Trump's America, March 2017: Using His Inside VOICE

internecine republican warfare you say?

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But it does indicate that Trump has learned a lesson about the importance of party unity - he's not going to go after the FC caucus guys - he actually managed to reign in his ego in an act of self-preservation, which is unusual.

― Οὖτις, Friday, March 24, 2017 3:26 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Just a reminder that 'reigning in his ego' is not a thing he does.

it's a thing that he can do for a maximum of 1 week.

It is entirely "you embarrassed me and I will make you pay." Which, while completely infantile, is a wonderful energy to have unleashed on people whose values I detest; popcorn.gif indeed.

i feel like we haven't seen even a fraction of the petty vindictiveness that trump is capable of, so i'm psyched to see him raise his game against the freedom caucus (and against himself by extension)

To give you an idea of how much the Freedom Caucus are scared about this:

https://twitter.com/justinamash/status/847448570081005568

It didn't take long for the swamp to drain @realDonaldTrump. No shame, Mr. President. Almost everyone succumbs to the D.C. Establishment.

seems like this is a strong man attempt to get them to fall into line, but given that the FC already defected on healthcare it seems likely to be the case that they don't feel beholden to trump for future electoral success, so this seems like a pretty poor gamble but hey

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Trump is a bully. A bully only has power when others fear him. Once his usual tactics fail, he's nothing but a bloviating half-filled ochre beanbag.

Corker trashing Ryan is roffly.

https://twitter.com/ericbradner/status/847452477796560896

So, yeah, this tactic isn't going to benefit him in any way, but it's all he knows. Godspeed, o POTUS my POTUS.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/30/world/africa/trump-is-said-to-ease-combat-rules-in-somalia-designed-to-protect-civilians.html?_r=0

WASHINGTON — President Trump has relaxed some of the rules for preventing civilian casualties when the American military carries out counterterrorism strikes in Somalia, laying the groundwork for an escalating campaign against Islamist militants in the Horn of Africa.

The decision, according to officials familiar with internal deliberations, gives commanders at the United States Africa Command greater latitude to carry out offensive airstrikes and raids by ground troops against militants with the Qaeda-linked Islamist group Shabab. That sets the stage for an intensified pace of combat there, while increasing the risk that American forces could kill civilians.

I guess every GOP'er running in 2018 is gonna have to figure out which side of 20 Trump's approval rating is gonna be

hope ivanka doesn't take it too hard when she finds out daddy's been lying to her and really is in bed with the kenyans

we all know he'd rather be in bed with ivanka

Has anyone posted this one, the Interior Secretary heavily implying that we're going to build the wall *in Mexico*:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C8F08YIW4AMAFOB.jpg

Yeah that made the rounds. Basically he's saying it won't actually happen.

gov of kansas vetoed Medicaid expansion, thx gop for demonizing the aca so thoroughly that states continue even today to turn down free money for basic assistance to the most vulnerable populations

https://mobile.twitter.com/dnvolz/status/847461355502280705

@marcorubio suffered from Russian active measures during the election, Clinton Watts tells Senate Intel Committee. Rubio looked startled

Hm hm hm

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39435786

from latest PPP poll (which has him at -13%)

We find that if evidence comes out that proves conclusively that members of Trump's campaign team worked in association with Russia to help him win the election, 53% of voters think he should resign to only 39% who believe he should continue to serve as President.

this fuckin country

Campaign team vs. guy himself, FWIW.

right, but I mean even though it's an abstract question where voters bring their own presumptions, I would presume if it was found conclusively that his team worked with Russia, there would probably also be evidence corroborating the suspicion that the WH has tried to obfuscate the investigation. for Nixon it was the coverup (and the coverup of the coverup)

esp since any time whispers came out about Russia, Trump insisted his people were 'clean'

The article cited a 2002 story in the Hill in which Mike Pence said that “he never eats alone with a woman other than his wife and that he won’t attend events featuring alcohol without her by his side, either.”

fucking weirdo

does she have to physically restrain him from slamming drinks and doing body shots or something?

Dr. Roy Godson at Senate committee hearing: Russia started investigated interfering in election in 2009; developed platform in 2010, hacking first attempted in 2015, targeted/deployed on public throughout 2016. Also possibly implicated in Brexit vote.

a man who knows his temptations xp

Also possibly implicated in Brexit vote

umm waht

Language couched as something like "due to belief in Russian disinformation strategies and capabilities, as well as similar M.O. In Eastern Europe going back to 2004, we suggest close examination of results of Brexit..."

senate committee seems like it is actually doing real work? or am i wrong

what if all along pence has been the doug stamper to captain combover's francis underwood? next season of 'house of cards' will be EPIC

Of course - Russia's long term goal is to dismantle NATO and the eu

brb gonna pitch a sitcom where donald trump and david cameron are forced to share a cell after being found guilty of involvement in vote-tampering

I am not sure Cameron got the result he was after.

Maddow had a segment last night about how #calexit is spearheaded by a dude in Russia

i'm sure he didn't but i wouldn't mind seeing him clapped in irons anyway xp

It's unsurprising to me that there are GOPers who wouldn't call for Turnip's resignation if active collusion were proven. The ends justify the means. Who cares how he got there. He's there now and he's totally going to work for us! The cognitive dissonance is strong with this lot.

never forget that hrc was the most corrupt candidate in history

Good tweet https://twitter.com/costareports/status/847468423734976513

a history of huffing fuel would explain a lot about trump's decision-making tbf

all is forgiven as long as the rich get their tax cuts. that's all the GOP / koch/fox/norquist nation gives a shit about

https://twitter.com/dnewhauser/status/847454607852814337

Rep Chris Collins says Tuesday Group met last night agreed they won't meet or work w Freedom Caucus. "If that call comes in just hang up"

does the gop have sufficient votes in the house to move legislation without cooperation from the FC?

FC is like 25-28 people (with one guy that just left), right?

Rep. Raul Gri­jalva, who co­chairs the Con­gres­sion­al Pro­gress­ive Caucus with El­lis­on, agreed, not­ing that the “ex­treme pos­ture” of Trump’s policies has riled up the Demo­crat­ic base to the point that mem­bers who work with him run a risk, even if they bring home in­fra­struc­ture pro­jects.

“That’s got to be a hell of a bridge. I’m talk­ing eight lanes. It bet­ter be worth it,” he said.

https://www.nationaljournal.com/s/649860?oref=t.co&mref=twitter_post&unlock=UC49MYE85UIOOAHT

at that point they almost need Dem votes to advance any measure

The article cited a 2002 story in the Hill in which Mike Pence said that “he never eats alone with a woman other than his wife and that he won’t attend events featuring alcohol without her by his side, either.”

Have any of the Clash of Civilizations people glommed on to a future where fundamentalist Christians and fundamentalist Muslims unite against the rest of us infidels?