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Trump has made a career of

PeraclesPlease — Sat, 09 Feb 2019 12:44:00 +0000

Trump has made a career of bullying people who couldn't or wouldn't fight back, with the help of sleazebags like the Enquirer/Pecker & Cohen and various corrupt foreign entities who saw an opening.
His run is nearing its end. He's punching above his weight now, & will see why he should've stayed in the flyweights.

John Schindler:

artappraiser — Sat, 09 Feb 2019 05:20:23 +0000

In reply to Enquirer's Pecker blackmails Bezos' pecker, loses

John Schindler:

As promised ===>https://t.co/Mfgg3FjfKf
— John Schindler (@20committee) February 8, 2019

Meanwhile I was thinking how

artappraiser — Sat, 09 Feb 2019 00:39:55 +0000

In reply to Preet Bharara retweeted this

Meanwhile I was thinking how Qnon et. al. must be going crazy about the spread of Teh Deep State.

Preet Bharara retweeted this

artappraiser — Sat, 09 Feb 2019 00:32:28 +0000

In reply to National Enquirer's reporting

Preet Bharara retweeted this version of the same story 7 hrs. ago, and I imagine he may have sources to back up these sources:

NEW: Federal prosecutors are reviewing the National Enquirer’s handling of its story about Jeff Bezos’ extramarital affair to determine if the company violated an earlier cooperation deal with prosecutors https://t.co/hoCr2Y8C5f
— Yashar Ali (@yashar) February 8, 2019

National Enquirer's reporting

artappraiser — Sat, 09 Feb 2019 00:27:54 +0000

In reply to Enquirer's Pecker blackmails Bezos' pecker, loses

National Enquirer's reporting on Jeff Bezos under scrutiny by federal prosecutors

By Brian Stelter, Evan Perez and Kara Scannell, CNN Business, Updated 11:11 AM ET, Fri February 8, 2019

[....] Prosecutors in the Southern District of New York are reviewing the National Enquirer's handling of their Bezos reporting to determine if the company may have violated last year's deal, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN on Friday.

A spokesman for Bezos declined to comment on whether he has contacted the FBI or other law enforcement authorities about American Media's actions [....]

Oh don't let Lulu get to you,

artappraiser — Sat, 09 Feb 2019 00:15:26 +0000

In reply to Bill Kristol has had a

Oh don't let Lulu get to you, in basically thinking the past is the same thing as the future and therefore tribal grudges must be continued. Keep on thinking people can and do change and new coalitions and matches of interest can be built. (Actually isn't it some kind of natural law that if they don't change, not just they but also their kind may die off eventually?)

There's so many good classic quotes about this--

“Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”
― George Bernard Shaw

“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.”
― Albert Einstein

There are more here; this one is a particular personal favorite:

“Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won't come in.”
― Isaac Asimov