Trump, May 2017: 100 days of [unintelligible]

yeah I've heard some people claim that the Taj Mahal was basically one giant Russian money laundering front, idk what came out of that though

I definitely think there's something there, if not literal treason than at least a massive conflict of interest which throws a huge shadow on pretty much anything he tries to do as president. of course none of it matters so long as the GOP continues to look the other way.

present things the president has said or done that are praiseworthy

It would be funny if they just had one bullet point (getting the aid worker released in Egypt), then kept the rest of the column blank. Then run a column of blank space, week after week.

here's a fun article from 2016

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/07/09/a-curveball-in-trumps-veep-search-hes-seriously-considering-a-retired-general/

After weeks of focusing on a group of current and former elected officials in his search for a running mate, Donald Trump is increasingly intrigued by the idea of tapping retired Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn to project strength and know-how on national security, according to four people familiar with the vetting process.

The turn toward a military figure is being driven by Trump himself rather than by his advisers, the people said, and comes as the real estate mogul is telling his friends that national unrest may demand a “tough and steady” presence alongside him on the ticket.

In Flynn, they added, Trump thinks he would have a partner whom he trusts, based on their close working relationship over the course of the campaign on policy. And he likes the image of a businessman and a general coming to Washington as outsiders.

Like Trump, Flynn is not hostile toward Russia. Last year, he sat next to Russian President Vladimir Putin at a Moscow dinner honoring RT, the English-language network aligned with the Kremlin that broadcasts into the United States and other Western countries.

One person encouraging Trump to perhaps choose a general is Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), who has become a force inside of the campaign. He shares Trump’s view that, while unorthodox, a general could excite voters from both parties who want to see wholesale change in domestic politics and an aggressive approach to combating terrorism.

one day we'll all look back and laugh

One detail from that Bloomberg link post upthread--that Trump liked to talk with Flynn about movies and sports:

It seems to me that Trump latches onto people who don't make him feel like a dummy (as McMaster apparently does) and will overlook all kinds of shit in order to keep them on the team.

You mean like Fabio and Don King?

When you are a complete void of a human being, you're entirely dependent upon other people who are willing and able to reflect your completely baseless projection of amazingness back onto yourself. Anyone who fails to do that (or, worse, treats you like the contemptible and substance-free slurry of sickness that you are), they automatically become the enemy.

I feel like if Trump were forced to spend like a year in isolation, he would literally vaporize.

trump's taj mahal got fined $10M specifically for knowingly laundering russian mob money. is that the kind of smoking gun people are looking for? cause that already happened and nobody seems to care

it does seem mighty strange that the only person in Congress who is actually keeping their eye on the ball is.....Al Franken

http://i.onionstatic.com/avclub/5644/83/16x9/640.jpg

Senator Al Franken as the lone check on the Donald Trump administration sounds like the plot of a book Al Franken would have written 15 years ago.

Scammers gonna scam

https://heatst.com/politics/the-presidents-pastor-paula-white-has-connections-and-power-but-where-does-she-get-her-money/

So apparently Comey butchered details about the most important issue of our era in his testimony last week and now the FBI is mulling over what to do to fix it

Donald Trump Is a Big Fat Idiot

what did he get wrong?

not an actual Franken book title

http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/332495-comey-testimony-on-forwarded-clinton-emails-inaccurate-report

Wisconsin’s voter-ID law reduced turnout by 200,000 votes, according to the new analysis. Donald Trump won the state by only 22,748 votes.

FAKE PRESIDENT

but no, seriously

Wisconsin’s voter-ID law reduced turnout by 200,000 votes

FOX News type commentators will only cite this as evidence that previous Wisconsin elections must have been rife with voter fraud.

Probably safe to assume that your average Fox commentator views the fraudulence of a given vote as inversely proportionate to the extent that the voter physically resembles Bill O'Reilly.

I think I approve of this, tbh...?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2017/05/09/in-blow-to-u-s-turkey-ties-trump-administration-approves-plan-to-directly-arm-syrian-kurds-against-islamic-state/?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_turkey-2pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.6836e0ad62d3

one for the NYT

@peterfhart
The NY Times is planning a regular "Trump Isn't All Bad" column, so send in those ideas!

― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Monday, May 8, 2017 2:12 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

To the benefit of whichever species manage to survive the cleansing fire, Trump will almost certainly hasten the extinction of that bunch of stupid babbling hairless apes that have been causing the earth so much grief. And that can't be all bad, now can it.

Cockroaches for Trump!

#MakeEarthASmolderingRuinAgain

webmaster: Gordon Liddy

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/05/alternative-facts-2-0-trump-launches-re-election-website-with-fact-based-information-about-achievements/

Eva Moskowitz is terrible even for someone who runs charter schools

http://gothamist.com/2017/05/09/paul_ryan_harlem_visit.php

is anybody who runs a charter school automatically a villain?

they eat baby meat iirc

So...no?

Depends on the baby.

undermines public education + capitalism = bad charter schools

go fuck yourself

you can't even contribute positively to a left wing message board you toxic piece of shit, don't lecture us about public education

we define terms differently, you toxic anonymous i-dont-know-who-u-are

thx for "left wing message board" laff tho

are you descended from the Altair IV Morbiuses, the Karn Morbiuses, or the vampire Morbiuses

you are all MONSTERS FROM MY ID

Is is OK to eat baby Hitler?

is he hanging out in a bar

HO

i'm a charter school teacher you tedious piece of shit

Comey out????

So Comey's fired, unfortunately not out of a cannon

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/09/trump-fires-fbi-director-james-comey-238175?cmpid=sf

Why would you tell Morbz to go fuck himself for making a (reasonable) stock criticism of charter schools? If schools need to experiment, or if they need autonomy, districts can permit those things. Charters help segregate districts by race, class, parental involvement, etc. They provide fewer services, focus on the most profitable students, and do things that would be clear civil rights violations in public schools. They're generally slightly less effective than public schools in the vast majority of districts, and it's only in districts where students are most vulnerable that they have a slight edge.

If states and districts really cared about competition and quality, they would work within the state and district systems. I can appreciate non-profit charters to a degree, but parental and student choice still help segregate districts, and I imagine they do so worse than magnet school and academy programs, where the segregation happens at the school site.

So you're a teacher, and I'm sure a good one, and we can criticize a systemic problem without putting you down.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tAYmMjLdY

Trump fired Comey because Comey is extremely tall and has huge hands.

BREAKING: Trump has fired James Comey, per @PressSec

— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) May 9, 2017

Crazy times

this seems like potentially a big deal