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STICKS, STONES, BROKEN BONES
During the 2000 Bush-Gore presidential race, we began collecting negative soundbites and posting them weekly on a MUDLINE ticker, as a temporary election feature. But in the aftermath of that tumultuous contest we realized that the tone of public discourse was unlikely to improve, and elected to continue the feature. Unfortunately, we were right; two decades later, incivility is hotter than ever. If you just can’t get enough snark on social media, this mud’s for you.
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May 30, 2018
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May 28, 2018
Roger Stone on former CIA director John Brennan: "If I were him I'd break the capsule and swallow it now. That psychopath is going down."....Rudy Giuliani on Brennan and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper: "I certainly wouldn't trust Clapper or Brennan as far as I could throw them."....Mark Green on Giuliani: "A television demagogue...Either you love him, or he hates you."....Trump: "I am very disappointed with my Justice Department...What's going on is a disgrace...I have the absolute right to do what I want with the Justice Department."....Sen. Chuck Schumer on Trump: "Seems to have the terribly misguided view that the Department of Justice is there to protect his political interests and prosecute his enemies."....former Trump adviser A.J. Delgado: "I support much of the Trump 2016 campaign agenda. I just didn't take the turn into Conspiracies-That-Don't-Make-Sense, nor I Am Going To Insult And Attack Comey And Mueller Even Though Both Are Admirable People street. Not what I signed up for."....Sean Hannity on Mueller: "So abusive, so corrupt, so conflicted...Muellergate...Witch hunt...A monumental abuse of power...Deep State operatives...A direct threat to this American republic. Mueller is causing irreparable damage to the rule of law in this country."....Rep. Nancy Pelosi: "President Trump has become the swamp."....European Council prez Donald Trusk on Trump: "With friends like that who needs enemies?"....Steve Schmidt on Trump: "A small and vile man."....Michael Flynn Jr.: "You're all going down. You know who you are. Mark my word.".... -
May 25, 2018
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May 15, 2018
Donald Trump Jr. on pre-Trump presidents: "Weaklings."....Rep. Maxine Waters on Trump: "How long do we have to suffer his gigantic ego and narcissistic behavior?"....Sen. John Kennedy on Kelly Sadler's comment on McCain: "Everything happens for a reason. And sometimes the reason is you're stupid and made a bad decision."....Stoneman Douglas survivor Cameron Kasky on Trump NRA speech: "A professional liar who will say anything to appease whatever crowd he's at."....NM congressional candidate Pat Davis in TV ad: "F*** the NRA. Their pro-gun policies have resulted in dead children, dead mothers, and dead fathers."....Ted Nugent on Parkland survivors: "Liars...Poor, mush-brained children...It hurts me to say this, but the evidence is irrefutable; they have no soul."....Debbie Wasserman Schulz on NRA: "Just shy of a terrorist organization."....Rudy Giuliani on Stormy Daniels attorney Michael Avenatti: "I don't get involved with pimps."....Trump: "Senator Cryin' Chuck Schumer."....David Cay Johnston on Trump: "A man with this desperate need for adoration. He is an empty vessel...His only philosophy is the glorification of Donald."....Trump on Mueller investigation: "The $10,000,000 Russian Witch Hunt."....Fox News host Neil Cavuto on Trump: "I guess you're too busy draining the swamp to ever stop and smell the stink you're creating."....Mark Sumner on Trump China deal: "Simply the largest case of pay-to-play in history."....NRA President-elect Oliver North: "Never believe an Iranian, because if their lips are moving they are lying."....Trump on Iran agreement: "A horrible, one-sided deal that should have never ever been made...Iran lied, big time."....Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Iran deal: "A disaster for our region, a disaster for the peace of the world."....Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on the US: "Never adheres to its commitments."....Roman Polanski on #MeToo: "Total hypocrisy...A collective hysteria."....Jay Rosen on Trump: "He's not attempting to persuade a majority of the country to his side...He's trying to cement a psychological bond with his core supporters that can't be broken."....Liam Kirkcaldy: "Donald Trump has banned Irn-Bru from his Scottish hotel, despite the fact that it's one of the few drinks which could survive a nuclear war without being affected. You'd think that would appeal to the man."....Tim O'Connor on Trump's Irn-Bru ban: "Effectively a declaration of war on Scotland."....Bill Maher: "Everything Trump does is modeled on the mob...He's using a legitimate front business, in this case the White House, to enrich the family...Who's his worst enemy? The FBI.".... -
May 8, 2018
Rudy Giuliani on former FBI Director James Comey: "Pervert...Disgraceful."....Trump on Comey: "He lied all over the place...He's either very sick or very dumb."....Ann Coulter on Comey: "I think he will be remembered as an extremely tall federal inmate."....Jack Schafer on Comey book: "The stink of sanctimony."....Trump on Comey book: "A third-rate book that should never have been written."....Trump on Comey meeting notes: "Phony memos."....Comey on Trump: "He's just making stuff up."....Joe Scarborough on Trump hiring Giuliani: "It's not 3-D chess. That's not even checkers. That's a monkey throwing poo against the wall."....West VA primary hopeful Don Blankenship on the Senate Majority Leader: "One of my goals as U.S. Senator will be to ditch Cocaine Mitch."....Trump on former aide Sam Nunberg: "A drunk/drugged-up loser."....Michelle Wolf on media: "You guys are obsessed with Trump. Did you used to date him? Because you pretend like you hate him, but I think you love him."....Rush Limbaugh: "The media continue to make abject fools of themselves and it is obvious that they're crazed."....Trump on Mueller investigation: "A horrible Witch Hunt."....Carl Bernstein: "It's clear the President of the United States is presiding over a massive cover-up."....Trump on Mueller investigation: "It's all lies and it's a horrible thing that's going on."....Rep. David McKinley on Dem criticism of EPA head Scott Pruitt: "A classic display of innuendo and McCarthyism."....Rep. Bill Johnson: "A shameful attempt to denigrate the work that's being done at the EPA."....Trump on NYT reporter Maggie Haberman: "A Crooked H flunkie who I don't speak to and have nothing to do with."....Roger Stone on Trump: "Goes out of his way to treat [Michael Cohen] like garbage."....French president Macron on Trump: "I do not share the fascination for new, strong powers, the abandonment of freedom, and illusion of nationalism."....Trump on Stormy Daniels' claim she was threatened in a parking lot: "A nonexistent man. A total con job."....Paul Krugman: "I don't think we've ever seen anything like the collection of petty grifters and miscreants surrounding Donald Trump."....Donald Trump Jr. on DNC lawsuit: "If for two years. you don't succeed peddling your garbage, try, try again?"....Trump on former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper: "A lying machine."....Tina Fey: "It feels like talking to anyone, anywhere in 2018 is just landmine hopscotch."....