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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Nah any flunky would talk sense into him when he told them to write half those tweets.
Thing is I think he tweets via a smartphone, so it's still entirely possible,e that he doesn't get computers or the internet, but the Twitter app, that he can manage.
edited 1st Jan '17 7:49:08 PM by Silasw
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranRemember when it was just the opinion section of the WSJ that sucked?
I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot![]()
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Oh, I'm completely serious. Teen Vogue have been pulling no punches in their coverage of the current political disaster. For example.
It actually makes sense once you think about it. It's an outlet that's being mostly run by women, many of whom are young, many of whom are nonwhite or otherwise members of marginalized demographics. Their commitment to social justice and journalistic integrity has been something to admire in the last few months, especially when contrasted with the shameful behavior of other media outlets and organizations.
"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."LBJ's legacy was unfortunately forever tarnished by Vietnam, which quickly got out of control under his reign. But the man was one of the hardest-working presidents of the last 50 years, signed a TON of bills, staved off nuclear annihilation, and got the ball rolling on civil rights. It didn't hurt that Congress back then wasn't the ideological "the other side is the literal enemy, we can't compromise on anything!" nonsense that we have now.
You think Trump is gonna even come close to the positives LBJ did in just five years? Doubt it.
edited 2nd Jan '17 6:21:17 AM by speedyboris
LBJ had specific goals and didn't care about what anyone thought of him. Trump has no meaningful goals and cares way too much about what the person in front of him at any given moment thinks of him.
LBJ was probably deliberately probing to see how much he could get away with in terms of personal behaviour, while Trump is genuinely too stupid to know what he's doing wrong.
You can tell by the answers he gives to things like the Blind Trust question. He doesn't even give the right answer for someone trying to dodge the question. He tends to give weird non-committal answers that rarely have anything to do with the question, and it's glaringly obvious to anyone who knows anything about the question.
Talk less! Smile more! Don't let them know what you're against or what you're for!
@ Teen Vogue doing politics: Huh. I confess that is not what I'd've expected from a magazine called Teen Vogue.
That said, skimming the site brought me to this Politico article:
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/mar-a-lago-donald-trump-new-years-eve-party-233070
Mar-a-Lago sold tickets to New Year’s Eve party with Trump
“The transition is not concerned about the appearance of a conflict,” she said. “This is an annual celebratory event at the private club, like others that have continued to occur since the election. Additionally, the president cannot and does not have a conflict.”
This seems to have been in play with a lot of people online who claimed to have voted for Trump and do not have a history of posting blatantly racist things in public or engaging in doublethink. They know nothing, they have no intent to learn anything, and are easily influenced by some random meme.
Obama will be delivering his farewell speech in Chicago on the 10th of January
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Since it didn't happen last time, don't expect the Russians or some faction in their government that can be scapegoated to be officially declared enemies and Trump and co. charged with treason for collaboration with them.
I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot

But Trump doesn't even enter his Twitter comments himself. He gets some flunky to type them in for him. He's probably never touched a computer in his life, so he wouldn't know a thing about how they work or what they're capable of doing.
But hey, he's a boss. Anything the boss doesn't understand must be easy, right?
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