The rake’s progress:
Also sprach Donald Trump.
Finnish the job
19 Monday Nov 2018
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Tag Archives: Donald Trump
Can you spell “subpoena”?
18 Sunday Nov 2018
Posted in Resist, social media
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#resist, Donald Trump, invetigation, Rusia, social media, subpoena, Twitter
Representative Adam Schiff (D) will most probably become Chair of the House Intelligence Committee in January.
This afternoon, via Twitter:
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
So funny to see little Adam Schitt (D-CA) talking about the fact that Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker was not approved by the Senate, but not mentioning the fact that Bob Mueller (who is highly conflicted) was not approved by the Senate!
12:01 PM – 18 Nov 2018
A reply:
Adam Schiff @RepAdamSchiff
Wow, Mr. President, that’s a good one.Was that like your answers to Mr. Mueller’s questions, or did you write this one yourself?
[….]
12:36 PM – 18 Nov 2018
Donald Trump (r) ain’t exactly the sharpest knife in the drawer.
Putin’s “useful idiot”
10 Saturday Nov 2018
Posted in Resist, social media
Protesting Donald Trump (r) on the evening of November 8th, in the falling snow, at a demonstration with several hundred in attendance in front of the U.S. Courthouse in downtown Kansas City, Missouri:
“Россия” (Russia) – a variant of the Russian presidential flag – Kansas City, Missouri – November 8, 2018.
The flag of the United States is below it, in the configuration indicating distress.
This afternoon, via Twitter:
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
Trying to STEAL two big elections in Florida! We are watching closely!
1:09 PM – 10 Nov 2018
Yep, he’s a useful idiot.
Previously:
Back to the streets – Kansas City, Missouri – November 8, 2018 (November 8, 2019)
Dumber than a cinder block… (November 10, 2018)
Dumber than a cinder block…
10 Saturday Nov 2018
Posted in Resist, social media
…and twice as dense.
That’s you, too, if you buy into it.
Yesterday, via Twitter:
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
Just out — in Arizona, SIGNATURES DON’T MATCH. Electoral corruption – Call for a new Election? We must protect our Democracy!
2:33 PM – 9 Nov 2018
One of the responses:
Signatures not matching does not equal corruption or fraud. Everyone’s signature varies somewhat, and if one signature is on paper and the other is on a device, there can be a lot of variance, especially if the person doesn’t sign on devices often.
Read the sequence. This is all about counting the votes that have been cast in this election. For those of you who have difficulty with reading comprehension and facts (The Faux News Channel, for instance), read this slowly and out loud, that might help you understand it.
1. When voter turnout is higher than expected it takes longer to count the votes because of the volume of ballots which have to be processed.
2. States which have voting by mail have a very high volume. It takes a longer time to count and certify those results due to the very high volume.
3. News media does not count the votes, local election authorities do.
4. Media usually reports on the votes that have been counted, as long as their attention holds. They rarely report on the certified results.
5. Election races are “called” by the media when they believe that the outcome will not be changed by the ballots remaining which have yet to be counted. This is not a certified election result. It’s a bauble for people with short attention spans.
6. Elections are certified by election authorities when all of the votes have been counted.
7. Sometimes, when elections are really close, the media will not “call” the election until it has been certified. Sometimes media makes a mistake and “calls” the election anyway because math is hard for some people.
8. If, at any point, the number of ballots which have not been counted is greater than the reported margin between two candidates, then any media “call” of the race is worthless. That’s how math works.
Thus endeth the lesson.
The latest news coverage of the “Caravan”
10 Saturday Nov 2018
Posted in media criticism, Resist
After the November 6th election:
Just what we thought.
Old media, trumped once again. You’d think they’d learn at some point.
Back to the streets – Kansas City, Missouri – November 8, 2018
08 Thursday Nov 2018
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#resist, autocracy, Donald Trump, Kansas City, missouri, obstruction of justice, protest, Robert Mueller, Russia
This evening several hundred individuals gathered in the falling snow in front of the Charles Evans Whittaker U.S. Courthouse in downtown Kansas City, Missouri to demonstrate against Donald Trump’s manipulations of the U.S. Department of Justice in the aftermath of the firing of Attorney General Jeff Sessions (r).
The Kansas City protest was one of hundreds across the nation this evening – coordinated by several progressive organizations and publicized via social media.
‘A Red Line Crossed’: Nationwide Protests Declared for Thursday at 5PM After Jeff Sessions Fired
…Right after Trump forced Sessions to resign, the White House announced that Matthew Whitaker—a DOJ official who has shown open hostility to the probe by Special Counsel Robert Mueller—would now serve as acting AG and be put in charge of the ongoing investigation.
“Trump just put someone who has openly trashed Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation in charge of it,” Robert Weissman, president of Public Citizen, one of the advocacy groups behind the rapid-response demonstrations, explained in an emergency email Wednesday evening. “Trump thought that by waiting until after the polls closed on Election Day, our voices would be silent. He was wrong”
Anna Galland, executive director for MoveOn.org, said: “This is a red line crossed, an attack on rule of law.”
In Kansas City:
“Real Traitor”
“No one is above the law”
“Whitaker must recuse”
“No crown”
“Free Jim Acosta”
“It’s Mueller Time”
“Trump must go”
“Protect Mueller”
“Not above the law”
“No one…”
“Grab ’em by the Attorney General”
“No one is above the law”
#resist
He ain’t the brightest bulb in the chandelier…
03 Saturday Nov 2018
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This afternoon, via Twitter:
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
Rumor has it that Senator Joe Donnelly of Indiana is paying for Facebook ads for his so-called opponent on the libertarian ticket. Donnelly is trying to steal the election? Isn’t that what Russia did!?
4:05 PM – 3 Nov 2018
And an easy observation:
Soledad O’Brien @soledadobrien
The President says Russia stole the election:
[….]
4:15 PM – 3 Nov 2018 from Connecticut, USA
That went right over his head, didn’t it?
This machine defeats Fascists
25 Thursday Oct 2018
Posted in social media
Why Trump’s insistence on using unsecured phones is such a disaster
10/25/18 08:00 AM
By Steve Benen
…Let’s count the ways in which this is a disaster for the president. First, it offers proof of Trump putting sensitive information at risk, not accidentally, but as a result of neglect and laziness. On any given day, the president of the United States knowingly picks up unsecured mobile devices, has private conversations, and remains indifferent to the fact that foreign spies may be listening and recording everything that’s said…
Late last night, a question, in the aftermath of the news about pipe bombs that were sent or delivered to a number of Democrats and a news organization:
Michael McFaul @McFaul
Did Trump call Obama or Clinton today?
11:44 PM – 24 Oct 2018
Someone wins the internets:
Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser
dunno. ask China.
[….]
11:54 PM – 24 Oct 2018
Previously:
When Fascism comes to America it will be produced like a reality TV show, clutching its social media feed… (October 25, 2018)
When Fascism comes to America it will be produced like a reality TV show, clutching its social media feed…
25 Thursday Oct 2018
Posted in social media
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This morning:
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
A very big part of the Anger we see today in our society is caused by the purposely false and inaccurate reporting of the Mainstream Media that I refer to as Fake News. It has gotten so bad and hateful that it is beyond description. Mainstream Media must clean up its act, FAST!
6:18 AM – 25 Oct 2018
Suffice to say self awareness is not one of his strong character traits.
You don’t hand over control of the government to a tax cheat
09 Tuesday Oct 2018
Posted in Resist, social media
Gaslighting.
A few days ago:
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
You don’t hand matches to an arsonist, and you don’t give power to an angry left-wing mob. Democrats have become too EXTREME and TOO DANGEROUS to govern. Republicans believe in the rule of law – not the rule of the mob. VOTE REPUBLICAN!
8:21 PM – 6 Oct 2018
We remember 2009.
Senator Claire McCaskill (D): open forum in Hillsboro – photos (August 12, 2009)
The altercation over an “unauthorized sign”. Law enforcement quickly separated the parties and escorted them outside.
Senator Claire McCaskill (D): open forum in Hillsboro – video of the Rosa Parks poster altercation (August 12, 2009)
I spoke with Maxine Johnson outside the field house after the event was over:
Show Me Progress: So, what happened? What happened, did, after you sat down?
Maxine Johnson: When I sat down I put my sign in the chair in front of me. It was rolled up. And the reporter kind of, news reporter crawled over there, she was standing up and she asked could she take a picture of the sign. We unrolled the sign laying down in the chair. And she was taking a picture of Rosa Parks. This man comes out of the crowd, snatch my sign, I stood up, they said he pushed me. I don’t remember anything ’cause you know by that time my adrenaline going everywhere…All I’m thinking about is getting my sign back. I got up in…to proceed, go get my sign back. ‘Cause he was crumbling it up. I said, “Give my sign back!” When I said that, next thing I know I had four police officers on me and one on him. I’m the victim here, [laugh] you know. And then as I say, “I’m pressing charges!”…I said, “Obama, Obama!” So, you know what, you know like I said Rosa Parks fought for our freedom back then, now I’m fighting for our freedom now…So we’re fighting for the next generation…
We remember very angry right wingnuts – and that was just about increasing access to affordable healthcare.
That was then, this is now.
Update:
There’s a tweet for everything.
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
The paid D.C. protesters are now ready to REALLY protest because they haven’t gotten their checks – in other words, they weren’t paid! Screamers in Congress, and outside, were far too obvious – less professional than anticipated by those paying (or not paying) the bills!
7:32 AM – 9 Oct 2018
WTF?
#resist
