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I'm humbled that you associate the name hepcat with virility.

hepcat wrote:I'm humbled that you associate the name hepcat with virility.

He said "stopped".... "stopped".

Your morning briefing.

TheMix wrote:

hepcat wrote:I'm humbled that you associate the name hepcat with virility.

He said "stopped".... "stopped".

Silly rabbit, stopped isn't spelled stoppled.

That first Trump tweet about Joe and Mika looks like erotic twitter fiction when viewed through the Real Press Sec. twitter lens:

Wow. These tweets today. The man is losing his goddamn mind in front of the world. I shouldn't have to wonder how our President will embarrass the nation today...every day.

Yup, and there's no way out. At least he got to sleep in a little today. The morning twitter posts started later than usual.

Well, there is but that depends on Pence and Congress. So no chance in hell.

Or maybe those Second Amendment people. (His joke, not mine)

Fake President!

Maybe all you need is a Twitter troll that can get him really, really angry.
https://twitter.com/morningmika/status/ ... 6371176448

I wonder if the flipped top is deliberate subtext...

hepcat wrote:

TheMix wrote:

hepcat wrote:I'm humbled that you associate the name hepcat with virility.

He said "stopped".... "stopped".

Silly rabbit, stopped isn't spelled stoppled.

Though then your response makes even less sense.

Trust me, sense rarely plays into anything I do or say.

Setting aside his despicable politics, the President is clearly a man in severe mental decline. I am astonished that his children are allowing him to behave this way in public. If they loved him, they never would have let him run in the first place. Seriously, look at video of Trump speaking in 2000 and compare it to 2015.

I am struggling with the idea that anyone in that family cares at all for anyone else, much less loves them. Until it affects their own personal finances, I doubt they care at all how he acts. And considering how he insults/abuses everyone around him, I'm guessing that growing up with him as a father wasn't much fun. So they may even be enjoying watching him decline.

Though it also seems unlikely that this won't impact them financially. Which then does make it odd that they aren't taking steps to protect their holdings.

Or maybe they dislike him so much that they don't care.

It will never happen, but when this is all over, I'd love to have a public apology from every Republican who ever supported this piece of shit.

His trophy wife knows the score. I'm guessing there's an iron clad prenup in place (probably the same one he's used every time he buys a new wife), so she's not risking anything. Of course, it makes her comments about wanting to stop cyber bullying even more hypocritical. But who needs honesty when you can collect a nice, fat paycheck for ignoring the urinating hookers in your guest room?

TheMix wrote:I am struggling with the idea that anyone in that family cares at all for anyone else, much less loves them. Until it affects their own personal finances, I doubt they care at all how he acts. And considering how he insults/abuses everyone around him, I'm guessing that growing up with him as a father wasn't much fun. So they may even be enjoying watching him decline.

Though it also seems unlikely that this won't impact them financially. Which then does make it odd that they aren't taking steps to protect their holdings.

Or maybe they dislike him so much that they don't care.

I still have some hope for Tiffany Trump.

hepcat wrote:I'm humbled that you associate the name hepcat with virility.

Does this have anything to do with Bea's insatiable appetite?

Insatiable does not exist in my vocabulary.

Because he ate it.

tjg_marantz wrote:Your morning briefing.

Nice response from NBC public relations person Mark Kornblau-

Never imagined a day when I would think to myself, "it is beneath my dignity to respond to the President of the United States."

It would be fantastic if Twitter just kicked the mangerine off their service. The thought of that moron gnashing his teeth in frustration because he can't share his every idiotic thought with his followers would keep me happy for the next 4 years.

hepcat wrote:It would be fantastic if Twitter just kicked the mangerine off their service. The thought of that moron gnashing his teeth in frustration because he can't share his every idiotic thought with his followers would keep me happy for the next 4 years.

Let the man talk. Every tweet goes into the evidence folder.

Seriously. I just heard hepcat say "It'd be great if Twitter would stop Trump from shooting himself in the foot constantly"

I think he needs more bullets, not fewer. In the public eye, he is his own worst enemy in every sense.

Holy shit. Watch this.https://twitter.com/braddjaffy/status/8 ... 3880429568

Paingod wrote:Seriously. I just heard hepcat say "It'd be great if Twitter would stop Trump from shooting himself in the foot constantly."

But I'm still associated with virility, right?

I must say finding out that Trump is good friends with the guy that runs the National Enquirer is one of the least surprising things I've ever heard.

There is nothing that could surprise me at this point. It's like Rule 34 - if there's line out there or a rule of ethics or decorum, Trump will cross it.

Captain Caveman wrote:Holy shit. Watch this.

https://twitter.com/braddjaffy/status/8 ... 3880429568

Do you have the time to summarize? I am at work, and realized the clip was 30+ minutes. If not, I understand completely.

Thanks

This man is so slimy it makes my stomach sink. The man is a complete thug. He has no scruples. He has the ethics of Putin without the smarts. Guess we got lucky there.

Freyland wrote:

Captain Caveman wrote:Holy shit. Watch this.

https://twitter.com/braddjaffy/status/8 ... 3880429568

Do you have the time to summarize? I am at work, and realized the clip was 30+ minutes. If not, I understand completely.

Thanks

Quick summary:

Joe and Mika were told the National Inquirer was going to run a negative story about Mika.
Administration officials reached out to Joe saying call Trump and apologize for negative coverage on Morning Joe. If Joe did that he was told the story would be spiked.
National Inquirer was calling Mika and her children threatening a negative story.
They called the bluff and National Inquirer ran a bs story about Joe buying a lot of beer and how they got together.
Basically the President had his friend at the National Inquirer harass them to blackmail them into apologizing to him personally. (HE IS A PSYCHO)

Wait until he finds out how to use the IRS.

Oh, and Donny Deutsch rocks.

Freyland wrote:Do you have the time to summarize? I am at work, and realized the clip was 30+ minutes.

The clip in the tweet is about 4 and a half minutes. It's worth watching if you get the chance just to see how batshit crazy this all is.

Also, Trump recently tweeted this: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/sta ... 5460344832
To which Joe Scarborough responded: https://twitter.com/JoeNBC/status/880773499408797697

Insanity.

Captain Caveman wrote:

Freyland wrote:Do you have the time to summarize? I am at work, and realized the clip was 30+ minutes.

The clip in the tweet is about 4 and a half minutes. It's worth watching if you get the chance just to see how batshit crazy this all is.

Also, Trump recently tweeted this:

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/sta ... 5460344832
To which Joe Scarborough responded:

https://twitter.com/JoeNBC/status/880773499408797697

Insanity.

And referencing my post in the Investigation thread, nothing will come of any of it. No change, no censure, no nothing.

malchior wrote:

Freyland wrote:

Captain Caveman wrote:Holy shit. Watch this.

https://twitter.com/braddjaffy/status/8 ... 3880429568

Do you have the time to summarize? I am at work, and realized the clip was 30+ minutes. If not, I understand completely.

Thanks

Quick summary:

Joe and Mika were told the National Inquirer was going to run a negative story about Mika.
Administration officials reached out to Joe saying call Trump and apologize for negative coverage on Morning Joe. If Joe did that he was told the story would be spiked.
National Inquirer was calling Mika and her children threatening a negative story.
They called the bluff and National Inquirer ran a bs story about Joe buying a lot of beer and how they got together.
Basically the President had his friend at the National Inquirer harass them to blackmail them into apologizing to him personally. (HE IS A PSYCHO)

We are still talking about the National Inquirer here, right? The tabloid that is one very slight step up from stories about "Bat Boy" and "Aliens Impregnated My Wife"?

I'm struggling to understand how threatening to release a story in the Inquirer would be of any concern at all. Anyone with half a brain already knows that any story published in that mag is 99.9% fabricated BS, right?

malchior wrote:

Freyland wrote:

Captain Caveman wrote:Holy shit. Watch this.

https://twitter.com/braddjaffy/status/8 ... 3880429568

Do you have the time to summarize? I am at work, and realized the clip was 30+ minutes. If not, I understand completely.

Thanks

Quick summary:

Joe and Mika were told the National Inquirer was going to run a negative story about Mika.
Administration officials reached out to Joe saying call Trump and apologize for negative coverage on Morning Joe. If Joe did that he was told the story would be spiked.
National Inquirer was calling Mika and her children threatening a negative story.
They called the bluff and National Inquirer ran a bs story about Joe buying a lot of beer and how they got together.
Basically the President had his friend at the National Inquirer harass them to blackmail them into apologizing to him personally. (HE IS A PSYCHO)

National Inquirer? Sounds like a great publication, where can I find it?

I'm surprised the National Enquirer hasn't sued them.

Skinypupy wrote:

malchior wrote:

Freyland wrote:

Captain Caveman wrote:Holy shit. Watch this.

https://twitter.com/braddjaffy/status/8 ... 3880429568

Do you have the time to summarize? I am at work, and realized the clip was 30+ minutes. If not, I understand completely.

Thanks

Quick summary:

Joe and Mika were told the National Inquirer was going to run a negative story about Mika.
Administration officials reached out to Joe saying call Trump and apologize for negative coverage on Morning Joe. If Joe did that he was told the story would be spiked.
National Inquirer was calling Mika and her children threatening a negative story.
They called the bluff and National Inquirer ran a bs story about Joe buying a lot of beer and how they got together.
Basically the President had his friend at the National Inquirer harass them to blackmail them into apologizing to him personally. (HE IS A PSYCHO)

We are still talking about the National Inquirer here, right? The tabloid that is one very slight step up from stories about "Bat Boy" and "Aliens Impregnated My Wife"?

I'm struggling to understand how threatening to release a story in the Inquirer would be of any concern at all. Anyone with half a brain already knows that any story published in that mag is 99.9% fabricated BS, right?

That is exactly what Gary Hart, John Edwards, OJ, and Rush Limbaugh said.....

Remember when conservatives said Hillary Clinton had mental issues every time she stumbled over a word or paused in her speech? Yeah.

Rip wrote:

malchior wrote:Basically the President had his friend at the National Inquirer harass them to blackmail them into apologizing to him personally. (HE IS A PSYCHO)

National Inquirer? Sounds like a great publication, where can I find it?

I'm surprised the National Enquirer hasn't sued them.

Bringing your A-game this morning, I see.

Skinypupy wrote:
We are still talking about the National Inquirer here, right? The tabloid that is one very slight step up from stories about "Bat Boy" and "Aliens Impregnated My Wife"?

I'm struggling to understand how threatening to release a story in the Inquirer would be of any concern at all. Anyone with half a brain already knows that any story published in that mag is 99.9% fabricated BS, right?

Besides having a huge readership and being more influential in shaping opinion than you might think (depressing, I know), they also are a go-to source for our President. Remember the whole "Cruz's dad helped kill JFK" nonsense Trump promoted? That was in the Enquirer. And for awhile now the Enquirer has been relentlessly pushing pro-Trump spin and stories, and fanned anti-Clinton conspiracies during the campaign. Here's a deep dive into the Trump-Enquirer partnership and it's effects: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/ ... -for-trump

And I almost forgot this story about the Enquirer paying top dollar during the campaign for the rights to a Playboy model's accusation of an affair with Trump in order to kill the story and not let it get out elsewhere: https://www.wsj.com/articles/national-e ... 1478309380

Where's that great "voice for women", Ivanka, in all this?