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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2017 23:53:16 GMT
This tweet by donniejohn
"Heading back to Washington after working hard and watching some of the worst and most dishonest Fake News reporting I have ever seen!"
Prompted this response by Maggie Haberman..
"Confirmation of word from ppl close to him that he's in a bad mood"
Oh goody a man who likes to strike back is in a bad mood and happens to be the president.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2017 1:12:50 GMT
donniejohn is really going to be in a bad mood if he finds out #trumpresign is trending on twitter. That can't be good for his fragile little ego.
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cycworker
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Post by cycworker on Aug 21, 2017 1:18:13 GMT
Thanks, @fred
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2017 2:52:22 GMT
Maggie Haberman.....
"Imagine the reaction if Obama, Bush, Clinton said "that's too bad" in response to missing soldiers on a military vessel."
"that's too bad" was trump's response to reporters as he was walking into that dump also called The White House. I get that it's a pain when reporters yell questions to one. But in this case the first response by the President of the United States about the missing and injured sailors , even under these circumstances, shouldn't be just "that's too bad".
What a dipshit.
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linda~lou
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Post by linda~lou on Aug 21, 2017 3:36:48 GMT
@fred he's dumber than dirt. Period.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2017 13:32:37 GMT
Matt McDermott..
"Since February, the Secret Service has spent more on golf cart rentals at Trump-owned properties than most American families make in a year."
This goes along with the news the Secret Service is running out of money to pay the agents because of the cost to protect the traveling trump family.
trump owns those golf carts as well as most of the rooms the Secret Service rents while protecting trump and his traveling family's sorry asses. As such there should be no charges for golf courts and rooms on trump owned properties. Or if a charge is required it should be a minimal charge of $1.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2017 13:39:09 GMT
From Politico...
"Polls: Trump slumping in Midwest
By KYLE CHENEY 08/20/2017 10:23 AM EDT
President Donald Trump’s job approval ratings are sagging in three crucial states that helped him secure the presidency last year, according to NBC News/Marist polls released Sunday.
Trump’s approval is below 40 percent in Michigan (36 percent), Pennsylvania (35 percent) and Wisconsin (34 percent), according to the surveys, conducted in the four days after a violent white supremacist march last weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia. That time span includes Trump’s alternating responses to the episode, which drew widespread criticism from elected officials in Washington.
In all three states, Trump's disapproval ratings exceed 50 percent. The three states provided Trump 46 electoral votes in the 2016 election, arguably his margin of victory.
Voters in the three states — by margins ranging from 8 to 13 percentage points — told pollsters they would prefer that Democrats control Congress after the 2018 elections. Nearly two-thirds of those polled in each state say they’ve been embarrassed by Trump’s performance as president. Though they rate him about even on his handling of the economy, more than half say he’s weakened the country’s standing in the world.
In Michigan, about the same number of voters say they have a favorable view of Trump (34 percent) as they do about Kid Rock, a prospective Republican Senate candidate (36 percent) in the 2018 midterms.
Each of the three polls relied on a sample of about 800 registered voters, and each carries a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. "
Well let's hope this trend continues. Ah weakening our standing in the world will have an affect on our economy you dimwits.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2017 15:11:45 GMT
From Politico....
"Trump: Fake news media is 'out of control' By DIAMOND NAGA SIU 08/21/2017 10:36 AM EDT
President Donald Trump railed against “fake news” Monday after Jerry Falwell Jr. defended the president’s comments on the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.
“Jerry Falwell of Liberty University was fantastic on @foxandfriends,” Trump tweeted. “The Fake News should listen to what he had to say. Thanks Jerry!”
Falwell Jr., the university’s president, went on Fox to praise Trump’s comments on white supremacists and counter-protesters that clashed in Charlottesville.
“I think he was very clear who the culprits were, because he called out the Nazis, the white supremacists, the KKK members by name,” Falwell Jr. said. “He didn’t call out the ones who committed violence on the other side by name — he never mentioned Antifa, he made it clear that there was no moral equivalency between the two.”
Falwell Jr. also said that, as someone who knows Trump well, he could attest that the president “does not have a racist bone in his body.”
The only thing out of control is trump. Our reactions are in response to his actions.
I thought it was a sin to lie. But if you are a so called religious leader I guess it's ok.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2017 17:31:50 GMT
Greg Sargent.....
Trump is back down at 35-59 in Gallup"
What amazes me, and it shouldn't, is why his approval rating is still as high as it is.
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cycworker
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Post by cycworker on Aug 21, 2017 17:44:59 GMT
Matt McDermott.. "Since February, the Secret Service has spent more on golf cart rentals at Trump-owned properties than most American families make in a year." This goes along with the news the Secret Service is running out of money to pay the agents because of the cost to protect the traveling trump family. trump owns those golf carts as well as most of the rooms the Secret Service rents while protecting trump and his traveling family's sorry asses. As such there should be no charges for golf courts and rooms on trump owned properties. Or if a charge is required it should be a minimal charge of $1. If the Secret Service is on a Trump property, everything they need there - food, a place to sleep, golf carts - should be free. Trump/his golf courses shouldn't even be allowed to charge the Secret Service. Trump vacationing at his private clubs/resorts, etc, should SAVE the country money, not cost the country money.
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Post by lucyg on Aug 21, 2017 18:06:12 GMT
Matt McDermott.. "Since February, the Secret Service has spent more on golf cart rentals at Trump-owned properties than most American families make in a year." This goes along with the news the Secret Service is running out of money to pay the agents because of the cost to protect the traveling trump family. trump owns those golf carts as well as most of the rooms the Secret Service rents while protecting trump and his traveling family's sorry asses. As such there should be no charges for golf courts and rooms on trump owned properties. Or if a charge is required it should be a minimal charge of $1. My head is going to fricking explode. I know the Secret Service expense is small potatoes, but really ... he is the most grasping, crass, crude excuse for a president since Andrew Jackson, isn't he?
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Aug 21, 2017 18:13:55 GMT
Greg Sargent..... Trump is back down at 35-59 in Gallup" What amazes me, and it shouldn't, is why his approval rating is still as high as it is. I'm amazed at this as well.
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Post by lucyg on Aug 21, 2017 18:14:29 GMT
Matt McDermott.. "Since February, the Secret Service has spent more on golf cart rentals at Trump-owned properties than most American families make in a year." This goes along with the news the Secret Service is running out of money to pay the agents because of the cost to protect the traveling trump family. trump owns those golf carts as well as most of the rooms the Secret Service rents while protecting trump and his traveling family's sorry asses. As such there should be no charges for golf courts and rooms on trump owned properties. Or if a charge is required it should be a minimal charge of $1. If the Secret Service is on a Trump property, everything they need there - food, a place to sleep, golf carts - should be free. Trump/his golf courses shouldn't even be allowed to charge the Secret Service. Trump vacationing at his private clubs/resorts, etc, should SAVE the country money, not cost the country money. There are laws against government figures receiving free "gifts" which likely covers all that stuff. Someone who knows the law better than I do can confirm or clarify. But he sure doesn't need to be making a profit on providing for the Secret Service. If he can't heavily discount the costs, then maybe they need to stay somewhere else so the president isn't profiting from his own security detail.
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Aug 21, 2017 18:15:17 GMT
I recently saw this post on a Facebook page and wanted to share.
Is anyone watching Paul Ryan's town hall on CNN tonight? I can't decide if I want to watch or not. Copy and Pasted: but very relevant!
You Republicans spent 50 years nourishing a racist beast, and now that the beast has grown so that it's about to devour your party, you want to wash your hands of it. No... I'm afraid not... This is your baby.
From Barry Goldwaters anti civil rights crusade of 1964 all the way till today, you knew what you were doing.
When Ronald Reagan talked about "welfare queens", you knew what he was doing. You defended him.
When George HW Bush ran the Willie Horton add, you knew what he was doing. You defended him.
When Rick Santorum bitched about "making black peoples lives better by giving them someone else's money", you knew what he was doing. You applauded him.
When Newt Gingrich referred to Obama as the "food stamp President", you knew what he was doing. You cheered for him.
When you defended the waving of the Confederate flag and Confederate monuments, you knew what ideologies you were appealing to.
When Republican after Republican took to the stage to say, suggest, or imply that Obama was a Muslim and a Kenyan, you knew exactly who they were trying to appeal to. and you applauded them.
Now, 50 years on, your elected officials can't even speak out against the KKK and Neo Nazis for fear of a primary challenge from the "Alt Right".
Donald Trump bitch slapped you and took your party from you and handed it over to the beast that you'd been riding and toying with for 50 years.
You can no longer claim that the KKK doesn't belong to you.... That the Neo Nazis don't belong to you. The gloves are off and there's no more "code words" and "catch phrases" to hide behind.
I don't feel sorry for you and I don't give you "credit" for disavowing them now. Because you should've been disavowing it for the 50 years that you were playing the "Southern strategy" game.
It's too late. You bore this baby, you weened it, fed it, raised it to maturity.... We won't let you walk away from it now.
The President that you nominated and elected while watching him blatantly race bait his way to power, has taken sides with the KKK and Neo Nazis over the people who would dare protest against them.
We will NEVER let you forget that you supported him while he was calling Mexicans rapist.
That you supported him while he was bragging about grabbing women's pussies.
That you supported him while he was calling into question the birth origin of the first black president.
That you supported him while he was saying that a Mexican American judge couldn't be impartial to adjudicate his case because of his ethnicity.
That you supported him when he wanted a blanket ban on an entire religion from entering the country.
We will NEVER let you forget. Trump and the racism that he brought with him belongs to ALL of you Republicans.
For fucking EVER!
Craig T. America's New Civil War: Conservatives vs. Reason
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Post by birdgate on Aug 21, 2017 18:33:31 GMT
From Politico.... "Trump: Fake news media is 'out of control' By DIAMOND NAGA SIU 08/21/2017 10:36 AM EDT President Donald Trump railed against “fake news” Monday after Jerry Falwell Jr. defended the president’s comments on the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. “Jerry Falwell of Liberty University was fantastic on @foxandfriends,” Trump tweeted. “The Fake News should listen to what he had to say. Thanks Jerry!” Falwell Jr., the university’s president, went on Fox to praise Trump’s comments on white supremacists and counter-protesters that clashed in Charlottesville. “I think he was very clear who the culprits were, because he called out the Nazis, the white supremacists, the KKK members by name,” Falwell Jr. said. “He didn’t call out the ones who committed violence on the other side by name — he never mentioned Antifa, he made it clear that there was no moral equivalency between the two.” Falwell Jr. also said that, as someone who knows Trump well, he could attest that the president “does not have a racist bone in his body.” The only thing out of control is trump. Our reactions are in response to his actions. I thought it was a sin to lie. But if you are a so called religious leader I guess it's ok. One of the torch carrying Nazis is a senior at Liberty. He put up a GoFundMe page to raise money for his last years tuition before he went into hiding. He got up to 2k before we shut him down. Just read school alumni are returning their diplomas in protest of *45's comments.
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Post by cycworker on Aug 21, 2017 19:15:39 GMT
If the Secret Service is on a Trump property, everything they need there - food, a place to sleep, golf carts - should be free. Trump/his golf courses shouldn't even be allowed to charge the Secret Service. Trump vacationing at his private clubs/resorts, etc, should SAVE the country money, not cost the country money. There are laws against government figures receiving free "gifts" which likely covers all that stuff. Someone who knows the law better than I do can confirm or clarify. But he sure doesn't need to be making a profit on providing for the Secret Service. If he can't heavily discount the costs, then maybe they need to stay somewhere else so the president isn't profiting from his own security detail. How is it a gift? It's no different than the Secret Service being at GW Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas, or Obama's home in Chicago had he visited there during his term.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2017 5:56:13 GMT
From SF Gate a comment from trump's USDA pick...
"As far as we know [being gay] is a choice that they make, right?" he said in a video. "We're being asked to provide constitutional protections for a behavior as opposed to a primary characteristic."
No they don't chose to be gay but as you have proven with comments like this, one can chose to be an asshole....
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2017 6:08:52 GMT
And then there was this from the Business Insider...
"Steve Mnuchin's wife got into a bizarre war of words with a commenter on Instagram Bryan Logan
Louise Linton A screenshot of Louise Linton's Instagram post. Screenshot via Twitter Louise Linton, the wife of US Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin posted a photo on Instagram that apparently got some unwelcome attention on Monday night.
The photo shows Linton and Mnuchin stepping off of a government jet in Kentucky, with a caption that read, "Great day trip to Kentucky! #nicest #people #beautiful #country #usa."
Linton, a 36-year-old actress who married Mnuchin in an extravagant June wedding ceremony, tagged several high-end designers like Tom Ford, Hermès, Ronald Mouret, and Valentino in her Instagram post.
The comments, however, were less than charitable.
One person wrote, "Glad we could pay for your little getaway #deplorable."
Linton replied: "Aw! Did you think this was a personal trip? Adorable! Do you think the US govt paid for our honeymoon or personal travel?! Lololol. Have you given more to the economy than me and my husband? Either as an individual owner in taxes OR in self-sacrifice to your country? I'm pretty sure we paid more taxes toward our day 'trip' than you did. Pretty sure the amount we sacrifice per year is a lot more than you'd be willing to sacrifice if the choice was yours. You're adorably out of touch. Thanks for the passive aggressive nasty comment. Your kids look very cute. I know you're mad. but deep down you're really nice and so am I. Sending me passive aggressive Instagram comments isn't going to make my life feel better. Maybe a nice message, one filled with wisdom and hunanity [sic] would get more traction. Have a pleasant evening. Go chill out and watch the new game of thrones. It's fab!"
Linton then made her Instagram account private. Mnuchin was in Louisville on Monday advocating for a congressional tax-code overhaul, The Washington Post reported.
The former Goldman Sachs executive was cajoled last week by hundreds of his former Yale classmates from the class of 1985, who signed a letter urging him to resign from the Trump administration in protest of the president's remarks about a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia."
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Post by used2scrap on Aug 22, 2017 12:37:48 GMT
Louise Linton is grotesque, her "let them wear Hermes" moment totally inappropriate. All she sacrifices? Totally clueless and insulting.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2017 15:14:57 GMT
Jake Tapper...
"WaPo Fact-Checker: President Trump’s list of false and misleading claims tops 1,000
Congrats! 🎈🎉🍾 washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/f…"
But those emails......
🚫 #MAGA
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Post by hop2 on Aug 22, 2017 15:24:05 GMT
Because the 'prediction' ( not really a prediction ) of the eclipse is a ( very complicated ) math problem. A provable calculation with an answer. It's much harder to argue with math. I'm sure someone could, but you have to be MUCH smarter to argue against math. Where as you can just make stuff up to argue against science, so you don't need to be incredibly smart to attempt that argument. Well that's my guess anyway
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Post by lucyg on Aug 22, 2017 19:23:06 GMT
There are laws against government figures receiving free "gifts" which likely covers all that stuff. Someone who knows the law better than I do can confirm or clarify. But he sure doesn't need to be making a profit on providing for the Secret Service. If he can't heavily discount the costs, then maybe they need to stay somewhere else so the president isn't profiting from his own security detail. How is it a gift? It's no different than the Secret Service being at GW Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas, or Obama's home in Chicago had he visited there during his term. If the Secret Service doesn't pay for their accommodations at a for-profit resort, it may constitute a gift to the government. (Again, don't take my word for it, we have lots of lawyers here who may know better.) But that doesn't mean the resort needs to make a big profit on it, either. A heavily discounted price might be both legal and much more ethical. As far as Bush and Obama's homes go, they aren't for-profit operations. Other people don't pay to stay there. It IS different. This president chooses to spend large amounts of time at his for-profit homes-away-from-home, which puts money in his own pocket when the Secret Service pays full price for their accommodations on his own property.
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Post by artgirl1 on Aug 22, 2017 19:40:18 GMT
As far as Bush and Obama's homes go, they aren't for-profit operations. Other people don't pay to stay there. It IS different. This president chooses to spend large amounts of time at his for-profit homes-away-from-home, which puts money in his own pocket when the Secret Service pays full price for their accommodations on his own property. The Trump homes are also public venues that require a lot more secret service coverage than a private home does. These public venues are not closed to the public, and since the secret service cannot vet everyone who would be at that public venue, then additional Secret Service are required. And I suspect it is a lot cheaper to stay at the Marriott Chicago or Houston, then at Mar A Lago. And bottom line, the payments for the Secret Service stays are not being paid to a corporation owned by the President who would share in the profits. I don't think Obama or Bush got a cut of Secret Service payments at the Marriott. I am sure the actual markup on any rooms, food, golf carts at trumps properties is 200% or more. And that is what is being paid. Those profits go into the Trump coffers. I honestly don't understand why this is so difficult for many to comprehend.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Aug 22, 2017 20:28:47 GMT
maybe he should just stop going on vacation every freakin' weekend, then! since he said he'd be so gosh-darn busy he'd never leave the White House, and all...
eta: or if he really does need to 'get away from it all' then go to Camp David. Or buy a private residence of his very own that ISN'T Trump Tower.
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Post by flute4peace on Aug 22, 2017 20:40:05 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. What are the dates on this? Do they really think we're that stupid?
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cycworker
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Post by cycworker on Aug 22, 2017 21:16:03 GMT
How is it a gift? It's no different than the Secret Service being at GW Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas, or Obama's home in Chicago had he visited there during his term. If the Secret Service doesn't pay for their accommodations at a for-profit resort, it may constitute a gift to the government. (Again, don't take my word for it, we have lots of lawyers here who may know better.) But that doesn't mean the resort needs to make a big profit on it, either. A heavily discounted price might be both legal and much more ethical. As far as Bush and Obama's homes go, they aren't for-profit operations. Other people don't pay to stay there. It IS different. This president chooses to spend large amounts of time at his for-profit homes-away-from-home, which puts money in his own pocket when the Secret Service pays full price for their accommodations on his own property. Ok. I think I'm following you, but I'm not sure. I guess my thinking was that I assume Trump, were he not President, wouldn't pay to stay at, or eat at, Mar-a-lago, or to golf at his other golf clubs, it makes no sense that the Secret Service now has to pay. If Trump weren't President everything he did at the properties he owns would be free; they'd write it all off, just like McDonalds will let their employees have all the pop they want, no charge. So why would he now start paying for what prior to being President he just took for free? lucyg
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2017 21:17:40 GMT
" Bannon knows the drug Trump craves, and it’s a heady speedball of adulation and attention. So Breitbart will give Trump more than Fox and Friends and Sean Hannity can. Bannon will give him the lavish, absurdly overwrought praise about being a hero of the nationalist movement. Trump will never be the subject of their vitriol. He’ll be the damsel in distress, and Steve will be his white knight.All it will cost Trump is the constant headache of having Breitbart and the constellation of alt-right-friendly news sites wage a never-ending war on Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump, Gary Cohn, H.R. McMaster, John Kelly, and anyone else in Trump’s orbit deemed insufficiently terrified of an imaginary tidal wave either Muslims, Mexicans—or, dear God don’t tell Alex Jones—Muslim Mexicans coming to rape our women, take our jobs, and operate dangerously appealing food trucks. All it will cost is a wink-and-a-nod: “I’m not saying globalist has to mean ‘Jew’ but ‘Goldman? Sachs?’...who are they kidding?” " www.thedailybeast.com/steve-bannon-s-nationalism-is-a-click-scam-disguised-as-a-movement?source=twitter&via=desktop
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2017 22:13:50 GMT
From the New York Times...
"Still, the back-and-forth has been dramatic.
In a series of tweets this month, Mr. Trump criticized Mr. McConnell publicly, then berated him in a phone call that quickly devolved into a profane shouting match.
During the call, which Mr. Trump initiated on Aug. 9 from his New Jersey golf club, the president accused Mr. McConnell of bungling the health care issue. He was even more animated about what he intimated was the Senate leader’s refusal to protect him from investigations of Russian interference in the 2016 election, according to Republicans briefed on the conversation."
It seems to me that if there was nothing there trump would be pushing the Russia investigations to get them done instead of yelling at people for not protecting him.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Aug 22, 2017 22:19:05 GMT
" Bannon knows the drug Trump craves, and it’s a heady speedball of adulation and attention. So Breitbart will give Trump more than Fox and Friends and Sean Hannity can. Bannon will give him the lavish, absurdly overwrought praise about being a hero of the nationalist movement. Trump will never be the subject of their vitriol. He’ll be the damsel in distress, and Steve will be his white knight.All it will cost Trump is the constant headache of having Breitbart and the constellation of alt-right-friendly news sites wage a never-ending war on Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump, Gary Cohn, H.R. McMaster, John Kelly, and anyone else in Trump’s orbit deemed insufficiently terrified of an imaginary tidal wave either Muslims, Mexicans—or, dear God don’t tell Alex Jones—Muslim Mexicans coming to rape our women, take our jobs, and operate dangerously appealing food trucks. All it will cost is a wink-and-a-nod: “I’m not saying globalist has to mean ‘Jew’ but ‘Goldman? Sachs?’...who are they kidding?” " www.thedailybeast.com/steve-bannon-s-nationalism-is-a-click-scam-disguised-as-a-movement?source=twitter&via=desktop so that's what we're in for, then? great.
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imsirius
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Post by imsirius on Aug 22, 2017 22:24:23 GMT
Boy, all this war talk and Bannon ousting really took the heat off of the Russia connections didn't it? He sure knows how to detract and distract!
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