Aug. 23 Open Thread: Trump Keeps Digging
What little is left of Trump’s brain is in turmoil. He sat for an interview with Fox News that surpassed even his usual levels of incoherence. The best part was his contention that prosecutors cutting deals with lower-level crooks for dirt on their superiors almost ought to be illegal” because it’s “not fair.” Remember, this is a guy who takes two scoops of ice cream and gives everybody else only one.
Trump also admitted that sure he paid off his mistresses, but not with campaign funds! Several writers pointed out that Trump doesn’t seem to understand that it’s still illegal.
Trump’s uncharacteristically subdued response to Michael Cohen prompted lots of mood-of-the-White House pieces. Among the best is this piece in Politico’s magazine.
Remember when the judge in the Manafort case said he wouldn’t release the names of the jurors because he feared for their safety? One of the jurors said “fuck that shit” and came forward to say that a lone holdout refused to budge on 10 of the charges despite four days of 11 people trying to get her to see reason. UPDATE: The juror who came forward is herself a Trump supporter. She said the Mueller probe is a “witch hunt” but the evidence against Manafort was overwhelming.
The biggest threat to the November blue wave is the vulnerability of voting systems to hacking, and not necessarily by Russians. Read this 17-year-old’s story about hacking a state election — a simulated one employing the same software used by some states. Read this and tell me it wasn’t possible for the Russians to change vote totals.
The second-biggest threat is Democratic incompetence. Despite being the party that appeals to young people, Democrats are spending far less on digital advertising than Republicans are.
She is a right wing hero. She is also not the first. Just wait until one of these magats decides nullification applies to murdering brown kids.
“Trump also admitted that sure he paid off his mistresses, but not with campaign funds! Several writers pointed out that Trump doesn’t seem to understand that it’s still illegal.”
Trump admits to fucking two women while his wife cared for his newborn son. Your Christian President, ladies and gentlemen.
Beyond the crimes, Trump’s continuing support by American “Christians” is nauseating to me.
“Just wait until one of these magats decides nullification applies to murdering brown kids.”
Wait? That’s been happening for years.
“Trump’s continuing support by American “Christians” is nauseating to me.”
They’re nauseating to me with or without Trump.
The Wall Street Journal reported last night that David Pecker, publisher of the National Enquirer, is co-operating with prosecutors on his role in Playmate payoffs.
“Holy shit, I thought Pecker would be the last one to turn,” a Trump friend told Vanity Fair’s Gabriel Sherman.
OTOH, Josh Marshall says it’s the least surprising thing in the world.
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-election-progressives/
“Would you support a policy of medicare for all?”
Democrats: 84.5%
Republicans: 51.9%
We’re winning.
“Would you support a policy of medicare for all?”
Someone should ask that at the debate.
Harris: Yes.
Carper: The Affordable Care Act was a great step to ensure access to affordable, blah. But Canadian drugs would cut into the revenue of the , blah. blah.
Then how do you incentivize the blah blah blah.
In my 97 years as blah blah blah blah
Central Branch Y, blah blah blah blah blah blah….
Blah, blah…
I punched my wife in the face.
While Medicare does negotiate and create opportunities for savings ….
blah. blah. blah. blah. blah…
By the way, all 800 seats in the Cab Calloway auditorium are spoken for. The wait list is approximately 100 as of this afternoon.
Hidi Hidi Hidi Hi.
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“Trump Boys Frantically Burning Stacks Of Printed-Out Emails To Eliminate Paper Trail”
– The Onion