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“They’re not coming for me. They’re coming for you.” — Trump tweet taken down by Twitter

Headlines

Louisiana delivers Trump a black eye

China and U.S. has ‘constructive’ discussion’ about phase-one trade deal, state media says

26 Muslim candidates won elections across USA this year ...

Turner: Trump tweet ‘unfortunate’ not criminal

Steve Scalise: Trump's military pardons  boost troop morale

Saudi Aramco’s IPO is set to value the oil giant at up to $1.9 trillion

President makes ‘unprecedented’ Walter Reed visit for medical exam ...

Shifty Schiff busted omitting pro-Trump evidence from Morrison transcript summary

Bloomberg says he was ‘wrong’ on ‘stop-and-frisk’

Democrats hold on to Louisiana governor’s seat despite Trump

USA, SKorea shelve military exercise in bid to break nuke deadlock with North ...

Pelosi: Trump ‘so much worse than Nixon’ ...

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X-Ray

I know, I know how many find President Trump's Twitter storms offensive, but what would those lovebirds, Joe and Mika, do to keep their audience glued to their  short snippets of fake news and hysterical commentary sandwiched in among all those commercials? And, of course, many other media "pundits" also echo this same zinger about Trump's AM rantings ... a safe comment ... unlikely to be challenged.

However, I am  a growing fan of these communiques as they let me know exactly what Trump is chewing on ... and, much more importantly, it gives us, who have been dissatisfied with the opaque nature of our governments process, an x-ray view of the possible  malignancies in our government. For much too long, we Americans have been fed the ambergris from that lumbering whale in Washington. The relation of this regurgitated pablum to the truth is too often tenuous . It is a fiction designed to tie together visible events in a way that hides really what is happening.

Thank heavens Trump does not play this media game. As best he can he reveals what really is happening under the surface of the DC swamp. Yes, he does bring his own bias to these tweets, but insofar as they differ from what we are normally allowed to see, they give us, those who care to see, am unique perspective on the possible truth. I don't claim it is the total truth. But it is far more genuine than the chewed-over press releases ... and their media echoes to which we have become accustomed.

Keep up the tweeting Donald! Ignore all those critics who are afraid of a different ... and likely a more informed ... version of the straight skinny. That's just the ignorant rolling around in their ignorance.

Covfefe

Some time 'round midnight last night, President Trump tweeted out:

"Despite the constant negative press covfefe"

This tweet has the Internet atwitter trying to figure out what was meant by "covfefe" ... see: Complex Story.

My guess is that Trump fell asleep before he could finish typing this tweet and didn't delete it until he woke up later and realized his gaff. But what was he in the middle of saying about the media? To me it was obviously:

"Despite all the constant negative press coverage ..."

But what would have come next?

My guess: "I am getting many beautiful things done."

However, the media would prefer to extrapolate:

"They still haven't discovered my financial and political collusions with Russia."

No?

Cough Sufferers

The social, cable and network media are all abuzz over Stephen Colbert's comment that President Trump's mouth was good as Putin's cock holster ... with many calling for Colbert's ouster for this "homophobic obscenity." First, I don't believe that this "joke" was homophobic. This argot is a well-known idiom in the gay community and was likely retrieved by one of his writers in a monologue creative session. Second, yes this line is obscene and, as such, the CBS network and Colbert's Late Show show producer should suffer any FCC financial repercussions for allowing this taped smut to go out on the air.

Obviously the Late Show is on late and doesn't have a large underage audience. But this comment became social-media viral and has since been seen by a great many little Johnnies and Janes. Therefore, some additional FCC wrist slapping might be in order ... maybe asking Colbert for a sincere social media apology ... if he could pull off eating such a big portion of crow. I kinda doubt it. I suspect that he would take it as an opportunity for even more mockery.

Instead, maybe Trump could counter in kind with a tweet suggesting that Colbert and his writers might be a little under the weather ... "cough sufferers" ... easier to get this "punny" passed our sleeping TV censors.