Trump claims largest ever crowd for inaugeration

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And now we have cklimate change denierism.

"We are beginning to see our fears realised less than a week after President Trump has taken office," said Bob Ward, from the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment.
"I hope that the Prime Minister will challenge President Trump about this censorship and political interference in the process of gaining and sharing knowledge about climate change during their meeting on Friday."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-38746608

He's convinved he must have won despite all the evidence.
Which leads us to.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38746559

Independent Senator Bernie Sanders said it was "nonsensical" and he feared Mr Trump was paving the way for Republican governors to "go forward with voter suppression".

You have your Hitler America congratulations.

[Rayaan]

The man lives in a fantasy world where he is the best and will not have anyone say different.

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[Amarok]

That really doesn't work

[The Industrial Atheist]

And then....his press secretary says how they're going to "hold the media accountable". Sorry buddy, but the government isn't allowed to dictate what the media can and can't do. I think these people are thinking they're dictators now.

That press briefing was the clearest indication yet of what direction this administration is going to take. It was my like my worst fears had been confirmed. But I was also quite amazed at how driven it was by Trump's ego.

Control of the media will be the first thing they tackle. There are plenty of things that they can do, like freezing out non compliant news sources from briefings, expanding existing rules and making them more ambiguous and open to interpretation in the courts. They will also need to bring about controls about the content that can be accessed on the internet. It sounds completely implausible but many countries already have this and it's growing stronger. The US already has it in some form.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_c...ted_States

And the UK has been busy increasing censorship in recent times.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_c...erblocking

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He's not Hitler. He's a danger on his own merit. And Hitler only lost touch with reality later on. Not right at the start.

Agreed. Hitler was at least largely competent.

I don't know for sure whether if this is better or worse for the US though. I'm inclined to think better because Trump won't last as long as opposition will only increase over time.

He was already starting to do this as a candidate.
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016...blications

Basically if you were a news agency and he didn't like the way he covered you, he takes away your credentials. He sometimes gave credentials to white nationalist news sources that praised him.

[Thumpalumpacus]

Its called positive reinforcement,

but Trump is so easy to believe crap about because the vast amount of it is true.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/si...8bfe6a0128

His crowd was smaller he did say he tried to fuck a married woman and grabbed girls by the pussy. He said he went into the changing room at miss world then said he didn't. Etc ETc ad infi bloody itim

He is an inveterate liar.

Lol, that whole huffington post article is just positive reinforcement with no proof.

Except that Trump did indeed say those things, himself -- or there are multiple sources attesting to it.

The article itself simply dealt with the credibility of the agent who fished up the allegations about sexual proclivities, which DBP didn't reference at all.

[Brian37]

Nice. Dodge my question. Credibility does matter. You made a claim, now back it up.

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Hey, asshole.... when the WLB sends his press secretary out to insist on horseshit like this and you defend it, you have no credibility.  Deal with it.  Accept that you are a useless little shit, and move on with your dismal, WLB-loving life.

Trump Press Secretary berates media, makes dubious boasts about inauguration crowd size

"This was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period, both in-person and around the globe," Spicer claimed, contrary to the numerous photos taken of the National Mall on Friday that appeared to show a smaller audience than the crowd at former President Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration.

A visibly irate Spicer claimed the sparse appearance of the crowds was due to the white floor coverings used on the National Mall, which Spicer said had the effect of "highlighting areas where people were not standing, while in years past, the grass eliminated this visual."

http://www.businessinsider.com/sean-spic...age-2017-1

Facts must be terribly upsetting to shitheads who think they know everything?

This is what Trump supporters don't understand. We are not bitter one fucking bit. This is not chicken little or paranoia on our part. His lies over the past 5 years of vilification and scapegoating and preying on fear have worldwide global effects and we are seeing that now not just nationally. And on top of his dickish bullying he is a very real threat to the planet scientifically. 

We are NOT condemning his lies because we simply think he is an asshole, we are condemning his pattern of lies because it is a LITERAL threat to national and global stability, WAY BEYOND politics. 

Trump supporters really need to pull their fucking heads out of their ass, this is no game and this is not about being sore losers.

[scoobysnack]

Trump supporters are actually the winners here. Yes Trump is the president of the US, and sorry, Caitlyn Jenner is a man in drag. Although he won the woman of the year award, he's a man. You can't choose to be something you are not. It's like arrested development of 5 year olds who think they are super heroes when they put a cape on. Get over it!

Has this even been posted yet, the gigapixel image of the inauguration at the time of the speech? Looks packed to me, despite the communists who blocked thousands from getting in. Thank God there is a plan to purge the Jacobins going on right now.

You can zoom all the way in to the back.

http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2017/01/p...gigapixel/

[Brian37]

His bullshit about not making his family name rich? FUCK HIM.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powe...43632eb1cb

[Brian37]

Trump supporters are actually the winners here. Yes Trump is the president of the US, and sorry, Caitlyn Jenner is a man in drag. Although he won the woman of the year award, he's a man. You can't choose to be something you are not. It's like arrested development of 5 year olds who think they are super heroes when they put a cape on. Get over it!

Has this even been posted yet, the gigapixel image of the inauguration at the time of the speech? Looks packed to me, despite the communists who blocked thousands from getting in. Thank God there is a plan to purge the Jacobins going on right now.

You can zoom all the way in to the back.

http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2017/01/p...gigapixel/

Fuck you and your bullshit response here proves us right, take your fucking bigotry and shove it up your ass. We have Transgender and gays on this website and you fucking know that. SCIENCE says our BRAINS define our gender identity and our sexual preference not our plumbing YOU STUPID FUCK. Tell us when did you decide you were heterosexual?

You morons always cry about keeping government out of your lives but you defend a very Orwellian asshole. FUCK YOU.

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Trump supporters are actually the winners here. Yes Trump is the president of the US, and sorry, Caitlyn Jenner is a man in drag. Although he won the woman of the year award, he's a man. You can't choose to be something you are not. It's like arrested development of 5 year olds who think they are super heroes when they put a cape on. Get over it!

Has this even been posted yet, the gigapixel image of the inauguration at the time of the speech? Looks packed to me, despite the communists who blocked thousands from getting in. Thank God there is a plan to purge the Jacobins going on right now.

You can zoom all the way in to the back.

http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2017/01/p...gigapixel/

Knock it off asshole. PBS, CNN, AND DC SUBWAY PROVE he wasn't close to either Obama's numbers or even the Women's march numbers. And he is still lying about the pop vote.

[I_am_not_mafia]

Has this even been posted yet, the gigapixel image of the inauguration at the time of the speech? Looks packed to me, despite the communists who blocked thousands from getting in. Thank God there is a plan to purge the Jacobins going on right now.

You can zoom all the way in to the back.

http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2017/01/p...gigapixel/

I'm beginning to see why you believe Trump. Life must be terribly confusing for you.

Here's an explanation as to why the empty space at the back looks very small. Skip to 30 seconds in.

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If you understand this then we can move onto the advanced topic of foreshortening.

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