Trump thread # 100 “Cannot you see that I, too, have a tall and beautiful person?”

[TheClaws]

Roman Emperor Nero wrote the above in a manual titled ‘Care of the Hair’. Nero was tyrannical, vain and cruel, and thought little of the lives of others. He also liked to erect buildings and carve his name into them. if only we could learn well from the past.

Old thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3104707--Uneasy-lies-the-head-that-wears-the-crown-as-it-should-be-Trump-thread-continued

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With all my Administration has done on Legislative Approvals (broke Harry Truman’s Record), Regulation Cutting, Judicial Appointments, Building Military, VA, TAX CUTS & REFORM, Record Economy/Stock Market and so much more, I am sure great credit will be given by mainstream news?

johnpavlovitz.com/2017/12/20/empathy-america-obituary/

oybbk I’m not sure why it’s not working - the guardian article made it sound as though it was live in the uk but clearly something’s gone awry somewhere.

Bannon Puts Jared Through the Grinder

Ever quotable, the Breitbart chief lays the swirling Russia scandal at the feet of his old White House nemesis.

www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/12/23/swamp-diary-breitbart-bannon-kushner-216166

He plays a dangerous game.

Oh no, this isn’t good at all

Dan Diamond
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ANDREW McCABE, number two at FBI and target of Trump’s criticism, plans to retire. www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/facing-republican-attacks-fbis-deputy-director-plans-to-retire-early-next-year/2017/12/23/b4802b8c-e67a-11e7-a65d-1ac0fd7f097e_story.html

I'll be sorry to see McCabe go, Pain, but there's only so much someone can put up with because they want to stand by their principles and their staff before they just think 'fuck it'. Especially when you're eligible to retire! Been there, done that!

Interesting to see Bannon so completely throwing Kushner under the bus. You know that Bannon really knows the nasty, steaming, incriminating shit. If he'd just get pissed off enough to blurt out something someone could actually use.

No it's not - but I can't criticise him. He must be under considerable pressure and he's not a young man.

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How can FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, the man in charge, along with leakin’ James Comey, of the Phony Hillary Clinton investigation (including her 33,000 illegally deleted emails) be given $700,000 for wife’s campaign by Clinton Puppets during investigation?
@realDonaldTrump

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FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe is racing the clock to retire with full benefits. 90 days to go?!!!

And then

Wow, “FBI lawyer James Baker reassigned,” according to @FoxNews.

US Ambassador to the Netherlands apologises for TV interview where he denied saying things he said and called it fake news and then denied he'd said that he'd said fake news

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/dec/23/us-ambassador-netherlands-apologises-fake-news-interview-muslim-no-go-zones

www.lawfareblog.com/defense-rosensteins-and-wrays-responses-trump

I take his points.

Thanks for that piece, saga.

time.com/5077068/accountability-wall-street-executives-congress/

This was from 24 hours ago. I’d add disclaimers but he’s fairly liberal with them himself

Tea Pain
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NEWS on Mueller/Trump attorney meetin'

1. Tea Pain has heard from two sources that the meetin' between Trump's attorney and Mueller's team did take place Thursday evenin'. The meetin' lasted till almost 8 pm EST.
2. Accordin' to one source, there was no "letter of exoneration" given and that Trump is naturally upset.
3. The report states that Trump's attorneys, Ty Cobb and John Dowd could be heard havin' a "shoutin' match" in the parkin' garage.
4. Please take into consideration these are unofficial reports. There is zero information comin' from Mueller's team, as usual. Mueller is the commensurate, disciplined professional.
5. If these reports are accurate, it would explain why Trump opted for a no-questions, low-key signin' of his only "accomplishment" this mornin' before departin' for refuge at Mar-a-Lago.
6. Once Trump is at Mar-a-Lago and safely in his own bubble of lap-dog support, expect insane tweetin' to commence.

Murdoch and Trump

It puts a marker down anyway - even though it won't go the distance.

Murdoch 'feels' to me like a man who is settling his affairs. Interesting piece there, lion.

If the Dow had reached 25,000, I don't think he could have resisted it, Pain.

He is on a roll and obviously not being looked after.

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
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Remember, the Republicans are 5-0 in Congressional races this year. In Senate, I said Roy M would lose in Alabama and supported Big Luther Strange - and Roy lost. Virginia candidate was not a “Trumper,” and he lost. Good Republican candidates will win BIG!

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
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The Stock Market is setting record after record and unemployment is at a 17 year low. So many things accomplished by the Trump Administration, perhaps more than any other President in first year. Sadly, will never be reported correctly by the Fake News Media!

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Wow, “FBI lawyer James Baker reassigned,” according to @FoxNews.

He's worried but being soothed by his 'people'.

Tea Pain's no. 6 was right anyway.

Have we had this?

Alt-Right women complain about Alt-Right men. LOL

Turkeys voting for Christmas comes to mind. What twats.

As an aside, TYTs aren’t without their own problems. From a couple of days ago:

‘Young Turks’ Founder Cenk Uygur Apologizes for ‘Ugly,’ ‘Insensitive’ Old Blog Posts (Exclusive)

Liberal host once wrote that women are genetically “flawed” because they don’t want to have sex often enough

www.thewrap.com/young-turks-cenk-uygur-blog-breasts-women-flawed/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

Neera Tanden🖖🏼
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The file of reporters who attacked Hillary and a whole group of progressive women and turned out to have a history of misogyny is growing by the day.

I'm not surprised by any male host having made misogynistic comments at some point.
Even that woman in TYT admitted that she was against the "rabid feminists" at some point.
I think we do evolve (and sometimes improve) in our opinions (I have) and even actions.
We risk becoming too nitpicking and forgetting about the really serious offenders, who end up slipping through.

Btw, what about the President? And Paul Ryan must be really bad at poker.

I think we risk underestimating how pernicious the damage this does is, and how it drives a lot of the narratives being broadcast day in and day out. It's also worth noting that these narratives are aimed at the liberals. Halperin, Cilizza, Lauer, Charlie Rose, Thrush, and more have all been prominent liberal anti-Hillary voices and I don't think it can be a coincidence that they've all been found to have sexually harassed women.

E.g. (also from yesterday)

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Breaking News: Groping, unwanted kisses, propositions for sex: At Vice, a hard-partying, boundary-pushing culture created a degrading workplace for women.

www.nytimes.com/2017/12/23/business/media/vice-sexual-harassment.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur

is probably related to this

Mr. Weeks
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Vice dragged Hillary Clinton through the mud, fire and hell and made the white men like Bernie Sanders out to be an angel with this untouched progressive resume while dismissing his Republican votes. They even attacked Hillary Clinton over the Crime Bill that Bernie voted for.

Yes, people (hopefully) grow and it would be unbelievable if anyone could go through life not changing their minds on things but this is an insidious problem that might be easy to dismiss on a case by case basis but that actually starts to paint an awful picture when you consider the rest of the landscape.

I take your point that a demeaning blog post isn't the same as sexually harassing someone. But even though they're not the same thing, I still think it's harmful if it manifests itself as unfair coverage of women in politics, for example.

I thought this was a good piece

The Men Who Cost Clinton the Election

mobile.nytimes.com/2017/12/01/opinion/matt-lauer-hillary-clinton.html