US Politics November 2017

i had to watch rubio's again, it is amazing esp bc you see his mouth drying up well before he reaches for the water

trump doing that dumb fucking squinty eyes thing trying to look serious, fuck off

As some Dubya flunky pointed out on MSNBC, this shows how poorly run the White House is -- you're supposed to keep uncapped water for the prez!

trump's consistent incompetence is stunning; it's so dependable

decent line from Her Self

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said on Wednesday that allegations that Roy Moore was banned from an Alabama mall are the latest indication that the GOP candidate shouldn’t serve in the Senate. “I’ve got a general rule, if you can’t be in a mall, you shouldn’t be in the Senate,” Graham told reporters.

zingers are all he's good for

Don't worry: should he win in December, Jones will lose in six years.

― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), 15. november 2017 22:21 (thirteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Three years. It's a special election, and the seat is up in 2020.

Lindsey Graham channeling the cadence of the trainer from Dodgeball there.

Three years. It's a special election, and the seat is up in 2020.

― Frederik B, Wednesday, November 15, 2017

better!

def better

⚡️GOP tax debate just got more complicated with surprise opposition of Sen Ron Johnson. WI Republican says he opposes current Senate bill; its changed treatment of ``pass through'' businesses isn't satisfactory. `We're moving in the wrong direction,' he says, per @KaustuvBasu1

— Laura Litvan (@LauraLitvan) November 15, 2017

!

didn't see that coming

I'm actually, uh....proud of my Senator? wtf

Meanwhile, Moore's people are holding a press conference.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/democrats-furious-over-new-gop-attempt-to-gut-obamacare/2017/11/15/fdc382f8-ca23-11e7-8321-481fd63f174d_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_taxreform-445p%3Ahomepage%2Fstory

A key Senate Republican on Wednesday said he would not support the emerging GOP tax plan and another expressed major reservations about the bill, a thunderclap of trouble for party leaders as they attempt to use a slim Senate majority to pass a major overhaul of the U.S. tax code.

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said he was opposed to the new bill because it disproportionately benefits corporations at the expense of other businesses.

“If they can pass it without me, let them,” Johnson said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal. “I’m not going to vote for this tax package.”

It felt like momentum was sort of on their side until they throw in the health care stuff, which was a real clear breaking point.

Like, they flew too close to the sun, if the sun were a big toilet.

NEW: @IvankaTrump with strong response to Moore allegations: “There’s a special place in hell for people who prey on children. I’ve yet to see a valid explanation and I have no reason to doubt the victims’ accounts.” Cc @AP

— Tom Llamas (@TomLlamasABC) November 15, 2017

daaamn

Jauregui, the advisor, argues that the handwriting we've seen is different.

Ivanka should run for Alabama senate.

Hey Ivanka, what do you think of your dad?

moore definitely not dropping out from the sound of this press conference

just regular hell xp

lol @ people thinking signatures and handwriting are basically a stamp that never changes

moore definitely not dropping out from the sound of this press conference

Why would he?

idk it looks pretty clear that he wrote on that page two separate times, the idea that someone forged this but intentionally made it look odd is so idiotic. it's the same school of thought that leads people to believe there's a gigantic government conspiracy to fake mass shootings that's somehow careless enough to cast the same crisis actors each time.

it's the most special, most amazing place, and it's reserved for her husband

xxp

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

there is probably a school of thought that suggests it's intentionally made to look sloppy because we'd imagine a conspiracy to cover their tracks, so they're playing 4-D chess with us (checkmate: we're playing 5-D chess!!!)

when Moore plays chess, he plays All-D chess

btw i listened to maybe 10 minutes of Limbaugh today and he said his comment yesterday about Moore 'dating' teens WHEN HE WAS A DEMOCRAT was just "an observation" blown up by libruls.

He then went on a riff about how Prez Yam PLAYED "the Chi-Comms" on his Asia trip by "asking for 3 times what he wanted," like this was some tactic invented by King Dipshit. (I'm not sure what he was alleged to have "gotten" from China.)

(btw another "pearl" was that unlike us, "the Chi-Comms don't make a deal unless it's good for them")

http://images2.onionstatic.com/onion/9993/original/800.jpg

BREAKING: Sixth woman accuses Roy Moore of groping her when he was married https://t.co/KplYjIMaa2

— Justin Miller (@justinjm1) November 15, 2017

Thorp said local women have not spoken publicly against Moore before now because he had power in town and in the state, and they didn't think they would be believed.

"Everybody knew it wouldn't matter," she said, "that he would get elected anyway because his supporters are never going to believe anything bad about him."

Johnson said the answer was even more simple.

"It's because somebody asked," she said. "If anybody had asked, we would have told it. No one asked."

Democratic support, however, remains elusive. Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.), a key moderate broker, said he’s been in touch with White House aides in recent days about supporting the plan, but “I don’t see it improving.”

“Between the debt and the insensitivity of this doing whatever they can to make sure that people at the top of the food chain are getting the tax breaks and the people who benefit the most are the people who need it the least — it makes no sense,” Manchin said.

gosh Joe, it's almost like the President lied to your face

https://blog.humanesociety.org/wayne/2017/11/interior-department-allow-imports-elephant-lion-trophies-africa-reversing-obama-policies.html

every day these people find new ways to be more disgusting

shenanigans

http://bluevirginia.us/2017/11/audio-serious-concerns-in-virginia-hd-28-including-disenfranchised-voters-split-precincts-call-election-results-into-serious-question

The majority of Alabama white voters haven’t voted for a Democrat since the 1970s.

Eh?

The last time a Democrat won a U.S. Senate race in Alabama was 1992. A Democrat hasn’t won a statewide race period since 2008.

In 1998, Seiegelman won election to governor with 57% of the vote, including more than 90% of the African-American electorate.

what utter fuckbags

"Alabama white voters" the key there I think

fuckin banana republic over here

(xpost)

WaPo just out with a new story on Moore. Today's total of new victims stories up to four.

One woman said that when she was a high school senior, she and Roy Moore, then 30, went on a date that ended with him giving her what she called a “forceful” kiss that left her scared. https://t.co/Z3Roxv37UU

— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 16, 2017

Dougie trollin

I attended the Women in Action phone bank tonight in downtown Birmingham. I joined and made some calls.
Thanks for your support! pic.twitter.com/4lwGJlM2e0

— Doug Jones (@GDouglasJones) November 16, 2017

"Alabama white voters" the key there I think

Ah, ok.

Quite the thread, this.

*** THREAD ****

Roy Moore must be desperate for legal counsel because he hired a racist lawyer, Trenton Garmon, who was disbarred in Alabama for an awful incident involving him impersonating a religious figure.

Then-Judge Moore voted to uphold his own attorney's disbarment. pic.twitter.com/6yWo9Yqnx6

— Grant Stern (@grantstern) November 15, 2017