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Donald Trump’s Christmas Tweet Gets Bigly Thumbs Down From Internet

The internet got quite a kick out of President-elect Donald Trump’s rather narcissistic Christmas tweet.

Most high-level elected officials share heartwarming images of family – children, grand-children, spouses, etc. But this year? No Melania, Don Jr., Eric; not even Ivanka made the cut.

The Trumpster decided to share a Photoshopped pic of his upraised (tiny) fist set against the backdrop of a Christmas tree. He didn’t even take the time to sit for the shot – he used a screen capture from a recent rally.

Not very warm and holiday-fuzzy, in my opinion.

It appears I’m not alone in my assessement:

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Trump Comm Director Jason Miller Abruptly Resigns Amid Sex Scandal Rumors

The new administration hasn’t even taken over yet, but it looks like there’s already rumors of a sex scandal within Team Trump.

Via the New York Daily News:

Donald Trump’s inner circle was thrown into turmoil Saturday when his newly-named White House communications director resigned after a transition team staffer posted cryptic tweets suggesting he’s a philanderer.

Jason Miller announced that he won’t be joining the Trump administration just two days after he was tapped to lead the White House communications team.

Miller said in a statement that he wanted to spend more time with his family.

“It’s clear they need to be my top priority right now, and this is not the time to start a new job as demanding as White House communications director,” said Miller, whose wife is expecting their second child.

But AJ Delgado, a senior advisor in Trump’s transition team, posted several tweets hinting that Miller was at the center of a sex scandal.

“Congratulations to the baby-daddy on being named WH Comms Director!” she wrote in one now-deleted tweet.

“The 2016 version of John Edwards,” she wrote in another, referring to the disgraced ex-Democratic senator who fathered a child with his mistress.

You’ll recall both Miller and Delgado famously spent the night before the last presidential debate at a Las Vegas strip club.

Note: there were no sex scandals during the Obama administration.

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Trump Joins Russian President In Trashing Hillary Clinton

Placing his ego ahead of the country, President-elect Trump took to Twitter to agree with Russian President Putin on trashing Hillary Clinton.

From The Washington Post:

President-elect Donald Trump late Friday publicly praised Russian President Vladimir Putin for attacking Trump’s former Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton. In a striking statement that seems to further align Trump with Putin, the incoming U.S. president tweeted that he agreed with the Russian leader’s assessment that Clinton and the Democratic Party generally have not shown “dignity” following widespread loses in the November election.

“So true!” Trump tweeted of Putin’s comments, apparently referencing statements the Russian made at his year-end news conference. Trump’s expressed admiration of Putin came only hours after he released to the media a warm letter the Russian sent him. The Friday night tweet sparked cries of alarm from former U.S. officials and other Trump critics on social media.

Michael McFaul, a former U.S. ambassador to Russia under President Obama, tweeted Friday night that Trump’s praise of Putin was “unprecedented.” Evan McMullin, a Republican former CIA operative who ran unsuccessfully against Trump as an independent candidate, called Friday night for Republican leaders to condemn Trump’s “alliance” with Putin.

Trump is so eager to accept any sense of praise that he doesn’t see he’s being played by Putin. #sad

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Rockettes Now Told Performing At Trump Inauguration Is ‘Voluntary’

It’s been in the headlines now for several days that the Trump transition team is finding it difficult to secure world-class talent to perform at Donald Trump’s inauguration.

But yesterday it was announced that the Radio City Rockettes have agreed to appear. Who doesn’t love the Rockets?

A snag appeared though as BroadwayWorld obtained an email sent from the American Guild of Variety Artists to Rockette members as a response to the announcement that some Rockettes did not want to participate in the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump. The email read:

“We have received an email from a Rockette expressing concern about getting “involved in a dangerous political climate” but I must remind you that you are all employees, and as a company, Mr. Dolan obviously wants The Rockettes to be represented at our country’s Presidential inauguration, as they were in 2001 & 2005. Any talk of boycotting this event is invalid, I’m afraid.”

“We have been made aware of what is going on Facebook and other social media, however, this does not change anything unless Radio City has a change of heart. The ranting of the public is just that, ranting. Everyone has a right to an opinion, but this does not change your employment status for those who are full time.”

“This has nothing to do with anyone’s political leanings (including AGVA’s), it has to do with your best performance for your employer, period. I will reiterate that if Hillary Clinton was the President-elect, nothing would be different, and there would probably be those who would not want to be involved because of her. It is a job, and all of you should consider it an honor, no matter who is being sworn in. The election is over and this country will not survive if it remains divided.”

“Everyone is entitled to her own political beliefs, but there is no room for this in the workplace.”

The email concluded in bolded, underlined font: “If you are not full time, you do not have to sign up to do this work. If you are full time, you are obligated. Doing the best performance to reflect an American Institution which has been here for over 90 years is your job. I hope this pulls into focus the bottom line on this work.”

After what must have been a LOT of squabbling at Radio City, BroadwayWorld has updated it’s story to include this statement from Madison Square Garden:

“The Radio City Rockettes are proud to participate in the 58th Presidential Inaugural.”

“For a Rockette to be considered for an event, they must voluntarily sign up and are never told they have to perform at a particular event, including the inaugural. It is always their choice.”

“In fact, for the coming inauguration, we had more Rockettes request to participate than we have slots available. We eagerly await the inaugural celebrations.”

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Trump On Nuclear Proliferation: “Let It Be An Arms Race”

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The world is completely abuzz about President-elect Donald Trump’s comments and tweets telling the world that 40 years of work to reduce nuclear weapons in the world is about to go out the window.

From Politico:

President-elect Donald Trump on Friday morning escalated his calls for a stronger U.S. nuclear arsenal, saying he was fine with an “arms race” if it puts the U.S. in a stronger position against foreign adversaries.

“Let it be an arms race … we will outmatch them at every pass and outlast them all,” Trump told MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” during an off-air conversation on Friday.

The attempt at a clarification came after Trump alarmed some with a vague tweet on Thursday that said, “The United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes.”

The tweet, which threatened to upend longstanding U.S. nonproliferation policy, followed comments from Russian President Vladimir Putin, who called on his country to “strengthen” its nuclear forces.

“We need to strengthen the military potential of strategic nuclear forces, especially with missile complexes that can reliably penetrate any existing and prospective missile defense systems,” he said, according to multiple news reports.

CNBC adds:

Trump spokesman Sean Spicer said in several television interviews on Friday that there would not be an arms race because the president-elect would ensure that other countries trying to step up their nuclear capabilities, such as Russia and China, would decide not to do so.

“He’s going to ensure that other countries get the message that he’s not going to sit back and allow that,” Spicer told NBC. “And what’s going to happen is they will come to their senses, and we will all be just fine.”

Asked about the tweet, Trump spokesman Jason Miller later said Trump was “referring to the threat of nuclear proliferation and the critical need to prevent it — particularly to and among terrorist organizations and unstable and rogue regimes.”

If Trump and Putin both want to expand nuclear weapons, that would effectively end arms control efforts underway since the Nixon administration, said Joe Cirincione, president of Ploughshares Fund, a foundation that works to prevent the spread and use of nuclear weapons.

“This is how arms races begin — with a battle of words,” Cirincione said, urging Trump, a real estate mogul, to “make the biggest deal of his life” and negotiate cuts to the nuclear arsenal with Russia.

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Tom Arnold Says He Has Tape Of Trump Using “N-Word” And “C-Word”

Comedian Tom Arnold recently revealed that he has a video of “outtakes” from The Apprentice that shows Donald Trump casually using extremely offensive language.

In a radio interview on Monday, Arnold said, “I have the outtakes to The Apprentice where he says every bad thing ever, every offensive, racist thing ever. It was him sitting in that chair saying the N-word, saying the C-word, calling his son a retard, just being so mean to his own children.”

Arnold says hundreds of people received the “outtakes” that was edited by two editors and an associate producer from the show and shared as a holiday gag reel. He didn’t release the tape because he felt the three employees livelihoods would be threatened.

From Raw Story:

On Twitter Wednesday, Arnold claimed to have received a voicemail from someone in Trump’s camp threatening him with a defamation suit over his claims that he has tapes of Trump spewing racial slurs and calling his own son a “retard.”

Rather than being intimidated by this threat, however, Arnold welcomed it as an opportunity for the entire country to see how Trump has treated people over the years.

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Cry Baby Watch: Donald Trump Still Butt Hurt Over Popular Vote Loss

Without a doubt, this man’s ego will be his downfall.

He just can’t stop being defensive. Apparently, he’s still stung by the fact that he lost the popular vote by almost 3 million.

And the fact that his win is now tainted by the fact that the Russian government intervened to help him.

Please note the “if that is possible” about his win. Yeah, it’s possible to much better than his 306 electoral college win. Take a look at both of President Obama’s two victories for the White House, for example.

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Donald Trump’s Approval Numbers Remain Upside Down

According to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, even after clinching the Electoral College vote yesterday, President-elect Donald Trump has some work ahead of him in terms of finding majority approval from the country as a whole.

The new survey shows only 40% of Americans have a “positive” opinion of Trump while 46% have a negative opinion. That’s a net negative six points.

This is highly unusual for an incoming president.

Looking forward, only 45% of those polled are “optimistic/confident” about how Trump’s presidency will affect the country. Fifty-four percent say they are either uncertain/pessimistic about the incoming administration.

Contrast that with our past two presidents: A combined 66 percent were either optimistic or hopeful about Obama in January 2009, according to the same poll, while 59 percent were optimistic or hopeful about George W. Bush in January 2001.

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Donald Trump Slaps Back At Bill Clinton

He just can’t help himself.

A comment by former President Bill Clinton to a small, local newspaper draws the Twitter ire of President-elect Trump.

Good lord.

Via The Daily Caller:

Donald Trump is firing back after Bill Clinton said he only knew how to appeal to “angry white men.” When the former president ran into the editor of the Bedford-Pound Ridge Record Review in Katonah, New York recently, he said that the president-elect “didn’t know much.” “One thing he does know is how to get angry, white men to vote for him,” Clinton said.

Seriously – who cares who called who? How about you put down the Blackberry, Mr. Trump, and go get an intelligence briefing?

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If You Repeat A Lie Often Enough

Here’s proof that if you repeat a lie often enough, some folks will believe it.

From The Washington Post:

Clinton’s lead now exceeds 2.8 million votes (more than 2.1 percent of the total vote) and continues to grow. Many Democrats hope this fact alone might persuade Republican electors to reject Trump in favor of some alternative. But this hope faces a serious challenge: Half of all Republicans actually think Trump won the popular vote.

In a nationally representative online survey of 1,011 Americans conducted by Qualtrics between Dec. 6 and 12, we asked respondents, “In last month’s election, Donald Trump won the majority of votes in the electoral college. Who do you think won the most popular votes?”

Twenty-nine percent said Donald Trump won the popular vote. This is a slightly larger proportion than in a recent Pew survey in which 19 percent said Trump won the popular vote.

Respondents’ correct understanding of the popular vote depended a great deal on partisanship. A large fraction of Republicans — 52 percent — said Trump won the popular vote, compared with only 7 percent of Democrats and 24 percent of independents.