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Need a good laugh? (Original Post) CatWoman Jan 2019 OP
Good one! icymist Jan 2019 #1
!!! Did Trump really tweet that? LuckyCharms Jan 2019 #2
yep CatWoman Jan 2019 #3
In a museum, someday in the future. IrishEyes Jan 2019 #15
Ha malaise Jan 2019 #4
Ironic isn't it? These numbers can't possibly be correct FakeNoose Jan 2019 #5
coffe cup needs spellchecker Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2019 #27
I want one TrogL Jan 2019 #34
Of course they are not correct. Stonepounder Jan 2019 #6
oops! That number just went up by 16 cents! lunatica Jan 2019 #22
Those look like some exact numbers... forgotmylogin Jan 2019 #28
Did you read the comments? 2naSalit Jan 2019 #7
LOL CatWoman Jan 2019 #12
why even bother eezapata Jan 2019 #8
Problem Bear Creek Jan 2019 #9
No, that's absolutely false. Trump is fact checked every time he speaks. Every lie and inaccuracy Nitram Jan 2019 #19
But our real problems is that we live in a Nation that has.... KY_EnviroGuy Jan 2019 #33
You are right, but the fact that Fox viewers and the right wing never get their news from Nitram Jan 2019 #35
Never gets called out until to late. Bear Creek Feb 2019 #36
No one is changing their mind about him lunatica Jan 2019 #23
I'm not sure Nancy wants her shoe back. erronis Jan 2019 #10
This! rusty fender Feb 2019 #37
Yes, Donald your statement is ridiculous. nt. Delmette2.0 Jan 2019 #11
Pray for President Trump robleb Jan 2019 #13
Amen! pazzyanne Jan 2019 #14
Preach it, Brother!!!! MyOwnPeace Jan 2019 #26
Psalm 109:6-20 works too Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2019 #30
I just don't get it. PatrickforO Jan 2019 #16
Wow, he knows the amount down to the last two dollars Kablooie Jan 2019 #17
Yeah, but he STILL can't remember which of his feet had the bones spurs ! Haggis for Breakfast Jan 2019 #32
That is really funny! Nitram Jan 2019 #18
This is what panic and desperation look like. llmart Jan 2019 #20
K&R Scurrilous Jan 2019 #21
And 12 illegal workers just fired Corgigal Jan 2019 #24
He forgot the negative sign.... reACTIONary Jan 2019 #25
Trust Mr. Bankrupt with the numbers Blue Owl Jan 2019 #29
Yay Nancy! Cha Jan 2019 #31

Stonepounder

(4,033 posts)
6. Of course they are not correct.
Sun Jan 27, 2019, 02:05 PM
Jan 2019

The actual cost of illegal immigration so far this year is $18,959,495,168.39

forgotmylogin

(7,530 posts)
28. Those look like some exact numbers...
Sun Jan 27, 2019, 03:58 PM
Jan 2019

right down to the individual dollar instead of "Nearly 19 billion". Careful research, or a numpad fistmash? You decide.

Possibly the same mechanism that somehow added a tenth of a billion to the requested wall funding every time it got reported.

Bear Creek

(883 posts)
9. Problem
Sun Jan 27, 2019, 02:39 PM
Jan 2019

The problem is that when he puts out false info he never gets checked and most people will see that and repeat it. That is why during the election he dominated the media doesn't matter if good or bad. All Publicity is good. The media needs to quit giving him a platform. Shouldn't his twitter account been blocked by now ?

Nitram

(22,813 posts)
19. No, that's absolutely false. Trump is fact checked every time he speaks. Every lie and inaccuracy
Sun Jan 27, 2019, 03:15 PM
Jan 2019

he spouts is reported as such. I don't watch TV, so I don't know about TV News, but the Washington Post and the NYT don't let Trump get away with it.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,492 posts)
33. But our real problems is that we live in a Nation that has....
Mon Jan 28, 2019, 08:32 AM
Jan 2019

two completely isolated spheres of information that people's heads reside in - a left bubble and a right bubble, although us lefties are prone to read a wide variety of sources outside our sphere.

I would bet very few Republicans read sources like NYT, WaPo, and another favorite of mine, The Guardian, that call him out.

Another factor is that conservatives tend to believe whatever their leaders (parents, preachers, politicians) tell them without question while true progressives tend to prefer to confirm the accuracy and sources of their information.

Just saying, I seriously doubt if many Republicans ever see or hear of any fact-checks on Trump.

Nitram

(22,813 posts)
35. You are right, but the fact that Fox viewers and the right wing never get their news from
Mon Jan 28, 2019, 12:33 PM
Jan 2019

valid journalistic sources is not the fault of the Mainstream Mass Media. I'm getting really tired of people on DU who blame the MSM for everything.

Bear Creek

(883 posts)
36. Never gets called out until to late.
Fri Feb 1, 2019, 03:35 PM
Feb 2019

He never gets called out immediately. It is always way later and by that time it does not matter if he does get called out. No bad publicity. That's how he has gotten to where he's at. He dominated the media and he still is. Most people hear the first thing and that is what they believe, they don't check facts, especially when it doesn't fit their narrative.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
23. No one is changing their mind about him
Sun Jan 27, 2019, 03:38 PM
Jan 2019

Especially not anyone who is against him. He is losing his popularity ratings numbers though.

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,349 posts)
30. Psalm 109:6-20 works too
Sun Jan 27, 2019, 04:08 PM
Jan 2019

Had to look it up:

https://biblehub.com/bsb/psalms/109.htm

6 Set over him a wicked man; let an accuser stand at his right hand.

7 When he is tried, let him be found guilty, and may his prayer be regarded as sin.

8 May his days be few; may another take his position.

9 May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.

10 May his children wander as beggars; may they seek sustenance far from their ruined homes.

11 May the creditor seize all he owns, and strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.

12 May there be none to extend kindness, and no one to favor his fatherless children.

13 May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.

14 May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, and the sin of his mother never be erased.

15 May their sins always remain before the LORD, that He may cut off their memory from the earth.

16 For he never thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted, even to their death.

17 The cursing he loved, may it fall on him; the blessing he refused to delight in, may it be far from him.

18 The cursing he wore like a coat, may it soak into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.

19 May it be like a robe wrapped about him, like a belt tied forever around him.

20 May this be the LORD’s reward to my accusers, to those who speak evil against me.

PatrickforO

(14,576 posts)
16. I just don't get it.
Sun Jan 27, 2019, 03:06 PM
Jan 2019

When I prepare and present data, there are some ground rules I follow. First, the data that I've mined must be from a credible source. Second, I must thoroughly understand a) how the data was gathered, b) it's validity and reliability, c) any margins of error that are relevant, and d) exactly what the data is suggesting.

I know, because I present often, and I do get hard questions, which I must answer correctly, because if I don't I risk losing credibility, which I really care about, and have taken years of work to build.

Then this orange piece of shit just pulls stuff out of his ass, spouts it out and MILLIONS of Americans believe it.

Please excuse me while I go to a mountaintop and engage in about an hour of primal screams! But, according to the cartoon below, I will have to watch out for 'jaw lock.'



Kablooie

(18,634 posts)
17. Wow, he knows the amount down to the last two dollars
Sun Jan 27, 2019, 03:11 PM
Jan 2019

It’s amazing how much detail about our government he comprehends. Almost as much as the hosts on Fox and friends.

Corgigal

(9,291 posts)
24. And 12 illegal workers just fired
Sun Jan 27, 2019, 03:38 PM
Jan 2019

from Trumps golf course in Westchester Co, New York. You're the problem Trump, not the people trying to survive.

Info from MSNBC, just now.

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