Week 3. What will this week bring? Trump thread

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And humour. The alt right and Britain First have had handsomely funded campaigns targeting children. Fascist grooming you might say.

Considering how much money Bannon and Banks have thrown at it, the other side should be proud of how many votes they did get with so much less cash.

Jumps in and says that lovely graph ends in 2015

You are right, but I guess they haven't got last year's stuff written up yet, or haven't done fancy graphs anyway. I also wonder, if we are talking generational difference does a year make a huge difference? I guess it may suddenly have plummeted with Corbyn, but would that be a reflection of them becoming more conservative or the labour party just being a bit shit right now? So not a change in core political thinking...If that makes sense.

The House just moved toward eliminating the agency that protects elections from hacking

thinkprogress.org/house-eliminate-eac-6317e6889258#.o6ybo8xxn

I do FB advertising when I am not on MN

I think this has been mentioned before but it's amazing - and frightening - how accurately people can be targeted on social media now.

Give them adverts that nudge them. Give different groups different adverts. Use the right words. Show them the 'right' news. The correct links. Infiltrate their social media and start threads that concern them.

Use dog whistle politics - there was a lot of concern over the London Mayor elections and that.

I think that thinking how the internet drives and influences our politics is scary - yes, we are 'informed' - but are we really being informed?

Peter Baker ‏*@peterbakernyt*

Chief White House Correspondent, New York Times.
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.@jackshafer will give 20-year-old single malt to any WH reporter who follows up a colleague’s unanswered question.

www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/02/donald-trump-white-house-press-correspondents-214747

I am sure lurker will be here any minute to remind us how uninformed we are Ami

Patriot Barbie and angry spice

I can see them being sold as action toys. In fact, I can see an advert now trying to sell them

Comes with own voice activated response...

In fact, I can see an advert now trying to sell them

You need to step away from that Facebook targeted advertising

I am sure lurker will be here any minute to remind us how uninformed we are

People don't need to treat others negatively - just use facts and questions.

(unless it's Patriot Barbie)

I'll post this again - for new people. It's a Republican response to the Orlando shootings. He gets it. It's emotional.

@jaketapper So if attacking the President is fake news, then FOX was fake news for the past eight years?

Place marking

USA TODAY ‏*@USATODAY* 21s21 seconds ago
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Press secretary Sean Spicer said Donald Trump remains confident that his order will eventually be deemed legal.

www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/02/07/president-donald-trump-immigration-order-uphill-legal-battle-ban/97594044/?hootPostID=56739b079f107cace38d0aafd8c2f340

The Earth is a very dangerous place these days?
Really....

If he came on MN and said he wasn't going to France because of terrorism, what would the reaction be?

The House just moved toward eliminating the agency that protects elections from hacking
ginger getting rid of messy elections. Like the countries he wants to go to war with.

"Oceania was at war with Eurasia: therefore Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia. The enemy of the moment always represented absolute evil, and it followed that any past or future agreement with him was impossible"

benjamindavidsteele.wordpress.com/tag/deer-hunting-with-jesus/
Still umpteen pages behind, but as a comment on the possible reading/ writing issues.

The Independent ‏*@Independent* 36s36 seconds ago
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Putin orders Russian air force to prepare for 'time of war'

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/vladimir-putin-russian-air-force-russia-war-tass-snap-check-sergey-shoigu-a7566761.html

Independent US ‏*@IndyUSA* 1m1 minute ago
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Trump claims he has no relationship with Vladimir Putin. But that's not what he said four years ago ind.pn/2lk9JAk

AFP news agency ‏*@AFP* now9 seconds ago
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Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei thanks Trump for revealing "the real face of America", that of "political, economic, moral and social corruption"

Bromances end, I fear.

Weedsnseeds1 good wee article there! Near
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicaraguan_Literacy_Campaign
One of the things I liked about Nicaragua.

Is there a new thread yet?

I'll leave this here:

The Telegraph ‏*@Telegraph* 29s29 seconds ago
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Donald Trump's travel ban unlikely to be reinstated tonight as appeals court says decision 'probably' this week
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/02/07/donald-trump-says-haters-going-crazy-support-putin-live/ …

The Last Word ‏*@TheLastWord* 3h3 hours ago
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.@AriMelber explains why Trump lost in court: The judge did not buy the "alternative facts" on.msnbc.com/2lj1VQa

Full Patriot Barbie interview with CNN Jake Tapper.

edition.cnn.com/videos/politics/2017/02/07/trump-kellyanne-conway-lead-full-interview.cnn?sr=fblead0207tapperkellyanne