1st lie/tweet of the morning

[spanone]

Link to tweet

Isn’t it a shame that someone can write an article or book, totally make up stories and form a picture of a person that is literally the exact opposite of the fact, and get away with it without retribution or cost. Don’t know why Washington politicians don’t change libel laws?

[madaboutharry]

1. The First Amendment really gets under Trump's skin.

Trump's wish list would have "Revoke the First Amendment" at the very top of the page.

That would give him the ability to shut down NBC, MSNBC, CNN, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Des Moines Register, The Boston Globe, Well, every newspaper except maybe the WSJ, all high school and college newspapers, and ban all books except those written by Fox News television hosts.

[spanone]

10. I don't think anyone's explained it to him.

he certainly doesn't know that freedom of the press is constitutionally protected

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

13. I doubt he'd understand if they did.

He's ignorant, and likes to stay that way.

[spanone]

15. it's pretty simple, but so is he.

[Soxfan58]

19. With good reason.

Someone should explain that without the 1st amendment, he could be in prison for questioning a president's legitimacy

[Canoe52]

42. Protected until he gets his Supreme Court pick in office.

[Ilsa]

54. Or that the truth is a legitimate defense. nt

[sarge43]

26. The Constitution gets under Moron's orange skin n/t

[PearliePoo2]

2. Woodward's book is all over TV this morning non-stop. BLOTUS is watching.

'Morning Joe' is continuously suggesting that donald's lawyers (and everyone else) believe he's TOO FUCKING STUPID to sit down and talk to Mueller. (Joe is baiting him big time)

[malaise]

5. I love that

[CatWoman]

24. LOL

Link to tweet

[malaise]

39. Ha

[BSdetect]

3. He did not write those words. Too correct and free of errors.

Glad "he" sees that retribution is fine.

[maxsolomon]

53. Actually, the last sentence is not a question

So, there's a huge grammatical error.

[BSdetect]

57. I knew I should have written "almost free".

[malaise]

4. That's hilarious coming from someone who added ten non-existent storeys to his tower

just because it had to bebthe tallest. I'd like John Baron and his other imaginary friends to weigh in.

[Vinca]

6. Why should they change libel laws? If Don really believes this (yeah, sure) he should sue.

[unblock]

7. change libel laws? donnie can sue woodward right now.

all he has to do to win is to show that woodward lied and donnie's entitled to damages.

what part of libel law should we change, donnie?

the part about needing to show that he lied?

[Bengus81]

12. And SHITler has to prove damages from said lie........

He couldn't prove either and with his record of libeling people he wouldn't sue anyone..

[jayschool2013]

44. And because he's a public figure (the most public figure, actually)

Spanky has to prove actual malice. Bob Woodward is probably one of the least malicious people ever to walk into a newsroom.

[Freethinker65]

8. Fixed it.

Isn't it a shame that a narcissistic unqualified vindictive asshole can totally make up stories and form a picture of a political opponent that is the exact opposite of the fact (and instead a reflection of himself and his crooked behaviors) and get away with it while at the same time winning the Presidency of the United States with help from a foreign government. We know exactly why the media and his political party, the GOP, did nothing to stop it.

[C_U_L8R]

9. Because it would destroy rightwing media

Duh.

[dalton99a]

11. Your books are pure self-worshipping PR fiction, asshole

[bullwinkle428]

14. Save your "tough guy" act for your frigging rallies, assclown! We all know

what a fawning ass-kisser you are from Woodward's phone call with you.

[dalton99a]

28. The recording is revealing

He was scared shitless

[ProudMNDemocrat]

36. Trump will need his "tough guy" face for PRISON.......

The Orange jumpsuit is going to clash with his white skin and unkept hair once he realizes he can no longer con his way out of situations he created.

[denvine]

16. From the birther in chief!

[dalton99a]

29. Bingo

[grantcart]

30. Double bingo

[watoos]

17. He already sued someone

who wrote a book about how Trump wasn't a billionaire. He lost, bigly.

[rurallib]

22. David Cay Johnston has said Trump has never sued him despite threats

because Johnston says everything he has written is true and corroborated.
Johnston has said frequently that Trump is well short of the billionaire status he claims.

[3catwoman3]

56. Trump is well short of most of what...

...he claims to be or have.

[DavidCayJohnston]

55. Trump lost libel suit he brought

Trump lost his nonsense lbel suit against Timothy L. O’Brien.

He has repeatedly threatened to sue me since 1980s but never has.

Trump tried to bribe Wayne Barrett with a free Trump Tower apartment. Tells you a lot about how corrupt Trump is and his atrocious judgment in thinking Wayne was amenable to bribery.

Woodward has a solid track record. See Tweet by Ec-GWB press secretary Ari Fleischer on Woodward being spot on.

[HipChick]

18. Says the Liar in Chief...

[world wide wally]

20. Please make him be gone

[randr]

21. He is referring to his own "Art of the Deal"

[Dave in VA]

23. The Hemorrhoid

flared again this morning...

How irritating and painful it continues to be.

[dlk]

25. Trump is Looking at Being Held Accountable for His Actions for the First Time in his Privileged Life

This will not be pretty.

[DesertRat]

27. "Washington politicians"

Isn't he the leader of the majority of Washington politicians? lol If only he had some power in Washington.

[Roadside Attraction]

31. Isn't it a shame . . .

. . . that the President of the US is a . . . . (better not say what I'm thinking -- the DU moderators, Secret Service, and God-only knows who else is listening).

[Doodley]

32. Laws about books and protests need to change to protect Trump from criticism?

[Historic NY]

33. Poor snowflake 'Slander thee, but don't do it to me'

[orangecrush]

34. Rec

to see him losing his shit.

[syringis]

35. I just ruined another keyboard !!

"totally make up stories and form a picture of a person that is literally the exact opposite of the fact"

[malaise]

41. I mean what the fuck was that about?

What an idiot.

[syringis]

45. Hi Malaise, how are you ?

The tweet that truly baffled me was this one :

Link to tweet

Two long running, Obama era, investigations of two very popular Republican Congressmen were brought to a well publicized charge, just ahead of the Mid-Terms, by the Jeff Sessions Justice Department. Two easy wins now in doubt because there is not enough time. Good job Jeff.....

I couldn't believe my eyes!

It's a record-breaking!

Not only he tramples on the sacred principle of checks and balances, he openly slams his DOJ for law abiding over partisan political interests...

[malaise]

46. That didn't baffle me

It was an egregious violation of Constitutional norms. Outrageous does not quite describe it. He should be impeached.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

37. Omarossa needs to release more tapes......

So that Trump gets so mad, he erupts. Robert Mueller has Trump right where he wants him with enough rope to hang himself with. (Pun intended).

[NoMoreRepugs]

38. I have to wonder, how does the giant Independent voter

bloc I keep reading about view all of this? If they come our way it is a BlueWave, if not, could be business as usual.

[PunksMom]

40. He's such a Baffoon

[Fenris]

43. Is that last line a question?

His sad-sack whining here in place of his usual anger can probably be explained by the fact that Woodward beat him at his own game by recording everything.

[Grammy23]

47. Omarosa says she has tapes, too.

tRump and his minions are screwed by people determined to beat him at his own game. Apparently, Omarosa used her phone in plain sight to record conversations. Not even the most basic efforts to prevent recording right under their noses.

[Polly Hennessey]

48. He wrote what?

No way he wrote, “...that is literally the exact opposite of the fact....” He, most likely, does not even comprehend its meaning. Please, someone save us from this idiot.

[SWBTATTReg]

49. rump: Soon, you'll run out of excuses and lies but no one is listening any longer to you...

So much for your vaunted abilities...we now see them in full display...a coward and a sniveling husk of what some would call a 'man' or a 'human being', all in full display to all. One day, one day will soon come and you will get your moment in history that you seem to crave...that's fine...w/ you, you have no self control, no impulse control, you are a mouthy, spoiled, and decadent human being, unfit to lead this country.

[Grins]

50. Ha! "Don't know why Washington politicians don't change libel laws?"

"Don’t know why Washington politicians don’t change libel laws?"

Because there is no need.

If you are libeled, YOU CAN take them to court and sue them, Mr. Big-Bucks! And since you have done this so many times in your vile, lurid past - you know that!

Your fear is not that you were libeled, or things that weren't true were said about you (because in your past you LOVED that shit because of the publicity it gave you; isn't that right, Mr. John Miller/Baron?) but because like the fraud you committed with "Trump University", you would have to go to court, be deposed beforehand, and subject to full disclosure of all your little frauds. That's why you settled that case out of court.

[Johonny]

51. Trump would never sue Woodward for this and we all know it. Such a waste of space.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

52. Actually, with the current laws,

there are a lot of people out there who could sue him for libel or slander.

I guess he thinks libel means "If they don't write or say only the nicest things about me, that's libel".