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Angry Country. Ted Cruz lies as he gets caught taking a Cancun vacation while Texas freezes. And from Fox News hosts Harris Faulkner and Bill Hemmer…. crickets, as Trump uses the death of a supporter to continue to spread the big lie about the election he lost. "Rush thought we...

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  • February 18, 2021

Disloyal opposition gets its 44 votes today.11 votes from the 67 votes needed to convict Trump. In this impeachment trial, Trump still needs to shoot someone on Fifth Avenue. ”They’re behaving like mob lawyers who know that they have the jury in their pocket.” Trump will almost certainly be acquitted...

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  • February 10, 2021

The Trumpist GOP identifies its allegiances. Nice to see Philip Bump using DKos data. Eleven members of the House Republican caucus took the unusual step Thursday of supporting a Democratic-led effort to punish freshman Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) for comments she made before coming to Congress. It was the latest...

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  • February 6, 2021

Researchers at Stanford and U. of Chicago, Eggers, Garro, and Grimmer, today demonstrated quantitatively how the election was never “stolen”, but rather framed by false media frames in order to foment insurrection and sedition. This leaves Trump’s biggest, most illogical lie, that “because he received 74 million votes, he couldn’t...

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  • February 3, 2021

“Lies of a feather flock together” “I think there is a very fair question here whether moderators of The Donald destroyed evidence that would aid law enforcement investigation." https://t.co/bLXNZ8fXvt — Mother Jones (@MotherJones) January 29, 2021 In the days ahead of the January 6 Capitol riot, there were warnings, but...

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  • January 30, 2021

Did Trump actually call the two Wayne County canvassers to try to reverse their reversal.  Autogolpe Trump's widespread effort to delay or undermine certification includes no-take-backsies.  Now Rudy saying lots of people from Camden came to Philly to vote. “It happens all the time. It's about as common as people getting...

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  • November 19, 2020

Trump has always been a loser, but is reaching the end even as he’s trying to keep the grift going. Remember that he began campaigning for 2020 right after his inauguration. This is no different. He simply hasn’t reached the “sale by” date. The path to the bunker has 72 days...

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  • November 10, 2020

Brooks Brothers riot of intimidation returns from 2000: x Wow. Actually identical now to the Bush 2000 playbook. https://t.co/zTtsayW1a4 — Dan O'Sullivan (@Bro_Pair) November 4, 2020 GOP millennium tribute band x A Detroit elections officials attempting to deescalating an increasingly tense situation outside the ballot count at TCF Center. republican...

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  • November 4, 2020

Like a cartoon dog in a burning room or a river in Egypt, we know Trump will spend his post-presidency looking for the real reasons he lost the election. America faces no issue more pressing than the coronavirus pandemic, and so the president has found the message that he believes will carry...

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  • October 26, 2020

There is a critical reality beyond the waiting for the “next two weeks” in which Trump has promised multiple times over the four years a plan for health care and a plan to combat COVID-19. The pandemic crisis has given us some real relations from which we can gain some insights...

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  • October 23, 2020

Nothingburger: but the latest attempt to vilify Hunter Biden does remind us that bad things could happen when you bring your computer in for repair. Ever desperate for a horse race, Comcast gives Trump free air for his own town hall in Miami. x No one should link to or share...

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  • October 14, 2020

We are simply at the moment where the accumulated stories of disrespect all get to be compared with the opposing candidate and his party. x Every Republican who stood by and continues to stand by Trump, particularly after we’ve learned about his “losers and suckers” comments, deserves to forever wear...

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  • September 5, 2020

Fortunately, Trump has telegraphed one of his tactical options to remain in power. x For nearly 90 years, the Constitution has contained a built-in safeguard against presidents who try to retain power beyond the end of their term: presidential power automatically passes to the House Speaker at noon on January...

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  • July 31, 2020

Chad Wolf confesses to committing a crime on national television. One person’s ‘proactive arresting’ is another’s extralegal detention and subsequent rendition. If you get scooped up, we wish you well. DHS Secretary @DHSMcAleenan just said on Fox News that unmarked agents are making “proactive” arrests in #Portland:“If we think you will...

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  • July 22, 2020

From CNN: x 1. Technically, Senator Kelly Loeffler is running to keep her seat. But she has decided to campaign against Black Lives Matter. Loeffler highlights her opposition to the movement in every campaign stop and TV appearance Who is supporting this campaign?https://t.co/3L1jHcoSWc— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) July 16, 2020 Sony...

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  • July 17, 2020

So much complicity so little time left, the GOP seems ready to lose the Senate because they back-ended the wrong horse. x Learn. Their. Names. pic.twitter.com/lYzH8LIj6d— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) July 8, 2020 Oklahoma, Arizona, South Dakota, and this weekend the Trump typhoid-tour goes to Hew Hampshire. x The city...

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  • July 9, 2020

“…Facebook right now continues to host boogaloo groups who are getting around just the basic level of content moderation they’re doing for these groups….” — MSNBC reporter Brandy Zadronzny “[DemocracyNow.org]…we have seen the boogaloo movement congregating on Facebook for several months now…. they’ve been organized really since the outbreak of the...

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  • June 24, 2020

Also, Larry Ludlow says that the election of Obama proves there is no systemic racism, much like two-handing a glass of water and shuffling down 11o ramps is not a sign of deteriorating abilities. Executive decision on tonight's #DickAward goes to Larry Kudlow who doesn't give a fuck about people dying,...

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  • June 16, 2020

Live Blog below — it likely won’t start on time, pretty much the symbol of the WH. Today had 45 minutes of what likely will be peak Trumpiness, as Trump showed a campaign propaganda video that attempted to refute the reporting on Trump’s 70 days of delay. Trump chose the usual path, attacking...

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  • April 13, 2020

Yes, we are seriously going back to this again. I was really being tough and so was he. And we would go back and forth. And then we fell in love. No really. He wrote me beautiful letters.  They were great letters. And then we fell in love!    ...

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  • March 22, 2020

Who pays $20,000 for a plane ticket, or a Final Four ticket, or an Inaugural ticket, and should you blame some other country for your own incompetence. And Pence and Trump will still have rallies in Wisconsin next week. x Trump misstated his own policy in an Oval Office address...

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  • March 12, 2020

We remain ready for Trump’s “Way-to-go Brownie” moment, although that may remain the cipher for his entire presidency, having failed the tests of leadership by obfuscating every moment with disinformation and outright lies. Bush's response was to give his buddy Brownie a “way to go!” thumbs up. x 1. Had tests available so we...

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  • March 8, 2020

This is pretty chilling. x 2. On Friday, Politico published an article headlined “Trump rallies his base to treat coronavirus as a ‘hoax.’” The Daily Caller declared this was “false information.” If you try to post the article to Facebook, this is what you see. https://t.co/AoMU8uhDR8 pic.twitter.com/aDS4Ogpo1y— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum)...

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  • March 3, 2020

Referring to a Trumpian “(w)hole of government approach” Pence is using the WH briefing room to dispense some disinformation where there are now 100 cases (Pence claimed 43 cases) touting a “low risk” (of dying) even as WHO calls the situation (of transmission) a “high risk” one. More Trumpian low-balling claiming...

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  • March 2, 2020

As a second US citizen (also in Washington State) dies from COVID-19, the Trump lies continue. A reminder that actual Trumpian truth happens only under oath. Trump had brought it on himself. He had sued a reporter, accusing him of being reckless and dishonest in a book that raised questions...

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  • March 2, 2020

Doublespeak is language that deliberately obscures, disguises, distorts, or reverses the meaning of words. Doublespeak may take the form of euphemisms, in which case it is primarily meant to make the truth sound more palatable. It may also refer to intentional ambiguity in language or to actual inversions of meaning....

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  • February 27, 2020

Like financial bubbles, health epidemics also appear to be based on implausible or inconsistent views about the future. Trump could double-down on his inaction and use the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic to implement more incompetent misuses of power. x 2. Trump also cut funding for the CDC, forcing the CDC to cancel its...

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  • February 25, 2020

Justice gets done, despite the tweet-bleating of Trump and the intervention of Barr. The Trumpocracy’s court jester is sentenced to 40 months in prison (three years, four months, $20,000 fine, two years probation, plus community service). There will be an appeal, as well as speculation about a Trump pardon/commutation, as the...

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  • February 20, 2020

The dog wagged once. Did the WH dodge a ballistic missile since apparently there were no casualties in the several Iranian missile strikes in Iraq. Message sent, but will Trump’s apparent lack of policy and strategy actually move Iran closer and quicker to nuclear weapons. Because Trump’s crimes are catching...

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  • January 8, 2020

Let us count the ways in which this tweet — from Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Arizona) — is bullshit. Oh, never mind. Journalist Judd Legum already did it for me: 1. This photo is fake (photoshopped) 2. The man on the left is Hassan Rouhani, who is still President of Iran...

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  • January 6, 2020

Ranking member Devin Nunes (CA-R) needs some side-eye or at least more help traveling to his farm in Iowa, because of those Russia-related junkets Lev Parnas, an indicted associate of Rudy Giuliani, helped arrange meetings and calls in Europe for Rep. Devin Nunes in 2018, Parnas’  lawyer Ed MacMahon told...

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  • November 21, 2019

Today’s bombshell had a considerable blast radius.  Sondland affirms, “yes” there was a “quid pro quo.” After a first deposition, a revised addendum, and today another lengthy statement, we now know there are receipts, and if Trump were not a PABOTUS*, he’d be indicted. Lacking that, the articles of impeachment get...

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  • November 20, 2019

Kiev and Yalta, in the latter case at least Trump’s golf resort would be in the Russian zone. “The Trumps were looking to erect luxury resorts across the former Soviet republics, and Ukraine seemed like a promising location.  House and Senate committees appear to be unaware of the Trump Organization’s...

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  • November 4, 2019

The protest is over, after delaying the hearing for five hours. Laura Cooper of the DoD is testifying. The sit-in was held by GOP House members not on the relevant committees in the SCIF facility. PIzza was ordered and apparently no one was arrested. Republicans forming a literal mob to obstruct...

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  • October 23, 2019

Because someone in the hospitality business would want to jail and relocate the homeless away from hotels, put refugees in detention camps, and separate children from families Dear @realDonaldTrump: Wow, Mick Mulvaney admits your personal business interests will affect decisions you make because that's who you are at the end of...

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  • October 20, 2019

New Popular Info article describes how completely the post-2016 use of Facebook for political purposes has been compromised beyond foreign ad buys and manipulation by malign actors. 2. "Decisions are made to benefit Republicans because they are paranoid about their reputation among conservative Republicans, particularly Trump," one former Facebook employee...

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  • October 17, 2019

It’s a fast-moving day and a press conference was scheduled for 4pm. Trump’s last such presser at the UNGA was “free-wheeling” so the cray-cray might be especially wild. Chances are that the GOP members of House/Senate Intel committees need to leak the complaint contents to the WH, which may explain...

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  • October 12, 2019

x @KremlinAnnex WOW- You made it to https://t.co/iEGiwwO1Ah pic.twitter.com/51fBeBNAuB — Individual 1 is A traitor (@SwampIsFULL) September 26, 2019 x Hey Trump, resign! #KremlinAnnex pic.twitter.com/qNZuhrD6Vj — Melissa Barlow (@LiteraryMouse) September 26, 2019 x Have you read about our team yet? ✌️🇺🇸 Kremlin Annex: Five women have been protesting outside the...

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  • October 12, 2019

Individual-1's tough day of unhingery continues, as a new book describes more Trump sexual predation. Many moving parts in today’s media as the Turkish offensive in Syria begins, and Trump who once proclaimed ISIS defeated, now facilitates their spread. This is apparently another dog-wag anticipated when Trump gets desperate, this time...

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  • October 9, 2019

x 2. The new ad policy “prohibits ads that include claims debunked by third-party fact checkers” So you would think that would prohibit political ads that are debunked Nope. Facebook tells me POLITICIANS ARE EXEMPT FROM FACT CHECKING https://t.co/4aTevXJIwr— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) October 3, 2019 x 3. This came up...

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  • October 3, 2019

For my money, this is still the greatest paragraph ever written in the English — or likely any other — language. And, as you’ve probably already guessed, it’s from Stormy Daniels’ interview with InTouch: But he was a little distracted by the TV. “The strangest thing about that night — this...

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  • September 29, 2019

Good God. Trump’s peppy tweet-party over the weekend made his bonkers CPAC speech look like the Sermon on the Mount. If you’re thinking of crashing the gates of Mordor and checking it out for yourself, be warned: Reading those tweets is a little like doing Satan’s annual colonoscopy. Someone has to do...

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  • March 18, 2019