US Politics November 2017

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/its-getting-bad-folks

Nobody knows it, but everybody's saying it.

Next thread title plz

agreed

thirded

xposts this is getting into some Nigeria-level politically motivated "investigations" shiz

Given that Trump's reference to the always mysteriously-unattributed 'some people' very transparently means 'the people who exist solely in the mind of Donald Trump', what does it say about his sense of self-worth at this point that he can't even confidently muster the support of 50% of the voices in his head?

please god, please don't let trump figure out what margin of error means in a poll

The great thing about twitter is that you don't have to bother with margins like you do in Word. So no need to worry about error messages when printing or posting.

so how much has Jeff Session forgotten today ?

jim jordan (R-OH) is the worst

xp

“Mr. Sessions, according to your sworn testimony, you’ve forgotten:
• A meeting w/ Donald Trump where George Papadopoulos broached a Trump-Putin meeting,
• A meeting w/ Carter Page about Page traveling to Russia, and
• 2 meetings you yourself had w/ the Russian ambassador.” https://t.co/k8l4oTIM80

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) November 14, 2017

Countdown to the right-wing attack on the concept of remembering things.

Thanks to @VICE & @AlxThomp for visualizing our data on women candidates in 2018 compared to previous cycles. Pretty striking, eh? https://t.co/N1rM1d0ien #election2018 pic.twitter.com/UK4GQs0XHs

— CAWP (@CAWP_RU) November 14, 2017

how much of that is democrats running in previously uncontested seats (i.e. more women candidates because more candidates)?

do congressional seats go uncontested for that matter?

All the time. There were a large number of districts that Hillary won where the Dems didn't run anyone for the House.

i'm not sure. in 2016, there were apparently 53 districts with uncontested elections, with 28 held by republicans and 25 by democrats (https://www.brennancenter.org/blog/three-things-we-already-know-about-2016-us-house-races).

so not a trivial amount, but not enough to account for the big increase in democratic female candidates over the last few years.

xpost

and only one district in the country that Clinton won that had no Democratic candidate (Texas’ 32nd).

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/11/14/duterte-spokesman-trump-offered-to-return-philippines-fugitive-during-bilateral-talks

(THREAD) This thread provides live updates on any newsworthy events in Attorney General Sessions' public testimony before Congress today. I hope you'll follow along and share this tweet. pic.twitter.com/XgNOoI647g

— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) November 14, 2017

HOWDY FOLKS

it's me, the lying racist guy who is beloved by senate colleagues!

welcome back my friends
to the Sessions that never ends

Knew nothing of
Can't remember
Don't recall
Didn't talk with
Was never told
Can't reveal
Don't understand
... Parklife!

Jeff Sessions Recalls Parts Of Meeting After Examining Tattoo Clue Trail He Left On His Body. pic.twitter.com/q5YfV7CLn0

— Jesse McLaren (@McJesse) November 14, 2017

I quickly scanned and misread the text of that tweet as having something to do with Sessions's treasure trail and I'm still barfing.

"those aren't breadcrumbs"

https://www.buzzfeed.com/jasonleopold/secret-finding-60-russian-payments-to-finance-election?utm_term=.fym7BG8Pb#.icBPnKW7D

It's OK to spike the piece when you get the explanation for why it's not newsworthy pic.twitter.com/piyMzlTuOl

— Tom Scocca (@tomscocca) November 14, 2017

yeah that's some bad journalism there

ah well

I am just happy the FBI is investigating the Russian money transfers. No doubt, they'll do their usual impeccable job, as seen on TV.

watching this sessions hearing

rep jayapal from washington is pretty fucking awesome

(or, knowing nothing about her other than these hearings, she seems awesome)

One of our IL reps told him we could solve all these problems and save tons of time and money if the Dems and Republicans simply demanded the resignations of both Clinton and Trump.

watching this sessions hearing

rep jayapal from washington is pretty fucking awesome

Oh hey, look, senate GOP just added ACA mandate repeal to its tax bill.

This is awesome: passing the R tax cut would REQUIRE an immediate https://twitter.com/paulkrugman/status/9305205696610222095 billion cut in Medicare, plus 11 billion in other cuts (which isn't legally possible). I.e., the whole exercise is illegal under Congress' own rules https://t.co/6m1g79Dn5m

— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) November 14, 2017

I don't entirely get this ... "illegal" meaning, lawsuits/the Supreme Court will strike it down?

Oh hey, look, senate GOP just added ACA mandate repeal to its tax bill.

lol this is gonna go down in flames isn't it

Oh hey, look, senate GOP just added ACA mandate repeal to its tax bill.

and i just attached an anvil to my scuba tank, hope it works out

looking forward to the "lock her up" amendment

they really don't wanna pass anything

The idea that they would basically cripple the ACA while at the same time raising taxes for millions of constituents, all while permanently easing up on corporations and rich people ... it's like they're trying to do the maximum worst thing.

Could be that knowing they have no chance of passing something, they are going all-in on greed to show their donors that they still have their heads in the game.

it seems like both bills are going to pass their respective chambers - it's the conference committee bill that's going to run into problems.

The idea that repealing the ACA mandate while leaving the rest of the law intact could do anything but create chaos and collapse in the US medical system is madness. It's not just pandering, but pandering in the stupidest possible way to people whose ignorance about how things work is immeasurable.

How are they passing something in the Senate? They haven't found a way to satisfy reconciliation rules.

rep jayapal from washington is pretty fucking awesome

She is my rep! I love her and I’m so proud we elected her.
― .oO (silby), Tuesday, November 14, 2017 2:53 PM (twenty-eight minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

oh nice!

How are they passing something in the Senate? They haven't found a way to satisfy reconciliation rules.

Sounds like somebody did not get the "nothing matters anymore" memo.

They haven't found a way to satisfy reconciliation rules.

Then the dems need to be making parliamentary procedure objections right and left. This may not sound very effective, but throwing out parliamentary procedure would be much more radical than killing the filibuster.