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FMOTUS: F***ing Moron of the United States (Trump) thread continued

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TheClaws · 16/10/2017 03:03

As aptly dubbed by his own Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson.

Old thread:
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3047195-Hello-Don-got-a-new-tax-cut-Trump-continued

And as I love giving you images to haunt your dreams, here’s another one, blasphemously titled ‘Our Lord and Saviour’.

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lionheart · 23/10/2017 21:27

Thanks Pain. Just catching up on the reading.

cozietoesie · 23/10/2017 21:54

There’s a lot of it.Smile

lionheart · 23/10/2017 22:10

There is rather. Smile

AcrossthePond55 · 23/10/2017 22:49

Now that is one scary fucking clown! Makes Pennywise look like the Blue Fairy!

This quote from the artist just resonated with me;

The artist of the cover, Carter Goodrich, told the magazine that his “whole life has been disrupted” by the Trump presidency, calling it a “national nightmare.” “I’m still just as stunned now as I was a year ago, on Election Night,” Goodrich said.

Ain't it the truth? I think that's part of the problem with some people who are either apathetic or who find it 'amusing'. It's just all too 'unreal' to be real!

lionheart · 23/10/2017 22:58

Exactly.

lionheart · 24/10/2017 00:20

Bill Browder‏Verified account
@Billbrowder
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GREAT NEWS! My ESTA (US visa waiver) was restored. I successfully checked into a US flight. Now we need to fix bogus Interpol arrest warrant

AcrossthePond55 · 24/10/2017 00:49

Unfollow Trump‏ @UnfollowTrump 26m26 minutes ago
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What a fucking ignoramus. 'Hizballah'? Really?

Saffronwblue · 24/10/2017 01:18

Bill Browder is such an interesting figure in all this. He seems to have been ahead of the game in warning about Russia.

Lweji · 24/10/2017 02:14

Speaking of tax returns, I wonder if he pays insurance and has declared this genuine Renoir...

Also something about the greatest psychiatric emergency in the history of America.

TheNorthWestPawsage · 24/10/2017 07:17

Both encouraging and discouraging at the sane time.

BREAKING: @MilitaryTimes has just released a scientific poll of U.S. military troops. The things it found are game-changing. 1/
twitter.com/commondefense/status/922553577842888704

PainInTheEerie · 24/10/2017 07:33

Sorry Blush will refrain from spamming with excessive messages.

Here’s one carefully chosen thread that ties together lots of info about cross check and voting suppression

This anti-voter-fraud program gets it wrong over 99 percent of the time. The GOP wants to take it nationwide.

www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/wonk/wp/2017/07/20/this-anti-voter-fraud-program-gets-it-wrong-over-99-of-the-time-the-gop-wants-to-take-it-nationwide/

Renato Mariotti
@renato_mariotti
THREAD: Why Illinois should exit the flawed Interstate Crosscheck system that disenfranchises voters. #EndCrosscheck
2/ The @washingtonpost story above discusses how the head of Trump's anti-"voter fraud" commission, Kris Kobach, runs this program.
3/ The article cites a study by Stanford, Harvard, UPenn and Microsoft researchers found 200 people are disenfranchised per 1 double vote.
4/ Crosscheck has a 99 percent error rate. Its primary effect is to purge legitimate voters from the rolls. mobile.twitter.com/AriBerman/status/922471043373072385 [thread on Crosscheck’s inaccuracy]

5/ Illinois law (Public Act 98-1171) requires the state to participate in the ERIC system, a better national system.
www.ericstates.org/

6/ While Kobach's Interstate Crosscheck system has been shown to have massive security holes.

ProPublica
@ProPublica
New documents show the voter-fraud-checking program championed by Kris Kobach has gaping security holes: www.propublica.org/article/crosscheck-the-voter-fraud-commission-wants-your-data-keep-it-safe?utm_campaign=sprout&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_content=1508781774

7/Democratic lawmakers from around the state have called on the @illinoissbe to exit Crosscheck, but they refuse.

Rich Miller
@capitolfax
Dem House members want state to withdraw from flawed national voter registration crosscheck system:
dlvr.it/PvNRPJ

8/ In IL voter registration is managed locally and @IndivisibleChi has written all 109 election authorities.

Indivisible Chicago
@IndivisibleChi
If @illinoissbe won't listen we will go directly to the local election authorities. Time to
#EndCrosscheck^

[photos 1 and 2]

9/ If you're in Illinois, here is how you can get involved to #EndCrosscheck. /end

www.indivisiblechicago.com/end-interstate-crosscheck/

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Roussette · 24/10/2017 07:38

In amongst the horror that is Trump, this piece did amuse me. I always knew he was ignorant, but never this ignorant...

One little gem to whet your appetite...
"He says the Federal Reserve is “important psychotically” and it’s part of one of his better answers, since one can at least tell that he meant to say “psychologically.”

However, that's just a wrong word. The rest is terrifying in its ignorance.

www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/10/23/16522456/trump-bartiromo-transcript

PainInTheEerie · 24/10/2017 07:44

just one more

You might be interested in this rousette

Daniel Dale
@ddale8
Here is a thread about Donald Trump getting hilariously lost in his own lying. 1/

mobile.twitter.com/ddale8/status/922438533402460160

Roussette · 24/10/2017 07:48

Love itPain, let's not let a few facts get in the way of his ignorant ramblings!

How anyone can support this buffoon is beyond me but I s'pose facts don't matter much to them...

PainInTheEerie · 24/10/2017 07:59

CNN have nailed exactly that sentiment in their new ad

mobile.twitter.com/yashar/status/922431308797751296/video/1

PerkingFaintly · 24/10/2017 08:22

Goodness, Pain, please don't think you're spamming!

We can can pick and choose what links to actually follow. Some days it feels a bit overwhelming - but it's because there's so much going on that it is overwhelming.

Don't know about other people, but I'm finding it useful to have the range of material: keeps me aware of the bigger picture.

You're doing a sterling job.Star

Roussette · 24/10/2017 08:27

Sums it up really doesn't it Pain

lionheart · 24/10/2017 08:34

No, no Pain--we need these links and all the information we can get from as many sources as possible. Smile

OuaisMaisBon · 24/10/2017 08:38

I like that CNN ad but dislike the counter ad by a Trump supporter's son, about a banana. For some reason it really annoys me so I cannot link to it!

lionheart · 24/10/2017 08:41

Seth Abramson‏Verified account
@SethAbramson

(THREAD) This thread shows how Trump aided (18 U.S.C. § 2) Russian computer fraud (18 U.S.C. § 1030)—an impeachable offense.

PainInTheEerie · 24/10/2017 08:58
Blush

John Oliver had a really good segment on Sinclair news.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=GvtNyOzGogc

With all the info out there that Seth’s put together, you’d hope mueller would be able to come up trumps (sorry) but who knows how it’s all going to play out. The investigation is ticking along though

Manu Raju
@mkraju
NEWS: Trump attorney Michael Cohen privately meets with HOUSE INTEL Tuesday; SENATE INTEL staff Wednesday, sources tell @jeremyherb and me

Also this

NBC News
@NBCNews
EXCLUSIVE: Mueller now investigating Democratic lobbyist Tony Podesta
nbcnews.trib.al/7qkXKJL

Eric garland has an interesting thread about how Russian intereference isn’t limited to one party but all (with sanders, stein and now dems) and how the end goal is to completely realign axis of power with Russia/Middle East being centre stage with their fossil fuels, hence the anti-climate change stance, but it reads a little like a mensch thread - “my sources” indicate etc - so I’m hesitant to link to it here.

OuaisMaisBon · 24/10/2017 09:05

Oh, and Pain, I agree with what Perking said - a lot of the time I too am overwhelmed by everything on these threads, but am still glad to know the information is here, if I want to find it, if you see what I mean? So, thank you!