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The lead centerpiece in our paper tomorrow. One of the top stories on the wires. It'll be in every newspaper in America.

 

This story ought to be in every paper tomorrow, too. Infuriating corporate lies.

 

The most important thing to Trump is Trump as a brand. If you really want to hurt him, you hold him up and point at his failures and missteps, factually and unemotionally. Kellyanne Goebels can spin like a turbine, but this weekend illustrated the power of a "Who are you going to believe, me or your lying eyes?" moment.

 

I think I'm most disturbed by "OMG" in a headline for a Steve Forbes column.

OMG! House Republicans Are Preparing To Hit Consumers With A Horrible New Tax That Will Harm Trump And Hurt The Economy

 

Lead story in our paper.

 

Effin A on Conway.

Her act disturbs me. It's pollyannish and unpleasant and I think she's thrown out there to clean up messes she couldn't dream of cleaning up and willingly looks like a fool trying to do so.

Get her off TV.

 

Conway is a character straight out of Kafka.
I can see why Spicer is such a dunce and a stooge- he believes he's being loyal.
Conway is someone who was once firmly in the Cruz camp, describes herself as a Gen X conservative.
She looks like a meth head that could easily be swept off the stage, but she is more dangerous as she has actually been training Republicans in these darker arts of confabulation.
These are bad folk. No two ways about it.

 

Kellyanne Conway allegedly punched man at inaugural ball

 

From what I've seen, there was a bit of both stories today. Spicer was hit with a lot of questions on issues, some of which I wonder if Trump even knew existed, but the tandem of Saturday's "newser" and Conway's "alternate facts," combined with Trump's constant whining about not winning the popular vote, are a part of the story too.

Starman's tales of Trump's incestuous tendencies are stuff of sj.com legends.

 

Damn, a New York Times headline comes close to telling the naked truth. Not "Trump makes unverified claim", not "Trump claims fact checked", not "sources dispute Trump's version of events", but "Trump repeats lie". "Trump lies" would be perfectly accurate but still, wow.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/23/us/politics/donald-trump-congress-democrats.html?_r=0

 

I denounce the New York Times.

Genuinely. @YankeeFan shouldn't do that and neither should the NYT.

 

I'm sure @YankeeFan could cite me chapter and verse, but has any candidate or president ever had so many visible spin doctors who become this prevalent and prominent? The news networks have become the Kellyanne Conway Show.