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

Have we already shared this, from Elizabeth Warren?

http://www.warren.senate.gov/files/documents/2016-11-15-Trump_Letter.pdf

Trump: tl/dr

We're lucky if Trump becomes the new normal. There's no countervailing force against the direction Trump demonstrates we're heading in, so why on earth it would it get any better. Magic? I get why people want to make themselves feel better about this, but c'mon, this isn't going anywhere good.

if I was given the opportunity to vote against 'hamilton' I would

ugh sen warren's office needs a better scanner

Even 1 in 12 African-Americans voted Republican this year.

That sounds much better than 8.3%, I guess?

god fuck off niall ferguson you nauseating henry kissinger apologist with your "this is how democracy is meant to work" bullshit

lol!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2016/11/15/give-steve-bannon-a-chance-its-not-like-hes-literally-joseph-goebbels/?utm_term=.e298062f6c7a

also, why oh why isn't her column called The Petri Dish?

Our leaders, political, business, and otherwise, who are telling us to accept this as the new normal are the same people who are trying to gut our salaries, slash even more of our benefits, and have no particular issue with throwing us in the garbage when they're done with us. If they could sell our souls to hell for a couple of dollars, they wouldn't even blink at it. So yeah, let's listen to these guys, they're looking after us, they care.

Washington Post is Amazon owned, and they don't give a fuck that they literally kill people with their work practices. You think these people are gonna share the love with all of you?

Nevermind, that article was being ironic.

ha, yeah it was.

i laughed.

Have to admit this infighting/purging gives me a little bit of hope

― 龜, Tuesday, November 15, 2016 6:31 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

part of me thinks this way but the other part of me sees this as an authoritarian purging his staff of all remaining moderates in favor of loyalists

man, the Paul boys might be the most insidious of the white nationalists. So many otherwise decent people think Ron, most of all, is just a happy lil country doctor who doesn't want to interfere with your drugs and guns.

I played quiz bowl against Alexandra Petri when I was in high school, I just want to mention that somewhere

I have no doubt that a real racist sexist chauvinist white supremacist will be easy to spot. “I am coming for minorities now,” he will say. “I am an actual racist. I am, literally, Hitler, or at the very least Goebbels.”

I'll take the chuckle anywhere I can get it.

An excellent philosophy to live yr life by imo.

As good as any Onion response and even better for being in a msm daily, kiu

more on foster campbell's senate chances in louisiana

http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/campaign/305812-democrats-have-one-final-shot-to-flip-a-senate-seat

http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/republican-john-kennedy-has-advantage-in-runoff-senate-race

i signed the petitions but obama ain't gonna do shit. it's not in his nature

― k3vin k., Tuesday, November 15, 2016 2:57 PM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah obama believes way too much in acting in service of governmental norms, even when the other side is radically violating them

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/798721142525665280

Donald J. TrumpVerified account
‏@realDonaldTrump
Very organized process taking place as I decide on Cabinet and many other positions. I am the only one who knows who the finalists are!

9:55 PM - 15 Nov 2016

To be revealed on the next episode of Government Apprentice!

yeah obama believes way too much in acting in service of governmental norms, even when the other side is radically violating them

it's sad to have beliefs and principles and stuff

i'm not saying it's not, it's just that everyone who is clinging to the idea that he would try to sneakily slip garland while the senate is looking the other way is missing the nature of who obama is imo

agreed

One can hope. Maybe he can be convinced that roe v. Wade is that important, these are extraordinary circumstances etc. Idk what do we have to lose by pushing hom on it.

Having been burned, oh, a week or so ago, I take these "Team Trump in disarray!" stories with a serious dash of salt.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2016/11/15/im-the-trump-supporter-pollsters-missed/?tid=pm_opinions_pop&utm_term=.7e8e341149b0

This article is pretty good. By which I mean that through its floundering irrationality it eloquently demonstrates the exact immunity to logic that caused the Trump win. This is how a large chunk of voters who aren't entrenched with either party moves - that is, the voters who decide elections once the bases have laid down their solid, predictable, zero-sum foundations.

Dude does not sound like he would be a good hang.

BTW, it just occurred to me that maybe the floundering Team Trump stories are true, and that come January he will have only filled a fraction of the positions needed ... and then he will boast that they were not needed, and look at all the money he is already saving, because he is a smart businessman who knows how to staff a big operation.

They should RapGenius that with footnotes to all the insane shit like Obama not delivering on infrastructure and get him to respond.

How I wish we could have selected someone with Newt Gingrich’s command of the facts, Sen. Marco Rubio’s eloquence, Mike Huckabee’s character, Sen. Ted Cruz’s deep love of the Constitution, Carly Fiorina’s clarity of thought and Ben Carson’s humility and gentleness.

Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha fuck you dude

"Secretary of State Giuliani" or "Secretary Bolton" would've been a thing in a Christie or Rubio administration.

Steve Vai's guitar skills, Lars Ulrich's acumen, Ted Nugget's diplomacy, the guy from Jackyl's mastery of the chainsaw, Jon Bon Jovi's longevity and Kid Rock's inclusivity.

Ha, Ted Nugget. Thanks, bourbon!

"How would the person seated next to you in a New York City television studio know?"

Like the set of the Apprentice?

also, why oh why isn't her column called The Petri Dish?

― scott seward, Tuesday, November 15, 2016 6:41 PM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Her Twitter handle is @petridishes.

i don't feel like i have any way to predict what a trump presidency will be like. forced deportations and impulsive wars sounds outlandish, but i just watched like, 500 days of trump saying something, everyday, that should disqualify him from the presidency, and then be elected president.

Maybe it's not that he was elected president and more that no one else was elected president.

Quick question: when reports state that Trump asked that top secret briefings be given to his children and son in law, am I to read that as ... top secret briefings are being given to his children and son in law? Because if the president asks for it, can anyone tell him no? Is there any law against who the president OKs for secret briefings? Wonder how long backstage (and back-stabby) stuff starts leaking publicly. The first I saw was this today:

Prominent American allies were in the meantime scrambling to figure out how and when to contact Mr. Trump. At times, they have been patched through to him in his luxury office tower with little warning, according to a Western diplomat who spoke on the condition of anonymity to detail private conversations.

President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt was the first to reach Mr. Trump for such a call last Wednesday, followed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel not long afterward. But that was about 24 hours before Prime Minister Theresa May of Britain got through — a striking break from diplomatic practice given the close alliance between the United States and Britain.

the incompetence and disorganization is really grotesque

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/798721142525665280

Holy Hell!

Really motherfucker? It should be nothing but organized you shit head!

posted upthread :)

Fuck idk even know. I'm just is such a rage atm and I hate this fucker so damn much any every idiot that voted for him.

lol at "ted cruz's deep love of the constitution"

he particularly loves the 2 ply version

his go-to when he runs out of athletic socks

http://www.action-force.dk/cobra/figures/serpentor/serpentor-filecard.jpg