of which echo the fulminations of the Great Right Wing Hate Machine, which is anti-woke in the pertinent sense of being anti-truth, since woke just means truth.

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[Post 5405]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-08-2023 07:14 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Lawyers got the bad news. Roll out the indictment. Hide the ketchup. <a href="https://t.co/XuVQbAbx6K">pic.twitter.com/XuVQbAbx6K</a></p>&mdash; Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) <a href="https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1665762038281322496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 5, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

So, throw all the crooks in jail there, Donald.

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[Post 5406]
Author : -FX-
Date : 06-09-2023 12:51 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's pretty fucking obvious how the deep state works at this point.

Trump was, and is, an idiot because he thinks he can take down the corruption of the system, using the system.

I'm pretty sure he is finding out it doesn't work like that.

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[Post 5407]
Author : davidm
Date : 06-09-2023 12:56 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump indicted! :cheersquad:

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[Post 5408]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 06-09-2023 12:54 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump was, and is, an idiot because he thinks he can take down the corruption of the system, using the system. 

lol. Who told you Trump was trying to take down corruption?  

More to the point, why’dya believe it?

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[Post 5409]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 06-09-2023 02:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

lol. Who told you Trump was trying to take down corruption?  

More to the point, why’dya believe it?

"take down corruption" == killing gays, women, trans people, and whoever personally offends them.

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[Post 5410]
Author : Ari
Date : 06-09-2023 03:54 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So there appears to be audio of Trump showing off classified documents as trophies in 2021,
 "Well, with Milley -- uh, let me see that, I'll show you an example. He said that I wanted to attack Iran. Isn't that amazing? I have a big pile of papers, this thing just came up. Look. This was him. They presented me this -- this is off the record, but -- they presented me this. This was him. This was the Defense Department and him," the transcript said. "We looked at some. This was him. This wasn't done by me, this was him. All sorts of stuff -- pages long, look. Wait a minute, let&#8217;s see here. I just found, isn&#8217;t that amazing? This totally wins my case, you know. Except it is like, highly confidential. Secret. This is secret information. Look, look at this. This was done by the military and given to me."
"He's a pretty resilient, he's a pretty tough-to-hide person, so he's not crumbling in fear," :hide:

The president is a strong man, he has absolutely not built a fort around his desk, made himself president of Trump is innocent land and declared himself to have diplomatic immunity. Why would you even suggest such a thing?

 Trump indictment live updates: Pence calls DOJ politicized, adds 'no one is above the law' | ABC (https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/live-updates/trump-indictment/trumps-attorney-hes-not-crumbling-in-fear-99958374?id=99913217)

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[Post 5411]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 06-09-2023 07:11 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:laugh:

I love this country so very, very much!

Seems the judge assigned to PAB's criminal prosecution is none other that Aileen Cannon (https://abcnews.go.com/US/judge-aileen-cannon-trump-appointee-initially-assigned-oversee/story?id=99956910), the trumpanzee maniac who ordered law enforcement authorities not to look at any of the material seized from PAB's trash palace per a valid warrant until a special master reviewed all the material and ruled on PAB's dumbfuck privilege claims.  

You may recall that a unanimous court of appeals panel consisting of two Trump appointees and William Pryor, a true wingnut's wingnut, told Cannon that she had no authority whatsoever (https://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1378652&postcount=5250) do do what she did and ordered her to dismiss PAB's lawsuit.

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[Post 5412]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 06-09-2023 07:36 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The whole 38-count indictment is available here (https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648653/gov.uscourts.flsd.648653.3.0_2.pdf).

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[Post 5413]
Author : Ari
Date : 06-09-2023 07:45 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It’s ok though, Trump’s crack team of lawyers is on this!
 Jim Trusty and John Rowley, who helmed Trump’s Washington, D.C.-based legal team for months and were seen frequently at the federal courthouse, indicated they would no longer represent Trump in matters being investigated and prosecuted by special counsel Jack Smith,

Trump loses two lawyers just hours after 2nd indictment  - POLITICO (https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/09/trump-loses-two-lawyers-just-hours-after-being-indicted-00101263)

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[Post 5414]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-09-2023 11:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Bringing this back in light of recent news:<br><br>Get a limited-edition But Her Emails hat and support <a href="https://twitter.com/OnwardTogether?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@onwardtogether</a> groups working to strengthen our democracy.<a href="https://t.co/4TiUxjmRNY">https://t.co/4TiUxjmRNY</a> <a href="https://t.co/uSofeNjBxy">pic.twitter.com/uSofeNjBxy</a></p>&mdash; Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) <a href="https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/1667167938141466630?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 9, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5415]
Author : -FX-
Date : 06-10-2023 04:06 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FyJ3oaKXgAE7_N1?format=jpg&name=900x900

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[Post 5416]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-10-2023 05:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">New zoom backgrounds just dropped <a href="https://t.co/1y3T7bauBZ">https://t.co/1y3T7bauBZ</a></p>&mdash; Dr. Bronner is the boy&#39;s mother (@magneticksara) <a href="https://twitter.com/magneticksara/status/1667237695398252544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 9, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5417]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-10-2023 10:03 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=12923&d=1686430950


Staffer:
https://i.imgflip.com/4ip5bj.jpg

12923

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[Post 5418]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-12-2023 05:17 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I&#8217;ll take a plea deal if you pay me (https://www.newsweek.com/trump-suggests-hes-open-taking-plea-deal-specific-condition-1805827) seems up there with Landscape Companies.

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[Post 5419]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-12-2023 09:48 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Video resurfaces of Kid Rock claiming Trump showed him secret maps | The Independent (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-kid-rock-video-maps-b2355972.html)

:popcorn:

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[Post 5420]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-12-2023 10:26 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Judge Aileen Cannon will not preside over Trump arraignment: report - Raw Story - Celebrating 19 Years of Independent Journalism (https://www.rawstory.com/aileen-cannon-trump-arraignment/)

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[Post 5421]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-13-2023 12:32 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Spoke too soon:

Magistrate to preside over Donald Trump court appearance | Miami Herald (https://www.miamiherald.com/article276328096.html)

Magistrate Judge Jonathan Goodman &#8212; not U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, who was randomly assigned Trump&#8217;s case &#8212; will be handling the former president&#8217;s arraignment and bond matters. Cannon, who had been widely reported to be handling those duties, will still remain on the historic case as the lead judge.

Read more at: Magistrate to preside over Donald Trump court appearance | Miami Herald (https://www.miamiherald.com/article276328096.html#storylink=cpy)

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[Post 5422]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 06-13-2023 01:05 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yeah, that story applies only to PAB's arraignment, unfortunately. I have little doubt that the government will move to recuse Cannon if she fails to step down voluntarily (which, lol no, ain't gonna happen).

Video resurfaces of Kid Rock claiming Trump showed him secret maps | The Independent (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-kid-rock-video-maps-b2355972.html)

Given what we know about PAB, that shit is entirely credible.

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[Post 5423]
Author : Ari
Date : 06-14-2023 03:14 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

If you&#8217;ve ever wondered, can Trump cultists hear themselves or do the screams in their head block out all sound?
This answers it quite clearly.

Trump vowed that when he becomes president again he will investigate the Biden crime Family for taking bribes and mishandling classified documents.

Lock Him Up! Lock Him Up!
Donald Trump Swears He Planned to Go Through Those Boxes in Fiery Post-Arraignment Speech (https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-swears-he-planned-to-go-through-those-boxes-in-fiery-post-arraignment-speech)

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[Post 5424]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 06-14-2023 08:11 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This is a copy and paste job, credit goes to Miss Ann Coulter



The Trump Indictment - Ann Coulter (https://anncoulter.com/2023/06/14/the-trump-indictment/)

The Trump Indictment
Conservatives Use the Clinton Defense
ANN COULTER


JUN 14

	 


 
 

		 

		 


	
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 Last week&#8217;s indictment of Donald Trump is the latest example of why liberals really should have read my book, "Resistance Is Futile." Or Aesop's fable "The Boy Who Cried Wolf." Either one.
     After years of making insane accusations against Trump, from Russian collusion to indicting him for misdemeanor record-keeping errors in his blackmail payments to a porn star, liberals finally have him dead to rights committing serious felonies. And no one believes them.

     It's your own fault, liberals.

     Much to my surprise, the documents Trump had spirited away to Mar-a-Lago were not cheesy souvenirs appealing to his juvenile sensibility, like Shaquille O'Neal's shoe or a picture with Kim Kardashian.
     No, the documents he'd stuffed in Mar-a-Lago's ballroom, bathroom and shower (among other highly secure locations) included information about our nuclear weapons programs, the defense capabilities of the U.S. and other countries, potential vulnerabilities of the United States and its allies to military attack, and plans for possible retaliation. 
     As Trump's Attorney General Bill Barr said in an interview with "Fox News Sunday," these were "among the most sensitive secrets the country has."
     Plans to attack Iran drawn up by the Pentagon are NOT -- as alleged in Rupert Murdoch's Wall Street Journal five days after the indictment was released -- "newspapers, press clippings, letters, notes, cards, [and] photographs [gathered by President Trump].&#8221; (Good to see the Dominion lawsuit has forced Murdoch&#8217;s companies to start being honest with conservatives!)
     In another reminder that Trump defenders need to wait a beat before repeating his claims like trained seals, the government has Trump on audiotape boasting about how incredibly "secret" and "highly confidential" the documents are -- as he showed them off to people at his Bedminster Club. "As president I could have declassified it," he told the non-security-cleared person, "Now I can't, you know, but this is still a secret."
     How many Republicans have sworn up and down that Trump had declassified all the papers he removed from the White House? Now he's on tape admitting that that was a lie.
    Trump's excuses -- I declassified all of them! I complied with the Presidential Papers Act! It's a political hit job! -- are not only false, but irrelevant to the obstruction of justice counts against him. You can be completely innocent of the underlying charge, but you still have to produce documents in response to a subpoena. If a grand jury requested it, you'd have to produce Shaquille O'Neal's shoe.
     This is a basic requirement of Anglo-Saxon law. Otherwise, targets of investigations would fire up the shredding machines, evidence would disappear, and the legal system would grind to a halt. 
     Just last year, a lawyer in the U.K. was ordered to pay more than $700,000 for telling an IT manager to "burn" a message app in response to a search warrant for electronic communications. He wanted the messages destroyed for purely personal reasons, having nothing to do with the case.

     But as an Above the Law column remarked at the time: "[H]ere's a free tip [to lawyers] that is guaranteed to make your practice better: don't tell clients to 'burn' evidence -- yes, even if the contents are potentially embarrassing."
     Trump's argument that he had a right to hide these documents from the government is the equivalent of Democrats' "EVERYBODY DOES IT!" defense of Bill Clinton's perjury in the Paula Jones case. (Fine, you've convinced me: All Democrats engage in oral sex with interns young enough to be their daughters.)
     Like Trump, Clinton thought the underlying lawsuit against him was a political hit job, nobody's business, his "private life." So he perjured himself dozens of times during his sworn deposition. 
     After a DNA-stained blue dress proved he'd lied under oath, every single Supreme Court justice boycotted Clinton's next state of the union address. They'd react the same way to Trump's obstruction today. You can't have a legal system if people lie under oath and defy subpoenas. It's unfathomable that a president or ex-president would do these things.
	 

     Clinton's criminal case ended with a deal. In exchange for not going to trial, he (finally) produced a "forthright admission that he gave false testimony under oath" -- as The Washington Post put it -- accepted a five year suspension of his law license, paid $25,000 in fees, and agreed not to request reimbursement of his legal fees. He also paid Paula Jones $850,000 and another $90,000 to her lawyers for contempt, described by The New York Times as "part of the unprecedented finding of contempt of court against a President of the United States by a Federal judge."
     Trump's case could end with something like that, or it could end with a report, reciting his crimes, but declining to prosecute, as happened to Hillary.
     But it won't, principally because prosecuting Trump helps Biden get reelected by revving up the Trump crazies, and -- with any luck -- winning him the nomination, rather than a sane person who could point out that Joe is visibly decomposing before our eyes, Kamala is an imbecile, and their combined track record is appalling.
	 

     Trump's argument isn't that he didn't do it, but deflection. What about Hillary? What about Hunter Biden? It's a double standard!
     YOU DIDN'T ALREADY KNOW THERE WAS A DOUBLE STANDARD??? 
     Any Republican who thought he could get away with doing something illegal because Democrats did it first is too stupid to be our champion, much less the Republican nominee for president. 
     You want to do something about the double standard, right-wingers? Run someone who enrages the left by winning, not by constantly creating legal messes benefiting no one but himself.
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[Post 5425]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 06-14-2023 08:11 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

nevermind

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[Post 5426]
Author : Ari
Date : 06-14-2023 08:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ann Coulter seems to have woken up at some point about hips deep in the sewage, looked around at all angry yet happy faces wading their way deeper into the muck, little turds bobbing along with them, and thought, &#8220;Omg, we live like this?!&#8221;

Her disgust at essentially everyone is exceptionally amusing given she created that which she now hates.

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[Post 5427]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-14-2023 08:42 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgflip.com/7pd77v.jpg

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[Post 5428]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 06-14-2023 08:48 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's Ann with no e.  And she's been very vocal about critizing Trump since about 2019 maybe even earlier.  She voted for him on a single issue that was immigration.  When he fucked that up, he wasn't her guy anymore.

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[Post 5429]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-14-2023 08:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Please do go on about how unfair NYT is to Trump. This is &#8230; something <a href="https://t.co/M1M8ZjcJZn">pic.twitter.com/M1M8ZjcJZn</a></p>&mdash; Lisa Tozzi (@lisatozzi) <a href="https://twitter.com/lisatozzi/status/1668942897423564803?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 14, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5430]
Author : -FX-
Date : 06-14-2023 08:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump's argument isn't that he didn't do it, but deflection. What about Hillary? What about Hunter Biden? It's a double standard!
YOU DIDN'T ALREADY KNOW THERE WAS A DOUBLE STANDARD??? 
Any Republican who thought he could get away with doing something illegal because Democrats did it first is too stupid to be our champion, much less the Republican nominee for president. 

I'm gonna agree with that.

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[Post 5431]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 06-14-2023 09:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

... credit goes to Miss Ann Coulter ...


Yes, credit where contempt is due.

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[Post 5432]
Author : LarsMac
Date : 06-14-2023 09:04 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ann Coulter seems to have woken up at some point about hips deep in the sewage, looked around at all angry yet happy faces wading their way deeper into the muck, little turds bobbing along with them, and thought, “Omg, we live like this?!”

Her disgust at essentially everyone is exceptionally amusing given she created that which she now hates.

I'm not sure that she gets credit for creating it, but she certainly was one of those that fed it regularly.

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[Post 5433]
Author : LarsMac
Date : 06-14-2023 09:07 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ann Coulter seems to have woken up at some point about hips deep in the sewage, looked around at all angry yet happy faces wading their way deeper into the muck, little turds bobbing along with them, and thought, “Omg, we live like this?!”

Her disgust at essentially everyone is exceptionally amusing given she created that which she now hates.

I'm not sure that she gets credit for creating it, but she certainly was one of those that fed it regularly. 

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse1.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.B5M4-fyMnf9Kw2ehwmb5BQHaFF%26pid%3DApi&f=1&ipt=104bf13242fef3e7133a2f10412578f76f98299aa07cb3b9c2719cbf0d4ec8dc&ipo=images

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[Post 5434]
Author : -FX-
Date : 06-14-2023 09:11 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So: no matter what the truth is, you are going to believe whatever you feel suits your fantasies best.  I agree with you.  The difference is a see everybody doing it, not just somebody who says things I don't like.


You do not judge evidence on it's merit. You simply disregard it if it does not match what you want to hear, or comes from a  source you do not like.
 You do that as well.  Everybody does it.

Find that hard to believe?


Wherever you see the word "nigger," you can substitute it these days with "spicks and niggers."

wtf?

https://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=10177&d=1460064271


Turns out LBJ actually did say that.  But there is so much worse..

No wonder that was the last post in the topic.

Looking back on history is quite informative

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[Post 5435]
Author : ShottleBop
Date : 06-14-2023 09:45 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Looking back on history is quite informative

Yes, it can be.

Lyndon Johnson was a civil rights hero. But also a racist. (https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/lyndon-johnson-civil-rights-racism-msna305591)

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[Post 5436]
Author : -FX-
Date : 06-14-2023 10:06 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

As longtime Jet correspondent Simeon Booker wrote in his memoirShocks the Conscience, early in his presidency, Johnson once lectured Booker after he authored a critical article for Jet Magazine, telling Booker he should "thank" Johnson for all he'd done for black people. In Flawed Giant, Johnson biographer Robert Dallek writes that Johnson explained his decision to nominate Thurgood Marshall to the Supreme Court rather than a less famous black judge by saying, "when I appoint a nigger to the bench, I want everybody to know he's a nigger."

According to Caro, Robert Parker, Johnson's sometime chauffer, described in his memoir Capitol Hill in Black and White a moment when Johnson asked Parker whether he'd prefer to be referred to by his name rather than "boy," "nigger" or "chief." When Parker said he would, Johnson grew angry and said, "As long as you are black, and you&#8217;re gonna be black till the day you die, no one&#8217;s gonna call you by your goddamn name. So no matter what you are called, nigger, you just let it roll off your back like water, and you&#8217;ll make it. Just pretend you&#8217;re a goddamn piece of furniture."

Imagine if he had been a Republican?  There would rioting in the streets now.  His statues would be in ruins, his historic  ... wait.  Nevermind.

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[Post 5437]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 06-14-2023 10:16 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Just imagine&#8212;if Johnson'd been a Republican, he'd probably still be their candidate for the White House

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[Post 5438]
Author : Sock Puppet
Date : 06-14-2023 10:33 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

How many statues of LBJ are there, anyway? I'm fairly certain that there's no scheduled stop at an LBJ Monument on anyone's DC tour.

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[Post 5439]
Author : ShottleBop
Date : 06-15-2023 05:09 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

As longtime Jet correspondent Simeon Booker wrote in his memoirShocks the Conscience, early in his presidency, Johnson once lectured Booker after he authored a critical article for Jet Magazine, telling Booker he should "thank" Johnson for all he'd done for black people. In Flawed Giant, Johnson biographer Robert Dallek writes that Johnson explained his decision to nominate Thurgood Marshall to the Supreme Court rather than a less famous black judge by saying, "when I appoint a nigger to the bench, I want everybody to know he's a nigger."

According to Caro, Robert Parker, Johnson's sometime chauffer, described in his memoir Capitol Hill in Black and White a moment when Johnson asked Parker whether he'd prefer to be referred to by his name rather than "boy," "nigger" or "chief." When Parker said he would, Johnson grew angry and said, "As long as you are black, and you’re gonna be black till the day you die, no one’s gonna call you by your goddamn name. So no matter what you are called, nigger, you just let it roll off your back like water, and you’ll make it. Just pretend you’re a goddamn piece of furniture."

Imagine if he had been a Republican?  There would rioting in the streets now.  His statues would be in ruins, his historic  ... wait.  Nevermind.

This is what that same driver had to say at Johnson's death:

After Johnson's death, Parker would reflect on the Johnson who championed the landmark civil rights bills that formally ended American apartheid, and write, "I loved that Lyndon Johnson." Then he remembered the president who called him a nigger, and he wrote, "I hated that Lyndon Johnson."

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[Post 5440]
Author : -FX-
Date : 06-15-2023 07:18 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It all went down just like he said it would.  

Of course LBJ wasn't the brains behind the manipulation.  Those white men aren't in the history books.

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[Post 5441]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-15-2023 08:10 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=12928&d=1686813034

12928

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[Post 5442]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-15-2023 10:54 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/b85f82b22d82d590b0a8ffd48cd6840dbe69aacd/0_0_3030_1819/master/3030.jpg?width=445&quality=45&dpr=2&s=none

In case that doesn't embed...

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[Post 5443]
Author : viscousmemories
Date : 06-15-2023 02:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I wouldn't know Ann Coulter exists except that I used to watch Bill Maher. Reason #2346 I hate that fucker.

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[Post 5444]
Author : viscousmemories
Date : 06-15-2023 02:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I wouldn't know Ann Coulter exists except that I used to watch Bill Maher. Reason #2346 I hate that fucker.

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[Post 5445]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 06-15-2023 03:05 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I wouldn't know Ann Coulter exists except that I used to watch Bill Maher. Reason #2346 I hate that fucker.

Well if you wouldn't know about her otherwise, you really don't know her enough to hate her. 

I hate Bill Maher because he looks like a Christmas elf that just shit his pants and has no idea what is next move is, but that is not a valid reason to hate him.

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[Post 5446]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 06-15-2023 03:14 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I hate Bill Maher because he looks like a Christmas elf that just shit his pants and has no idea what is next move is, but that is not a valid reason to hate him.

It's a perfectly valid reason to hate him. Hate doesn't have to be logical.

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[Post 5447]
Author : -FX-
Date : 06-15-2023 05:10 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Maher used to be loved by the liberals.  Now they hate him.

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[Post 5448]
Author : LarsMac
Date : 06-15-2023 05:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I wouldn't know Ann Coulter exists except that I used to watch Bill Maher. Reason #2346 I hate that fucker.

Well if you wouldn't know about her otherwise, you really don't know her enough to hate her. 

I hate Bill Maher because he looks like a Christmas elf that just shit his pants and has no idea what is next move is, but that is not a valid reason to hate him.

I think that to hate him, you would have to watch him a lot. Same with most of the bunch of self-righteous twits who make a living spouting political bullshit for a living. Who's got time for all that?

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[Post 5449]
Author : Ari
Date : 06-15-2023 05:47 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

In some ways I understand Coulter&#8217;s frustration, sometimes I&#8217;d like to play a game of follow where I play a more support role in the Battle Royale, but unfortunately most randoms are children so a support role often means just being additional fodder as the children think they&#8217;re invincible, stop the car in the middle of a field and promptly get blown up. Or worse, realize the only win they will get is against their own teammates and blow the car up themselves.

When she loaded the game there was at least a sense that you mute your mic before screaming like a child, but now there&#8217;s no getting away from the fact that her teammates are children and act that way in public with no care of personal respect.

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[Post 5450]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 06-15-2023 07:07 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

In some ways I understand Coulter’s frustration, sometimes I’d like to play a game of follow where I play a more support role in the Battle Royale, but unfortunately most randoms are children so a support role often means just being additional fodder as the children think they’re invincible, stop the car in the middle of a field and promptly get blown up. Or worse, realize the only win they will get is against their own teammates and blow the car up themselves.

When she loaded the game there was at least a sense that you mute your mic before screaming like a child, but now there’s no getting away from the fact that her teammates are children and act that way in public with no care of personal respect.

With the exception of myself, of course, because the internet doesn't count.  You cannot hear me, see my facial expressions or infer anything from the inflection of my voice.

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[Post 5451]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-16-2023 05:21 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">ARE YOU BY CHANCE A MEMBER OF THE FLORIDA BAR <a href="https://t.co/WMI3nYQHDG">pic.twitter.com/WMI3nYQHDG</a></p>&mdash; Gary Legum (@GaryLegum) <a href="https://twitter.com/GaryLegum/status/1668684840454041600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 13, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5452]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 06-16-2023 06:21 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Should we talk about weird creepy Joe’s yen for sniffing adolescent girl’s hair?

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[Post 5453]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-16-2023 06:24 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">ORCHIS final petal revealed <a href="https://t.co/5pb4lwC7yy">pic.twitter.com/5pb4lwC7yy</a></p>&mdash; @attackerman.bsky.social (@attackerman) <a href="https://twitter.com/attackerman/status/1669344924620435464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 15, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5454]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 06-16-2023 03:19 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Eventually, it all comes back around to the X-Men.

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[Post 5455]
Author : -FX-
Date : 06-16-2023 03:58 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Should we talk about weird creepy Joe’s yen for sniffing adolescent girl’s hair?

The vast corruption of the Biden family?

Hunter Biden laptop?

Weaponizing the FBI and DOJ against political rivals?

Lockstep propaganda by the main stream media?

Censorship by tech companies and the government?

Inflation?

Crime?

Rampant drug addiction?



















Nah, lets shit on Trump instead.

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[Post 5456]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-16-2023 08:19 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Misc: Trump And His Minions Continue To Lie About The &#039;Clinton Socks Case&#039; - Above the Law (https://abovethelaw.com/2023/06/trump-and-his-minions-continue-to-lie-about-the-clinton-socks-case/)

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[Post 5457]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 06-16-2023 08:22 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Should we talk about weird creepy Joe’s yen for sniffing adolescent girl’s hair?

The vast corruption of the Biden family?

Hunter Biden laptop?

Weaponizing the FBI and DOJ against political rivals?

Lockstep propaganda by the main stream media?

Censorship by tech companies and the government?

Inflation?

Crime?

Rampant drug addiction?



















Nah, lets shit on Trump instead.

Let's also not forget how Hillary's emails disappeared and couldn't be recovered. 

If Trump is guilty I am all for him facing the music.   I  just don't think it's evenly applied justice.

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[Post 5458]
Author : davidm
Date : 06-16-2023 08:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Should we talk about weird creepy Joe’s yen for sniffing adolescent girl’s hair?

The vast corruption of the Biden family?

Hunter Biden laptop?

Weaponizing the FBI and DOJ against political rivals?

Lockstep propaganda by the main stream media?

Censorship by tech companies and the government?

Inflation?

Crime?

Rampant drug addiction?



















Nah, lets shit on Trump instead.


Got every single dishonest Faux News/MAGAt talking point down pat, don’t you, MAGAt?

It’s important to note that not a single charge or innuendo or slur that you and your fellow Trump supporters sling at Biden is true.

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[Post 5459]
Author : Ari
Date : 06-16-2023 08:30 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I  just don't think it's evenly applied justice.
Why not?
What would be evenly applied justice?

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[Post 5460]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 06-16-2023 08:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

“Many people have asked me why I had these boxes, why did you want them?” Mr Trump said to supporters at his golf club in Bedminster on Tuesday evening. “The answer, in addition to having every right under the Presidential Records Act, is that these boxes were containing all types of personal belongings — many, many things, shirts and shoes, everything.”

lol (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-indictment-speech-classified-documents-boxes-b2357262.html)

Can't help but wonder if the old, incontinent, morbidly obese adderall junkie/serial rapist's lolyers have advised him that crackhead statements like the one quoted above are admissible at trial.

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[Post 5461]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-16-2023 09:12 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

You built this, Karl:

Karl Rove in Journal op-ed: Trump &#8216;will pay a high price&#8217; in Mar-a-Lago case | The Hill (https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4051687-karl-rove-in-journal-op-ed-trump-will-pay-a-high-price-in-mar-a-lago-case/)

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[Post 5462]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-16-2023 10:32 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Inject these MAGA tears into my veins &#55358;&#56611; <a href="https://t.co/XNIZD4EEMr">pic.twitter.com/XNIZD4EEMr</a></p>&mdash; Wu Tang is for the Children (@WUTangKids) <a href="https://twitter.com/WUTangKids/status/1669081680672333825?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 14, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5463]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 06-16-2023 10:44 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Wel l might be wrong but Hills and Uncle Joe seem to have been/ be associated with some pretty shady shit.  To Ari.

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[Post 5464]
Author : ShottleBop
Date : 06-16-2023 11:34 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Should we talk about weird creepy Joe’s yen for sniffing adolescent girl’s hair?

Which has exactly what to do with Trump's flagrant violations of law?

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[Post 5465]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 06-16-2023 11:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Wel l might be wrong but Hills and Uncle Joe seem to have been/ be associated with some pretty shady shit.  To Ari. heh more of your retard instincts

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[Post 5466]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 06-17-2023 12:29 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

You&#8217;re a class act ChuckF.

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[Post 5467]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 06-17-2023 12:42 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Should we talk about weird creepy Joe&#8217;s yen for sniffing adolescent girl&#8217;s hair?

Which has exactly what to do with Trump's flagrant violations of law?

Okay I tried to search this thread with no matches.  But I&#8217;m fairly certain I made this comment a long while ago and I&#8217;m not , tho maybe I did, certain it was in response to the Trump charges.  I AM certain that I have since said Trump needs to pay the piper if proven guilty.

But since you resurrected it Shopbottle,  I saw a very interesting clip of a video where recently Joe copped a feel on Eva Longorias tits.  And as she was pushing his geriatric hands off of her breastickels , she was shouting her support for him.  So maybe if you and ChuckF want to look for ra-tards, look no further than the president and his supporters.

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[Post 5468]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 06-17-2023 12:47 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Shottlebop sorry typo

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[Post 5469]
Author : Ari
Date : 06-17-2023 12:56 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Wel l might be wrong but Hills and Uncle Joe seem to have been/ be associated with some pretty shady shit.  To Ari.
Ok sure, so let&#8217;s see the evidence brought up in court and not just in the press.

If their evidence was real, republicans have the power to prosecute, but this seems just like their election lies, where they have evidence right up to showing it to the judge, then they&#8217;re empty handed. Because they lied.

Like Hunter&#8217;s Laptop, I sure would like know how his laptop was dropped off at a pro trump shop, left there for enough time that the impaired owner could claim it, and then somehow president Trump&#8217;s disgraced personal lawyer ended up with it just in time to smear The Biden family. 

Please let Guilliani get on the stand under oath to explain the laptop&#8217;s chain of custody and what verifications they took before accusing Hunter.

When Hillary was accused of Benghazi she was grilled for hours. When Trump was accused of collusion, and Comey said he wasn&#8217;t innocent, his buddy Barr stepped in to quash any charges.

It seems like treating Trump fairly means taking off the kids gloves and grilling him like they would an adult. Citizens who not only maintain classified documents but show them to others on tape, go to jail &#8230;or Russia.

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[Post 5470]
Author : -FX-
Date : 06-17-2023 01:15 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's funny how the leftists totally support the military-industrial complex, and defend the US government, as long as it's the top secret warmongering murderous government.  

I never understood how the Nazis called themselves socialist, until now.

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[Post 5471]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 06-17-2023 01:16 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

[quote=Miss Shelby;1385450]Wel l might be wrong but Hills and Uncle Joe seem to have been/ be associated with some pretty shady shit.  To Ari.


Please let Guilliani get on the stand under oath to explain the laptop&#8217;s chain of custody and what verifications they took before accusing Hunter.
.

Please let&#8217;s not. Not if cameras are in there .Not until the conservative press can get ONE, just one homosexual who knows something about lighting and makeup so we won&#8217;t be focused on brown sewer water running down his face instead of focusing on what he&#8217;s saying.

And as to the rest of your post and point. This is why I personally have sworn never to cast another ballot for any slimy politician on this country ever again.   Election stealing has been a charge leveled from both sides as well as charges of corruption.  And you know what?  I don&#8217;t know who or what to fucking believe anymore.  I look at my sources, you look at yours.  If we aren&#8217;t there to witness anything with our own eyes, how do we know what is true?  It&#8217;s like that game telephone when we were kids when you&#8217;d whisper in your neighbor&#8217;s ear a stated comment and by the time it went through 20 students it resembled nothing of the original statement.

And since I&#8217;m on a rampage I asked myself, I said &#8220;Self, do you think Jesus would have anything to do with what passes for a democracy in America&#8221;? 
And I realized that no. He&#8217;d call it out for the sham that it is and move on down the road.

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[Post 5472]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 06-17-2023 01:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

lmao remember that time borat walked in on him getting ready for a handy from a teenager

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[Post 5473]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 06-17-2023 01:27 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

lmao remember that time borat walked in on him getting ready for a handy from a teenager

Are you drunk?

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[Post 5474]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 06-17-2023 01:30 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

do you really not remember

https://i.imgur.com/hhaB2df.jpg

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[Post 5475]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 06-17-2023 01:33 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

lmao remember that time borat walked in on him getting ready for a handy from a teenager

Are you drunk?

Maybe Rudy was: Borat 2 Rudy Giuliani Scene - YouTube

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[Post 5476]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 06-17-2023 01:34 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

No I don&#8217;t Chuck.  Can you give me a little more info than that?

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[Post 5477]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 06-17-2023 01:36 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

how much more info do you need? Borat walked in on him getting ready to get a handy from a teenager. How do you not know this

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[Post 5478]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 06-17-2023 01:36 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Oh you&#8217;re talking about Rudy. No I don&#8217;t remember that but I enjoy learning new things.

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[Post 5479]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 06-17-2023 01:37 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I enjoy learning new things.
well you suck at it

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[Post 5480]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 06-17-2023 01:38 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

What can I say?  I didn&#8217;t know. I do now and thanks &#8212; I think&#8212; for the enlightenment although one more perverted person in power that comes into my vision just wants me to up my medication.

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[Post 5481]
Author : Ari
Date : 06-17-2023 01:39 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

where recently Joe copped a feel on Eva Longorias tits.
Haha! If that was copping a feel, conservatives are more repressed than I thought. Although insanely desperate to make up a Biden scandal.

They&#8217;ve included video if anyone wants to see Bidens thumb touch the underwire channel of a bra through a dress for all of a quarter second. But I warn you, it&#8217;s so horribly disgusting you will vomit (I mean he doesn&#8217;t make a honking sound or anything, the nerve!)

Video of Biden Hugging Eva Longoria at 'Flamin' Hot' Screening Goes Viral | Snopes.com (https://www.snopes.com/news/2023/06/16/biden-hugging-eva-longoria/)

It&#8217;s hilarious watching conservatives get theatrically disgusted at the slightest hint of a sex pest even though everyone knows that being a sex pest is something they&#8217;re proud of.

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[Post 5482]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 06-17-2023 01:40 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I enjoy learning new things.
well you suck at it

Thanks Chuck.  I love you, too.

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[Post 5483]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 06-17-2023 01:42 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

gross

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[Post 5484]
Author : -FX-
Date : 06-17-2023 01:43 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

This is why I personally have sworn never to cast another ballot for any slimy politician on this country ever again.   Election stealing has been a charge leveled from both sides as well as charges of corruption.  And you know what?  I don’t know who or what to fucking believe anymore.  I look at my sources, you look at yours.  If we aren’t there to witness anything with our own eyes, how do we know what is true?  It’s like that game telephone when we were kids when you’d whisper in your neighbor’s ear a stated comment and by the time it went through 20 students it resembled nothing of the original statement.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FywYz_KacAIABMI?format=png&name=small

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[Post 5485]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 06-17-2023 01:55 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

where recently Joe copped a feel on Eva Longorias tits.
Haha! If that was copping a feel, conservatives are more repressed than I thought. Although insanely desperate to make up a Biden scandal.

They&#8217;ve included video if anyone wants to see Bidens thumb touch the underwire channel of a bra through a dress for all of a quarter second. But I warn you, it&#8217;s so horribly disgusting you will vomit (I mean he doesn&#8217;t make a honking sound or anything, the nerve!)

Video of Biden Hugging Eva Longoria at 'Flamin' Hot' Screening Goes Viral | Snopes.com (https://www.snopes.com/news/2023/06/16/biden-hugging-eva-longoria/)

It&#8217;s hilarious watching conservatives get theatrically disgusted at the slightest hint of a sex pest even though everyone knows that being a sex pest is something they&#8217;re proud of.

No offense Ari. But you and Snopes and whatevertheotherfuck your fact-checking sources are can sit on it.  I tried to copy and paste links to the video.  I have to subscribe. I&#8217;m not subscribed to you tube,  but google it.  I know you won&#8217;t take Ben Shapiro seriously but look at the others.  And judging from past behavior from the man, I TEND to believe it.  Not one hundred percent because I didn&#8217;t see it with my own eyes.  But I find it plausible

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[Post 5486]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 06-17-2023 01:57 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

gross

Why doncha come on over here and give me a smoochy smooch.

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[Post 5487]
Author : Ari
Date : 06-17-2023 02:12 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

No offense Ari. But you and Snopes and whatevertheotherfuck your fact-checking sources are can sit on it.
You clearly didn&#8217;t visit the link.

Snopes links to conservative twitter posts, are you saying RNC Research on twitter who slowed down the footage to really get a look, is fake? Does the video somehow change if Ben Shapiro is narrating?

If the evidence is only exists when people who support rapists narrates it to prove the other side is just as gross, then it&#8217;s all about feelings and not about evidence.

Seriously, I can smell the desperation coming from Trump supporters like Shapiro.

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[Post 5488]
Author : It's Me!
Date : 06-17-2023 02:16 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Does the video somehow change if Ben Shapiro is narrating?


Yes, because Ben tells them what they're actually seeing.

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[Post 5489]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 06-17-2023 02:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Does the video somehow change if Ben Shapiro is narrating?


Yes, because Ben tells them what they're actually seeing.

Hey buddy!! Great to see you!  How’s life?  How’s the fam?!

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[Post 5490]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 06-17-2023 02:22 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

No offense Ari. But you and Snopes and whatevertheotherfuck your fact-checking sources are can sit on it.
You clearly didn’t visit the link.

Snopes links to conservative twitter posts, are you saying RNC Research on twitter who slowed down the footage to really get a look, is fake? Does the video somehow change if Ben Shapiro is narrating?

If the evidence is only exists when people who support rapists narrates it to prove the other side is just as gross, then it’s all about feelings and not about evidence.

Seriously, I can smell the desperation coming from Trump supporters like Shapiro.

I did. And that thumb grazed that tit, I don’t care what’s the RNC or Snopes or even fucking Nostradamus or that whacky Long Island psychic lady has to say of it.  I’m a chick, right?  I have boobs.  I know a copped feel when I see one.

Unless of course I’m wrong because I was not there.

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[Post 5491]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 06-17-2023 02:43 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

No offense Ari. But you and Snopes and whatevertheotherfuck your fact-checking sources are can sit on it.
You clearly didn&#8217;t visit the link.

Snopes links to conservative twitter posts, are you saying RNC Research on twitter who slowed down the footage to really get a look, is fake? Does the video somehow change if Ben Shapiro is narrating?

If the evidence is only exists when people who support rapists narrates it to prove the other side is just as gross, then it&#8217;s all about feelings and not about evidence.

Seriously, I can smell the desperation coming from Trump supporters like Shapiro.

Does the video somehow change if Ben Shapiro is narrating?


Yes, because Ben tells them what they're actually seeing.
 And by the way, Ben doesn&#8217;t tell me what&#8217;s to see.  Ann Coulter does. So there. 
Because I know by &#8220;them&#8221; you meant me.  And I&#8217;m ok with that&#8217;,

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[Post 5492]
Author : Ari
Date : 06-17-2023 02:59 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So I looked up the Ben Shapiro Video for completeness. Yeah it’s the same video, I just watched it frame by frame because you’re oh so adamant. Biden’s hands go from around her Rib cage, to the sides of his thumbs touching the strap, underwire area to immediately not touching her at all.

What a bunch of desperate bullshit. Which explains why Ben Shapiro spent zero time talking about it. No really, he immediately segued into “Joe Biden the hair sniffer” narrative, and there was no more mention of the Eva Longoria event.

Yes, because Ben tells them what they're actually seeing.
Omg that’s the truth!

I had never watched Ben Shapiro before, and that was very informative. After the Eva Longoria non-event we got a montage of times where Biden is said to be handsy (something repeated multiple times by Shapiro) while Ben Shapiro narrates words into the mouths of children.

Ben Shapiro calls Biden gross by puppeting his voice into the mouths of children to make it appear as if the children are thinking he’s a sex pest. It’s pure audience manipulation.

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[Post 5493]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 06-17-2023 03:02 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

remember that time Rudy Giuliani kept farting on that lady at one of his fake sedition events

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[Post 5494]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 06-17-2023 03:20 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

remember that time Rudy Giuliani kept farting on that lady at one of his fake sedition events

No.  But because it’s you I totally believe it even though I don’t know what a sedition event is.  I DO remember the time that he visited a Jehovahs Witnesses hall and threw a fit because they hid his shoes so he could not easily leave.  But they kicked him out anyway for getting a boner when they were explaining about their magic underwear.  Or wait.  Maybe he was wit the Mormons that time.

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[Post 5495]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 06-17-2023 03:24 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

P.s. Chuck just googled the sedition thing.   But I still like making up outrageous scenarios

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[Post 5496]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 06-17-2023 03:28 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Well I do like Ben Shapiro and also I like Matt Walsh.  Steven Crowder too.   But Ann is my fave.   I really do need to find a fave on the other side but I just don&#8217;t know who.

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[Post 5497]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 06-17-2023 03:29 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

remember that time Rudy Giuliani fucked his cousin

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[Post 5498]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 06-17-2023 03:31 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

remember that time Rudy Giuliani fucked his cousin

YES. And then his cousin gave birth to a goat!

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[Post 5499]
Author : Ari
Date : 06-17-2023 03:37 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Well I do like Ben Shapiro and also I like Matt Walsh.  Steven Crowder too.   But Ann is my fave.   I really do need to find a fave on the other side but I just don’t know who.
That does explain a lot.

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[Post 5500]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 06-17-2023 03:40 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Well I do like Ben Shapiro and also I like Matt Walsh.  Steven Crowder too.   But Ann is my fave.   I really do need to find a fave on the other side but I just don’t know who.
That does explain a lot.

A little dig there.  I take nothing personally anymore.

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[Post 5501]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 06-17-2023 03:41 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

remember that time Rudy Giuliani fucked his cousin

YES. And then his cousin gave birth to a goat!
No, they didn't have kids. The cousin Rudy Giuliani fucked was named Regina Peruggi and they were married for 14 years.

Did you really not know that?

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[Post 5502]
Author : Ari
Date : 06-17-2023 03:45 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Oh not a dig at all.

That you’re listening to sexist abusive men constantly talk about how other men are sex pest creeps, while defending a known sex pest creep goes a ways to explain why you might be hyper sensitive to Biden’s potential to be a sex pest creep. When sex pests are all around, it’s reasonable to see all/most old men as sex pests first.

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[Post 5503]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 06-17-2023 03:47 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I never followed Rudy.  Was she really his  cousin?  Tell me it was at least his third or fourth cousin .   I know very little about Rudy.   Does that make me uninformed as a conservative?

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[Post 5504]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 06-17-2023 03:49 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Oh not a dig at all.

That you’re listening to sexist abusive men constantly talk about how other men are sex pest creeps, while defending a known sex pest creep goes a ways to explain why you might be hyper sensitive to Biden’s potential to be a sex pest creep. When sex pests are all around, it’s reasonable to see all/most old men as sex pests first.

I will respectfully disagree with you.

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[Post 5505]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 06-17-2023 03:53 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/K6hZqOT.jpg

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[Post 5506]
Author : Ari
Date : 06-17-2023 04:11 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Oh not a dig at all.

That you’re listening to sexist abusive men constantly talk about how other men are sex pest creeps, while defending a known sex pest creep goes a ways to explain why you might be hyper sensitive to Biden’s potential to be a sex pest creep. When sex pests are all around, it’s reasonable to see all/most old men as sex pests first.

I will respectfully disagree with you.
Whatever. Ben Shapiro’s argument seems not be that Sex pests are bad, but that Dems are just as much of a sex pest as Trump, and I certainly wouldn’t want to spend time with a person who defends abusers like that. You can do you though.

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[Post 5507]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-17-2023 04:40 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Well I do like Ben Shapiro and also I like Matt Walsh.  Steven Crowder too.   But Ann is my fave.   I really do need to find a fave on the other side but I just don’t know who.

one day later she does this comic

https://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/1686837017-20230615.png

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Narrative (https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/narrative)

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[Post 5508]
Author : It's Me!
Date : 06-17-2023 05:45 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Well I do like Ben Shapiro and also I like Matt Walsh.  Steven Crowder too.   But Ann is my fave.   I really do need to find a fave on the other side but I just don&#8217;t know who.
Ben Shapiro - The idiot who argued that if someone is going to lose their house to rising sea levels, they'll just sell, so no biggie (which spawned the awesome "Fucking Aquaman?" meme) SELL THE HOUSES TO WHO AQUAMAN? - YouTube.

Matt Walsh - a self-proclaimed "theocratic fascist" who is preoccupied with "groomers". As we all know, in GOP circles, every accusation is a confession. 

Steve Crowder - verbally abusive to his pregnant now ex-wife.

Not sure what there is to "like" about any of those individuals.

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[Post 5509]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-17-2023 06:06 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Those are features, not bugs.

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[Post 5510]
Author : Basset Hound
Date : 06-17-2023 06:46 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Do you realize tRump's gut is bigger around than his butt?

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[Post 5511]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 06-17-2023 02:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Well I do like Ben Shapiro and also I like Matt Walsh.  Steven Crowder too.   But Ann is my fave.   I really do need to find a fave on the other side but I just don&#8217;t know who.
Ben Shapiro - The idiot who argued that if someone is going to lose their house to rising sea levels, they'll just sell, so no biggie (which spawned the awesome "Fucking Aquaman?" meme) SELL THE HOUSES TO WHO AQUAMAN? - YouTube.

Matt Walsh - a self-proclaimed "theocratic fascist" who is preoccupied with "groomers". As we all know, in GOP circles, every accusation is a confession. 

Steve Crowder - verbally abusive to his pregnant now ex-wife.

Not sure what there is to "like" about any of those individuals.

So&#8230; you&#8217;re not a fan?

Again&#8212; how are you? How is the wife and boys?  Sincerely I want to know.  I don&#8217;t know what or when I did something to make you have such contempt for me but differing views has never been a deal breaker for me.   Buddy.

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[Post 5512]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 06-17-2023 03:13 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I didn&#8217;t know about Steven Crowders divorce . I just googled it.  I hadn&#8217;t listened to his podcasts in a while.   I guess he is human in the divorce aspect.  The verbal abuse I&#8217;m still reading what I&#8217;ve found on Google

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[Post 5513]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 06-17-2023 04:03 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Seriously, I can smell the desperation coming from Trump supporters like Shapiro.

Long as we're playing remember when, remember when Ben Shapiro said his wife, a physician, told him female sexual arousal is indicative of a serious medical issue? That was an all-time Top 10 unintentional self-own right there.

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[Post 5514]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 06-17-2023 04:14 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Seriously, I can smell the desperation coming from Trump supporters like Shapiro.

Long as we're playing remember when, remember when Ben Shapiro said his wife, a physician, told him female sexual arousal is indicative of a serious medical issue? That was an all-time Top 10 unintentional self-own right there.

LOL that I didn’t know about.   Also didn’t know he was married to a doctor.  This guy just keeps on impressing me.

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[Post 5515]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 06-17-2023 04:19 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Since we are talking about skeletons in the closets of certain individuals.  I wonder since you all seem to be in the know.  Can you tell me something salacious about Ann Coulter?

And I don&#8217;t mean the size of her adams Apple or her hands.  And I don&#8217;t mean the straightforward way of speech she has.   I mean something&#8230; oh like the young girls say now..some tea?

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[Post 5516]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 06-17-2023 04:20 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I didn’t know about Steven Crowders divorce . I just googled it.  I hadn’t listened to his podcasts in a while.   I guess he is human in the divorce aspect.  The verbal abuse I’m still reading what I’ve found on Google

Crowder is a fucking monster. He is financially independent enough to turn down a $50 million contract, and the family has only one car. The argument is partly about the wife taking the car, and he tells on himself - saying that he will be trapped at home if she takes it.

He’s angry that she has the right to divorce him. He’d love to get rid of that.

The other part of that argument is he’s angry she won’t give the dog its medicine, even though the medicine is dangerous to his unborn child if exposed. He’s a terrible person.

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[Post 5517]
Author : -FX-
Date : 06-17-2023 05:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Because there are terrible people in the world, we should ignore the terrible person currently in the White House.

This reasoning works no matter who is in the White House.

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[Post 5518]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 06-17-2023 08:01 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Should we talk about weird creepy Joe&#8217;s yen for sniffing adolescent girl&#8217;s hair?

Which has exactly what to do with Trump's flagrant violations of law?

Okay I tried to search this thread with no matches.  But I&#8217;m fairly certain I made this comment a long while ago and I&#8217;m not , tho maybe I did, certain it was in response to the Trump charges.  I AM certain that I have since said Trump needs to pay the piper if proven guilty.

But since you resurrected it Shopbottle,  I saw a very interesting clip of a video where recently Joe copped a feel on Eva Longorias tits.  And as she was pushing his geriatric hands off of her breastickels , she was shouting her support for him.  So maybe if you and ChuckF want to look for ra-tards, look no further than the president and his supporters.

I&#8217;m confused


 Good King Trump - Page 219 - Freethought Forum (https://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1385450#post1385450)

Shottlebop responded to a post that you made less than 24 hours before this one and less than an hour after the post was made.  It was literally the 10 posts back, so hardly a resurrection.  

I know you often have a shit handle on facts, but damn.

And are you certain that you made statements that trump should be prosecuted in the 50 minutes between your post and their response?

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[Post 5519]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 06-17-2023 09:20 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I don&#8217;t know who or what to fucking believe anymore. ... democracy in America [is a sham]


It sounds like you are giving up on democracy because you are confused, Shel.  

Let me help you out.  You are confused because the side you support wants you to be confused and to give up on democracy, because democracy is the only thing stopping them from doing to us want they really want to do. 

And what is the source of your confusion?  It is that accusations of lying and cheating are being made by both sides, but the accusations you want to believe keep turning out to be bullshit (as you admit) and the accusations you want to doubt keep turning out to be backed by solid independent and reliable evidence (you never admit this to us, but I think you'll admit it to yourself).

To take just the one issue you've raised here:  both the current Democratic and the ex- and aspiring Republican President have been accused of sexual misconduct.  The charge against Biden rests almost entirely on videos and photos of him allegedly assaulting or harrassing women and girls.  I think you'll agree that the evidence is inconclusive.

The charge against Trump is eye-witness accounts delivered in court under oath, and a famous recording of Trump's own unforced confession.

The only reason for any confusion you have about who to believe (and hence to cast all your votes for) arises out of the fact that it's not the side you've given your loyalty to.

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[Post 5520]
Author : viscousmemories
Date : 06-18-2023 02:01 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Almost everything I know about Ben Shapiro and Steven Crowder comes from clips of them I&#8217;ve seen on The Majority Report, and that has been enough to convince me they are dumb, hateful people who aren&#8217;t worth listening to. I can&#8217;t believe this was already two years ago, it&#8217;s still funny as hell today. 

Ethan Klein Debates Steven Crowder (Ft. Sam Seder) - H3 Podcast # 248 - YouTube
Sam Explains Steven Crowder H3 Confrontation - YouTube

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[Post 5521]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-18-2023 09:09 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

You’re a class act ChuckF.

This is a fact.

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[Post 5522]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-18-2023 10:11 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=12931&d=1687122682

Isn't this the standard now? :shrug:

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[Post 5523]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 06-18-2023 11:11 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I don&#8217;t want to go through the whole thread again.  I do see Shottlebop I made the hair sniffing comment recently.  I don&#8217;t remember making the comment but remember hearing of the story some time ago.  Perhaps Joe and I can share padded rooms.

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[Post 5524]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 06-18-2023 11:14 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I don’t know who or what to fucking believe anymore. ... democracy in America [is a sham]


It sounds like you are giving up on democracy because you are confused, Shel.  

Let me help you out.  You are confused because the side you support wants you to be confused and to give up on democracy, because democracy is the only thing stopping them from doing to us want they really want to do. 

And what is the source of your confusion?  It is that accusations of lying and cheating are being made by both sides, but the accusations you want to believe keep turning out to be bullshit (as you admit) and the accusations you want to doubt keep turning out to be backed by solid independent and reliable evidence (you never admit this to us, but I think you'll admit it to yourself).

To take just the one issue you've raised here:  both the current Democratic and the ex- and aspiring Republican President have been accused of sexual misconduct.  The charge against Biden rests almost entirely on videos and photos of him allegedly assaulting or harrassing women and girls.  I think you'll agree that the evidence is inconclusive.

The charge against Trump is eye-witness accounts delivered in court under oath, and a famous recording of Trump's own unforced confession.

The only reason for any confusion you have about who to believe (and hence to cast all your votes for) arises out of the fact that it's not the side you've given your loyalty to.

Don’t try to analyze me Mickey.  I’m giving up because all hope is gone.  All yee who enter here.. and ALL of that. I’m so tired

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[Post 5525]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-19-2023 12:40 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgflip.com/7pd77v.jpg

:shrug:

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[Post 5526]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 06-19-2023 08:53 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

... all hope is gone.

But this isn't remotely true, Shel.  It's just something you've been persuaded to believe by the shady people you've been following till now.

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[Post 5527]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-20-2023 02:39 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Someone's balls dropped at Fox.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">LOL omg <a href="https://t.co/jwBAMvhLMl">pic.twitter.com/jwBAMvhLMl</a></p>&mdash; Acyn (@Acyn) <a href="https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1670924265158324225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 19, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5528]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-21-2023 09:11 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

lol

Trump Demands Pardon Pledge from DeSantis After Indictment – Rolling Stone (https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/donald-trump-pardon-indictment-ron-desantis-1234772787/)

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[Post 5529]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 06-21-2023 11:10 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

... all hope is gone.

But this isn't remotely true, Shel.  It's just something you've been persuaded to believe by the shady people you've been following till now.

I think not, Mr. Mickey.  But I apologize for my hyperbole.  I don&#8217;t mean all is lost about humanity and living on earth.   I just think all is lost, well most anyway, by living in a society with truth at the core.  Honestly.  We never have really.  But I do believe a minority of views are being reported by our me/social network/ even movies as being very normal.   In actuality, I believe nothing could be further from the truth.

My poor choice of words.  There IS hope.  But I think hope is being sold as , well.  Some Florida swamp land.  And a lot of people are investing.

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[Post 5530]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 06-21-2023 11:22 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Define truth will predictably and validly be the next assertion.   That&#8217;s why I find frustrating to discuss things here.  While I really do respect/like what have ya MANY of the peeps here now and through the years,  that is one thing we won&#8217;t agree upon a definition.

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[Post 5531]
Author : JoeP
Date : 06-22-2023 10:53 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Define "frustrating".

:P

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[Post 5532]
Author : Ari
Date : 06-22-2023 05:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

a minority of views are being reported by our me/social network/ even movies as being very normal.   In actuality, I believe nothing could be further from the truth.
I was going to ask, what ‘minority views’? Do you mean the existence of gay and trans people? Because that’s normal. Or perhaps the existence of foreign characters, because that’s normal as well.

Of course there are plenty of fictional things in movies that are accepted as truth, such as Catholics fighting demons, or the entire Heaven and hell mythos as developed by Supernatural and Buffy, or the idea that we’re in a narrative and everything we see relates to the story, as is commonly the issue with conspiracy theorists. In many ways those are also minority views.

The problem with vagueness is I can’t tell which one you were claiming is not normal.

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[Post 5533]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-22-2023 06:41 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Conservative: I have been censored for my conservative views<br><br>Me: Holy shit! You were censored for wanting lower taxes?<br><br>Con: LOL no...no not those views<br><br>Me: So....deregulation?<br><br>Con: Haha no not those views either<br><br>Me: Which views, exactly?<br><br>Con: Oh, you know the ones</p>&mdash; Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) <a href="https://twitter.com/ndrew_lawrence/status/1050391663552671744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 11, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5534]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-22-2023 06:45 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://web.archive.org/web/20230622144538/https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-melts-down-doj-mar-a-lago-evidence-1234776019/ Tiny hands flailing.

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[Post 5535]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-25-2023 10:49 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

12938

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[Post 5536]
Author : -FX-
Date : 06-26-2023 01:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Leftist nutjobs - "Trump is a criminal, the Biden are innocent!"

Right wing nut jobs - "Trump is a great man!"


Me -  https://i0.wp.com/stonetoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/projected-us-election-winner-political-cartoon.png?w=1000&ssl=1

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[Post 5537]
Author : -FX-
Date : 06-26-2023 01:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

goddamn it

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[Post 5538]
Author : Kevlar
Date : 06-26-2023 06:20 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

You have to ignore a LOT and project a LOT to compare Trump to Biden.  If you want to find the real corruption here, look in the mirror.

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[Post 5539]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-27-2023 06:04 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">de Adder, The Washington Post [2022] <a href="https://t.co/6IUv07mSaJ">pic.twitter.com/6IUv07mSaJ</a></p>&mdash; Michael de Adder (@deAdder) <a href="https://twitter.com/deAdder/status/1671890550709157891?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 22, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5540]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 06-27-2023 07:24 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The trial of a Jan. 6 defendant turned into a kind of family therapy session last week, as a Capitol attack defendant representing himself questioned one of his own sons, who was a tipster who turned him into the FBI.<a href="https://twitter.com/ryanjreilly?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ryanjreilly</a>:<a href="https://t.co/kYqSthyzuL">https://t.co/kYqSthyzuL</a> via <a href="https://twitter.com/NBCNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@nbcnews</a></p>&mdash; Tom Namako (@TomNamako) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomNamako/status/1673479871886946304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 26, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5541]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-07-2023 09:04 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Kari Lake Basically Moved Into Mar-a-Lago to Be Trump&#8217;s VP and Now He&#8217;s Just Not That Into Her: Report | Vanity Fair (https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/07/kari-lake-basically-moved-into-mar-a-lago-to-be-trumps-vp-and-now-hes-just-not-that-into-her-report)

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[Post 5542]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 07-07-2023 09:09 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

"You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here."

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[Post 5543]
Author : -FX-
Date : 07-08-2023 06:07 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's hard for me to believe that people are still giving Trump free publicity.

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[Post 5544]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 07-08-2023 09:39 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

You find it hard to believe he is still the leader of the GOP, commanding widespread support and massive fawning coverage on billionaire newscorps platforms?  lol Me too, brah!

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[Post 5545]
Author : -FX-
Date : 07-08-2023 04:18 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I thought most of the GOP threw him under the bus long ago

I guess I should try to keep up, but I really don't care

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[Post 5546]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-11-2023 04:58 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

MyPillow is auctioning off equipment after losing retailers (https://m.startribune.com/mypillow-is-auctioning-off-equipment-after-losing-many-retailers-mike-lindell-minn-2020-election/600288705/)

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[Post 5547]
Author : -FX-
Date : 07-11-2023 08:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

When you contemplate the end of democracy in America, what kind of person do you think will bring it about? Maybe you picture a sinister billionaire in a bespoke suit, slipping brown envelopes to politicians. Maybe your nightmare is a rogue general, hijacking the nuclear football. Maybe you think of a jackbooted thug leading a horde of men in white sheets, all carrying burning crosses.

Here is what you probably don’t imagine: an affable, self-made midwesterner, one of those goofy businessmen who makes his own infomercials. A recovered crack addict, no less, who laughs good-naturedly when jokes are made at his expense. A man who will talk to anyone willing to listen (and to many who aren’t). A philanthropist. A good boss. A patriot—or so he says—who may well be doing more damage to American democracy than anyone since Jefferson Davis.

source ("https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/07/mike-lindells-plot-destroy-america/619593/)

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[Post 5548]
Author : -FX-
Date : 07-11-2023 08:25 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

When you contemplate the end of democracy in America, what kind of person do you think will bring it about? 

I think of an old senile white dude that can barely read a teleprompter.

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[Post 5549]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-11-2023 02:29 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">So just to summarize today&#39;s news: <br>-Trump appointed US Atty says GOP IRS Hunter Biden &quot;whistleblower&#39;s&quot; claims are completely BS<br>-The other &quot;whistleblower&quot; who claimed that Biden was taken payments from foreign countries was literally a Chinese spy.<br><br>Banner day for the GOP! <a href="https://t.co/Xh1THyKzqQ">https://t.co/Xh1THyKzqQ</a></p>&mdash; Centrism Fan Acct &#55357;&#56633; (@Wilson__Valdez) <a href="https://twitter.com/Wilson__Valdez/status/1678583033551634437?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5550]
Author : -FX-
Date : 07-11-2023 02:38 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Hey, it's better than being Epsteined.  Which is what would happen if they knew where he was.

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[Post 5551]
Author : -FX-
Date : 07-11-2023 02:39 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Lest you think that's a joke, remember that the Judge who was handed the Epstein case involving a large financial institution, had her house and family shot up the next day.

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[Post 5552]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-11-2023 02:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">So just to summarize today's news: <br>-Trump appointed US Atty says GOP IRS Hunter Biden &quot;whistleblower's&quot; claims are completely BS<br>-The other &quot;whistleblower&quot; who claimed that Biden was taken payments from foreign countries was literally a Chinese spy.<br><br>Banner day for the GOP! <a href="https://t.co/Xh1THyKzqQ">https://t.co/Xh1THyKzqQ</a></p>&mdash; Centrism Fan Acct &#65533;&#65533; (@Wilson__Valdez) <a href="https://twitter.com/Wilson__Valdez/status/1678583033551634437?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

fx wants that buried I guess. Let's post it again. :shrug:

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[Post 5553]
Author : -FX-
Date : 07-11-2023 05:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Let me explain this very simply &#8230;

Whistleblowers who expose Trump are whistleblowers. Heroes.  Brave.

Whistleblowers who expose Democrats are liars and criminals.




Got it?

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[Post 5554]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-11-2023 05:42 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">So just to summarize today's news: <br>-Trump appointed US Atty says GOP IRS Hunter Biden &quot;whistleblower's&quot; claims are completely BS<br>-The other &quot;whistleblower&quot; who claimed that Biden was taken payments from foreign countries was literally a Chinese spy.<br><br>Banner day for the GOP! <a href="https://t.co/Xh1THyKzqQ">https://t.co/Xh1THyKzqQ</a></p>&mdash; Centrism Fan Acct &#65533;&#65533; (@Wilson__Valdez) <a href="https://twitter.com/Wilson__Valdez/status/1678583033551634437?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

fx wants that buried I guess. Let's post it again. :shrug:

ok

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[Post 5555]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-12-2023 03:16 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump leads DeSantis by 20 points in poll of Florida Republicans (https://news.yahoo.com/trump-leads-desantis-20-points-201314230.html)

:shrug:

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[Post 5556]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-12-2023 11:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump Says Hunter Biden Should&#8217;ve Gotten the Death Penalty for Not Paying His Taxes on Time | Vanity Fair (https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/07/donald-trump-says-hunter-biden-shouldve-gotten-the-death-penalty-for-not-paying-his-taxes-on-time)

:orange: :clown:

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[Post 5557]
Author : -FX-
Date : 07-13-2023 12:15 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Total clown world achieved

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[Post 5558]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-13-2023 12:21 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

If you need a chaos ghod that bad, Azathoth (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azathoth) is way better. I mean, why slum it?

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[Post 5559]
Author : -FX-
Date : 07-13-2023 12:25 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm betting the woke actually think he means a literal traffic ticket, and a literal death penalty.  lol

Look up literally vs figuratively

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[Post 5560]
Author : -FX-
Date : 07-13-2023 12:27 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

No wait don't.  Stay just as you are.

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[Post 5561]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-13-2023 12:28 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:fap:

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[Post 5562]
Author : -FX-
Date : 07-13-2023 12:30 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F01ygb_X0AICd2c?format=png

She?

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[Post 5563]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-13-2023 02:25 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

You're like the middle child who gets killed falling off a freeway exit sign trying to tag it. :fap:

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[Post 5564]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-13-2023 10:41 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Discount pillows:

Mike Lindell is having a fire sale and so far it is an utter disaster (https://www.lancastercourier.com/2023/07/13/mike-lindell-is-having-a-fire-sale-and-so-far-it-is-an-utter-disaster/)

Sure, auctions can be risky. But Lindell probably didn’t imagine he would have items that typically sell for 250-1000 dollars having high bids of 5 bucks, and an alarming high number of items that have no bids at all.

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[Post 5565]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 07-13-2023 11:36 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

They were selling fancy shop equipment too. Maybe I can get me one of those propane-powered forklifts for a ten-spot.

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[Post 5566]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-14-2023 12:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Helpful getting you around next time you fuck up your back?

…maybe I should get one.

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[Post 5567]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-18-2023 03:17 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Israel Struggling to Get Artifacts Back From Mar-a-Lago: Report (https://www.businessinsider.com/israel-struggling-artifacts-back-donald-trump-mar-a-lago-report-2023-7)

New British Museum just dropped.

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[Post 5568]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-18-2023 10:34 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Michigan charges 16 fake electors for Donald Trump with election law and forgery felonies | AP News (https://apnews.com/article/fake-elector-michigan-republican-df7803fca3862be713d9d6d29fb77e81)

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[Post 5569]
Author : -FX-
Date : 07-19-2023 03:04 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Reminder that every accusation is a confession in Trumpland.


It's called cocaine

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[Post 5570]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-19-2023 04:16 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:pat:

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[Post 5571]
Author : JoeP
Date : 07-19-2023 11:27 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Same:

Sixteen people charged in Michigan 2020 false elector scheme | Michigan | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/18/michigan-false-electors-charged)

:cheerful:

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[Post 5572]
Author : JoeP
Date : 07-19-2023 11:27 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:dddp:

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[Post 5573]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-20-2023 06:01 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump says he expects to be indicted a third time for his participation in Jan. 6.<br><br>(Also, this reads like a bad Latin translation.) <a href="https://t.co/7W1ip0enAC">pic.twitter.com/7W1ip0enAC</a></p>&mdash; Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) <a href="https://twitter.com/MEPFuller/status/1681295205889196034?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 18, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Britney Spears - Oops!...I Did It Again (HD Remastered) - YouTube

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[Post 5574]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-20-2023 06:26 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Feeding peak persecution complex

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Today, one former president is recommending books to us, and another former president, who has never read a book, is threatening to do unspeakable things to us. <a href="https://t.co/KVAMGOon4m">pic.twitter.com/KVAMGOon4m</a></p>&mdash; Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) <a href="https://twitter.com/BettyBowers/status/1682074614241935376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 20, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5575]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-20-2023 06:26 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:clone:

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[Post 5576]
Author : JoeP
Date : 07-21-2023 05:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Conspiracy Against Rights - by Jay Kuo - The Status Kuo (https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/conspiracy-against-rights?r=1zr8b&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web)

I need the lolyers of :ff: to pronounce on the significance or otherwise of this. 

We know a bit more about the third statute listed in the target letter sent by the Justice Department to ex-president Donald Trump. Originally reported as &#8220;Deprivation of Rights under Color of Law,&#8221; which is in the books under 18 U.S.C. Sec. 242, reporting last night by the New York Times shifted that one section over, to Section 241, a statute entitled &#8220;Conspiracy Against Rights.&#8221; 

It&#8217;s a small but important shift. Both Sections 241 and 242 were enacted in the wake of the Civil War in order to protect Blacks from having their constitutional and legal rights stripped away, whether by the violent brutality of the KKK or by fraud at the ballot box. Section 241 specifically has been used over the decades, and even quite recently, to protect citizens against voting fraud conspiracies.

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[Post 5577]
Author : JoeP
Date : 07-21-2023 05:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:dddp:

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[Post 5578]
Author : JoeP
Date : 07-21-2023 05:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

If any saw a complete thrad breakage there, it was just your imagination.

The unwanted duplicate post was very real though.

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[Post 5579]
Author : -FX-
Date : 07-21-2023 06:29 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Short pithy posts ... with no context at all

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F1hvvS0WYAAlAxP?format=jpg

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[Post 5580]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 07-21-2023 10:14 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I've wondered how many of the shitbags who received pardons or commutations from PAB think they got "commit any crime you goddamn jolly well please with no consequences whatsoever" passes. At present, the answer appears to be "at least one (https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/19/ponzi-schemer-granted-clemency-by-trump-charged-with-fraud.html)."

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[Post 5581]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-21-2023 11:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Weird, it&#8217;s like MAGA wasn&#8217;t about draining the swamp but rather swamping the drain.&#8203;

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[Post 5582]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 07-28-2023 01:42 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Speaking of the swamp.

Timeline on Jared Kushner, Qatar, 666 Fifth Avenue, and White House Policy - Just Security (https://www.justsecurity.org/69094/timeline-on-jared-kushner-qatar-666-fifth-avenue-and-white-house-policy/)

I knew the Qatar investment in Kushner’s 666 5th Avenue was shady as fuck, but this breakdown shows it to be even more fucked than I knew.

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[Post 5583]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-28-2023 03:58 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

lol, more obstruction charges:

Trump charged with additional counts in Mar-a-Lago documents case : NPR (https://www.npr.org/2023/07/27/1190619704/trump-charged-with-additional-count-in-mar-a-lago-documents-case)

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[Post 5584]
Author : LarsMac
Date : 07-28-2023 04:42 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

An old saying where I come from, 
"When you find yourself in a hole, Stop digging."

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[Post 5585]
Author : JoeP
Date : 07-30-2023 07:57 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/2b8wGCv.jpg

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[Post 5586]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-31-2023 05:04 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

America's abuser daddy dong abuser daddy things.

https://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=12997&d=1690819361

12997

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[Post 5587]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 07-31-2023 05:10 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Rudy Giuliani sparks backlash with bizarre appearance at Gilgo Beach murder suspect's home | The Independent (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/rudy-giuliani-gilgo-beach-murder-suspect-b2376398.html)

Giuliani helping as he does.

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[Post 5588]
Author : -FX-
Date : 07-31-2023 10:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm started to think Trump is going to get elected President for the third time at this point.

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[Post 5589]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 07-31-2023 10:48 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm started to think ...


Wrong again, but carry on trolling.

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[Post 5590]
Author : -FX-
Date : 07-31-2023 11:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

My comedy doesn't go over well online.

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[Post 5591]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-01-2023 05:15 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

And today in narcissism, it's everyone else's fault I listened to them.

Trump’s Jack Smith Trial Plan: Scapegoat His Coup Lawyers – Rolling Stone (https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/donald-trump-jan6-jack-smith-rudy-giuliani-john-eastman-1234798826/)

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[Post 5592]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-01-2023 11:33 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

More.

Live updates: Trump indicted in special counsel's 2020 election interference probe (https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/politics/live-news/trump-2020-election-probe-08-01-23/index.html)

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[Post 5593]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-02-2023 12:39 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

lol, ouch

'We have mugshots ready for you,' Georgia sheriff says ahead of possible Trump indictment (https://ca.yahoo.com/news/mugshots-ready-georgia-sheriff-says-200308360.html)

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[Post 5594]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-02-2023 02:04 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Think of the 4,320 people who sent in $25 thinking they were “Saving America” not realizing it was for Melania’s hair stylist. <a href="https://t.co/bzGOPhLGAs">https://t.co/bzGOPhLGAs</a></p>&mdash; Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) <a href="https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1686161071692722176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 31, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5595]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-02-2023 09:36 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Witch-hunt (noun)

2nd August 2023

A future historian, tasked with working out from contemporaneous sources what ‘witch-hunt’ meant in 2023, would conclude it meant a slow methodical and evidence-based process, with full due-process rights, used to prosecute someone with significant political and media power.

Witch-hunt (noun) – The Law and Policy Blog (https://davidallengreen.com/2023/08/witch-hunt-noun/)

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[Post 5596]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 08-02-2023 10:09 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Wrong fukken thread! 

But, for your reading pleasure, here (https://int.nyt.com/data/documenttools/trump-jan-6-indictment-2020-election/1f1c76972b25c802/full.pdf) is fat boy's latest indictment.

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[Post 5597]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 08-03-2023 06:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

PAB & lolyers want a venue change (https://www.salon.com/2023/08/03/legal-experts-mock-demand-to-move-trial-from-dc-to-more-diverse-west-virginia/) to West By God Virginny, where the pool of potential jurors is "more diverse." 

:laugh:

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[Post 5598]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-03-2023 06:59 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Maybe my butch-dyke latina acquaintance in West Virginia will get tapped as a juror. :)

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[Post 5599]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-03-2023 07:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=13004&d=1691088189

13004

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[Post 5600]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 08-03-2023 08:38 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Better stock up on the adderall and booger sugar.

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[Post 5601]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-04-2023 02:31 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

'I have never heard that': Legal experts react to judge ordering Trump 'not to commit any crimes' - Raw Story - Celebrating 19 Years of Independent Journalism (https://www.rawstory.com/i-have-never-heard-that-legal-experts-react-to-judge-ordering-trump-not-to-not-commit-any-crimes-2662719222/)

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[Post 5602]
Author : Miisa
Date : 08-04-2023 06:18 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=13004&d=1691088189

13004

Wait what? The election isn't even this autumn but OVER A YEAR AWAY?

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[Post 5603]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-04-2023 07:45 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

You've got to remember that these are movers and shakers. These are people who decide which way goes the world. The common glue that holds the western world together. You know . . . Americans.







With apologies to Gene Wilder.

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[Post 5604]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-04-2023 06:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Snow cuck needs a flake space. (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12372065/Donald-Trump-irked-judge-arraignment-referred-Mr-Trump-President-Trump-insists-good-day-Truth-Social-post.html)

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[Post 5605]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 08-04-2023 08:15 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

As it was in the glory days of Orly Taitz and her breathtakingly stupid birfer litigation, the wingnuts believe the J6 case will lead to the . . .

DISCOVERY!!!!!!!!

. . . needed to prove that the old, incontinent, morbidly obese adderall junkie/serial rapist totes won in 2020!

Also, :lol: @

Court: Mr. Trump, how old are you?

PAB: Seven seven.

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[Post 5606]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-05-2023 01:59 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This certainly sounds like a threat against prosecutors and/or witnesses <a href="https://t.co/z06qQlpbPx">pic.twitter.com/z06qQlpbPx</a></p>&mdash; Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) <a href="https://twitter.com/AndrewFeinberg/status/1687559704254234624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

https://media.tenor.com/Lqf7r6FZti8AAAAd/popcorn-watching-tv.gif

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[Post 5607]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-05-2023 02:13 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Armageddon Days (Are Here Again) (Remastered) - YouTube

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[Post 5608]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-05-2023 05:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">And now, on a Saturday, (appearing unwilling to waste much time) Judge Chutkan has given Donald Trump until 5pm ET Monday to respond to the special counsel&#39;s motion for a protective order following Trump&#39;s ostensible threat post on social media: <a href="https://t.co/xh0cIGeoQv">https://t.co/xh0cIGeoQv</a> <a href="https://t.co/9oyPfjvSc6">pic.twitter.com/9oyPfjvSc6</a></p>&mdash; Brandi Buchman (@Brandi_Buchman) <a href="https://twitter.com/Brandi_Buchman/status/1687852230328647681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5609]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-06-2023 12:39 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">On Aug. 5, Judge Chutkan denied Trump&#39;s motion to delay his response to the govt&#39;s protective order, which the special counsel wrote would cause &#8220;unnecessary delay to normal order.&#8221; Read the motion and the govt&#39;s opposition on Lawfare, from <a href="https://twitter.com/TylerMcBrien?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TylerMcBrien</a>: <a href="https://t.co/oZDY6omAlz">https://t.co/oZDY6omAlz</a></p>&mdash; Lawfare (@lawfare) <a href="https://twitter.com/lawfare/status/1687962789891944448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5610]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 08-06-2023 10:33 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump asking for Judge Tanya Chutkan's recusal | BBC (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66422516)

Donald Trump has said he will ask the judge in his election fraud case to step aside on what he called "very powerful grounds".  He claimed that "there is no way I can get a fair trial" unless she does. ... He give no details of his grounds for asking her to step down.

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[Post 5611]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 08-06-2023 10:41 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump asking for Judge Tanya Chutkan's recusal | BBC (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66422516)

Donald Trump has said he will ask the judge in his election fraud case to step aside on what he called "very powerful grounds".  He claimed that "there is no way I can get a fair trial" unless she does.

I think Trump's definition of "a fair trial" is significantly different than most people's definition. If you think "being hard on Jan 6th rioters" is unfair, then maybe you're more in line with Trump's thinking.

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[Post 5612]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-06-2023 11:05 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Prosecutor and law professor talking stuff:
 (https://joycevance.substack.com/p/if-you-go-after-me)

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[Post 5613]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-07-2023 01:06 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Uncle Nutbag. :shrug:

https://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=13014&d=1691366751

13014

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[Post 5614]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 08-07-2023 02:46 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Famously thin skinned narcissus.

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[Post 5615]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-07-2023 03:56 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

&#8220;I didn&#8217;t actually do what I am doing right now.&#8221; Is peak abuser logic.

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[Post 5616]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-07-2023 07:59 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=13019&d=1691434700

13019

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[Post 5617]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-07-2023 08:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Senate Republicans argued that 1/6 should be handled through a criminal prosecution. And they had the votes. <a href="https://t.co/8oOfD8lCEn">https://t.co/8oOfD8lCEn</a></p>&mdash; Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) <a href="https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1688523513454379008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5618]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 08-07-2023 09:06 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

What does "Senate republicans had the votes" mean here?

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[Post 5619]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 08-07-2023 11:13 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

What does "Senate republicans had the votes" mean here?

I'm presuming that Yglesias meant they chose not to vote for impeachment, instead pretending they thought criminal charges made more sense.

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[Post 5620]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-08-2023 12:30 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Judge Kaplan Throws Out Trump's Counterclaim Against E. Jean Carroll - meidastouch.com (https://www.meidastouch.com/news/judge-kaplan-throws-out-trumps-counterclaim-against-e-jean-carroll)

:chin:

DeSantis acknowledges Trump's defeat in 2020 election: "Of course he lost" (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/desantis-trump-lost-2020-election/)

:popcorn:

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[Post 5621]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 08-08-2023 12:59 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I just can&#8217;t think that&#8217;s a good idea for Desantis, he is trying to get the rational wing of the GOP?  What&#8217;s he going to do with twelve votes?

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[Post 5622]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 08-08-2023 06:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

John Lauro, one of Trump&#8217;s lawyers, hammered that point in media interviews over the last week. &#8220;We&#8217;re looking for a jury that will be more balanced,&#8221; he told NPR last week. &#8220;And West Virginia was a state that was more evenly divided.&#8221; Trump had also called for the trial to be moved to West Virginia, describing the state that he won in 2020 as &#8220;politically unbiased&#8221; in comparison to the nation&#8217;s capital. Lauro also told CBS over the weekend that he wanted a &#8220;diverse venue, a diverse jury&#8221; that &#8220;reflects the characteristics of the American people.&#8221; He did not clarify what those characteristics might be.


The New Republic The Soapbox Something You Will Have To Visit The Link To See What The Title Is - Ed.  (https://newrepublic.com/article/174891/trump-jury-trial-west-virginia)

Yeah, &#8220;diverse&#8221; West Virginia that is 93 percent white and 70 percent of voters voted for Trump.

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[Post 5623]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 08-08-2023 06:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I broke the board :tmsad:

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[Post 5624]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-08-2023 07:58 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Men At Work - Golf Clap - YouTube

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[Post 5625]
Author : Crumb
Date : 08-08-2023 08:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:tldr:

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[Post 5626]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 08-08-2023 09:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I removed one of them. The one that remains is uneditable as is - the hash inside it borks everything else about it.

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[Post 5627]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-08-2023 10:16 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

13021

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Ex-Trump lawyer John Eastman seeks to postpone his disbarment proceedings - MSN (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ex-trump-lawyer-john-eastman-seeks-to-postpone-his-disbarment-proceedings/ar-AA1eXs8p)

John Eastman, the Trump-allied lawyer who created a memo arguing that then-Vice President Mike Pence could overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory, is asking a California judge to postpone disbarment proceedings against him over concerns that he could face criminal charges after the former president's federal indictment last week.

:clown: :popcorn:

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[Post 5628]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 08-08-2023 11:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:unrun:

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[Post 5629]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-09-2023 08:27 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Looks fine to me :wink:

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[Post 5630]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-09-2023 04:16 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Some sobriety:

A note of caution for those clapping and cheering at the latest indictment of Donald Trump – The Law and Policy Blog (https://davidallengreen.com/2023/08/a-note-of-caution-for-those-clapping-and-cheering-at-the-latest-indictment-of-donald-trump/)

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[Post 5631]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 08-09-2023 06:04 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:hmph: :ironfist:

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[Post 5632]
Author : LarsMac
Date : 08-09-2023 08:02 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I won't be clapping and cheering 'til they Slam the Big Door.

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[Post 5633]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-12-2023 12:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump&#39;s about to learn details about the case and won&#39;t be allowed to have a public tantrum. <br><br>His lawyers all know this is a trap for someone with zero impulse control. <br><br>This order is a clown in a dirty van offering Trump candy. Enjoy. <a href="https://t.co/8ymCGVLtPm">https://t.co/8ymCGVLtPm</a></p>&mdash; John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnFugelsang/status/1690106286137118723?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 11, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5634]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 08-14-2023 02:42 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Georgia prosecutors could hit Trump with RICO (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66465240)

"The reason that I am a fan of Rico is, I think jurors are very, very intelligent," [District Attorney Fani Willis] said at a news conference to announce the charges.  "They want to know what happened. They want to make an accurate decision about someone's life. And so Rico is a tool that allows a prosecutor's office and law enforcement to tell the whole story."
[...]
"I hate the Rico Act," [Meg Strickler, defence attorney] added, saying clients are frequently intimidated by the penalties they could face, and the time and money needed to defend themselves. And, given how lengthy and complicated Rico trials are, she expects the Trump trial will prove a confusing and uncomfortable affair for a jury, if one can eventually be seated.

So :ff:, do we love RICO or hate it?

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[Post 5635]
Author : Crumb
Date : 08-14-2023 04:31 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I don't see the poll.

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[Post 5636]
Author : LarsMac
Date : 08-14-2023 06:38 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump appears to warn one potential witness against testifying as he braces for fourth criminal indictment (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2023/aug/14/donald-trump-indictment-latest-updates-georgia-election-charges-fulton-county)

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[Post 5637]
Author : LarsMac
Date : 08-14-2023 10:19 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Election-interference charges loom for Trump as docket posted then removed (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/14/trump-2020-election-georgia-charges-update)

The indictment of Donald Trump over his attempted election subversion in Georgia loomed closer on Monday amid an apparent false alarm about charges being filed and a series of angry statements from the former president punctuating a day of prosecution presentations in court.

At about midday, a two-page docket report posted to the Fulton county court website indicated charges against Trump including racketeering, conspiracy and false statements. The appearance of the report set off a flurry of news media activity, but then the document vanished.

A spokesperson for the district attorney said reports “that those charges were filed [are] inaccurate. Beyond that we cannot comment.”

Trump, 77, already faces 78 criminal charges in three other indictments: over hush-money payments to the adult film star Stormy Daniels, his retention of classified documents and his election subversion at the federal level.

Trump election investigation: Georgia grand jury witnesses called early as prosecutors ‘moving faster’ than expected – live
Read more
Despite such unprecedented legal jeopardy, Trump dominates Republican primary polling as the first televised debate nears at the end of this month.

Lawyers for Trump have mounted a free speech defense to charges over election subversion. On Monday, Trump was characteristically free with his speech.

Using his Truth Social media platform, he lashed out at his perceived persecutors, in one instance appearing to attempt to intimidate a witness against him.

“I am reading reports that failed former Lt Governor of Georgia, Jeff Duncan, will be testifying before the Fulton county grand jury,” Trump wrote, misspelling the first name of Geoff Duncan, a Republican witness who said he was due to appear before the grand jury on Tuesday.

“He shouldn’t. I barely know him but he was, right from the beginning of this witch hunt, a nasty disaster for those looking into the election fraud that took place in Georgia.”

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[Post 5638]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-15-2023 04:54 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-fulton-county-georgia-08-14-23/index.html

More and more, law nerds and journalists currently reading through.

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[Post 5639]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-17-2023 06:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump's legal advisers urge him to cancel press conference to refute Georgia allegations: Sources (https://abcnews.go.com/US/trumps-legal-advisers-urge-cancel-press-conference-refute/story?id=102336380)

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[Post 5640]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-18-2023 05:48 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Right wing death cult? I'm not sure where else to put these so here:

Justice Department seeks 33 years in prison for ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio in Jan. 6 case | AP News (https://apnews.com/article/enrique-tarrio-capitol-riot-proud-boys-sentencing-aa8fd5e8acbc5d173e6e462974014bc7)

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[Post 5641]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-18-2023 08:50 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump's legal advisers urge him to cancel press conference to refute Georgia allegations: Sources (https://abcnews.go.com/US/trumps-legal-advisers-urge-cancel-press-conference-refute/story?id=102336380)

He won't cancel :popcorn:

He said he would present, "A Large, Complex, Detailed but Irrefutable REPORT on the Presidential Election Fraud which took place in Georgia."

large - more than one paragraph
complex - words of more than one syllable
detailed - lies
irrefutable - MAGAts won't listen to any refutations

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[Post 5642]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 08-23-2023 09:05 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Colorado lolyer, second-tier MAGAt and PAB co-defendant in the Georgia state prosecution Jenna Ellis is reliably informed that Trump isn't helping anyone with their defenses in that case and wonders why MAGA isn't paying 100% of "everyone's" defense. And she's absolutely correct! 

Or maybe not (https://newrepublic.com/post/175138/trump-hosting-100k-per-plate-fundraiser-rudy-giuliani).

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[Post 5643]
Author : LarsMac
Date : 08-23-2023 09:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Colorado lolyer, second-tier MAGAt and PAB co-defendant in the Georgia state prosecution Jenna Ellis is reliably informed that Trump isn't helping anyone with their defenses in that case and wonders why MAGA isn't paying 100% of "everyone's" defense. And she's absolutely correct! 

Or maybe not (https://newrepublic.com/post/175138/trump-hosting-100k-per-plate-fundraiser-rudy-giuliani).

Gotta wonder how much of that Rudy and his team will ever see.

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[Post 5644]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-25-2023 01:14 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Look who’s not into dying in a plane crash outside Moscow.

https://abc30.com/donald-trump-georgia-2020-presidential-election-charges/13693867/

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[Post 5645]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 08-25-2023 02:18 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:lol:

Nice work concealing the wattle in that mugshot there, PAB!

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[Post 5646]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-25-2023 04:05 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/Xnw56fC.jpeg

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[Post 5647]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 08-25-2023 04:16 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:laugh:

It's as if he was trying to emulate the Vince D'Onofrio/Pvt. Pyle look.

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[Post 5648]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 08-25-2023 04:48 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A List Of Athletes With Donald Trump's Claimed Height, Weight (https://uproxx.com/dimemag/donald-trump-height-weight-measurements-athletes/)

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[Post 5649]
Author : LarsMac
Date : 08-25-2023 07:54 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That is the least mugshot-like mugshot that I have ever seen. 

They usually make you stand up straight with your back to the wall. 
Look at the mugshots of all the other guys, and you'll see what I mean.

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[Post 5650]
Author : ShottleBop
Date : 08-26-2023 04:34 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Email that Mrs. S received today:  From: BREAKING NEWS ALERT <newsletter@conservativedirect.com>
Date: August 25, 2023 at 5:30:16 PM PDT
To: [Mrs. S]
Subject: President Trump&#8217;s mugshot
Reply-To: newsletter@conservativedirect.com

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Sign the petition AGAINST the far-Left&#8217;s political witch hunt. >>

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[Post 5651]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-26-2023 08:02 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/FyDWGdF.jpg

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[Post 5652]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 08-26-2023 09:42 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That is the least mugshot-like mugshot that I have ever seen. 

They usually make you stand up straight with your back to the wall. 
Look at the mugshots of all the other guys, and you'll see what I mean.
You may overestimate the extent to which Trump is able to stand up straight.

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[Post 5653]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 08-27-2023 12:42 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That is the least mugshot-like mugshot that I have ever seen. 

They usually make you stand up straight with your back to the wall. 
Look at the mugshots of all the other guys, and you'll see what I mean.
You may overestimate the extent to which Trump is able to stand up straight.

I suspect Trump was given a tad bit more leniency than the others.

Among people I know and "pundits" reaction is mixed. Some people think it's defiant and angry, and other people looked at it and saw defeated and angry. I definitely see angry, but I refuse to guess at his mental state.

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[Post 5654]
Author : LarsMac
Date : 08-27-2023 12:46 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That is the least mugshot-like mugshot that I have ever seen. 

They usually make you stand up straight with your back to the wall. 
Look at the mugshots of all the other guys, and you'll see what I mean.
You may overestimate the extent to which Trump is able to stand up straight.

I suspect Trump was given a tad bit more leniency than the others.

Among people I know and "pundits" reaction is mixed. Some people think it's defiant and angry, and other people looked at it and saw defeated and angry. I definitely see angry, but I refuse to guess at his mental state.

I like to think that he was concentrating on not shitting his drawers.

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[Post 5655]
Author : JoeP
Date : 08-27-2023 08:14 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/X6dWU9w.jpeg

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[Post 5656]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 08-27-2023 08:28 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That is the least mugshot-like mugshot that I have ever seen. 

They usually make you stand up straight with your back to the wall. 
Look at the mugshots of all the other guys, and you'll see what I mean.
You may overestimate the extent to which Trump is able to stand up straight.

I suspect Trump was given a tad bit more leniency than the others.

Among people I know and "pundits" reaction is mixed. Some people think it's defiant and angry, and other people looked at it and saw defeated and angry. I definitely see angry, but I refuse to guess at his mental state.

I like to think that he was concentrating on not shitting his drawers.

I don't know, it looks like he's bearing down and pushing one out.

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[Post 5657]
Author : -FX-
Date : 08-27-2023 01:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump posted one post on X

It has over 256 million views, and Reuters couldn't bring themselves to post a link to it.

Trump returns to X, formerly Twitter, with mug shot and appeal for donations | Reuters (https://www.reuters.com/technology/trump-returns-social-media-site-x-formerly-twitter-with-mug-shot-post-2023-08-25/)

Just as FOX never mentioned Trump being interviewed by Tucker on X

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[Post 5658]
Author : -FX-
Date : 08-27-2023 01:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump posted one post on X

It has over 300 million views, and Reuters couldn't bring themselves to post a link to it.

Trump returns to X, formerly Twitter, with mug shot and appeal for donations | Reuters (https://www.reuters.com/technology/trump-returns-social-media-site-x-formerly-twitter-with-mug-shot-post-2023-08-25/)

Just as FOX never mentioned Trump being interviewed by Tucker on X

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[Post 5659]
Author : -FX-
Date : 08-27-2023 01:38 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The fake news and most of the progressives and libs actually believe if you don't mention something, it doesn't exist.

lol

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[Post 5660]
Author : Pyrrho
Date : 08-27-2023 02:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Why should they advertise for him for free?

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[Post 5661]
Author : -FX-
Date : 08-27-2023 02:07 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Like they do for any diseased cock that Biden is sucking on?

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[Post 5662]
Author : Crumb
Date : 08-27-2023 04:31 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

But Reuters literally did mention it, you linked to it.

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[Post 5663]
Author : LarsMac
Date : 08-27-2023 05:18 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump posted one post on X

It has over 300 million views, and Reuters couldn't bring themselves to post a link to it.

Trump returns to X, formerly Twitter, with mug shot and appeal for donations | Reuters (https://www.reuters.com/technology/trump-returns-social-media-site-x-formerly-twitter-with-mug-shot-post-2023-08-25/)

Just as FOX never mentioned Trump being interviewed by Tucker on X

Reuters tends to focus on actual news. Trump begging for money, regardless of the outlet, is not that.

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[Post 5664]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 08-27-2023 08:09 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Like they do for any diseased cock that Biden is sucking on?

EAIAC

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[Post 5665]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 08-28-2023 01:32 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That is the least mugshot-like mugshot that I have ever seen. 

They usually make you stand up straight with your back to the wall. 
Look at the mugshots of all the other guys, and you'll see what I mean.
You may overestimate the extent to which Trump is able to stand up straight.

I suspect Trump was given a tad bit more leniency than the others.

Among people I know and "pundits" reaction is mixed. Some people think it's defiant and angry, and other people looked at it and saw defeated and angry. I definitely see angry, but I refuse to guess at his mental state.
I mainly see "concentrating on concealing neck vagina"

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[Post 5666]
Author : ShottleBop
Date : 08-28-2023 02:46 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That is the least mugshot-like mugshot that I have ever seen. 

You don't think this one has it beat?

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[Post 5667]
Author : LarsMac
Date : 08-28-2023 03:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That is the least mugshot-like mugshot that I have ever seen. 

You don't think this one has it beat?

Oh, yeah. She wins the Mugshot round.

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[Post 5668]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-03-2023 06:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=13067&d=1693760862

Apparently he's back on on the Xitter, so collapse is likely near.

13067

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[Post 5669]
Author : JoeP
Date : 09-03-2023 08:10 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Well it's not called Trump Social. Does it still have to fail?

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[Post 5670]
Author : LarsMac
Date : 09-04-2023 05:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The latest AP NORC Poll, shows some interesting attitudes in the US. 

Barely half of the people polled seemed to think that Trump has done anything wrong or illegal.

https://apnorc.org/projects/assessing-trumps-legal-challenges/ 

And, of course, most of those are Democrats.

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[Post 5671]
Author : ShottleBop
Date : 09-11-2023 05:34 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Chauncey DeVega weighs in on Trump (again):  Trump plans to become a dictator â&#8364;&#8221; denial will not save you | Salon.com (https://www.salon.com/2023/09/07/plans-to-become-a-dictator--denial-will-not-save-you/)

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[Post 5672]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 09-11-2023 07:26 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Some old, incontinent fat fuck is STILL blabbering (https://www.joemygod.com/2023/09/trump-challenges-perceived-enemies-to-acuity-test/) about the "mental acuity test" he aced back in 2018.

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[Post 5673]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-16-2023 05:24 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Donald Trump thinks (1) he ran against Barack Obama, and (2) he&#39;s currently leading Barack Obama in the polls.<br><br>But *do* go on about how Joe Biden is experiencing cognitive decline. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DementiaDonald?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DementiaDonald</a> <a href="https://t.co/CqJ8PJSzxc">pic.twitter.com/CqJ8PJSzxc</a></p>&mdash; Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) <a href="https://twitter.com/BettyBowers/status/1703080716471263687?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 16, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5674]
Author : Ari
Date : 09-16-2023 06:05 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I had to hunt down the full clip to see and while he does in fact understand what he’s talking about, frankly the bit before is more scary/unhinged, where he paints himself as the messiah.

"I'm honored to get up every single day and do battle on your behalf," “Against Marxist, communists, atheists, demonic forces” "You probably read about some of those battles. I'm still doing battles. Doing more battles than anybody even understands.”

It only takes listening to a few minutes of his hour long monologuing fantasy jerk to understand why DeSantis is failing to win over Trump minions, he made his fights too real. They don’t want a man actually going after big corps, they want one who will fantasize along with them about being the persevering victim that will one day prove their worth and ascend to the throne.

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[Post 5675]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-18-2023 05:17 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Jews again:
 Trump Lashes Out at &#8216;Liberal Jews Who Voted to Destroy America&#8217; by Not Supporting Him (https://www.mediaite.com/trump/trump-lashes-out-at-liberal-jews-who-voted-to-destroy-america-by-not-supporting-him/)

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[Post 5676]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 09-18-2023 06:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Jews again:
 Trump Lashes Out at ‘Liberal Jews Who Voted to Destroy America’ by Not Supporting Him (https://www.mediaite.com/trump/trump-lashes-out-at-liberal-jews-who-voted-to-destroy-america-by-not-supporting-him/)

:laugh:

Thank goodness the Jewish people have PAB to school them on what is and is not anti-Semitic!

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[Post 5677]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 09-18-2023 06:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Lookie who's discovered (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/15/trump-lawyer-jenna-ellis) that PAB is a "malignant narcissist." Must've been a personal revelation from Jesus Himself.

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[Post 5678]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-18-2023 07:02 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Alternate: Look who's discovered their billings will go unpaid no matter what.

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[Post 5679]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-18-2023 07:07 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

‘It Was My Decision’: Trump Claims Full Ownership for Directing the Effort to Overturn the 2020 Election (https://www.mediaite.com/news/it-was-my-decision-trump-claims-full-ownership-for-directing-the-effort-to-overturn-the-2020-election/)

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[Post 5680]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 09-26-2023 10:50 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">NEW: If I am reading this right, Judge Engoron has found that Donald Trump committed fraud and has ordered the cancellation of all of his New York business certificates and the dissolution of the Trump Organization. <a href="https://t.co/k2nRcK3L37">pic.twitter.com/k2nRcK3L37</a></p>&mdash; Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) <a href="https://twitter.com/AndrewFeinberg/status/1706767627723681850?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 26, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5681]
Author : LarsMac
Date : 09-27-2023 02:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

‘It Was My Decision’: Trump Claims Full Ownership for Directing the Effort to Overturn the 2020 Election (https://www.mediaite.com/news/it-was-my-decision-trump-claims-full-ownership-for-directing-the-effort-to-overturn-the-2020-election/)

That's gotta be a trick. 
He has never owned up to anything. 
(Unless he is bragging?)

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[Post 5682]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 09-27-2023 07:18 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Andrew Feinberg is indeed reading that shit right. You don't often see a judge imposing the corporate death penalty (https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23991885-452564_2022_people_of_the_state_of_v_people_of_the_state_of_decision___order_on_1531), but everyone's favorite old, incontinent, morbidly obese pussy ass bitch pulled it off! :cheer:

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[Post 5683]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 09-27-2023 11:18 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I'm sure there were less prominent ones, but has this happened at this scale since Arthur Andersen's Enron debacle?

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[Post 5684]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 10-02-2023 09:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Predictably, PAB is losing his goddamn mind (https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-fraud-trial-new-york-10-02-23/index.html) over the civil trial that got underway in New York today. Slightly less unhinged were the statements of Saddam Hussein and the Ceausescus during their trials. 

The lolyers are vowing that PAB, Don Jr. and Ewic will take the stand.

:prayer:

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[Post 5685]
Author : davidm
Date : 10-02-2023 11:07 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

“Mind-blowing (https://www.salon.com/2023/10/02/mind-blowing-legal-experts-warn-that-lawyers-incredible-screw-up-is-very-ominous-for/?in_brief=true).” :roflcopt:

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[Post 5686]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 10-02-2023 11:22 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Apparently, it's not entirely clear (https://themessenger.com/politics/trump-new-york-civil-trial-jury-judge) whether PAB would have been entitled to a jury trial in the first place:

It's unclear whether a jury trial would have been available under New York Executive Law 63(12), the statute under which the case was brought, and may legal experts believe it likely would not have been. But the judge noted that neither side litigated the issue.

Earlier this year, New York Attorney Letitia James filed a form with a checkmark next to the field: “Trial without a jury.” Trump’s legal team didn’t file a corresponding form, and the former president may have regretted that inaction ever since. 

What IS entirely clear is the inadvisability of shitting all over the judge who's guaranteed to be the trier of fact in your case absent a timely jury demand.

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[Post 5687]
Author : JoeP
Date : 10-03-2023 12:01 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump's lolyers must be very well motivated knowing there's no risk at all that they won't get paid.

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[Post 5688]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 10-03-2023 04:42 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So it looks like PAB and Kenny Loggins had a p. bad day (https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fea9a3f3b-a9b0-4074-81a0-b6afd0a55cd7_516x684.png). Or Alina Habba, the PAB lolyer who actually occupies that spot at counsel's table, had a REALLY bad day.

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[Post 5689]
Author : LarsMac
Date : 10-03-2023 05:42 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

"Not so fast!" says judge.

As Trump returns to court, judge in his fraud trial clarifies comments ex-president took as a win (https://apnews.com/article/trump-letitia-james-fraud-lawsuit-new-york-371675a2482c1de01f516f29b5a43d33)

"Engoron said Tuesday that “statutes of limitations bar claims, not evidence” and that at the trial’s early stage, he’s inclined to give both sides considerably leeway to connect older evidence to claims in the lawsuit.

“I want to emphasize: This trial is not an opportunity to relitigate what I have already decided,” Engoron said. He ruled last week that all the claims were allowable under the statute of limitations."

A fellow I have known for years, and for whom I long had a great deal of respect, has now been "Lecturing me" in how T Rump's Legal expertise will come to the fore, soon, and we will be marvelled by his wisdom. 

I remember the day, back in about 2002 or 2003, when he and his buddies declared that The Donald would make a great president, because he was such a good businessman, and that was what the country needed, then. 

Even now, after all he has done, this guy and his fellow "daftees" seem to insist on T Rump's business acumen  is what the country needs. 

I've all but written off the entire group as either drug infused, or completely senile. That was probably the most painful breakfast meeting I have ever attended.  

I will be walking about in the woods the rest of the day.

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[Post 5690]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-04-2023 05:09 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

An analysis on how fucked this guy is:

The NY Trump Civil Fraud Trial: From Tipping Point to Toppling Over (https://www.justsecurity.org/89039/the-ny-trump-civil-fraud-trial-from-tipping-point-to-toppling-over/)

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[Post 5691]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-05-2023 05:15 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">1. None of this is true.<br>2. My favorite part is: &#8220;HELP!&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/aIcxbHkuER">pic.twitter.com/aIcxbHkuER</a></p>&mdash; Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) <a href="https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1709889135354200429?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 5, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5692]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-05-2023 05:15 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">1. None of this is true.<br>2. My favorite part is: “HELP!” <a href="https://t.co/aIcxbHkuER">pic.twitter.com/aIcxbHkuER</a></p>&mdash; Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) <a href="https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1709889135354200429?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 5, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5693]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 10-05-2023 05:26 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

"Peekaboo James"? 

Nah, fuck it. Don't wanna know.

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[Post 5694]
Author : JoeP
Date : 10-05-2023 05:34 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So good they thanksed it twice.

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[Post 5695]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 10-05-2023 06:01 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

"Peekaboo James"? 

Nah, fuck it. Don't wanna know.

I didn't want to know. But I'm seeing people equating it to a racist dogwhistle word that starts with j and ends with boo.

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[Post 5696]
Author : Ari
Date : 10-05-2023 06:05 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

HELP!
:rofl:

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[Post 5697]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 10-05-2023 06:10 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

People are also suggesting HELP is a whistle. For his violent contingent to get involved. (I'm not so sure about that one. But what do I know.)

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[Post 5698]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 10-05-2023 06:34 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

But I'm seeing people equating it to a racist dogwhistle word that starts with j and ends with boo.

That jumped to mind, but then I thought, that's too much ham handed stupid fuckery even for PAB.

Well, it's me. I am the ham handed stupid fuckery.

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[Post 5699]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 10-05-2023 06:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I gave the thought a big side eye until others insisted that it's not even the first time he's used that specific phrase.

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[Post 5700]
Author : viscousmemories
Date : 10-06-2023 01:59 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I thought he was under a gag order. :confused:

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[Post 5701]
Author : seebs
Date : 10-06-2023 06:46 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The gag order prohibits him from talking shit about the judge's staff, such as the court clerk. It doesn't prohibit him from talking shit about the judge or prosecutor, I believe.

Basically, he was getting the court clerk doxxed and harassed, and the judge told him to absolutely fucking not. This is a fairly narrow gag order.

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[Post 5702]
Author : JoeP
Date : 10-07-2023 09:12 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://i.imgur.com/wkDaP6y.jpeg

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[Post 5703]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-13-2023 10:38 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump Mar-a-Lago case: Conservative judges end Aileen Cannon and special master’s interference. (https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/12/trump-mar-a-lago-cannon-criminal-investigation.html)

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[Post 5704]
Author : seebs
Date : 10-14-2023 01:42 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That's from last December. We're now back to Cannon being able to just play crazy games with the actual trial on criminal charges, and it's very unclear whether there will ever be an actual viable trial on that, because she's just 100% personally loyal to him, but it's really hard for the prosecution to have appeals, because our system strongly discourages that. Which it usually should, but the lack of any handling for the case of "the judge has made it 100% clear that they do not care about either the facts or the law, only showing loyalty to one of the parties" is sort of bad.

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[Post 5705]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-14-2023 04:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That&#8217;ll learn me to not check the date. :derp:

Again.

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[Post 5706]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-17-2023 05:38 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Classic narcissism.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Pictured<br><br>* Left: Excerpt from rough transcript of Trump&#8217;s press conference this morning before his civil fraud trial resumed in New York. <br><br>* Right: What the gag order actually says.<br><br>Background, <a href="https://twitter.com/TheMessenger?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheMessenger</a> &#55357;&#56599; <a href="https://t.co/lSpT3kgSJu">https://t.co/lSpT3kgSJu</a> <a href="https://t.co/xLsXwslLi4">pic.twitter.com/xLsXwslLi4</a></p>&mdash; Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) <a href="https://twitter.com/KlasfeldReports/status/1714313162319700231?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 17, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5707]
Author : Ari
Date : 10-17-2023 05:54 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

He sure does whine a lot, like a lot, a lot. I want to compare him to a child but even a child would look at him, tell him to pull himself together and have a little self respect.

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[Post 5708]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-17-2023 10:15 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Another major lawsuit against Donald Trump assigned to Judge Chutkan - Raw Story (https://www.rawstory.com/chutkan-trump-voter-suppression/)

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[Post 5709]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 10-20-2023 08:18 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The Kraken bitch pleaded guilty (https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/19/politics/sidney-powell-fulton-county-georgia-2020-election-subversion/index.html) to six misdemeanor charges in the Georgia state court prosecution. The plea deal will keep her out of jail but requires her to testify on request in proceedings against any of the other defendants. 

It turns out that "The cheese stands alone" wasn't all that appealing to Kenny Boy Chesebro after all, so he followed suit (https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/20/politics/kenneth-chesebro-georgia-election-subversion/index.html) today. Cheesy, a principal architect of the fake electors scheme, likewise avoided prison but has to testify on demand. 

It appears that two even larger and more malodorous pieces of shit, John Eastman and Rudy "I want to claim my tits" 9iu11iani, have the most to worry about here. However, the deals Powell and Cheesy struck did not involve federal authorities. That's significant in that these two are Co-Conspirators 3 and 5, respectively, in the indictment that commenced the federal prosecution of the 1/6 case currently pending in D.C. Powell and Cheesy will need to thread some pretty fucking tiny needles to avoid losing their "unindicted" status in that case.

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[Post 5710]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 10-21-2023 12:04 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Chesebro pleaded guilty to one felony

:eek:  Whatever happened to that speedy trial champ?

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[Post 5711]
Author : seebs
Date : 10-21-2023 12:08 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I think he realized that if he went to the trial, he'd be speedily convicted of several felonies.

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[Post 5712]
Author : -FX-
Date : 10-24-2023 02:17 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Journalist Bari Weiss, a Jewish liberal who quit the New York Times over its anti-Semitism, writes:

”As a Democrat who has been left homeless, who is now definitely in the center but probably leaning increasingly right, I am left yet again with an appreciation, despite the messenger, of the message of the Trump administration because what those guys did was pretty incredible in hindsight.” 

“So much of the work that happened in that [Trump] administration turns out to have been right. And that’s what is so frustrating for me. The work on the border wall? We didn’t like the messenger, so we killed the message. Turned out it was right. Issuing long-term debt to refinance when rates were at zero? We didn’t like the messenger, so we killed the message. A structural peace in the Middle East? We didn’t like the messenger, so we killed the message.”

“When are we gonna stop shooting ourselves in the foot? And when are we going to actually see and take the time to look past who is saying things and actually listen to them word for word?”

“If it’s clear that the last two weeks have been a wake-up call, the next question is: Why?”

“Part of the answer is the sheer depravity of Hamas’s terrorism. That depravity has made the justification and celebration of their acts by those who police pronouns that much starker. The contradictions and moral bankruptcy of a worldview that spends years worrying about microaggressions and tone policing, but can’t decide what side it is on after the beheading of babies, aren’t exactly difficult to spot.”

“To put it another way: when Black Lives Matter organizations are lionizing Islamist terrorists by posting a paraglider logo, you’d be a fool not to reassess things.”

“The events of the last week have shattered the illusion that wokeness is about protecting victims and standing up for persecuted minorities. This ideology is and has always been about the one thing many of us have told you it is about for years: power. 

“And after the last two weeks, there can be no doubt about how these people will use any power they seize: they will seek to destroy, in any way they can, those who disagree.”
https://twitter.com/AmericanFWoman/status/1716455084874236150

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[Post 5713]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-24-2023 05:26 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump, Allahu Akbar, something something. (https://www.mediaite.com/politics/trump-vows-to-ban-immigrants-who-dont-like-our-religion/)

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[Post 5714]
Author : seebs
Date : 10-24-2023 05:34 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump says not to vote (https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-tells-supporters-dont-worry-about-voting-on-election-day)

Honestly, sorta fits with the "King Trump" motif.

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[Post 5715]
Author : It's Me!
Date : 10-24-2023 03:30 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Jenna Ellis, hot on the heels of crowdsourcing 200k for her legal defense, pleads guilty.

https://twitter.com/AdamParkhomenko/status/1716815481770819637

No doubt she'll pocket all that money now, just like any good Christian would.

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[Post 5716]
Author : seebs
Date : 10-24-2023 03:41 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I think the grifting may actually be fraud in that case, but on the other hand, all the fundraisers are.

I remember someone insisting that the "we'll crowdfund building the border wall" people were definitely not doing a fraud because one of them was a veteran. :P

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[Post 5717]
Author : seebs
Date : 10-24-2023 03:42 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I think the grifting may actually be fraud in that case, but on the other hand, all the fundraisers are.

I remember someone insisting that the "we'll crowdfund building the border wall" people were definitely not doing a fraud because one of them was a veteran. :P

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[Post 5718]
Author : It's Me!
Date : 10-24-2023 04:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I think the grifting may actually be fraud in that case, but on the other hand, all the fundraisers are.

I remember someone insisting that the "we'll crowdfund building the border wall" people were definitely not doing a fraud because one of them was a veteran. :P

Appears that the funds will go directly to Melito Law (400 Bad Request (https://www.melitolaw.com/)). 216k for a guilty plea. Money well spent? Or will she use that money to fight the disbarment that is surely coming?

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[Post 5719]
Author : seebs
Date : 10-24-2023 06:11 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

the specific terms of the plea may spare her that, because she has avoided pleading to a Crime of Moral Turpitude, i believe?

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[Post 5720]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 10-24-2023 07:18 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Anybody post a before/after picture of her mug shot and plea bargain faces?

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[Post 5721]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-24-2023 09:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The lady who told me to cry more cried on national television today <a href="https://t.co/G7AYpWwbIO">https://t.co/G7AYpWwbIO</a></p>&mdash; Mueller, She Wrote (@MuellerSheWrote) <a href="https://twitter.com/MuellerSheWrote/status/1716857891691589889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 24, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5722]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 10-25-2023 01:08 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ex-Chief of Staff Mark Meadows granted immunity, tells special counsel he warned Trump about 2020 claims: Sources (https://abcnews.go.com/US/chief-staff-mark-meadows-granted-immunity-tells-special/story?id=104231281)

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[Post 5723]
Author : It's Me!
Date : 10-25-2023 04:49 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ex-Chief of Staff Mark Meadows granted immunity, tells special counsel he warned Trump about 2020 claims: Sources (https://abcnews.go.com/US/chief-staff-mark-meadows-granted-immunity-tells-special/story?id=104231281)
I like that all these dominoes are starting to fall, but I hope Fani doesn't offer pleas to Guiliani, Eastman, Clark in order to get to Trump. Those four all need to spend the rest (or at least a very significant portion) of their miserable, pathetic lives in jail.

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[Post 5724]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-01-2023 05:32 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Top Trump allies facing charges lose lawyers after failing to pay legal bills | Donald Trump | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/31/top-trump-allies-facing-charges-lose-lawyers-after-failing-to-pay-legal-bills)

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[Post 5725]
Author : JoeP
Date : 11-01-2023 10:07 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

No one could possibly have foreseen this.

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[Post 5726]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-03-2023 01:32 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Unbelievable. Eric testified today and basically just lost the entire case.<br><br>1) After testifying he &#8220;never heard&#8221; about the Trump org statement of financial condition until recently, he later admitted that he knew about it in 2013. <br><br>2) After saying he never worked on it, he was&#8230; <a href="https://t.co/i6vJ8d8QJD">pic.twitter.com/i6vJ8d8QJD</a></p>&mdash; Mary L Trump (@MaryLTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/MaryLTrump/status/1720175954411016480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5727]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 11-03-2023 04:54 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I still can't stop loling at the "I'm a construction guy" thing.

Meanwhile, this morning (https://www.rawstory.com/chris-kise-mistrial/):

"I think the defense will have to give serious consideration to seeking a mistrial," [PAB lolyer Chris] Kise said. 

"It's not information, it's an allegation," [Judge] Engoron said of the report, about a “random individual” with “accusations of partisan political activity.”

An attorney from Attorney General Letitia James’s office accused Kise of being frivolous, especially since he appears not to have been able immediately to name the website that published the report.

"I'm not the internet person,” Kise said. "I want to say it is on Breitbart, maybe? It's on a news outlet.”

According to ABC News, this description of Breitbart spurred onlookers to laugh. 

:lol:

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[Post 5728]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-04-2023 05:49 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

lol Mark Meadows Slapped With Book Publisher Lawsuit Over False Election Claims (https://www.yahoo.com/news/mark-meadows-slapped-book-publisher-000850136.html)

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[Post 5729]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-05-2023 01:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

lol Mark Meadows Slapped With Book Publisher Lawsuit Over False Election Claims (https://www.yahoo.com/news/mark-meadows-slapped-book-publisher-000850136.html)

The publisher: New Publisher Says It Welcomes Conservative Writers Rejected Elsewhere - NYT (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/15/books/all-seasons-press-conservative-book-publishing.html)

Looks like the publisher's warning the 'new talent' to not get caught. hahaha

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[Post 5730]
Author : ShottleBop
Date : 11-06-2023 01:36 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

And now, Trump claims to have won all 50 states in 2020:  Trump claims he won all 50 states in the 2020 election (https://news.yahoo.com/trump-claims-won-50-states-152719454.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=fb&tsrc=fb)

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[Post 5731]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 11-06-2023 02:05 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

And now, Trump claims to have won all 50 states in 2020:  Trump claims he won all 50 states in the 2020 election (https://news.yahoo.com/trump-claims-won-50-states-152719454.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=fb&tsrc=fb)

This makes perfect sense when you don’t believe any vote for Biden was valid.

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[Post 5732]
Author : Ari
Date : 11-06-2023 04:10 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

As far as I can tell, he's in full narcissism mode and believes that because more people voted for him in 2020 than 2016, he won.

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[Post 5733]
Author : JoeP
Date : 11-06-2023 05:16 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Did y'all see this

Trump fraud trial live: judge threatens to throw ex-president out of court for repeatedly exceeding scope of questions  | Donald Trump | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2023/nov/06/donald-trump-testify-civil-fraud-trial-latest-updates)

Judge Engoron has lost his patience with Trump repeatedly failing to answer questions without rambling, once again urging lawyer Chris Kise &#8220;control him&#8221; and warning &#8220;if you can&#8217;t, I will; I will excuse him and draw every negative inference that I can.&#8221;

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[Post 5734]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-07-2023 04:59 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=13147&d=1699333115

13147

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[Post 5735]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 11-08-2023 07:35 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=13149&d=1699472060

13149

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[Post 5736]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 11-08-2023 07:47 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

NEVAR FORGET (https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UPOrBnqScLY).

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[Post 5737]
Author : LarsMac
Date : 11-09-2023 02:29 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

anybody here see these:Project 2025 (https://www.heritage.org/conservatism/commentary/project-2025) ;
 www.project2025.org/ (https://www.project2025.org/)yet?

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[Post 5738]
Author : JoeP
Date : 11-09-2023 08:32 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

A comment on the trials found on the interwebs:

   Putting the douche in fiduciary duties.

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[Post 5739]
Author : ShottleBop
Date : 11-09-2023 11:04 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

anybody here see these:Project 2025 (https://www.heritage.org/conservatism/commentary/project-2025) ;
 www.project2025.org/ (https://www.project2025.org/)yet?

Heard about them on "The New Abnormal," a political podcast I listen to regularly.

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[Post 5740]
Author : Ari
Date : 11-23-2023 03:02 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump would just like to let everyone know that he didn't have four hookers pee on a bed. 

Of course nowhere in the report has anyone ever given the exact number before and his previous denial was that the tape couldn't exist because he always checks for cameras. So it's pretty likely in the slowly crumbling kremlin there exists a tape of Trump and four hookers peeing on a bed.

One Detail in Trump's 'Golden Shower' Denial Raises Questions | NewsWeek (https://www.newsweek.com/one-detail-trumps-golden-shower-denial-raises-questions-1845890)

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[Post 5741]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 12-20-2023 01:04 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Insurrectionist Donald J Trump is now not allowed to run for President in Colorado:

Colorado Supreme Court disqualifies Trump from 2024 ballot | AP News (https://apnews.com/article/trump-insurrection-14th-amendment-2024-colorado-d16dd8f354eeaf450558378c65fd79a2)

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[Post 5742]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 12-20-2023 01:14 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Holy fucking fuckballs, I did not see that coming at the fuck all! I thought sure a majority would find a way to hold that the provisions of our election code under which the plaintiffs brought that case don't authorize state courts to decide a challenge based on Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. Two of the three dissenters trotted out versions of that argument, and the third would have shitcanned the case on procedural due process grounds, but a majority of four voted to resolve every issue, and all against PAB.

All 213 pages available here (https://www.courts.state.co.us/userfiles/file/Court_Probation/Supreme_Court/Opinions/2023/23SA300.pdf).

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[Post 5743]
Author : seebs
Date : 12-20-2023 01:20 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Interesting!

So it was 4-3, but the -3 were all procedural complaints, not on the substance.

That one's gonna go to SCOTUS. I do wonder whether the three judges he personally appointed will recuse themselves. I suspect that he wouldn't have appointed them if they were the sort of person who would recuse themselves.

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[Post 5744]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 12-20-2023 03:01 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I do wonder whether the three judges he personally appointed will recuse themselves.
I do not.

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[Post 5745]
Author : seebs
Date : 12-20-2023 03:32 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I mean, I don't think it's likely, but someone was saying the other day that ACB had done an ethical thing, possibly by accident, so who knows.

Gorsuch is weird, he's fairly extreme and ideological, except when he isn't, or when he's doing it for a surprising ideological point. (e.g., he tends disproportionately to be on the side of "we should stop re-fucking over the native americans and honor our treaties", and he did side with the 6-3 majority in Bostock for whatever reason.)

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[Post 5746]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 12-20-2023 10:44 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">There&#8217;s always a tweet: Trump pushed for Ted Cruz to be disqualified in Iowa in 2016. <a href="https://t.co/vTwp8IKkpC">pic.twitter.com/vTwp8IKkpC</a></p>&mdash; MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) <a href="https://twitter.com/MeidasTouch/status/1737483422627406018?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 20, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5747]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-06-2024 06:05 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump Says 'Get Over It' on Iowa School Shooting (https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-iowa-school-shooting-1234941542/)

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[Post 5748]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-08-2024 06:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">If you&#8217;re worried about your president being senile or out of it, this is totally the guy to vote for in November. <a href="https://t.co/Os5VjmyiLK">https://t.co/Os5VjmyiLK</a></p>&mdash; Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) <a href="https://twitter.com/mehdirhasan/status/1743469335358714257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 6, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5749]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 01-08-2024 10:33 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

As far as I can tell, he's in full narcissism mode and believes that because more people voted for him in 2020 than 2016, he won.

He is in full narcissistic mode, but he was voted in 2016 because he pledged to do  something about the southern border and he failed miserably.  Which is why I predicted his antics this time will not earn him a victory.

I just saw a campaign ad of his and it truly was in Trump form, comparing the falling economy to Biden falling up the stairs of Air Force One.  Yea tho everyone thinks I&#8217;m a horrible person for finding this sort of thing funny, I do.  But he won&#8217;t get my vote this time around.

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[Post 5750]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 01-09-2024 12:07 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I just saw a campaign ad of his and it truly was in Trump form, comparing the falling economy to Biden falling up the stairs of Air Force One.  Yea tho everyone thinks I’m a horrible person for finding this sort of thing funny, I do.  But he won’t get my vote this time around.

That's not true!  I think you're a horrible person for different reasons entirely. :D

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[Post 5751]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-09-2024 04:01 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Every accusation is a confession. (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-biden-drugs-speech-b2428807.html)

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[Post 5752]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 01-09-2024 08:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Listened to today's oral argument in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit re: fat boy's claim that he's immune from criminal liability relating to 1/6, and hooo weee! I can't recall ever having heard an appellate argument quite that one-sided. From PAB's standpoint, it was a shit show wrapped in a catastrophe, baked in a failure oven at 350 for 45 minutes, and served with a side of fail fries. Reading the opinion is gonna be a hoot.

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[Post 5753]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 01-09-2024 08:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Listened to today's oral argument in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit re: fat boy's claim that he's immune from criminal liability relating to 1/6, and hooo weee! I can't recall ever having heard an appellate argument quite that one-sided. From PAB's standpoint, it was a shit show wrapped in a catastrophe, baked in a failure oven at 350 for 45 minutes, and served with a side of fail fries. Reading the opinion is gonna be a hoot.
I did like the part where counsel argued that his own client can be extrajudicially murdered as long as 1/3 +1 of the Senate doesn't object.

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[Post 5754]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 01-09-2024 08:36 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:lol:

The well of shitheaded lolyers is quite completely bottomless.

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[Post 5755]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 01-09-2024 08:49 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Listened to today's oral argument in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit re: fat boy's claim that he's immune from criminal liability relating to 1/6, and hooo weee! I can't recall ever having heard an appellate argument quite that one-sided. From PAB's standpoint, it was a shit show wrapped in a catastrophe, baked in a failure oven at 350 for 45 minutes, and served with a side of fail fries. Reading the opinion is gonna be a hoot.
I did like the part where counsel argued that his own client can be extrajudicially murdered as long as 1/3 +1 of the Senate doesn't object.

:jawdrop2:
If that argument works, I know what Biden's new re-election strategy will be.

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[Post 5756]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 01-09-2024 11:07 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:lol:

The well of shitheaded lolyers is quite completely bottomless.

Trump intends to deliver part of closing himself, say sources (https://abcnews.go.com/US/live-updates/trump-fraud-trial/?id=103642561#106237800)

(it is a bench trial)

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[Post 5757]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 01-09-2024 11:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:laugh:

Ah yes, the N.Y. case! I might do the same if I had Alina Fucking Habba as an advocate. But still ...

:prayer:

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[Post 5758]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 01-10-2024 03:23 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

We haven't mentioned this yet, have we?

Trump did not sign Illinois' candidate loyalty oath | WBEZ Chicago (https://www.wbez.org/stories/trump-did-not-sign-illinois-candidate-loyalty-oath/1d1fbaf4-261f-4c15-b466-8fb749d404e1)

Under Illinois law, presidential candidates wanting to be on the state’s March 19th primary ballot had to turn in their nominating petitions to the State Board of Elections on Thursday or Friday, and the loyalty oath is a time-honored part of that process.

It's voluntary and McCarthy era shit, but most other Presidential candidates have signed it, and Trump himself signed it twice.

In some ways this is BS, and in another way, it's a clear signal.

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[Post 5759]
Author : LarsMac
Date : 01-10-2024 03:43 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

We haven't mentioned this yet, have we?

Trump did not sign Illinois' candidate loyalty oath | WBEZ Chicago (https://www.wbez.org/stories/trump-did-not-sign-illinois-candidate-loyalty-oath/1d1fbaf4-261f-4c15-b466-8fb749d404e1)

Under Illinois law, presidential candidates wanting to be on the state&#8217;s March 19th primary ballot had to turn in their nominating petitions to the State Board of Elections on Thursday or Friday, and the loyalty oath is a time-honored part of that process.

It's voluntary and McCarthy era shit, but most other Presidential candidates have signed it, and Trump himself signed it twice.

In some ways this is BS, and in another way, it's a clear signal.

Well, he has already proven that it means less than shit to him, so why bother?

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[Post 5760]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-19-2024 09:06 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump is telling Americans very clearly that he will be jailing and killing Americans. Anyone who votes for him is complicit with these future crimes because of this transparency &amp; these threats. Americans cannot say they did not know ahead of time. <a href="https://t.co/FNxrqXLQvM">https://t.co/FNxrqXLQvM</a></p>&mdash; Ruth Ben-Ghiat (@ruthbenghiat) <a href="https://twitter.com/ruthbenghiat/status/1748012844870676822?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5761]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-20-2024 09:12 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&#8220;Joe Biden has been dead since 2019. James Woods the actor is playing Joe Biden.&#8221;<br><br>At some point we&#8217;re gonna have to have a national conversation about how many of Trump&#8217;s supporters are in the throes of a serious mental health crisis. <a href="https://t.co/ws3UZq76xC">pic.twitter.com/ws3UZq76xC</a></p>&mdash; TrumpsTaxes (@TrumpsTaxes) <a href="https://twitter.com/TrumpsTaxes/status/1746942436482408788?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5762]
Author : ShottleBop
Date : 01-21-2024 04:52 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump is telling Americans very clearly that he will be jailing and killing Americans. Anyone who votes for him is complicit with these future crimes because of this transparency &amp; these threats. Americans cannot say they did not know ahead of time. <a href="https://t.co/FNxrqXLQvM">https://t.co/FNxrqXLQvM</a></p>&mdash; Ruth Ben-Ghiat (@ruthbenghiat) <a href="https://twitter.com/ruthbenghiat/status/1748012844870676822?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

"Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust or Profit under the United States: but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law."

So much for absolute immunity.

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[Post 5763]
Author : viscousmemories
Date : 01-21-2024 11:41 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That woman is so uninformed. Why would James Woods play Biden? James Woods is like the biggest Trump stan on earth.

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[Post 5764]
Author : slimshady2357
Date : 01-21-2024 02:25 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

That woman is so uninformed. Why would James Woods play Biden? James Woods is like the biggest Trump stan on earth.

Maybe she's related to one of these people?
Not only is Trump still president, there are two militaries #dailyshow #comedy #jordanklepper #trump - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0J_seGFoVwY)

Which is a good time to say how much I love Jordan Klepper. So many amazing videos of him talking to Trumpers. :lol:

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[Post 5765]
Author : seebs
Date : 01-22-2024 05:00 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The counterargument, I think, is to assert that conviction allows then indictment, trial, judgment, and punishment, but acquittal would not. But... I don't think that's really the intent.

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[Post 5766]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 01-26-2024 10:34 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

lol $83.3 million. Too bad Sixth Amendment ineffective assistance of counsel law doesn't apply to civil cases.

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[Post 5767]
Author : LarsMac
Date : 01-27-2024 12:00 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump is telling Americans very clearly that he will be jailing and killing Americans. Anyone who votes for him is complicit with these future crimes because of this transparency &amp; these threats. Americans cannot say they did not know ahead of time. <a href="https://t.co/FNxrqXLQvM">https://t.co/FNxrqXLQvM</a></p>&mdash; Ruth Ben-Ghiat (@ruthbenghiat) <a href="https://twitter.com/ruthbenghiat/status/1748012844870676822?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

"Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust or Profit under the United States: but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law."

So much for absolute immunity.

The best explanation I have heard is: The Office, itself, is immune to prosecution and other actions. 
Impeachment is the process of separating the person holding the office from the office, itself, so that the person may be prosecuted for illegal actions carried out by that person while holding the office. And, of course, once the person has been removed from office, regardless of the method of removal, that person no longer holds the immunity from prosecution that he/she enjoyed while in the office. So The Donald's immunity disappeared on January 20, 2021. 
It seems simple enough. Though apparently far too complex a concept for your average Rethuglican to grasp.
Why it took so long to build a case to hang the fucker, will need explaining some day in the future.

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[Post 5768]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-29-2024 08:52 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Looks like $83M won&#8217;t shut him up. <a href="https://t.co/Id4qLKNn6g">pic.twitter.com/Id4qLKNn6g</a></p>&mdash; Skyleigh Heinen-Uhrich (@Sky_Lee_1) <a href="https://twitter.com/Sky_Lee_1/status/1751676104719368659?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 28, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

It&#8217;s basically a supervillain screaming &#8220;THIS CANNOT BE! I AM INVINCIBLE!&#8221;

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[Post 5769]
Author : LarsMac
Date : 01-29-2024 09:11 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Breitbart? 
Well, fuck. There is a Flagship for Journalistic integrity for ya, right there.

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[Post 5770]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 01-29-2024 09:15 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

In case you missed it, its a screen capture of Trump&#8217;s &#8220;Truth&#8221; social post.

Which doesn&#8217;t improve anything but here it is, Trump parroting anything he wants to hear.

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[Post 5771]
Author : Ari
Date : 02-05-2024 05:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ann Coulter over here with no more fucks to give. 

Ann Coulter has been right about Trump in the past. I'd love to hear what he needs to do, in her opinion to help us take America back. @Stand4USA Wrote on Xtwitter.

&#8220;Maybe he could die?&#8221; Coulter wrote on XTwitter.
Ann Coulter: Best Thing Trump Could Do for America Is Die | TheDailyBeast 2024 (https://www.thedailybeast.com/ann-coulter-best-thing-trump-could-do-for-america-is-die)

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[Post 5772]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-05-2024 05:54 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

You worked very hard to bring this about in the first place, Ann.

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[Post 5773]
Author : LarsMac
Date : 02-05-2024 06:42 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Gee. I never, in a million years, expected to find myself agreeing with Ann Coulter on anything.

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[Post 5774]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-05-2024 07:21 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ann, like the Lincoln Project guys, want their grift cow back. Trump took it from them.

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[Post 5775]
Author : seebs
Date : 02-05-2024 08:13 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made A Great Point - ClickHole (https://clickhole.com/heartbreaking-the-worst-person-you-know-just-made-a-gr-1825121606/)

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[Post 5776]
Author : LarsMac
Date : 02-05-2024 08:29 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made A Great Point - ClickHole (https://clickhole.com/heartbreaking-the-worst-person-you-know-just-made-a-gr-1825121606/)

I LOVE THAT!!!!!

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[Post 5777]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 02-06-2024 05:05 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Gee. I never, in a million years, expected to find myself agreeing with Ann Coulter on anything.

If it makes you feel better, you may be saying the same thing but for very different reasons.

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[Post 5778]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 02-08-2024 07:36 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I was about to turn on my audiobook of "Jewish Space Lasers" when the car radio came on with the SCOTUS hearing to determine if Colorado can ban Trump from the ballot. I only stopped because I heard Justice Thomas ask a question! (Thomas is famously silent during oral arguments.)

It seems like they were indifferent to Trump's shitbag of a lawyer's arguments. However, they all were extremely skeptical of Colorado's lawyers. As I continued to listen, it seems like everyone in the court *really* does not want to rule on this. I think they're going to punt and say that the President is not covered under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, or some other technicality that does not actually resolve the issue.

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[Post 5779]
Author : seebs
Date : 02-08-2024 07:41 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The claim that the Presidency is not an Office is just the dumbest fucking argument.

I don't think there's an actual substantial legal question here, it's just that they don't want the answer. And one of Trump's lawyers (Habba) even made the point that obviously 3/9 of the court owes Trump personal loyalty, which is... actually pretty much not the way you're supposed to talk about this.

Given how much of a drag he's been on their election performance, I gotta think there's a temptation here for them to rule against him, because if they do, they give the Republican party any chance at all of recovering, and the only people who pissed off his base are people with lifetime appointments who don't have to worry about being primaried out next year.

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[Post 5780]
Author : Sock Puppet
Date : 02-08-2024 09:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

There's a temptation to rule against him, especially since it would be a much, much easier opinion to write. But this SCOTUS has proven repeatedly its willingness to go the extra mile with tortured logic and unreasonable reasoning, so it's a tough one to call.

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[Post 5781]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 02-08-2024 10:06 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

From what I've been reading, the conservatives on the court have been expressing the view that it would be bad (for democracy lol) if individual states had the power to remove candidates from the ballot in a presidential election. 

However, nowhere have I read that the MAGA lawyers have put that up as one of their arguments.  Is there a precedent for the court dismissing all the arguments made by one side and then deciding for that side on grounds they just made up themselves?  Has this happened often?

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[Post 5782]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 02-09-2024 01:12 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

From what I've been reading, the conservatives on the court have been expressing the view that it would be bad (for democracy lol) if individual states had the power to remove candidates from the ballot in a presidential election. 

However, nowhere have I read that the MAGA lawyers have put that up as one of their arguments.  

That comes up as a sort of subpoint in several arguments the MAGAts did make, including: states can't use Section 3 of the 14th Amendment because it's not self-executing, i.e., requires implementing legislation from Congress, and no such implementing legislation currently exists; and Section 3 doesn't actually authorize keeping anyone off the ballot but rather prevents certain people from holding certain offices unless 2/3 majorities of both houses of Congress say otherwise. 

They're also making a sort of "independent state legislature" argument here. The constitution places the job of selecting presidential Electors solely in the hands of state legislatures. Like every other state, Colorado has an election code that sets out a process for selecting Electors, and the legislatively-approved process doesn't involve state courts telling the secretary of state to keep someone off the ballot. I think that's wrong as a matter of state law, but I also think the Supreme Court won't need to address the "independent state legislature" stuff at all.

Following today's argument, I'd be surprised if even one justice voted to affirm the CO Supreme Court.

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[Post 5783]
Author : seebs
Date : 02-09-2024 03:10 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Which is weird, because so far as I can tell, the CO court is just obviously right; the problem is that it's socially awkward to say "uhh actually no that really is just obviously an insurrection" and then have another insurrection over it.

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[Post 5784]
Author : Ari
Date : 02-09-2024 03:21 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

As soon as I found out there's a 'kick the can down the road and hope we don't have to deal with it' answer, I would be surprised if they went with anything else.

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[Post 5785]
Author : BrotherMan
Date : 02-09-2024 05:09 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

But but but. What about States' Rights! We already fought a war over it and everything!

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[Post 5786]
Author : Ari
Date : 02-15-2024 05:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Elect me, Lara Trump, as head of the RNC and all your money will be my money!

"Every single penny will go to the No. 1 and the only job of the RNC &#8211; that is electing Donald J. Trump as president of the United States and saving this country"
Lara Trump says 'every single penny' from RNC should back Donald Trump | USAToday Feb 2024 (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/02/14/lara-trump-rnc-donald-trump/72597947007/)

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[Post 5787]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 02-15-2024 06:19 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Elect me, Lara Trump, as head of the RNC and all your money will be my money!

"Every single penny will go to the No. 1 and the only job of the RNC – that is electing Donald J. Trump as president of the United States and saving this country"
Lara Trump says 'every single penny' from RNC should back Donald Trump | USAToday Feb 2024 (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/02/14/lara-trump-rnc-donald-trump/72597947007/)

Best scenario:

1. RNC spends all its money on Trump. 
2. Trump still loses.
3. GOP loses house and senate because they didn't get enough support from the RNC.

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[Post 5788]
Author : LarsMac
Date : 02-15-2024 06:34 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Elect me, Lara Trump, as head of the RNC and all your money will be my money!

"Every single penny will go to the No. 1 and the only job of the RNC – that is electing Donald J. Trump as president of the United States and saving this country"
Lara Trump says 'every single penny' from RNC should back Donald Trump | USAToday Feb 2024 (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/02/14/lara-trump-rnc-donald-trump/72597947007/)

Best scenario:

1. RNC spends all its money on Trump. 
2. Trump still loses.
3. GOP loses house and senate because they didn't get enough support from the RNC.

I could live with that.

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[Post 5789]
Author : seebs
Date : 02-15-2024 09:12 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I am not actually aware of definite evidence that campaign spending particularly works. Alternative theory: Popular candidates have an easier time fundraising.

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[Post 5790]
Author : erimir
Date : 02-15-2024 09:32 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I think there are diminishing returns and it's affected by what kind of race it is.

We certainly have counterexamples like McGrath running against Mitch McConnell and getting tens of millions of dollars and still losing by about as much as you'd expect.

The higher profile the race is, the more news coverage there is. The news coverage has a larger effect on the race - earned media is worth more than paid media. And the more earned media/news coverage there is, the less important the candidates' ads are since they're a smaller percentage of what voters hear about the race and they probably trust the news more than political ads anyway.

There's also the issue that in high-profile races, it tends to be that both candidates are well-funded, so when both Mitt Romney and Barack Obama have hundreds of millions of dollars in funds, you can think that money doesn't matter. But we didn't run the counterfactual where Mitt Romney had no money and Barack Obama had the same amount.

So in that McGrath case, it's true that she raised tons of money, but McConnell also raised tons. Not quite as much, but he wasn't getting dwarfed by her.

For president, the money is a lot less important both because it gets wall-to-wall coverage and because both candidates will be raising massive amounts of money regardless. They will have enough to be on air with ads in major states, and normally neither side will have a large advantage in ad airtime.

But Trump may be putting that to the test - if his legal woes drain the bank and he can't match Biden's volume of ads, we'll get some more data I suppose.

I do think that money probably has more effect in lower profile races though (state elections aside from federal and governor). When your money makes it so you can be on the air with ANY ads while your opponent can't even afford TV advertising, that may make more of a difference.

At any rate, it's certainly not the case that you can just simply buy a senate seat. We saw Democrats give massive amounts of money to races in KY and SC and it didn't make an obvious difference. But that's not the same as it having no effect... There are so many other factors, so you need to really look at a lot of data to tease them out.

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[Post 5791]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 02-15-2024 11:31 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

There are other things money pays for. I'm pretty sure effective local campaigns rely on get-out-the-vote and other campaign coordination efforts, and effective polling to know where you need to focus your effort.

The less support downstream candidates get from the national party, the less effective those campaigns are. I recognize that even spending all their money on getting Trump elected may still result in not only Trump getting elected but getting a majority in one or more house of congress.

I'd like to dream, though.

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[Post 5792]
Author : erimir
Date : 02-16-2024 12:45 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Right, you can even think of things like candidate recruitment.

You might be able to identify races where a high-quality candidate would be able to win, but polling costs money and it's getting more expensive. But most high-quality candidates don't want to be the sacrificial lamb, so getting that polling first is helpful there...

It's just too bad that Trump can't drain the Republican committees for congressional, gubernatorial, etc. campaigns so that he can pay more legal geniuses like Alina Habba.

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[Post 5793]
Author : JoeP
Date : 02-16-2024 06:41 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

But Trump may be putting that to the test - if his legal woes drain the bank and he can't match Biden's volume of ads, we'll get some more data I suppose.


It's just too bad that Trump can't drain the Republican committees for congressional, gubernatorial, etc. campaigns so that he can pay more legal geniuses like Alina Habba.

He'll drain the pockets of the MAGAts. The year's going to be filled with appeals for donations.

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[Post 5794]
Author : seebs
Date : 02-16-2024 07:26 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yeah, true, get-out-the-vote things can and do matter, if you bother to do them, a thing the Dems have historically not been great at, but the Republicans have recently started basically actively opposing. Which has produced the expected outcomes. Like, the reason the GA senate runoff in 2020 went to the Dems was in part that fewer Republicans voted, and one reason for that might have been the intervening months of "voting is fake" resulting in thousands of voters staying home because they thought elections were fake.

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[Post 5795]
Author : erimir
Date : 02-16-2024 04:47 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Here's a thread about a study with implications for campaign finance:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">NEW: in <a href="https://twitter.com/apsrjournal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@apsrjournal</a> we report a treasure trove of data from inside dozens of campaigns&#8217; own experiments on persuasion<br><br>The data reveal experimentation at a vast scale that is revolutionizing campaigning<br><br>challenges academic theories<br><br>&amp; could have implications for democracy<br><br>&#55358;&#56821; <a href="https://t.co/ZOvX6vyGTd">pic.twitter.com/ZOvX6vyGTd</a></p>&mdash; David Broockman (@dbroockman) <a href="https://twitter.com/dbroockman/status/1758174587710554539?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Basically, it's difficult to predict which ads are most effective, ergo campaigns need to run experiments, but running experiments at scales necessary to get good results is expensive.

Of course, the value of experimenting also increases with the larger your budget for advertisements is...

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[Post 5796]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 02-16-2024 09:20 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Not surprising, really:

Trump fraud verdict: Former president Donald Trump and his businesses to pay $364 million | AP News (https://apnews.com/article/trump-civil-fraud-verdict-engoron-244024861f0df886543c157c9fc5b3e4)

Trump is going to appeal, obviously.

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[Post 5797]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 02-16-2024 10:12 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I don&#8217;t want this fool to be the republic nominee and quite frankly I&#8217;m disappointed in the republican constituents.   How can they be so fucking stupid?   DeSantis is a perfectly capable nominee.  I can only hope he is up against Biden this fall.

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[Post 5798]
Author : seebs
Date : 02-17-2024 03:44 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

DeSantis? The one who decided to sabotage his state's budget by a couple billion dollars in order to punish a private corporation for making a statement on a political issue, which is pretty much the most perfect example of first amendment protected speech one could imagine? How the fuck is that "capable"? By rights he shouldn't be considered eligible to hold office, he has fully and entirely rejected the concept of constitutional rights as a thing people can have.

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[Post 5799]
Author : It's Me!
Date : 02-17-2024 06:19 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I believe he has to put up 120% of the current penalty as bond in order to appeal. LOL

Not surprising, really:

Trump fraud verdict: Former president Donald Trump and his businesses to pay $364 million | AP News (https://apnews.com/article/trump-civil-fraud-verdict-engoron-244024861f0df886543c157c9fc5b3e4)

Trump is going to appeal, obviously.

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[Post 5800]
Author : LarsMac
Date : 02-17-2024 05:01 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

How can they be so fucking stupid?  " DeSantis is a perfectly capable nominee.  I can only hope he is up against Biden this fall."

Well, it's obvious that you don't live in Florida.

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[Post 5801]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 02-17-2024 07:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

How can they be so fucking stupid?  " DeSantis is a perfectly capable nominee.  I can only hope he is up against Biden this fall."

Well, it's obvious that you don't live in Florida.

I WISH I lived there.  My aunt does and it’s probable someday I will live with her.  I miss her so much.

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[Post 5802]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 02-17-2024 07:01 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

DeSantis? The one who decided to sabotage his state's budget by a couple billion dollars in order to punish a private corporation for making a statement on a political issue, which is pretty much the most perfect example of first amendment protected speech one could imagine? How the fuck is that "capable"? By rights he shouldn't be considered eligible to hold office, he has fully and entirely rejected the concept of constitutional rights as a thing people can have.

Yep.  That guy.  Find me an honest fucker and you might have an argument.

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[Post 5803]
Author : seebs
Date : 02-17-2024 08:18 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I think "does not actively, loudly, and publically declare that the Constitution is utter shit and he hates it" is a very, very, low bar.

"This guy is currently stabbing you with a knife." "Yeah, but I think the other guy might be dishonest."

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[Post 5804]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 02-17-2024 08:38 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I think "does not actively, loudly, and publically declare that the Constitution is utter shit and he hates it" is a very, very, low bar.

"This guy is currently stabbing you with a knife." "Yeah, but I think the other guy might be dishonest."

Are you still idealistic?  Assuming you were before?  In the same vein as your Great White President….  C’mon Man.   You can’t be that naive.

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[Post 5805]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 02-17-2024 08:59 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

lol I wonder how many  Americans are going to vote for Trump out of their fear of being called &#8220;naive&#8221;?

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[Post 5806]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 02-18-2024 12:33 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

lol I wonder how many  Americans are going to vote for Trump out of their fear of being called “naive”?

I’m glad you think I have that much power Mickey.

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[Post 5807]
Author : seebs
Date : 02-18-2024 03:45 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I think "does not actively, loudly, and publically declare that the Constitution is utter shit and he hates it" is a very, very, low bar.

"This guy is currently stabbing you with a knife." "Yeah, but I think the other guy might be dishonest."

 Are you still idealistic?  Assuming you were before?  In the same vein as your Great White President….  C’mon Man.   You can’t be that naive.


No, I'm quite cynical.


But I'm also lucid. So I can distinguish between "people actively trying to kill me" and "people who are probably pursuing marginal power and wealth gains for their ingroup in ways that don't benefit me".


It's not that I don't understand that politicians are dishonest. It's that I can distinguish between "probably doesn't actually hold any particular ideals and will advance stupid legislation" and "literally putting children in cages".


Like, I get that it's all cool and edgy to say "no they're all horrible", and they are pretty much all horrible, but that doesn't mean that they're all the same amount horrible.


Boris Johnson is horrible, but Putin is actually dramatically worse. Shinzo Abe did a bunch of shady shit, but Kim Jong Un is, in fact, just actually unambiguously worse. Biden isn't a great person with no moral failings, but Trump has made genuine and sincere efforts to destroy the country, and DeSantis has made it clear that he thinks Trump's key failing is not trying hard enough to fully unperson the queers and assert absolute government authority over all public discourse, including universities and private enterprise.


Please leave the Ow The Edge act to the teenagers, they're better at it.

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[Post 5808]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 02-18-2024 03:44 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump did not put children in cages, they were there thanks to his predecessor.  And piss on you for making me defend him.

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[Post 5809]
Author : Ari
Date : 02-18-2024 05:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

When the administration began separating families, pro-Trump pundits argued that the administration was implementing the same policy as the Obama administration. According to PolitiFact, the assertion that Trump was implementing the same policy as Obama is "false", noting "Obama's immigration policy specifically sought to avoid breaking up families. While some children were separated from their parents under Obama, this was relatively rare and families were quickly reunited even if that meant the release of a parent from detention."[38] The Obama Administration did consider separating families, but decided against it.[43]

Trump administration family separation policy - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_administration_family_separation_policy)

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[Post 5810]
Author : seebs
Date : 02-18-2024 05:42 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump did not put children in cages, they were there thanks to his predecessor.  And piss on you for making me defend him.


No, that was 100% a lie. It was a new policy under the Trump administration. The Obama policy was wildly different, the Trump policy was to actively try to separate families, separating more families in the first couple of days of the policy than had been separated during the previous administration, and the previous policy did it only temporarily, even if this required htem to release parents they otherwise wouldn't have.


The Trump administration adopted the policy specifically because they wanted the outcome to be horrible so it would be a deterrent.

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[Post 5811]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 02-18-2024 07:06 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

They separated them temporarily because and contained them1) so they would not get sold into sex trafficking and 2) so the parents would not be tempted to skip their court dates after being let in which 99.9999999 percent of them do.  You really don&#8217;t think Obamas administration had them in cages?   He was probably the one saving them for Jeffery Epstein.

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[Post 5812]
Author : seebs
Date : 02-18-2024 07:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

They separated them temporarily because and contained them1) so they would not get sold into sex trafficking and 2) so the parents would not be tempted to skip their court dates after being let in which 99.9999999 percent of them do.


This is 100% bullshit and it's not even lucid bullshit.


Did you read literally any of the court filings, etcetera, about this? The Trump administration fully lost over a thousand of these kids, simply could not find them again, because they made no effort to track them or keep them associated with their families. There was nothing, ever, at all, to do with "sex trafficking" here. That's just part of the standard right-wing made-up talking points, it's not an actual thing that is a factor in how any of these policies work.


They put in writing that the purpose of the thing was to be a horrifying and traumatic experience so it would deter people.


Every excuse you offer is a failure to acknowledge that they did actually just directly state, in their internal discussions, that they were doing it in order to create a deterrent. None of the excuses you're offering now are supported by the actual written documents they produced.


You really don’t think Obamas administration had them in cages?   He was probably the one saving them for Jeffery Epstein.


No, I don't think they had them in "cages", because the number of children being detained wasn't so large that they needed to fill large buildings with cages to hold them all.


Trump is the one who actually visited Epstein's island. Obama didn't.


You have to stop just unconditionally accepting absolutely anything negative anyone says about Democrats without even thinking about it, let alone checking it. You're just spouting off random disconnected bits and pieces of half a dozen conspiracy theories, and you're ignoring all the stuff that is actually in court findings that resulted from actual investigations using evidence.

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[Post 5813]
Author : Ari
Date : 02-18-2024 08:22 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

They separated them temporarily because and contained them1) so they would not get sold into sex trafficking and 2) so the parents would not be tempted to skip their court dates after being let in which 99.9999999 percent of them do.  You really don&#8217;t think Obamas administration had them in cages?   He was probably the one saving them for Jeffery Epstein.
Clippy is here to say, "You seem to be defending the separation of children, is that how you wanted this to come across?"

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[Post 5814]
Author : seebs
Date : 02-18-2024 08:24 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yeah, if we just ignore all the kids being entirely lost because no one was tracking them or wanted to reunite them with their families, and just imagine a policy of "we will detain the children separately to keep the parents from skipping court dates", actually, honestly, if we have to choose between "take small children away from their parents for weeks or months to keep the parents from absconding" and "don't, and the parents successfully abscond", I think we should just go ahead and take the latter outcome.

Like, I don't know how to explain this, but the central premise of Sophie's Choice isn't that it's good to finally see the people charged with guarding the borders take a stand on something.

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[Post 5815]
Author : seebs
Date : 02-18-2024 08:38 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Amazingly, this isn't the most illucid defense I've seen of the child separation policy.

Credit for that goes to the assertion that they were forced to do it by the huge surge in migrants in 2019.

Note that the policy in question was early 2018. I cite to "linear time" as my counterargument against that excuse.

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[Post 5816]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 02-18-2024 09:17 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Amazingly, this isn't the most illucid defense I've seen of the child separation policy.

Credit for that goes to the assertion that they were forced to do it by the huge surge in migrants in 2019.

Note that the policy in question was early 2018. I cite to "linear time" as my counterargument against that excuse.
The various defenses don't need to be coherent. Republicans hate the children for the same reason they hate their parents: they're brown. The rest is handwaving.

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[Post 5817]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 02-18-2024 09:21 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

You have to stop just unconditionally accepting absolutely anything negative anyone says about Democrats without even thinking about it, let alone checking it. You're just spouting off random disconnected bits and pieces of half a dozen conspiracy theories, and you're ignoring all the stuff that is actually in court findings that resulted from actual investigations using evidence.

I assume Miss Shelby makes these trollish posts when she's cornered into defending something that she's not actually ready and willing to defend. It's kind of a thought-terminating cliché as a self defense. 

You're welcome to get angry about it, but I don't think she put a lot of rationality in anything she said. I can't imagine the position of "Obama did it first, Trump just did it worse." as an argument to be proud of.

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[Post 5818]
Author : seebs
Date : 02-18-2024 10:21 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yeah. It wouldn't be that hard to just actually condemn it, but then we get to "so why exactly did you vote for someone who said he'd do things like that, and then actually did them", and people just need it not to be that horrible so they don't have to feel bad.

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[Post 5819]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-19-2024 01:25 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So, my mum's a Canadian Tory, making all the predictable Overton window leaps that have been horrifying and fascinating to watch. She also has all the inability to imagine themselves in anyone else's shoes Gen X knew to call 'mom' but I digress.

A number of years ago Trudeau made a speech that had a line (paraphrase) "And if you grow the economy, the budget will balance itself."

So the Tories ran ad after ad with that clip "the budget will balance itself" entirely stripped of the larger context. My brother and I remind her of the greater context every time she parrots it, and she has, numerous times over the years, and every time it's like a switch flips in her head and purges the information as soon as it arrives, and despite having had the same conversation over and over for years now, she does not even remember it.

Other exchange:
Mum: Trudeau has done nothing for the west.
Me: Buying that pipeline was entirely about getting Albertan oil to the ports.
And mother dearest appeared to suffer an instant migraine, physically pained by this information.

It may not be Alzheimer's but is sure the fuck is some sort of dementia. The kind brought on by stewing one's brain inside the conservative ( :lol: ) fishbowl since 1970.

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[Post 5820]
Author : seebs
Date : 02-19-2024 03:48 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yeah, once people are welded to a partisan position, it's really upsetting to confront "possibly I was being stupid".

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[Post 5821]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 02-19-2024 03:20 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yeah, once people are welded to a partisan position, it's really upsetting to confront "possibly I was being stupid".

I have readily admitted being wrong in the past so take that confirmation bias theory and shove it.     You really think Trump went in there and started caging children and people in horrible conditions consisting of what?   Hay and water and a tin pot to piss in? (I am exaggerating that point) You really actually believe the Obama adminstration wasn't doing similar things and Trump walzed in and initiated it.   No, you believe what you're told by the sources you trust and you don't look at anything else.

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[Post 5822]
Author : Ari
Date : 02-19-2024 04:01 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

You really actually believe the Obama administration wasn't doing similar things and [the] Trump [administration] walzed in and initiated it.
Yes. 
The sad thing is, to some, that makes him a better president than Obama. 
You seem to be arguing away one of Trump's main selling points, that he is extra cruel to brown people.

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[Post 5823]
Author : LarsMac
Date : 02-19-2024 04:01 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Fact Check: Family Separation Spin in Nevada (https://www.factcheck.org/2020/02/family-separation-spin-in-nevada/)

"A misleading Spanish-language TV ad from a group backing President Donald Trump claims that then-President Barack Obama and then-Vice President Joe Biden “separated families and put children in cages” while it shows images of minors who were temporarily detained after crossing the southern border on their own — without a parent or guardian.
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[Post 5824]
Author : seebs
Date : 02-19-2024 04:34 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yeah, once people are welded to a partisan position, it's really upsetting to confront "possibly I was being stupid".

 I have readily admitted being wrong in the past so take that confirmation bias theory and shove it.     You really think Trump went in there and started caging children and people in horrible conditions consisting of what?   Hay and water and a tin pot to piss in? (I am exaggerating that point)


I mean, yes, that's exaggerated, but... Yes? That is what happened. Courts looked into it and found that, yes, this was the case. Giant rooms with 24/7 lighting and insufficient heat, no blankets.


Like, this isn't actually a genuinely disputed point. We have video of it, we have court rulings, and so on.


You really actually believe the Obama adminstration wasn't doing similar things and Trump walzed in and initiated it.


Yes, because that is the facts, as established by multiple different investigations into the matter. The giant rooms with cages full of crying children were, in fact, a new thing instituted by the Trump administration.


What happened here is, when the backlash was stronger than anticipated, some of the right-wing news sources claimed that this was actually just an existing policy, which isn't really true, but there's a sort of existing thing where it was theoretically possible for people to separate children from parents in some rare cases. But then "the policy of detaining the children existed" got repeated from one person to another as a defense, and they played telephone, and ended up with this claim that the children-in-cages thing had been happening all along.


But that isn't true. It doesn't even show up in the court filings. The Trump administration didn't actually make that claim in any of their defenses that I saw, and I assure you, it would have been quite relevant. If it had been true, they would have brought it up!

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[Post 5825]
Author : erimir
Date : 02-19-2024 05:59 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's also conflation of unaccompanied children being detained with purposely separating young children from their parents.

Under Obama (and Biden), unaccompanied children could still spend some time in detention while the administration looks for relatives or foster parents to place them with. There are pictures of these children in detention and they're used to confuse the issue. The Trump apologists do this because you can't distinguish children in detention who arrived without parents from children in detention who were taken from their parents, in either case it's a picture of just children.

Under Trump, they started also taking children who were accompanied by their parent(s) and separating them, for the purpose of traumatizing them and their parents as a deterrent against immigration. They also, as seebs pointed out, did not keep track of them, and lost hundreds of children who may never be reunited with their families. They gave children to American parents even though their parents had arrived with them, and in many cases the parents were deported without their children. As of a year ago, about one thousand children (https://www.reuters.com/world/us/close-1000-migrant-children-separated-by-trump-yet-be-reunited-with-parents-2023-02-02/) were still not reunited with their families.

Essentially, they stole their children. The purpose was to send a message to migrants trying to enter the country illegally: "If you cross the border, we will take your children from you and you may never see them again." That was the purpose. It was intended as deterrent, as seebs said, not as some sort of bail bond to get them to show up in court. Trump's chief-of-staff himself referred to it as a deterrent (https://www.npr.org/2018/05/11/610116389/transcript-white-house-chief-of-staff-john-kellys-interview-with-npr).

This is not the same thing as Obama did. I understand why Miss Shelby doesn't want to defend it outright and has to flail around with her bullshit.

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[Post 5826]
Author : seebs
Date : 02-19-2024 08:03 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yeah. There was a problem, which was roughly "if people have kids, and you want to detain the people, you have to detain them and their kids, and this is hard and expensive and unpopular, so you might be compelled to not-detain-them". And the solution was not "figure out how to better support detaining a family", but "respond to this in a way that is actually similar to the intentionally genocidal policies the Nazis used to use, on purpose, to serve as a deterrent".

The other case is that, in some cases, if people genuinely thought that the kid was not related to the adult, but was instead a potential victim of trafficking, they might be separated to allow them to do interviews and try to find that out. By contrast, the Trump administration separated kids unconditionally, and then used the "sex trafficking" story as an excuse -- while in fact engaging in what is functionally trafficking, and in some cases will turn out to be sex trafficking.

If you send a bunch of undocumented immigrant children to live with whatever parents volunteered to take in a kid no one will miss, you actually do know what is gonna happen sometimes, and it is not good. But it's the goal, because the entire point of the thing is to make the outcomes as horrible as possible. Because that's how you make a deterrent.

If you vote for the only candidate for the US Presidency ever to have, on the record, stated that he was worried that the Chinese government weren't going to do the right thing about Tienanmen, but in the end, they showed strength and did the right thing, and then you get him, I don't think it's reasonable to go around making excuses for that.

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[Post 5827]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 02-19-2024 10:31 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

You really actually believe the Obama administration wasn't doing similar things and [the] Trump [administration] walzed in and initiated it.
Yes. 
The sad thing is, to some, that makes him a better president than Obama. 
You seem to be arguing away one of Trump's main selling points, that he is extra cruel to brown people.

If that&#8217;s what you truly believe about me and conservatives in general, I have no idea what to you say to you or anyone else in this forum.  I do NOT believe Obama walked on water,  I don&#8217;t believe his acceptance speech was comparable to the sermon on the Mount, I believe he was fallible and guilty of some fucked up things and caging children is one of them, because I&#8217;ve looked at both sides.

Defending Trump because he &#8220;dislikes  brown people &#8220; is a mistake you&#8217;re making about me.    IF there was a wall, there would be no need, or much less of a need, to detain anyone at the border.   There&#8217;d also be a lot less addictive illicit drugs coming in which is killing people of every color.

I really thought most of you guys didn&#8217;t really believe every hateful thing you&#8217;ve heard about people who genuinely disagree with you.  How disappointing.

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[Post 5828]
Author : seebs
Date : 02-19-2024 10:44 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

"At least one child was caged by the US government during the Obama administration": Probably true, the US government is usually doing a lot of shit.

But that's sort of... not very relevant?

Trump made a new policy of intentionally separating children who show up with their parents, generically, in all cases. Before this policy, probably at least one child was caged. After it, the government suddenly had large warehouse-sized rooms full of cages containing caged children who had been with their parents when the US government got them, and over a thousand of them have not yet been returned to their parents because the US government intentionally did not keep adequate records to make it possible to figure out which of these children where which.

That policy is an enormous and radical departure from what was happening prior to that policy.

You're arguing that the Obama administration almost certainly caged nearly 0.1% as many children, under a much narrower and more restrictive set of circumstances, and that this somehow makes the other 99.9% of this not important or significant.

(Also, the theory that a wall would materially alter things is just sorta ridiculous. No, it wouldn't. There's some wall now, and it frankly does roughly jack shit, which anyone could have told you. Also, the drug thing is mostly a myth, that's not the avenue through which drugs get into the US, even if we imagine that drugs are being imported rather than made locally.)

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[Post 5829]
Author : -FX-
Date : 02-19-2024 10:59 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I skipped the last 100 posts.  Is this still an argument over which rich corrupt old white guy should be the next President?

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[Post 5830]
Author : Ari
Date : 02-19-2024 11:13 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

If that’s what you truly believe about me and conservatives in general...
You seem to have missed or ignored my post asking you to clarify your position.

And yes Trump supporters support Trump in part because he is cruel to people, especially brown people, that's not even in question.

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[Post 5831]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 02-19-2024 11:20 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

They separated them temporarily because and contained them1) so they would not get sold into sex trafficking and 2) so the parents would not be tempted to skip their court dates after being let in which 99.9999999 percent of them do.  You really don&#8217;t think Obamas administration had them in cages?   He was probably the one saving them for Jeffery Epstein.
Clippy is here to say, "You seem to be defending the separation of children, is that how you wanted this to come across?"

Is this the point I missed or ignored?  I don&#8217;t support separating children from their parents at all. But I don&#8217;t believe the motive involved was to be Hitler like.  I think it was to keep track of the children so they didn&#8217;t end up somewhere shady.  Like maybe they weren&#8217;t with their real parents in the first place.  And like maybe there is a system to keep track of people coming int the country in case they&#8217;re drug dealers or child traffickers or what not.   

Even though how can there be a feasible way to do that, firstly?

Maybe build a fucking wall which is what Trump promised to do but did not.

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[Post 5832]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 02-19-2024 11:42 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

If that’s what you truly believe about me and conservatives in general...
You seem to have missed or ignored my post asking you to clarify your position.

And yes Trump supporters support Trump in part because he is cruel to people, especially brown people, that's not even in question.

You dont remember then when he called the DACA kids good hard working kids and he backed down on their deportation?  I remember that and it made me think he had a heart.

You probably thought that actor was telling the truth when he said he got attacked by 2 white guys with a noose at 2 in the am on a below zero Chicago morning when they beat him up and said “ THIS IS MAGA country “ and it turns out it was a total falsehood.   Because people like to believe the absolute worst.

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[Post 5833]
Author : Sock Puppet
Date : 02-20-2024 12:04 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Because people like to believe the absolute worst.

:ironymeter:

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[Post 5834]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 02-20-2024 12:11 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Because people like to believe the absolute worst.

:ironymeter:

What exactly are you talking about?   And then maybe I can defend my comments I have made on a forum  conversationally where I may have misspoke and given the wrong impression to someone.   Just like in a real conversation only I can be quoted.

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[Post 5835]
Author : Ari
Date : 02-20-2024 12:26 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I don't remember, do you mean,
DACA is a very, very difficult subject for me, I will tell you. To me it's one of the most difficult subjects I have. Because you have these incredible kids in many cases -- not in all cases -- in some of the cases having DACA, and they're gang members and they're drug dealers, too. But you have some absolutely incredible kids, I would say mostly. They were brought here in such a way -- it's a very, very tough subject. We're going to deal with DACA with heart. -  2017
Vague Praise, insult, repeat vague praise. 

If you go looking you can find this tactic in a lot of his speeches including the famous "they're not sending their best" speech from 2015. Sometimes the vague praise includes praising himself or isn't vague but praising them because they acted like him, but then comes the slap across the face, and repeating the praise to make em forget or confused so that everyone can hear what they want to hear.

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[Post 5836]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 02-20-2024 12:36 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I don&#8217;t know what any of that means, Ari, but I respect you enough to believe your point is genuine.

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[Post 5837]
Author : -FX-
Date : 02-20-2024 01:34 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's not hard to quote a speech these days.  You can even include a link to the transcript. From 2016

President Obama and Hillary Clinton support sanctuary cities. They support catch and release on the border. They support visa overstays. They support the release of dangerous, dangerous, dangerous, criminals from detention. And they support unconstitutional executive amnesty.

Hillary Clinton has pledged amnesty in her first 100 days, and her plan will provide Obamacare, Social Security, and Medicare for illegal immigrants, breaking the federal budget. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/02/us/politics/transcript-trump-immigration-speech.html

Trump was right about the complete horseshit the commie/libs were going to pull.  It's a major reason so many people will vote for him.  The other side literally appears as the enemy of Americans.

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[Post 5838]
Author : It's Me!
Date : 02-20-2024 01:52 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

But I don&#8217;t believe the motive involved was to be Hitler like.  I think it was to keep track of the children so they didn&#8217;t end up somewhere shady.  LOL

How is that working out? 998 children still separated from their parents.

reuters.com (https://www.reuters.com/world/us/close-1000-migrant-children-separated-by-trump-yet-be-reunited-with-parents-2023-02-02/)

DHS said the task force's painstaking work of combing through "patchwork" information kept by the Trump administration on the policy had so far found 3,924, mostly Central American, children were separated at the border.

Patchwork information.

For fuck's sake, top defending the indefensible.

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[Post 5839]
Author : -FX-
Date : 02-20-2024 02:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

For fuck's sake, top defending the indefensible.

Those who turn a blind eye to the failings of their guy, will never even see the problems.  Because they are blind.

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[Post 5840]
Author : LarsMac
Date : 02-20-2024 04:34 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I would, indeed love to find a rational alternative to Joe, but,..., Donald ain't it.

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[Post 5841]
Author : seebs
Date : 02-20-2024 04:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Is this the point I missed or ignored?  I don’t support separating children from their parents at all. But I don’t believe the motive involved was to be Hitler like.  I think it was to keep track of the children so they didn’t end up somewhere shady.


Why do you believe this, when the written statements about the policy by the people who made it stated that it was intended to punish the parents?


Why do you believe this, when the actual practice was specifically not to keep track of the children, and over a thousand of them are just totally lost now because the people doing it did not keep track of them, and instead, sent them somewhere shady?


Like, is there any point in this process at which you are interested in the evidence about what happened, or is this 100% about vibes and a vague feeling that obviously people must have meant well?

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[Post 5842]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-20-2024 04:53 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Like, is there any point in this process at which you are interested in the evidence about what happened, or is this 100% about vibes and a vague feeling that obviously people must have meant well?

The pushback received here serves as a tank fillup for confirmation bias and persecution complex.

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[Post 5843]
Author : Ari
Date : 02-20-2024 05:04 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I don’t know what any of that means, Ari, but I respect you enough to believe your point is genuine.
Giving vague praise before and after an insult is a manipulation tactic used by Trump to get away with insulting others.

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[Post 5844]
Author : JoeP
Date : 02-20-2024 05:44 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I would, indeed love to find a rational alternative to Joe, but,..., Donald ain't it.

Hey :glarecat:
Oh, not me. OK then.

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[Post 5845]
Author : It's Me!
Date : 02-20-2024 06:10 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Like, is there any point in this process at which you are interested in the evidence about what happened, or is this 100% about vibes and a vague feeling that obviously people must have meant well?Has anyone ever laid eyes on Stephen Miller and said to themselves: Oh, he means well.

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[Post 5846]
Author : -FX-
Date : 02-21-2024 05:03 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I would, indeed love to find a rational alternative to Joe, but,..., Donald ain't it.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GGwd94MWsAANL7X?format=png&name=small

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[Post 5847]
Author : Crumb
Date : 02-21-2024 09:30 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Well, we all know The Donald supports a living wage and welfare programs to house the homeless. :blank:

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[Post 5848]
Author : 256 colors
Date : 02-21-2024 10:51 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Well, we all know The Donald supports a living wage and welfare programs to house the homeless. :blank:

yeah... :( the existing support, all of those great programs we had? The ones that prevented poverty and homeless prior to 2016? It was all solved, by Democrats, before...

But, yeah, all of that help, all those working programs got taken away by Trump in 2017... until finally, radical leftist Biden came in, and rescued all of the homeless, addicted, unemployed, and disabled people. Since the Democrats solved the problem again, it is important to keep it this way.

Scary to think that if Trump wins, he will take away the restrored, amazing, existing support, again.

Then all of a sudden, there might be some folks who might encounter obstacles under the Republicans, like they did, a long time ago. The Democrats had previously totally solved poverty and homelessness before, yeah.

- Dear Crumb,

My slightly sarcastic comment is NOT aimed at YOU. I am punching up.

Or, punching air.

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[Post 5849]
Author : Crumb
Date : 02-21-2024 11:58 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yeah, I didn't mention Biden or the Democrats. Just the hypocrisy of the right wing nut jobs acting like they care about the poor or homeless. They should say what they really want to do with that half billion dollars. They want to hand it to people who already have more than enough.

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[Post 5850]
Author : 256 colors
Date : 02-22-2024 01:41 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yeah, I didn't mention Biden or the Democrats. Just the hypocrisy of the right wing nut jobs acting like they care about the poor or homeless. They should say what they really want to do with that half billion dollars. They want to hand it to people who already have more than enough.

Yeah, I'm jaded, about the whole thing.

I've been sharing my unique views on [Meta (tbd)] Facebook on my personal wall, to the 5 folks who even reply, out of the 100 left. i've been Zucc'd for ages, so it doesn''t matter.

Since my fond memory of :ff: is that there were smart people here, having smart conversations, that's another reason why I came back (and decided to post here).

I'm not trying to convince anyone of anything, or change anyone else's views, especially regarding "politics" and "the LAW." I have opinions based on my lived experiences, actions, outcomes, and all the shit that all the lawyers said to me to my face, when I asked WHY the FUCK, and, they told me why. 

A few of them said the exact same words as my rapists when they told me why they did or said or supported things: "I'll never admit to this, and no one will ever take your word over mine."

That was before my husband hung himself, one week after the March For Science. I did all that volunteer activism, with all of those people, for all of those years, and what did I accomplish?

Did we WIN? YET? I just turned 55 years old, and I tried NOT to do that.

So, yeah. I have opinions about the Founding Fathers, and their INTENT, for example. And since I am just, so crazy! well, who cares about my unhinged rants and raves, right? 

Donald Trump - known rapist, but, hey, "not convicted in a court of LAW," so, he is as innocent as OJ Simpson. 

The Democratic Party is doing what, to "stop Trump"? Hm, is this really the BEST they have to offer? Again? As if 2016 never happened? Or 2000? The Dems are giving us their best people? Like NY Gov Cuomo? Like ALL DEMS in New Jersey, home of... Donald Trump's fortune? HM. Yeah, been there, done THAT. As if Bridgegate never happened.

Donald Trump? Whose ex-wife and babymamma, Ivana, magically fell, tits-first, down the stairs, died, and was immediately buried in New Jersey, on Donald Trump's private golf course, without an open coffin, or anyone seeing? No one asked about her? Hm.

Donald Trump, who was marked as a Russian asset decades ago? The Democratic Party is doing what?

OH, GENOCIDE! That's what!

I lack confidence in the system. I am disenfranchised. 

I don't have much time left to complain about the system I am disenfranchised from. The lease here expires in August, 2024, then, nothing is left for me.

I am sure my remaining friends will vote for a color over it.

The alleged oppositiion to Donald Trump seems disingenuous, to me. But. I'm crazy.

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[Post 5851]
Author : viscousmemories
Date : 02-22-2024 01:37 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

One of the things I've come to believe is that before Trump there were just Democrats and Republicans for 40 years, and what differences existed between them had little to nothing to do with who they chose as their presidential candidate. That changed with Trump because he didn't give a single shit about the party or what the old guard wanted, so he forced the party to accommodate him instead of vice versa. As a result the choice we have now is between the standard terrible neoliberal Democratic party fully bought and paid for by the military-industrial complex and the Israel lobby, and a party of fanatical sycophants, fully bought and paid for by the military-industrial complex and the Israel lobby. Neither is a good choice but one (still, today, to me) seems worse.

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[Post 5852]
Author : 256 colors
Date : 02-22-2024 03:17 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

One of the things I've come to believe is that before Trump there were just Democrats and Republicans for 40 years, and what differences existed between them had little to nothing to do with who they chose as their presidential candidate. 

Hey vm, I am truly not being rude, nor am I Sea Lioning. But, why do you think this?

Maybe you're busy? Career, family, other? No time to read?

idk, vm. I have nothing else to do but study history, and try to learn from it, and not be doomed to repeating my mistakes, due to a lack of knowledge of history.

But, that's just me, and, I'm crazy.

Having read so much material, having spent so much time, having heard the the tiniest details of crucial, say, law-related-stuff, I am a little jaded. Here are some of my insane opinions and/or questions.

How do "we" know so much about "history" - but not of the 20th Century?

How do "we" know so much about "history" - but never discovered White Supremacy?

"We" have yet to connect the "Red Summer of 1919" and the erasure of Black excellence in the 1920s with the 1929 crash of the US stock market, and the 1930s Depression, but, hey, it might be my crazy, autistic ass seeing patterns, again. Who cares.

"We" think "we" "ended World War II," and "liberated the Jews from the Nazis," but, even that is not true, vm. And I knew this before I ever joined :ff:, but, eh, who cares what I think I know.

As you can see, vm, I have emotions and opinions based on my lived experience and on what I read all day, every day, and click more URLs, read more, click more, read more, which results in more emotions and opinons. Some folks refer to it as "going down a rabbit hole." Most folks lack the time and opportunity to keep clicking URLs and keep reading.

Oh, and books, and pdf scans of books.

I want to know WHY about everything. If I want to know why a person has an opinion, or emotion, or circumstance, or actions, I ask why.

The reason why doesn't matter, I just want to know what the reason is, and why. It's cool. 

Could you just tell me how you have arrived at your conclusion, vm? 

Curiosity killed the cat. Satisfaction brought it back.

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[Post 5853]
Author : viscousmemories
Date : 02-22-2024 04:38 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

No offense taken, but your whole argument against my claim seems to be that you believe you have read more than me. I don't really know how to respond to that.

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[Post 5854]
Author : LarsMac
Date : 02-22-2024 05:01 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

One of the things I've come to believe is that before Trump there were just Democrats and Republicans for 40 years, and what differences existed between them had little to nothing to do with who they chose as their presidential candidate. That changed with Trump because he didn't give a single shit about the party or what the old guard wanted, so he forced the party to accommodate him instead of vice versa. As a result the choice we have now is between the standard terrible neoliberal Democratic party fully bought and paid for by the military-industrial complex and the Israel lobby, and a party of fanatical sycophants, fully bought and paid for by the military-industrial complex and the Israel lobby. Neither is a good choice but one (still, today, to me) seems worse.

The Donald is actually the culmination of things that began almost 60 years ago, when the Southern Democrats began to lose their grip on the Democratic Party in The South.

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[Post 5855]
Author : LarsMac
Date : 02-22-2024 05:40 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The problem we see now really began with the fall of the Southern Democrats after desegregation began to take hold.
 
The Southern Democrats found Liberals invading their territory and the old line Southerners started losing ground. 
George Wallace led the revolt in '68 by pulling a lot of conservative away from the Johnson Democrats. Yankee "Carpetbaggers" moved in and before long Democrats in the South were picking up the banner of Reason. Jesse Helms became the last bastion of Southern Democratic thought. (Is that an oxymoron?) 

Nixon became a rallying point for them, but was still a Yankee "Intellectual" and not really to be trusted. 
In 1980, Ronny Raygun came along, He was still a Yankee, but he talked like a Good Ol Boy. He knew how to set things straight. 
HE brought a lot of the old line Southern Dems over to the Republican Party. They got settled in and started taking over the place. 

By the time Baby Bush started running, they were well entrenched, and he was a natural. A Good Ol' Boy who went to college, he fit right in.
Now all we needs is a war. Along came Saddam, and Osama, and, "Lookie Here!" Let's go kick some Ass.   

When it was time for George to go, the Democrats went full Liberal, and  well, we know how THAT turned out. 

Meanwhile, the Republicans tried to find some good conservative guys to take over the reins, and a whole bunch of ninnies showed up for the audition. The Clown Car was loaded, and ready to roll. 
Well, the wheels fell if November and "that guy" was reelected. A lot of weeping and gnashing of teeth went on in the Rethuglican camp. 
"Next time, we'll do better", says they. 
Well, next time came along and they were ready. All the Clowns started lining up. In the first "Debate", The Donald rode in, and took over. 
He could out talk the whole lot of them, and he was sort of entertaining. 
The Crowd roared, and he marched over and gave that clown car a kick. The wheels fell off and Donald claimed victory. 
From then on, it was The Donald's show. The Crowd went wild, and reason left the building.

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[Post 5856]
Author : erimir
Date : 02-22-2024 07:13 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

One of the things I've come to believe is that before Trump there were just Democrats and Republicans for 40 years, and what differences existed between them had little to nothing to do with who they chose as their presidential candidate.I'm not 100% sure what this is supposed to mean.

Is the point here that the presidential candidate for either party mostly endorsed their party's platform and did not have a strong influence on it?

Is it that rank-and-file voters don't pay a ton of attention to policy/don't understand it, so a large part of their decision relates to personal characteristics?

Because I think that is true to a fair degree, but it's not the entirety of things. I think Bill Clinton was nominated because he was moving the party towards moderation/the right on some issues (welfare, for example). But he wasn't on all issues. Is it the case that every other presidential candidate he defeated was similar on policy? Or is it that the only factor in his win is that he was a charismatic orator and that's why voters chose him, not policy? I don't think that his charisma was the only factor in how his campaign went - I'm sure that policy views influenced endorsements within the party, which in turn influenced voters.

ETA: I hope you didn't mean that there were no real policy differences between the parties, because that is very much not true, although listing out all the differences between them would take quite a while.
As a result the choice we have now is between the standard terrible neoliberal Democratic party fully bought and paid for by the military-industrial complex and the Israel lobby"fully" bought and paid for :rolleyes:

Can you tell me what percentage of donations to the Democratic Party are from the Israel lobby? How much does that vary among candidates? Is your evidence for this pretty much exclusively that the government takes a position you disagree with?

There are indeed some Democrats who are backed by the Israel lobby to a exceptional degree, although for the most part this is more of a case of the Israel lobby picking people who were already supportive of them. The Israel lobby may help them stay in office with their funding, of course. But for the most part, I think that claims like this are just cope for the fact that Americans overall are much more supportive of Israel than they are of Palestine.

I get that that sucks, but the idea that it's all a shadowy cabal corrupting our government (which does unfortunately dovetail strongly with traditional anti-Semitic conspiracy theories) rather than that Americans are simply, for the most part, more culturally and religiously aligned with Israel and sympathetic to Israel for historical reasons. Then there are, of course, the evangelical end-times beliefs that also influence opinions there. I'm not saying Americans' reasons are good.

Personally, I would prefer that America simply cut off Israel and for the most part just washed our hands of the situation aside from making statements, humanitarian aid or participating in broader international actions. I think our relationship is one-sided and we get more trouble than benefit out of it, and meanwhile, I don't think that cutting them off or threatening to do so will solve the problem, so it's a lot of grief for not a lot of benefit on any side. But my position is very much not in agreement with the majority of Americans.

As for the MIC, there is indeed a bipartisan consensus on the US having the most powerful military and both parties are willing to use force. But one party invaded Afghanistan and Iraq, and one party withdrew from both. Biden has stopped most drone strikes, while Trump expanded their use, loosened restrictions for civilian safety and stopped even counting civilian deaths. One party is talking about launching hellfire missiles at Mexico or invading its northern regions, and one party is absolutely not talking about that.

But to the extent that Democrats are more militaristic than you would prefer, this is again, largely a reflection of most Americans being more militaristic than you or me. To some degree, military contractors and manufacturers are also used as a jobs program in a country that is generally skeptical of jobs programs, but not when they're military-related.

In any case, the prerequisite for any politicians doing anything to improve these issues is getting elected. Public opinion constrains how far Democrats can go without putting the Republicans in power, who don't even really include civilians abroad in their calculations at all. And for diplomacy, Americans aren't the only ones with agency, and trying to shape outcomes rather than score rhetorical points may require you to hold your tongue.

There's an interview with Bernie Sanders being asked three times whether Israel is committing "genocide" and he refuses to answer the question. Instead, his response is to say that what Israel is doing is horrible and he's focused on building a coalition to push for a ceasefire and cut off future aid to Israel. This was posted as evidence that he's a horrible sell out. Of course, the entire point of what Bernie was saying is that he's trying to achieve an outcome not make a rhetorical point. He emphasized that he is a senator, unlike the interviewer, and he actually could have an effect on policy and outcomes here because of that. The politics of the issue are such that Bernie would pay little to no price in saying that Israel is not committing genocide, so if that were his view, he could have expressed it without concern. So he probably thinks it is genocide, or it's plausibly genocide, or at least, that it's a technical distinction and not the thing to focus on (crimes against humanity don't have to be genocide! things can be extremely bad without being genocide!). Either way, as a politician with real power and who has to deal with people who are far more supportive of Israel, up to and including Israeli officials, he has to watch what he says if he wants to persuade others.

I thought this was instructive though. Sanders is trying to do something, and others just want him to express himself, consequences be damned.

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[Post 5857]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 02-22-2024 09:24 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I thought this was instructive though. Sanders is trying to do something, and others just want him to express himself, consequences be damned.

:yeahthat:

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[Post 5858]
Author : 256 colors
Date : 02-22-2024 11:44 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

No offense taken, but your whole argument against my claim seems to be that you believe you have read more than me. I don't really know how to respond to that.

H vm, I apologize for making claims. I was wrong to make claims at all about anything. I have never been right about anything. Why start now.

I apologize for beleving things, and reading things, and for saying that I have read things, or for imagining that you or other :ff: users have interest in reading things. It was a galling assumption on my part. I regret it now. I will continue to regret reading and believing things, thank you.

I fully understand that my bizarre beliefs and bullshit claims necessarily require a complete dismissal of all of the rest of any and/or every word in my post, and/or anything I have ever typed or said at any time, and/or whatever ridiculous garbage I may have thought I meant as I typed the stupid useless words, nonsense statements, and absolutely worthless pixels, bits, and bytes, here at :ff:.

I am sorry, vm, and all.

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[Post 5859]
Author : Crumb
Date : 02-23-2024 07:59 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:lolwat:

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[Post 5860]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-24-2024 12:01 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump Tries to Change NY Business Addresses to FL in Fraud Judgment - meidastouch.com (https://www.meidastouch.com/news/trump-tries-to-change-ny-business-addresses-to-fl-in-fraud-judgment)

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[Post 5861]
Author : JoeP
Date : 02-24-2024 08:13 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

No offense taken, but your whole argument against my claim seems to be that you believe you have read more than me. I don't really know how to respond to that.

H vm, I apologize for making claims. I was wrong to make claims at all about anything. I have never been right about anything. Why start now.

I apologize for beleving things, and reading things, and for saying that I have read things, or for imagining that you or other :ff: users have interest in reading things. It was a galling assumption on my part. I regret it now. I will continue to regret reading and believing things, thank you.

I fully understand that my bizarre beliefs and bullshit claims necessarily require a complete dismissal of all of the rest of any and/or every word in my post, and/or anything I have ever typed or said at any time, and/or whatever ridiculous garbage I may have thought I meant as I typed the stupid useless words, nonsense statements, and absolutely worthless pixels, bits, and bytes, here at :ff:.

I am sorry, vm, and all.

You're weird. I like that. But a narcissistic temper tantrum? Was this supposed to be funny?

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[Post 5862]
Author : seebs
Date : 02-24-2024 02:47 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

that's not a narcissistic temper tantrum. it does seem a bit like splitting, which is a fairly common trait in highly stressed people with some amount of trauma in their history, which a lot of people are these days.

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[Post 5863]
Author : JoeP
Date : 02-24-2024 03:47 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I don't think I've heard of "splitting" as a behaviour (except to leave as in "let's split").

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[Post 5864]
Author : seebs
Date : 02-24-2024 05:13 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I think I mostly originally saw it in the context of Borderline Personality Disorder, which is a sort of problematic diagnosis sometimes, or these days C-PTSD. Basically, black-and-white thinking, everything is all good or all bad. My position is totally right, or if it's not totally right, it's worthless and I was wrong to say it. This person is a great friend that I love and trust, or if not that, a deadly enemy who wants nothing but harm for me. Either you agree with what I'm saying, or everything I say is worthless to you.

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[Post 5865]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 02-24-2024 07:46 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump sparks fury by claiming Black people like him because of his mugshot: Live | The Independent (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-south-carolina-primary-republican-latest-news-b2501856.html)

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[Post 5866]
Author : JoeP
Date : 02-25-2024 08:06 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I think I mostly originally saw it in the context of Borderline Personality Disorder, which is a sort of problematic diagnosis sometimes, or these days C-PTSD. Basically, black-and-white thinking, everything is all good or all bad. My position is totally right, or if it's not totally right, it's worthless and I was wrong to say it. This person is a great friend that I love and trust, or if not that, a deadly enemy who wants nothing but harm for me. Either you agree with what I'm saying, or everything I say is worthless to you.

That makes sense. I think there's some overlap between borderline personality disorder and narcissistic personality disorder (... there's bound to be since the psychiatrists don't really know what they're talking about, and "borderline" is an admission of this).

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[Post 5867]
Author : fragment
Date : 02-25-2024 12:24 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Hey guys, maybe throwing potential diagnoses around based on someone's posts without them asking for it is kinda shitty.

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[Post 5868]
Author : JoeP
Date : 02-25-2024 01:19 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

True. I was trying to criticise the behaviour, not to categorise it.

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[Post 5869]
Author : Miss Shelby
Date : 02-26-2024 04:27 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Hey guys, maybe throwing potential diagnoses around based on someone's posts without them asking for it is kinda shitty.

It’s also kinda shitty to accuse someone of being drunk or high but that hasn’t stopped a few people.

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[Post 5870]
Author : mickthinks
Date : 03-04-2024 07:07 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump supporters target black voters with faked AI images (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68440150)

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/107A/production/_132781240_fake_trump_1-nc.png.webp

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[Post 5871]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-04-2024 08:25 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I dunno, that malformed baby hand could easily be a real Trump hand.

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[Post 5872]
Author : JoeP
Date : 03-04-2024 08:58 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It's much too big.

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[Post 5873]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 03-04-2024 02:45 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

No offense taken, but your whole argument against my claim seems to be that you believe you have read more than me. I don't really know how to respond to that.

H vm, I apologize for making claims. I was wrong to make claims at all about anything. I have never been right about anything. Why start now.


Hi, I’m chiming in, I’m not trying to pile on, and I mean this post constructively.

I’m going to set aside most of your post, as I think you start out from an incorrect position. You really didn’t make any factual claims that about 20th century American politics that would have had impact on the conversation.

No point in apologizing for something you didn’t do.

Also, I used to go off a lot which is why my avatar is what is, I don’t anymore.  I’m not saying you will outgrow this or anything like that, I’m just saying I have some sympathy for blowing up in a not so neurotypical way.

You do ask pointed questions based on 20th century history, but that’s not the same thing.

Look at erimir’s post addressing VM’s post and compare contrast with your own.

It’s more substantive and isn’t just a long claim of expertise.

I get that you read and know history, but most :ff:uckers around here are fairly knowledgable.

Also, fwiw, don’t feel embarrassed by the blow up.  This could be me projecting, but when my blood is up, I can say shit that I find embarrassing later.

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[Post 5874]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 03-04-2024 02:55 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

The problem we see now really began with the fall of the Southern Democrats after desegregation began to take hold.
 
The Southern Democrats found Liberals invading their territory and the old line Southerners started losing ground. 
George Wallace led the revolt in '68 by pulling a lot of conservative away from the Johnson Democrats. Yankee "Carpetbaggers" moved in and before long Democrats in the South were picking up the banner of Reason. Jesse Helms became the last bastion of Southern Democratic thought. (Is that an oxymoron?) 

Nixon became a rallying point for them, but was still a Yankee "Intellectual" and not really to be trusted. 
In 1980, Ronny Raygun came along, He was still a Yankee, but he talked like a Good Ol Boy. He knew how to set things straight. 
HE brought a lot of the old line Southern Dems over to the Republican Party. They got settled in and started taking over the place. 

By the time Baby Bush started running, they were well entrenched, and he was a natural. A Good Ol' Boy who went to college, he fit right in.
Now all we needs is a war. Along came Saddam, and Osama, and, "Lookie Here!" Let's go kick some Ass.   

When it was time for George to go, the Democrats went full Liberal, and  well, we know how THAT turned out. 

Meanwhile, the Republicans tried to find some good conservative guys to take over the reins, and a whole bunch of ninnies showed up for the audition. The Clown Car was loaded, and ready to roll. 
Well, the wheels fell if November and "that guy" was reelected. A lot of weeping and gnashing of teeth went on in the Rethuglican camp. 
"Next time, we'll do better", says they. 
Well, next time came along and they were ready. All the Clowns started lining up. In the first "Debate", The Donald rode in, and took over. 
He could out talk the whole lot of them, and he was sort of entertaining. 
The Crowd roared, and he marched over and gave that clown car a kick. The wheels fell off and Donald claimed victory. 
From then on, it was The Donald's show. The Crowd went wild, and reason left the building.

I find the realignment pretty interesting, in part because if you follow the conservatives they were pretty much always wrong about everything when they were Democrats and when they became Republicans like Strom Thurmond writ large.

The problem of partisanship is odd to me, because before realignment the problem was lack of partisanship.

 In 1950, the American Political Science Association’s Committee on Political Parties issued a clarion call, “Toward a More Responsible Two-Party System,” that today sounds quaint. The committee worried about insufficient party discipline and undue tolerance of dissent from the party line, arguing that the country needed political parties with “sufficient internal cohesion” to carry out their legislative agendas. The report urged the minority party to draw starker policy contrasts with the majority, and to act “as the critic of the party in power.”



I read this article some years ago and googled it up for this post, so it has been awhile since I read it in full.

Anyway, back when the conservatives were spread between the two parties, it was very hard to get anything done,

Now the Conservative Party blocks things.

I’m beginning to think the problem any partisanship or the lack thereof, but rather it’s the existence of conservatives.

And touching on Erimir’s post just a bit, conservatives are a problem because many Americans are conservative (with gerrymandering and various forms of voter suppression on top amplifying).

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[Post 5875]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 03-04-2024 02:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Looks like I can&#8217;t edit the above post, can that be fixed?

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[Post 5876]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 03-04-2024 02:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

:dddp:

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[Post 5877]
Author : Crumb
Date : 03-04-2024 04:53 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Looks like I can’t edit the above post, can that be fixed?
I was able to delete the URL.

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[Post 5878]
Author : -FX-
Date : 03-04-2024 04:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

No offense taken, but your whole argument against my claim seems to be that you believe you have read more than me. I don't really know how to respond to that.

It could be worse.  Some complete morons argue by telling you what you "really think", or "what you are really saying is ..", or some other form of idiotic gaslighting fuckery.

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[Post 5879]
Author : beyelzu
Date : 03-04-2024 05:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yeah that happens a lot especially to the disingenuous, I bet you hear that shit constantly.

Its no wonder it&#8217;s a pet peeve of yours.

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[Post 5880]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 03-04-2024 05:28 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Unsurprisingly, the SCOTUS punted on the issue, possibly making an even worse decision. Since when do the 6 conservative SC members think the states don't have the right to manage their own elections? They, of course, didn't rule on insurrection.

Supreme Court rejects attempts to ban Trump from 2024 ballot | AP News (https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-trump-insurrection-election-colorado-51e79c0f03013034c8a042cb278b6446)


The justices sidestepped the politically fraught issue of insurrection in their opinions Monday.

The court held that states may bar candidates from state office. “But States have no power under the Constitution to enforce Section 3 with respect to federal offices, especially the Presidency,” the court wrote.

While all nine justices agreed that Trump should be on the ballot, there was sharp disagreement from the three liberal members of the court and a milder disagreement from conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett that their colleagues went too far in determining what Congress must do to disqualify someone from federal office.

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[Post 5881]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 03-04-2024 06:15 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Amy Howe of SCOTUSblog has a good write-up here (https://www.scotusblog.com/2024/03/supreme-court-rules-states-cannot-remove-trump-from-ballot-for-insurrection/), which includes a link to the opinions.

Super Tuesday is tomorrow, and PAB was already on the Republican ballot in Colorado based on the Colorado Supreme Court's stay of its ruling. The 9-0 outcome is pretty much what everyone expected after oral argument. Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson signed an opinion concurring in the judgment but giving the majority (lol per curiam) the business for deciding a bunch of shit that was unnecessary to resolve the case. Cornholio-Bababooey took the opportunity to tut-tut-tut her fellow female justices for not just sitting the fuck down and shutting the fuck up:

The majority’s choice of a different path leaves the remaining Justices with a choice of how to respond. In my judgment, this is not the time to amplify disagreement with stridency. The Court has settled a politically charged issue in the volatile season of a Presidential election. Particularly in this circumstance, writings on the Court should turn the national temperature down, not up.

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[Post 5882]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-04-2024 07:23 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Cornholio-Bababooey took the opportunity to tut-tut-tut her fellow female justices for not just sitting the fuck down and shutting the fuck up:

The majority’s choice of a different path leaves the remaining Justices with a choice of how to respond. In my judgment, this is not the time to amplify disagreement with stridency. The Court has settled a politically charged issue in the volatile season of a Presidential election. Particularly in this circumstance, writings on the Court should turn the national temperature down, not up. 

Why did that woman leave her station in the home to take authority over men?

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[Post 5883]
Author : Sock Puppet
Date : 03-04-2024 08:00 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Since when in the name of Bleeding Jesus does the SCOTUS give a shit about "national temperature"? Rhetorical question.

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[Post 5884]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 03-04-2024 08:58 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

For real. This isn't exactly Earl Warren deftly turning an initial 5-4 vote in Brown v. Board of Education into a unanimous ruling, is it? :D

Still, I've got no real complaints about the outcome or the one agreed-upon rationale.

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[Post 5885]
Author : ChuckF
Date : 03-04-2024 09:05 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump supporters target black voters with faked AI images (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68440150)
There is so much to love in this, from Trump's weird little baby penis index finger (accurate), to the guy wearing the ring on his missing ring finger, to the other guy's cursed hat.

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[Post 5886]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 03-04-2024 10:03 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Just picture (https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-white-house-drugs-speed-xanax-1234979503/) various White House Chiefs of Staff balancing on balls and barking like seals while "Dr. Ronnie" tosses them speed.

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[Post 5887]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-11-2024 10:41 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">He now wants presidential immunity for crimes he committed before he was President. <a href="https://t.co/y5KAf5HGBP">https://t.co/y5KAf5HGBP</a></p>&mdash; Jack E. Smith &#9878;&#65039; (@7Veritas4) <a href="https://twitter.com/7Veritas4/status/1767227830230737105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 11, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Post 5888]
Author : Ari
Date : 03-12-2024 12:31 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Not exactly. The people are going to present tweets from 2018 as evidence, but in the high school paper pretending to be a real law document they argue that all Trump tweets are 'official acts' and thus fall under presidential immunity, which has yet to be decided, and would they please stop and let Scotus decide he's king before the evidence gets presented in court.

Immunity or bust!

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[Post 5889]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-15-2024 03:48 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Enjoy jail, Navarro.

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[Post 5890]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 03-15-2024 10:33 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Mike Pence will not endorse Trump for President.

Pence says it's no surprise "I will not be endorsing Donald Trump" in 2024 : NPR (https://www.npr.org/2024/03/15/1238909445/mike-pence-endorse-donald-trump-2024-vice-president)

...but will probably vote for him?

When asked how he would vote in November, Pence said he would not vote for Joe Biden, but that his vote would remain a private decision.

This a bold statement coming from a man who will probably need to grift off the right-wing for his continued livelihood.

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[Post 5891]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 03-19-2024 03:30 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Lawyer claims Trump can't get a $450 million dollar bond. (https://www.npr.org/2024/03/18/1239242523/trump-bond-civil-fraud-case)

Ironically, the man who claims the properties he owns weren't overvalued can't use them as collateral for a $450 million bond.

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[Post 5892]
Author : LarsMac
Date : 03-22-2024 02:57 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Ain't this a hoot? 
"

Wall Street debut of Trump’s Truth Social network could net him stock worth billions on paper (https://apnews.com/article/trump-cash-spac-digital-world-dwac-ce4b055545378ab05d52513ffe2d4d4f)


NEW YORK (AP) — The Wall Street debut of Donald Trump’s Truth Social network could give him stock worth billions of dollars on paper. But the former president probably will not be able to cash it out right away, unless some things change.

The longer-term outlook for the business is highly questionable. Trump’s company has said it expects to continue losing money for a while, and at least one expert says it’s likely worth far less than the stock market suggests.

Trump’s pending return to Wall Street comes down to a vote scheduled for Friday by shareholders of a company named Digital World Acquisition Corp., which at the moment is essentially just a pile of cash. The corporation hopes to merge with Trump Media & Technology Group, the company behind Truth Social that goes by TMTG. If the shareholders approve the deal, TMTG could soon see its stock trading on the Nasdaq in Digital World’s place."

So, now he messages his minions, and asks them to send him donations for him to return shares of this stuff. so they can "Own the Truth" 

He takes that money to pump up his war chest.

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[Post 5893]
Author : Ari
Date : 03-22-2024 05:04 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I keep seeing this get reported that it could "net him 3 billion" but from my, admittedly poor, understand that would only be the case if he sold all his stock in his own Social Network, and of course the only reason it's worth anything at all is because it's Trump's Social Network. Could he actually pull out $3 billion in cash? Wouldn't that mean needing to find someone who would pay $3 billion for a Trump Social that doesn't come with a Trump?

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[Post 5894]
Author : LarsMac
Date : 03-22-2024 05:10 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

It seems that the only way for him to milk it is to get enough minions to buy up the Worthless shares. 
But I don't see that there are enough of them to really pull it off. 

The ultimate Vaporware.

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[Post 5895]
Author : Ari
Date : 03-22-2024 05:54 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Today is the last business day before the mental and or physical seizures begin, and Trump has been all CAPS mode, he appears to have passed out shouting and woken up shouting with two sets of all caps posts being posted late last night and early this morning.

Spoilered for those that don't want to see Trump's Cap so early in the day.


1:55am ET, 
THE NEW YORK A.G. USED A STATUTE TO GO AFTER ME THAT HAS NEVER BEEN USED BEFORE, NOT ONCE, FOR SUCH A PURPOSE. IT, IN AND OF ITSELF, IS SOOO UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND UNFAIR. UNDER THIS STATUTE, I GET NO JURY AND HAVE NO RIGHTS. All DECISIONS AND RIGHTS ARE GIVEN TO, IN THIS CASE, A CORRUPT, TRUMP HATING JUDGE, WHO CAME UP WITH A CRAZY, OUT OF THIN AIR AWARD, IN ORDER TO DAMAGE ME POLITICALLY, AND NOT ALLOW ME TO USE ANY OF THE LARGE AMOUNT OF CASH I HAVE BUILT UP OVER THE YEARS, THROUGH HARD WORK, INSIGHT, INSTINCT, AND DILIGENCE, ON MY POLITICAL CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT. THAT IS JUST WHAT CROOKED JOE BIDEN WANTED THIS POLITICAL HACK, COUPLED WITH A CORRUPT AND RACIST ATTORNEY GENERAL, TO DO. I DID NOTHING WRONG! THIS IS SIMPLY A “TAKING.” MUCH LIKE WHAT IS DONE IN COMMUNIST COUNTRIES, AND WILL LEAVE AN IRREPARABLE STAIN ON NEW YORK STATE AND ITS JUDICIAL SYSTEM. IT IS TOTALLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL, INCLUDING THE HARSH GAG ORDER IMPOSED. THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS WAS ALREADY RULED ON, FOR ME!


[...The depressants take hold...]


7:14am ET,
THROUGH HARD WORK, TALENT, AND LUCK, I CURRENTLY HAVE ALMOST FIVE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS IN CASH, A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF WHICH I INTENDED TO USE IN MY CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT. THE OFTEN OVERTURNED POLITICAL HACK JUDGE ON THE RIGGED AND CORRUPT A.G. CASE, WHERE I HAVE DONE NOTHING WRONG,  KNEW THIS, WANTED TO TAKE IT AWAY FROM ME, AND THAT’S WHERE AND WHY HE CAME UP WITH THE SHOCKING NUMBER WHICH, COUPLED WITH HIS CRAZY INTEREST DEMAND, IS APPROXIMATELY $454,000,000. I DID NOTHING WRONG EXCEPT WIN AN ELECTION IN 2016 THAT I WASN’T EXPECTED TO WIN, DID EVEN BETTER IN 2020, AND NOW LEAD, BY A LOT, IN 2024.THIS IS COMMUNISM IN AMERICA!

Trump Rages As Deadline Approaches — Makes New Claim ‘I CURRENTLY HAVE ALMOST FIVE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS IN CASH’ | Mediate March 2024 (https://www.mediaite.com/news/trump-rages-as-deadline-approaches-makes-new-claim-i-currently-have-almost-five-hundred-million-dollars-in-cash/)

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[Post 5896]
Author : erimir
Date : 03-22-2024 07:11 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

tbh he has had his judicial hacks protecting him from consequences so much all the time that even now I can't really believe that they'll actually repossess Trump Tower or some other $100m+ property within a few weeks.

But assuming it happens, it will be so, so sweet to watch.

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[Post 5897]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 03-22-2024 07:48 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I GET NO JURY AND HAVE NO RIGHTS

If by that PAB means, "Whether a right to trial by jury exists as to claims brought under that statute is an unsettled question that never got ruled upon here because my clown-ass lolyers failed to make a timely jury demand," then he's right. Otherwise, not so much. 

And, as always, nothing says presidential like all-caps.

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[Post 5898]
Author : LarsMac
Date : 03-23-2024 04:43 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I really cannot grasp how a party claiming to be Fiscally Conservative can go along with this. 

Trump&#8217;s invite to major donors prioritizes the committee paying his legal bills over the RNC (https://apnews.com/article/trump-campaign-fundraising-rnc-c0e8f1e7b59f70c5237e13a3462e5790)

NEW YORK (AP) &#8212; Donald Trump&#8217;s new joint fundraising agreement with the Republican National Committee directs donations to his campaign and a political action committee that pays the former president&#8217;s legal bills before the RNC gets a cut, according to a fundraising invitation obtained by The Associated Press.

The unorthodox diversion of funds to the Save America PAC makes it more likely that Republican donors could see their money go to Trump&#8217;s lawyers, who have received at least $76 million over the last two years to defend him against four felony indictments and multiple civil cases. Some Republicans are already troubled that Trump&#8217;s takeover of the RNC could shortchange the cash-strapped party.

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[Post 5899]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 03-23-2024 07:18 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I think current Republican fundraising (https://apnews.com/article/trump-campaign-fundraising-numbers-f365b31b5c82e4134c103a436d032c26) is reflecting the lowered willingness to see campaign donations going straight to Trump's legal funds.


Trump’s campaign and his Save America political action committee, two key committees in his political operation, reported raising a combined $15.9 million in February and ended the month with more than $37 million on hand, according to filings with the Federal Election Commission Wednesday night.
[...]
Biden’s campaign, meanwhile, said his political operation raised $53 million last month and ended February with $155 million on hand. That includes Biden’s joint fundraising with the Democratic National Committee. [...]
His main campaign account raised $21 million in February, according to its latest filing with the FEC, and ended the month with $71 million on hand.


This may change as the election gets nearer. I plan to donate some amount of money to Democratic efforts in a little while.

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[Post 5900]
Author : LarsMac
Date : 03-24-2024 06:18 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

So, we may be seeing some clarity in the Supreme Court's thinking on the Jan 6 "Insurrection" thing. 

SC denied the Colorado attempt at banning T rump from running in a state Primary election. 
Now, they have decided that a participant in the Insurrection of Jan 6 is disqualified from holding office. 

So, to run for election to an office is one thing, but to hold the office is another. 
This actually is probably more about the conviction thing. 

Supreme Court Upholds Historic Ban For January 6 Participant (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/supreme-court-upholds-historic-ban-for-january-6-participant/ss-BB1kpkzn?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=58c286e671b34f0aa129b1f27fa6f69b&ei=43)

Mr Griffin has been convicted of participating in insurrection. 
Mr Trump, not so much. 

So, until The Donald actually has been convicted of a crime, he is "electable" 

In other news: 
DWAC Shares Tumble Following Trump Media Merger Vote Amid Legal and Financial Turbulence (https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/dwac-shares-tumble-following-trump-media-merger-vote-amid-legal-and-financial-turbulence/ar-BB1krzrd?rc=1&ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=a637322fcca44893b7eece2e9802df54&ei=15)

Maybe the market will NOT be jumping on that Bandwagon so quickly.

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[Post 5901]
Author : Ari
Date : 03-25-2024 05:35 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

As usual the biggest of babies gets shielded from the worst of it, with an appeals court ruling he only needs to post $175M of his bond to shield his properties and extended it by 10 days.

Although this does amusingly call his bluff. He said he had $500 million in cash by this week just not by today, so $175M in ten days should be no sweat right? And after he just posted the $93M to E Jean Carol.

Trump must post $175 million to shield assets in NY civil fraud appeal | USAToday March 2024 (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/03/25/trump-ny-fraud-appeal-letitia-james-cash/72978277007/)

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[Post 5902]
Author : specious_reasons
Date : 03-25-2024 08:42 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

As usual the biggest of babies gets shielded from the worst of it, with an appeals court ruling he only needs to post $175M of his bond to shield his properties and extended it by 10 days.


So, roughly 1/2 the judgement - I wonder if this implies Judge Engoron thinks it's a reasonable chance the fine will be reduced on appeal. Maybe it's just that he wants to make sure that Trump gets his appeal (if he can come up with $175 million) to make sure that the ruling stays unimpeachable.

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[Post 5903]
Author : seebs
Date : 03-26-2024 01:15 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

to be clear, the bond is not necessary for an appeal, it's necessary to stay judgment pending the appeal.

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[Post 5904]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-27-2024 04:22 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=13300&d=1711509736

13300

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[Post 5905]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 03-27-2024 05:56 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

CAN I GET AN ALLAHU ACKBAR? Donald Trump is selling Bibles for $59.99 as he faces mounting legal bills | AP News (https://apnews.com/article/trump-god-bless-usa-bible-greenwood-2713fda3efdfa297d0f024efb1ca3003)

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[Post 5906]
Author : Ari
Date : 03-27-2024 08:21 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

I was thinking that someone should convince MAGA to pull the golden sticker price tag (I presume it's golden) off the book and place it upside down on the inside of their MAGA hat so they can easily tip their had and flash it to others showing true devotion.

Unfortunately it would be a bunch of effort just to end up with a bunch of excited MAGA finding each other because of the 66.6S transferred to their forehead.

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[Post 5907]
Author : Ari
Date : 03-29-2024 08:01 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Trump's $59.99 bible turns out to be a $49.99 20th anniversary commemorative 9/11 bible that originally sold poorly, with $10 of the sale going to Trump. Additionally it uses the nice oldie King James Translation because the NIV translation is still under copyright and the owner refused to allow the "God Bless USA Bible" to use it.

It's hilarious how consistently it's a grift, always a grift, never anything but grifting.

New Bible that includes the Constitution will come on the market around 9/11 anniversary - The Washington Post | May 2021 (https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2021/05/28/new-bible-constitution-christian-nationalism/)

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[Post 5908]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-05-2024 08:47 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=13305&d=1712346419

13305

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[Post 5909]
Author : -FX-
Date : 04-14-2024 09:07 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Yeah, what's to stop someone with bad intentions and no redeeming skills becoming, I don't know, president of the US?

I know!  You don't even have to be mentally all there to become President.

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[Post 5910]
Author : Ari
Date : 04-15-2024 10:54 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

There's a ghost in the machine!
Trump's Truth Social page keeps on posting as ex-president appears in court | Donald Trump trials | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/15/trump-truth-social-hush-money-trial)

Meanwhile,
Donald Trump appears to be nodding off.
His eyes close and his head tilts or lowers and then it jolts him awake again. 
:popcorn:

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[Post 5911]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 04-15-2024 11:38 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Donald Trump appears to be nodding off.

See, that's just conclusive proof of what a godlike BEAST he is! So untroubled is Trump by the weak-ass case brought by a woke, corrupt prosecutor and facilitated by that robe-wearing sissy boy Soros lackey that he chooses to nap during the trial itself!

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[Post 5912]
Author : Kamilah Hauptmann
Date : 04-17-2024 04:32 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

https://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=13309&d=1713367935

13309

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[Post 5913]
Author : Ari
Date : 04-19-2024 06:18 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Before Trump entered court today he posted on Truth Social,

"IF IMMUNITY IS NOT GRANTED TO A PRESIDENT, EVERY PRESIDENT THAT LEAVES OFFICE WILL BE IMMEDIATELY INDICTED BY THE OPPOSING PARTY. WITHOUT COMPLETE IMMUNITY, A PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PROPERLY FUNCTION!"

And also,
If a President does not have Immunity, the Opposing Party, during his/her term in Office, can extort and blackmail the President by saying that, “if you don’t give us everything we want, we will Indict you for things you did while in Office,” even if everything done was totally Legal and Appropriate. That would be the end of the Presidency, and our Country, as we know it, and is just one of the many Traps there would be for a President without Presidential Immunity. Obama, Bush, and soon, Crooked Joe Biden, would all be in BIG TROUBLE. If a President doesn’t have IMMUNITY, he/she will be nothing more than a “Ceremonial” President, rarely having the courage to do what has to be done for our Country. This is not what the Founders had in mind! Protect Presidential Immunity. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN
Without Presidential Immunity, the Presidency will lose its power and prestige, and under some Leaders, have no power at all. The Presidency will be consumed by the other Branches of Government. THAT IS NOT WHAT OUR FOUNDERS WANTED!
IF THEY TAKE AWAY MY PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY, THEY TAKE AWAY CROOKED JOE BIDEN’S PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY.
WITHOUT PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY, IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR A PRESIDENT TO PROPERLY FUNCTION, PUTTING THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN GREAT AND EVERLASTING DANGER!
:popcorn: :popcorn:

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[Post 5914]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 04-19-2024 06:58 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Well, I'm convinced.

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[Post 5915]
Author : JoeP
Date : 04-19-2024 07:57 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Person apparently sets self on fire outside Trump trial in New York | Donald Trump trials | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/19/trump-trial-person-fire)

No confirmation yet whether this was a MAGAt hoping the King would notice him, or a MAGAt paid* to do this in another desperate attempt to derail the trial.

* I mean obviously not paid, just promised payment in future

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[Post 5916]
Author : seebs
Date : 04-20-2024 06:10 AM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Neither! Seems to be an unrelated conspiracy theory nut who found a place with cameras.

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[Post 5917]
Author : erimir
Date : 04-22-2024 04:44 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Unfortunately for Trump, Biden has immunity for all the horrible abuses of power occurring against Trump (those abuses? denying Trump's immunity).

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[Post 5918]
Author : Stephen Maturin
Date : 05-01-2024 06:08 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Four Years Ago Today (https://bsky.app/profile/fouryearsagotoday.bsky.social/post/3krfogchvfg2l) (well, yesterday, but you get the idea)

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[Post 5919]
Author : 256 colors
Date : 05-05-2024 04:56 PM
Thread Title : Re: Good King Trump

Apologies, but: 

that's not a narcissistic temper tantrum. it does seem a bit like splitting, which is a fairly common trait in highly stressed people with some amount of trauma in their history, which a lot of people are these days.

It's autism/ADHD with Hyperlexia, Alexithymia, Dyscalculia; C-PTSD and insomnia; plus I crashed a Harley, and aged, so my human body does not function, and my mind only functions in specific ways at certain times.

Trauma? Oh sure, as if any of the abuse or rapes had any effect on me. And that time with my dead husband, as if! Was it trauma, ha. He used a yellow heavy-duty electrical cord, not a rope. His hands were cold, his blue tongue protruded from his blue lips, just a little bit. How could this harm me or our son, who found him? How would these details bother us? They don't bother you, right.

Right. So why was I here before Monte Rael's birthday, and why am I here now on May 5, 2024?

Did I seek substance, support, or something tangible here on :ff:? Yes.

Did I return to an old forum to ask questions of people who knew me and/or things, such as facts and/or information? Yes. Hence my posts.

Did I make a good post to begin with? No, due to disability and tech issues (poverty-related). 

Did I have 15 tabs open when I made my posts here on :ff: to ask the smart people some questions? Yes, but this Chromebook is hardly able to keep tabs open like that. I was preparing to back up my claims and assertions and ideas with supporting links, to show you why I said or thought a thing or not.

Did that man tell me to get off of his internet? Yes.

Am I a narcissist? Maybe. I fear I may be a narcissist, despite the diagnosed autism and PTSD. My domestic violence counselor (8 sessions left, now) and my psychiatrist (retiring after next session), who have met me in person and have been providing mental health treatment (it's their jobs, they have to deal with me), keep saying "no," I am not a narcissist, and I need to stop worrying that I am one. I am other things. I have other conditions. Not narcissism, so they say. How can they be sure? How can YOU be sure?

I do not believe them. Maybe I'm mistaken. You're smart. You've met me and asked me things, you know me. You know what you know the way you know it.

Did you ask me why I said words or posted words online? You know me, and you know how we do what we do. Did you ask?

Did you look? :shrug2:

Did I lie? No. A liar knows what lies he told. I don't lie deliberately.

Am I wrong? Oh yes. I am a wrong-ass, wrongdoing wrong person. How would I know what's right or wrong. Are you gonna tell me?

Am I right? Yeah, maybe, I dunno. I'd rather be right than happy.

I'd rather be dead than be me or be this way or post like this or post here on :ff: at all. But, breadcrumbs or something.

TO seebs: I really wish we could chat. You wrote code, C? C+? I'm not sure, but, you were right about so many things, every time we ever engaged, either in chat or on a forum, like :ff:. You were right about something important, so I came back here.

Maybe this applies to you, :ff: reader? How could I know?

I re-read my last post here, hence this "explanation." :freakout:

TO seebs: specifically, and to all: I can use Discord on my phone; the app barely works on my Chromebook. Are you using Discord, seebs? May we chat? I have algorithm-related ideas and so many other questions to ask you, and ideas to run by you. Please INBOX me or find me via janicerael.gay. (https://janicerael.gay/) Facebook has most of my nonstop nonsense. But, guess where else. Ohhh gosh, seebs. Alla yall.

The Infidels unbanned my old account on IIDB so I could use my ELGS account to re-read some old threads in their archives. They let me make a new account so I could post and participate and ask the smart people my dumb questions.

Oh seebs, I wish you were in on the glove I threw down on LP's ground. I don't even know if I can finish what I started yesterday on IIDB.

Too many poverty problems, more Raels are gonna die off. Not me, not yet; I missed my turns already. I never should have turned 55. But my daughter, Gloria Mercedes Rael, who matters to no one but me and my dead husband's disabled brother, who lives here? Her tires are bald, her job lets her payday-loan her paycheck, so she's an indentured servant. Too bad about her PTSD. Too bad about her, however it happens.

Why would an atheist name their child Glorious Mercy?

How would I know? I only speak English.

TO ALL: I wish we were able to communicate, or that it mattered. If only there were a way to find me.

"She just wants attention. Perhaps we should label her as a whore and ignore her." That'll help as much as the 988 hotline, go ahead and never wonder why.

To the admin, vm. I am sorry I ruined your internet and fkd up your :ff: forum again. But I know this is the only way our internets or interests may intersect. So, A B C ya, wouldn't wanna be ya.

What's it like to want?

How would I know? I'm just crazy and wrong. I am wrong and this post is wrong. You are wrong about me. You're wrong and I will prove it with a song.

The singing person is an authority on this topic. So am I. But we only speak English. That's why she's right and I'm right.

I'm wrong. This is why: 

Everything's Made Up - YouTube (https://youtu.be/8rQqWO-XudI?si=AMejjutQ6Fd9ajxI)

Sing this if

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