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bucolic_frolic

(50,241 posts)
8. Consequential letters don't get sent by mistake.
Fri Apr 18, 2025, 09:47 PM
Apr 18

They're characterizing it as a mistake because they've been whooped.

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Always blaming others... Lovie777 Apr 18 #1
The fact that they just BLINKED in a big way BumRushDaShow Apr 18 #2
Non paywall link UpInArms Apr 18 #3
Thank you! BumRushDaShow Apr 19 #23
Good grief. The right hand doesn't know what the Sieg Heil hand is doing? tanyev Apr 18 #4
Not to nitpick... TommyT139 Apr 18 #15
Yeah, I figured someone would call me out on that. :) tanyev Apr 18 #17
Totally... TommyT139 Apr 19 #21
Their cover story about Keveney is bullshit, proven by the fact that they ESCALATED after. Bernardo de La Paz Apr 18 #5
That, or they (especially Trump) are so full of themselves that any pushback is taken as insolent resistance muriel_volestrangler Apr 19 #24
It's only a "mistake" because Harvard dared not to immediately obey like the fascist idiots assumed they would. Karasu Apr 18 #6
Exactly so. VASTLY important development. (nt) Paladin Apr 18 #9
Every time they get push back they come up with some bs story CanonRay Apr 18 #7
Consequential letters don't get sent by mistake. bucolic_frolic Apr 18 #8
Well, that was a record for a backdown by Trump. Proof that bullies always back down when confronted. Martin68 Apr 18 #10
First of all... sheshe2 Apr 18 #11
Somebody on high BumRushDaShow Apr 18 #13
I didn't know Jr was still around.🤪 sheshe2 Apr 18 #14
It was just sent earlier then the administration planned. Jacson6 Apr 18 #12
They can't even fash effectively TommyT139 Apr 18 #16
Harvard and now others have put ol trumpy boy's back against the wall. big 10 conference forms pack to fight trump PortTack Apr 18 #18
Incompetence Iamscrewed Apr 19 #19
The Bozo Administration Prairie Gates Apr 19 #20
Draft letters are not signed. This letter was not an "oopsie." Trump escalated immediately. nt SunSeeker Apr 19 #22
This is such BS people Apr 19 #25
So... have they called off the IRS C_U_L8R Apr 19 #26
Same right wing thinking as when they say something bigoted, then say "I was only joking" when called on it. unblock Apr 19 #27
Maddow Blog-Trump's Harvard fiasco underscores the White House's incompetence crisis LetMyPeopleVote Apr 21 #28
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