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In reply to the discussion: The story behind Melania's message on her jacket: [View all]Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)31. the russians love this - the republicans are helping them piss on America
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A former model, and one who's made political statements via her wardrobe previously
PunkinPi
Jun 2018
#1
The blouse is called a "pussy bow": the type of ribbon put on kittens because so cuuuute...
Hekate
Jun 2018
#48
Thank you (sincerely) for the clarification on the blouse name. I'm far from a fashionista. :) nt
PunkinPi
Jun 2018
#52
Did you try to google original historical sources translated into English? That's one way ...
Hekate
Jun 2018
#50
Good start. I'm currently stuck with a tablet that is nowhere near as flexible as a computer...
Hekate
Jun 2018
#65
I really want to spread this tale far and wide, but NOT if it is untrue. Thanks for getting that. nt
Hekate
Jun 2018
#67
Storm away! And note that admins in colleges, with lesser degrees, have doubled in 30 yrs
DemocracyMouse
Jun 2018
#60
Somehow I don't think this was media failure. Send this info off to your favorite journalists & ask
Hekate
Jun 2018
#45
The corporate fashion fascists are selling apathy as a planned political pacification strategy.
lagomorph777
Jun 2018
#6
The authoritarian point of view of communism and fascism is very similar if not
Sophia4
Jun 2018
#21
Wow. Malignia is worse than we ever suspected. Birtherism was bad enough, but now this. . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Jun 2018
#10
If she speaks Italian, she must be fully aware of the meaning of #basta.....
Heartstrings
Jun 2018
#13
So "tweet" is the story behind melanoma's message? Come on people is it really so hard to copy and
Kashkakat v.2.0
Jun 2018
#22
I am shocked she slummed it by wearing Zara, I wouldn't be caught dead in their
Exotica
Jun 2018
#72
But the meme looks so authentic! I can't believe someone on the internet would mislead us.
progressoid
Jun 2018
#62
I would think the FL job, as FL, would be to win over the hearts and minds of the people.
YOHABLO
Jun 2018
#41
That is just sickening beyond words. Send it off to specific journalists at MSNBC and CNN. nt
Hekate
Jun 2018
#46
George II, could you please post the link where you found this? Some of us would like to follow up.
Hekate
Jun 2018
#51
Verdict: Unproven, after research. Good read at link. Thanks, Voltaire2, I appreciate it. nt
Hekate
Jun 2018
#85
I gave her every benefit of the doubt (abused wife, etc etc) right up until a few hours after...
Hekate
Jun 2018
#61
I thought shortly after this thing started that this was a message to the alt right...
Thomas Hurt
Jun 2018
#55
Aside from the pathetic intent, after acts like tearing out a truly classy first lady's garden...
lambchopp59
Jun 2018
#74