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[Edited on October 14, 2021 at 10:47 AM. Reason : wrong thread ]

10/14/2021 10:46:43 AM

Quote :

"Former President Donald Trump went off on a bizarre tangent on Thursday where he denied enjoying “golden showers” and even suggested that former first lady Melania Trump would agree it’s not something he’d like. “I’m not into golden showers,” Trump said unprompted in a private speech at the National Republican Senatorial Committee retreat, according to The Washington Post. “You know the great thing, our great first lady — ‘That one,’ she said, ‘I don’t believe that one.’”"

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-golden-showers_n_616916bfe4b06573572bf597

10/15/2021 12:31:23 PM

The link to the Washington Post article doesn't contain the quote.

[Edited on October 15, 2021 at 1:28 PM. Reason : Maybe it's just paywall truncation.]

10/15/2021 1:25:17 PM

You guys love to criticize but I gotta say, he makes some pretty good points here
https://www.newsweek.com/maga-supporters-confused-donald-trump-vote-2024-election-qanon-midterms-1639286

10/16/2021 9:53:00 AM

^^Try it again. I'm able to access more of the WP article today, and the quote is indeed there:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-gop-fraud-claims/2021/10/14/f37887fe-2cfc-11ec-985d-3150f7e106b2_story.html

10/16/2021 7:34:06 PM

Right you are. I don't quite follow his statement about the First Lady. Is he saying she believes most of the other "rumors" about him, but that one is too far?

10/16/2021 7:55:55 PM

That's certainly what it sounds like; of course, Trump has never been known for speaking with precision.

10/16/2021 8:19:51 PM

President Chained Sentence Fragments

10/16/2021 9:31:57 PM

1 year anniversary of the Four Seasons Total Landscaping presser

11/7/2021 2:23:57 PM

Never forget!

Documentary tonight at 10 PM on MSNBC:

https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/-four-seasons-total-documentary-official-trailer-124413509654

11/7/2021 4:42:44 PM

^Documentary was interesting, but didn't really answer any big questions.

11/7/2021 10:59:02 PM

https://www.wral.com/trump-faces-flurry-of-investigations-beyond-jan-6-probe/20014989/

12/3/2021 2:48:10 PM

^On one hand: Cool

On the other hand: Goddamit, I (and I'm sure lots of others) am completely tired of hearing about investigations that never seem to lead to indictments/convictions. Sure, we've had some indictments of Stone, Manafort, and Flynn, for example, but they were all pardoned. I want to see some actual consequences here for a change. I know justice can move slow, particularly for the rich/privileged/powerful, but something needs to change when, evidently, there ain't a damn thing you can do about a corrupt president until he's been out of office for probably two years at a minimum (if that). With the Trump administration, evidently you can stop the wheels of justice if you simply ignore the subpoenas and so forth.

I'm just hoping that the wheels will at least move fast enough for there to be consequences before the 2024 presidential campaigns begin in earnest. I'm not at all confident that will be the case, however.

12/3/2021 4:21:50 PM

I forgot to also mention that I've also been worried that when all these investigations DO finally complete (assuming they do....), I kind of expect an announcement along the lines, "Yes, we know Trump is guilty, but a prosecution of Trump at this point will further divide this country so, in the interests of the nation, it's time to move on and put this behind us".

I'll acknowledge that prosecuting Trump WILL put the country through hell; I'm rather convinced that no matter how damning the evidence is, a substantial portion of the country will be pissed off at a prosecution of Trump, screaming that it's political persecution. There will quite possibly be terrorist attacks. But not prosecuting these crimes will simply give the OK for Trump (or future presidential candidates) to keep trying to steal the election until they get it right.

12/4/2021 7:33:57 AM

He and O'Reilly said they got boosters, crowd booed

12/21/2021 2:02:36 AM

Slate states that Trump's administration intentionally removed lines from the CDC guidance, such as recommending face masks for everyone. Basically making this entire thing worse from the start.

https://apple.news/AMipBAwuiR0-ppW_VMtIMTg

12/21/2021 2:35:36 PM

Extremely credible impersonation beginning at 3:55:

12/22/2021 10:29:42 PM

^ wow

12/28/2021 5:21:03 PM

https://apnews.com/article/business-new-york-donald-trump-subpoenas-ivanka-trump-072e02a5bf16faa89a7f496d16536893

Quote :

"New York Attorney General Letitia James recently subpoenaed former President Donald Trump and his two eldest children, demanding their testimony in connection with an ongoing civil investigation into the family’s business practices, according to a court filing made public Monday."

1/3/2022 2:00:56 PM

So why did he cancel his planned press conference for today?

It was obviously a terrible thing to propose in the first place, but that's rarely stopped him before.

1/6/2022 9:15:40 AM

I no longer able to read any of his transcripts without hearing James Austin Johnson's impression or hear any of his audio clips without picturing the Rundown graphic next to him.

1/6/2022 1:34:20 PM

You know, a guy came up to me yesterday -- big guy -- bigger than anything -- tears in his eyes. . .

That's my favorite part. The description of Santa Claus as bigger than anything.

1/6/2022 1:52:59 PM

^^^
I’m guessing his lawyers got through to him for once

1/6/2022 10:08:17 PM

https://donaldgmcneiljr1954.medium.com/trump-backs-boosters-clearly-someone-did-the-math-for-him-153a2ff62718

1/15/2022 10:23:08 PM

So Bannon said that Trump's rally in Arizona a couple of days ago is a precursor to overturning the 2020 election

1/17/2022 10:39:23 PM

wrong thread

[Edited on January 18, 2022 at 1:53 PM. Reason : .]

1/18/2022 1:52:23 PM

Trump teases a presidential run and dangles pardons for January 6 rioters at Texas rally

https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/30/politics/trump-rally-texas/index.html

Quote :

"If I run and if I win, we will treat those people from January 6 fairly. We will treat them fairly. And if it requires pardons, we will give them pardons. Because they are being treated so unfairly!"

Quote :

"These prosecutors are vicious, horrible people. They're racists and they're very sick -- they're mentally sick. They're going after me without any protection of my rights from the Supreme Court or most other courts. In reality, they're not after me, they're after you."

1/30/2022 8:54:42 AM

I normally wouldn’t share the words directly but this seems clumsy even for trump. He’s admitting a whole bunch of crime here?? Not the first time but he’s not president anymore he doesn’t have that shield.

Thinking about cohens (trump lawyer) testimony I can only interpret this as a hit on pence. He wants trump loyalists to go after him, possibly with violence

1/31/2022 12:28:57 AM

I look forward to Kamala Harris choosing our next President.

1/31/2022 10:30:49 AM

Trump's accounting firm says they can't stand behind the past 10 years of records.

This is hilarious, but this also seems like the most tangible accountability trump has faced to date. All thanks to NY AG Letitia James

2/14/2022 10:45:37 PM

and yet somehow, he's gonna be president again

most likely scenario is that a faction of republicans/dems/indys think OMG NOW IS THE PERFECT TIME FOR A THIRD PARTY and seal the deal for him

[Edited on February 15, 2022 at 10:46 AM. Reason : +]

2/15/2022 10:42:38 AM

Quote :

"most likely scenario is that a faction of republicans/dems/indys think OMG NOW IS THE PERFECT TIME FOR A THIRD PARTY and seal the deal for him"

I wouldn't discount the possibility that, rather than having a third party siphon votes away to enable Trump, Trump instead becomes the head of that third party (though if the Republicans do split along Trump lines I'm sure there'll be a major battle over which are true Republicans and which is merely the "third party"). Anyway, in that case I think the creation of a third party nails the coffin for him instead of sealing the deal for him.

No, we're not there yet by a long shot, but I don't think it's difficult for that to happen over the next 2.5 years.

2/15/2022 11:19:52 AM

Did shit just get real? (serious question)

https://www.npr.org/2022/02/17/1081426859/ny-supreme-court-justice-orders-the-trumps-to-testify-under-oath

2/17/2022 3:50:08 PM

can they just plead the 5th?

2/17/2022 4:13:53 PM

I'm no lawyer, but apparently there can be consequences for pleading the 5th in a civil trial

2/17/2022 4:35:45 PM

2/17/2022 5:27:18 PM

At least Putin waiting until Democrats were back in power before taking more territory from unwilling participants. I believe the last time this happened was what, 2014, the Crimea?

2/21/2022 5:46:21 PM

didn’t realize Hugh Hewitt posted on tww

http://twitter.com/hughhewitt/status/1494836050639818754

Quote :

" Legacy media is going to have a very tough time working around the fact that the tyrant Putin invaded Ukraine in 2014 and will do so again in 2022 but did not do so between 2017 and 2020. Why was Putin deterred in those years but not now or in 2014? Don’t expect a lot of analysis"

2/21/2022 6:57:17 PM

The analysis is easy. Trump pretty much didn’t want anything to do with NATO. Putin would have it now without a shot fired had Trump been re-elected. There is a reason he was so easy on Putin, cause he’d let Putin do whatever and scream “america first”

2/21/2022 8:05:21 PM

C'mon, everyone knows the best analysis is 100% innuendo.

2/21/2022 8:08:27 PM

I've no idea who Hugh Hewitt is.

2/21/2022 8:34:26 PM

He was in front of you in line at The Talking Points Store™.

2/21/2022 9:40:14 PM

Luckily, I’m old enough to remember Trump cowering like a little bitch next to Putin in Helsinki in 2018. That makes it pretty easy to reject this talking point.

2/22/2022 6:23:06 AM

You consider that luck?

2/22/2022 8:53:16 AM

^^ yeah, Trump really put his oral talents on full display in Helsinki, didn't he?

I think blaming Biden or Trump for Putin's aggression is giving either of them a bit too much credit for the situation. I'm convinced that if Trump were still in office he would have allowed Putin to roll in swiftly and smoothly, and he would have framed it as some epically deranged "trade deal" where Americans somehow came out with an upper hand, or at the very least "everyone wins." On the other hand, Biden is attempting to look an actual political leader and relying on old-fashioned, steadfast 'diplomacy' and the backing of our lukewarm allies, which unfortunately is not fucking working very well.

In either case, this seems more about Putin's delusion/opportunism than two shitty US presidents who can't control a maniacal, imperialist bully. People are going to die, either from the cold when Russia decides to cut off the heat from its own natural gas lines, or they'll die from violence.

I can't think of a less ideal time to rally the troops and ship them off to war than at the tale end of a global pandemic that was highly politicized from day one, but maybe the US Military has better recruitment messaging than I realize.

Germany killing Nord 2 is certainly an inconvenience to Putin, so gg for them- buys everyone some time.

2/22/2022 11:43:15 AM

New recruits don't remember life before 9/11, so forever war is pretty much status quo.

[Edited on February 22, 2022 at 12:17 PM. Reason : +]

2/22/2022 12:15:31 PM

^^^I feel lucky/grateful that I’m able to remember most current events, keep them somewhat chronologically organized in my mind, and then build overall big picture trends or narratives on why the world is the way it is.

It’s obvious a decent chunk of this country has a problem with this.

Just think about how many events one needs to discard or (willfully) forget in order to run with a “Trump was tuff on Putin!!!” narrative.

2/22/2022 12:30:06 PM

Quote :

"I think blaming Biden or Trump for Putin's aggression is giving either of them a bit too much credit for the situation."

FALSE! All world events revolve around the US electoral calendar.

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I'd still really like Hewitt rjrumfel to actually state a proposition rather than dropping some innuendo and ghosting.

2/22/2022 12:49:27 PM

That's kind of been his thing for a while now...

2/22/2022 1:00:03 PM

^^^Fair point. In that case, I'm also quite lucky.

Oh, by the way, more of that famous "tough on Russia" rhetoric from the former POTUS:

Trump sides with Putin as Biden tries to stop a war

https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/23/politics/donald-trump-vladimir-putin-joe-biden/index.html

Quote :

""I went in yesterday and there was a television screen, and I said, 'This is genius.' Putin declares a big portion of the Ukraine, of Ukraine, Putin declares it as independent. Oh, that's wonderful," Trump said in an interview on "The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show." The ex-President added: "So Putin is now saying, 'It's independent,' a large section of Ukraine. I said, 'How smart is that?' And he's going to go in and be a peacekeeper. That's the strongest peace force," Trump said. "We could use that on our southern border. That's the strongest peace force I've ever seen. ... Here's a guy who's very savvy. ... I know him very well. Very, very well.""

2/23/2022 8:25:50 AM