{"id":3514,"date":"2019-12-19T12:21:42","date_gmt":"2019-12-19T18:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/?p=3514"},"modified":"2019-12-19T12:21:42","modified_gmt":"2019-12-19T18:21:42","slug":"in-case-you-missed-it-thank-you-daily-kos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/?p=3514","title":{"rendered":"In case you missed it&#8230;. thank you Daily KOS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<div class=\"story-title heading\"><a class=\"designation-staff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/stories\/2019\/12\/18\/1906489\/-Merry-Christmas-f-you-Senators-got-a-surprise-holiday-greeting-from-Donald-Trump\">Merry Christmas, f*&amp;@ you: Senators get a\u00a0surprise holiday greeting from Donald Trump<\/a><i><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"bump-post\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row-story-byline\">\n<div class=\"col-story-byline\">\n<div class=\"story-info\">\n<div class=\"story-byline pull-left\">\n<div class=\"author-avatar pull-left\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"byline-inner pull-left\">\n<div class=\"author-byline name-heading\"><span class=\"author-name\" title=\"\" data-placement=\"right\" data-toggle=\"mini-profile\" data-user-id=\"41648\" data-original-title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/user\/Jen%20Hayden\">Jen Hayden<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-byline designation\"><span class=\"author-designation designation-staff\">Daily Kos Staff<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-date hidden-sm\"><span class=\"timestamp \" data-localize-time=\"\" data-epoch-time=\"1576702138000\" data-time-zone=\"-0600\" data-time-format=\"%A %B %d, %Y\">Wednesday December 18, 2019<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"time-dot\">\u00b7<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"timestamp \" data-localize-time=\"\" data-epoch-time=\"1576702138000\" data-time-zone=\"-0600\" data-time-format=\"%l:%M %p %Z\">2:48 PM CST<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"social-blocks-container\">\n<div class=\"social-blocks-bookend\">\n<div class=\"social-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"dk-social-btn-unit show-recs-hover\" title=\"\" data-original-title=\"\">\n<div class=\"dk-social-btn story-recommend-btn story-recommends\"><span class=\"recommends\"><span class=\"counts\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\u00a0<button class=\"dk-social-btn-unit dk-social-btn facebook-share\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2019\/12\/18\/1906489\/-Merry-Christmas-f-you-Senators-got-a-surprise-holiday-greeting-from-Donald-Trump\"><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 content-section\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 story-section\">\n<div id=\"story-full-content\" class=\"story-full-content\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"story-intro-wrapper width-xl\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<div class=\"top-story-image\">\n<div class=\"story-image-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"width-xl\">\n<div class=\"story-image width-xl\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"img-responsive width-xl\" title=\"US President Donald J. Trump participates in NORAD Santa Tracker phone calls at the Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida on December 24, 2017. .&quot;NORAD Tracks Santa&quot; is an annual Christmas-themed entertainment program, which has existed since 1955, produced under the auspices of the North American Aerospace Defense Command. \/ AFP PHOTO \/ Nicholas Kamm        (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM\/AFP\/Getty Images)\" src=\"https:\/\/images.dailykos.com\/images\/491084\/story_image\/GettyImages-898119628.jpg?1514908337\" alt=\"US President Donald J. Trump participates in NORAD Santa Tracker phone calls at the Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida on December 24, 2017. .&quot;NORAD Tracks Santa&quot; is an annual Christmas-themed entertainment program, which has existed since 1955, produced under the auspices of the North American Aerospace Defense Command. \/ AFP PHOTO \/ Nicholas Kamm        (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM\/AFP\/Getty Images)\" width=\"385\" height=\"262\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.dailykos.com\/images\/491084\/story_image\/GettyImages-898119628.jpg?1514908337\" \/>\n<div class=\"attribution\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<div class=\"story-column\">\n<div class=\"story-intro story-content\">\n<p>\u2018Tis the season! Loved ones are scrambling to complete\u00a0last-minute shopping, children are singing their little hearts out in school holiday choirs, friends and co-workers are gathering around cheese plates,\u00a0cookie trays, and the bar for after-work\u00a0celebrations. It\u2019s the time of year when we put our differences aside and rejoice in the holiday spirit together, right?<\/p>\n<p>Well, it used to be. Now Donald Trump is president. And while he insists that he (and he alone) is responsible for people saying, \u201cMerry Christmas\u201d to one another (nobody ever stopped saying that this time of year), it seems the other messages of Christmas completely escape him. Case in point: his annual holiday card. It\u2019s a time for an American president to send out a traditional greeting to supporters and his fellow public servants, including members of Congress. This year, he included a little something extra.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"dk-editor-embed center-block\" data-twitter-content=\"&amp;lt;blockquote class=&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&amp;gt;Thanks for this card &amp;amp;amp; your 6 page impeachment screed. Bizarrely delivered together. Happy Holidays &amp;amp;amp; best wishes for the coming year! &amp;lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/kUDektXMvt&quot;&amp;gt;pic.twitter.com\/kUDektXMvt&amp;lt;\/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;\/p&amp;gt;\u2014 Richard Blumenthal (@SenBlumenthal) &amp;lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenBlumenthal\/status\/1207392328392069120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;&amp;gt;December 18, 2019&amp;lt;\/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;\/blockquote&amp;gt;\">\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\" data-twitter-event-id=\"0\">\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--cta js-clickToOpenTarget\" lang=\"en\" data-click-to-open-target=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenBlumenthal\/status\/1207392328392069120\" data-iframe-title=\"Twitter Tweet\" data-scribe=\"page:tweet\" data-twitter-event-id=\"3\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweetContainer\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"Tweet h-entry js-tweetIdInfo subject expanded\" cite=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenBlumenthal\/status\/1207392328392069120\" data-tweet-id=\"1207392328392069120\" data-scribe=\"section:subject\">\n<div class=\"Tweet-header\"><a class=\"TweetAuthor-avatar  Identity-avatar u-linkBlend\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenBlumenthal\" data-scribe=\"element:user_link\" aria-label=\"Richard Blumenthal (screen name: SenBlumenthal)\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/870748217440423937\/_iFTgKfI_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-scribe=\"element:avatar\" data-src-2x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/870748217440423937\/_iFTgKfI_bigger.jpg\" data-src-1x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/870748217440423937\/_iFTgKfI_normal.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor js-inViewportScribingTarget\" data-scribe=\"component:author\">\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor-nameScreenNameContainer\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-decoratedName\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-name Identity-name customisable-highlight\" title=\"Richard Blumenthal\" data-scribe=\"element:name\">Richard Blumenthal<\/span><\/span>\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--verified \" title=\"Verified Account\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Verified Account\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<span class=\"TweetAuthor-decoratedName\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-verifiedBadge\" data-scribe=\"element:verified_badge\"><b class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">&#x2714;<\/b><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TweetAuthor-screenName Identity-screenName\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"@SenBlumenthal\" data-scribe=\"element:screen_name\">@SenBlumenthal<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-brand\">\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--twitter \" title=\"View on Twitter\" role=\"presentation\" aria-label=\"View on Twitter\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-body e-entry-content\" data-scribe=\"component:tweet\">\n<div class=\"Tweet-target js-inViewportScribingTarget\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p class=\"Tweet-text e-entry-title\" dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Thanks for this card &amp; your 6 page impeachment screed. Bizarrely delivered together. Happy Holidays &amp; best wishes for the coming year!<\/p>\n<div class=\"Tweet-card\">\n<article class=\"MediaCard\n           \n           customisable-border\" dir=\"ltr\" data-scribe=\"component:card\">\n<div class=\"MediaCard-media\" data-scribe=\"element:photo\">\n<div class=\"MediaCard-widthConstraint js-cspForcedStyle\" data-style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\n<div class=\"MediaCard-mediaContainer js-cspForcedStyle MediaCard--roundedTop MediaCard--roundedBottom\" data-style=\"padding-bottom: 75.0000%\"><a class=\"MediaCard-mediaAsset NaturalImage\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenBlumenthal\/status\/1207392328392069120\/photo\/1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"NaturalImage-image\" title=\"View image on Twitter\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/EMGE6XwX0AA-IYw?format=jpg&amp;name=small\" alt=\"View image on Twitter\" width=\"411\" height=\"308\" data-image=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/EMGE6XwX0AA-IYw\" data-image-format=\"jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"TweetInfo\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"CallToAction-text\" data-scribe=\"element:conversation_text\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"CallToAction-chevron\" data-scribe=\"element:cta_chevron\">\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--chevronRightCTA \" title=\"View on Twitter\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"View on Twitter\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"resize-sensor\">\n<div class=\"resize-sensor-expand\">\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"resize-sensor-shrink\">\n<div><span style=\"font-size: inherit;\">That\u2019s right: Donald Trump included his bonkers six-page screed against his impending impeachment in his Christmas cards. Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy confirmed that he also got the rant, along with, for whatever reason, a second, smaller Christmas card.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<div class=\"story-body story-content\">\n<div class=\"dk-editor-embed center-block\" data-twitter-content=\"&amp;lt;blockquote class=&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&amp;gt;True story: there is a White House staffer going around the Senate delivering to each office, as a package, the incoherent, scathing Pelosi letter AND...wait for it...a giant 16x12 White House Christmas card (along with, implausibly, a second smaller Christmas card).&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;What a day. &amp;lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/y8gZuQbipl&quot;&amp;gt;pic.twitter.com\/y8gZuQbipl&amp;lt;\/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;\/p&amp;gt;\u2014 Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) &amp;lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisMurphyCT\/status\/1207391721539227648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;&amp;gt;December 18, 2019&amp;lt;\/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;\/blockquote&amp;gt;\">\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\" data-twitter-event-id=\"1\">\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--cta js-clickToOpenTarget\" lang=\"en\" data-click-to-open-target=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisMurphyCT\/status\/1207391721539227648\" data-iframe-title=\"Twitter Tweet\" data-scribe=\"page:tweet\" data-twitter-event-id=\"4\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweetContainer\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"Tweet h-entry js-tweetIdInfo subject expanded\" cite=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisMurphyCT\/status\/1207391721539227648\" data-tweet-id=\"1207391721539227648\" data-scribe=\"section:subject\">\n<div class=\"Tweet-header\"><a class=\"TweetAuthor-avatar  Identity-avatar u-linkBlend\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisMurphyCT\" data-scribe=\"element:user_link\" aria-label=\"Chris Murphy (screen name: ChrisMurphyCT)\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/871076844904361985\/7NorOQHB_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-scribe=\"element:avatar\" data-src-2x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/871076844904361985\/7NorOQHB_bigger.jpg\" data-src-1x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/871076844904361985\/7NorOQHB_normal.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor js-inViewportScribingTarget\" data-scribe=\"component:author\">\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor-nameScreenNameContainer\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-decoratedName\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-name Identity-name customisable-highlight\" title=\"Chris Murphy\" data-scribe=\"element:name\">Chris Murphy<\/span><\/span>\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--verified \" title=\"Verified Account\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Verified Account\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<span class=\"TweetAuthor-decoratedName\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-verifiedBadge\" data-scribe=\"element:verified_badge\"><b class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">&#x2714;<\/b><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TweetAuthor-screenName Identity-screenName\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"@ChrisMurphyCT\" data-scribe=\"element:screen_name\">@ChrisMurphyCT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-brand\">\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--twitter \" title=\"View on Twitter\" role=\"presentation\" aria-label=\"View on Twitter\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-body e-entry-content\" data-scribe=\"component:tweet\">\n<div class=\"Tweet-target js-inViewportScribingTarget\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p class=\"Tweet-text e-entry-title\" dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">True story: there is a White House staffer going around the Senate delivering to each office, as a package, the incoherent, scathing Pelosi letter AND&#8230;wait for it&#8230;a giant 16&#215;12 White House Christmas card (along with, implausibly, a second smaller Christmas card).<br \/><br \/>What a day.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Tweet-card\">\n<article class=\"MediaCard\n           \n           customisable-border\" dir=\"ltr\" data-scribe=\"component:card\">\n<div class=\"MediaCard-media\" data-scribe=\"element:photo\">\n<div class=\"MediaCard-widthConstraint js-cspForcedStyle\" data-style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\n<div class=\"MediaCard-mediaContainer js-cspForcedStyle MediaCard--roundedTop MediaCard--roundedBottom\" data-style=\"padding-bottom: 100.0000%\"><a class=\"MediaCard-mediaAsset NaturalImage\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisMurphyCT\/status\/1207391721539227648\/photo\/1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"NaturalImage-image\" title=\"View image on Twitter\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/EMGEXjdWsAMtIov?format=jpg&amp;name=small\" alt=\"View image on Twitter\" width=\"495\" height=\"495\" data-image=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/EMGEXjdWsAMtIov\" data-image-format=\"jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"TweetInfo\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"CallToAction-chevron\" data-scribe=\"element:cta_chevron\">\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--chevronRightCTA \" title=\"View on Twitter\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"View on Twitter\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"resize-sensor\">\n<div class=\"resize-sensor-expand\">\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"resize-sensor-shrink\">\n<div><span style=\"font-size: inherit;\">And what is up with those matching signatures? In 2017, handwriting analyst Sheila Kurtz told <\/span><a style=\"font-size: inherit;\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/melania-trumps-signature-looks-lot-like-donald-trumps-011403297.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yahoo<\/a><span style=\"font-size: inherit;\">\u00a0that Melania Trump\u2019s signature has been \u201cstylized\u201d to match her husband\u2019s. Kurtz said,\u00a0\u201cMaybe they brought someone in to show her how to do it or [it\u2019s] a stamp, but it is definitely stylized.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Anyway, Merry Impeachmas. Maybe next Christmas we can flood Donald Trump\u2019s White House with bon voyage cards. And then break out the burning sage and the bleach to scrub that entire house clean.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 story-section-end\">\n<div class=\"social-blocks-bookend\">\n<div class=\"social-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"dk-social-btn-unit show-recs-hover\" title=\"\" data-original-title=\"\">\n<div class=\"dk-social-btn story-recommend-btn story-recommends\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Merry Christmas, f*&amp;@ you: Senators get a\u00a0surprise holiday greeting from Donald Trump \u00a0 \u00a0 Jen Hayden Daily Kos Staff Wednesday December 18, 2019\u00a0\u00b7\u00a02:48 PM CST \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u2018Tis the season! 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