I'm sure Trump will just call her Sandy
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Monday, 17 June 2019 17:31 (four years ago) link
kinda surprised Trump hasn't given her a dumb nickname yet.
I think he realizes she is absolutely not scared of him, and as with any bully that sets him back on his heels a bit.
― I am curious (george) (slight return) (WmC), Monday, 17 June 2019 17:32 (four years ago) link
i'm sure he's workshopping "Slutty Cortez" on the golf course
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 17 June 2019 17:32 (four years ago) link
Socialist Sandy
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 17 June 2019 17:33 (four years ago) link
XP I imagine whenever he does respond, part of the attack will involve him not thinking she's a "10".
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 17 June 2019 17:34 (four years ago) link
I was thinking Ditzy AOC, that seems to be the angle the right-wing media has been taking on her and I don't think Trump's creative enough to go in a different direction.
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Monday, 17 June 2019 17:52 (four years ago) link
AOC's best asset is how she bullies the bullies right back
― omar little, Monday, 17 June 2019 17:57 (four years ago) link
kyle walker?
― godfellaz (darraghmac), Monday, 17 June 2019 18:09 (four years ago) link
has no one in power tried "Dumbfuck Donald" aka #DFD
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 17 June 2019 18:46 (four years ago) link
just fyi i have tried a similar line on trump in my daydreams, and he comes back with "oh this one has a real foul mouth, just a real nasty mouth" and before i can get my response in the press goes crazy and starts shouting additional questions at him and the moment is over
― i will never make a typo ever again (Karl Malone), Monday, 17 June 2019 18:58 (four years ago) link
We need an investigative reporter to seek out his early classmates and ask what pejoratives they used while he was crammed in a locker with the band of his undershorts stretched over his head.
― Morrie Antoilette (Old Lunch), Monday, 17 June 2019 19:05 (four years ago) link
Ditzy AOC, that seems to be the angle the right-wing media has been taking on her
0_o how are they getting this from her being a sharp, focused, aware communicator and oh never mind
investigative reporters have so far failed to uncover the moment when cruel bullies shaped the formerly kind and placid Donnie into a defensive creature, trapped inside a harsh shell, that we can still reach and nourish and change
In elementary school, Donny impressed classmates with his refusal to acknowledge mistakes, even one so trivial as misidentifying a popular professional wrestler. No matter his pals’ ridicule, one recalled, he doubled down, insisting wrestler Antonino Rocca’s name was “Rocky Antonino.”
A fierce competitor, Trump could erupt in anger, pummeling another boy or smashing a baseball bat if he made an out, two childhood neighbors said. In school, he misbehaved so often that his initials became his friends’ shorthand for detention. .. “DTs” — short for “Donny Trump.”
Dennis Burnham was four years younger and lived around the corner from Donald. He inherited his own impression of his neighbor from his mother, who warned that he should “stay away from the Trumps.”“Donald was known to be a bully, I was a little kid, and my parents didn’t want me beaten up,” said Burnham, 65, a business consultant in Texas.Once when she left Dennis in a playpen in a back yard adjoining the Trumps’ property, Martha Burnham returned to find Donald throwing rocks at her son. “She saw Donald standing at the fence,” Dennis Burnham said, “using the playpen for target practice.”
“Donald was known to be a bully, I was a little kid, and my parents didn’t want me beaten up,” said Burnham, 65, a business consultant in Texas.
Once when she left Dennis in a playpen in a back yard adjoining the Trumps’ property, Martha Burnham returned to find Donald throwing rocks at her son. “She saw Donald standing at the fence,” Dennis Burnham said, “using the playpen for target practice.”
“He had a reputation for saying anything that came into his head,” said Donald Kass, 70, a retired agronomist who was a schoolmate. When Trump misidentified Rocca, the pro wrestler, Kass recalled, “We would laugh at him and tell him he was wrong, and he’d say he was right. The next time, he would make the same mistake, and it would be the same thing all over again.”
In his neighborhood, Donald and his friends were known to ride their bikes and “shout and curse very loudly,” said Steve Nachtigall, who lived nearby. Nachtigall said he once saw them jump off their bikes and beat up another boy.“It’s kind of like a little video snippet that remains in my brain because I think it was so unusual and terrifying at that age,” recalled Nachtigall, 66, a doctor in New Jersey. “He was a loudmouth bully.”
“It’s kind of like a little video snippet that remains in my brain because I think it was so unusual and terrifying at that age,” recalled Nachtigall, 66, a doctor in New Jersey. “He was a loudmouth bully.”
Ann Trees, 82, who taught at Kew-Forest School, where Trump was a student through seventh grade: “He was headstrong and determined. He would sit with his arms folded with this look on his face — I use the word surly — almost daring you to say one thing or another that wouldn’t settle with him.”
Trump wrote that his main focus as a youngster was “creating mischief.” As a second-grader, he wrote, he “actually” gave his music teacher a black eye because “I didn’t think he knew anything about music, and I almost got expelled.”None of Trump’s childhood friends recall the incident or Donald talking about it then. Asked about the punch recently, Trump said, “When I say ‘punch,’ when you’re that age, nobody punches very hard.”At a 2009 reunion, Kass said, the teacher, Charles Walker, told him that Trump had never struck him. But Walker, who died last year, claimed no affection for Trump. In the final stages of his life, according to his son, Charles Walker learned that Trump was considering a presidential bid.“When that kid was 10,” Peter Walker recalled his father telling family members gathered at his bedside, “even then he was a little s---.”
None of Trump’s childhood friends recall the incident or Donald talking about it then. Asked about the punch recently, Trump said, “When I say ‘punch,’ when you’re that age, nobody punches very hard.”
At a 2009 reunion, Kass said, the teacher, Charles Walker, told him that Trump had never struck him. But Walker, who died last year, claimed no affection for Trump. In the final stages of his life, according to his son, Charles Walker learned that Trump was considering a presidential bid.
“When that kid was 10,” Peter Walker recalled his father telling family members gathered at his bedside, “even then he was a little s---.”
Dobias said he recognized in Trump an innate drive: “He wanted to be number one. He wanted to be noticed. He wanted to be recognized. And he liked compliments.”
Enraged by a bunkmate's unmade bed, he threw the boy's sheets on the floor and
tried to push a fellow cadet out a second-floor window, only to be thwarted when two other students intervened.
In his room, Trump played Elvis Presley and Johnny Mathis albums. He liked to screw an ultraviolet light into the overhead socket and lie down for a tan. “We’re going to the beach,” Trump would announce to his roommate, David Smith.
A month after senior year started, Trump faced a crisis. One of his platoon sergeants shoved a plebe, Lee Ains, against a wall because the freshman was too slow snapping to attention. At the time, the academy was already dealing with a serious hazing incident and was sensitive to new allegations of abuse. The administration reassigned Trump as a battalion training officer.Ains said the academy concluded that Trump had not monitored his officers “as closely as he should have.”Trump described his reassignment as a promotion. “I did a good job and that’s why I got elevated,” he said.
Ains said the academy concluded that Trump had not monitored his officers “as closely as he should have.”
Trump described his reassignment as a promotion. “I did a good job and that’s why I got elevated,” he said.
I mean, there's these, but I don't know how effective suddenly calling him Donny or referring to his hair is gonna be at curtailing him. Might have to impeach or something instead?
Even Trump has acknowledged the similarities between himself as an adult and when he was the boy whom friends alternately referred to as “Donny,” “The Trumpet” and “Flat Top” (for his hair).
― quelle sprocket damage (sic), Monday, 17 June 2019 21:34 (four years ago) link
I don't know, man. Maybe we should try calling him Drumpf again first.
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Tuesday, 18 June 2019 13:59 (four years ago) link
Whole lot of Trump posting on the AOC thread
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 18 June 2019 14:51 (four years ago) link
we need somewhere to talk about him
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Tuesday, 18 June 2019 14:55 (four years ago) link
Imagine being lectured by a Cheney about mass murder. On second thought, don't imagine that. https://t.co/vUQiJVBbQD— Dennis Perrin (@DennisThePerrin) June 18, 2019
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 18 June 2019 16:35 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/KklPPjw.jpg
― pplains, Tuesday, 18 June 2019 17:15 (four years ago) link
Liz Cheney can get the Shoah out of her fucking mouth
― don't mock my smock or i'll clean your clock (silby), Tuesday, 18 June 2019 17:25 (four years ago) link
George Takei, 1940s US "internee," backs up AOC
https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/george-takei-us-has-concentration-camps/
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 20 June 2019 21:20 (four years ago) link
AOC on CNN not merely defending but doubling down on "concentration camps" callout like a complete boss
I know it gets harder and the job is disillusioning but I really hope she is able to sustain this boldness
on a day like today it feels more and more critical
― d'ILM for Murder (Hadrian VIII), Thursday, 27 June 2019 21:00 (four years ago) link
This Senate Bill will have us write a $4.6 Billion blank check (incl military $) for the border w NO accountability - just a verbal pinky promise.Trump is not to be trusted with protecting our immigrants. Why must that even be stated? We need hard lines of protection, in ink. https://t.co/xFci23pFo6— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) June 27, 2019
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 28 June 2019 03:21 (four years ago) link
uh oh, look out Intercept haterz
Climate change is here + we’ve got a deadline: 12 years left to cut emissions in half.A #GreenNewDeal is our plan for a world and a future worth fighting for.How did we get here?What is at stake?And where are we going?Please watch & share widely ⬇️pic.twitter.com/IMCtS86VXG— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) April 17, 2019
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 28 June 2019 03:27 (four years ago) link
Generally speaking I think the intercept is fine, it’s just greenwald who sucks
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Friday, 28 June 2019 03:39 (four years ago) link
can you do that for all the other tweets you post
“uh oh look out doug henwood haters”
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 28 June 2019 03:45 (four years ago) link
give us a kiss
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 28 June 2019 04:02 (four years ago) link
Uh oh look out kiss haters
― Got your butt drank (Neanderthal), Friday, 28 June 2019 05:03 (four years ago) link
definitely more of a king diamond guy, if that's what you're getting at.
― pplains, Friday, 28 June 2019 13:05 (four years ago) link
The Intercept played a role in the conviction of whistleblower/patriot Reality Winner.
― despondently sipping tomato soup (Sanpaku), Friday, 28 June 2019 17:21 (four years ago) link
as did we all
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 28 June 2019 17:35 (four years ago) link
It's slightly annoying that AOC lacks an innate sonar for oncoming meme garbage barges.
― Sassy Boutonnière (ledriver), Friday, 28 June 2019 17:46 (four years ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/29/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-met-greta-thunberg-hope-contagious-climate
― Orpheus Knutt (Tom D.), Saturday, 29 June 2019 14:55 (four years ago) link
pelosi does bad
“A glass of water could’ve [beat a 20-yr incumbt]”“The Green Dream or whatever”“Their public whatever”Those aren’t quotes from me; they‘re from the Speaker. Having respect for ourselves doesn’t mean we lack respect for her.It means we won’t let everyday people be dismissed. https://t.co/VMRkcd8xlL— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) July 8, 2019
― i will never make a typo ever again (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 9 July 2019 15:51 (four years ago) link
this is a good tweet
― coroner criticises butt (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 9 July 2019 15:53 (four years ago) link
pelosi seems threatened by AOC
― hollow your fart (m bison), Tuesday, 9 July 2019 21:08 (four years ago) link
the legacy pol's territory has wire fencing
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 9 July 2019 21:11 (four years ago) link
her "They’re four people, and that’s how many votes they got" comment is going to look pretty shortsighted if/when AOC and "the squad", which is apparently what they're called, get more support in the house
― i will never make a typo ever again (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 9 July 2019 21:27 (four years ago) link
"What's Meadows and Mulvaney got, a half-dozen knuckle-draggers?"
― pplains, Tuesday, 9 July 2019 21:53 (four years ago) link
wow pelosi is kind of a piece of shit
― A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Chooglin (will), Tuesday, 9 July 2019 22:17 (four years ago) link
a very unpopular opinion on this board 4 months ago, will
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 9 July 2019 22:19 (four years ago) link
Pelosi did a lot of good for a lot of people by keeping the democratic party united through some crazy ass times. She’s been one of the most effective speakers (given the crazy ass times) in any of our lifetimes. She’s also showing how out of touch she is with what motivates the next wave of the Democratic Party. Those aren’t incompatible views, I don’t think.
― i will never make a typo ever again (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 9 July 2019 22:29 (four years ago) link
I guess we can all look forward to yasss kweening in hell when trump gets re-elected
― A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Chooglin (will), Tuesday, 9 July 2019 22:31 (four years ago) link
"The squad" has four votes, does not have a caucus (like, say, the Congressional Black Caucus), has no seniority, and no committee chairmanships. They currently have very little power in the House. Pelosi is being unnecessarily antagonistic, but she is stating a fact of political power - twitter followers /= votes on the floor. Pelosi commands a majority of those votes, they command four.
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 9 July 2019 22:37 (four years ago) link
Pelosi also knows its useful to have a foil on the left, it allows her to consolidate power in the rest of the caucus
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 9 July 2019 22:38 (four years ago) link
like how do you not know to not antagonize the activist wing who are going to be doing a lot of the heavy lifting getting out the vote in 2020? it’s almost like you prefer to be fundraising off a an unpopular idiot pres/ opposition party for the rest of your days rather than actually governing... the only other explanation I got is she’s going soft in the head.
― A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Chooglin (will), Tuesday, 9 July 2019 22:39 (four years ago) link
we still don't have to like her shakes!
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Tuesday, 9 July 2019 22:39 (four years ago) link
she doesn't care if you like her, she doesn't need the activist wing to like her either - the point at which she needs them to like her is the point at which they command enough votes to scuttle legislation a la the Freedom Caucus in the GOP. They don't have that now, and the next point at which they *may* have that power is not until 2020.
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 9 July 2019 22:42 (four years ago) link
like I said, it's actually to her benefit if the activist wing doesn't like her
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 9 July 2019 22:44 (four years ago) link
idk maybe having a “foil” on the left helps w the caucus (but really?), but if she thinks it’s going to make her party the “sensible moderate alternative” for white Panera moms or even the mainstream media, I think she’s going to be extremely disappointed. or not, bc again—not convinced she actually gaf about winning anything other than donors
― A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Chooglin (will), Tuesday, 9 July 2019 22:45 (four years ago) link
Panera moms!
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 9 July 2019 22:46 (four years ago) link
I hate to invoke it, but as long as the “O window” only moves right (aided and abetted by the Dem leadership), it’s going to this or worse forever.
― A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Chooglin (will), Tuesday, 9 July 2019 22:51 (four years ago) link