{"id":28574,"date":"2017-07-14T08:09:57","date_gmt":"2017-07-14T15:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=28574"},"modified":"2017-07-14T08:09:57","modified_gmt":"2017-07-14T15:09:57","slug":"friday-fun-theres-a-there-there-now-i-love-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2017\/07\/14\/friday-fun-theres-a-there-there-now-i-love-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Fun: There\u2019s a \u201cThere\u201d There Now &#038; \u201cI Love It\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Trump\u2019s SOP on how he deals with his unending lies is <strong><em>Deny, Discredit <\/em><\/strong>then<strong><em> Dismiss<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 And the sad thing is his 35% base buy into this <em>\u201cNothingburger\u201d<\/em> approach.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Trump_Smoke-Pouring-Out_No-Fire_1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-28575\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Trump_Smoke-Pouring-Out_No-Fire_1-300x171.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Trump_Smoke-Pouring-Out_No-Fire_1-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Trump_Smoke-Pouring-Out_No-Fire_1-150x85.png 150w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Trump_Smoke-Pouring-Out_No-Fire_1.png 401w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Well, dear Trumpkins, <em><strong>Junior<\/strong><\/em> finally has provided a red-hot <strong><em>Smoking Gun<\/em><\/strong> with his forced release of his \u201cchain of emails\u201d proving he colluded with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2017\/07\/11\/us\/politics\/donald-trump-jr-email-text.html\"><strong>\u201cRussian government attorney\u201d<\/strong><\/a>. \u00a0(Sorry Twitler \u2013 it\u2019s right in the body of Junior\u2019s email.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Smoking-Gun_Slow-Mo.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Smoking-Gun_Slow-Mo.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Smoking-Gun_Slow-Mo.gif 640w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Smoking-Gun_Slow-Mo-300x169.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Time magazine agrees that the emails&#8217; <strong><em>\u201cThis is obviously very high level and sensitive information but is part of Russia and its government&#8217;s support for Mr. Trump\u201d<\/em><\/strong> and Junior\u2019s <strong><em>\u201cI love it\u201d<\/em><\/strong> response proves he\u2019s been caught <strong><em>Red-Handed<\/em><\/strong>!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">TIME&#39;s new cover: How Donald Trump Jr.\u2019s emails have cranked up the heat on his family <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZAsDutISc6\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZAsDutISc6<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QmtUOQf7uO\">pic.twitter.com\/QmtUOQf7uO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TIME (@TIME) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TIME\/status\/885466401040998400\">July 13, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And it\u2019s plainly a piss-poor defense for the Trump gangster clan to go with<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cWell, we tried to collude, but we were so incompetent we got nothing from it\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So let\u2019s enjoy some of the reactions to this remarkable revelation \u2026<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;To everyone, to prove I&#39;m innocent, here&#39;s an email where I am thirsty to collude with the Russian government. See? Nothing burger.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/e047vrdnox\">https:\/\/t.co\/e047vrdnox<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ken Tremendous (@KenTremendous) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KenTremendous\/status\/884792101145161729\">July 11, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I am confused about how this is supposed to be exculpatory \u2014 &quot;Russian government attorney,&quot; &quot;part of Russia &amp; its govt&#39;s support for Trump&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KNYFl9RFWI\">https:\/\/t.co\/KNYFl9RFWI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Joshua Benton (@jbenton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jbenton\/status\/884793637065945090\">July 11, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Remember, this astonishing email outlines a meeting that the Trump campaign denied at least eight times had ever happened. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I0QeWG5vFm\">https:\/\/t.co\/I0QeWG5vFm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NickKristof\/status\/884793534515204096\">July 11, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">|\uffe3\uffe3\uffe3\uffe3\uffe3| <br \/>|     BUT     | <br \/>|     *HIS     | <br \/>|  EMAILS  | <br \/>| \uff3f\uff3f\uff3f\uff3f_| <br \/>(__\/) || <br \/>(\u2022\u3145\u2022) || <br \/>\/ \u3000 \u3065<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lauren Duca (@laurenduca) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/laurenduca\/status\/884616709562302464\">July 11, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For as many lawyers as this White House has hired it sure doesn&#39;t look like they&#39;re using them <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EOn4vgxF80\">https:\/\/t.co\/EOn4vgxF80<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ali Watkins (@AliWatkins) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AliWatkins\/status\/884791486348484608\">July 11, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">TRUMP: Russia did not interfere<br \/>CIA: Yes it did<br \/>FBI: Yes it did<br \/>NSA: Yes it did<br \/>TRUMP JR: Yes it did <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uWDq3RuI2E\">https:\/\/t.co\/uWDq3RuI2E<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Daniel Lin (@danwlin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danwlin\/status\/884800295531839488\">July 11, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Anyone still think Trump&#39;s campaign manger, first born son, and son-in-law kept him in the dark about this meeting?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NoahCRothman\/status\/884797874516762624\">July 11, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">non-trivial possibility that if you had literally dressed up as boris and natasha you could have gotten a meeting with donald jr.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mazel Tov Cocktail (@AdamSerwer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamSerwer\/status\/884800351840456706\">July 11, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Trump_Cartoon_Boris_Natasha_Fake-News.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-28579\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Trump_Cartoon_Boris_Natasha_Fake-News-269x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"269\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Trump_Cartoon_Boris_Natasha_Fake-News-269x300.jpg 269w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Trump_Cartoon_Boris_Natasha_Fake-News-135x150.jpg 135w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Trump_Cartoon_Boris_Natasha_Fake-News.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 269px) 100vw, 269px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Bottom line:<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This tweet is a confession. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UytVqS3SWh\">https:\/\/t.co\/UytVqS3SWh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jamisonfoser\/status\/884792149765640193\">July 11, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump\u2019s SOP on how he deals with his unending lies is Deny, Discredit then Dismiss.\u00a0 And the sad thing is his 35% base buy into this \u201cNothingburger\u201d approach. Well, dear Trumpkins, Junior finally has provided a red-hot Smoking Gun with his forced release of his \u201cchain of emails\u201d proving he colluded with a \u201cRussian government <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2017\/07\/14\/friday-fun-theres-a-there-there-now-i-love-it\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-monthly-report","category-45-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28574\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}