4102

I know that you personally weren’t saying we should @Daagar, but this is one of the few hard lines I draw. Short of starting something that leads to nuclear annihilation this is one of the most imminent threats, and one that would lead to some of the ugliest places.

Because if politics are ugly now, if they push this kind of nonsense and I would be on the ground floor to create a liberal opposite to the Tea Party to prevent this.

‘We had to destroy the village to save it’

4103

Boy do I have some bad news for you.

4104

@CraigM Totally with you on the other reasons to be angry about all of this. Children who are unable to vaccinate would be entirely faultless in this debacle and would most likely be among the victims of any anti-vax resurgence.

Sadly, I think this is fait accompli now and we will just have to grit our teeth and bear it while America re-learns this lesson.

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No. There will be a price to pay. I will not simply grit my teeth for this.

Or, it would be, were it not for the fact that at every level my representation is non Republican. I’d have to hop the border to take on these traitors directly.

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4107

Wow, that’s odd. The Post usually wouldn’t want to allude to an embarrassment for Trump.

4108

Fox also defended CNN today after that little exchange. New territory for sure.

4109

They may have realized where things could be headed. All critical reporting will be ignored and denied credentials and Breitbart will be Trump’s Pravda, not them.

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It doesn’t count though because it was Shepard Smith who commented on it and he exists solely to represent the fair and balanced of the Fox News motto. What the big talking heads like O’Reilly and that mouth breather Hannity says is what counts the most and they’re not going to turn on their homeboy until the power brokers want to change the narrative because they lost control of Trump.

4111

I noticed something disturbing reading about the presser.

From an article I read it said: "A few minutes later, Trump turned to Matt Boyle of Breitbart.com, who proceeded to ask Trump about “all the problems that we’ve seen throughout the media over the course of the election” and “what reforms do you recommend for this industry here?”

One of Breitbart’s founders is Steve Bannon, Trump’s chief strategist. Apparently, he was the only reporter that had a seat assigned. Everyone else had to find their own so he was planted to ask that question. They want to “reform” the free press of this nation. Also. here’s Boyle standing behind Trump at a rally a month ago.

Um, unless I’m mistaken, is that not Breitbart’s Matt Boyle standing behind Trump and clapping last night? pic.twitter.com/lLAIvcaZTf

— Philip Bump (@pbump) December 16, 2016

There’s some kind of plan under way.

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4113

Yup:

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https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/819386906748260356

She’s just abominable. Disgusting how blatantly she lies.

4115

Kellyanne Conway should get Al Pacino’s role in the remake of The Devil’s Advocate.

4116

It feels weird defending Trump after that performance but did you hear his response? He said he didn’t want to reform anything (despite having previously talked about loosening libel laws), just that individuals should do better. Could be a smokescreen, sure, but why plant a question then?

[quote]Well, I don’t recommend reforms. I recommend people that are – that have some moral compass.

You know, I’ve been hearing more and more about a thing called fake news and they’re talking about people that go and say all sorts of things. But I will tell you, some of the media outlets that I deal with are fake news more so than anybody. I could name them, but I won’t bother, but you have a few sitting right in front of us. So they’re very, very dishonest people, but I think it’s just something we’re going to have to live with.

I guess the advantage I have is that I can speak back. When it happens to somebody that doesn’t have this – doesn’t have that kind of a megaphone, they can’t speak back. It’s a very sad thing. I’ve seen people destroyed. I’ve seen people absolutely destroyed. And I think it’s very unfair. So, all I can ask for is honest reporters.[/quote]

4117

I have to give KellyAnn grudging respect. She is terrific at her job.
If Hitler had KellyAnn instead of Goebbels, Man in the High Castle would be fact not fiction.

4118

This is a great example of a Trump statement that if it were by someone I trusted, I would totally agree with, and assume he was referencing sites like Breitbart when he talked about fake news sites with no moral compass. But of course it’s Trump, so it’s opposite world, and he was actually talking about CNN.

4119

This is a pretty good recap of what happened at the press conference…

4120

She’s not though. People just eat her ridiculous shit up. She only looks good because the rabid Trump fanatics believe every insane thing she says.

4121

Trump is flat out doing ads in his tweets now:

But remember, the President cannot have a conflict of interest. (This space for rent, call now!)