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It’s a National Non-Emergency: Trump thread 91

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TheClaws · 17/02/2019 23:44

Here we are in February 2019 - Trump has declared a National Emergency to funnel the funds for his border wall, he’s just come off a ridiculous SOTU that contained more lies than not, and he’s just tweeted this:

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump 2h2 hours ago
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“These guys, the investigators, ought to be in jail. What they have done, working with the Obama intelligence agencies, is simply unprecedented. This is one of the greatest political hoaxes ever perpetrated on the people of this Country, and Mueller is a coverup.” Rush Limbaugh

But here’s a reminder he’s not one of the sharpest tools in the box.

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cozietoesie · 11/03/2019 15:17

He will, though. Smile

Lweji · 11/03/2019 15:24

I was thinking of maga as connecting in the tiny mind to "mega",Lweji.

I'm sure you're right. I prefer my versions.

Also, KAG invokes images of the act of producing organic fertiliser to me.

All apt.

I'm sure they want to weed out likely competitors early on, but there's no telling an Obama is not going to come out when they least expect it.

cricketballs3 · 11/03/2019 16:02

Just seen Larry the cat tweet (number 10 cat parody account)...

"Spare a thought for those running parody politics accounts at this time. How are you supposed to compete with this?"

About this tweet from the orange one

"At a recent round table meeting of business executives, & long after formally introducing Tim Cook of Apple, I quickly referred to Tim + Apple as Tim/Apple as an easy way to save time & words. The Fake News was disparagingly all over this, & it became yet another bad Trump story!"

Words fail me

TheNorthWestPawsage · 11/03/2019 16:18

This will go down really well...

‘Court packing’ ideas get attention from Democrats

The once-remote idea of adding more justices to the Supreme Court to change its ideological bent is prompting growing discussion within the Democratic Party, creating a new frontier for presidential candidates looking to display their liberal credentials.

Former attorney general Eric H. Holder Jr., who recently decided against running for president, became the latest figure to embrace an expansion of the nine-member court in recent talks at Yale Law School and Columbia University.

He questioned the validity of the current court, given Senate Republicans’ refusal to vote on Judge Merrick Garland after President Barack Obama nominated him to the Supreme Court in March 2016. The seat was ultimately filled by President Trump’s nomination of Justice Neil M. Gorsuch.

“Given the Merrick Garland situation, the question of legitimacy is one that I think we should talk about,” Holder said. “We should be talking even about expanding the number of people who serve on the Supreme Court, if there is a Democratic president and a Congress that would do that.”
<a class="break-all" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/court-packing-ideas-get-attention-from-democrats/2019/03/10/d05e549e-41c0-11e9-a0d3-1210e58a94cf_story.html?utm_term=.f8d891fc85c3#click=t.co/MON4aW7R6D" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.washingtonpost.com/politics/court-packing-ideas-get-attention-from-democrats/2019/03/10/d05e549e-41c0-11e9-a0d3-1210e58a94cf_story.html?utm_term=.f8d891fc85c3#click=t.co/MON4aW7R6D

cozietoesie · 11/03/2019 18:06

CC? Smile

lionheart · 11/03/2019 20:16

I thought the Cook was 'soft.'

cozietoesie · 11/03/2019 20:18

It remains my view that too much has been exposed which is actually or potentially ........subversive. I think that a Constitutional Convention is the only realistic option.

lionheart · 11/03/2019 20:20

Epstein.

www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article227411649.html

'A federal court of appeals in New York on Monday took the first step in unsealing documents that could reveal evidence of an international sex trafficking operation allegedly run by multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein and his former partner, British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell.'

lionheart · 11/03/2019 20:24

Calendar. Smile

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lionheart · 11/03/2019 21:03

Sanders press:

Journalist: Does Donald Trump really believes that the Democrats hate the Jews?

Sarah Sanders: That you need to ask the Democrats.

lionheart · 11/03/2019 21:04

One or two points to clarify perhaps.

[https://edition.cnn.com/2019/03/11/politics/matt-whitaker-house-judiciary-committee-meeting/index.]]

PerkingFaintly · 12/03/2019 01:01

The Kremlin got those internet laws it wanted.

Russia laws ban 'disrespect' of government and 'fake news'
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-47488267

Russia's parliament has passed two bills outlawing "disrespect" of authorities and the spreading of what the government deems to be "fake news".
The first ban refers to "blatant disrespect" of the state, its officials and Russian society, and repeat offenders face up to 15 days in jail.
The second bill prohibits sharing "false information of public interest, shared under the guise of fake news," the TASS state news agency reported.
Both new crimes carry heavy fines.

lionheart · 12/03/2019 06:52

The irony.

Then there's this little insight into the Trump brain.

www.golf.com/news/2019/03/10/president-trump-club-championship-did-not-enter/

lionheart · 12/03/2019 07:51

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/anderson-cooper-sarah-huckabee-sanders-factual-world_n_5c874f0ce4b08d5b7864de56

'Anderson Cooper on Monday recognized what he believed was the precise point that White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders left “the world of the factual or, even to be generous, the arguable behind.”'

cozietoesie · 12/03/2019 16:16

Hey Ho.

Cortez

cozietoesie · 12/03/2019 16:18

Try 2.

Cortez

lionheart · 12/03/2019 20:07

She's proving to be a useful distraction but it may well backfire.

Manafort money

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