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

Trump didn't demand loyalty tests, and there was lots of laughing, jokes, and stories.

he's good at going after people on twitter, but not face-to-face. personal meetings with him are useless

he's good at going after people on twitter, but not face-to-face. personal meetings with him are useless

Yeah, there are many reports of him being a coward one-on-one.

Aren't most bullies?

broadband providers can sell your browsing history to advertisers if this passes the House

https://theintercept.com/2017/03/23/the-senate-just-voted-to-sell-you-out-to-advertisers/

xposts Wait what? Isn't that what Nunes held a press conference about??

You'd think that, Tracer, you'd think that.

Also!

https://twitter.com/kenvogel/status/845029906392236034

SCOOP: RNC paid ex-CIA officer to dig up dirt on @HillaryClinton conflicts in Israel & Bulgaria.

Which isn't really surprising.

Guessing said dirt didn't amount to a whole fuck of a lot.

Hello, Schiff is upping the ante:

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/03/23/politics/adam-schiff-trump-russia-grand-jury/index.html

The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee is claiming that he has been presented with new information on collusion between associates of President Donald Trump and Russia that would merit a grand jury investigation.

Rep. Adam Schiff told CNN Thursday that he had seen additional evidence, but would not specify what it was.

"We continue to get new information that, I think, paints a more complete picture of at least what we know at the outset of our investigation," Schiff said.

Asked to explain his comments earlier in the week when he said there was more than just "circumstantial evidence of collusion," Schiff said, "I do think that it's appropriate to say that it's the kind of evidence that you would submit to a grand jury at the beginning of an investigation.

That's cool but we've been hearing noises like that for months. Right?

So confused about what Nunes is doing here. He said Trump and/or team were incidentally recorded as part of investigation into foreign targets in Trump Tower (I think?) And he gave Trump the heads up on this, before he even told his colleagues. Holds a big ol' press conference. MAGA types crow that their man's been vindicated. Nunes himself in interviews says "So the President was kind of right!" But now he says maybe.... none of that happened?

Noises, yes, but I think you have to keep in mind that Comey's confirmation on Monday formally kicked the door open. There was plenty of speculation, that was on the record confirmation.

he's good at going after people on twitter, but not face-to-face. personal meetings with him are useless

Yeah, there are many reports of him being a coward one-on-one.

― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Thursday, March 23, 2017 5:57 PM (ten minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Aren't most bullies?

― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, March 23, 2017

see: Nixon. Although he's gotten pretty good with Twitter lately.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/intel-chair-devin-nunes-unsure-trump-associates-directly/story?id=46325928

backs up the tweet Ned posted

As for what Nunes was doing, looks like kinda stupid interference for no real gain.

I think he was just deliberately trying to be confusing just as long as the "trump vindicated" byline was the end result.

Trump specifically mentioned his sweet sweet vindication in that Times interview of lies and nonsense that came out today

Not much gain, though. Those inclined to believe him continue to, etc.

it was more of a hail mary than anything, in hindsight

Nunes basically threw himself under a bus. Even Trump's initial claim of vindication, brought on by prodding, seemed hedgy and unsure. "I somewhat do."

Light on the horizon! Folks like Sam Brownback, Paul Le Page and Butch Otter praise AHCA!

https://twitter.com/RepLarryBucshon/status/845017469072814080

Which means...not that much.

xpost the vagueness of his statement plus the number of contradictions ("we know for sure", "we're not sure yet", etc etc) kinda prove that the message itself was secondary to the byline. it was a "WITNESS!!!!" warboy moment

"intel-chair-devin-nunes-unsure" should be on a Nunes t-shirt

gotta love a "health care" act that doesn't actually give people access to health care

hearse care

http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/325544-rand-paul-let-pence-preside-over-senate-obamacare-repeal-votes

Can't really see how this works, though, in that assumes that various moderate-as-such GOP senators already going "Ha, no" over AHCA would go along with it.

i like to imagine Trump's emphatic plea was something like

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeRQD0tK8h0

lol....all that work today and according to CNN, the whip count is now 30...aka two Republican reps MORE in opposition than there were this morning.

so Rand Paul is basically asking Pence to come in and bend the Senate rules regarding reconciliation?

Thus Cornyn's, how you say, skepticism. But it's in line with Mike Lee's random thoughts yesterday.

Nunes has got to be played by Steve Carrell in the movie of this whole fucking farrago. if movie cameras still exist and electricity works obv

Interesting wild card in all this is whether Isakson will be around.

http://news.wabe.org/post/after-surgery-georgia-sen-isakson-could-miss-crucial-votes

so Rand Paul is basically asking Pence to come in and bend the Senate rules regarding reconciliation?

this is never going to happen, the bill's not even gonna make it out of the House

it'll probably make it to the toilet tbf

Ah, civil wars:

https://twitter.com/rachaelmbade/status/845039663735853057

Freedom Caucus has never been particularly popular w/House Rs. But now Rs r livid w/ them. @RepChrisCollins: "They’ve deserted the team."

broadband providers can sell your browsing history to advertisers if this passes the House

How is this different from me being shadowed by Amazon, showing me pictures of shit I already bought, or looked at a week ago?

you probably agreed to do it somewhere somehow? idk though i get suggested FB friends from people I've only emailed in a work context and whatnot, I'm sure this has or is already way within the wheelhouse of ISPs/tech companies

you can log out, clear cookies, use a different browser, not shop amazon

tougher to get around using your ISPs pipe

lol WaPo's whip count is now 35 GOP no votes and 16 more "leaning no". these guys are fucked. the longer they wait/the more shitty "compromises" they try to add the more support is going to tank.

What's the count of GOP reps in Hilary districts (or heck even Obama ''12 districts)?

where are you seeing that whip count?

on WaPo's front page

found it: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/03/07/whip-count-heres-where-skeptical-republicans-stand-on-the-gops-obamacare-replacement/?tid=sm_tw&utm_term=.dcf52e844acb

maybe Paul Ryan is just showing the wrong pie charts, I mean this bill is awesome, it should speak for itself, right?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Co5wFp4UAAAmhl9.jpg

Having fun fellas?

We haven't had that spirit here since...

A+

Anyway FWIW the Big Huge Meeting is still happening with the Freedom Caucus, Bannon etc.

who's the top

An ugly image

Anyway I wouldn't be surprised if they come out with something that makes the Freedom Caucus happy but then makes a lot of others go "What? Fuck you!" And the game begins again...

Meaning of all people, this guy is probably right:

https://twitter.com/kyledcheney/status/845050891229167619

Heading into conference, @replouiegohmert says still too many competing demands to get to yes for enough members.

truly, the art of the deal