“We are looking at the salvation of the Islamic State. Donald Trump has saved ISIS. ” – – Malcom Nance, Executive Director, Terrorism Asymmetrics Project
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What about delivering rotten vegetables to the White House in solidarity with the Kurds?
Dan Rather (CNN) on Trump: “He’s afraid. He’s lost control of the narrative. He’s a guy with his back to the wall, his shirt tail on fire and a bill collector and a process server knocking at the door.”
Sam Donaldson (CNN): “He’s a scared man, a very fragile human being. If I could feel some compassion for him I would, but I’m not that good a person.”
next presser fantasy
wapo:
Facebook on Monday said it removed a network of Russian-backed accounts that posed as locals weighing in on political issues in swing states, praising President Trump and attacking former vice president Joe Biden — illustrating that the familiar threat of Russian interference looms over the next U.S. presidential race.
Facebook said the network bears the hallmark of the same Kremlin-backed group that interfered in the 2016 election by sowing social discord, seeking to boost Trump and attacking Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. The new disinformation campaign appears to follow the same playbook.
This time, a coordinated group of Russian accounts that appears to show some links to the Internet Research Agency largely took to Facebook’s photo-sharing app, Instagram, to post content this year about U.S. politics and memes targeting Democratic presidential contenders.
[…]
The network appeared still to be in an audience-building phase when it was removed by Facebook: 246,000 accounts followed one or more of the inauthentic Russian accounts, which had collectively made just fewer than 75,000 posts, according to a report from Graphika, a social media analysis firm that examined the operation for Facebook. Only one account, which addressed environmental themes, had more than 20,000 followers.
Much of the content lacked text, consisting only of memes, and the posts often drew from viral content first posted by American actors, including news organizations and prominent political figures, such as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.).
[…]
A minority of the posts focused explicitly on the 2020 election, according to Graphika’s analysis. Among the accounts posing as backers of political and social causes in the United States, the largest cluster was conservative and in support of Trump. Numerous accounts aimed their fire at Democratic candidates — namely Biden but also Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.). Other issues included racial activism, Confederate pride, gun rights, LGBT issues, feminism, Islam and Christianity.
Nearly half of the accounts claimed to be based in swing states, with a specific focus on Florida.
Biden came under attack from accounts that positioned themselves on both sides of the political spectrum. One account reposted a tweet from a right-wing political commentator parroting a Trump rebuke of Biden, while another posted a meme showing a road diverging and a car swerving to choose the path representing “Bernie 2020” over “Joe Biden.” Four years earlier, Russian-backed Facebook accounts similarly promoted Sanders during the Democratic primary against Clinton, according to Senate investigators.
I’m really not sure why Russia feels like they need to help Trump by posing as locals commenting on issues. I get pinged from Facebook with some regularity, and occasionally I’ll actually go and look and see what’s going on. I’d say well over half of the people that I went to high school with are rabidly supportive of SFB at this point. A couple of them are even people I thought had brains. I guess I was wrong about those few.
Trump is an ISIS ASSet.
Shouldn’t we all just assume that the wide world of social media is infected with foreign operatives?
*As opposed to this corner of the internets where some have met face-to-face.
BiD, i’m not so sure about “this corner of the internets” either. there have been times i’ve wondered about the authenticity of some of our trail trolls. shape-shifters like dear gordo.
Former president Jimmy Carter is in the hospital again after falling and fracturing his pelvis on Monday evening at his home in Plains, Georgia.
Carter Center spokeswoman Deanne Congileo described the fracture as minor. Her statement said the 95-year-old is in good spirits and looking forward to recovering at home.
This is the third time Carter has fallen in recent months. He first fell in the spring and required hip replacement surgery. Carter fell again this month and despite receiving 14 stitches, traveled the next day to Nashville, Tennessee to rally volunteers and help build a Habitat for Humanity home.
Carter is the oldest living former president in US history. He and his wife, 92-year-old Rosalynn, recently became the longest-married first couple. They surpassed George and Barbara Bush with more than 73 years of marriage.
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Ridicule is a potent force in the market place….you can tell by the products and careers which are ended by it.
But it’s still going to take more than ridicule for this guy. The only real answer is voter turnout.
Favorite quote of the day:
“You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant.”
Harlan Ellison
I think a tabulation of the cost of his frivolous trips to his various properties in comparison with the travel of other presidents of both parties would open the eyes of many conservatives. What is the familial status of his current spouse and their son? Are they well taken care of? Are they loved? How about the incredibly high charges billed for his security details staying in his various properties during his visits? We don’t need just rhetoric, we need facts and figures resulting from FOIA requests and detective work.
Flatus, damn skippy.
Keep annoying him soon he will be drooling in public
Mulvaney spin doctor? Mulvaney Candy Striper
I agree with my distinguished colleague, the senior member from South Carolina.
I presume that in the last 33 months, herr trump has cost more travel $$$ than all of the other presidents combined.
Do we pay for his lodging at Marla’s Ego ? The golf fees and tips ? Enquiring people NEED to know !
You think he tips???
flatus & X-R, don’t forget to add up the security staff bills. they’ve probably blown their budget by now. imagine the horror they would have faced trying to secure Doral.
now here’s a food fight….
Ms Dallas,
I shouldn’t think so. However, he might jot it down to bill the public.
Last spring Secret Service had to go to Congress for more money because the trumps are busting their budget
Kgc……..yep we are rapidly approaching Drooling Marius.
Thousands paid by Secret Service to Trump properties just for golf carts. Mar-A-Lago charges nearly $600 a night for staff rooms when he goes there, and bills government for their liquor bills. No wonder Trump calls Emoluments Clauses “phony”.
Donald Trump claims he’s going to win Minnesota Fact check: Polls show he would be defeated by, at least, 4 Democratic candidates Star Tribune/Mason-Dixon poll: Klobuchar 55% Trump 38% Warren 51% Trump 40% Biden 50% Trump 38% Sanders 49% Trump 40%
Sounds like Bill Taylor testimony damns the President more than most
raw story:
The Ukraine ambassador testified that EU ambassador Gordon Sondland told him that foreign aid was being held up for political reasons.
Bill Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, testified that Sondland revealed to him that military aid to the American ally was being held up by the White House to pressure the foreign country to publicly announce a corruption investigation.
That investigation was considered to be helpful to President Donald Trump’s election, sources from both parties said of Taylor’s testimony.
“Eyebrows frozen raised,” a source in the room said. “(It is the) most thorough account of everything so far.”
🙂
Turkey and Russia just made deal to murder our Kurd allies. Trump delivered to his boss man Putin.
The senior U.S. diplomat in Ukraine said Tuesday he was told release of military aid was contingent on public declarations from Ukraine that it would investigate the Bidens and the 2016 election, contradicting President Trump’s denial that he used the money as leverage for political gain.
Acting ambassador William B. Taylor Jr. testified behind closed doors in the House impeachment probe of Trump that he stands by his characterization that it was “crazy” to make the assistance contingent on investigations he found troubling.
Upon arriving in Kyiv last spring he became alarmed by secondary diplomatic channels involving U.S. officials that he called “weird,” Taylor said, according to a copy of his lengthy opening statement obtained by The Washington Post.
Taylor walked lawmakers through a series of conversations he had with other U.S. diplomats who were trying to obtain what one called the “deliverable” of Ukrainian help investigating Trump’s political rivals.
[…]
“Amb. Sondland also told me that he now recognized that he had made a mistake by earlier telling the Ukrainian officials to whom he spoke that a White House meeting with President Zelensky was dependent on a public announcement of investigations — in fact, Amb. Sondland said, ‘everything’ was dependent on such an announcement, including security assistance,’” Taylor told House investigators.
“He said that President Trump wanted President Zelensky ‘in a public box’ by making a public statement about ordering such investigations.’
[continues]
craig,
so was there a deal behind that deal? he orders cut and run betraying allies if vlad and recep nominate him for nobel peace prize
click to read 15 pages of taylor’s opening statement
Yep there’s a Deep State, it was Trump and Giuliani, et al, in a criminal conspiracy against our national interest.
Patd, me thinks Putin owns Trump for far more than that, we’ll be disgusted when we learn why
Lindsey Graham, shame on you for backing up the orange putz.
Of course, SFB used that word on purpose. Hey, media! Look over here. Don’t give adequate coverage to today’s hearing.
Aunt Rudy probably told him to use that word. Sounds like something he would do. Oh, 9/11-survivor would have so much dirt to dish on Rudy.
Craig, modifying a portion of your 1632: … it was Trump and Giuliani, et al, in a criminal conspiracy against the People of The United States.
FB spending lots of money on ads to come back. I guess they need more folks to expose to the influence of foreign states paying FB for access. Plus, how dare they abuse Patsy Cline’s music.
What about delivering rotten vegetables to the White House in solidarity with the Kurds?
Dan Rather (CNN) on Trump: “He’s afraid. He’s lost control of the narrative. He’s a guy with his back to the wall, his shirt tail on fire and a bill collector and a process server knocking at the door.”
Sam Donaldson (CNN): “He’s a scared man, a very fragile human being. If I could feel some compassion for him I would, but I’m not that good a person.”
next presser fantasy
wapo:
Facebook on Monday said it removed a network of Russian-backed accounts that posed as locals weighing in on political issues in swing states, praising President Trump and attacking former vice president Joe Biden — illustrating that the familiar threat of Russian interference looms over the next U.S. presidential race.
Facebook said the network bears the hallmark of the same Kremlin-backed group that interfered in the 2016 election by sowing social discord, seeking to boost Trump and attacking Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. The new disinformation campaign appears to follow the same playbook.
This time, a coordinated group of Russian accounts that appears to show some links to the Internet Research Agency largely took to Facebook’s photo-sharing app, Instagram, to post content this year about U.S. politics and memes targeting Democratic presidential contenders.
[…]
The network appeared still to be in an audience-building phase when it was removed by Facebook: 246,000 accounts followed one or more of the inauthentic Russian accounts, which had collectively made just fewer than 75,000 posts, according to a report from Graphika, a social media analysis firm that examined the operation for Facebook. Only one account, which addressed environmental themes, had more than 20,000 followers.
Much of the content lacked text, consisting only of memes, and the posts often drew from viral content first posted by American actors, including news organizations and prominent political figures, such as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.).
[…]
A minority of the posts focused explicitly on the 2020 election, according to Graphika’s analysis. Among the accounts posing as backers of political and social causes in the United States, the largest cluster was conservative and in support of Trump. Numerous accounts aimed their fire at Democratic candidates — namely Biden but also Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.). Other issues included racial activism, Confederate pride, gun rights, LGBT issues, feminism, Islam and Christianity.
Nearly half of the accounts claimed to be based in swing states, with a specific focus on Florida.
Biden came under attack from accounts that positioned themselves on both sides of the political spectrum. One account reposted a tweet from a right-wing political commentator parroting a Trump rebuke of Biden, while another posted a meme showing a road diverging and a car swerving to choose the path representing “Bernie 2020” over “Joe Biden.” Four years earlier, Russian-backed Facebook accounts similarly promoted Sanders during the Democratic primary against Clinton, according to Senate investigators.
I’m really not sure why Russia feels like they need to help Trump by posing as locals commenting on issues. I get pinged from Facebook with some regularity, and occasionally I’ll actually go and look and see what’s going on. I’d say well over half of the people that I went to high school with are rabidly supportive of SFB at this point. A couple of them are even people I thought had brains. I guess I was wrong about those few.
Trump is an ISIS ASSet.
Shouldn’t we all just assume that the wide world of social media is infected with foreign operatives?
*As opposed to this corner of the internets where some have met face-to-face.
BiD, i’m not so sure about “this corner of the internets” either. there have been times i’ve wondered about the authenticity of some of our trail trolls. shape-shifters like dear gordo.
bless his little heart. 🙂
the guardian:
Former president Jimmy Carter is in the hospital again after falling and fracturing his pelvis on Monday evening at his home in Plains, Georgia.
Carter Center spokeswoman Deanne Congileo described the fracture as minor. Her statement said the 95-year-old is in good spirits and looking forward to recovering at home.
This is the third time Carter has fallen in recent months. He first fell in the spring and required hip replacement surgery. Carter fell again this month and despite receiving 14 stitches, traveled the next day to Nashville, Tennessee to rally volunteers and help build a Habitat for Humanity home.
Carter is the oldest living former president in US history. He and his wife, 92-year-old Rosalynn, recently became the longest-married first couple. They surpassed George and Barbara Bush with more than 73 years of marriage.
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Ridicule is a potent force in the market place….you can tell by the products and careers which are ended by it.
But it’s still going to take more than ridicule for this guy. The only real answer is voter turnout.
Favorite quote of the day:
“You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant.”
Harlan Ellison
I think a tabulation of the cost of his frivolous trips to his various properties in comparison with the travel of other presidents of both parties would open the eyes of many conservatives. What is the familial status of his current spouse and their son? Are they well taken care of? Are they loved? How about the incredibly high charges billed for his security details staying in his various properties during his visits? We don’t need just rhetoric, we need facts and figures resulting from FOIA requests and detective work.
Flatus, damn skippy.
Keep annoying him soon he will be drooling in public
Mulvaney spin doctor? Mulvaney Candy Striper
I agree with my distinguished colleague, the senior member from South Carolina.
I presume that in the last 33 months, herr trump has cost more travel $$$ than all of the other presidents combined.
Do we pay for his lodging at Marla’s Ego ? The golf fees and tips ? Enquiring people NEED to know !
You think he tips???
flatus & X-R, don’t forget to add up the security staff bills. they’ve probably blown their budget by now. imagine the horror they would have faced trying to secure Doral.
now here’s a food fight….
Ms Dallas,
I shouldn’t think so. However, he might jot it down to bill the public.
Last spring Secret Service had to go to Congress for more money because the trumps are busting their budget
Kgc……..yep we are rapidly approaching Drooling Marius.
Thousands paid by Secret Service to Trump properties just for golf carts. Mar-A-Lago charges nearly $600 a night for staff rooms when he goes there, and bills government for their liquor bills. No wonder Trump calls Emoluments Clauses “phony”.
Donald Trump claims he’s going to win Minnesota Fact check: Polls show he would be defeated by, at least, 4 Democratic candidates Star Tribune/Mason-Dixon poll: Klobuchar 55% Trump 38% Warren 51% Trump 40% Biden 50% Trump 38% Sanders 49% Trump 40%
http://www.startribune.com/minnesota-poll-trump-vs-democratic-candidates/563150861/
Sounds like Bill Taylor testimony damns the President more than most
raw story:
The Ukraine ambassador testified that EU ambassador Gordon Sondland told him that foreign aid was being held up for political reasons.
Bill Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, testified that Sondland revealed to him that military aid to the American ally was being held up by the White House to pressure the foreign country to publicly announce a corruption investigation.
That investigation was considered to be helpful to President Donald Trump’s election, sources from both parties said of Taylor’s testimony.
“Eyebrows frozen raised,” a source in the room said. “(It is the) most thorough account of everything so far.”
🙂
Turkey and Russia just made deal to murder our Kurd allies. Trump delivered to his boss man Putin.
wapo:
The senior U.S. diplomat in Ukraine said Tuesday he was told release of military aid was contingent on public declarations from Ukraine that it would investigate the Bidens and the 2016 election, contradicting President Trump’s denial that he used the money as leverage for political gain.
Acting ambassador William B. Taylor Jr. testified behind closed doors in the House impeachment probe of Trump that he stands by his characterization that it was “crazy” to make the assistance contingent on investigations he found troubling.
Upon arriving in Kyiv last spring he became alarmed by secondary diplomatic channels involving U.S. officials that he called “weird,” Taylor said, according to a copy of his lengthy opening statement obtained by The Washington Post.
Taylor walked lawmakers through a series of conversations he had with other U.S. diplomats who were trying to obtain what one called the “deliverable” of Ukrainian help investigating Trump’s political rivals.
[…]
“Amb. Sondland also told me that he now recognized that he had made a mistake by earlier telling the Ukrainian officials to whom he spoke that a White House meeting with President Zelensky was dependent on a public announcement of investigations — in fact, Amb. Sondland said, ‘everything’ was dependent on such an announcement, including security assistance,’” Taylor told House investigators.
“He said that President Trump wanted President Zelensky ‘in a public box’ by making a public statement about ordering such investigations.’
[continues]
craig,
so was there a deal behind that deal? he orders cut and run betraying allies if vlad and recep nominate him for nobel peace prize
click to read 15 pages of taylor’s opening statement
https://www.washingtonpost.com/context/opening-statement-of-ambassador-william-b-taylor/6b3a6edf-f976-4081-ba7f-bce45468a3ff/
Yep there’s a Deep State, it was Trump and Giuliani, et al, in a criminal conspiracy against our national interest.
Patd, me thinks Putin owns Trump for far more than that, we’ll be disgusted when we learn why
Lindsey Graham, shame on you for backing up the orange putz.
Of course, SFB used that word on purpose. Hey, media! Look over here. Don’t give adequate coverage to today’s hearing.
Aunt Rudy probably told him to use that word. Sounds like something he would do. Oh, 9/11-survivor would have so much dirt to dish on Rudy.
Craig, modifying a portion of your 1632: … it was Trump and Giuliani, et al, in a criminal conspiracy against the People of The United States.
FB spending lots of money on ads to come back. I guess they need more folks to expose to the influence of foreign states paying FB for access. Plus, how dare they abuse Patsy Cline’s music.
Rasmussen is now down to 45%.
Ruh roh. I think SFB may be seeing his base erode. (Heheheh)
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