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

Yes, probably yet another who believes the presidential election to be a process wherein the wisdom and gravity of one's forebears is mystically passed into the winner's soul. It could still happen, though. Let's give him a chance, folks.

That Lockheed thing is odd.

Simply calling it odd, instead of what it is (probable cause for an insider trading investigation implicating the President-Elect), already feels like normalization.

the 2020 election will involve ingesting the water of life and inheriting the memories of all past presnits

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WAmjkr4RISU/hqdefault.jpg

Lol @ "presnits"

A friend of mine pointed out that he can spin this as "All they did was release the DNC's emails. If they were so bad that it made people not want to vote for Hillary, that's not my fault."

― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Monday, December 12, 2016 4:39 PM (thirty-three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is 100% the line being taken by folks at, eg, r/The_Donald

http://cdn.thedailybeast.com/content/dailybeast/articles/2016/12/12/donald-trump-interviewed-mitt-romney-to-torture-him-roger-stone-says/jcr:content/image.crop.800.500.jpg/49385962.cached.jpg

black suit = high probability of being a racist (if not a waiter)

The big tip off for me of the guy in the photo being a racist is that he's roger stone

That Lockheed thing is odd.

Simply calling it odd, instead of what it is (probable cause for an insider trading investigation implicating the President-Elect), already feels like normalization.

― El Tomboto, Monday, December 12, 2016 5:41 PM (twenty-two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

AFAIC, I just want to know from people who actually understand these things if there's any innocuous way to read the data (like maybe the timestamp is off somehow?), if only because I want to be sure that every scorched earth crusade against Trump is watertight. There's no need for reckless straw grabbing with someone this deeply venal, so I hope the appropriate people are dotting i's and crossing t's on this one.

The former Texas governor, Rick Perry, who wanted to eliminate the Department of Energy but could not remember its name on live television, has emerged as a leading candidate for energy secretary.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/12/us/politics/donald-trump-transition.html

Huh. Have we had a president who was a complete nihilist before?

Calvin Coolidge?

The comments on the Lockheed twitter seem to say it was a small amount of shares (700) and that the money saved by selling early only would only amount to about $4000. And that it's common for shares to have pre-market activity.

Chris Hayes is hosting a fascinating segment with Bernie Sanders in Kenosha, Wisconsin talking to Trump voters.

Watching it now but eh

H8 this person who doesnt think "people working at mcdonalds" should make a living wage because then "everything would go up"

Feeling rage at these Trump voters tbh, especially dumb mustache man and racist blue scarf woman.

I like the white streak in her hair.

I can't imagine HRC sitting on a stool talking to them as comfortably as Sanders tbh

hillary's too woke

say it was a small amount of shares (700) and that the money saved by selling early only would only amount to about $4000.

how many shares of lockheed did Kushner own yesterday lol

Chris Hayes is hosting a fascinating segment with Bernie Sanders in Kenosha, Wisconsin talking to Trump voters.

Why didn't they go someplace Trump won? He got killed in Kenosha.

He won by 200 votes, according to Hayes.

Why was Jennifer Palmieri the communications director of the Clinton campaign? She is so lame

It's rex tillerson confirmed

Tillz

Gonna be a fun confirmation fight

H8 this person who doesnt think "people working at mcdonalds" should make a living wage because then "everything would go up"

Capitalism's ability to pit the poor vs. the working poor never ceases to amaze.

Crazy how he's going to start his administration under a cloud of scandal right out the gate.

Xp

HOW YOU GONNA AFFORD THE BIG MAC WHEN IT GETS MORE EXPENSIVE BC YOU'RE GETTING PAID MORE OH WAIT

These fucking people don't care about improving their lives -- they just want to know that someone's beneath them. Vile attitude.

https://twitter.com/michaelpielocik/status/808507027567874048

Shades of Cruz at the campaign call center

it pains me to think of that joyous moment, that cruz call photo

the good old days when this campaign was in free fall

ctrl-f "game theory"?

i know gawker et al clown this guy but i found this is some bleak (and less unhinged than "game theory") reading https://twitter.com/jayrosen_nyu/status/807994501977505792

is it customary for a contemporary GOPer to mention "peace" as romney does in that post? does that seem unusual to anyone else?

Jay Rosen Verified account
‏@jayrosen_nyu

19/ The problem is not at the level "how to cover Trump," but how to recover conditions in which anything journalists do makes a difference.

otm

also otm on twitter dot com

Rusty Foster
‏@rustyk5
"Rex Tillerson" is a Philip K Dick character name if I ever saw one

has anyone thoroughly clowned that stupid game theory thing yet in column form cause some normally smart folks were RTing that today and it drove me nuts

I just think "Guys, it's time for some game theory" is a classic
I'm going to start using that at parties

https://twitter.com/kurteichenwald/status/808445203694682112

I don't know who jay rosen is what his thoughts on game theory are but that series of tweets about press in the trump era were chilling

“We struggled to find voices that could advocate for Donald Trump’s ideas,” said James Bennet, the Times’ editorial-page editor.

from a link from that jay rosen tweetstorm. i can picture the aneurysm the times' standards editor just had

jay rosen is not thought highly of by actual journalists afaict (e.g. http://gawker.com/do-not-listen-to-the-crazy-man-telling-you-to-quit-your-1674046932) but yeah that's a dark thread. also actual journalists think the game theory thread is good writing https://storify.com/jbordeaux/a-patriot-game-theory

past a certain point I wonder if the NYT is going to tell its staff to stop talking about internals to WP colleagues

obv hamilton nolan is not an actual journalist, but that captures media twitter consensus.

anyway good thread, and i want to live.

re: game theory, glad someone finally has the balls to defend the surveillance state, that's really been lacking in the public discourse

God, I didn't get to his stirring Bill Paxton fighting the aliens speech when I read it before.

I think I'm just getting sick of reading tweetstorms about this shit
it seems like all these edumacated dudes on twitter are just having manic episodes or drunk in the middle of the day or both