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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2017 4:17:43 GMT
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Post by lucyg on Aug 17, 2017 6:15:03 GMT
W T ever-lovin' F?!
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Aug 17, 2017 11:40:59 GMT
W T ever-lovin' F?! WTF indeed! And a bit off topic, but is Trump's lawyer just as crazy as he is? Why would the lawyer to the President of the United States ever think it a good idea to forward that email around? I like how he says that it's his personal email and his right to forward them, but for goodness sakes, it's not like it was Outback's recipe for a Blooming Onion and dipping sauce. What a bunch of nuts.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Aug 17, 2017 12:36:25 GMT
And to think, that log could have stayed firmly in place w/Trump and his millions and his maggots under cover. But no, megalomaniac, blowhard, narcissist, hypocrite had to run for President. Enjoy the orange jumpsuit. At least it's his favorite color!
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flute4peace
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Post by flute4peace on Aug 17, 2017 19:43:07 GMT
From tiny hands... "Rather than putting pressure on the businesspeople of the Manufacturing Council & Strategy & Policy Forum, I am ending both. Thank you all!" Showing integrity is not being pressured. I saw that first CEO to resign interviewed on TV and he said the council had never even met. It was a name only thing.
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suzastampin
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Post by suzastampin on Aug 17, 2017 20:01:36 GMT
Had to laugh, Trump tweeted something, and Fox had to debunk it as being not true. Pretty bad when your favorite news source tells everybody that you are a liar.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2017 20:45:26 GMT
David Fahrenthold - Washington Post...
"NEW: American Cancer Society pulls out of its Gala at Mar-a-Lago. Two big, longtime customers lost in a day."
David is the reporter who exposed trump's Foundation and won a Pulitzer Prize for the reporting.
Now he is keeping track on how many charitable events will be repeat customers. The 2 today make 13 that won't be holding their charitable gala events at Mar-a-Lago this next season. So while trump is making big bucks of his presidency at the D.C. Hotel it appears he could be losing money at Mar-a-Lago.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2017 23:14:28 GMT
Had to laugh, Trump tweeted something, and Fox had to debunk it as being not true. Pretty bad when your favorite news source tells everybody that you are a liar. It was straight after the Barcelona terrorist attack and he referred to an already debunked anecdote about a US general dipping bullets in pig’s blood to fight Islamic militants more than a hundred years ago. This is what he said about the terrorist attack The United States condemns the terror attack in Barcelona, Spain, and will do whatever is necessary to help. Be tough & strong, we love you!
Then the next tweet about an hour later said Study what General Pershing of the United States did to terrorists when caught. There was no more Radical Islamic Terror for 35 years!
both Snopes and Politifacts claimed the story was false when he first mentioned it at a rally in South Carolina early in 2016. LINK
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Aug 17, 2017 23:17:48 GMT
David Fahrenthold - Washington Post... "NEW: American Cancer Society pulls out of its Gala at Mar-a-Lago. Two big, longtime customers lost in a day." David is the reporter who exposed trump's Foundation and won a Pulitzer Prize for the reporting. Now he is keeping track on how many charitable events will be repeat customers. The 2 today make 13 that won't be holding their charitable gala events at Mar-a-Lago this next season. So while trump is making big bucks of his presidency at the D.C. Hotel it appears he could be losing money at Mar-a-Lago. The Cleveland Clinic did the same-pulled out!! If I were all those new members who had to pay the inflated new membership costs, I'd be asking for a refund!!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2017 23:55:38 GMT
David Fahrenthold...
"NEW: Another charity, @afmda (Israeli Red Cross) pulls out of gala at @realdonaldtrump's Mar-a-Lago Club. Third to cancel today."
And yet another charity bails....
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suzastampin
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Post by suzastampin on Aug 18, 2017 1:41:06 GMT
Had to laugh, Trump tweeted something, and Fox had to debunk it as being not true. Pretty bad when your favorite news source tells everybody that you are a liar. It was straight after the Barcelona terrorist attack and he referred to an already debunked anecdote about a US general dipping bullets in pig’s blood to fight Islamic militants more than a hundred years ago. This is what he said about the terrorist attack The United States condemns the terror attack in Barcelona, Spain, and will do whatever is necessary to help. Be tough & strong, we love you!
Then the next tweet about an hour later said Study what General Pershing of the United States did to terrorists when caught. There was no more Radical Islamic Terror for 35 years!
both Snopes and Politifacts claimed the story was false when he first mentioned it at a rally in South Carolina early in 2016. LINKThanks for the details. I had just come through the door from work and flipped the tv on. All I heard was Fox saying the tweet wasn't true.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2017 14:15:59 GMT
What Dawkins would say to Trump [Interviewer] "In your new book’s introduction you allude to Donald Trump’s election, and say that now “more than ever, reason needs to take center stage.” What would you say to Trump if you had his ear? Do you think you could reason with him? [Dawkins] Mr. Trump, you appear to be laboring under the delusion that you have the necessary qualifications to be president. The manifest failure of almost everything you have attempted during your first six months, coupled with the anarchic chaos that pervades your White House, should give you pause—or would give pause to any person of normal sensitivity. What advice would I give? Get your news, not from FOX but from all the sources available to a president, many of them not available to the rest of us. Announce your decisions after due consideration and consultation, not impulsively on Twitter. Cultivate common good manners when dealing with people. Do not be misled by the crowds that cheer your boorish rudeness: they are a minority of the American people. Listen to experts better qualified than you are. Especially scientists. Be guided by evidence and reason, not gut feeling. By far the best way to assess evidence is the scientific method. Indeed, it is the only way if we interpret “scientific” broadly. In particular—since the matter is so urgent and it may already be too late—listen to scientists when they tell you about the looming catastrophe of climate change." No I don’t think I could reason with Trump. Why would I succeed where so many have failed?" www.scientificamerican.com/article/richard-dawkins-offers-advice-for-donald-trump-and-other-wisdom/
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2017 14:52:18 GMT
This tweet by donniejohn
"Heading to Camp David for major meeting on National Security, the Border and the Military (which we are rapidly building to strongest ever)."
Prompted this response from Chris Lu...
"It's such a "major meeting" that Trump is staying at Camp David only 4 hours today before going back to his NJ golf course. #AllForShow"
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Post by jenis40 on Aug 18, 2017 15:28:55 GMT
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Post by hop2 on Aug 18, 2017 15:49:36 GMT
David Fahrenthold - Washington Post... "NEW: American Cancer Society pulls out of its Gala at Mar-a-Lago. Two big, longtime customers lost in a day." David is the reporter who exposed trump's Foundation and won a Pulitzer Prize for the reporting. Now he is keeping track on how many charitable events will be repeat customers. The 2 today make 13 that won't be holding their charitable gala events at Mar-a-Lago this next season. So while trump is making big bucks of his presidency at the D.C. Hotel it appears he could be losing money at Mar-a-Lago. Oh no worries he'll just visit a bit and charge the taxoayers extra to accommodate his secret service and staff.
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linda~lou
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Keep calm and eat crumpets
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Post by linda~lou on Aug 18, 2017 16:41:33 GMT
Kennedy Center Honorees for 2017 are now boycotting the reception at the White House. I'm happy that it's sending a message but breaks my heart because I loved watching these events with President Obama and Michelle. I also read Golden State Warriors may not go to the WH if invited in protest.
45 is destroying all these iconic events. Wonder if he will pardon a poor turkey or go off with his head!
Article in WaPo concerning Kennedy Center Honors:
It’s their party, and they’ll skip it if they want to — another artist chosen for the prestigious Kennedy Center Honors later this year plans to boycott the part of the ceremony that takes place at the White House, citing President Trump’s toxic politics.
Dancer Carmen de Lavallade said on Thursday that she would be honored to attend the Dec. 3 ceremony at the Kennedy Center, buuuut….
“In light of the socially divisive and morally caustic narrative that our current leadership is choosing to engage in, and in keeping with the principles that I and so many others have fought for, I will be declining the invitation to attend the reception at the White House,” she said in a written statement provided to the Washington Post.
She isn’t the only one sitting out the traditional to-do at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., hosted by the president and first lady. Television writer/producer Norman Lear, another of the chosen 2017 honorees, is skipping. And singer-songwriter Lionel Richie is a “maybe” — he said this week he was “playing it by ear.” Other honorees are taking a different approach: Cuban American singer Gloria Estefan has said she’ll go, in the hopes of bending Trump’s ear about the value of immigrants in American culture.
De Lavallade, 86, is a dancer, choreographer and actress who was a principal guest performer with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and was one of the first African Americans to dance for the Metropolitan Opera. Though her home is in New York, her work has taken her close to Charlottesville, the scene of a deadly white supremacist rally this weekend, which Trump has been criticized for failing to sufficiently condemn.
De Lavallade is staging a ballet by John Butler called “Portrait of Billie,” about Billie Holiday, for the Richmond Ballet.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2017 0:14:36 GMT
Eric Lipton....
"After listening to pleas from pesticide users, EPA Pruitt reverses agency scientists' recommendation"
Poisoning the American People for a few bucks.
I guess that's what happens when you elect a so called businessman to "shake things up".
🚫 #MAGA
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2017 2:21:17 GMT
From Bingamin Applebaum....
"1 Trump names bottled water industry lawyer to Interior.
2 Interior ends ban on bottled water in national parks."
I saw that earlier but now understand why it happened. Another great example how trump and his cronies are busy #MAGA by lining their pockets with money.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2017 2:27:55 GMT
Brian Klaas....
"Trump boasts about creating 1m jobs Jan to July. It's the lowest figure in 5 years. '13: 1.12m '14: 1.50m '15: 1.39m '16: 1.24m '17: 1.07m"
donniejohn isn't going to like this....
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2017 5:50:47 GMT
From AP....
"U.S. citizen charged with using a drone to smuggle more than 13 pounds of methamphetamine from Mexico."
So just how is donniejohn's wall on the border going to stop the Mexicans from smuggling drugs into the US again?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2017 3:48:24 GMT
Today's words of wisdom from donniejohn....
"Our great country has been divided for decades. Sometimes you need protest in order to heal, & we will heal, & be stronger than ever before!"
"I want to applaud the many protestors in Boston who are speaking out against bigotry and hate. Our country will soon come together as one!"
Someone other than trump either typed this tweet or dictated it to trump. These are not trump's words.
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linda~lou
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Post by linda~lou on Aug 20, 2017 4:28:15 GMT
Today's words of wisdom from donniejohn.... "Our great country has been divided for decades. Sometimes you need protest in order to heal, & we will heal, & be stronger than ever before!" "I want to applaud the many protestors in Boston who are speaking out against bigotry and hate. Our country will soon come together as one!" Someone other than trump either typed this tweet or dictated it to trump. These are not trump's words. But you missed the best part. The first time he posted it, he spelled it heel! Twice! It was up for maybe a half hour until someone called him out and he changed it to heal. Go to Twitter and search #heel, it's hysterical. Maybe someone dictated it to him but he did actual typing cause I totally agree, it doesn't sound like something he'd say. The heel for heal sure does though. Moron.
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Post by wellway on Aug 20, 2017 6:49:06 GMT
Today's words of wisdom from donniejohn.... "Our great country has been divided for decades. Sometimes you need protest in order to heal, & we will heal, & be stronger than ever before!" "I want to applaud the many protestors in Boston who are speaking out against bigotry and hate. Our country will soon come together as one!" Someone other than trump either typed this tweet or dictated it to trump. These are not trump's words. He tweeted this beauty first "Looks like many anti-police agitators in Boston. Police are looking tough and smart! Thank you." Funny that he didn't wait days to establish facts.
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Post by PLurker on Aug 20, 2017 7:43:51 GMT
Today's words of wisdom from donniejohn.... "Our great country has been divided for decades. Sometimes you need protest in order to heal, & we will heal, & be stronger than ever before!" "I want to applaud the many protestors in Boston who are speaking out against bigotry and hate. Our country will soon come together as one!" Someone other than trump either typed this tweet or dictated it to trump. These are not trump's words. He tweeted this beauty first "Looks like many anti-police agitators in Boston. Police are looking tough and smart! Thank you." Funny that he didn't wait days to establish facts. Yes, I think I tend to believe his first tweet (on any subject) is him and the following are corrected by staff after they pry phone from his tiny little hands. The follow up tweets often tend to use words that are not within his vocabulary- and are coherent. Same with his teleprompter speech vs in-his-own-words. Totally different content and vocabulary. After a 'forced' written speech off teleprompter it usually doesn't take him long to burst and tell us how he really feels and negated the prepared speech he didn't want to give. He can't help himself. His true self shoves through. Not pretty.
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Post by hop2 on Aug 20, 2017 11:40:52 GMT
Brian Klaas.... "Trump boasts about creating 1m jobs Jan to July. It's the lowest figure in 5 years. '13: 1.12m '14: 1.50m '15: 1.39m '16: 1.24m '17: 1.07m" donniejohn isn't going to like this.... Well, those others were falsely reported. Come on, you ought to know this by now.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2017 19:54:59 GMT
The Daily Beast...
"Mattis says Trump has reached decision on Afghanistan troop levels thebea.st/2v3ShoQ"
"President Trump will address the nation on Monday night to reveal his strategy."
I wondered if he actually listened to his "talented" generals. This should be interesting.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2017 20:06:08 GMT
Today's words of wisdom from donniejohn.... "Our great country has been divided for decades. Sometimes you need protest in order to heal, & we will heal, & be stronger than ever before!" "I want to applaud the many protestors in Boston who are speaking out against bigotry and hate. Our country will soon come together as one!" Someone other than trump either typed this tweet or dictated it to trump. These are not trump's words. But you missed the best part. The first time he posted it, he spelled it heel! Twice! It was up for maybe a half hour until someone called him out and he changed it to heal. Go to Twitter and search #heel, it's hysterical. Maybe someone dictated it to him but he did actual typing cause I totally agree, it doesn't sound like something he'd say. The heel for heal sure does though. Moron. I did miss the best part but I'm wondering if it was a Freudian slip on his part. That he wants the American People to "heel" in other words get with his program and stop those Soros paid protests. And by doing so it will "heal" the country. Or he is just dumber than dirt.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Aug 20, 2017 20:08:02 GMT
Or he is just dumber than dirt. ^^^ yeah, that. No way was he making some sort of a Freudian slip or a subtle unconscious type thing. He probably doesn't know why Freud is.
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Post by cycworker on Aug 20, 2017 20:36:15 GMT
Oh, I'm thinking Freudian slip with heel vs heal. Could someone post the content of this article for me, please? I've capped out my max at WaPo for the month. Bannon article
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2017 22:17:54 GMT
Oh, I'm thinking Freudian slip with heel vs heal. Could someone post the content of this article for me, please? I've capped out my max at WaPo for the month. Bannon articleHere you go... Is President Trump a populist or a corporatist? Is he appealing to white supremacists as a form of political opportunism — or because, deep down, he sympathizes with their views? Is he the hard-core “fire and fury” hawk of his North Korea statements? Or is he actually a non-interventionist who disdains foreign engagement? The answer to all these questions is: Who knows? There is absolutely no way of establishing what Trump believes. He says whatever he feels he has to say at any given moment to get attention, strike back at foes or advance his personal (especially economic) interests. But Trump’s decision to let go of his right-wing-populist-in-chief Stephen K. Bannon sends a clear signal that the president’s “populism” has always been a ruse. And Bannon committed the cardinal sins of dishing to a liberal journalist and dissing his own base within the Republican Party. One reason Bannon has always inspired fascination is that he has a set of beliefs that, while not always coherent, are strongly held. Faced with a president whose ideology verges on nihilism, here was someone in the Trump orbit who cared about certain things passionately. Bannon was allowed to fill in the blanks left by an empty man. This explains Bannon’s seemingly fatal decision to call my friend Robert Kuttner, a left-of-center economic populist who disagrees with Trump on all manner of issues but does share Bannon’s skepticism about China’s role in the global economic system. Bannon seemed to think that he could strengthen his position by seeking allies on the left. This, we have learned conclusively, is not how this fundamentally right-wing White House works. Kuttner’s account of the conversation, published in the American Prospect, was striking because (1) Bannon declared, against Trump’s bellicose public bloviating, that “there’s no military solution” to the North Korea problem; (2) Bannon sees the United States facing an “economic war with China” that we have to be “maniacally focused on”; (3) he’s been in “a fight . . . every day” on these matters with the Treasury Department and Trump’s chief economic adviser Gary Cohn; and (4) he called the ethno-nationalists with whom he is often associated “a collection of clowns.” Yet Bannon also seemed to welcome the public battles that Trump’s moral equivalency toward neo-Nazis and their foes in Charlottesville has unleashed. “The Democrats,” Bannon told Kuttner, “the longer they talk about identity politics, I got ’em. I want them to talk about racism every day. If the left is focused on race and identity, and we go with economic nationalism, we can crush the Democrats.” Well. Bannon’s last point, despite his departure, could be a Rosetta stone for Trump’s shameful handling of Charlottesville: The president may figure that dividing Americans along racial lines while fueling a fight on the left over identity vs. class politics will leave him a winner. But Bannon made all of this way too explicit. He also overlooked the large national consensus against neo-Nazis, Klansmen and white supremacists. Trump can’t admit that he’s playing politics with race, and ethno-nationalism is, fortunately, being challenged more forcefully than ever. Bannon got into trouble for other reasons as well, notably by directly contradicting Trump’s posture on North Korea. His dismissal is a triumph for Cohn, White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly and national security adviser H.R. McMaster. Friends of a steadier foreign policy will cheer Bannon’s fall — although who knew that doves had a secret ally in the former head of Breitbart News? Bannon’s ouster will no doubt be described as a victory for “moderation.” But it also underscores that for all of Trump’s talk about workers and jobs, his administration’s substantive actions have mainly benefited corporate interests. This is especially true of its rolling back of rules around the environment, Wall Street and various worker and consumer protections. As political scientists Matt Grossmann and David Hopkins observed this month on The Post’s “Monkey Cage” blog, Trump’s actual behavior, including his “regulatory retrenchment,” suggests he is likely to “compile the most conservative policy record of any recent administration.” Trump carried the crucial states of the Midwest because he was not a conventional conservative. Bannon, for all his disturbing inclinations, understood this. Does Trump? The president’s defenders will cheer this decision as an effort to create a more orderly and predictable administration. Just as likely, we are witnessing yet another erratic move from a leader who doesn’t know what he believes and was uneasy with an aide who dared imagine that there was a point to his presidency.
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