Hello Don, got a new tax cut? Trump continued

[PerkingFaintly]

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Nice work if you can get it.

I’m particularly sorry for anyone living in the Korean Peninsula. I can understand completely the fears of those people in Seoul and Tokyo.

We made it to October though. (I’m ‘in credit’ by three months or so.)

We made it to Autumn.

I’ve thought we weren’t going to see past 29th April - his 100th day in office.

I thought he have would deployed a nuclear bomb by then to generate an achievement/adoration in an otherwise dismal first 100 days (especially after the media reacted so gushingly positively to his Syrian Mother of all bombs drop)

A lot of and has been consumed in the intervening period so I feel I’ve used the credit well

Well I've just discovered we now have a [ glitterball ] in the MN smiley list.

So that I shall deploy immediately!

Does Trump know that Kim Jong Un hasn’t been in power for 25 years?

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Being nice to Rocket Man hasn't worked in 25 years, why would it work now? Clinton failed, Bush failed, and Obama failed. I won't fail.

The answer is No. He doesn’t know.

Blimey. What planet is he on exactly?

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President Trump dedicates Presidents Cup golf tournament trophy to those affected by hurricanes.

I snuck a glitter ball onto an earlier thread just because it was there and new and shiny, Perking.

Does no one remember the inaugural Trump Thread Glitter Ball Award I handed out two threads ago to Lweji? Well, I’m sure Lweji does...

I have obviously been paying insufficient attention hiding behind the sofa when important things like glitterballs were being discussed.

I'd swear I was the first to use the glitter ball on these threads. I think as a suggestion of an alternative to bombing NK. Someone else also used it afterwards.
But that's memory for you. I'd have to check.

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What we face in America: a handful of greedy libertarian billionaires in full control of the party in power, determined to privatize it all.

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Inside the Koch Campaign to Invent A Scandal & Dismantle the VA, the Country’s Most Successful Healthcare System

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The Kochs, the Mercers, the Bradley Foundation, and on and on. They want to repeal the entire 20th century social infrastructure, privatize
it all, and take the spoils, not unlike what the oligarchs did in Russia. They see spectacular wealth at the end of the Republican rainbow.
It’s pure, unabashed kleptocracy in the making. And the only things slowing it down are public resistance, and GOP governing incompetence.

we’ve managed to navigate the choppy and divide waters of American politics harmoniously but were finally defeated by the glitterball. Will you be on the right side of history?

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Facebook to give Russia-linked ads to U.S. Congress on Monday

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In other social media news, keep an eye out for this on Wednesday:

The Russia Investigations: Sens. Burr, Warner To Give Update; Spotlight On Twitter

www.npr.org/2017/10/01/554552848/the-russia-investigations-sens-burr-warner-to-give-update-spotlight-on-twitter

Sens. Richard Burr, R-N.C., and Mark Warner, D-Va., haven't convened a public hearing of their committee for months — and that was to confirm nominees for intelligence agency jobs — so this will be the first chance in awhile to hear at length from both leaders together. Warner makes a lot of appearances on TV and in the press; Burr much less so.

Look for the two leaders to give the latest about their conversations with Facebook and Twitter. The two lawmakers have been frustrated by the lack of disclosure from the social media platforms about the way they were used by Russian influence-mongers to interfere with last year's presidential election. The Senate committee and its House counterpart both plan to convene hearings next month with the social platforms.

I think they’ve done a grand job and can probably ease up on it now

Scoop: Trump urges staff to portray him as "crazy guy"

www.axios.com/inside-trumps-crazy-train-2491643924.html

In an Oval Office meeting earlier this month, President Trump gave his top trade negotiator, Robert Lighthizer, an Art of the Deal-style coaching session on how to negotiate with the South Koreans.

Trump's impromptu coaching came in the middle of a pivotal conversation with top officials about whether or not to withdraw from the U.S.-Korean trade deal. Sources familiar with the conversation recounted the exchange for Axios, and the White House did not dispute this account.

A number of senior officials and cabinet secretaries were present for the conversation, including Defense Secretary Mattis, Agriculture Secretary Perdue, and Secretary of State Tillerson. At issue was whether the U.S. would withdraw from the Korean trade deal — an action Trump threatened but still hasn't done.

"You've got 30 days, and if you don't get concessions then I'm pulling out," Trump told Lighthizer.

"Ok, well I'll tell the Koreans they've got 30 days," Lighthizer replied.

"No, no, no," Trump interjected. "That's not how you negotiate. You don't tell them they've got 30 days. You tell them, 'This guy's so crazy he could pull out any minute.'"

"That's what you tell them: Any minute," Trump continued. "And by the way, I might. You guys all need to know I might. You don't tell them 30 days. If they take 30 days they'll stretch this out."

I need my glitterball-awareness raising...

*choppy and divisive. Bloody phone

Trump called Cowboys' Jerry Jones 4 times about anthem protests: report

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Live shooter incident in Las Vegas, at least two fatalities. Ongoing so no real details

www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41466116

2 dead and 24 wounded but the shooting is down they think. At a country music festival though, why??

20 dead. Local resident apparently. Shocking news

How will Trump react?

In his usual pathetic way I suppose.

Surprisingly nothing at all from Trump. I hate to use such an incident against him but this is going to be one hell of a week.

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News outlets are using the term "mass shooting" rather than "terror attack" which, to me means "white dude" rather than ISIS inspired.

His lack of tweeting is also a string indicator. You could be sure if this was indeed ISIS inspired he would be all over it.

Its telling that we all instinctively knew trump is waiting for 'details' like the colour of skin of the shooter before he unloads on twitter.