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oberliner

(58,724 posts) Sat Jan 28, 2017, 10:01 AM Jan 2017

Trump is attacking the NYT and WaPo this AM via Twitter (replete with typos) [View all]

In case anyone cares, here is what the POTUS is focused on this morning:

The failing @nytimes has been wrong about me from the very beginning. Said I would lose the primaries, then the general election. FAKE NEWS!

Thr coverage about me in the @nytimes and the @washingtonpost gas been so false and angry that the times actually apologized to its.....

...dwindling subscribers and readers.They got me wrong right from the beginning and still have not changed course, and never will. DISHONEST

How is it possible that this man is the president?

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Trump is attacking the NYT and WaPo this AM via Twitter (replete with typos) [View all] oberliner Jan 2017 OP

Somebody shove a binky in it C_U_L8R Jan 2017 #1

This should just be our default response to him. Squinch Jan 2017 #4

Maybe we all need to send binkies to the White House!! OregonBlue Jan 2017 #54

I just did liberaltrucker Jan 2017 #55

Well done! Dark n Stormy Knight Jan 2017 #57

This will go down as the biggest embarrassment in the history of the country. Vinca Jan 2017 #2

If we're lucky BainsBane Jan 2017 #46

Both have had absolutely astonishing surges in readership since he was elected. Squinch Jan 2017 #3

The Fanboys' Dilemma: Why are Trumpy's admonishments so flatly predictable? Eyeball_Kid Jan 2017 #35

I never felt this way when Barack was president. Now I wake up each morning MaeScott Jan 2017 #5

So do I, and I'm an atheist. I cringe every morning instead of stretch. catbyte Jan 2017 #9

I check LBN to see if a nuke was launched Ilsa Jan 2017 #13

I'm a Buddhist, and my mission is to help sane folks stay calm vlyons Jan 2017 #18

Thanks marylandblue Jan 2017 #29

Include the entire right wing media propaganda network. Eyeball_Kid Jan 2017 #36

I was thinking the same SCVDem Jan 2017 #44

Pretty weird Smickey Jan 2017 #56

Remember that guy at the party who was so drunk... Girard442 Jan 2017 #6

As 'Kingofalldems' posted here at DU in another thread SticksnStones Jan 2017 #7

wow - The IKGOPR* lies are causing widespread disgust among Americans Achilleaze Jan 2017 #17

Well here it's mostly preaching to the choir but if his supporters start connecting the dots... SticksnStones Jan 2017 #19

Yes, and yes again. Eyeball_Kid Jan 2017 #40

It doesn't matter if he tells the truth, he'll just reverse position when he needs. LakeArenal Jan 2017 #47

My first response to the doofus NRaleighLiberal Jan 2017 #8

i just retweeted you. before I had my second sip of coffee irisblue Jan 2017 #20

. NRaleighLiberal Jan 2017 #26

it was the last of the Cafe Du Monde Chicory too. irisblue Jan 2017 #28

Very well said, retweeted and followed. nt WePurrsevere Jan 2017 #24

. NRaleighLiberal Jan 2017 #27

I retweeted and followed too. BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2017 #34

Following and sent you a tweet liberaltrucker Jan 2017 #62

yup - gotcha! NRaleighLiberal Jan 2017 #63

He is so unpresidential Longtime lurker 99 Jan 2017 #10

If anyone doubts white privilege exists look at Trump. gordianot Jan 2017 #31

He's STILL at it? smirkymonkey Jan 2017 #11

Bannon's eating it all up and whispering in his ears Tommy_Carcetti Jan 2017 #14

oh yes Bannon is behind this too bdamomma Jan 2017 #16

He's a professional antagonist... 2naSalit Jan 2017 #49

Unhinged man child gademocrat7 Jan 2017 #12

KO on blotus and the media Cha Jan 2017 #15

Some of the responses on Twitter: TexasTowelie Jan 2017 #21

I like the way he summarizes his point in one or two words at the end of his twitter diatribe. Baitball Blogger Jan 2017 #22

So...what specifically set him off now? Tommy_Carcetti Jan 2017 #23

I'd like to know too. Wonder if it's this... NYC Liberal Jan 2017 #25

Fat old white man sitting in his skivies in an empty White House residence tweeting. Fla Dem Jan 2017 #30

Actually, both papers saw subscriptions go up drastically after Cheato attacked them. nt tblue37 Jan 2017 #32

Rampant insanity Mira Jan 2017 #33

Someday, Donald bucolic_frolic Jan 2017 #37

Trumpy ALWAYS lies. You'll never see your request honored. Eyeball_Kid Jan 2017 #41

The media owns this asshole. sarcasmo Jan 2017 #38

Every time I think about Trump tweeting ... lpbk2713 Jan 2017 #39

What a disgusting image to wake up to. I think I'd take a sleeping pill and go back to bed again. Auntie Bush Jan 2017 #53

Now why would Trump be after the NY Times this AM? Botany Jan 2017 #42

Never forget Trump loves media DeminPennswoods Jan 2017 #43

I say it's time to start ignoring his tweets BainsBane Jan 2017 #45

I always tell people ... aggiesal Jan 2017 #48

He and propaganda-KellyAnn are trying to change the public narrative. Equinox Moon Jan 2017 #50

my desire to scream in his face, complete with spittle, might compell me to get a twitter account Oo TalenaGor Jan 2017 #51

Because minimal information voters also vote. guillaumeb Jan 2017 #52

This is such a great point. Dark n Stormy Knight Jan 2017 #58

I really liked your last statement. guillaumeb Jan 2017 #59

I know, right? Embedded journalists are immediately compromised, no longer observers, Dark n Stormy Knight Jan 2017 #60

Very true. I think the normal tendency of imbedded observers guillaumeb Jan 2017 #61