I keep wondering whether throwing shit against the wall is a deliberate part of the plan

[matt819]

I saw part of Keith Olberman's video on the 50 most outrageous Drumpfenfuhrer statements/actions since January 20. Think about - 50 outrageous things in 18 days.

I posted the other day about the apparent worldwide conspiracy among the media, governments, and intelligence agencies to conceal terrorist attacks. Then the WH followed up with a statement regarding some 78 specific incidents. Put aside the fact that most of these were reported. Now the NYT and WP and HuffPo and WSJ are going to spend time and energy to investigate the actual media coverage of these events, and, in fact, to explore how many of these were actual, confirmed terrorist events. That's reporting time not dedicated to the other crazy shit that's emanating from Washington.

As someone alluded to in another post, if this is winning, I'm ready for some losing.

[wishstar]

1. Trump & Co are getting adept at sending media off chasing their tails with distractions

Making media defend themselves instead of investigating his business conflicts of interest and Russian connectiions

[2naSalit]

4. +1

[Else You Are Mad]

2. That is exactly what it is.

Trump has been doing this from the first day he announced his run for the presidency. Anytime it seemed like something negative was going to come out in the media, he would say or do something so absurd that the media has to report on it. Then all the MSM would only talk about the outrageous thing Trump did and the negative story was buried.

Trump now has expanded on that plan now that he is president. He or his administration does something so absurd or stupid that is all the media talks about while all the backroom things the administration does is not reported on.

I wouldn't be surprised if all the negative leaks were done by the order of Trump himself because he knows how to manipulate the media like no one else.

[Orrex]

3. Of course it is--I've been arguing as much for weeks

The GOP wants Trump to push every crazy bullshit notion possible, because none of it really contradicts their overall platform. That way, when Trump self-destructs/dies/is impeached/resigns/whatever, they can claim to be acting responsibility by rolling back his most outlandish garbage. But they'll leave most of it intact, meaning that they'll have significantly advanced their agenda while claiming that they're the ones we should trust because they acted decisively to rein in one of their own.

[Sunlei]

5. meanwhile Repubs busy for months lining up bills written for them by their RW tax-free 'charities'

to further roll back consumer protections, turn schools into "for profits", bring back horrific animal abuse, dirty air, lead poisoned kids, discrimination, contaminated foods, prison slave labor, no healthcare,, ....

[muriel_volestrangler]

6. Of course - SCROTUS is incapable of feeling shame, so he has never worried about being shown wrong

The So Called Ruler Of The United States has no respect for truth, and so he doesn't care about being shown to be a liar. The only thing that may slow him down is declining poll numbers. But he's already in denial about them too, so they're just added to the list of things he needs to lie about.

Trump will not stop lying while he is president. And he will continue to demand that his minions lie for him too - or accept the orders to lie from Bannon and Putin. This will go on until he is removed - impeachment, 25th amendment, or, if Bannon can manage to keep this going until then, the 2020 election.