Donald Trump: Classic or Dud?

“The Committee has long been concerned with how large technology companies leverage their businesses to influence public opinion—especially the design and use of content moderation policies within private sector social media companies—and how company policies are shaped and influenced by Executive Branch officials,” wrote Chairman Comer to Meta CEO Zuckerberg. “When asked if the assassination on President Trump was fictional, Meta’s bot responded that there ‘was no real assassination attempt on Donald Trump. I strive to provide accurate and reliable information, but sometimes mistakes can occur.’ The Committee requests that Meta produce all internal policies or any other documents related to how the Meta AI chatbot is designed, reviewed, managed, and updated.”

oh, so they think that one of the billions of mistakes AI makes is directly aimed at them and therefore intentional?

and worthy of a congressional investigation! What did the Meta AI Chatbot know and when did it know it

can’t wait until they make the chatbot testify

sorry to return to an old, sore subject, but is there any defense for how long merrick garland took to investigate trump very obviously attempting a coup, live, in front of many millions of people who saw it?

with hindsight it was going to be slow walked by the SC no matter when he started

there is no defense for it, but its not like hes alone washington bigwigs generally dont really want washington bigwigs to be held accountable for their actions

Hopefully Harris will get rid of garland (useless) and Wray (republican sleeper agent) on day 1.

garland is so so wrong for the job as it exists, tho i did not recognize it at selection

i wonder how he would have fit into the SC, had mcconnell not stolen his seat

Dude looks clinically depressed. If your grandpa walked into a room like this you’d ask if he needs a trip to the store for some candy. pic.twitter.com/zukJWbEbu1

— Tim Miller (@Timodc) August 14, 2024

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Ok the funnier information in this article is that the complex has 2 venues, one that holds ~2400 people and one that holds ~7200 people. The Trump campaign booked the little one.

“I watched Sheldon sitting so proud in the White House when we gave Miriam the Presidential Medal of Freedom,” Trump said, speaking about Sheldon Adelson. “That’s the highest award you can get as a civilian, it’s the equivalent of the Congressional Medal of Honor, but civilian version.”

“It’s actually much better because everyone gets the congressional Medal of Honor, that’s soldiers, they’re either in very bad shape because they’ve been hit so many times by bullets, or they’re dead,” he went on.

nearly choked on my coffee!

Trump always speaks as if he's a stand-up comedian. By now it seems he's running exclusively on personality (and his general anti-establishment shtick like it's still 2016). The support of a couple business lunatics before Biden dropped out now appears thin / obsolete.
He just has very little to draw on. I'm expecting a slow death / implosion.

Out there just riffing

he likes the sound of his own voice

More and more I notice that his mouth is cat’s arsehole shaped most of the time.

i never understood why the Democrats didn't just call him Ol' Asshole Mouth. it's never too late!

My great-great uncle Rufus was awarded the Congressional Medal Of Honor for distinguished gallantry and good conduct in the defense of Harpers Ferry in 1862. And he was not shot up by bullets or dead when he got it so Trump is just dumb.

scott, are y'all related to William Seward?

Is this him? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufus_Saxton

actually, no. though he looks like he should have been in my family.

yeah, that's my guy. rufus.

his brother, my great-great grandfather, also served with rufus during the civil war.

literary fun fact: rufus hung out with emily dickinson on a trip she took to washington d.c. one of her very rare trips away from Amherst. she even mentions it in a letter. rufus was from Deerfield.

literary fun fact: my great great grandfather lived with nathanial hawthorne at hippie commune brook farm. (hawthorne took off early though. he couldn't hang. my great great grandfather was there for the whole time it existed.)

whenever Brook Farm comes up I always think of:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3plmkRy_k5o

The only relative I know that was in the civil war fought for the union but lost his glasses and stumbled in to confederate territory where they all laughed at him and took him prisoner

that's a great clip! crazy how i haven't seen that movie for years but i remember those lines so clearly.

family fun fact: my brother-in-law edited The Last Days of Disco and Damsels in Distress.

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last days of disco is a stone cold classic salute to him

"The only relative I know that was in the civil war fought for the union but lost his glasses and stumbled in to confederate territory where they all laughed at him and took him prisoner"

that would make an awesome movie if he just fights with the confederates thinking they are union troops because he can't see. STARRING Don Knotts.

lol

Mr Magoo's Civil War

this has some fun stuff in it. he's not always funny and his trump impression is dire but the clips of trump are classique.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eWDFtnGu3M

same material. different jokes!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90C5rZPTy5g

the fellas

https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:of56nmyuqzvjta7qlf7gwht6/bafkreihi3jzoc36qnq5tvi335ff3bazv6nmitcehap5uiyax5vfbwedvxm@jpeg

Entourage: The Florida Years

Look at that sad palooka on the far right, in every sense.

thats barrons bff theyre in charge of gen z outreach for the campaign theyre the ones who set up the interview with the influencer who gave trump the custom cybertruck

It's hilarious how he's cursed with his dad's face

im assuming guy in the brown suit is their handler, the muscly guys idk theyre on the team i guess

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GU3rkUKXQAAzAYk?format=jpg&name=medium

barron no thumbs up barron no smile barron all business

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GU4sUIfXcAAAkK0?format=jpg&name=medium

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GU4sUKTXsAIvKRN?format=jpg&name=medium

very tasteful hes got the hoodie and the tee

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GU4vWEvXYAAdPSJ?format=png&name=medium

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GU4v246WwAEdcyk?format=jpg&name=medium

Totally normal and not weird people running a totally normal and not weird campaign.

Lil' Bo Peep

the guys flanking Barron are Justin Waller and Patrick Bet-David, described here as "businessmen": https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2024/04/05/barron-trump-towers-over-guests-at-mar-a-lago/

the guy on the far left is an MMA fighter lol

https://i0.wp.com/disruptmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/image1-4.png?w=1200&ssl=1

ive located blue suit muscle man unsurprisingly hes a grindset influencer https://disruptmagazine.com/how-justin-winn-waller-got-away-from-the-small-town-life-and-built-a-flourishing-business/

xp

These guys have a look as if they're dying to get fucked in the ass.

seems like a cool guy

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