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I didn't see this posted, but InTouch on Friday published the full  Stephanie Clifford/Stormy Daniels 2011 interview. Some TMI, but, well, there have to be some salacious details, like unprotected sex.  InTouch did not publish in 2011; Cohen reflexively claimed he would sue them and according to hotair.com something like  "Louche B-List Playboy Screws Porn Star" didn't have much cachet at the time.  

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As hotair.com points out, this is the kind of thing that makes people vulnerable to blackmail.  hotair.com also speculated that, during the lead-up to the election when this story would have been a bombshell,  InTouch apparently forgot they had the interview in their archives. 

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27 minutes ago, Howl said:

I didn't see this posted, but InTouch on Friday published the full  Stephanie Clifford/Stormy Daniels 2011 interview. Some TMI, but, well, there have to be some salacious details, like unprotected sex.  InTouch did not publish in 2011; Cohen reflexively claimed he would sue them and according to hotair.com something like  "Louche B-List Playboy Screws Porn Star" didn't have much cachet at the time.  

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As hotair.com points out, this is the kind of thing that makes people vulnerable to blackmail.  hotair.com also speculated that, during the lead-up to the election when this story would have been a bombshell,  InTouch apparently forgot they had the interview in their archives. 

For a guy who claims the media hates him he sure seems to have gotten lucky with them in the fall of 2016. IN Touch decides not to publish, didn't ABC also know? Many people who were on The Apprentice say NBC has enough footage to bury him and also wasn't there a third porn star who sold her story to the Inquirer and then they didn't publish it?

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1 hour ago, GrumpyGran said:

For a guy who claims the media hates him he sure seems to have gotten lucky with them in the fall of 2016. IN Touch decides not to publish, didn't ABC also know? Many people who were on The Apprentice say NBC has enough footage to bury him and also wasn't there a third porn star who sold her story to the Inquirer and then they didn't publish it?

David Pecker, the owner of the the National Enquirer's parent company, is a long time friend of Trump.   So you won't find a Trump exposé on the cover, but you will find idiotic sh*t like this: 

BOMBSHELL REPORT! ‘Fire And Fury’ — Barack Obama Behind Book Full Of Lies  How D.C. spies planned hatchet job from the start!

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This is a very telling picture of Wolff on the side and there's a grain of truth to the "D.C. spies planned hatchet job from the start,"  except it was just one spy (Wolff) who found a way to get invited into Trump world.  Obama does not figure into this at all.  Josh Marshall lays it all out at Talking Points Memo, but his main point is that  Michael Wolff is a staggeringly brazen man.  Here's a bit of his op-ed, Trump, Wolff and The Secret of the Russia Story, January 21, 2018

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Wolff was practicing sycophancy journalism under the guise of access journalism. Only we didn’t quite have the entire story, though in retrospect it was altogether predictable. Wolff spent months buttering up the highest level Trump insiders. While he was publicly lambasting reporters actually writing history’s first draft of the Trump presidency, he was leveraging their work to advance his own. The onslaught of negative press allowed Wolff to pose as the only reporter who got the true nature of Trump’s greatness – not just publicly, but far more importantly in his private presentation and pitch. If the Trumpers were aggrieved with the ‘fake news’ ‘lying’ press, here was a prestige journalist who got it and could help. It was like offering crack to broke junkies.

In a Today Show interview, Wolff essentially conceded that he lied as often as he needed to get the access he needed. “I certainly said what was ever necessary to get the story.” To ensnare Trump’s coterie of gullible toadies he actually made the working title of his book “The Great Transition: The First 100 Days of the Trump Administration.”

As Josh points out, had the White House been less chaotic, more experienced, less susceptible to flattery, they might have realized that 

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Wolff had done virtually the same thing to Murdoch a decade ago as he was doing to Trump in the first days of 2018. Largely on the strength of a glowing write up in Vanity Fair, Wolff managed to get a phenomenal level of access to Murdoch. The product was "The Man Who Owns The News", a brutal hatchet job.

 

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35 minutes ago, Howl said:

David Pecker, the owner of the the National Enquirer's parent company, is a long time friend of Trump. 

Yeah, that's what I read, that he bought her story to bury it.

As for Wolff, it's scary how easily they were bought by his flattery. Especially after the Murdoch expose. The lack of vetting is incomprehensible. Of course, Kelly has changed that but the horses were already out of the barn.

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 1. Don't sweat the small stuff. 2. Everything is the small stuff, including things that are a huge effing deal.

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God I so wish I could move away from the US with Orange Hitler fornicating everything up. Qo’noS wouldn’t be far enough away as long as Fornicate Face is in charge.

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Hubs watches Morning Joe while he's reading the paper and doing sodoku.  This morning, Joe is doing something fascinating.  He's doing his regular blah, blah commentary, but in reality, he's directing it right at Trump and specifically Trump's ego.  To summarize:  Trump knows what he wants, he wants DACA continued and isn't it awful that his staff are treating him like a pathetic old man with pre-dementia and how awful  that a 30 something staffer (Miller, obviously) is leading him around by the nose when Trump knows what he wants (DACA) BUT HIS STAFF KEEPS CHANGING IT and how weak and pathetic it is that a 32-year-old staffer is leading him around by the nose.  Trump is weak weak weak because a 32-year old is undercutting Trump and manipulating policy in the White House.  They are continuing to hit this theme hard throughout the program. 

I hope this got through to Trump this morning, unless his staff edited it out of his DVR.  It's an interesting strategy and I hope it works.  If it works, Trump will stand up to his staff (Miller and Kelly) and move forward with retaining DACA.

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1 hour ago, Howl said:

I hope this got through to Trump this morning, unless his staff edited it out of his DVR.  It's an interesting strategy and I hope it works.  If it works, Trump will stand up to his staff (Miller and Kelly) and move forward with retaining DACA.

I've wondered along these lines myself, since Trump is seemingly so easily swayed by certain media.  For example, we've seen the segments on Fox and Friends that show up minutes later as a presidential tweet.  If only we could manipulate Fox and Friends to our national benefit...(that sounds rather Putin-esque, doesn't it).

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Yes, my hair is made of tin but am I the only one who finds it odd, or suspicious, that there was no sign of him this weekend? Yeah, I know we were told he was at the White House doing blah, blah, blah, but of all the times to make a public statement, to spew your blame and division, this would have been it. When we have gone into a government shut-down should our President have a press conference or make a statement?

IDK, seems odd to me. 

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Just a little reminder of all the lies that have been spewed forth from the WH...

 

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Robin Bell (from Bell Visuals) is projecting a message on Trump Hotel in DC again. This time, it is Fight For Her, a message with a Rosie the Riveter picture. You can watch the video of the projection.

I love the dancing sharks!

 

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Every time I think I already hate this man as much as anyone could he does something that makes me hate him more:

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/22/trump-to-impose-30-percent-tariff-on-solar-cell-imports.html

Trump to impose 30 percent tariff on solar cell imports

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President Donald Trump has approved tariffs on imported solar cells and certain washing machines, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer announced Monday.

The protective tariffs on both kinds of imports would initially kick in at a higher rate in the first year, then decrease in subsequent years. For the first year, a 30 percent tariff would be applied to imported solar modules and cells.

Lighthizer's office said that the trade representative made recommendations to the president based on the findings of the independent, bipartisan U.S. International Trade Commission.

The agency had been asked to look into whether foreign imports of washing machines and solar cells/modules were causing "serious injury to domestic manufacturers."

"The President's action makes clear again that the Trump Administration will always defend American workers, farmers, ranchers, and businesses in this regard," Lighthizer said in a statement


 

Basically he wants to discourage people from going green.

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I think it's interesting that the Trump thread is becoming less relevant.  It used to be that the Trump thread was always on top, because we were discussing him more than the people or government entities in the other threads.  But now the Trump thread is often fifth or sixth in line.  The fact is, Trump is becoming irrelevant in many ways.  He's our putative president, but what people are gradually realizing is that he's merely a placeholder until a real leader arrives.  The real story is who is going to man the puppet strings to make Trump talk.  

Pence was too passive, and is increasingly marginalized.  Bannon fell to infighting.  Kushner has lost all respect.  Ivanka is a joke.  The list of casualities grows daily.  Right now Kelly and Miller seem to be the frontrunners, but Mueller is working digiligently to expose all the nasty little secrets no one wants to come to light.  

So many people are trying to get what they can out of this administration, but at the same time there's a desperateness about it that calls to mind the scurrying of cockroaches looking for cover when someone turns the light on.

Trump is only vaguely aware of what's going on, and he likes it like that.  He'd like it better if he didn't get hints that he's losing credibility, respect, and becoming the laughingstock of the world.  Sadly, Trump only has a few goals, and none of them have the best interest of the country at heart.  He wants to make as much money as possible from his presidency, he wants to make his friends money because he wouldn't have any friends without the money, he wants to punish Hilary Clinton for running against him and winning the popular vote, and he wants to dismantle as much as possible every good thing former President Obama did for our country.

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And fuck face did his sugar daddies in the dirty energy business a solid;

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In the biggest blow he’s dealt to the renewable energy industry yet, President Donald Trump decided on Monday to slap tariffs on imported solar panels.

The U.S. will impose duties of as much as 30 percent on solar equipment made abroad, a move that threatens to handicap a $28 billion industry that relies on parts made abroad for 80 percent of its supply. Just the mere threat of tariffs has shaken solar developers in recent months, with some hoarding panels and others stalling projects in anticipation of higher costs. The Solar Energy Industries Association has projected tens of thousands of job losses in a sector that employed 260,000.

The tariffs are just the latest action Trump has taken that undermine the economics of renewable energy. The administration has already decided to pull the U.S. out of the international Paris climate agreement, rolled back Obama-era regulations on power plant-emissions and passed sweeping tax reforms that constrained financing for solar and wind. The import taxes, however, will prove to be the most targeted strike on the industry yet.

Seriously, fuck this guy. 

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7 hours ago, AmazonGrace said:

Every time I think I already hate this man as much as anyone could he does something that makes me hate him more:

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/22/trump-to-impose-30-percent-tariff-on-solar-cell-imports.html

Trump to impose 30 percent tariff on solar cell imports

Basically he wants to discourage people from going green.

That's called protectionism. Didn't the US oh so love capitalism and markets economy?

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Good news, Donald: evangelicals will let you fornicate if you persecute enough Muslims, LGBTQ people and women looking for healthcare.

 

Ha ha this is hilarious, Indian prime minister speaks Indian ha ha:

 

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12 hours ago, 47of74 said:

The Solar Energy Industries Association has projected tens of thousands of job losses in a sector that employed 260,000.

I don't understand why he is doing this.  Is he trying to promote the development of US solar power cell manufacturing, or is he just doing favors for his friends?  Those thousands of job losses are not going to sit well with people.  Is he thinking the Carrier corporation can simply retool their factory, thereby fulfilling one of his campaign promises?  Questions, questions.

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China has strongly supported domestic manufacture of solar panels, flooding the global market with cheap solar panels.  

This change will help US domestic solar panel manufacturers, who couldn't compete with the much cheaper Chinese panels. 

IF the US supports domestic solar manufacturers, good.  But installation of solar panels is thriving due to rebates and the abundance of cheap panels.  If the cost of panels goes up significantly, people won't look at solar electric as a good deal and companies who install solar systems for electricity are screwed. 

We have a friend who works for a company that installs solar electrical systems, mostly, but not exclusively, residential.  There's tons of competition, but they do a thriving business because there's so much desire for solar and the price is right.  We'll know more when we check in with him. 

From VOX  

Trump’s new solar tariff to protect US manufacturers will hurt installers: The 30 percent duty will undermine the business case for new solar power development in the United States.

Jan 23, 2018, 9:17am EST

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The Solar Energy Industries Association, which represents solar installers like Elon Musk’s SolarCity, was aghast at the ruling, saying yesterday that it would harm the industry and cost thousands of jobs.

The US solar industry employs between 260,000 and 374,000 workers, with about 38,000 in manufacturing and the bulk of the remainder in installation. “Solar installer” is poised to become the fastest-growing job in the United States over the next 10 years.

It’s worth keeping in mind that the panels themselves are less than one-third of the final cost of a solar installation, and as hardware costs go down, the relative costs of labor, permitting, and taxes go up. The 30 percent tariff would add between 10 and 15 cents per watt to the final installed price of solar.

 

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Remember that Committe that Kris Kobach lead that was supposed to look into voter fraud? Well, new documents show the committee was purchasing extensive voter data from multiple states.

Trump’s Election Commission Is Dead. But the Controversy Around It Keeps Growing.

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President Donald Trump dissolved his election integrity commission earlier this month, claiming that lawsuits had dragged down the panel’s work of uncovering voter fraud. But a full accounting of what the commission was up to last year is only beginning to emerge—and with it, a new round of controversy.

The commission’s first and most contested action was to request extensive data on every registered voter from every state—a request that elections experts and voting rights advocates feared would be used to make claims of widespread voter fraud based on faulty data analysis. Secretaries of state from both parties refused to hand over some or all of the requested data, which included names, addresses, party identification, criminal history, and partial Social Security numbers. But a collection of documents obtained by Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) in December show that the commission was attempting to buy voter registration data from states that did not hand it over for free. 

These documents come from the General Services Administration, the agency Trump tasked with providing administrative and funding support for its activities. They reveal that a staffer on the commission, Ronald Williams II, was working with states to purchase voter registration data. As the Washington Post found, in purchasing records from Texas, Williams included a request for a list of names the state had flagged as Hispanic surnames. Texas uses these flags to send voters bilingual election information. The vice chairman of the commission, Kris Kobach, told the Post he had no idea why Williams asked for Hispanic names to be flagged. It’s unclear what the revelation means—whether a staffer simply checked a box, or whether the commission was intentionally collecting data on minority voters. A lawsuit blocked Texas from transferring the state’s data to the commission.

In addition to purchasing Texas’ data, Williams appears to have paid for information from Alaska, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Missouri, Montana, Oregon, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Honolulu County, Hawaii. It’s not illegal to seek information that any member of the public can purchase. But the commission kept its activities under wraps, even from some of its members, raising questions about whether the commission conducted itself lawfully.

Included in the lawsuits filed against the commission was one from one of its own members, Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap, a Democrat, who believed that the commission was conducting work without informing him, in violation of a federal law governing how federal commissions operate. In December, a federal judge ordered the commission to share its records with Dunlap so that he could fully participate in the commission’s work. The administration is currently fighting that order. Dunlap was not even aware that Williams had been hired to work for the committee until October, when Williams was arrested on charges of possessing child pornography. The commission had also refused to share the names of commission staff with the press. Dunlap told the Post that purchasing state records was “never discussed at any commission meeting at any level.”

Pending lawsuits, including Dunlap’s, could reveal whether the commission’s conservative leaders were carrying out additional activities without alerting all of its members.

 

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6 hours ago, AmazonGrace said:

Good news, Donald: evangelicals will let you fornicate if you persecute enough Muslims, LGBTQ people and women looking for healthcare.

 

Does this mean that Tony and Josh Duggar are A-OK now?

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