Mourning in America - Trump Year One: November '16 to

Not exactly the biggest NYT fan at the moment but posted this on FB this morning:

'One tiny bit of regular activism you can engage in: every time Trump petulantly tweets about (and, now in his position as president-elect, attempts to delegitimize) a person or organization or institution, give them money. When he whines that the 1st amendment is unfair, donate $5 to the ACLU. When he criticizes the New York Times, buy a copy or subscribe. Support every entity that opposes him, and strengthen every right to which he is opposed.'

ah sarahell i wasn't thinking that deeply (although i feel like their coming together was a merger?). i just associate the part of manhattan where trump tower is located with seamless because that neighborhood was where i first heard about it many years ago.

also: yeah they merged in 2013:
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887324787004578495411888526172

i just figured he'd opt for more upscale food delivery

He's just gonna be ordering room service taco bowls.

I never cease to be amused that one reason Trump seems to favor fast food is that at least it won't be spit or pissed upon.

Maybe tombot would have the most insider knowledge on this, but how delusional am I to think that any Russian influence is going to be blunted (or exposed) by intelligence bureaucrats?

buncha leftists on twitter were performatively announcing that they were unsubcribing from nyt just yesterday. not looking so noble after that Kellyanne Conway tweet

there is a lot of performativity going on on social media atm

IMO, intelligence bureaucrats will brief the President on any Russian shenanigans, as is proper, and if/when he waves them off and tells them they're wrong and dumb, "who knows?"

I never cease to be amused that one reason Trump seems to favor fast food is that at least it won't be spit or pissed upon.

the false confidence of a man who has never worked in the fast food industry

urgh god.. 3 more Trump debates on tv in 2020.

you guys maybe trump cooks when he's at home, maybe he's a doting chef who sources locally and says things like "parboil" when the cameras are off

(sorry just amusing myself imagining this guy has ever done anything caring or positive on a human scale)

The entire national security apparatus probably looks at Trump as a security risk right now. How many time will "the book" omit sources, how many will it omit unflattering comments from the rest of the world.

does he have a pet?

you guys maybe trump cooks when he's at home, maybe he's a doting chef who sources locally and says things like "parboil" when the cameras are off

(sorry just amusing myself imagining this guy has ever done anything caring or positive on a human scale)

― Clay

god, this is where we're at. we're trying to imagine positive qualities that trump might theoretically have, and the best we can say is "well, maybe he parboils things!"

Despite his willingness to physically abuse and objectify them, I think Trump sort of kind of cares about the members of his family, to the extent that his personality disorders allow him to do so.

This is an extremely compromised D- on the positive qualities scale but it is literally all I can come up with.

https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/u6tscwklh9s3684gimgq.jpg

well I was joking based on the insistence that he orders in, the impossibility that anyone could imagine he actually cooks for himself and his family seemed somehow, in itself, a kind of vision of his monstrousness to me.

like how could this guy so much as throw some noodles in some boiling water. I'm not looking for something good, I'm seeing that it's not there. xps

Linda McMahon for Commerce

Jeff Probst for Secretary of the Interior?

They're just trolling us at this point.

Some sobering perspective on his destructive plan to immediately deport 2-3 million "criminals:" there are currently 2.2 million people *in jail already.*

Deport or imprison, I believe. It's ok, he'll just get the bad ones.

bannon will be named senior counselor and this is what really terrifies me

Priebus named as cos

Is Bannon a lawyer? I don't see how he can become chief White House Counsel

Fuck the New York Times and Washington Post. I won't ever forget September 16, when Trump called his ridiculous press conference to announce the Clinton had started the birther lie. The New York Times had some repulsive headline, that suggested that he was "setting the record straight". instead of calling him out for the dirtbike he is. It wasn't until readers screamed at them in the comment section is that they change the headline to "unfurling of a lie". I told myself at that moment I would cancel my subscription if he won the election. Now I'm conflicted become a because I do think we need powerful voices of dissent.

Dirtbag lol

(sorry for all the dictation typos)

Now I'm conflicted because I do think we need powerful voices of dissent.

When you find one, let the rest of us know.

someone needs to put some ground-up shrooms on Donald Trump's Whopper Jr. right before the inauguration.

would prefer ground up glass, personally

JFC

http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2016/11/team-trumps-new-deal-for-african-americans

I appreciate the quiet NYT joeks:

At times, Mr. Priebus, whose first name rhymes with “pints,”

????

oh, first name

NYT can't beat Charles Pierce's moniker ("Obvious anagram Reince Preibus")

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epic brine user

Can't see a link anywhere to this Ezra Klein piece--excellent.

http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/11/11/13578618/why-did-trump-win

"It's easy to come up with stories where Clinton could have gained 2 points, or to theorize that another candidate could have gained 4. But on the merits, this should have been 60-40, or 50-40-10...I can’t confidently explain his win."

he won because of the electoral college. he lost the popular vote. can we stop trying to explain something that didn't happen in terms other than the stupid procedural relic that actually led to this?

Guys.

This is the worst thing I've read this weekend -- and not unexpected.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/ryan-plans-to-phase-out-medicare-in-2017

Can't imagine the AARP and all the other old-people won't melt down at that.

Seriously

Honestly that's given me more hope than most stories I've read in the last 5 days, if there's anything that sends a message to Trump voters of "this is what these fuckers will do to you if you give them enough power" it's that.

He's such a vacant piece of shit

But this won't affect Trump's voter base. It's the rest of us.

Democrats however should act as if we're all in danger.

SS privatization didn't go well for the GOP IIRC

yeah there is no surer way to sink trump's first term + the republican congress than attacking medicare. there are *tons* of things they can get away with because they affect people indirectly instead of directly e.g. gutting dodd frank, anything global warming. starting things out by touching medicare is suicidal and only someone who's a true-believer like ryan would attempt it.

and I mean whatever if they succeed they'll probably just end up killing all of their voters anyway.

But this won't affect Trump's voter base. It's the rest of us.

― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn)

ALfred's right, they are going to phase it out for anybody who wants to GO on Medicare going forward, not for the people who already have it

i.e. my wife, who plans to retire within 4 years.

dubya's social security plan was similarly phase in. didn't matter.