Trump, May 2017: 100 days of [unintelligible]

i know this is selfish, but i want mike pence to be president because i want to live

Tsk, such minor details.

Nothing is going to fatally damage the Republican Party because there is no opposition party that is organized enough with large enough coffers to bankroll its candidates in elections to take its place. I will change my tune if Libertarian candidates receive measurably more support in the midterm election but until that happens, Republicans are going nowhere.

One two three!

Dianne Feinstein exits Senate subway and is surrounded by reporters. "Oh my goodness. What's happened?" (She hasn't seen the WaPo story.)

— Haley Byrd (@byrdinator) May 15, 2017

I wonder how many GOP senators will say they're troubled before calling for more information.

— Haley Byrd (@byrdinator) May 15, 2017

Lindsey Graham tells us the WaPo report is "troubling" if true. I ask him if it's only troubling. "Yeah, because I don't know if it's true."

— Haley Byrd (@byrdinator) May 15, 2017

cannot WAIT for some unhinged tweeting from trump tomorrow morning, though

yeah he's just gonna bitch about the leaks THE LEAK WHY AM I SO LEAKY

true

who leaked this? can't have been many people in the room?

https://www.buzzfeed.com/jimdalrympleii/trump-highly-classified-information-russians?utm_term=.wnJe6Vlv4#.xyOpJNLxY

'Two US officials who were briefed on Trump’s disclosures last week confirmed to BuzzFeed News the veracity of the Post report, with one official noting that “it’s far worse than what has already been reported.”'

McCain just saw WP: "We certainly don't want any president to leak classified information but the president does have the right to do that."

— Erica Werner (@ericawerner) May 15, 2017

mavericky

xxpost That alone may tell you something.

That is truly the strangest statement from McCain.

military man respectful of the org chart or just spineless

(the latter)

I think it might fatally damage the Republicans

did 2010 and 2014 teach you nothing? "Fatally" is an adverb you never want to use about the GOP's political opportunities unless it refers to how the party regards gays, blacks, and Muslims.

Remember that John McCain is not a smart man.

if you're waiting for John McCain to be up in arms over this, you'll be waiting a long time.

golf clap

well, he can't raise his arms

yes that's the joke

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You don't say

McMaster just walked by gaggle of press outside Sean's office: "This is the last place in the world I want to be...I'm leaving."

— Justin Sink (@justinsink) May 15, 2017

*ba-dum-tish*

Donald Trump concealed classified information from the Russian government, with few exceptions.

— Josh Barro (@jbarro) May 15, 2017

Ex-CIA officer to me on WaPo bombshell: "Whoever gave us the intel won't next time."

— Michael Weiss (@michaeldweiss) May 15, 2017

maybe Trump accidentally leaked the leak

yes that's the joke

― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, May 15, 2017 6:04 PM

you did see how quickly we posted, or did McCain's arms block your sight?

I'd kinda say that a president's 'right' to leak classified information ends where the consequences of his leaking it will result in material damage to American lives and well-being. There's this thing called due process of the law which is supposed to supersede a president's authority. We don't need no stinking monarchy.

Per that point

Likely this was leaked because an operation was just blown by POTUS or US spooks don't want to be on the hook for when Russia derails it.

— Michael Weiss (@michaeldweiss) May 15, 2017

Of interest

Told my listeners I'll wait 48hrs on the Trump-Russia intel story to see if this too gets retracted. But I know one of the sources. Credible

— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) May 15, 2017

someone is literally going to die because of this

Thousands of people

Every tweet. Every goddamn tweet of his predicts a future lined with his own fuck-ups. He's like a time traveler failing to warn himself. pic.twitter.com/tXFsdSWrkD

— Chuck Wendig (@ChuckWendig) May 15, 2017

a right-wing supreme court (thanks obama & senate dems)

lol okay, really placing the blame where it belongs there eh

― Οὖτις, Monday, May 15, 2017 4:38 PM (twenty-eight minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

what do we have now? a supposedly "destroyed" senate and a right-winger in scalia's spot

what could we have had, a year ago? the same "destroyed" senate and a liberal in scalia's spot.

mcconnell dared the democrats to do something against truly unprecedented blocking of constitutional process, and they backed down.

democrats made their stand against gorsuch (admirable) and mcconnell duly nuked the place and here we are.

yes i'm more mad at democrats for this turn of events because i expect maximum bullshit from the GOP always, and dems appear to have learned nothing from the last 8 years, or were happy not to learn because they have other goals in mind than mine.

Trump likes to show off his office toys.This is the intel equivalent of Trump showing ppl Shaq's shoe at Trump Tower https://t.co/kLIlZrKtVj

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) May 15, 2017

(not knowing the ins and outs of senate procedure -- i'm assuming schumer could have wielded whatever powers mcconnell just did)

so you think Reid should've foreseen Scalia's death more than 2 years in advance, nuked the filibuster, waited for Scalia to die, and then pushed through Gorsuch w 51 votes?

yeah that makes sense

i'm assuming schumer could have wielded whatever powers mcconnell just did

go get your fuckin shine box

and then pushed through Gorsuch w 51 votes?

sorry I meant Garland here

lol i'm forgetting some important numbers here aren't i

but since you asked re: reid, my answer is yes!

November 2013: Reid, as Majority Leader strips filibuster on party-line vote for many Senate confirmations votes, but leaves filibuster in place for SC nominees.
November 2014: Democrats lose control of the Senate in mid-term elections, McConnell becomes Majority Leader.
Feb 2016: Scalia dies
March 2016: Obama nominates Garland, McConnell refuses to even bring up his nomination through the Judiciary Committee, much less give it a floor vote. Senate Dems are powerless, since they are in the minority
Nov 2016: Trump wins, Garland's nomination is effectively dead
March 2017: Trump nominates Gorsuch, Democrats - in an unprecedented move and lead by Schumer - filibuster the nomination. McConnell strips the SC filibuster on a party-line vote, Gorsuch is confirmed.

in Nov 2013 Reid had no way of knowing a) that Scalia would die, b) that Dems would lose the Senate in 2014, c) that McConnell would block Garland's nomination.

Holding this lack of foresight against him is insane, sorry.

what is the actual point of hashtag-the-resistance? why on earth are all of the twitter centrist hillary dem types so bent on impeachment?

and this is just a v wtf mischaracterization - I see impeachment chatter on twitter from the crankiest cranks of the left, berniebros, Sarah Silverman's celeberal crew etc.

― Οὖτις, Monday, May 15, 2017 5:41 PM (forty-six minutes ago)

i'm having some trouble following goole's #gametheory train of thought but i definitely don't think this is true, it's definitely the centrist/BlueNation types who are pushing most vocally for impeachment ime

Prior to Garland nobody had done what McConnell did. And what's more, I don't think anyone had ever even filibustered a Supreme Court nominees before (someone remind me if this happened w Fortas before he was withdrawn?). It was totally unprecedented.

xp

it's definitely the centrist/BlueNation types who are pushing most vocally for impeachment ime

this could be true, but I don't follow any of them on twitter so idk!

The Democrats did not have a majority in the Senate when Scalia died, making it impossible for them to push through Garland's nomination without any Republicans. Obama could have done a recess appointment (and I wish he had) but, as I understand it, it only would have lasted until January 3rd of this year, at which point Garland would need to go through the confirmation process anyway in order to remain on the Court.

So basically, Obama could have put Garland on the court, he could have been there for a bunch of decisions that went to the liberal wing anyway, and then he could have fallen off of the court again until Trump was sworn in and put forward Gorsuch anyway.

there is also not a lot of overlap ime between bernie bros and the louise mensch disciples, i think your leftist xls needs some recalibrating xp

the recess appointment would've been a real risky move either way, courts might have struck it down or McConnell could've maneuvered around it etc.

nonetheless I did advocate for that course of action at the time

xp

there is also not a lot of overlap ime between bernie bros and the louise mensch disciples

idk when all the hardcore Bernie supporters I know here in SF are tweeting it that's a big enough sample size for me

i have wanted the filibuster gone since forever! i am an accelerationist about nothing except the filibuster. that is, ahem, yes, a different argument than i was making above, which doesn't make much sense given the numbers. whoops. forgot the sequence of events there.

my memory is, as you see, kind of bad. i swear there was another issue where reid nuking the filibuster was a possibility and he didn't.

I 100% support the filibuster because I am a minority and I know what majorities in this country like to do to minorities.