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speedyboris Since: Feb, 2010
#285926: Jul 29th 2019 at 6:47:00 AM

Now he's attacking Bernie Sanders, because Bernie himself criticized Baltimore back in 2015 (though he did it in a much different context). Good gravy.

But hey, maybe I should look at the bright side of all this. He's shooting himself in the foot after his victory lap on the Mueller hearing last week.

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#285927: Jul 29th 2019 at 6:57:18 AM

Elijah Cummings is also chairman of the Oversight committee, meaning he's the guy running a lot of the investigations into the Trump campaign and Trump administration.

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#285928: Jul 29th 2019 at 7:15:22 AM

Honest question; why do none of the Reporters ask "If you think (Democratic Controlled Area) is so bad, and you're the President who's 'Making America Great Again', why don't you do something about it?" It's such a simple question that I think any reporter should've asked by now, and I'm just surprised either no one's asked it, or it hasn't been asked this year (when he's really been going after Democratic places like California, Chicago and now Baltimore).

Probably because it would come dangerously close to taking an actual position and therefore undermine impartiality. Which, as we all know, is defined as willfully finding balance between different sides (regardless of how far you have to stretch to do it) and refusing to draw any conclusions based on evidence, just leaving it up to people to decide. Drawing conclusions or commenting on facts would be partisan, after all.

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#285929: Jul 29th 2019 at 7:23:40 AM

I don't think we should provoke Trump into "doing something about" liberal parts of the country.

"You're the President! If you think California's so awful, why don't you MAGA it?!" isn't a question. It's a call to action; one that I don't think anyone actually wants answered.

Edited by TobiasDrake on Jul 29th 2019 at 8:24:41 AM

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#285930: Jul 29th 2019 at 7:25:09 AM

Yeah, but what's he going to do, exactly? He can't pass any laws. The more authoritarian he looks, the worse it'll be for him in 2020.

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#285931: Jul 29th 2019 at 7:28:26 AM

I doubt he realizes that and/or cares.

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#285932: Jul 29th 2019 at 7:28:43 AM

Yeah, but what's he going to do, exactly? He can't pass any laws. The more authoritarian he looks, the worse it'll be for him in 2020.

Executive orders are a lot like laws, though. And his base likes it when he acts authoritarian. I'd really prefer it if Trump just sat around watching TV and tweeting

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#285933: Jul 29th 2019 at 7:32:41 AM

Even with Executive orders there's still congress to say "The buck stops here" although congress taking action over Trump attempts to force something through with an order would be something,not sure what they could do though

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#285934: Jul 29th 2019 at 7:46:17 AM

Whatever the case is, given a choice between

  1. Months-long legal battles over questionably-legal actions by the President against liberal-leaning areas.
  2. Just. Not. Doing? That.

I'd rather we stick with the latter. Don't poke a bear.

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#285935: Jul 29th 2019 at 7:52:15 AM

but I wanna poke the President bear,all he does is sleep!

maybe this pot of honey will wake him up..

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M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
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#285936: Jul 29th 2019 at 8:13:17 AM

It's more like poking a hive of killer bees. Killer bees with a Twitter account.

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DrDougsh Since: Jan, 2001
#285937: Jul 29th 2019 at 8:21:08 AM

Which, coincidentally, still write more thoughtful and entertaining tweets than Donald Trump!

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#285938: Jul 29th 2019 at 8:25:52 AM

An infinite number of monkeys with an infinite number of typewriters typing for an infinite length of time would turn out more consistently thoughtful and entertaining tweets than Trump.

Edited by TobiasDrake on Jul 29th 2019 at 9:26:06 AM

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DrDougsh Since: Jan, 2001
#285939: Jul 29th 2019 at 8:27:54 AM

I don't think you need an infinite amount of monkeys for that. Even one monkey with one typewriter would probably be able to clear that bar.

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#285940: Jul 29th 2019 at 8:43:11 AM

Yeah, every additional monkey added only adds to the odds they'll produce their own cvfe.

Edited by sgamer82 on Jul 29th 2019 at 9:43:56 AM

Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#285941: Jul 29th 2019 at 8:58:48 AM

Someone on Vox pointed out that Trump only uses lines like "infestation" when attacking black or brown people.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
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#285942: Jul 29th 2019 at 8:59:25 AM

He's probably been doing that since the seventies, back when he tried to deny them housing.

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#285943: Jul 29th 2019 at 10:10:51 AM

Trump's been using dehumanizing language to refer to non-whites since before he was elected. People have been pointing it out for about as long too.

That's one of those blatantly offensive details about him that we keep having to reassert 'cause the media cycle moves on and forgets about it.

HEADLINE: Trump Remains Racist. Remember when he was racist last month? Well, experts agree that this month, Trump is still very racist!

Conservatives, meanwhile, tend to take repeated accusations of racism as proof that the left is looking for excuses to be offended, rather than as mounting evidence of the President's repeated instances of racism. If a person uses the n-word five times and you call them out for it five times, conservatives will chime in around the second and be like, "Why you gotta keep claiming racism all the time?"

If a house was on fire, Conservatives would claim that the fire alarm repeatedly blaring is proof that the alarm's just looking for things to claim are a fire.

Edited by TobiasDrake on Jul 29th 2019 at 11:15:00 AM

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#285944: Jul 29th 2019 at 10:49:29 AM

I find it strange that Trump is going after Baltimore...for having rats. Ports have rats, end of discussion, and that includes his "beloved" NYC.

I get that he's just being his usual racist self/attacking someone for daring to try and investigate him, but this stands out as a "huh?" to me.

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#285945: Jul 29th 2019 at 10:54:02 AM

Now I'm wondering how many rodents are in Trump hotels and Mar-A-Lago. I'm fairly certain Trump goes cheap on stuff like sanitation and exterminators.

Edited by M84 on Jul 30th 2019 at 1:55:14 AM

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DrunkenNordmann from Exile Since: May, 2015
#285946: Jul 29th 2019 at 10:56:37 AM

Trump tells 9/11 first responders: 'I was down there also'

Donald Trump signed the September 11 Victim Compensation Fund on Monday at the White House Rose Garden while reminding first responders that he was also in New York City at the time of the historic terror attacks.

"I was down there also," the president said to an audience of 60 first responders and their families who had gathered in Washington to witness the signing ceremony. "But I'm not considering myself a first responder," he added.

The president celebrated the first responders for their service in the single deadliest terror attack in US history while signing a bill that effectively makes the victims's health care compensation fund permanent. Many of the first responders and other victims have continued to suffer debilitating medical issues due to the debris and destruction that blanketed downtown Manhattan in the wake of the attacks responsible for nearly 3,000 deaths.

“I spent a lot of time down there with you,” the president added, appearing to suggest without evidence that he participated in either rescue efforts or surveying the damage after the attacks.

Mr Trump also joked with the first responders that the stage set up in the White House Rose Garden might fall as they were all convening for a photo. He added that if the stage falls, the responders “are not falling very far”.

While there is no evidence to indicate Mr Trump was at ground zero — the site of the terror attacks — during or immediately after the events, an interview with the president from that day features him discussing how one of his buildings had allegedly become “the tallest” in the city after the Twin Towers were destroyed.

Speaking with a local TV station hours after the attacks, Mr Trump described an “amazing phone call” he received about 40 Wall Street, a building he owned that “was the second-tallest building in downtown Manhattan, and it was actually before the World Trade Centre the tallest.”

“When they built the World Trade Centre it became known as the second-tallest, and now it's the tallest,” he said. “And I just spoke to my people, and they said it's the most unbelievable sight, it's probably seven or eight blocks away from the World Trade Centre, and yet Wall Street is littered with two feet of stone and brick and mortar and steel.”

Mr Trump’s claims his building was the tallest in downtown Manhattan was not accurate from the very start, according to reports.

On Monday, the president described the group of first responders present at the White House as a “great looking group of people”.

“You inspire all of humanity,” he said.

First responders of the September 11 attacks had been frequently visiting Capitol Hill in recent weeks to battle Republican leadership in high-profile public hearings surrounding the victims compensation fund, which several GOP leaders wanted to prevent from getting a vote.

They were joined by comedian and activist Jon Stewart, who slammed Republicans like Senate Leader Mitch Mc Connell for refusing to vote on the bill that would extend health care benefits to victims of the attacks through 2092.

The signing ceremony arrived after the Senate approved a final version of the plan last week that would add over $10bn (£8.2bn) over ten years to the victim compensation fund. Funds had been depleted and awards were sharply cut in recent years amid fears that Congress would not provide necessary funding to keep it available to victims of the terror attacks.

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#285947: Jul 29th 2019 at 10:57:46 AM

[up]Because of course he would try to make it about him. With a bald-faced lie at that.

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#285948: Jul 29th 2019 at 10:57:51 AM

Your instincts are correct, Trump Tower was cited for rat infestation a few months ago.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/27/trump-attacks-rat-infested-district-after-rodents-reported-in-trump-tower

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#285949: Jul 29th 2019 at 11:13:16 AM

Oh, Trump surely would have loved to be down there with the first responders. But. Y'know. Bone spurs.

So sad.

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#285950: Jul 29th 2019 at 12:32:27 PM

RE: rats: I just read an article in the Express that said apartments in Baltimore County owned by Jared Kushner have had problems with rat infestations.

Every word that comes out of this mans mouth is either a lie or projection.

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