CNN isn't messing around with this chyron

[kpete]

Link to tweet

[YessirAtsaFact]

1. That's refreshing to see

Now stop amplifying his lies by repeating what said/tweeted verbatim.

I’d like to see/hear something like “Trump told 12 lies in the last week about a “caravan” of people walking across Southern Mexico.”

“Trump repeatedly exaggerated the number of people, made unsubstantiated claims that Middle Eastern terrorists were included in in the group.”

“Trump also claimed that he would order the military to stop the invasion. However calling it an invasion is not accurate when talking about unarmed civilians and it isn’t clear that the military could be used this way legally, due to the Posse Comitatus Act, that limits using the military for domestic law enforcement.”

[NewJeffCT]

2. If he used the military

would Paul Ryan or Mitch McConnell start standing up to him and reject his use of the military?

[jcgoldie]

3. Lol

Pretty sure we all know the answer to that question.

[YessirAtsaFact]

4. Generals know what's legal and what isn't and they have spines

And they don’t have to run in primaries to keep their jobs.

Trump’s blowing smoke about using the military. They aren’t likely to follow illegal orders.

[NewJeffCT]

6. I think you're over-estimating the generals

they may know it's illegal, but if Trump uses a Republican diehard general, it may take somebody stepping up to stop them.

[zentrum]

18. Yup. Give me a break. Kelly

...was a General and he's a Trump enabler an cover guy every day.

Colin Powell who helped lie us into the Iraq war and who lied to the world at the UN----was a 4 start General.

Generals have been all in to fight wars to protect American corporations whenever needed, at least since Viet Nam.

The only reliable honor in the armed forces is in the common soldier, who has no power and is just fodder.

[montanacowboy]

19. And let's don't forget

Westmoreland and his sterling reputation in Viet Nam

[NoMoreRepugs]

9. The Joint Chiefs are defenders of the Constitution.

I truly believe that.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

52. Thank you for stating what needed to be said before this got too far.

The UCMJ (the Uniformed Code of Military Justice) governs all actions by those in uniform from the newest E-1 to the longest serving general or admiral. It is our obligation and responsibility to refuse to follow any unlawful order. And that starts defending the Constitution of the United States, not the platform/doctrine/ideology of the GOP.

[NoMoreRepugs]

56. It's what the USMC drill instructor drove into our heads every single day.

You defend the COUNTRY and do what is RIGHT. PERIOD.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

57. SEMPER FI, NoMoreRepugs !

From this SEMPER FORTIS Sailor.

[BigGermanGuy]

11. isn't it the sole ability of a president

to remove generals at any point?

[llmart]

39. Hmm....

Really? How about Colin Powell who went to the UN and did Bush/Cheney's lying for them?

[YessirAtsaFact]

43. Compared with pugs in Congress, generals are rock solid

I don’t think Trump’s going to try using the military this. There will be pushback.

Most of these guys are patriots.

[summer_in_TX]

54. Powell was subjected to disinformation

Cheney and the neocons (and probably Bush) knew Colin Powell would be persuasive if he testified, and they knew he would not lie. So they spent a lot of time and energy pulling "evidence" together to convince him that he was telling the truth then.

There's plenty of evidence he eventually realized he'd been lied to. Not sure he should be held culpable, or only somewhat.

Remember Cheney set up rogue intelligence operatives to go around the CIA and use cherry-picked facts to persuade Americans that Sadaam Hussein was rebuilding WMD and that he was behind 9-11.

[Progressive Jones]

53. No, because they're cowards. All GOP members are sniveling cowards. nt

[Laura PourMeADrink]

10. Exactly. Just saw "trump giving middle class tax

cut" scrolling on MSNBC ...WTH.

They are abetting him to a tee.

[BigGermanGuy]

12. and the other night

joy reid was more or less bashing every single potential dem nominee besides Harris.

I've turned off msnbc a LONG time ago.

[onetexan]

27. CNN's existence is also being threatened

which is why after the election they've finally had the gumption to stand up to this Idiot and the chaotic environment he's created.

[not_the_one]

47. I seem to remember, back during W's reign of error

that CNN actually sent grovelers to the White House to get pointers on how they could be more like fix, er... FOX.

They helped create this fiasco.

The stench of the turd must have become unbearable. Will wonders never cease? (rhetorical question...)

I appreciate them regaining some modicum of fairness.

[Cracklin Charlie]

5. Well done, CNN!

It’s about time.

[uponit7771]

7. Should be the standard

[Laura PourMeADrink]

8. Still think CNN & MSNBC should constantly scroll

all the Trump lies and crimes -- accumulating them.

Trump gets away with this is by:

1. Never truly facing the Press in a real question and answer session without helicopter noise drowning out the question.

2. Throwing a new ball up in the air to make people forget the one thrown an hour ago.

By scrolling constantly people won't forget.

[watoos]

14. I have a hard time explaining this but,

CNN and MSNBC are no different than Fox in airing right wing talking points. CNN and MSNBC may very well put a progressive slant on the talking points or even refute them, but they are still airing them.

I don't have to watch Fox to see Trump's rallies, CNN and MSNBC show the highlights.

With that said, at times there are cable news hosts who stray from the right wing narratives, Nicole Wallace, Chris Hayes, Rachel, Don Lemon, and yes even Shep Smith at times.

It's going to get worse leading up to the election.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

21. Yup...did u see Geraldo clip from Hannutty? He

Was trying to evoke sympathy for carivan.

[libdem4life]

37. The minute that Squirrel Top comes on any channel...

I exercise my Fast Forward Rights. Never watch live. I'm being weaned off my political junkie fixes.

[George II]

13. Anderson Cooper starts out his 8PM show just about every night exposing the lies...

..of the day.

[watoos]

16. Add up

Cooper's, Tweety's, Wolf's IQs and you won't hit triple digits.

I like Anderson but he is lost, like the other 2, asking follow up questions.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

22. Agree. Anderson absolutely lowest IQ

Definitely not Tweety. Love his knowledge of history. Yet, he doesn't seem to keep up with current events well. Too bad.

[Mike Rows His Boat]

26. Tweety is about Tweety. His misogynistic panel-hosting is atrocious.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

30. To each his own, I guess. He's really the only one

Who doesn't bore me except for Lawrence. Rachel's repetitive, drawn out shows are painful. Sure it's me...not enough patience

[Mike Rows His Boat]

32. I agree about Rachel and Lawrence. I watch Ari's show too.

I just don’t like the way Tweety cuts off his women guests. Constantly.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

34. Ya, get that. He cuts off anyone who is not quick and

Who he deems uninformed. If you are on his show you need to know what you are talking about and spit it out with lightning speed. So few Dems can do that.

Guess we are too thoughtful and look at all angles. I tell ya, Gillum impressed me the other night. Refreshing to see a quick-witted Dem.

[Achilleaze]

15. Finally. Just state the facts plainly.

republicans are lying all the time. Need to be busted for their lies.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

31. It's almost like lying became a virtue. And there's

No one to call them out. Not like they go on a show where they're drilled.

[RussBLib]

17. still waiting for some reporters to call him a blatant liar to his face

nobody will call him a liar to his face, so why should he change?

Sure, you might lose your job, but I am sure other networks/systems will hire them for their truthtelling.

[LudwigPastorius]

20. They are two years late with that.

That should have been the crawl under every Trump appearance in 2016.

[elleng]

28. Right, THAT got us into this mess.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

35. I am obsessed with Gallup approval tracking

now done weekly. There was a period between August 2017 and February 2018 when he posted his highest disapproval. Since then he has trended that down. Must have been a tipping point. And now posting best numbers. How can that be? Maybe he's savvy enough to know if he piled on the crap more and more that people would eventually believe he is the victim.

[LudwigPastorius]

42. "if he piled on the crap more and more that people would eventually believe he is the victim."

Trump may have read this, from the mind of a genocidal maniac...or, maybe he's just cut from the same cloth and happened upon the principle himself.

...in the big lie there is always a certain force of credibility; because the broad masses of a nation are always more easily corrupted in the deeper strata of their emotional nature than consciously or voluntarily; and thus in the primitive simplicity of their minds they more readily fall victims to the big lie than the small lie, since they themselves often tell small lies in little matters but would be ashamed to resort to large-scale falsehoods.

It would never come into their heads to fabricate colossal untruths, and they would not believe that others could have the impudence to distort the truth so infamously. Even though the facts which prove this to be so may be brought clearly to their minds, they will still doubt and waver and will continue to think that there may be some other explanation. For the grossly impudent lie always leaves traces behind it, even after it has been nailed down, a fact which is known to all expert liars in this world and to all who conspire together in the art of lying.

[world wide wally]

23. At least it is not fake news

[niyad]

24. where were you in 2015-2016????

[ck4829]

25. Kick

[elleng]

29. Thanks. Good to see my Senator;

sorry to see the pained look on his face.

[wryter2000]

33. Way to go

Remember when they refused to use the L word?

[Grasswire2]

36. Our free press still....standing between the people and tyranny. nt

[dalton99a]

38. Kick

[Ferrets are Cool]

40. Nice to see, but it will take 1000's of these

to begin to make up for all the misinformation they have given the public over the past 18 years.

[Nitram]

41. "For Trump and GOP, a bet on fear, falsehoods" at the TOP of today's Wash Post FRONT PAGE

[Blue Owl]

44. Fearmongering is less effective when you have toilet paper stuck on your shoe

n/t

[mahina]

45. Finally.

Jesus.

[Honeycombe8]

46. CNN has handled the attacks on news and the country pretty well.

This is particularly good. No mincing words here....full out calling things for what they are. Bravo, CNN!

[IncaRoads]

48. The ol' shit liner is comin' into port.

"We'll be there to tie 'er up!"

-James Lahey

[John Fante]

49. Don't give them any credit. I'm at the gym right now, and the headlines

I'm seeing ("Trump approval bump", "crucial house races within margin of error", "key republican: we'll push tax cuts if GOP keeps congress" ) would make Fox proud. I so wish I could change the channel.

[calimary]

50. Duplicate.

Sorry

[calimary]

51. Good. There is simply NO reason to mince words anymore.

We need to call it what it is.

[Awsi Dooger]

55. CNN is awesome

I'm on a trip and CNN is my immediate choice every night when I return from sightseeing. At home in Miami I click back and forth but during this trip I never give MSNBC a second thought. CNN methodically defines and destroys Trump every hour.

Similarly, I have to laugh at anyone who condemns NPR. It took me 1900+ miles to drive up here to Boston due to some weaving around. I don't know how I would have made it without NPR. It is great that they are always on the same narrow range on the FM dial...the 88 to 91.5 area. As soon as one NPR station fades I can quickly find the next one. The other day they had a lengthy segment with the New York Times reporters who spent a full year secluded in a separate room working on the Trump financial history. Great segment, better than any version I've heard elsewhere.

BTW, the local Massachusetts debates are terrific. Extremely feisty. I listen to them on local NPR while returning to Cape Cod every evening. That secretary of state debate was fantastic, other than limited to only a half hour. Great name calling from both sides.