NYT, CNN or NBCNews has a very very damaging story in the pipeline - David Frum

[sunonmars]

Something big is coming

Link to tweet

[Achilleaze]

1. yuuuuge

Could the illegitimate KGOP be even more illegitimate & deranged than honest American citizens already know?

[C_U_L8R]

2. I just drooled.

Be still my heart.

[BigDemVoter]

11. Me too! My heart is just leaping. . . .

Just the hint of a possibility of bringing Pussy Grabber down fills my heart with unadulterated JOY!

[we can do it]

133. Same here

[Agschmid]

3. That's a bit broad.

[JenniferJuniper]

4. FBI found emails from Hillary on Chelsea's computer?

[Squinch]

6. The risotto recipe was a FRAUD!

[brooklynite]

42. I thought the cooking time was suspicious...

The slower add process and stirring causes the rice to give up it's starch which gives the risotto it's creamy consistency. You won't get that if you dump all that liquid all at once.”

[Squinch]

43. It comes out goopy. It's BULLSHIT. They're ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE!

[MFM008]

83. It was Borscht

..........

[Squinch]

122. .

I'm dying over here.

[unblock]

52. risotto is just rice! calling it anything else is FAKE NEWS!

[kerry-is-my-prez]

79. It's the rice for smarty-pants elitist liberals.....

[fierywoman]

132. IT'S RICE THAT IMMIGRANTS FROM ITALY EAT !!!

[Alice11111]

92. LOL

[displacedtexan]

103. Isnt Risotto the rice with the extremely short...

...grains?

[6000eliot]

118. Arborio rice is the only kind that works.

Also you have to stir constantly and add ladles of warm broth.

[Drahthaardogs]

148. No, there are several others

Like carnaroli. They are expensive and hard to find. We are piemontese. I know risotto.

[uponit7771]

101. +1

[Ilsa]

5. So that's why he tweeted that line about media being

Enemy of the people. He's nervous about breaking news, or what senators might do.

[Lucinda]

28. Ding ding ding...We have a winner!

[Achilleaze]

73. + 1

[Raine1967]

50. I was thinking the VERY same thing!

[Maaattcast]

124. Yes

Yeah that's essentially what the Frum tweet implies. I'd just add a little caution, one way to read Frums tweet, after reading the tweets that came before it, is that he's merely suspecting this is what caused Trumps media are the enemies outburst, hence his "decoded" language. I don't wanna rain on anyone's parade and certainly really would love for this to be true but the tweet when read in context doesn't seem to imply he has any special knowledge about big forthcoming stories at the times, Washington post, CNN or NBC News, he simply is inferring based on Donald's outburst there must be a big story they're working on and Donald had just been asked about it.

[renate]

127. yeah, I agree that it *could* be nothing new

Trump's anti-media tweet could just be a passing thought that he felt like sharing with the world.

[Cha]

142. Yeah! That reminds me.. someone on here said that yesterday

that something big must be brewing and we agreed.

[herding cats]

7. He added ABC to the list.

Best guess is a big story is about to break. At least that's my hope.

[anneboleyn]

23. Hmmmm. Great idea. I was wondering what the hell he was bitching about as the media is

primarily giving him a pass today compared to other days.

[herding cats]

38. There was a Hill briefing with Comey and Senate Intel members

It was in a secured conference room, and no one would say anything about it when they left.

Then Trump tweeted this out...

Probably not related, but it does tickle the imagination.

[Cha]

143. The twitler list of "enemies of America"?

[sunonmars]

8. and theres more, apparently, its been confirmed and verified.

Link to tweet

[JenniferJuniper]

9. Spill it, Dave.

[Turn CO Blue]

72. Aaah. The suspense! Will they make us wait until Monday? n/t

[Cha]

145. Good.. 'cause I was believing it anyway.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

10. Is Frum just speculating based on the Madman's latest crazy Tweet?

Or is there actual real chatter independent from that which suggests a bad moon's rising?

[JenniferJuniper]

21. I don't think Frum would do that.

Must be something real.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

27. I hope not. He shilled for Dubya for a few years but has been terrific lately. nt

[yodermon]

35. Looking at the flow of his (Frum's) tweets, I think that is correct.

But he's probably right.

[jmg257]

64. He "decoded" trump's tweet.

[Me.]

76. I Think He Has More Self Respect

Then to pass on suspicious info

[Cha]

141. From what I can gather Frum is a serious person who doesn't think

much of trump, although he's a repub

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

12. Who knows?

[sunonmars]

13. hearing stuff from other places too, something is going to hit the target....grab your popcorn.

[MissB]

14. I hope so.

It better be BIG. Or golden.

[izzybella]

15. Please please please please....

[mvd]

16. K&R

I think a LOT more should come out. The media can save our democracy if willing to.

[procon]

17. Hmm... Robert Harward might have been privy to what's coming

and decided not to tarnish his career by chumming up to Trump.

[malaise]

18. That's the reason for the crazy tweet

[MissB]

26. So in a typical (non-crazy) administration,

the folks behind the scenes would be busy preparing a rational response because the media has made it known that they will be dropping a damaging story.

Instead, we get Cheeto tweeting.

Fabulous.

[malaise]

36. Four weeks is too much - Take to take him to get help

Damn!

[rzemanfl]

19. We win on weekends. Some kinda shit is gonna hit some sorta fan. n/t

[Samantha]

137. Monday is Presidents' Day so the news might break at 5:00 pm Friday

When everyone has left town for the three-day holiday. That would be strategically smart for the Establishment and painful for the people. But anyone involved in the actual story would have time to think and perhaps regroup.

Sam

[Chasstev365]

20. In my wildest dreams it would be

Proof that Trump, McConnell, and Ryan worked with Russia to flip the voting machines in the swing, but I will settle for proof of perjury by Benedict Donald.

[Cracklin Charlie]

57. Please add Roy Blunt...

[NCTraveler]

91. He hasn't been under oath in a little while.

He has been caught in literally hundreds of lies. Don't think he has perjured himself.

[Shrike47]

106. I think perjury is out. He hasn't testified lately. But telling Flynn what to say...

That might bite him in the ass.

[Johnny2X2X]

22. They caught him

Direct collusion between Trump and Russia is my guess. The fate of the country depends on him getting thrown out of office by the Summer.

His tweet means they called the White House for comment in the stories they are running. Media needs to hit him hard now because he will not allow negative stories about him by next year.

[TrekLuver]

89. Yeah...and did you notice how he answered the did your campaign speak to Russia...??

Not that I'm aware of, not to my knowledge. Decode that and that means yes! They always let them go around lying before they drop the bomb. You can always go down for lying then if they can't get you with the other stuff...just ask Bill Clinton.

[Staph]

24. It's Friday and nearly sundown.

Trump won't have Jared Kushner around for the next 24 hours to moderate his response to whatever this is. With Steve Bannon at his side, tonight could be a wild ride!

(I bet the good folk at SNL are sorry they don't have another new episode until early March!)

[womanofthehills]

39. Randi Rhodes said Comey was in a meeting with Senate Intelligence Committee today

briefing Intelligence Committee members. Hope it's connected .

[BigBearJohn]

151. Ding! Ding! Ding!

[smirkymonkey]

46. Bannon has probably already started his weekend booze binge.

I'm not sure how much help he'll be.

[Mrs. Overall]

29. But the story shouldn't break on a FRIDAY--it will get lost over the weekend.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

41. Not any more. It's 24/7 craziness now.

[Freddie]

47. Friday night news drop

Been happening a lot. Of course with Dolt 45 every weekend is an adventure.

[oasis]

147. Dolt 45!

lol

[coco22]

75. This is when they always drop a big news story.

He knows it's coming that is why he is having a rally, that is why he keeps shouting "FAKE NEWS!"

[yodermon]

30. Wonder if it's related to Comey meeting with Intel. committee members in SCIF today:

http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/320161-comey-meets-with-intel-senators-amidst-russia-uproar

FBI Director James B. Comey met with lawmakers from the Senate Intelligence Committee behind closed doors on Friday, amid an uproar over alleged contacts between members of President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials.

Committee members and Comey spent nearly three hours Friday afternoon in a secure room in the Senate basement used for classified briefings, known as a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF).

Lawmakers tersely refused to comment upon exiting the meeting, declining even to confirm that Comey met with them.

RICHARD BURR (R-N.C.), called the meeting “just a normal classified briefing.”

[red dog 1]

108. Thanks for that link

[mindfulNJ]

31. Gawd I hate this shit

Just spill it already. My blood pressure.

[Eliot Rosewater]

32. Like sex this could be

please
please
please
please
please
please
please

[dixiegrrrrl]

136. eeeewww.......that's a mental picture I never want to have...

[kimbutgar]

33. I want video, audio and airtight evidence

I wonder if it is a bombshell will fox report it and will the alt right media confirm if it is really bad?


God I hope so!!!!!

[Tanuki]

34. He has to be nervous about the 3 hour meeting Comey had with the Senate Intelligence Committee today

http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/320161-comey-meets-with-intel-senators-amidst-russia-uproar

"Committee members and Comey spent nearly three hours Friday afternoon in a secure room in the Senate basement used for classified briefings, known as a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF).

Lawmakers tersely refused to comment upon exiting the meeting, declining even to confirm that Comey met with them."

[longship]

37. Frum is being one of the good guys.

I imagine, like Gergen, Dean, Schmidt, and some others, that he is more than aghast at what is going down.

Of course, John Dean crossed the streams many years ago (Ghostbusters metaphor!) and I always thought Gergen was basically a good person. Schmidt gave us Sparkle Moose and likely regrets that, so he has to make amends. Good for him. There is some honor in the GOP. Sadly, not enough.

Frum crossed the streams a few years ago. I remember when Keith Olbermann reported on it on Countdown. Frum was fired from a conservative think tank because of it. (I cannot remember which one; there are so many, all devoid of anything resembling thought.)

Interesting times.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

44. I remember a couple of years ago Frum gave an excellent analysis of the Ukrainian situation....

.....in The Atlantic which I wanted to cite to some DUers who had bought the Russian propaganda, but I figured his name would just turn people off.

But looks like the guy really has done his homework since exiting Dubya's service.

[longship]

49. It helps when one is educated and intelligent enough to use it.

That he shares with the others I cited. Dean, Schmidt, Gergen, and yes, Frum. I also occasionally hear some good things from Charles Krauthammer. (Not often enough, however.)

[panader0]

56. Krauthammer has only seemed sane since Trump.

It's strange days when you find yourself agreeing with some conservatives.
The sane ones among them are freaking out, just as many R congressmen.

[longship]

68. Krauthammer is a paraplegic.

He got his MD after his spine was severed. I have respect for his intelligence and his accomplishments under what had to be rather formidable circumstances, but not so much for his politics.

But there ya go.

[sarah FAILIN]

100. I told my husband this story once

And made him feel like the world's biggest ass, lol. He said Krauthammer seems weird when he is on with the way he breathes... I told him the story and of course he felt like an ass.. The breathing gives it away to me but my hubby has no medical experience at all.

I like Krauthammer these days and definitely respect his accomplishments.

[mn9driver]

40. Suckered too many times to get excited.

I will believe it when I see it.

[frankieallen]

114. I agree

[LAS14]

45. Oh, would that a story could be damaging.

Standards and expectations are so low in the gutter that NOTHING is damaging.

[Kingofalldems]

48. Could it be a pee pee story?

Of course his yeoman followers won't believe it either way.

[workinclasszero]

51. Maybe a Russian Intel agent

Is gonna drop a dime on Comrade Trump?

[Cha]

146. ..

[pbmus]

53. Hillary told Kate McKinnon a top secret at last nights dinner...

[brooklynite]

54. Two versions...

[leftstreet]

55. Has he ever stated what news media he considers not 'fake?'

He gets so worked up, you'd think he'd tell all his followers to only watch...whatever

[Leghorn21]

61. Hey manbaby, you left out WaPo?! Reset and go for take #3, quick. Moron. eom

[still_one]

58. I will believe it when I see it. While there is no doubt in my mind that there are very bad things

trump and company are involved in,, these constant reports whether from Democrats in congress or others, I am to the point if you have something put it up

[kacekwl]

59. Here we go again

I'll wait and see . Been let down too many times.

[Yavin4]

60. It's Fitzmas all over again.

Older DUers know what I am talking about.

[annabanana]

65. ah me..

I remember...

[rzemanfl]

77. Yep! n/t

[tavernier]

81. Yup

Sadly we've had quite a number of Fitzmas duds in the past few months.

[Still In Wisconsin]

82. All I got for Fitzmas...

was several more years of Bush.

[lamp_shade]

90. Older DUer here. I remember it well. nt

[mn9driver]

99. Exactly.

[Tatiana]

102. I hope it's more....

I do think someone knows where the money has been laundered.

[QED]

111. What a letdown!

[qanda]

129. 😂 I've been around long enough to remember Fitzmas

It's going to be a long four years.

[ohheckyeah]

154. Wasn't it a 24 hour business day

Dilemma?

[brettdale]

62. Disagree 100%

I reread both tweets by Frum, put them together, and he is just guessing.

I honesty think he has it wrong.

This is just Trump being Trump and nothing else at all.

There is no traction from any other Journo social media account saying something
big is happening.

I wish it was true, but its just Trump being Trump.

[jmg257]

63. David Frum is tweeting that because trump tweeted about fake media...again??

[brettdale]

66. DAVID FRUM LATEST TWEET

He says Trump is trying to incite violence, doesnt mention any big news story.

[brettdale]

69. His actual tweet

Hard to read this twice posted tweet other than as incitement to vigilante violence

[jmg257]

70. Ah - i see that...seems a stretch, but OK. Knowing trump supporters, I guess they could go there.

"Hard to read this twice posted tweet other than as incitement to vigilante violence"

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
The FAKE NEWS media (failing @nytimes, @NBCNews, @ABC, @CBS, @CNN) is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American People!

[taught_me_patience]

67. I really hope

It's a video of a prostitute laughing at his tiny cock.

I can only dream....

[SDJay]

78. LOL.

That's perfect.

[keithbvadu2]

95. Maybe an immigrant working (illegally) as an escort who has not gotten her green card yet?

[zentrum]

71. Believe it when I see it.

Tired of being jacked around. Already stressed to the max with this month.

[brettdale]

74. No big news story

David Frum has just tweeted out, hes reread Trumps tweet and now just thinks
trump is trying to incite violence.

[zentrum]

119. Yup. Shades...

...of Reichstag Fire.

He needs violent events, Black Flag or otherwise, to justify and solidify the authoritarian state he's installing.

[elmac]

80. If its anything to do with golden showers

I hope they have an NC17 rating for the kids sake

[Bernardo de La Paz]

87. Unfortunately, a golden shower story would not have much impact these days,

... when you consider how the pussy grab story didn't seem to dent tRump much. Also, the pee story has been hinted at for weeks, thus less impact if it comes true.

[KingCharlemagne]

123. But video? - nt

[MFM008]

84. No wonder

He's ranting about the media. He knows. Russia probably tipped him off.
I can't wait.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

85. I think Frum is merely speculating based on tRump's attack tweet from nowhere.

Why would tRump suddenly perk up and tweet a tired old theme that he's tweeted many times before?

It could be nothing more than tRump knocked off work early Friday afternoon because he's tired and cranky.

But, ... it could be related to the bizarre super-defensive press conference yesterday that was a non-stop repetitive attack on the media, over and over again. Interspersed with references to the Electoral College and the Rasmussen poll to try to shore up his support. You could see tRump and Bannon hearing of an impending mega story and wanting to get out in front with both those approaches: attack the media and inflate a fantasy popularity.

Careful, remember how Fitzmas raised hopes so high and then let them crash. (Years ago, the possibility Fitzgerald would prosecute Bush and Cheney after an investigation.)

[Bernardo de La Paz]

86. On the other hand ... Story "whose accuracy has been confirmed in advance" does indicate

That may indicate that Frum actually does have some real advance knowledge of some "very damaging story in the pipeline".

[0rganism]

88. what more do we need? what could be more "damaging"?

Trump's dumbass supporters will continue to support him regardless, and participate willingly in the violent pogroms and reprisals yet to come.

the ruling Republican party proceeds as planned without fear of electoral repercussions.

the time for the media to act was 5 months ago. now it's just sad.

[fun n serious]

93. Comey is a Russian spy?

[keithbvadu2]

97. Comey - Subcontractor under Putin's bff Trump

[Jane Austin]

94. Fox's report last night was pretty bad,

but nobody else picked up on it.

@johnrobertsFox: @POTUS was in fact fully briefed on the content of those conversations that Gen. Flynn had with the Russian ambassador.

[Squinch]

126. This should be an OP. I hadn't known that.

[Jane Austin]

155. Someone here posted it.

Search for John Roberts, who was the reporter.

[nikibatts]

96. Well stop the damn teasing and get on with it!! Promises, promises, promises.

Is this the reason 45 to the campaign trail again?

[bucolic_frolic]

98. I'm not a gambling man, myself

but I think Mr. Frum has made a safe bet

because there's a damaging story every day

And how many times have we been led astray, not by
Mr. Frum, expecting one?

[Initech]

104. So is that why Dolt 45 is so frothing at the mouth angry at the MSM right now?

I say let him get angrier - more fuel for them!

[Cooley Hurd]

105. Frum looked like hell (unshaven/crooked tie) on MSNBC earlier

I wish I had a screenshot. Not sure what it has to do with the OP, but he, usually dapper, now looks like a guy about ready to run into a safe house...

[Renew Deal]

109. That cracked me up

[Cha]

144. Interesting.. adds weight to the tweet.

[DFW]

107. If you know something but, for whatever reason can't post the proof

You're often better off not saying what it is.

In August 2008, I broke Obama's selection of Biden as his VP about 8 hours before it was announced, but could not divulge my source. I got trashed for it more than any other thread I had ever started on DU--until the official announcement was made, whereupon I got ZERO apologies.

I'll wait without judging.

[KingCharlemagne]

121. Are your sources saying anything about this allegation or rumor? - nt

[DFW]

139. Not a peep, but maybe I had better elaborate

First of all, I just had a week from hell, workwise. Monday was München and Augsburg, Tuesday was Stuttgart, Wednesday was Brussels, Thursday was Paris and Friday was IJsselstein (NL). Most posting I have done this week was either from a train somewhere or stealing from the average 4 hours sleep I have been getting. I haven't been in touch with DC at all this week, not even my brother.

Second, now that he is out of office and the story is over 8 years old, I will tell you how I knew of Biden's selection 8 hours before it was made public.

My brother's wife is from Japan, and their second son has particularly strong Asian features. He was (at the time) small for his age, which was 18 in 2008. His mom used to drop him off for swimming practice in a Northern Virginia pool in the morning during the summer. My nephew had interned for Matt Angle's Texas Democrat Lone Star Project, and was very into politics (still is, actually). At the pool, early that morning, he was alone with two women who happened to be from Biden's office. They just assumed the quiet kid with Asian features understood no English, or was too young to grasp what they were talking about--a very foolish assumption to make around Washington, D.C., but there you have it. They knew already of Biden's selection, and were talking openly about it, assuming that my nephew would have no earthly clue what they were talking about. My nephew informed the rest of the family immediately. I was in the States at the time, so I heard within the hour. I wouldn't get Biden's staff in trouble by publicly disclosing where I had heard the information, and nor did I want to compromise my nephew's chances of picking up other cool bits and passing them on to the rest of the family. So, when I posted on DU (and, after the reaction, ONLY on DU), I got roundly trashed for not disclosing my source, and the unlikelihood that my information was solid. Obviously, it couldn't have been more solid, but I couldn't say so at the time.

[brettdale]

131. an open message to all Journos (not people on message boards)

Unless your sure, can we cut down on the

"SOMETHING BIG IS ABOUT TO BREAK"

or

"THERE ARE RUMORS

or

"THIS IS GOING TO BE A GAME CHANGER, BUT I CANT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT OR TELL
YOU WHAT IT IS"

[tenorly]

110. Let it be Rachel.

If big breaking news is to be had, nobody covers it better than she.

[dewsgirl]

134. This is very true. Love her

[Stellar]

112. A very, VERY damaging story in the pipelines? 😨 nt

[frankieallen]

113. Let's hope this one is true.

[cab67]

115. Frum is that rarest of rarities -

a principled conservative. I disagree with him on pretty much everything, but I respect him.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

149. He's Canadian.

Probably has dual citizenship now.

[frankieallen]

116. Lemme guess...Karl Rove is going to be indicted!!

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

117. That's simply his interpreation of the pResident's tweet about the media being

enemies of the American people. I don't think he is claiming to have a tip or anything.

[roamer65]

120. Leak that SOB, God Dammit.

[safeinOhio]

125. How about those 6 workers escorted

out of the White House? Spy nest found in WH basement along with moose and squirrel tied up.

[Fast Walker 52]

128. huh, what?

really?

[lame54]

130. Ok Tom Arnold

[triron]

135. kick for visibility

[flamingdem]

138. Leeeeaaaak already

!!

[Cha]

140. Damaging to whom?

[randome]

150. "Apocalyptic politics". Kind of rolls off the tongue, doesn't it?

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[get the red out]

152. Like I say to my dogs when they pick up shit

DROP IT! DROP IT!

[linnknee]

153. I SURE HOPE SO

The best ending to this entire nightmare would be the whole CHEETO Family escorted out of the white house in Handcuffs.

[Synecdoche Trope]

156. Damaging to Whom?

Remember, this is David "Axis of Evil" Frum.

[jeanmarc]

157. This thread ain't so good

It's all based on a response to Twitler's tweet.

Frum has no hard information. He's just surmising, like any of us might. And goofing on Donald.

[tandem5]

158. To reiterate what others have said above: Temper your hope, Frum is playing off of Trump's tweet.

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Link to tweet