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AdLib 8 hours ago
Hey PPO!
AdLib 5 hours ago
hey Ad!
pinkpantheroz

5 hours ago
just signed up for Twitter. It’s a bit bewildering
pinkpantheroz

5 hours ago
Trump is really going for the Full Nixon, the most hated man in the country and world.
AdLib 5 hours ago
Yep, it is.
AdLib 5 hours ago
It has its plusses and minuses.
AdLib 5 hours ago
Yes, he’s doing a great job of alienating everyone in the world, hopefully hastening his downfall
pinkpantheroz

5 hours ago
PPO – This is why I couldn’t stand the transition period, I knew that once he was in he woould insult and outrage America and the world and speed up his exit.
AdLib 5 hours ago
well, the leopard aint changing his spots, thats for sure. BRB
pinkpantheroz

5 hours ago
Ok…
AdLib 5 hours ago
Trump,how did it happen? There are not enough superlatives to describe him.But here are a few…a petulant child who cannot let any slight,real or perceived,go by without some sort of juvenile retort that makes him look even “Stupider” The R’s will impeach within 2 years.IMO
Beatlex

4 hours ago
Hey Beatlex!
AdLib 4 hours ago
Hey Ad!
Beatlex

4 hours ago
Please share your thoughts on Trump Ad!
Beatlex

4 hours ago
It happened because Dems ran a very weak candidate and there was a little more enthusiasm by the ignorant for Trump’s lies.
AdLib 4 hours ago
Good evening, Ad and PPO.
glenn

4 hours ago
Hillary had no excitement behind her and for bad reasons, Trump did. So turnout was depressed for Hillary and a con man snuck in the back door of the WH.
AdLib 4 hours ago
Hey Bealtex!
glenn

4 hours ago
Hey glenn! How are things your way?
AdLib 4 hours ago
Getting cold again. Had 70 degree weather the beginning of the week; 34 tonight!
glenn

4 hours ago
Hey glenn!
Beatlex

4 hours ago
Beatlex, what’s the feeling up in Canada about trump?
glenn

4 hours ago
Trump is a kamikaze in the WH, he is blowing himself up with each day.
AdLib 4 hours ago
glenn – That’s weird weather! Glad you got to warm up though.
AdLib 4 hours ago
glenn – He’s already started a trade war with Mexico in his first week, Canada can’t be too far off.
AdLib 4 hours ago
As a Canadian,and someone who cares about America,and the world,I DEMAND TO BE GIVEN A PLAUSIBLE REASON THAT AMERICANS ELECTED THIS NINCOMPOOP!! LOL
Beatlex

4 hours ago
Ad–here’s my theory. The repubs will put up with trump’s antics (his lying, his EO’s, etc.) until they can pass their agenda, and most importantly, get the SCOTUS pick they want. Then they will systematically try to destroy trump–either make him resign, (which I think is far fetched), or tie him up in investigations, or some other scenario that I can’t think of, and then we’ll have Pence. Pence, who is Norquist’s dream president; he will just sign whatever the repub Congress puts in front of him, plus he will destroy women’s rights. Of course, that’s what the SCOTUS pick is for–to destroy rights for women and minorities. Anyway, what do you think?
glenn

4 hours ago
Beatlex – Only a minority of American voters elected Trump and a far smaller minority of Americans support him. We were undoone for many reasons including Russia and the FBI meddling in the election and the Electoral College screwing the majority.
AdLib 4 hours ago
Trump’s election stunned me,really.I did not think there was any way that America would elect this idiot! Ther is a gullible and easily fooled electorate I guess
Beatlex

4 hours ago
Hey, the gang’s all here!
Fuzzy Dunlop

4 hours ago
hiya fuzz!
pinkpantheroz

4 hours ago
Hey P! How goes it?
Fuzzy Dunlop

4 hours ago
Beatlex–As an American, and someone who cares about America, I demand that same answer, but just can’t seem to find it! Other than some Americans hated President Obama and Democrats so much that they would have elected anyone other than a Dem. Plus, a little help from the FBI and Russia.
glenn

4 hours ago
I wonder how much Trump paid some of those electors to vote for him?
Fuzzy Dunlop

4 hours ago
Beatlex–trump’s election stunned a lot of us!
glenn

4 hours ago
Hey Fuzzy!
glenn

4 hours ago
Hey glenn.
Fuzzy Dunlop

4 hours ago
Australia looking with horror at the USA. Gyna is a worry here about the South China sea and Oz’s relationship is ok now, bbut if the US fucks everything up, were in trouble.
pinkpantheroz

4 hours ago
It is truly scary glenn.I am holding out hope for impeachment,it is not far fetched
Beatlex

4 hours ago
Well, Hillary did win the people’s vote by three million votes.
Fuzzy Dunlop

4 hours ago
Gyna! Too funny.
Fuzzy Dunlop

4 hours ago
glenn – I think you’ve nailed the Repubs theory but it’s going too fail. They’re not going to get everything they want passed because most will be filibustered. Also, unless the Dems want to be destrooyed in primaries, I don’t think any SCOTUS judge will escape a filibuster. McConnell set up this dynamic that we don’t need a 9th justice, time for Dems to double down on that. Meanwhile, Trump will do far more damage to himself and Repubs before they can turn on him. That strategy, which I think may be what they’re planning on will blow up in their faces.
AdLib 4 hours ago
fat lot of good that did, fuzzy. She’s not in the WH, sad to say
pinkpantheroz

4 hours ago
Hey FD!
AdLib 4 hours ago
Fuzzy–actually she won it by 6 million, if you count the 3 million “voter fraud” voters! Because, according to trump, not one of those people voted for him!
glenn

4 hours ago
YES! Obstruct Trump as the bastard R’s did to Obama!
Beatlex

4 hours ago
Trump is setting up a genuine kleptocracy. They plan to steal anything and everything that isn’t nailed down. And I’m sure about the things that are nailed down.
Fuzzy Dunlop

4 hours ago
Oh silly me.
Fuzzy Dunlop

4 hours ago
PPO – As Trump says, “Trust me, I’ll ruin everything I touch. Don’t I always?”
AdLib 4 hours ago
glenn, how did he know all those illegals didn’t vote for him. Has he SEEN the ballot papers? I thnk we should be told!
pinkpantheroz

4 hours ago
Really my friends,do you think he will last 4 years?
Beatlex

4 hours ago
I read that Totus got snippy with the British Press! goo mob to alienate! They take no prisoners
pinkpantheroz

4 hours ago
I think Steve Bannon has unleashed his flying monkeys all over liberal website’s comment section. I go to Salon alot, and they’ve shown up in two and threes every day since inauguration. They’re sooo obvious though.
Fuzzy Dunlop

4 hours ago
Ad–I’m still waiting for the replacement for Obamacare, as well as the reaction from those who lose their insurance. I don’t hold out much hope for Dems to come on strong; just haven’t seen it so far. My only hope is that repubs will destroy themselves between trump and their own hubris.
glenn

4 hours ago
glenn-hear-hear!
Beatlex

4 hours ago
Keep an eye out, Ad! We may be next!
Fuzzy Dunlop

4 hours ago
Sad to say, but I’m dismayed at the Dems lack of talent and drive.
pinkpantheroz

4 hours ago
Here’s the math on why Trump won: Ignorant, racist and/or emotional voters + widely unpopular, distrusted and disliked status quo Dem candidate depressing Dem turnout + Russia/Putin hacking + Wikileaks + FBI corrupting election + MSM giving Trump 2 billion in free publicity + archaic electoral college = Trump winning election.
AdLib 4 hours ago
PPO–oh, we’ll be told, right after Congress investigates based on the figures that the author of the “study” will provide to us as soon as he makes them up—er, analyzes them.
glenn

4 hours ago
I think the EC was rigged. It would not surprise me.
Fuzzy Dunlop

4 hours ago
OZ,and in spite of the fact he is a pig to woman and anyone else who dare stand up for themselves
Beatlex

4 hours ago
The Brits are SO up themselves that they think they can have business as usual with the EU after Brexit. They’re going to be a lonely little petunia in an onion patch very soon, so they need to kiss some US butt to try and stay relevant.
pinkpantheroz

4 hours ago
FD – I think Obama’s Admins were the exception, it seems like many Presidents set up the US as a kleptocracy. All the wasteful military spending, contractors everywhere bilking the US and taxpayers having no protection from them. Trump’s taking things back to where they usually are but we’ve gotten used to Obama and clean government.
AdLib 4 hours ago
oh, I think Trump plans to take it much further than ever before. I mean, just look at his cabinet picks so far.
Fuzzy Dunlop

4 hours ago
Beatlex – The Repubs might want to get rid of Trump but as we saw in the primary and election, they’re too cowardly to take him on. They can’t stand up to him, I don’t know that he gets impeached.
AdLib 4 hours ago
oh yeah, Trump is going to represent “the little guy!” HAHAHA!
Fuzzy Dunlop

4 hours ago
Ad–I’m still waiting for Dems to throw the shit at the wall against trump, like repubs did at Hillary. Every day, there should be a Dem on TV talking about trump’s russian ties, his violation of the emolument clause, his 10 executive orders in 5 days, etc., etc. I did see where Corey Booker actually came out and called him a liar. However, while the goddamn press is focused on trump’s twitter tantrums, the House is ramming their agenda through as quickly as they can, with nary a word from either the press or Dems!
glenn

4 hours ago
Gee, TRump is doing a grand job, isnt he? For Russia, I mean
pinkpantheroz

4 hours ago
Trump does not deserve political relevance,he played the media like a fiddle.To their shame.And scared enough easily fooled people into thinking that there was an enemy out there>The tried and true politics of fear.It works
Beatlex

4 hours ago
brb
pinkpantheroz

4 hours ago
i think every interviewer that has Kellyanne on, he should start by asking., Are you going to use facts, or alternative facts in this interviwe.
Fuzzy Dunlop

4 hours ago
FD – I still don’t see how Bannon and his trolls think trolling liberal sites will accomplish anything. As we used to say in the old days, don’t feed the trolls. Don’t reply to them, that’s what hurts them most.
AdLib 4 hours ago
Yes ad,but many of us could not resist slayng them! LOL
Beatlex

4 hours ago
PPO–I agree about the Brits. They screwed the pooch with their Brexit vote, just like Americans have done with the election of trump. Trump and Theresa May may become “besties” like Thatcher and Reagan.
glenn

4 hours ago
oh I’ve been on a “don’t reply,” campaign all day at Salon. The regular, sane people are joining in. I say don’t feed, water or give oxygen to the trolls. I think it’s working. They go batshit when they’re ignored.
Fuzzy Dunlop

4 hours ago
it’s pretty fucking funny, to be honest.
Fuzzy Dunlop

4 hours ago
Ad–I don’t think bannon’s trolls really want to accomplish anything, except gloating. They’re having a grand ole time with that!
glenn

4 hours ago
Prime Minister May handled Donnie like an unruly schoolboy”You do agree that NATO is good” paraphrase
Beatlex

4 hours ago
glenn – After hearing about that leaked tape where the Repubs are all wringing their hands over actually repealing the ACA, I wonder if they won’t try to pull a roundabout con to basically keep the ACA in place but claim it’s Trumpcare now. One thing they recognize, no replacement can be passed without Dems on board, it can be filibustered. They and Trump are going to learn that just blathering or signing Executive Orders isn’t enough to get what they want.
AdLib 4 hours ago
glenn they want to disrupt intelligent discourse between liberals, they come to mock and start flame wars. They’re so obvious though, people see them almost immediately for who they are.
Fuzzy Dunlop

4 hours ago
Ad,the ACA needs tweaks,this may be a good time to correct that(If that is their intention)
Beatlex

4 hours ago
FD – Better yet, all the news stations should run a banner below Conway saying, “You Can’t Believe Anything Kellyanne Conway Says”.
AdLib 4 hours ago
Fuzzy–wish the stupid press would do the same thing with trump’s batshit theories. Just ignore them, and ask trump and his minions about the Obamacare replacement plan, plans for NATO, how he’s going to pay for the fucking wall, what his plans are for Social Security and Medicare. Oh, and by the way, when will the repairs to our infrastructure begin, and how will we pay for that? Maybe Mexico would like to “chip in” for the infrastructure rather than the wall!
glenn

4 hours ago
I think their goal B is to make as many monetary cuts as they can without actually letting people die.
Fuzzy Dunlop

4 hours ago
Beatlex – I know, I did my time battling trolls so I get it. But it is what they want, what really destroys them is being ignored.
AdLib 4 hours ago
Fuzzy,agreed,they don’t care if people are dying in the streets
Beatlex

4 hours ago
Ad–Isn’t it wonderful that now repubs have to actually govern that they actually have to face the hard facts of governing?
glenn

4 hours ago
I don’t think that wall is going to built. Engineers are already saying it’s vitually impossible. Our border with Mexico is almost 2000 miles.
Fuzzy Dunlop

4 hours ago
They really don’t B!
Fuzzy Dunlop

4 hours ago
And that they have no idea how to govern? Gee, all those questions from that leaked tape are about the same things that the Dems tried to work out, but didn’t get any help from repubs. Amazing how the worm has turned!
glenn

4 hours ago
I bet there are even R’s that miss Barack already!
Beatlex

4 hours ago
McCain probably does!
Fuzzy Dunlop

4 hours ago
glenn – Trump-May might be more like Frankenstein Meets Dracula.
AdLib 4 hours ago
Beatlex–they miss him because they don’t have a punching bag anymore. They can’t blame anything on Dems or Obama any more. Awww, don’t you feel sorry for them? NOT!
glenn

4 hours ago
brb
Fuzzy Dunlop

4 hours ago
Trump-May:

AdLib 4 hours ago
Trump is such a total idiot. Exclamation point.BUT,He is the fracking President…..OH NOOOO!! HA!
Beatlex

4 hours ago
Ad–I like it! Which one is which? Or does it make a difference?
glenn

4 hours ago
glenn – Trump is Frankenstein, May is Dracula.
AdLib 4 hours ago
Ad–okay, thanks.
glenn

4 hours ago
Hey, Murph!
glenn

4 hours ago
Doesn’t Frankenstein remind you of Trump?
AdLib 4 hours ago
Hey Murph!
AdLib 4 hours ago
Well, has anyone any alternative facts to discuss. Period.
pinkpantheroz

4 hours ago
Hello gang….so will the 25th amendment, an impeachment/trial, or a resignation bring the Trump Imperium to an end….OR are we doomed to 4 years of this crappy nonsense.
MurphTheSurf3

4 hours ago
I can see Melania with her hair piled high and a big siver streak down the middle.
Fuzzy Dunlop

4 hours ago
….looking longingly at Dalmatian puppies, Fuzzy!
pinkpantheroz

4 hours ago
It’s the hair, I think, Ad. Plus, he’s only programmed to speak a certain amount of words; the vocabulary of a fifth grader.
glenn

4 hours ago
I think they may have to call the men in white coats, with the big butterfly nets!
Fuzzy Dunlop

4 hours ago
MURPH! My thoughts exactly!
Beatlex

4 hours ago
LOL, P I was thinking more of Bride of Frankenstein!
Fuzzy Dunlop

4 hours ago
Fuzzy Dunlop

4 hours ago
Does anybody ass ANYONE in the GOp with the balls to impeach? I think we’ll be stuck until DTsOTUS goes totally off his trolley.
pinkpantheroz

4 hours ago
He’s halfway there, P!
Fuzzy Dunlop

4 hours ago
Murph–I think a resignation is the last thing we can hope for. I don’t think trump will EVER resign of his own free will. Even if he’s impeached, he won’t leave. He’s going to have to be arrested for treason for him to leave, IMO.
glenn

4 hours ago
I have been wrapped up in a Navigators effort to put pressure on our legislators and the WH to use the appropriated funding for ACA ads in the final weeks of open enrollment which the Trump admin had ordered not be spent. Office visits, phone calls, e mails, and postcards. BOMBARD THEM….now we know that the Trump admin has changed its mind and the ads will be broadcast.
MurphTheSurf3

4 hours ago
His loss to Hillary in the popular vote is eating away at him, BIGLY!
Fuzzy Dunlop

4 hours ago
Hey Fuzzy–that does kind of resemble Melania.
glenn

4 hours ago
glenn – I am seeing such daily attacks against Trump and his klan as “liars”, “dishonest”, etc, I think the shitstorm is already going on like I’ve never seen. And all the protests wherever Trump goes? This is only the beginning. He will be the most hated president in history.
AdLib 4 hours ago
LOL.
Fuzzy Dunlop

4 hours ago
OZ He will fuck up so bad that they won’t be able to ignore it! Conflicts of interest for starters
Beatlex

4 hours ago
well done, Murph!
pinkpantheroz

4 hours ago
It’s just getting started too, Ad!
Fuzzy Dunlop

4 hours ago
FD – Much better choice for May!
AdLib 4 hours ago
Two rules for any president. Never piss off the entertainment industry. And don’t piss off the media!
Fuzzy Dunlop

4 hours ago
Ad–I think we’re going to see protests on an even bigger scale than those against the Vietnam War and for civil rights. It’s going to get ugly.
glenn

4 hours ago
Now we are pushing this twitter account as a way of getting the admin to back off on the no-refugees order….

MurphTheSurf3

4 hours ago
He is 2for2 Fuzz
Beatlex

4 hours ago
MurphTheSurf3

4 hours ago
A wise old saying is, Never piss off someone who buys ink by the barrel!
Fuzzy Dunlop

4 hours ago
No doubt B!
Fuzzy Dunlop

4 hours ago
FD..dan rather has been using that line….I am reading that subscriptions to a lot of newspapers and mags have been spiking.
MurphTheSurf3

4 hours ago
Fuzzy–loved Jake Tapper’s response to bannon to “back off.” One word–“NO!”
glenn

4 hours ago
Consider that in just one week, Trump has shown himself to be a thin skinned liar and fraud, has spoken out to damage our very democracy, has pissed ooff Mexico and South America and has attacked wooomen’s rights, minorities and elevated Christianity as the official religion of America. There is only digging a deeper hole, there is not going to be any climbing out of it.
AdLib 4 hours ago
Oh that’s great. I han’t heard. It reminds me of the battle of Bastone when the germans asked the American general to surrender and his reply was…”Nuts!” The Germans were very confused at first!
Fuzzy Dunlop

4 hours ago
The allegedly ‘liberal’ MSM ( a fucking oxymoron) was quick to fire off against Obama. Let’s see if they do the same with his nibs
pinkpantheroz

4 hours ago
Uckin Fey Ad!
Beatlex

4 hours ago
Murph–I see where Rather is starting a new service called “News and Guts”.

glenn

4 hours ago
even Odius Maximus won’t escape the shit storm coming his way!
Fuzzy Dunlop

4 hours ago
Glenn…I have subscribed!
MurphTheSurf3

4 hours ago
Apologies for all the white space in my last reply. Don’t know what I did; but I’ll try not to do it again!
glenn

4 hours ago
Fake news will never beat the hard truth.
Fuzzy Dunlop

4 hours ago
Murph – Yes, think about how many times in just a week that Trump’s had to reverse himself. On the 20% tariff, the ACA ads, etc.. This isn’t going to last and one thing people may not be thinking about yet is how devious the people around him are and how, as things continue to turn against them, they will stab each other in the back.
AdLib 4 hours ago
Fuzzy–there’s a difference between fake news and outright lying. trump and his minions crossed that line with their alternative facts.
glenn

4 hours ago
how does Kellyanne Cacophonix not scream at night…oh, maybe she does
pinkpantheroz

4 hours ago
Achill song for us all,we shall over-compensate! LOL
Beatlex

4 hours ago
(message blocked by the system)
Beatlex

4 hours ago
Beatlex–sing it, bro!
glenn

4 hours ago
BRB
glenn

4 hours ago
the realit now is, it’s not repub vs dems. It’s now democracy vs fascism.
Fuzzy Dunlop

4 hours ago
glenn – I completely agree. Protests and activism is only going to grow as Trump does and says more horrible things. He will be like an escaped convict wherever he goes! In his own country!
AdLib 4 hours ago
His soul shineshttps://youtu.be/A4a9ppLMx3I
Beatlex

4 hours ago
shit-oops
Beatlex

4 hours ago
Were any of you involved with the Womens March last week. I planned to go to St. Louis with three others in one car for a rally/march that the organizers hoped would end up with 5,000. By Friday night, post inauguration speech, our group had grown to 20 or so. The next morning 54 people showed up to the rendezvous point. And that’s how the march/rally ended up with 25,000 plus.
MurphTheSurf3

4 hours ago
Shit-Ooops songs like a good title for a Trump tune.
Fuzzy Dunlop

4 hours ago
sounds like
Fuzzy Dunlop

4 hours ago
I’m really concerned at what may happen if the phone rings at 3.00 am and it is a major disaster
pinkpantheroz

4 hours ago
Here is a snap from that day.

MurphTheSurf3

4 hours ago
Murph,some women from my home town of Edmonton Alberta flew down there to be part of it
Beatlex

4 hours ago
Murph – The anti-Muslim ban is unconstitutional and will be thrown out by the SCOTUS, especially because it exempts Christians. Such bigotry is not permitted by The Constitution.
AdLib 4 hours ago
Beatle….did they see me?
MurphTheSurf3

4 hours ago
FUZZY! LOL!!
Beatlex

4 hours ago
Heaven help if Trump gets a few RW religiosos on the SC!
Fuzzy Dunlop

4 hours ago
Ad…we are not waiting for the court……
MurphTheSurf3

4 hours ago
President Shit OOPS!
Beatlex

4 hours ago
FD…yes, but the Dems should use the 60 vote threshhold to keep that from happening….I doubt the GOP Senate Majority will change the rules on this….they are wary as well of Executive over-reach.
MurphTheSurf3

4 hours ago
aren’t there like 6 differnt investions now into Trump’s activities?
Fuzzy Dunlop

4 hours ago
hOw many law suits are now pending against Trump!
Fuzzy Dunlop

4 hours ago
Murph,you were there?
Beatlex

4 hours ago
Beatle…in St. Louis, not D.C.
MurphTheSurf3

4 hours ago
my daughter went to the women’s march in portland oregon.
Fuzzy Dunlop

4 hours ago
Murph-same difference
Beatlex

4 hours ago
Hmmm. Let’s see – who do we trust in Government any more? POTUS? Nope. FBI? Nope, SCOTUS? Nope Congress? Nope. The Senate? Nope. We’re totally screwed and Doomed!
pinkpantheroz

4 hours ago
pussy hat and all!
Fuzzy Dunlop

4 hours ago
PPO – We have to welcome the 3am phone call fuck up by Trump. It will be part of what destrooys him and the GOP. Hey, we can’t prevent it from happening, we’ve got to hope for the best for the country and hope for the worst for Trump.
AdLib 4 hours ago
FD…good for her….the St. Louis March was about 60 percent women, 30 percent men and `10 percent kids….
MurphTheSurf3

4 hours ago
Teach Your Children Well!
Fuzzy Dunlop

4 hours ago
PPO…what is interesting is that Trump says he wants to give the government back to the people…he may end up doing that but not in the way he thought…
MurphTheSurf3

4 hours ago
FD – Dems will filibuster any extremists Trump tries to put on the SCOTUS or they will be primaried.
AdLib 4 hours ago
Murph, Trump will allege that all the marchers were illegal immigrants who voted against him.
pinkpantheroz

4 hours ago
LOL! Great point, Murph!
Fuzzy Dunlop

4 hours ago
Murph – Glad you’re not, that will be a while!
AdLib 4 hours ago
I sure as hell hope so, Ad!
Fuzzy Dunlop

4 hours ago
good one, Murph!
pinkpantheroz

4 hours ago
Murph – I wrote a post here about the march, check it out.
AdLib 4 hours ago
Ad….the nuclear option that would rewrite the rules re. the majority required (that was used in November 2015 by Reid) could be used…..but I think the GOP is very wary of Trump and will look to Dems to do their dirty work.
MurphTheSurf3

4 hours ago
PPO–all the repubs are saying that the people who marched, especially the women, are just whiners.
glenn

4 hours ago
(message blocked by the system)
Beatlex

4 hours ago
PPO – Nope, there have unfortunately been other periods in US history when the public lost faith in government. People will remember hoow things were under Obama and want a return to sanity. And if that Dem candidate has integrity, he/she will validate more faith in government. And I’m just fine about the SCOTUS with 8 during Trump’s term.
AdLib 4 hours ago
i know that fighting fire with fire is not always the best couse of action, but the dems need to be as obstructionist as they can be.
Fuzzy Dunlop

4 hours ago
Beatlex

4 hours ago
Fart sack_Trump!
Beatlex

4 hours ago
thanks B!
Fuzzy Dunlop

4 hours ago
Well, gotta move along. Great chatting with you all. History this weekend with possibly the last time the Williams sisters and Federer/Nadal will fight out a Grand Slam.
pinkpantheroz

4 hours ago
Notice how Trump changed his “illegal immigrant voter” meme? Widening it to include all of those who have passed away are still on voter rolls, and those who are registered in more than one jurisdiction…of course neither of those is illegal and there has never been any indication that double voting, or dead man voting is a modern problem…..Ashcroft under Bush spent four years trying to make the case…and could not….
MurphTheSurf3

4 hours ago
G’Day OZ
Beatlex

4 hours ago
Take Aussie Guy!
MurphTheSurf3

4 hours ago
Murph – McConnell and The Repubs in the Senate have already said that they won’t get rid of the 60 vote rule. They know that they’re less than 2 years away from possibly being the minority party in The Senate and 4 years from losing the WH. They won’t go nuclear on SCOTUS for the same reason Dems wouldn’t.
AdLib 4 hours ago
Ad–my fervent hope right now is that SCOTUS stays with the 8 we have. I really hope that the Dems grow a spine and work their asses off (get a spine, lose an ass) to block any trump SCOTUS nominee.
glenn

4 hours ago
Ooopppps….Take CARE, Aussia Guy!
MurphTheSurf3

4 hours ago
Seeya PPO!
AdLib 4 hours ago
‘Nite, PPO. Enjoy your tennis!
glenn

4 hours ago
Before I go, I’ve decided to now call trump Pumbaa, after the constanlty farting warthog in the Lion Kng
pinkpantheroz

3 hours ago
Later, P.
Fuzzy Dunlop

3 hours ago
Ad…..in two years the election calendar heavily favors the GOP…..but I think they know how much weaker their hand is now…so I agree….
MurphTheSurf3

3 hours ago
Forget Dump for a bit for some true talent
Beatlex

3 hours ago
Murph–how does the election calendar favor the GOP?
glenn

3 hours ago
that’s our Trump, P
Fuzzy Dunlop

3 hours ago
(message blocked by the system)
Beatlex

3 hours ago
what system?
Fuzzy Dunlop

3 hours ago
Glenn….there are more elections for Dem seats with a number of them in states that are red or purple.
MurphTheSurf3

3 hours ago
glenn – Dems have total cover for not approving a Trump SCOTUS pick thanks to that moron McConnell. They argued insistently that a 9th member wasn’t needed and the SCOTUS operated just fine with 8. So Dems shouldn’t budge on that.
AdLib 3 hours ago
coffe break, be back
Fuzzy Dunlop

3 hours ago
Beatlex, what are you posting when these “message blocked by system” keep coming up? Videos?
AdLib 3 hours ago
Ad,my songs are not going through?
Beatlex

3 hours ago
Murph–okay, I’m confused. If there are more elections for Dem seats, wouldn’t that favor the Dems?
glenn

3 hours ago
Ad…I agree….OR use it to get a centrist…..about the best they can hope for…for four years?
MurphTheSurf3

3 hours ago
Yes-You Tube AD
Beatlex

3 hours ago
Beatlex – Let me try one and see what happens…

AdLib 3 hours ago
Beatlex

3 hours ago
Murph–I think if the Dems try to get a centrist on the SCOTUS, they’re going to face a lot of backlash. They just need to keep blocking any repub nominee.
glenn

3 hours ago
Glenn….Dems in larger numbers will be trying to hold onto seats in red/purple states. Ex. Clair McCasskill will be fighting for her seat in Mo. which in the last election went even deeper red, such that the entire government, legislative and executive, has gone GOP.
MurphTheSurf3

3 hours ago
Beatlex – Try just pasting the URL up to and before the ampersand.
AdLib 3 hours ago
Glenn…what if there is another vacancy…..take a look at the court’s makeup…can the Dems hold off two appointments?
MurphTheSurf3

3 hours ago
Murph–Those Dems in those seats need to go full progressive; that is what the majority of Dems, not to mention people, are wanting now. They need to tie any repub candidate to trump, who by that time, will be even more toxic.
glenn

3 hours ago
Murph – After 2 years of Trump, I don’t think the amount of Dem seats up will be as much of an issue. Midterm elections typically favor the party out of power, polls are already showing an 8% Dem advantage and Trump’s only been in a week. Dems will likely take back The Senate in 2 years.
AdLib 3 hours ago
Ampersand Ad?
Beatlex

3 hours ago
Murph–will be interesting to see if “conventional wisdom” will hold in any of those seats. We threw conventional wisdom (as well as any kind of wisdom) out the window when trump was elected.
glenn

3 hours ago
Glenn…full, out and out progressive puts a number of states, like your own, further out of reach to Dems….we need a 50 state strategy…and that means a diverse one.
MurphTheSurf3

3 hours ago
Ad….we have been badly burned by polling expectations. I may cite them but I will not rely on them.
MurphTheSurf3

3 hours ago
Murph – Do you think Trump would actually nominate a centrist after seeing his cabinet picks? Even if his SCOOTUS picks are filibustered, I can’t imagine him doing that. So Dems should just keep SCOTUS at 8 to minimize the damage during Trump’s term.
AdLib 3 hours ago
And beyond!
AdLib 3 hours ago
Murph—In order to have a diverse 50-state strategy, we need a strong Dem chair. What are your thoughts on the candidates?
glenn

3 hours ago
Glenn….we actually threw wisdom out the window in our General Election…from Obama to Trump….how much starker a contrast can be imagined.
MurphTheSurf3

3 hours ago
Murph–I’m with you on the polls. Dems need to forget about polls, and get some ground game going again in ALL states.
glenn

3 hours ago
Murph – The polls I believe in most are in the marches, protests and MSM attacks on Trump. This is not sustainable even for Trump.
AdLib 3 hours ago
Ad…if any far right Trump nominee cannot get the vote….he will either have to accept the deadlock in SCOTUS, ignoring pressure from the Congressional GOP caucus, OR he will have to take another approach.
MurphTheSurf3

3 hours ago
Murph–agreed. That’s what I was trying to say about conventional wisdom.
glenn

3 hours ago
(message blocked by the system)
Beatlex

3 hours ago
Murph – What other approach can Trump take? Put a hit out on Ruth Ginsburg?
AdLib 3 hours ago
Beatlex– This is an ampersand: &
glenn

3 hours ago
Ad–exactly. We have to hope that Ginsberg stays healthy!
glenn

3 hours ago
Glenn…Ellison or Perez…both are good from POV as persons but Perez represents a large minority that has proven to be far more reliable, committed and disciplined that African Americans.
MurphTheSurf3

3 hours ago
Beatlex – Hope this works, between the quotes is what the URL should look like to post properly: ”

AdLib 3 hours ago
glenn.I don’t know what that is
Beatlex

3 hours ago
Beatlex

3 hours ago
Beatlex: It’s the capital above the number 7.
glenn

3 hours ago
Ad..the other approach….is, with Congressional Pressure from the GOP caucus, is to move to the middle which would then put pressure on the Dems who have said they would consider such a candidate.
MurphTheSurf3

3 hours ago
Whoops, going to add an “x’ at the beginning of “http” so the whole URL will show (ignore the “x”): xhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq6rusc_EjM
AdLib 3 hours ago
AdLib 3 hours ago
Thx Ad
Beatlex

3 hours ago
Just don’t copy the “&feature=youtu.be
AdLib 3 hours ago
Murph–do you think the GOP caucus will push for a moderate candidate? Wasn’t that the reason that the GOP blocked Garland? They don’t want a moderate; they want a far-right candidate.
glenn

3 hours ago
Just watching Trump’s statement on Torture getting swatted down from all sides…including coverage of the UK PM in the House of Commons making it clear that even the consideration of the return to torture or black sites is out of the question.
MurphTheSurf3

3 hours ago
Murph – Hard to see Trump doing that, it would be like admitting he lost and he doesn’t do that. And if it was a true centrist (which I really doubt) then I’m all for such a jurist joining the SCOTUS. But it won’t be.
AdLib 3 hours ago
Plus, the Dems should follow the repubs “rules”; they want to wait until the “people have spoken” for the midterms.
glenn

3 hours ago
McCain very firmly stated We will NOT torture.
Fuzzy Dunlop

3 hours ago
Every now and then, gramps does the right thing.
Fuzzy Dunlop

3 hours ago
Remember, Trump has promised to replace Scalia with someone like Scalia, an extremist. He won’t go for a centrist and be seen as betraying his voters.
AdLib 3 hours ago
Glenn…the GOP blocked Garland not expecting to win the WH but hoping to hold the Senate or, at worst, not losing many more seats, and being able to put pressure on a Pres. Clinton…less centrist and a bit more to the right.
MurphTheSurf3

3 hours ago
Beatlex

3 hours ago
Murph–good to hear that other countries, especially the UK, fighting back against trump on torture.
glenn

3 hours ago
It works folks!
Beatlex

3 hours ago
it worked for me B.
Fuzzy Dunlop

3 hours ago
Fuzzy–yup. Torture is McCain’s “hot button”. Not that I blame him, but it’s the one thing he’s been consistent on through the years. And rightly so.
glenn

3 hours ago
glenn – Hey, the black President had his right to nominate a SCOTUS judge taken away for 1 year, what’s the diff if a white Republican has it taken away for a year and 3/4?
AdLib 3 hours ago
Congrats Beatle…Ad is a good coach.
MurphTheSurf3

3 hours ago
Glad it’s working, Beatlex!
AdLib 3 hours ago
Ad–I agree. And the Dems should keep saying that over and over. After all, if President Obama’s term was over a full year before it was over, then their terms are almost over, too.
glenn

3 hours ago
Ad–however, the difference is in the shading….
glenn

3 hours ago
Glenn….the worry in all this is that open seats could be held open for a very long time…and surely that is not wise.
MurphTheSurf3

3 hours ago
Murph–depends on if you’re talking about just the SCOTUS or all open court seats.
glenn

3 hours ago
Trump wants only 1 SC judge.
Fuzzy Dunlop

3 hours ago
Let us celebrate the good man is capable of as the Beatles demonstrated,instead of the ugliness of a Donald Trump.He will be the one fired
Beatlex

3 hours ago
Come on, the President of the United States pushing for torture, bigotry, pollution, taking healthcare away from 20 million people, being friends with Russian dictators and enemies with Mexican Presidents? The novelty oof Trump will wear off soon with many of his voters as they see the country and world going into the toilet. The more we see of Trump, the quicker he will self-destruct.
AdLib 3 hours ago
Glenn….the nuclear option passed by Dems under Reid open all other court seats to a simple majority confirmation.
MurphTheSurf3

3 hours ago
Perhaps this is my filter….but everytime I see Trump in a POTUS place I think….”he just does not fit”
MurphTheSurf3

3 hours ago
Murph–and those are the seats we have to worry about. Dems should make sure that all the hearings are held in open sessions, so the candidates can be vetted thoroughly. May not do much good, but at least the Dems can show that they’re working, and forcing the repubs to work too. The repubs can’t keep governing by executive order.
glenn

3 hours ago
glenn – Exactly! If it’s not a matter of urgency too have 9 justices, as Repubs have declared and Presidents shouldn’t have a right to get a vote on a nom in over a year, then have it your way, Repubs. What idiots, they’ve assured Trump won’t get an extremist on the court! Morons have no cooncept of blowback!
AdLib 3 hours ago
Have any of you seen the ISIS created video that splices together all of Trump’s “take the oil” statements into a call to arms for Muslims in Iraq and other middle eastern states? putting our troops in harms way. endangering our priorities.
MurphTheSurf3

3 hours ago
And then you hear of Trump voters who protest(Take my health care away)! I did not know that!? Idiots
Beatlex

3 hours ago
Murph–I see it as “he shouldn’t be there”. It will be interesting to see what happens when he has to actually do some work, too. Once again, he can only be “unpresidented” by executive orders for so long.
glenn

3 hours ago
Murph – It’s the way it has to be right now. Trump can’t be allowed to put an extremist in the SCOTUS after Obama was denied the right to put in a centrist. It’s a new rule now, a party’s going too have too build a coalition in The Senate to get a SCOTUS pick in. Maybe that ends up being a good thing?
AdLib 3 hours ago
Glenn…as we have seen with the confirmation hearings so far….Dems can slow things down, wage public relations battles to push the GOP to alter committee rules..BUT in the final analysis it is the GOP chairs who rule and closed door hearings will still take place.
MurphTheSurf3

3 hours ago
Murph–haven’t seen the videos, but ISIS has been using trump as a recruiting tool for a long time now.
glenn

3 hours ago
Well folks, I’m calling it a day! Take care all!
Fuzzy Dunlop

3 hours ago
Glenn…the video is devastating….you can find it on the Maddow site.
MurphTheSurf3

3 hours ago
Beatlex – Agreed, we need to celebrate what’s good in people as we spotlight what’s ugly in men like Trump.
AdLib 3 hours ago
Ad…the only way a coalition can be built is with a compromise, centrist candidate
MurphTheSurf3

3 hours ago
Murph–I know, but I just want to see Dems make as much noise as they can, just like the repubs did for 8 years.
glenn

3 hours ago
Nite FD!!!!
MurphTheSurf3

3 hours ago
47% of Americans voted.less than half of that for Trump.And he is acting like a dictator already! This won’t stand,IMO
Beatlex

3 hours ago
Murph – Haven’t seen those videos yet but as was said by Hillary, Bernie and many others, Trump is the best ISIS recruiter there is.
AdLib 3 hours ago
‘Nite, Fuzzy. Take care!
glenn

3 hours ago
Ad…you can find it as the Maddow site.
MurphTheSurf3

3 hours ago
Thanks Murph, will check it out there.
AdLib 3 hours ago
Beatle…the figures are that less than 23 percent of the eligible voters chose Trump…while 26 chose Clinton.
MurphTheSurf3

3 hours ago
Beatlex–it will be interesting to see how long trump’s supporters support him. Also interesting to see what is going to be a “bridge too far” for the repubs in Congress. How many executive orders will they let trump sign before they start fighting back for Congress?
glenn

3 hours ago
Beatlex – That’s putting the election in real perspective. Trump is the choice of what was an energized minority. I guarantee you, as long as Dems don’t try annointing another party elite in 2020, the majority will be energized against Trump.
AdLib 3 hours ago
Glenn…Trumpmania is in decline right now…..his showing at the inauguration is just one indicator….
MurphTheSurf3

3 hours ago
Alright, folks, my turn to say “Good night.” Have a good weekend!
glenn

3 hours ago
glenn – I just don’t know if there is a bridge too far for Repubs. They’re coowards.
AdLib 3 hours ago
Last thing from me…..catch the Washington Post secret audio recording from the GOP Philadelphia Retreat….GOP talking about not having an ACA replacement plan….disastrous.
MurphTheSurf3

3 hours ago
Night glenn, stay warm this weekend!
AdLib 3 hours ago
Ad–speaking of another party elite, what do you think of the speculation of Caroline Kennedy running for Senate, then President?
glenn

3 hours ago
Night glenn
Beatlex

3 hours ago
The recording was leaked by a GOP source!!!! Are they worried! You betcha!
MurphTheSurf3

3 hours ago
Once I get my answer, I’m going, I promise!
glenn

3 hours ago
Murph – Yes, read that and it gives me a lot of hope that the Repubs will be handcuffed to actually make good on their BS attacks on the ACA.
AdLib 3 hours ago
Nite Glenn
MurphTheSurf3

3 hours ago
Nite Murph.
glenn

3 hours ago
Ad….and today the WH was forced to reverse its decision not to launch the final ACA ads….
MurphTheSurf3

3 hours ago
Listen…
Beatlex

3 hours ago
(message blocked by the system)
Beatlex

3 hours ago
Beatlex

3 hours ago
Beatle, what is being blocked?
MurphTheSurf3

3 hours ago
glenn – I like Caroline Kennedy and would be happy to see her run foor Senate but I think it’s a mistake to keep going with dynasties. We need new blood leading the Dem party, nothing against her.
AdLib 3 hours ago
there,duh
Beatlex

3 hours ago
Ad–agreed. G’night.
glenn

3 hours ago
Murph,just the way I am copying the link.I think
Beatlex

3 hours ago
Beatle….it can be tricky
MurphTheSurf3

3 hours ago
Murph – Yes, that could be a hint of things to come. How could they possibly win in 2018 or 2020 if they destroy our healthcare system? And they know that repeal and delay will do that, it’s the whole point of it.
AdLib 3 hours ago
Good insight, Ad……Well…I am off to bed….Being in the Resistance can be exhausting.
MurphTheSurf3

3 hours ago
I know but it is invigorating!
AdLib 3 hours ago
I can honestly say that the election of Trump bummed me out in a way I didn’t think possible.He is a loathsome man who has no class.A president should evoke that
Beatlex

3 hours ago
Beatlex – Are you hearing a lot of resistance to Trump up your way?
AdLib 3 hours ago
Yes, we were pretty devastated but now we’re in rebel mode and it is very energizing…especially knowing the majority is behind us.
AdLib 3 hours ago
Majority in the US and the world.
AdLib 3 hours ago
Ad.We as in me,and others are surprised that such a vile person could win the high honor of being the PRESIDENT OF THE USA!It is not good
Beatlex

3 hours ago
Well, this is what the Russians and the FBI wanted and they had a lot to do with this result.
AdLib 3 hours ago
Yes ad,I am holding out hope that he will self destruct.None of his avalanche of exec. orders have been put to th congress yet.He has problems with the R’s I think
Beatlex

3 hours ago
I’m going to write an article next week about this, since he didn’t vet any oof his Exec Orders, many are unconstiutional and oothers need Congress to pass bills for them to happen (which Dems will oppose). S people shouldn’t freak out about these exercises in propaganda.
AdLib 3 hours ago
Ad,it is my belief that he will be in so many conflicts even the R’s cannot ignore them>They would love Pence as their rubber stamp.Trump will never be.His ratings are at historic lows.The R’s will ignore that at their peril.Which they won’t do.They will dump him
Beatlex

3 hours ago
Yes but I don’t think Trump would quit…maybe he’d have a stroke?
AdLib 3 hours ago
And the “media`would love to see him gone.Don`t pick a fight with people that buy ink buy the barrel“
Beatlex

3 hours ago
Exactly! We’ve never seen a President start off with so much opposition. And it’s growing every day!
AdLib 3 hours ago
`Not much ink anymore,but you get my drift Ad.A correction is in order
Beatlex

3 hours ago
This is a train wreck in slow motion and the press, like the public, will be captivated by it. Trump has cast himself as “The Evil President” so the interactive side of that, with all of us booing him, will drive him crazy and hang him high.
AdLib 3 hours ago
No explanatioon necessary, it’s a perfect quote for the situation. Even if it’s more digital ink nowadays!
AdLib 3 hours ago
It must be so Ad.America will not tolerate this Commander in Chief for long.He is a petty juvenile.Totally un suited for the Presidency
Beatlex

3 hours ago
That’s so obvious, Beatlex. This was a mistake that shouldn’t have happened but accidents…caused by Russians and FBI…do happen. And Trump is the one who will look like he’s been in an accident after a year.
AdLib 3 hours ago
AD Do you think that that will be provenÉ
Beatlex

2 hours ago
Yes but maybe not until Dems take over The Senate, hopefully in a year and 10 months!
AdLib 2 hours ago
I have heard that the dems are trying to replicate the T,party of 2010.A grassroots effort,it has it`s roots in the demonstrations of the day after inauguration
Beatlex

2 hours ago
The Tea Party didn’t even start until after Obama had been in office for a while and it was racist-driven. This is more American, more a majority of the people and more successful in its early days.
AdLib 2 hours ago
Same concept Ad,and hopefully with as much emotion
Beatlex

2 hours ago
Yes but this movement supports sanity!
AdLib 2 hours ago
Of course.But how do we fight insaneÉ
Beatlex

2 hours ago
By having greater numbers.
AdLib 2 hours ago
All the people that voted for him that thought that he wold not harm them,sad ad
Beatlex

2 hours ago
Goodnight and good luck Ad
Beatlex

2 hours ago
Night Beatlex!
AdLib 2 hours ago
Night Ad!!
Beatlex

2 hours ago

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