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MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#171177: Jan 30th 2017 at 1:36:04 PM

Under early morning advice from Bannon POTUS to push Spicer to accuse Muslim ban protests of compromising national security.

POTUS not pleased with Priebus using @Meet The Press appearance to promise green card change that POTUS rejected. Feels his hand was pushed.

Unholy Trinity back Gorsuch for SCOTUS. Had POTUS convinced. But POTUS swaying back to Hardiman for spite, despite look of more nepotism.

Bannon suggested reaching out to Gorsuch and Hardiman to gauge willingness to back Muslim ban EO in court. Pence dissuades, but barely.

VP Pence argued that neither would entertain question. But point that convinced POTUS was concern about press coverage if it got out.

There is concern that info will be leaked that proving @Rep Pete King's part in EO design was to purposely ensure a de facto #Muslim Ban

POTUS asks why he should "give a damn about muzzie Canucks?"

IFwanderer use political terms to describe, not insult from Earth Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
use political terms to describe, not insult
#171178: Jan 30th 2017 at 1:42:33 PM

Since it was discussed here, I want to confirm that both Press Sec Spicer and nazi punching-bag Spencer used the Quebec mosque shooter to argue in favor of the Muslim Ban.

1 2 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. -KV
LinkToTheFuture A real bad hombre from somewhere completely different Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
A real bad hombre
#171179: Jan 30th 2017 at 1:43:30 PM

I found that out later. My bad

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -Thomas Edison
iflewaway someone from somewhere Since: Dec, 2016
someone
#171180: Jan 30th 2017 at 1:44:27 PM

[up][up][up] In other words:

edited 30th Jan '17 1:46:37 PM by iflewaway

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Eschaton Since: Jul, 2010
#171181: Jan 30th 2017 at 1:45:27 PM

The phrasing of "muzzie canucks," if that is a explicit quote and not paraphrasing, leaves me suspicious. I wouldn't rule out the possibility, but still...

FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#171182: Jan 30th 2017 at 1:45:35 PM

@Mad Skills - Where you getting this?

edited 30th Jan '17 1:45:51 PM by FFShinra

iflewaway someone from somewhere Since: Dec, 2016
someone
#171183: Jan 30th 2017 at 1:47:55 PM

[up] The "rogue" POTUS staff twitter account.

edited 30th Jan '17 1:48:13 PM by iflewaway

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FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#171185: Jan 30th 2017 at 1:48:43 PM

Hm. Any way to know if its legit?

iflewaway someone from somewhere Since: Dec, 2016
someone
#171186: Jan 30th 2017 at 1:49:00 PM

[up] Not really. The account is stating that an anti LGBT executive order will be out by Friday, so we won't be able to verify the account's authenticity until then.

edited 30th Jan '17 2:01:03 PM by iflewaway

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higherbrainpattern Since: Apr, 2012
#171187: Jan 30th 2017 at 1:49:42 PM

I still don't think that twitter account is legit, by the way.

LinkToTheFuture A real bad hombre from somewhere completely different Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
A real bad hombre
#171188: Jan 30th 2017 at 1:50:43 PM

@Victin:So the TL;DR of that is basically "well he could be trying to become a dictator, but don't forget that it's just as likely that he's just being a gibbering moron. It's impossible to call either way at the moment, and we can't afford to lose our minds"

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -Thomas Edison
FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#171189: Jan 30th 2017 at 1:50:45 PM

Until there is confirmation, I dunno if one should rely on it as anything but rumor and innuendo. The facts are bad enough.

iflewaway someone from somewhere Since: Dec, 2016
someone
#171190: Jan 30th 2017 at 1:52:57 PM

I highly doubt Bannon would allow a mole to function inside the White House. He would make rooting them out his top priority. The fact that they have done seemingly nothing to silence the account makes me suspicious.

edited 30th Jan '17 1:55:32 PM by iflewaway

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DingoWalley1 Asgore Adopts Noelle Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
Asgore Adopts Noelle
#171191: Jan 30th 2017 at 1:53:53 PM

The Rogue POTUS twitter account said that there would be an Anti-LGBT EO this weekend. If it does happen, then we can probably verify the Twitter account as somewhat reliable, if not always reliable.

Also, my money on that is it's going to be about Bathrooms.

[up] Well, they silenced the original Rogue POTUS twitter account, and this is a 2nd one. And it's supposedly not one mole, but a whole collective of workers who keep leaking the stuff through that twitter account.

Again, if there is an Anti-LGBT EO this weekend, we can probably believe that they have some connection to the White House.

edited 30th Jan '17 1:55:04 PM by DingoWalley1

Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#171192: Jan 30th 2017 at 1:54:26 PM

Most of its contents SOUND plausible but if there's no real corroborating evidence that it's legit I think we should take it with a grain of salt.

MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#171193: Jan 30th 2017 at 1:57:01 PM

Another twitter account is showing a little evidence to that account being legit

https://mobile.twitter.com/Geek2Nurse/status/825718880727339008

JBC31187 Since: Jan, 2015
#171194: Jan 30th 2017 at 1:59:28 PM

@Victin:So the TL;DR of that is basically "well he could be trying to become a dictator, but don't forget that it's just as likely that he's just being a gibbering moron. It's impossible to call either way at the moment, and we can't afford to lose our minds"

Why not both? Trump is a gibbering moron, but he's greedy and power-hungry, too. An intelligent evil person would try to consolidate his power and ease us into fascism; Trump genuinely seems to believe that his sloppily-written executive orders are all he needs.

iflewaway someone from somewhere Since: Dec, 2016
someone
#171195: Jan 30th 2017 at 1:59:57 PM

[up][up]We will know by the end of the week.

edited 30th Jan '17 2:00:22 PM by iflewaway

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RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#171196: Jan 30th 2017 at 2:01:29 PM

[up] Unless the theorists are right and this really is being run by Bannon in an attempt to confuse and misdirect, in which case it would be a clever move for him to have it leak some verifiable information in order to get people to trust it, then continue to use it as a weapon of misinformation.

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
iflewaway someone from somewhere Since: Dec, 2016
someone
#171197: Jan 30th 2017 at 2:03:36 PM

Good point. It's truly impossible to tell what is and isn't real anymore.

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CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#171198: Jan 30th 2017 at 2:04:12 PM

[up]. Bannon is intelligent though, and devious. There's every possibility the account is a false flag designed to mislead people. That's the real difficulty with the Putinesque disinformation strategy Bannon seems to have mastered.

[up][up] [nja]

edited 30th Jan '17 2:04:39 PM by CaptainCapsase

Elle Since: Jan, 2001
#171199: Jan 30th 2017 at 2:05:12 PM

The Twitter thread Mad Skills linked is a bit hard to parse but basically they called that the Mexican president was canceling a planned meeting with Donald tomorrow.

I do remain skeptical but...

edited 30th Jan '17 2:06:10 PM by Elle

RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#171200: Jan 30th 2017 at 2:05:47 PM

[up][up][up] Which is exactly what Bannon and his propagandists want. That's the atmosphere they're trying to create. That's the atmosphere in which autocrats and dictators thrive.

It's our job to stay skeptical and cut through the bullshit. There can be no resistance without an informed populace.

Thread on the ban, the defiance of a federal court order, and why that bodes very, very ill for us all.

edited 30th Jan '17 2:06:07 PM by RBluefish

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."

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