US Politics, February 2018: Our country was founded by geniuses, but it’s being run by idiots

Trump: "I think it's terrible, if you wanna know the truth. I think it's a disgrace what's going on in this country. I think it's a disgrace. The memo was sent to Congress, it was declassified, Congress will do whatever they're going to do, but I think it's a disgrace what's happening in our country, and when you look at that, and you see that and so many other things, what's going on, a lot of people should be ashamed of themselves and much worse than that. So I sent it over to Congress and they will do what they're going to do, whatever they do is fine. It was declassified and let's see what happens. But a lot of people should be ashamed. Thank you very much."

Real quote or are you doctor casinoing us?

That's real!

lol I didn't even consider the possibility of that being real

I didn't even consider the possibility of that not being real tbh

Aside from 'whatever they (Congress) do is fine', I agree 100% with President Trump's statement.

Who would've thought that such an inarticulate man could accidentally issue such a damning self-critique.

Be funny if the end result of all this brouhaha is that everyone goes to jail except Carter Page.

so what i'm getting from the memo is:

the fbi was investigating both campaigns before the election, but only told voters about one of those investigations?

is that about the size of it?

I'm not even sure, trying to put myself into GOP mindset, who I should be be mad at. Anyone anti-Trump? Christopher Steele? Clinton?

From a GOP mindset? You should be mad at Clinton, sure, that's a given. But also ideally some black people. Obama for starters. Bonus points if you can get Colin Kaepernick into your anger somehow. #thetroops

Even Renato is struggling:

THREAD: What should we make of the Nunes memo? (Short answer: Not much.)

— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) February 2, 2018

"Christopher Steele was anti-Trump because he dug up dirt on Trump giving him reason to dislike and distrust Trump.

It's the same thing with media being "anti-Trump". Anyone with half a brain and/or half a heart should be anti-Trump! Not like there needs to be this vast deep-state conspiracy to have people be against the worst human on the planet.

well that's it. mr. trump has been cleared. we can breathe easy now, and count on russian assistance in the midterms!

xxxpost No worries, I saw a Twitter reply the other day asserting that both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama were due to be impeached any day now.

Btw if you do a search for "nothingburger" on Twitter, u get a lot of tweets about the Memo this morning

Yup, one of my winger FB friends just posted something about this memo thing being "unprecedented," and that people will be going to prison over it. xp

surely the FBI has never before opened an investigation based on information from a source who didn't like the person they were giving intel against.

Anyone with half a brain and/or half a heart should be anti-Trump! Not like there needs to be this vast deep-state conspiracy to have people be against the worst human on the planet.

― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, February 2, 2018 12:10 PM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Seriously, this is the kind of shit time travelers in movies jump into the past to prevent. The only way people are able to support Trump is to plug their ears and pretend that he's anything but what he appears to be. Steele probably had his soul inverted after being hyperfocused on him for any length of time.

christopher steele is the new peter strzok. buckle up, foxnations; detailed talking points are on the way :)

I just heard that quote on the NPR news, tune in at 2pm ET for a good shot at a repeat

it really didn't nake my eyes pop

he's consistent

Let's be real: the actual content of the memo matters zilch to the most frothing GOP-ers. It could've been a printout of uh.jpg and they would be raving about the horrifying revelations it contained.

'It's been confirmed that Hunter is three-years-old! Pizzagate is real!'

the funniest thing about this is that Steele dossier is legit

I know, even wingnuts aren't mentioning that. They're just attacking the sources, as usual.

the actual content of the memo matters zilch

otm. what matters is creating a perception about the contents of the memo, since very few people will bother to read it compared to the millions who will simply listen to news reports talking about it - and that with only half an ear. it's the usual FUD (fear, uncertainty, doubt) tactic.

And yet, memo confirms Russian investigation began pre dossier!

they'll try to spin that as proof that the Obama FBI was anti-Trump all along

This is evergreen but:

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xp plus, you are referring to the contents of the memo, which do not matter

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https://cdn.someecards.com/posts/devin-nunes-high-school-haircut-twitter-Vyb.png

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truth hurts

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DVDZgEwVoAAMC3v.jpg

again I'm going to say I certainly hope there's a deep state ready to shoot Trump in the head. If they could take Kennedy down certainly they can blow him away

Donald Trump's unperforated skull is a pretty ironclad argument against the existence of a 'deep state' imo.

i've heard that same argument against the existence of ufos

Ugh no the chud hagiographies would be vomit inducing.

Best would be a murder-suicide. Like one of the three shitty kids or Jared. If he only capped himself then he’d elicit sympathy, which fuck that.

xpost UFOs haven't threatened national security with their reckless tweeting. At least not to my recollection.

Sooooo... I guess if you’re a racist teabag fucknut this is similar to how you felt for 8 years?

Regardless of how he ultimately shuffles off that mortal coil, I still predict that Trump will ultimately wind up going the Mussolini/Diem/Bernie route of being indecorously tossed and paraded about like a department store dummy.

I've definitely wished some horrible things upon him, but my actual wish is that Trump winds up completely disgraced and shunned by humanity and penniless and lives to the excruciating age of...let's say 482.

how did republicans react when bill clinton made noise about firing ken starr (after kenn starr had indicted his campaign managers)? oh wait

Trump admin has ordered DOE to prepare for short-notice NV nuclear test "for political purposes" - read @wjhenn's shocking @TIME cover story https://t.co/OAE2oYitqS

— Molly Ball (@mollyesque) February 2, 2018

Trump getting ready to test that theory about his approval rating

*gulp*

it's been nice knowing you all

we'll meet againnnnnnnn

it's a totally normal nuclear test

at least we won't have to get one of these jobs

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/11/13/americas-fastest-growing-jobs-are-also-the-worst-paying/

Dow dropped 600 points today

I have an opinion about The Memo! Here it is:

American politics is mind-breakingly stupid and craven, it's degrading to every single human being in this country, and I don't blame people who completely tune it out.

— Jon Schwarz (@schwarz) February 2, 2018