Texas lawmaker compared Obama to Hitler now wants CNN reporter fired

A little story about my work out at the gym today..spoiler: "Ah LIKE Trump"

Up front, I am fascinated by people, that is just my personality. I am a writer and I learn so much from all different types. It may be because I was abused as a kid, but I reach out to people and engage. I make cards and buy little treats for folks I just met, as I want to make them happy.

There is a maintenance man at my gym in Stevens Point, WI.. James, 52, from Tennessee. He was homeless and got the job at the gym and lives in low income housing. No car. He will walk thru while I am on the treadmill, and no other client would ever think to speak to him, unless something was broken. But I introduced myself about 2 years ago and he stops at my machine each day and we chat. He has a nutty sense of humor and that southern drawl and we like each other. Topics: music, what he bought at Good Will, how many fish he caught, the price of cigs, etc. I have invited him to concerts and told him I would pick him up, he offered to change the oil in my car when my mechanic retired.

Yesterday I had a huge smile on my face and I told him about Cheeto and the peeing hookers. He scoffed. So today, he comes up and tells me it was all fake news. I said "James, who has been saying for 2 years that the media lie....don't trust the media...who has been laying the groundwork for this fake news?" Well, he was having none of it. I asked if he thought it was a good thing for a president to scream at a CNN reporter at his presser yesterday? Isn't that dangerous?" Oh no, he would have had the reporter arrested. Ok now, I see that this funny guy is not who I thought he was. I asked " what if Trump takes away your housing?" James replied, "That don't matter". I just stared at him. I said Trump may end the world as we know it. I said why were so many crying when he was elected? That has never happened in our country before. Sheer terror. People in the streets. HERE IT COMES. He said the same thing happened when Obama was elected. I said where...where were folks crying in the streets? I wouldn't let it go...I wanted examples and where he saw this. I said people were happy. He says "Not the republicans." I asked, why, what did they fear? He said "He was a black man."

Then he said "Ah LIKE Trump." In a million years I never thought he would be one of them. I don't stereotype, and like to think I have good instincts about people and their hearts/common sense. On the way home it struck me. It wasn't Hillary so much. They wanted a way to strike back at Obama. The eloquent moderate humble brilliant black President. Before I left the gym, he came up and said "you're not mad at me are you? this stuff don't matter."

Terrifying presser

Patton Oswalt ?@pattonoswalt · 5h5 hours ago

And just like that, Trump isn't funny anymore. That press conference was...terrifying. We're fucked. Go be with your families. Hoard food.

Where was Sasha?

Mark Knoller
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@markknoller

Where was Sasha? WH Official says she stayed back in DC tonight because she has an exam at school tomorrow morning.
10:24 PM - 10 Jan 2017

Compare Obama's and Cheeto's last words

Krystie Lee Yandoli
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Obama's last words from his speech last night: "Yes, we can." Trump's last words from his press conference today: "You're fired."

Snorty: No I won't call on you, you are fake news

One brave guy yelling out question, and Cheeto won't call on him.... guy keeps yelling. My God, this is so blatant. Reporters should wear disguises.

He is truly nuts

ragging on HRC getting debate questions, all the old hits...surprised he didn't bring up Meryl. Then when questioned on sex scandal... says he is a germaphobe. Also you better watch out in hotel rooms because they have cameras all over ...snorting all over the place. Come on reporters hit him HARD. Now some lady takes the podium to explain his business "empire".

I see Palmer Report is back on DU

After the recount, we debunked Palmer as not a credible source. He disappeared. 4AM here and each story I clicked on so far, Palmer Report. Skip his posts and go to the good sources. Don't want to add to his FAKE news.

Remember what the disabled reporter reported ON?

In talking about Trump mocking a disabled guy it's nice to recall he was also lying about his own "9/11 dancing Muslims" lie when he mocked him.

Here's some good news, teachers

Betsy DeVos confirmation hearing POSTPONED because Trump’s appointees aren’t being properly vetted
by Aaron Camp

The controversy regarding Republican President-elect Donald Trump and his Republican allies in Congress attempting to ram through Trump's appointees without Trump's appointees being properly vetted by federal ethics officials is not going away. In fact, one of Trump's appointees, Betsy DeVos, who is Trump's pick for U.S. Education Secretary, has had her confirmation hearing postponed until next week because the federal Office of Government Ethics (OGE) has not been able to complete its end of the vetting process:

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee announced late Monday that it had rescheduled the confirmation hearing for Secretary of Education nominee Betsy DeVos.

“At the request of the Senate leadership to accommodate the Senate schedule, we have agreed to move the nomination hearing of Betsy DeVos to Tuesday, January 17th at 5:00 p.m.,” Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and ranking member Patty Murray (D-Wash.) said in a release late Monday.

While Betsy DeVos has made it clear for a long time that she wants to destroy public education in America, what is an even bigger problem than that is the fact that multiple Trump appointees, apparently including DeVos, have not been properly vetted to the legal standard, not a political standard, for vetting a presidential appointment. I'll even add that, given the seriousness of the fact that OGE has not been able to properly vet Trump's appointees, the letter from the OGE Director regarding the issue should have been addressed to the entire Senate, not just Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA).
Aaron Camp | Tuesday,