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He is the very model of a Very Stable Genius: Trump cont

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PerkingFaintly · 08/01/2018 23:23

We rushed out of the last thread without even a pocket handkerchief: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/a3124599-Trump-2018-Resistance-is-Never-Futile

So here's a new one, with its own

I am the very model of a Very Stable Genius.
I have a mighty button and no problems with my penius.
I have no time for television, golf or social media
Since my brain is way way better than the best encyclopedia.

I'm cutting tax, I'll build a wall, I'll take away their medicare
You can trust me 'cos I'm orange and I have the most amazing hair.
So with my total ignorance of matters heterogeneous
I am the very model of a Very Stable Genius!

Compared to other leaders, my behavior's quite unusual
My twisted tweets and pissed-on sheets have managed to amuse you all
I have to drink two-handed 'cause my fingers are the teeniest
I need a sippy-cup with the inscription "Stable Genius."

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Roussette · 14/01/2018 08:08

The YELP reviews are still up!

Wonderful projections...

Emoluments Welcome with an arrow to Trump property
followed by
We are all responsible to stand up against white supremacy
#Resist
The President of the United States is a known Racist and Nazi sympathiser

Huge letters, unmissable!

TheNorthWestPawsage · 14/01/2018 08:18

I want a projector! Grin when the arrow appeared pointing to the doorway.

OuaisMaisBon · 14/01/2018 08:35

We watched the Netflix show where Letterman interviewed Obama, last night. We were bigly sad after watching it, and also quite shocked at the huge contrast between past and present incumbents. The reviews I have read rather damned the interview with faint praise, or outright panned the show. I am very surprised that no-one mentioned that just in this "inconsequential" hour-long chat, Obama showed that he had more Presidential capacity in his little toe than has #45 even when combined with the entire White House and the whole GOP. (This is because Obama has a brain which he knows how to use, is articulate and is able to read and formulate coherent thoughts.) I wonder, is this because most people are already completely inured to the stupid that is Trump, and his behaviour is now the new normal for a President?

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 14/01/2018 08:39

Astute internet fairies have observed that shithole is an anagram of “his hotel” Grin

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 14/01/2018 08:45

Some Russian developments/analysis:

Sarah Kendzior
@sarahkendzior
In June, Senator McCain announced that Russia had created "a cyber weapon that can disrupt the US power grids and telecommunications infrastructure."

And then it got worse. My latest on Russian cyber attacks:

The Other Scary Foreign Hacking Threat Trump Is Ignoring

Russia didn’t just meddle in the U.S. election: it’s trying to hack our critical infrastructure–and Trump may be keeping Americans in the dark.

amp.fastcompany.com/40515682/the-other-scary-foreign-hacking-threat-trump-is-ignoring?__twitter_impression=true

And

'Very high level of confidence' Russia used Kaspersky software for devastating NSA leaks

www.yahoo.com/amphtml/finance/news/experts-link-nsa-leaks-shadow-brokers-russia-kaspersky-144840962.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&__twitter_impression=true

And

Adam Parkhomenko
@AdamParkhomenko
As suspected: Russian military was behind ‘NotPetya’ cyberattack in Ukraine, CIA concludes

<a class="break-all" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/world/national-security/russian-military-was-behind-notpetya-cyberattack-in-ukraine-cia-concludes/2018/01/12/048d8506-f7ca-11e7-b34a-b85626af34ef_story.html#click=t.co/NYrZNQmrfG" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/world/national-security/russian-military-was-behind-notpetya-cyberattack-in-ukraine-cia-concludes/2018/01/12/048d8506-f7ca-11e7-b34a-b85626af34ef_story.html#click=t.co/NYrZNQmrfG

And

Natasha Bertrand
@NatashaBertrand
New: I spoke to Ed Baumgartner, the Russia specialist mentioned by Glenn Simpson in his SJC interview. Baumgartner served as "an interface" with Natalia Veselnitskaya throughout 2016 and worked closely with her in DC and Moscow.

<a class="break-all" href="https://amp.businessinsider.com/ed-baumgartner-fusion-gps-christopher-steele-russia-projects-2018-1#click=t.co/B4CYXWal00" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">amp.businessinsider.com/ed-baumgartner-fusion-gps-christopher-steele-russia-projects-2018-1#click=t.co/B4CYXWal00

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 14/01/2018 08:52

Sarah sanders degrading the presidency even more (although obviously not as much as trump) by tweeting this out - first just the picture and then this subsequent tweet

Sarah Sanders
@PressSec
Replying to @PressSec
Here is the official audio showing WSJ misquoting @POTUS

mobile.twitter.com/PressSec/status/952405070955544576/video/1

BUT

The Wall Street Journal
@WSJ
We have reviewed the audio from our interview with President Trump, as well as the transcript provided by an external service, and stand by what we reported. Here is audio of the portion the White House disputes: on.wsj.com/2r4IW2z

And

Christina Wilkie
@christinawilkie
Three days after @WSJ published its Trump transcript for everyone to see, but mere hours after the Journal ran a story about Trump and Stormy Daniels, the White House decided that the transcript (but notably not the Daniels story) is FAKE NEWS. Convenient.

He is the very model of a Very Stable Genius: Trump cont
OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 14/01/2018 08:54

Kyle Griffin
@kylegriffin1
Trump apparently blames the media for distorting his meaning, arguing his description of 'shithole' was not racist but rather a straightforward assessment of some nations' depressed conditions, AP reports.

Diplomats scramble to contain outrage over Trump’s remarks

apnews.com/36bb1697fb70421caf7f4526b779f176

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 14/01/2018 08:57

Molly McKew
@MollyMcKew
A little too convenient that Chelsea Manning will primary @SenatorCardin, one of most active Senators on foreign policy & leader in making policy/legislation to respond to Russian aggression, for MD Senate.
Guess that's what Dem Tea Party is going to look like: Snowden party.
I know there are a lot of people who still think of Manning as a whistleblower. But the agent of a foreign power coerced this individual, leveraging their emotional distress, into breaking their oath to the country and disclosing classified secrets. Period.

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 14/01/2018 09:06

The Hill
@thehill
Trump retweets far-right activist who promoted debunked "Pizzagate" conspiracy theory

thehill.com/homenews/administration/368940-trump-retweets-far-right-activist

Caroline O.‏
@RVAwonk
The president just RT'd Jack Posobiec (again).

Tthe same Jack Posobiec who DM'd with the Russian-backed TEN_GOP account...

The same Jack Posobiec who planted a "Rape Melania" sign at an anti-Trump rally...

The same Jack Posobiec who peddled the pizzagate conspiracy theory...

...(continued)

Trump just RT'd Jack Posobiec.

The same Jack Posobiec who doxxed one of Roy Moore's accusers...

... and peddled Seth Rich conspiracies.

... and got kicked out of a pizza shop for filming a child's birthday party while "investigating" pizzagate.

I feel the need to reiterate that the guy Trump just retweeted (Jack Posobiec) planted a "RAPE MELANIA" sign at an anti-Trump protest, in an attempt to undermine/sabotage the protesters.

Trump retweeted the guy who planted a sign calling for the rape of his wife.

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 14/01/2018 09:07

Caroline O.
@RVAwonk
This is stunning: There are more key positions in Trump's administration sitting vacant (with no nominee) than positions for which there are confirmed appointments.

shareblue.com/trump-has-failed-to-nominate-anyone-for-nearly-half-the-seats-in-his-government/#.Wlqe3ja7idY.twitter

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 14/01/2018 09:12

It would be unbefitting to the "we go high" notion to caption the next collection "LOSERS" but I am going to anyway

LOSERS

Moore forces seek retribution against Shelby
Alabama's special election is still tearing at the Republican Party.

www.politico.com/story/2018/01/13/roy-moore-richard-shelby-alabama-339185

And

Adam Parkhomenko‏Verified account
@AdamParkhomenko
Breaking: Trey Gowdy out as Member of Committee on Ethics

And

Pé Resists
@4everNeverTrump

The best part about the Stormy Daniels affair scandal:

As long as she continues to deny it, Trump is likely under a contractual obligation to not say a word about her.

That must be driving him NUTS!

And

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s poor hygiene sparks complaints at Ecuador Embassy: report

www.nydailynews.com/news/world/julian-assange-poor-hygiene-sparks-complaints-embassy-article-1.3753234?cid=msn

He is the very model of a Very Stable Genius: Trump cont
OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 14/01/2018 09:14

Very good piece by Sarah Kendzior

Sarah Kendzior
@sarahkendzior
“Trump and his backers have abandoned the idea that America is for everyone – a fundamental precept of the US. Though this ideal has never been fully upheld in practice, it's never been so vigorously opposed, both in rhetoric and policy, by a president."

www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/trumps-racism-is-more-than-rhetoric-it-forms-policy-and-ruins-lives/article37592879/?#=

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 14/01/2018 09:22

For those who might have missed it

Gary Lee
@whoisgarylee

  1. I’ve never tweeted before but today felt like a good day to start.
  2. President Trump made a lot of upsetting remarks this week including this one. “Where are you from?” is a question that many Asian Americans dread. www.vox.com/platform/amp/world/2018/1/12/16885546/trump-asian-american-intelligence-briefing
  3. This struck a chord with me not only bc I’m Korean-American, but also bc I worked at the White House, for President Obama. I left the WH in 2011 for a Fulbright scholarship in Korea. President Obama knew I was leaving to learn more about the culture and language of my parents.
  4. On my last day, I went into the Oval Office and POTUS greeted me by saying, "안녕하세요". Hello, in Korean. I’m lucky bc @PeteSouza captured that exact moment.
  5. For as long as I can remember, I wanted to work in public service. It was a lifelong dream to be in government. But I didn't know anyone in politics.
  6. In early 2007, my senior year of college, I mailed my resume and a cover letter in a manila envelope to the Obama for America headquarters in Chicago. Two weeks before graduation, I received a phone call that a correspondence volunteer had found my letter in a mail pile.
  7. She gave my letter to her boss, who then called and asked if I wanted to move to Chicago to work on the campaign. That's how I got hired on the campaign. That's how I ended up at the White House. That's how I got to work for President Barack Obama.
  8. After my departure photo with POTUS, I left the Oval Office in a daze and ran into @kalpenn in the West Wing lobby. I recounted the interaction with the president and he started tearing up. "Why are you crying?" I asked.
  9. He replied, "think about what you just said. How incredible that is. On your last day of work at the White House, after your years of service, the first African-American president greeted you in your parents' native language." I started crying too.
10. My parents could never have fathomed such an idea. My mom came to the US when she was 18, my father when he was 26. They worked multiple full-time and part-time jobs, opened a small business, and at one point, had only $20 in their checking account. 11. They made incalculable sacrifices so their sons could have the opportunities they never had. They sacrificed so we could achieve whatever we wanted to. They could have never imagined that their eldest son would work in the White House. 12. In what other country is that even possible? In what other country are you allowed to dream, and despite all odds, pursue and achieve your dreams? In what country could a chubby, 90s Hip Hop and R&B-loving Asian kid from NM end up working for @BarackObama? 13. What a beautiful, incredible nation of immigrants we are. 14. Happy Korean-American Day and MLK weekend. As Dr. King said, "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." -end-

[The encouraging thing is that the first comments under this thread are

Paula Stone-Buckner
@psbuckner1
Replying to @whoisgarylee
As a registered Republican who didn't vote for Obama, I thank you for your work, and especially this tweet thread! Voices like this are so desperately needed right now. I also didn't vote for 45, and would love to have Obama back in office. Thank you, again!

Aretha Grant
@ReeInspired
I’m the same: didn’t vote for Obama. Didn’t vote for Trump. Would love to have Obama back in the WH. I really appreciate him now.

Which hopefully is borne out by this:

The Voters Abandoning Donald Trump
According to previously unpublished findings, the blue-collar whites at the core of his coalition have lost faith over his first year in office.

www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/01/the-voters-abandoning-donald-trump/550247/?utm_source=twb ]

He is the very model of a Very Stable Genius: Trump cont
TheNorthWestPawsage · 14/01/2018 09:27

How different it must be to work in the WH now. It must be exhausting - and not in a good way.

Lweji · 14/01/2018 10:46

A closer look at the DACA meeting just as the shit(hole) hit the fan.

It was all going so well... Great reviews, no hate speech... oh wait.

TheClaws · 14/01/2018 10:57

Some thought-provoking commentary from NK.

KCNA Commentary on U.S. Moves Mischievous to Koreans' Happy Event

Pyongyang, January 13 (KCNA) -- The U.S. is showing the sign of moving its sea and air forces massively to and around the Korean peninsula.

After announcing on the deployment of Japan-based nuclear carrier Ronald Reagan and U.S. mainland-based nuclear carrier Carl Vinson in waters off the Korean peninsula on Jan. 5, the U.S. is trumpeting about dispatch of nuclear carrier Stennis into the west Pacific waters.

It has also let three landing copter flotillaWASP, Bonhome Richard and America capable of landing one division-strong U.S. marines in areas of the DPRK in case of emergencychange its preset courses and sail toward the Korean Peninsula.

It is reported that seven U.S. air force bases in south Korea and Japan now house a great number of fighters and troops with various missions that came from the U.S. mainland, facing a "glut".

This mischievous behavior is aimed to chill the hard-won atmosphere for improving the ties between the north and the south of Korea and ruin the nation's great event, and it constitutes an intolerable challenge to the unanimous desire and wish of the public at home and abroad for detente and peace on the peninsula.

Whenever the north and south made dialogues and contacts and there showed the sign of improving the ties, the U.S. worked with bloodshot eyes to check it.

When the historic July 4 joint statement was made public to raise the enthusiasm for reunification all across the 3, 000-ri land of Korea, the U.S. instigated the south Korean authorities to cook up "two Koreas" and when the north-south ties made significant progress following the publication of the June 15 joint declaration and the October 4 declaration, the U.S. also obstructed it, being displeased with it.

The U.S. nature of standing against reunification remains unchanged.

This time, it outwardly voiced "support" for the north-south dialogues but in fact, it introduced huge aggression troops to and around the Korean Peninsula in its design to prevent the north-south ties from making improvement.

The south Korean media and experts comment that, when taking the sailing speed of Carl Vinson into account, it is estimated to enter the waters off the Korean Peninsula toward the end of January or early in February just before the opening of Phyongchang Olympics, adding that it is extremely unusual to see three nuclear carrier task forces amassed in waters off the peninsula at a time, with Ronald Reagan already deployed in Japan.

All these moves of the U.S. remind one of a wolf scrolling outside a banqueting house, and they become a good target for Hwasong artillerymen of the DPRK who have put Guam and even the U.S. mainland in their striking range.

All the Koreans should clearly see through the sinister intention and the aggression nature of the U.S. and staunchly fight against the reckless arms buildup moves of the U.S. and its attempt at a war against the north. -0-

Lweji · 14/01/2018 11:29

So, what thoughts does that NK comment provoke on you, TheClaws?

lionheart · 14/01/2018 11:37

I don't think that any good will come of Manning running, at all.

lionheart · 14/01/2018 12:14

'Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: Trump is a racist, Trump is a racist, and Trump is a racist.'

www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/1/14/1732654/-Abbreviated-Pundit-Round-up-Trump-is-a-racist-Trump-is-a-racist-and-Trump-is-a-racist

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 14/01/2018 12:22

Some pundits are saying:

He's always been a racist, he's always been a racist, and he's always been a racist.

lionheart · 14/01/2018 12:27

'The president’s remarks reflect a moral principle that has guided policy while in office, a principle obvious to all but that some refuse to articulate.'

www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/01/trump/550454/

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 14/01/2018 13:16

Donald J. Trump‏Verified account
@realDonaldTrump
The Wall Street Journal stated falsely that I said to them “I have a good relationship with Kim Jong Un” (of N. Korea). Obviously I didn’t say that. I said “I’d have a good relationship with Kim Jong Un,” a big difference. Fortunately we now record conversations with reporters...
...and they knew exactly what I said and meant. They just wanted a story. FAKE NEWS!

Greg Sargent

Verified account

@ThePlumLineGS
A recording has already confirmed Trump said "I have a good relationship..."

The context that follows also confirms it.

The audacity and shamelessness of this kind of lying is the whole point of it. This is an assertion of power to rewrite reality:

wapo.st/2FzJUqO