<div dir="ltr"><div>There is no "reality" reference point for the Trump propaganda machine... Consider the following rather sobering analysis:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2018/05/01/in-a-post-truth-world-there-is-no-democracy/?utm_term=.0b3086b1c74a">https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2018/05/01/in-a-post-truth-world-there-is-no-democracy/?utm_term=.0b3086b1c74a</a><span></span></div><div><br></div><div><font size="4">In a post-truth world, there is no democracy</font></div><div><br></div><div><span><span class="gmail-pb-byline"><span class="gmail-byline-role">by </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/jennifer-rubin/"><span><font color="#0066cc">Jennifer Rubin</font></span></a></span> <span class="gmail-pb-timestamp">May <span></span></span></span></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/28/opinion/sunday/the-end-of-intelligence.html"><font color="#0066cc" size="6">Former CIA director Michael Hayden</font></a><font size="6"> writes: “We in the intelligence world have dealt with obstinate and argumentative presidents through the years. But we have never served a president for whom ground truth really doesn’t matter.” </font></div><div>---------------------------------------</div><div>Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 10:27 AM, Ron Force <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ronforce@gmail.com" target="_blank">ronforce@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid"><div dir="ltr"><div>Not as humorous as reality:</div><div><br></div><div style="font-size:small">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:16px;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(214,227,239)"><i>Going into the North Korea meeting, senior administration officials say, the president has been almost singularly focused on the pageantry of the summit —including the suspenseful roll-out of details. He has not been deeply engaged in briefing materials on North Korea’s nuclear program, said three people with knowledge of the White House efforts. They were not authorized to speak publicly.</i></span>
<br></div><div style="font-size:small"><br></div><div><font size="2"><a href="https://apnews.com/f2e5aa3856b44b4b823064834dfb819d" target="_blank">https://apnews.com/<wbr>f2e5aa3856b44b4b823064834dfb81<wbr>9d</a></font><br></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><div class="gmail-m_-7044323384619337357gmail_signature" dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font size="2">Ron Force<br>Moscow Idaho USA</font></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="gmail-h5"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 5:29 AM Tom Hansen <<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" target="_blank">thansen@moscow.com</a>> wrote:<br></div></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid"><div><div class="gmail-h5"><div dir="auto">Courtesy of the <i>Duffelblog</i> at:<div><br></div><div><a style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)" href="https://tinyurl.com/White-House-Challenge-Coin" target="_blank">https://tinyurl.com/White-<wbr>House-Challenge-Coin</a><br><div><br></div><div>———————————————</div><div><br></div><div><div><h1 class="gmail-m_-7044323384619337357m_6820684094090489567admania_entrytitle" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 18px;outline:0px;border:0px currentColor;line-height:47px;font-family:"Playfair Display";font-size:38px;font-weight:400;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:border-box;font-stretch:inherit">White House mints challenge coin to commemorate upcoming failed US-North Korea peace summit</h1></div><div><br></div><div>THE WHITE HOUSE — The Trump administration has minted several hundred military challenge coins to hand out to service members and dignitaries on the Korean peninsula to commemorate the upcoming failure of its US-North Korea peace summit, sources confirmed today.</div><div><br></div><div>The White House Communications Agency on Monday released photos of the coins, which feature President Donald Trump and Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un facing each other over text of “Peace Talks” — a reference to a summit between the two leaders set to take place in Singapore that will break down in “spectacular” fashion, according to defense officials.</div><div><br></div><div>“It will be the biggest and most beautiful failed peace negotiation of all time,” Trump told reporters. “Way better than Obama, let me tell you. Believe me.”</div><div><br></div><div>The historic meeting between the two leaders is currently in the final planning stages, senior White House officials said. Among the topics Trump and Kim are set to discuss is their taste in women, who has better hair, whether The Walking Dead is any good this season, and if time allows, nuclear disarmament.</div><div><br></div><div>In various emails and press statements, The White House in the past week has boasted of what it has called an “incredibly historic and successful failure” to come, which it says will demonstrate President Trump’s dealmaking skill and ability to project an image of success amid an objectively crushing defeat.</div><div><br></div><div>According to officials, the coins for the summit are to be distributed to a lucky few that are close to the negotiation, soldiers providing security, and former NBA basketball player Dennis Rodman, who will be the master of ceremonies and jello wrestling referee during the meeting.</div></div><div><br></div><div>———————————————<br><br><div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)" href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" target="_blank"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></blockquote><br></div></div>