Trump, May 2017: 100 days of [unintelligible]

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Re: NATO. That's just Trump desperately trying to change the headlines. Too vague a threat to do the trick. It will be noticed by NATO allies, and make them freak out, but for domestic consumption it will be drowned out by Comey/Russia.

A is for (Aimless), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 21:07 (seven years ago) link

Chatter has begun about what a President Mike Pence might look like.

I feel safe in assuming he would continue to look like a stunned Mr. Potato Head.

Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 21:07 (seven years ago) link

I don't really believe the Dem has a chance in Montana-AL but please, people, go ahead and convince me I'm wrong.

Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 21:09 (seven years ago) link

that's the spirit!

Οὖτις, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 21:10 (seven years ago) link

I donated to Quist and now I get 10 e-mails a day asking for more with some terrible spammy headlines. I cannot believe this is effective fundraising.

El Tuomasbot (milo z), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 21:13 (seven years ago) link

This doesn't surprise me

Update: DHS won't confirm Sheriff David Clarke's claim he was hired https://t.co/FYd8QF87dr via @dcexaminer

— Paul Bedard (@SecretsBedard) May 17, 2017

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 21:14 (seven years ago) link

Chatter has begun about what a President Mike Pence might look like.

I feel safe in assuming he would continue to look like a stunned Mr. Potato Head.

― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, May 17, 2017 10:07 PM (nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Which one would be worse though? Trump or Pence? I would really be interested in finding out what people think about this.

Camaraderie at Arms Length, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 21:19 (seven years ago) link

are you interested in enough to load 3746 messages

Οὖτις, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 21:20 (seven years ago) link

Lol

Treeship, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 21:22 (seven years ago) link

I have read almost all of them, believe it or not

Camaraderie at Arms Length, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 21:24 (seven years ago) link

But still no idea

Camaraderie at Arms Length, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 21:24 (seven years ago) link

We've covered this.

the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 21:26 (seven years ago) link

still love this very vice presidential hardman effort by Pence.

https://i.cbc.ca/1.4072626.1492425220!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/south-korea-us-pence-korea.jpg

nomar, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 21:27 (seven years ago) link

i might prefer this President Pence

https://usatftw.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/hunter-pence.jpg?w=1000&h=600&crop=1

Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 21:31 (seven years ago) link

https://www.instagram.com/p/BUNPDnCBLxH/

(•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 21:44 (seven years ago) link

looks more like roger stone tbh

*shudder* either way obv

Drive Your Lover Wild In Bed By Cosplaying As Jeff Lynne (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 21:47 (seven years ago) link

Fake Pence BTW

(•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 21:47 (seven years ago) link

DOJ names robert mueller as special counsel to investigate trump/russia

Karl Malone, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 22:03 (seven years ago) link

just now from Washington Post

KIEV —A month before Donald Trump clinched the Republican nomination, one of his closest allies in Congress — House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy — made a politically explosive assertion in a private conversation on Capitol Hill with his fellow GOP leaders: that Trump could be the beneficiary of payments from Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“There’s two people I think Putin pays: Rohrabacher and Trump,” McCarthy (R-Calif.) said, according to a recording of the June 15, 2016 exchange, which was listened to and verified by The Washington Post. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher is a Californian Republican known in Congress as a fervent defender of Putin and Russia.

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) immediately interjected, stopping the conversation from further exploring McCarthy’s assertion, and swore the Republicans present to secrecy.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/house-majority-leader-to-colleagues-in-2016-i-think-putin-pays-trump/2017/05/17/515f6f8a-3aff-11e7-8854-21f359183e8c_story.html?hpid=hp_no-name_no-name%3Apage%2Fbreaking-news-bar&tid=a_breakingnews&utm_term=.c5d03a541565

Dan S, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 22:05 (seven years ago) link

paul ryan fighting the good fight as ever

Drive Your Lover Wild In Bed By Cosplaying As Jeff Lynne (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 22:07 (seven years ago) link

So with Mueller on board, does that mean the House and Senate stop what they're doing?

Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 22:07 (seven years ago) link

xp holy shit lol

JoeStork, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 22:09 (seven years ago) link

xpost no, they'll keep going. i expect, though, that mueller's appointment will mean that the republicans who finally started to come around on naming some sort of special counsel or committee will now backtrack and say that mueller's appointment means that everything is fine and nothing further is needed

Karl Malone, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 22:10 (seven years ago) link

This feels like surfacing for a breath of fresh air.

Now a long, long, frustrating wait.....

Hadrian VIII, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 22:11 (seven years ago) link

Mueller seems like a solid choice, no?

Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 22:18 (seven years ago) link

this wapo story is fucking incredible

The situation was difficult, Ryan said. Groysman, he said, had told him that Russian-backed forces were firing 30-40 shells into Ukrainian territory every day. And the prime minister described Russian tactics that include “financing our populists, financing people in our governments to undo our governments.”

Ryan said Russia’s goal was to “turn Ukraine against itself.” Groysman underlined Russia’s intentions, saying “They’re just going to roll right through us and go to the Baltics and everyone else,” according to Ryan’s summary of the prime minister’s remarks in the recording.

“Yes,” Rodgers said in agreement, noting that the Russians were funding non-government organizations across Europe as part of a wider “propaganda war.”

“Maniacal,” Ryan said. “And guess, guess who’s the only one taking a strong stand up against it? We are.”

Rodgers disagreed. “We’re not…we’re not…but, we’re not,” she said.

THIS IS HAPPENING HERE RIGHT NOW

officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 22:28 (seven years ago) link

when it's 90 degrees tomorrow, in May, in NYC, we're probably going to be telling funny jokes still

reggie (qualmsley), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 22:28 (seven years ago) link

well, aside from the shelling xp

officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 22:28 (seven years ago) link

let's get that phone back in that baby-brained idiot's hands ok?

constitutional crises they fly at u face (will), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 22:33 (seven years ago) link

Prediction--Republicans will demand that Mueller also look into Benghazi and Hillary's emails.

— Bruce Bartlett (@BruceBartlett) May 17, 2017

constitutional crises they fly at u face (will), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 22:34 (seven years ago) link

I thought that was like a West Wing roleplay account but apparently this Bruce is a real person

softie (silby), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 22:34 (seven years ago) link

some crackpot congressman asked for those exact items, also tossed in the IRS targeting conservatives to make it better.

officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 22:37 (seven years ago) link

It's pretty certain that Trump does not know what a special counsel is. How receptive will he be to suggestions he not talk shit or tweet about the special counsel? (Answer: there's a first time for everything, but likely not very.)

Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 22:39 (seven years ago) link

yeah he's lit. Bartlett worked for Reagan, Kemp, Bush Sr., Ron fucking Paul, but now is a total libtard I guess. i used to read his blog in early Tea Party days and he was very critical of Republicans. i follow him on twitter & facebook now and he's full on burn the fucking GOP to the ground and piss on the ashes

xposts

constitutional crises they fly at u face (will), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 22:39 (seven years ago) link

That whole Ryan/Rodgers exchange. I knew the former was totally craven, but that is totally beyond the pale.

Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 22:45 (seven years ago) link

hey, c'mon now, let's be reasonable and not rush to judgment

https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalmemo.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F07%2FPaulRyanWorkout.jpg&f=1

Οὖτις, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 22:47 (seven years ago) link

xpost
I wonder who taped Ryan, Rogers, and the others saying those things? The article is headlined 'Kiev' but the taping was on capitol hill after a meeting with Ukrainian Prime Minister. Was it Unkrainian intelligence? The whole article is surreal

Dan S, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 22:48 (seven years ago) link

god please why cant this chump pay at the polls

constitutional crises they fly at u face (will), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 22:50 (seven years ago) link

In May 2016, McCarthy signed up to serve as a Trump delegate at the Republican National Convention, breaking ranks with Ryan who said he still wasn’t ready to endorse the candidate. McCarthy’s relationship with Trump became so close that the president would sometimes refer to him as “my Kevin.”

Number None, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 22:51 (seven years ago) link

Holy shit @ that wapo article

Treeship, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 22:58 (seven years ago) link

I kind of don't care about it tbh. Were the craven instincts of these assholes really in doubt for anyone who's been paying attention?

Οὖτις, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 23:01 (seven years ago) link

most people don't pay attention, and those of us who do, uh, a lot of us are going insane because this shit is bananas

Cyborg Kickboxer (rushomancy), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 23:04 (seven years ago) link

idgi are you guys actually shocked that GOP guys were willing to set aside their concerns/what they suspected about Trump and Russia to get him elected?

oh my stars n garters

Οὖτις, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 23:06 (seven years ago) link

I'm surprised there are recordings of Paul Ryan explicitly saying that yes.

Treeship, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 23:08 (seven years ago) link

it is odd that this was recorded and not leaked until now, I'll give you that

Οὖτις, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 23:09 (seven years ago) link

personally? i wouldn't be shocked if i found out paul ryan was literally sacrificing babies to satan. whether or not i, personally, am suffering a case of the vapors over this is not of a great deal of importance.

Cyborg Kickboxer (rushomancy), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 23:09 (seven years ago) link


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