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

I expect Jimmy will be deeply disappointed when Trump fails to write that big Trump Foundation check to Habitat for Humanity that he promised.

on the scale of things to get outraged about a former president going to an inauguration seems fairly low

Someone has to go!

they could wheel in the coffins of some other ex-presidents

maybe just throw the bones of andrew jackson at his feet after every couple paragraphs of his address

Beach Boys Confirm They're Considering Playing Trump's Inauguration.

would be cool if they do kokomo with stamos

it'll provide plenty of new material for the evergreen 'can we be shown weirdos + mike love' thread at least

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― Josh in Chicago

So did you guys here who's playing at the Trump inauguration?

Mike Love, not War.

*hear

so wtf does this mean, exactly

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/812390964740427776

It means he's going to blow up the UN building.

Maybe he's going to declare war on the UN? We got the nukes.

More like he's going to do his dance and demand they pay their fair share of rent or whatever.

xpost Ha! Great minds, like Trump's ...

in reference to the US not vetoing the UN resolution against Israeli settlements, yes?

maybe he'll just make their traffic even worse

yes, Merdeyeux, w/ the total support of Chuck Schumer and the rest of Netanyahu's waterboys among the Dems. Unity!

Trump has now fed TMZ the line that he didn't want any stupid celebrities coming to his inauguration anyway.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umu07u5DPpc

@Atrios
weird how i already see the trump era bringing back liberal blog culture. where have all you slackers been

@ggreenwald
It was hibernating with the anti-war and pro-civil-liberties sentiments that took a long, peaceful nap starting right around 1/20/2009.

Deep

Donald J. Trump ‏@realDonaldTrump 34m34 minutes ago
The U.S. Consumer Confidence Index for December surged nearly four points to 113.7, THE HIGHEST LEVEL IN MORE THAN 15 YEARS! Thanks Donald!

Thanks Donald!!

Completely crazy how it shot up from its lowest point ever just a few weeks ago under Obama!

http://m.dailykos.com/story/2016/12/25/1614376/-Why-Trump-voters-are-not-welcome-in-my-house-this-holiday

inspiring

Idk completely withdrawing socially seems stupid and counterproductive to me

i was being sarcastic obv

i have no idea how that's not a clickhole article

it's a shame because he seems like he'd be a LOT of fun at parties

can't stop loling at this:

"In fact, I went further. I told my tennis group..."

You can join the revolution for 2 cents a word.

https://knoxville.craigslist.org/wri/5925876980.html

Us retaliation, as such, for Russian hacking puts Trump in a very funny position, especially if the Kremlin counter retaliates. If Trump reverses sanctions or punishment, then it makes him look even more like he is in the pocket of the Russians. If he reverses sanctions and Punishment after the Kremlin counter retaliates, it makes it look even worse. If he reverses sanctions and punishments and then the Kremlin retaliates anyway, he looks just as bad.

Haha yeah he's p much cornered here.

Odds are on the first option, i think.

well that's the position you put yourself in when you decide to go against your own intelligence agencies and just go, "naaaaah"

ya but trump voters wont rly care will they

that said he's already made his Russian connection look really blatant and has faced no consequences for it, so does it really matter

The new sanctions are virtually meaningless - the key actions are that US companies won't be allowed to do business with the Russian security services (which they presumably either aren't or don't know they are doing), the expulsion of 35 replaceable diplomats and a new round of allegations against two people who are already on the FBI's most-wanted list for commercial hacking crimes. Russia might expel some diplomats in return - or even sanction the CIA if it can be bothered - but it's barely worth doing with one working week until Obama leaves. There is nothing much for Trump to overturn so he's not boxed in - probably only access to the two diplomatic compounds mentioned in the report. It's all very minor compared to the bigger question of the continuation of sanctions over Ukraine.

Judith Butler on Trump

http://www.versobooks.com/blogs/3025-trump-fascism-and-the-construction-of-the-people-an-interview-with-judith-butler

otm throughout

nah she thinks the electoral college should be abolished, clearly somebody needs to bring that space cadet back down to earth

https://twitter.com/ericgarland/status/814584522230628352

tombot i think you'd like this guy if you're looking for more delusional optimism

every single post you make is predictable, sniveling, cowardly and dull all at the same time. I can't figure out the point of you at all

other than to push my buttons, I guess

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGS029Peq7k

tom i'm just messing with you bud come on lighten up a bit

that game theory guy is srsly unhinged funny stuff tho

I hate nerds in every form and fashion and the game theory guy fits the bill.

Pretty sure everyone here agrees that the EC should be abolished.

Issue is that no one has offered up a pathway to it happening. Small states aren't willing going to acquiesce power and if it became possible that would be because the math has started working for Democrats again and they're never going to change it when that's the case.

Calling everyone defeatist ninnies because they can't see how it's going to happen is ridiculous.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/rampage/wp/2016/12/28/americans-especially-but-not-exclusively-trump-voters-believe-crazy-wrong-things/

The headline to this is absurd. Exactly one question where Clinton voters are more gullible than Trumpies but "both sides do it."

No, that's a fair headline - as you say Trump supporters are more wrong ("especially") but the findings are still 19% of Clinton voters believe vaccines cause Autism, 21% believe the number of medically uninsured has gone up.