Note the chyron:
Always good to make such identifications perfectly clear. Because nowadays, who can be sure?
Consider this your mid-afternoon kaffee-klatsch.
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Note the chyron:
Always good to make such identifications perfectly clear. Because nowadays, who can be sure?
Consider this your mid-afternoon kaffee-klatsch.
This post is in: Hail to the Hairpiece, Blatant Liars and the Lies They Tell
Better late than never, I guess:
A new Gallup poll out this morning, however, strongly suggests that an increasing number of Americans just don’t believe Trump’s spin about his presidency anymore. It finds that only 45 percent of Americans think Trump keeps his promises, down from 62 percent in February, an astonishing slide of 17 points:
And he’s dragging down the GOP:
On issues, the Republicans hold their traditional advantage on terrorism, and the two parties continue to run about even on handling the economy – which, along with terrorism, tops the public’s agenda.
But the Democratic Party has made sharp gains compared with a year ago on several issues – notably, foreign policy and immigration. Currently, 49% of Americans say the Democratic Party is better able to make wise decisions about foreign policy, while 36% favor the GOP. A year ago, Republicans were favored on foreign policy, 46% to 38%. Democrats also lead on dealing with immigration, 50% to 39%; in recent years, the parties have run about even on this issue.
And, with budget debates looming this month in Congress, 48% say the Democratic Party better represents their views on government spending, while 40% say the Republican Party does.
Sad!
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The amazing thing here is that for a beat — maybe longer — it’s easy to believe this could be real:
That’s via Stephen Colbert, btw, who can hit you with either the broadaxe and the stiletto.
Consider this your reminder that Donald J. Trump is NOT NORMAL.
Yeah — my bleak heart cackled at that, but this is a good day to take a (watchful) rest from fight-or-flight fueled rage and resistance.
May all those for whom this is the most joyous day of the year delight in the hope it embodies. Hey! The rest of us can rejoice as well, for the idea of redemption exceeds any spiritual or religious tradition.
Happy Easter everyone — or, as we in the Athens of America are experiencing it, have a great first day of summer.
Open Thread.
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"We've just launched 59 missiles heading toward Iraq…"
"Heading toward Syria."
"Yes." https://t.co/uaaf6yNCOc— Alec Luhn (@ASLuhn) April 12, 2017
.@POTUS tells @MariaBartiromo he told President Xi about the Missile strikes over "the most beautiful piece of chocolate cake." pic.twitter.com/vPLu7ZhxbR
— FOX Business (@FoxBusiness) April 12, 2017
MARIE ANTOINETTE: let them eat cake
TRUMP: let me eat cake, while I bomb iraq
BARTIROMO: syria
TRUMP: chocolate https://t.co/aYX5Moxq4d— Xeni Jardin (@xeni) April 12, 2017
Ms. Bartiromo sure understands how to draw out an aging narcissist. You could subtitle this exchange “When Granpa Bought a Second-Hand Convertible for the Part-Time Hooker Down At the VFW”.
I will never forgive the Republican Party for “gifting” us, and the world, with this grifting clown.
@jdelreal Trump: And then I was like, 'Gee, this is complicated stuff! We had no idea! What a crazy world we live in! But wasn't that cake something?' pic.twitter.com/DIh5tAFyXm
— Brit DeLillo (@This1sWrong) April 12, 2017
I explained to the President of China that a trade deal with the U.S. will be far better for them if they solve the North Korean problem!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 11, 2017
North Korea is looking for trouble. If China decides to help, that would be great. If not, we will solve the problem without them! U.S.A.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 11, 2017
We are watching a real-world experiment in how Trump's Twitter diplomacy will play in the world's most volatile NatSec crisis. https://t.co/UyX9NmvWV5
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) April 11, 2017
One by one we are keeping our promises – on the border, on energy, on jobs, on regulations. Big changes are happening!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 12, 2017
Open Thread: Mockery of A Sham of A MockeryPost + Comments (135)
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Rule by idiots:
Addressing Syria’s use of chemical weapons last week in an attack against a rebel-controlled region of his own country, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Syrian dictator Bashar Assad’s behavior was worse than that of Adolf Hitler, “who didn’t even sink to using chemical weapons.”
“We didn’t use chemical weapons in World War II,” Spicer said Tuesday as he criticized the Russian government for its support of Assad. “Someone who is despicable as Hitler who didn’t even sink to using chemical weapons. You have to, if you’re Russia, ask yourself, is this a country that you, and a regime that you want to align yourself with?”
President Donald Trump did not attend the annual White House Passover Seder held on Monday night, a spokeswoman confirms to PEOPLE.
His daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, who are both Jewish, also skipped the event, a tradition started under former President Barack Obama in 2009.
Don’t want to upset Bannon and the Stormfront Base.
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No Trump bump from Syria strikes, despite the best efforts of Zakaria/Williams et al https://t.co/CtFpRtFNLw
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) April 10, 2017
Trump Job Approval: Approve 40% (-); Disapprove 53% (-1). Get the full trend https://t.co/BjTUhf0NAM.
— GallupNews (@GallupNews) April 10, 2017
“Rally ’round the pirate flag, boyz!… Boys?”
New WaPo poll: Partisanship influences reax to Syrian strikes. But huge swing among Rs: 22% in 2013 to 86% now!https://t.co/Ydk4COPWlU pic.twitter.com/z4g6XMMTrM
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) April 10, 2017
Spicer says US goal is to "destabilize Syria – destabilize the conflict there"
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) April 10, 2017
Theory: Trump wasn’t main advocate for Syria attack; after weeks of Trump & admin blunders, staff pushed for it to make him feel better
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) April 10, 2017
Not even the dependably Repub-loyalist Anne Applebaum!
Sorry guys, but Trump's Syria strike changes nothinghttps://t.co/thpI9FFMGW
— Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum) April 10, 2017
… Look again at what just happened: A president who has told us he believes military intervention happens when “poll numbers are in tailspin” has just intervened while his poll numbers are in a tailspin. A president who is famous for his abrupt pivots from one opinion to another has abruptly pivoted from one opinion to another. A president with no strategic vision makes a gesture that is not part of any strategic vision, instead taking a military decision based on pictures he saw on cable television. Why is any of that new?…
Though it’s no fun to end the party, I am afraid that this time, the neophiliacs have nothing to celebrate. It’s time to go back to the original story: a dysfunctional White House, a president who is mixing his business interests with politics, and a campaign whose relationship to Russian trolls and hackers has yet to be elucidated. Let’s get to the bottom of those stories before we move on to a new one.
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Congratulations to @Fahrenthold and the @washingtonpost! pic.twitter.com/kHp8bxcj52
— The Pulitzer Prizes (@PulitzerPrize) April 10, 2017
… Although the trophy probably doesn’t say “For Excellence in White-Hat Trolling.” May he continue to investigate the myriad weirdness of Donald Trump for as long as the President-Asterisk remains a blot on our national character.
Props also to Marty Baron, former Boston Globe standout, now Fahrenthold’s executive editor at the Washington Post.
Apart from that — and some seders — what’s on the agenda for the evening?
My year of covering @realDonaldTrump: how a rally in Iowa and a campaign mgr's falsehood set the stories in motion. https://t.co/RRrpLzvwW2
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) December 29, 2016
The real question is who gets the Tony for playing @Fahrenthold in "Fahrenthold! The Musical."
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) April 10, 2017
.@Fahrenthold Well done. https://t.co/nCXX1nZD5z
— Father Guido SarDShK (@ZeddRebel) April 10, 2017
Monday Evening Open Thread: Congratulations, Mr. Fahrenthold!Post + Comments (78)