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Miles Archer

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January 27, 2019

Tony Schwartz: "Stay calm Dems. Let this man continue to unravel his presidency."

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There isn't going to be a wall. No way you can shut the government down again. Fraudulently declaring a national emergency won't hold up. Dwindling base can't get him reelected. Trump has no cards to play. Stay calm Dems. Let this man continue to unravel his presidency.

3:08 PM - 27 Jan 2019

https://twitter.com/tonyschwartz/status/1089646321978486784


January 27, 2019

Mulvaney: Trump's "willing to do whatever it takes" to get his wall, including another shutdown

White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney told CBS’ “Face the Nation” that Trump’s goal is to work with Congress.

“What he wants to do is fix this the way that things are supposed to get fixed with our government which is through legislation,” Mulvaney said.

Mulvaney said the president didn’t want another shutdown, but he would do it if necessary.

“Keep in mind he’s willing to do whatever it takes to secure the border,” he said.

https://apnews.com/ddd3c7ee7cdf45f9bd28103eb816c7c4
January 27, 2019

Maxine Waters: "The Democrats are solid and we're not going to be intimidated by (Trump)"

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.@RepMaxineWaters: “We don’t play threats. We are together. The Democrats are solid and we’re not going to be intimidated by (Trump). We want legitimate negotiations to try and make sure that we never put the American people or our workers into the situation that we put them in.

https://twitter.com/CNNnewsroom/status/1089604497935122433
January 27, 2019

Trump, workin' HARD on rigging 2020...

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58,000 non-citizens voted in Texas, with 95,000 non-citizens registered to vote. These numbers are just the tip of the iceberg. All over the country, especially in California, voter fraud is rampant. Must be stopped. Strong voter ID! @foxandfriends

6:22 AM - 27 Jan 2019

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1089513936435716096
January 27, 2019

In the wake of Trump's #ShutDownCaveIn, here's a NEW letter from 9 year old Dylan, A.K.A. "Pickle."

Dear President Trump,

Hi, it's me, your number one fan, Dylan ( but everybody calls me "Pickle" ).

My mom told me over a month ago that you had closed the government, and I asked her why, and she said you had no other choice and that it was what God wanted you to do. That was good enough for me! I think you are the greatest president I have ever seen in my entire life! Since I am only nine years old, that means I've only seen one other president, and that's President Obama, but you tell us all the time how much of a better president you are than him and if you say so it MUST be the truth!

Anyway, I was in my room last night and my mom was watching TV and I heard some woman say on TV that you are now the biggest wimp who was ever president because you opened the government again, and before I knew it, I was yelling the "F" word at her. My mom came in my room and dragged me into the bathroom and put a bar of soap in my mouth (at LEAST she didn't use duct tape like the caravans you're always telling us about), and then she told me I was grounded for six months. I think it's worth it because as long as I am alive, no one is EVER going to say ANYTHING bad about YOU!

I asked my mom about the 800 million people who have supported you by not working while you build a wall (PLEASE remember to take plenty of breaks and drink lots of water), and she said it wasn't 800 million, it was 800 thousand. I asked her what was the difference and she gave me that same look my guidance counselor gave me when he told me I was most likely to grow up to be an "uneducated white male," but I think that's great too, because then I'll be just like the people who voted for you, and maybe you could even give me a job so I can be close to you always! One question I have is that do you let people who work for you wear their red MAGA hats inside the White House? I hope so. My mom makes me take of my MAGA hat when we go to church, and also when we go to funerals. I think that stinks. God loves people who wear MAGA hats. and I don't think the dead people at a funeral care one way another if I'm wearing a hat. But that's just how I see things.

I heard that you haven't left the White House in months, except when you went to fight alongside our troops in Iraq. That was SO BRAVE OF YOU! I also have heard that Mrs. Melania Trump has been working at Mar-A-Lago most of the time. That is so sad, I know how much you love her. It is a shame that there isn't some other pretty lady who could keep you company and be your friend in your room while Mrs. Trump is making America Great Again so far away.

I have to go now because my mom is making hot dogs and that mac and cheese from the blue box tonight for dinner. That is my favorite meal! Sometimes when she makes chicken I ask her if I can have an extra dish of sauce so I can be like you, and of course, TWO scoops of ice cream with my chocolate pie! The only thing that's not great is when I eat like you I can't stop pooping for hours and hours. One time my dad lit a match outside my bedroom door and there was a small explosion. The firemen came in their big truck and one of them asked me if I wanted to try on his firemen's hat and I said no THANK you, sir, I already have the bestest hat in the whole wide world!

I love you so much that it hurts. I hate people who are calling you a caveman. You don't look like Fred FLintstone OR Barney Rubble! Don't listen to what ANYONE tells you, just listen to ME! I will be old enough to vote for you in another 9 years! When I tell people that they tell me you will be in prison by then. They are just afraid to love you like I love you!

Your friend,

Dylan ("Pickle" )











Yes, I wrote this.
January 27, 2019

Joyce Vance points out some erroneous speculation regarding the Stone indictments.

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"Prosecutors never put all of their evidence into an indictment," said Joyce Vance, a former U.S. Attorney in Alabama. "Just because this indictment doesn't slap you in the face with a conspiracy doesn't mean Mueller doesn't have that evidence."

https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1089357326597935104
January 27, 2019

Trump has hermetically sealed himself in a bubble with Ivanka, Jared, Miller, and no one else.

He's even pissed off at Jared for the great advice he gave him over the shutdown.

Melania heads off to Mar-a-Lago...ALONE...as often as Trump poops (sorry for the visual, folks).

The WORLD is ridiculing him for being beaten like the proverbial red-headed stepchild by Democrats.

Ann Coulter admitted to Maher that she was "a stupid girl" for once labeling Trump as an "emperor god."

Lou Dobbs wasn't there to pick up Trump's spirits.

Hannity DOES still insist that Trump's playing three dimensional chess, and that it may LOOK like defeat and humiliation, but he KNOWS the REAL Trump, so...

And on Monday, Oxycontin Pigboy will have his say. Limbaugh's ego is at least as big as Trump's...if he "dresses down" the shitgibbon, it will be an admission of his own bad judgement in backing the wrong horse, so MY EARLY BET is that his comments will be more in line with Hannity's, but he WILL insert something like "BUILD THE WALL OR YOU'RE FUCKED."

He's playing the Apprentice / Reality TV Show crap with "Dems have 3 weeks and THEN..." tweets. but you have to wonder if McConnell will let him sink the ship with a SECOND shutdown. I'm thinking he'll be talked into the "National Emergency" plan, because while it will most likely get sent to the courts and struck down, it will make Trump look "strong" to his base, and it won't have as much of a direct negative impact on Mitch and his minions who are up for re-election in 2020. If he LISTENS to McConnell at all, Mitch will tell him he's his bestest buddy EVAH, and that the National Emergency is the most "presidential" option of them all, because while McConnell is absolutely a turtle, he's also a SNAKE, and Trump is stupid enough to trust him, because in three weeks he will STILL be punch-drunk from Speaker Pelosi blistering his ass.

Splendid.

January 27, 2019

Jeff Kent, WA Republican party committeeman, "proudly supports our great president, Donald A. Trump"

A Bruised Trump Faces Uncertain 2020 Prospects. His Team Fears a Primary Fight.



https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/26/us/politics/trump-rnc-2020.html

Mr. Trump has also dedicated a team of aides to guaranteeing that only political loyalists are elected to serve as delegates to the convention. To that end, Mr. Stepien dispatched some of his staff members this month to see that their preferred candidate remained in charge of the Maine Republican Party.

The fruit of some of those efforts were on display at the R.N.C. meeting outside Albuquerque, where enthusiasm for Mr. Trump was undimmed, at least publicly. The party leaders ignored Mr. Stone’s arrest, which took place just hours before they gathered, and Ronna McDaniel, the party chair, did not deviate from her prepared remarks, lashing the media for promoting “manufactured scandals.”



Jeff Kent, the party committeeman from Washington State, offered perhaps the most ferocious tribute to the president, brandishing his red “Make America Great Again” hat as he addressed officials.

“To the press in the back of the room,” said Mr. Kent, his voice rising, “please go tell the world we will always proudly wear this hat and we will always proudly support our great president, Donald A. Trump.” (The president’s middle initial is “J.”)

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/26/us/politics/trump-rnc-2020.html

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Name: Miles Archer
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Hometown: Hamilton Massachusetts
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Current location: Nevada
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