13:36:29 Retweeted @gerrycanavan13:34:36 Main criteria for Cabinet seems to be not personal loyalty to Trump, as predicted, but possession of independent powerbase Trump can co-opt.
06:26:00 Retweeted @NWSSeattle05:44:40 Seattle hasn't had a sub-freezing night in 332 days…the longest stretch on record at Sea-Tac since records began. That ends tonight. #wawx
19:28:51 Retweeted @kkondik19:24:14 State that voted closest to the national average is Minnesota right now, though when all is said and done it'll probably be Nevada
23:00:38 Listening to Mr Barton Maths Podcast Dylan Wiliam – Author, Researcher, Trainer and Assessment for Learning Expert https://t.co/RKMcoLs4b4
20:18:27 Retweeted @cracked19:46:47 Trump: "$4 billion is way too much for Air Force One!"
Boeing: "But it's only $170 million?"
Trump: "Hah see!? I am a great negotiator!"
01:34:05 Retweeted @max_read01:00:21 a clippy for twitter that pops up every time someone starts a tweet with "1/" and offers to set up a wordpress for them
21:00:32 Retweeted @KagroX16:56:02 Who's doing enviro policy?
Ivanka.
Who's doing child care policy?
Ivanka.
What abt First Lady duties?
Ivanka.
Who's running the biz?
Ivanka.
00:01:48 Retweeted @kurteichenwald2016-12-03 23:58:26 Full analysis of the election in one tweet: Too many democrats demand purity or wont vote, while most republicans want victory, and so vote.
02:32:06 Retweeted @EdMorrissey2016-12-03 23:18:35 WI has posted the spreadsheet for Day 3. Current count of completed precincts: 1077. Trump added (overall) 138, Hillary 126, for Trump +12.
04:05:09 Retweeted @JenGranholm2016-12-03 21:13:36 The reported "undervote" (Ds who left top of ticket blank) in MI is 75k – TWICE that of 2012. She lost by 10k. Just sayin' —
07:25:37 Retweeted @joshtpm04:50:48 In his instinctive way Trump knows that since Mitt has now praised him as great, wise, glorious leader – Mitts now neutralized permanently.
21:05:19 Reading – Comedian Mo Amer sat next to Eric Trump on a flight: I said 'I'm a Muslim' (Nicky Woolf) https://t.co/SjgDFsvuG0
21:44:37 Retweeted @BreakingNews21:41:19 Standing Rock Sioux: US Army to deny current route for Dakota Access pipeline following months of protests – NBC News
00:04:19 Retweeted @mattyglesias2016-12-02 23:51:09 Based on what we've seen so far the Trump Administration's adherence to official email use guidelines is going to exactingly scrupulous.
00:26:50 Retweeted @prchovanec00:25:59 Beijing will restate One China policy and US "obligation", throw in some stage anger, and quietly smile that Trump made such a clumsy move. in reply to prchovanec
02:33:18 Retweeted @joshgroban2016-12-02 18:50:59 Maybe let's not media shame the more centrist, smarter people who meet with trump. They're our only hope.
02:42:50 Retweeted @davidfrum2016-12-02 23:59:40 What the media doesn’t get is that while other people are playing checkers, Trump is playing Russian roulette.
03:09:39 Retweeted @kevinroose01:38:19 Twitter should rename "While you were away" to "Oh god, what did he do now?"
03:24:08 Retweeted @ditzkoff2016-12-02 21:44:19 President-elect Trump accepts congratulatory call from Sauron, dark lord of Mordor. “It’s a terrific eye, hovers over everything, terrific"
04:22:10 Retweeted @MarkHarrisNYC04:00:50 Part of me believes Mike Pence will be president soon. I'm not consoled by that, but between Trump and Pence, yes, I would take Pence.
04:44:04 Retweeted @joshtpm03:59:59 Fascinating but probably predictable response. At least publicly China FM will pretend the call didn't happen. Or it wasn't Trumps fault.
On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan return to the normal non-election format. The three main topics are fake news, Trump’s conflicts of interest, and how to respond to Trump. They also talk a bit about MacBook Pros, iPads, Fidel Castro, Standing Rock, Syria, and even more! Join us as things start to settle into the new normal.
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Recorded 2016-12-01
Length this week – 1:55:48
(0:00:10-0:21:20) But First
Agenda
MacBook Pros and huge iPads
Trackpads/mice/trackballs
Gestures
(0:22:29-0:47:37) Fake News
How it gets created and spreads
Engagement algorithms
Possible solutions?
(0:48:25-1:05:40) Trump Conflicts
Trump’s plan to minimize conflict
Trump International
Who can do anything?
Trump supporter regrets?
(1:06:59-1:28:42) Responding to Trump
How to respond to lies and crazy?
Outrage fatigue
Taking Trump’s phone?
Presidential alerts
Congressional strategy
(1:29:20-1:55:28) Lightning Round
Congressional earmarks
Fidel Castro died
Standing Rock
Columbia plane crash
Electoral College update
Daylight Saving Time
Syria
The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch.
02:50:07 Retweeted @NateSilver53802:15:52 One takeaway from the @HarvardIOP conference is that Kellyanne Conway is not the savvy, winking SNL caricature. She's a True Believer.
02:55:40 Retweeted @SethAMandel02:40:01 CW was GOP needed to be socially liberal and fiscally conservative. Turned out the people wanted fiscally liberal and socially conservative.
02:59:33 Retweeted @ObsoleteDogma02:19:25 1. The "literally/seriously" thing isn't getting enough attention as a matter of democratic norms.
03:40:23 Retweeted @HeerJeet03:28:24 Trump continues to talk up Bannon-style populism but his cabinet is filling up with old school rightwing plutocrats. Somethings gotta give.
2012: 49% of 2-party vote, 53% of seats
2014: 53% of vote, 57% of seats
2016: 51% of vote, 55% of seats
06:01:49 Retweeted @MEPFuller05:56:39 What's amazing is this one little Carrier deal is *still* gonna stick in people's minds as Trump saving manufacturing jobs.
06:28:09 Retweeted @paulbradleycarr05:26:12 People freaking out that Uber is advertising on Breitbart. B/c a neo-Nazi site is last place you expect to see ads for a co. called UBER.
06:28:15 Retweeted @paulbradleycarr05:29:10 Ok, yes, Uber threatens reporters, attacks women, hires spies to smear folks suing them. But why would they advertise on a Trump fan site?
17:24:27 Retweeted @ryanbeckwith17:22:54 If reporters aren’t supposed to take Trump literally, can someone tell me how we’re supposed to do our jobs? I mean this literally.
23:39:40 Retweeted @kurteichenwald23:32:37 China just waking up. It's going to a very ugly weekend – completely unnecessary. Im sure Kerry on phone with em right now calming em down.
23:42:10 Reading – Trump speaks with Taiwanese president, a major break with decades of U.S. policy on China (Anne Gearan) https://t.co/VHpcA94GGD
23:47:10 Retweeted @goldengateblond23:30:57 We've been worried about Donald Trump having nukes when what we really should've been worried about is Donald Trump having a phone.
23:58:43 Reading – Holy Conflict of Interest! The Firm Holding Much of Trump's Debt May Be Up for Sale. (Russ Choma) https://t.co/811b91F2OM
20:05:51 Trump at Carrier right now. Is this the first real speech he has given since election night? He seems really low energy. Very mellow.
20:07:44 Retweeted @hunterschwarz20:07:36 Trump admits that when he originally said Carrier wouldn’t leave the U.S., he didn’t mean it literally, was a “euphemism."
00:43:48 Retweeted @davidfaber00:08:01 Trump Admin and $UTX reach agreement on keeping close to 1000 factory jobs in Carrier plant in Indiana- sources.
02:11:41 Retweeted @ForecasterEnten02:10:06 I may live another 100 years, and I will never experience the pain that Romney's face indicates he is feeling tonight…
03:32:34 Retweeted @JenniferJJacobs03:27:49 SCOOP: Sec of state auditions aren't over, I'm told. Romney to talk to Trump again tomorrow, as are Petraeus, Giuliani, Corker, Gen. Kelly.
03:54:44 Retweeted @elakdawalla03:43:42 7yo just asked Alexa if Santa was real. Alexa said she doesn't know him personally but she's heard good things about him. Nicely done.
04:11:18 Romney isn't doing this because he "wants" to be SoS. He thinks he NEEDS to be SoS to act as buffer 2 prevent Trump doing damage. Sacrifice.
04:17:20 .@natsecHeather & of course would not be even slightly surprised if Trump forces the ritual humiliation, then rejects him and twists knife. in reply to abulsme
04:20:17 .@natsecHeather But if he does get in, think he thinks he can be a moderating influence to some degree at least. I think he is wrong tho. :) in reply to abulsme
22:19:47 Retweeted @kurteichenwald2016-11-29 22:19:53 I keep reading bout ppl in Kentucky finding out Kynect program they love is the Obamacare they hate. And they're upset theyre gonna lose it.
22:50:46 Retweeted @Rikki558222:23:56 I dunno about you, but if I were a large business owner right now, I'd threaten to move my factories out of the US and see what I could get