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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

H.L. Mencken

Monday, October 23, 2017

The Decision Tree

Philip Bump runs through how the Trump White House created a losing week of terrible narratives.  It basically arises from the dual Trumpian traits of fact-free bullshit and relentless attacks on anyone who disagrees with him.  Someone somewhere noted that Trump thought his press coverage would get better after he became president.  This is because Trump is a historically illiterate moron. 

Louis CK noted that the prime job of a president is to take abuse.  You just have to shut up, apologize and move on.  Trump can't do that, and he's not going to learn.

Thanks a lot, Republicans.

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