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23rd May 2020, 12:35 PM | #81 |
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23rd May 2020, 01:01 PM | #82 |
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Retired Adm. William McRaven said Thursday that the US is under attack from President Donald Trump, who he believes is working to "destroy" the country from "within" and "without."
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23rd May 2020, 01:09 PM | #83 |
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I understand with trumpettes it doesn't matter whether a statement is true or false, but take a gander at the latest from Fox News. If this is what Fox is showing, I'd say trump is in trouble. (And I hope so. We can't take four more years of this insanity.)
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23rd May 2020, 01:27 PM | #84 |
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"He's like a drunk being given a sobriety test by the police after being pulled over. Just as a drunk can't walk a straight line, Trump can't think in a straight line. He's all over the place."--Stacyhs "If you are still hung up on that whole words-have-meaning thing, then 2020 is going to be a long year for you." --Ladewig |
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23rd May 2020, 01:35 PM | #85 |
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23rd May 2020, 01:45 PM | #87 |
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"He's like a drunk being given a sobriety test by the police after being pulled over. Just as a drunk can't walk a straight line, Trump can't think in a straight line. He's all over the place."--Stacyhs "If you are still hung up on that whole words-have-meaning thing, then 2020 is going to be a long year for you." --Ladewig |
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23rd May 2020, 01:55 PM | #88 |
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23rd May 2020, 02:55 PM | #89 |
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23rd May 2020, 04:47 PM | #92 |
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23rd May 2020, 04:50 PM | #93 |
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Trump Tweets
Thank you! Quote Tweet Extremely Stable Genius #ChinaLied @MazurikL I WILL NEVER APOLOGIZE FOR BEING AN AMERICAN! We are the greatest nation in the world. @realDonaldTrump is the greatest President of all time. Thank you for bringing manufacturing back to the USA & supporting the will of the people! #AmericaFirst #Trump |
23rd May 2020, 04:52 PM | #94 |
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Trump Retweeted
GirlHeart suitBot @AMErikaNGIRLLL WATCHDownwards arrowNew Jersey Public School Teacher Tells Students Playing soccerHeavy minus sign’I hope you die!Heavy minus signI hope you both get the Corona virus and die a long painful death!’ https://twitter.com/AMErikaNGIRLLL/s...95872942120963 (video in link) GirlHeart suitBot @AMErikaNGIRLLL The highest ranking members of the FBI , NSA and CIA were not only spying on Trump- They were trying to subvert his election win with #FakeIntelligence and a #FakeInvestigation Fire |
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Trump Retweeted
Trump War Room - Text TRUMP to 88022 & get the APP @TrumpWarRoom WATCH: @KatrinaPierson explains Joe Biden's long pattern of taking Black voters for granted. "Joe Biden thinks that the Black vote is a joke. This is a pattern of Joe Biden and a pattern of white liberals in general." |
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23rd May 2020, 04:55 PM | #97 |
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Trump Tweets
TRANSITION TO GREATNESS! MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! Jeff, you had your chance & you blew it. Recused yourself ON DAY ONE (you never told me of a problem), and ran for the hills. You had no courage, & ruined many lives. The dirty cops, & others, got caught by better & stronger people than you. Hopefully this slime will pay a big... ....price. You should drop out of the race & pray that super liberal @DougJones, a weak & pathetic puppet for Crazy Nancy Pelosi & Cryin’ Chuck Schumer, gets beaten badly. He voted for impeachment based on “ZERO”. Disgraced Alabama. Coach @TTuberville will be a GREAT Senator! |
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23rd May 2020, 05:06 PM | #100 |
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A blow to her head? Body found under his desk? Left Congress suddenly? Big topic of discussion in Florida...and, he’s a Nut Job (with bad ratings). Keep digging, use forensic geniuses! Quote Tweet Matt Couch @RealMattCouch Trump Calls For Investigation Into Joe Scarborough For Murder of Staffer in 2001 https://thedcpatriot.com/trump-calls...affer-in-2001/ |
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23rd May 2020, 05:22 PM | #102 |
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Is the president supposed to accuse people of murder?
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23rd May 2020, 05:31 PM | #103 |
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23rd May 2020, 05:32 PM | #104 |
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23rd May 2020, 06:26 PM | #105 |
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This hugging, wearing, squatting upon and humping of the flag is one of a number of backward, even primitive aspects of America that baffle the world--or at least the civilized parts:
- "Mah gunz!" - "Mah freedumb!" - "No commie Metric system!" - "No commie health care!" - "No tax!" - "No welfare!" I know it's not a majority in all instances who decry progress. But enough do, and one of the two political parties is all to happy to pander to them. To the point of installing such a laughable clown to cry over as Trump to represent them on the world stage. How far has fallen a once great nation. I fear it will require at least a generation to get past this episode of depravity. The young must be the vanguard that holds at bay the nihilistic impulses of the older cohort that fears the diminution of whiteness. Keeps in check the hypocritical, anti-Christian "Christians" who would sell their souls for power to oppress the majority. Brings to heel the unfettered greed of the monied class, for whom lust after the almighty dollar eclipses every notion of contribution to the common good. |
23rd May 2020, 06:29 PM | #106 |
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Not really, no. In fact, in a saner time (1970, and it's hard to imagine calling the year of Vietnam and Kent State "saner," but there ya go), Richard Nixon got lambasted for suggesting that Charles Manson, then on trial, was "guilty, directly or indirectly, of eight murders without reason." And now we have a President openly accusing a political foe of a murder, with no evidence and for no other reason than (IMO) as a distraction for his mouth-breather die-hard constituency.
The ironic thing is that Nixon's basic complaint, in context, was the way the media was portraying Manson as a "rather glamorous figure"- IOW, "fake news." And Trump, of course, while complaining endlessly about "fake news," is busily manufacturing some to keep the focus off of his own manifold (and manifest) failings. |
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23rd May 2020, 06:33 PM | #107 |
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23rd May 2020, 06:37 PM | #109 |
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This is like a bad dream. Even for trump this is hard to believe. One of the accusers has written:
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23rd May 2020, 07:18 PM | #111 |
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It's basically everything we spent years warning about in the conspiracy theories forum. Widespread belief in CTs is corrosive to democracy. How can a CTist even conceive of voting for one side, when they really believe they're a bunch of murdering psychopaths who have kiddie sex dungeons in the basement of a pizza parlor? How can a non-CTist even conceive of voting for a party that actively promotes those kinds of nonsense beliefs? How do you debate with someone who turns around and spouts brand new nonsense every day? How do you debate with someone who thinks you're crazy and/or fatally stupid? Politics is the art of compromise. How can there be a compromise when there's no middle ground between crazy and sane? |
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23rd May 2020, 08:32 PM | #112 |
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23rd May 2020, 09:09 PM | #113 |
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Because they don't really believe it. The CT stuff is just fodder for demonizing the enemy.
What they really believe is that if Democrats get into power they will be forced to consider the needs of others, a fate far worse than being raped and murdered.
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23rd May 2020, 10:27 PM | #114 |
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How can all of you be so certain that there isn't a Deep State, pedophile network of Satan-worshipping cannibals?
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23rd May 2020, 10:30 PM | #115 |
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23rd May 2020, 11:55 PM | #117 |
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24th May 2020, 01:25 AM | #118 |
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24th May 2020, 01:57 AM | #119 |
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Kayleigh McEnany claimed on TV that Obama rushed off to golf after Daniel Pearl was beheaded.
Pearl was killed in 2002. Obama was a state senator. https://twitter.com/yashar/status/846584836517179392 (video in link) |
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And it seems strange that Obama WASN'T in the While House during the 9/11 attacks.
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