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JuliaJaynes9 · 15/10/2018 12:37

I think it's deliberate, Melania doing outrageous and 'un first ladylike' things has the same effect as Trump's erratic and and unpresidential behaviour
it's a way of creating chaos and distraction, the more they get away with the more they can get away with

ohmymimi · 15/10/2018 12:56

'WASHINGTON — Senator Elizabeth Warren has released a DNA test that provides “strong evidence’’ she had a Native American in her family tree dating back 6 to 10 generations, an unprecedented move by one of the top possible contenders for the 2020 Democratic nomination for president.'
www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2018/10/15/warren-addresses-native-american-issue/YEUaGzsefB0gPBe2AbmSVO/amp.html?__twitter_impression=true

ohmymimi · 15/10/2018 13:03

In short, he is exactly what we know him to be, what he has always been, and will always be:
In short, his sit-down interview with 60 Minutes’ Lesley Stahl revealed the president of the United States to be grossly dishonest, woefully ill-informed, and congenitally incapable of admitting error or demonstrating any kind of moral or intellectual growth.
He is, in other words, totally unfit for high office and fairly obviously so. Even more amazingly, despite Stahl covering an incredibly wide range of issues she broke essentially no new ground. Every terrible, disqualifying thing he said was something he’s said before.
www.vox.com/platform/amp/2018/10/14/17975644/trumps-60-minutes-interview-transcript?__twitter_impression=true

TheNorthWestPawsage · 15/10/2018 14:14

I seem to recall Trump saying Warren should do a DNA test and if it proved she had Native American ancestry then he would give million $ to charity...

I guess the cheque's in the post?

ohmymimi · 15/10/2018 14:32

Abby D. Phillip
@abbydphillip
Trump is talking to reporters on the WH lawn right now and saying repeatedly that the Saudi's are denying killing Khashoggi. He also suggests it could have been "rogue killers" per pooler.
2:22 pm · 15 Oct 2018
mobile.twitter.com/abbydphillip/status/1051825703623233538

'Trump to send Pompeo to meet with Saudi king about Khashoggi'
10/15/2018 09:04 AM EDT
www.politico.com/story/2018/10/15/pompeo-meets-saudi-king-900193

Lweji · 15/10/2018 14:37

Trump is talking to reporters on the WH lawn right now and saying repeatedly that the Saudi's are denying killing Khashoggi. He also suggests it could have been "rogue killers" per pooler.

Inside their Embassy, or Consulate, or whatever?!

But, if they deny it, it must be true.

ohmymimi · 15/10/2018 14:38

Well remembered, North !
WaPo today have printed a little reminderGrin
'At a July 5 rally in Montana, President Trump went on a lengthy rant about one of his favorite targets: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and her claim to Native American ancestry.
Even then, Warren was rumored to be a likely Democratic presidential candidate in 2020. Trump, with glee, told the rally crowd he looked forward to making Warren “prove” her Native American heritage on the debate stage if the two were to square off.
“I’m going to get one of those little [DNA testing] kits and in the middle of the debate, when she proclaims she’s of Indian heritage...," Trump said. “And we will say, ‘I will give you a million dollars, paid for by Trump, to your favorite charity, if you take the test and it shows you’re an Indian.' And we’ll see what she does. I have a feeling she will say no, but we will hold it for the debates.”

ohmymimi · 15/10/2018 14:43

Elizabeth Warren
@elizabethforma
US Senate candidate, MA
By the way, @realDonaldTrump
: Remember saying on 7/5 that you’d give $1M to a charity of my choice if my DNA showed Native American ancestry? I remember – and here's the verdict. Please send the check to the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center: (link: www.niwrc.org/donate-niwrc) niwrc.org/donate-niwrc

ohmymimi · 15/10/2018 14:50

If only there was some sort of recording device used at his rallies to preserve his performances for posterity ......
Abby D. Phillip
@abbydphillip
Trump denies that he ever said he’d donate $1 million to charity if she took a DNA test and it showed she had Native American ancestry.
The quote: “I will give you a million dollars to your favorite charity, paid for by Trump, if you take the test and it shows you’re an Indian”

Lweji · 15/10/2018 14:53

Strictly, he said he would produce the test and then offer the 1 million in the presidential debates for 2020.
He never actually offered it. It's all in the details.

ohmymimi · 15/10/2018 14:55
cozietoesie · 15/10/2018 14:57

In people's minds, it will still be welching, Lweji. Smile

cozietoesie · 15/10/2018 15:09

I see that Sears have declared bankruptcy?

The markets

TheNorthWestPawsage · 15/10/2018 15:19

Just rewatched mimi's link to the YouTube video of Trump's DNA taunt - and it fully restored the utter disgust, revulsion and loathing I feel for him.
Thanks mimi! Wink

cozietoesie · 15/10/2018 16:04

Went back and watched it. Sheezz.

Thanks, mimi.

ohmymimi · 15/10/2018 16:13

I had to make myself watch it so that I could hear exactly what he said, North, I usually try to avoid him in action, when possible. He is always so utterly repellent, but the theatrical mocking tone in that spiteful and demeaning performance - skin crawling.

Lweji · 15/10/2018 16:16

He awakens my worst instincts. Particularly in rally mode, but his press "conferences" aren't much better. Or his tweets. Or when he opens his mouth.

ohmymimi · 15/10/2018 16:21

Doocey as the voice of reason, now there's a thingShock
'Fox & Friends Fears Alec Baldwin Wants Violent Revolution After He Calls to Vote Out GOP'
www.mediaite.com/tv/fox-friends-fears-alec-baldwin-wants-violent-revolution-after-he-calls-to-vote-out-gop/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

Lweji · 15/10/2018 16:23

Do they listen to themselves?

ohmymimi · 15/10/2018 17:02

🌈

ohmymimi · 15/10/2018 17:16

'THE FIRST AMENDMENT WALL-SPLAT THAT ANTICIPATES ANY DEFENSE OF A TRUMP CONSPIRACY OR WIKILEAKS CHARGE'
www.emptywheel.net/2018/10/15/the-first-amendment-wall-splat-that-anticipates-any-defense-of-a-trump-conspiracy-or-wikileaks-charge/

cozietoesie · 15/10/2018 18:11

Lordy. This evening's read, I reckon.

PerkingFaintly · 15/10/2018 18:16

Just seen this from January Grin

Museum offers gold toilet to Trump instead of Van Gogh's work - report
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42827291

"I am sorry... to inform you that we are unable to participate in this loan since the painting is part of the museum's Thannhauser Collection, which is prohibited from travel except for the rarest of occasions," she wrote in an email.
[...]
However, the curator added that the gold toilet created by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan was available to the White House "for a long-term loan".

"It is, of course, extremely valuable and somewhat fragile, but we would provide all the instructions for its installation and care," Ms Spector added.

The fully functional exhibit - titled America - is seen as a pointed satire on excessive wealth in the US.

ohmymimi · 15/10/2018 18:16

Long thread. The book sounds substantial:
Seth Abramson
@SethAbramson
(EXCERPT) Here are the first excerpts to be published from my forthcoming 450-page, 1,650-endnote book PROOF OF COLLUSION. More excerpts will be released each Monday until the book's November 13 release. I hope you'll RETWEET and consider preordering here: (link: www.amazon.com/Proof-Collusion-Trump-Betrayed-America/dp/1982116080)?tag=mumsnetforum-21 amazon.com/Proof-Collusio…
mobile.twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/1051868321199611906/photo/1
mobile.twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/1051868321199611906/photo/2
mobile.twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/1051868321199611906/photo/3
mobile.twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/1051868321199611906/photo/4
mobile.twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/1051868321199611906

cozietoesie · 15/10/2018 18:36

1650 endnotes??