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EarlG

(21,945 posts)
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 10:30 AM Dec 2019

Pic Of The Moment: Trump's Government By Gaslighting Continues



DOJ inspector general finds Russia probe was appropriately opened

Trump claims DOJ inspector general report shows 'attempted overthrow' of the government




How this showed up in my news feed today:





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Pic Of The Moment: Trump's Government By Gaslighting Continues (Original Post) EarlG Dec 2019 OP
Kick dalton99a Dec 2019 #1
That is a great example! kentuck Dec 2019 #2
K & R Arkansas Granny Dec 2019 #3
I'll go with the guy who hasn't lied 14,435 times to the American people. spanone Dec 2019 #4
the issue isn't so much what donnie said, but what headline usa today ran with unblock Dec 2019 #11
USA today is owned by Gannett who owns my local rag. Their bias has been obvious for years. spanone Dec 2019 #13
no surprise indeed. unblock Dec 2019 #15
yep. tv for-profit "news" routinely just quotes online & print Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2019 #26
The dichotomy between truth and outright lying could not be clearer. CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2019 #5
He's a malignant menace to humanity BSdetect Dec 2019 #6
Yes, they ALL are and Trump's the symptom Ligyron Dec 2019 #20
Yep ck4829 Dec 2019 #25
Recommended. H2O Man Dec 2019 #7
Unfortunately, I'm stunned again by the stupidity of this wanna be dictator. Firestorm49 Dec 2019 #8
The 2020 election, boiled down: Fact-and-law-based Reality vs. Fascist Alternate Reality. VOX Dec 2019 #9
Barr must have given him a "summary" William Seger Dec 2019 #10
Just in time for his annual Work Performance Review with Vlad Fritz Walter Dec 2019 #12
K&R Gothmog Dec 2019 #14
Coming from the guy who was desperately trying to get a deal duforsure Dec 2019 #16
Donald Trump is a traitor.................... turbinetree Dec 2019 #17
Overthrow of the government happened when the 2016 election was rigged in Trump's favor bucolic_frolic Dec 2019 #18
Well duh. The first one is librul (fake) news. progressoid Dec 2019 #19
I'll go with door #1 They_Live Dec 2019 #21
The Projection Is Absolutely Mind Boggling! panfluteman Dec 2019 #22
It really is ck4829 Dec 2019 #24
K&R ck4829 Dec 2019 #23
What is with donnies mouth? sheshe2 Dec 2019 #27
Putin pulled one of the strings really hard. Nt spooky3 Dec 2019 #28
Trump thnks Aussie105 Dec 2019 #29
By his falsely claiming its illegitimate duforsure Dec 2019 #30
He's always making a monkey face, but it's an oddly insincere looking impression. Mc Mike Dec 2019 #31

unblock

(52,199 posts)
11. the issue isn't so much what donnie said, but what headline usa today ran with
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 11:30 AM
Dec 2019

when an investigation finally wind down and publishes its conclusion, someone else's bizarre and false characterizations should not be the headline.

include donnie's response in the middle of the article, sure. but the headline?

that's some huge right-wing bias there.

spanone

(135,827 posts)
13. USA today is owned by Gannett who owns my local rag. Their bias has been obvious for years.
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 11:38 AM
Dec 2019

no surprise here.

unblock

(52,199 posts)
15. no surprise indeed.
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 11:50 AM
Dec 2019

the bias of certain outlets has become more and more blatant.

unfortunately, a lot of it spills over in to the rest of the media as well.

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,328 posts)
26. yep. tv for-profit "news" routinely just quotes online & print
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 08:17 PM
Dec 2019

Throw in a few camera shots submitted by local affiliates and youtube videos and 15 minutes of commercials and you've got the evening news.

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,588 posts)
5. The dichotomy between truth and outright lying could not be clearer.
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 10:37 AM
Dec 2019

Your example really shows it, my dear EarlG.

Thank you.

Ligyron

(7,627 posts)
20. Yes, they ALL are and Trump's the symptom
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 01:29 PM
Dec 2019

A concert effort by many for years. Some hostile foreign powers. Act of war by Putin.

VOX

(22,976 posts)
9. The 2020 election, boiled down: Fact-and-law-based Reality vs. Fascist Alternate Reality.
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 11:28 AM
Dec 2019

Republicans are going all-out with old Soviet-style disinformation— lies, deceit, demonizing, more lies, mock outrage.

There are only three kinds of Republicans, both of which undermine truth, the law, and democracy itself. They are:
1) Delusional: the neo-confederate loons who think Trump is a heaven-sent, good Christian man who will fight only for whites;
2) Uninformed: by avoiding mainstream sources like NBC or CNN, and obtaining information *strictly* from Faux, Hannity, Rush and Facebook, the uninformed speak only in the only tongue they know: right-wing talking points.
3) Those who know Trump is unfit, but still stand to benefit financially by supporting a lawless, authoritarian regime.

Fritz Walter

(4,291 posts)
12. Just in time for his annual Work Performance Review with Vlad
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 11:36 AM
Dec 2019

Spanky'd better be sure to pack his presidential knee-pads and ball-gag for his face-to-ahem-face meeting in Moscow.


duforsure

(11,885 posts)
16. Coming from the guy who was desperately trying to get a deal
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 12:04 PM
Dec 2019

For a tower in Moscow, and while he was running for office. He's nothing but a russian asset for putin, and proves it often, like today meeting in the White House with corrupt russian Labrov, again.

panfluteman

(2,065 posts)
22. The Projection Is Absolutely Mind Boggling!
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 06:21 PM
Dec 2019

Trump - it's YOU and your Russian buddies who attempted to overthrow the US government, dummie!

Aussie105

(5,383 posts)
29. Trump thnks
Wed Dec 11, 2019, 04:08 AM
Dec 2019

that by calling it an 'attempted overthrow of the government' he will nullify the actual report and make it irrelevant to his base.

In truth, it's an appropriately formed report - I'm guessing, haven't read it - without finding any politically motivated bias, and it's of consequence to only one person, #45, not the whole government.

But heck, even if it was the Deep State subverting Donnie's very existence, I'd be ok with that.

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
30. By his falsely claiming its illegitimate
Wed Dec 11, 2019, 06:43 AM
Dec 2019

Because it doesn't confirm his russian propaganda he has been promoting as true, and undermines his and putins lies for them , this should be no surprise coming from a puppet who putin has so compromised he has no choice. trump wants absolute power, and to be the judge,, the jury, and the executioner , and dictate what's true, and what's false, just like putin has done in russia. If the republicans refuse to remove him from office that's what is coming, and trump using barr will go after all minorities using his laws, his opponents using his laws, and to hurt area's in this country that refuse supporting him. Barr is very complicit enabling him doing this now, and especially if he's reinstalled by putin again, it will become worse than what he's doing to immigrants. Republicans will learn quickly they screwed up if they allow him to remain, and he'll bypass them,, then screw them over also, and that he's done this to others throughout his career. This also means every president has these rights to do as trumps done by seeking out foreign countries to determine our elections, and not us, and obstruct justice freely.

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