US Politics, June 2018: This is a total goat rodeo.

I keep thinking that I've come across dystopian sci fi stories that start with set ups like I'm hearing in the news over the last few days. Only I think you'd dispose of a character like the U.S. President as being too cartoonish to be real.
Editor would probably get on teh writer's back about it.

I'm aware. Just lamenting the likelihood that a significant number of low-information citizens are likely to take away from this circus a belief that significant progress was made toward achieving global peace. While a summit is certainly preferable to presidential rage-tweeting, we're miles away from tangible results.

― evol j

after 9/11 gwb had a fucking 90% approval rating. donald trump actually having a positive favorability rating for once in his miserable life isn't going to shatter my faith in humanity.

Thank goodness that 90% approval rating was shortly followed by his being chased out of the WH with torches and pitchforks and that he's spat on in the street to this day. Justice.

No, I think he reinvented himself as a great portrait artist

If we last that long, I basically expect Trump to replace Santa Claus as the figure most beloved of children everywhere as they cower in fear from whatever vampire lord has taken over the country at that point and delights in publicly feeding on squalling infants.

those low info people were going to vote for a GOP moron or Trump anyway!

Thank goodness that 90% approval rating was shortly followed by his being chased out of the WH with torches and pitchforks and that he's spat on in the street to this day. Justice.

― Not with a bang but a MAGA

my implication was more along the lines of "i can't fathom why anybody would have any faith in humanity left to shatter at this point", ol

Oh, okay, then yes 100%.

those low info people were going to vote for a GOP moron or Trump anyway!

― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn)

the low info people can, and do, change their opinions, and probably their core beliefs, at the drop of a hat, so what they think in june is of basically zero relevance.

My take continues to be a kind of sad resignation, though. Too many people are just too easily led, and there are always evil & manipulative pieces of shit all-too-willing to exploit that. Mine isn't a lack of faith in humanity but rather a lack of faith in humanity's collective ability to avoid being duped.

“They have great beaches. You see that whenever they’re exploding their cannons into the ocean. I said boy look at that, wouldn’t that make a great condo...

“And I said instead of doing that you could have the best hotels in the world right there. Think of it from a real estate perspective. You have South Korea, you have China and they own the land in the middle. How bad is that, right? It’s great.”

One more thing about KJU. While I know @potus is trying to butter him up to get a good deal, #KJU is NOT a talented guy. He inherited the family business from his dad & grandfather. He is a total weirdo who would not be elected assistant dog catcher in any democracy.

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) June 12, 2018

hmm

Galaxy brain

He inherited the family business from his dad & grandfather.

Surprisingly strong shade.

Fredo recognize Fredo

having woken up late like an asshole, i just watched the highlight reel of trump talking about what happened

got to "...once you start the process it means it's pretty much over...you can't use them, that's the good news, and that's going to start very soon, i believe it's going to start very soon" and did a coffee spittake

think NK's just gonna be on the honor system

President Trump says he got North Korea to commit to destroying a major missile testing site but "we didn't put it in the agreement because we didn't have time."

— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) June 12, 2018

"chairman kim has told me that north korea has already destroyed a major missile engine testing site. that's not in your signed agreement, we agreed to that AFTER the document was signed."

so you agreed to something that already happened after the document was signed. this guy is good

haha, xpost. and sorry, i just relistened and i guess trump said "north korea is already destroying", not "north korea has already destroyed"

Yes, Donnie, NK is going to ditch their nuclear armaments just like you're totally going to pay all those contractors someday. It's coming, just you wait.

mission completed so theyre
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7edeOEuXdMU

Anyway, back to reality!

Michael Cohen has told friends that he expects to be arrested any day now, a source close to Cohen tells Vanity Fair.

"Trump should be super worried about Michael Cohen," a former W.H. official said. "If anyone can blow up Trump, it’s him." https://t.co/3o1Mvdxsf4

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 12, 2018

Cursed image:

Another person who is enjoying the West Wing’s current power structure is Jared Kushner. Trump’s son-in-law had been sidelined by Kelly this past winter when he lost his security clearance. Now, Kushner openly flaunts his status in front of Kelly, having had his clearance restored. According to a Republican in frequent contact with the White House, Kushner recently stood up and walked out of a meeting that Kelly was leading. Kushner has told people that Kelly will be gone by the end of summer, according to a person who’s spoken with him recently. “Jared is strutting around with his balls out,” said the Republican.

Gross

Vote 'em out with your scrotum out

We're at the point where I genuinely wouldn't assume with any certainty that that was meant metaphorically.

“Jared is strutting around with his balls out,” said the Republican.

can someone smash them w a hammer

If there were reports that Trump was showing up to meetings completely unclothed and openly masturbating, I'd think, 'yeah, that sounds about right.'

we must not normalize balls outing

It amuses me that PotCoin hasn't gotten any kind of measurable bump out of this.

https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/potcoin/

So no more US military exercises in South Korea. South Korea was not even alerted.

Trump will probably schedule one for tomorrow by the end of the day

pretty sure Trump was just planning to ghost on the next war games date with SK

looks like we got our "scandal that would've ended the Clinton presidency" by noon today

Did Trump let classified information slip? Jeremy Bash on MSNBC said “I’m not sure he should have said that." pic.twitter.com/Jeh0nc4s76

— Michael Crowley (@michaelcrowley) June 12, 2018

Keep up with the new rules, Crowley. If the President says it, it is declassified. He's the head of all intelligence agencies. If the President does it, it is not illegal. He's the chief law enforcement officer.

This is really simple; amazed you libtards don't get it yet.

When you've lost this chump....

You place a high value on the issue of human rights and the evils of the North Korean gulag.

Oh, fuck off you absolute piece of shit. You don't give a fuck about human rights.

anyway it's not all bad news today

my condolences to @CSIS, five of their biggest donors––Raytheon, General Dynamics, Northrop Grumman, Leonardo-Finmeccanica and Boeing saw their stocks go down today. https://t.co/GXZ0o4FW2T

— Adam H. Johnson (@adamjohnsonNYC) June 12, 2018

the president can declassify whatever he wants and, like, knowing where industrial/military operations are because of the heat signature is...not exactly ground-breaking or top secret

It's clearly amazing to at least one person. "You know they can SEE HEAT? Amazing. I'd like to point that at some beauty-pageant contestants' crotches, ifyaknowhwatimeanandithinkyado."

Coordination!

McConnell says he wants any agreement with North Korea to be submitted to Senate as a treaty

— Burgess Everett (@burgessev) June 12, 2018

Pence told Senate GOP that military exercises in Korea will continue, per Sen. Gardner

— Burgess Everett (@burgessev) June 12, 2018

NEW: Pence’s press sec tells @lachlan that reports he said military exercises with Korea will continue are “false”

— Sam Stein (@samstein) June 12, 2018

god these fuckin idiots

these people would fuck up a baked potato

— Kilgore Trout (@KT_So_It_Goes) June 12, 2018

These people would fuck up eating a baked potato.

'Where it go at?' (forcefully inserts piping-hot potato into anus)

^^How Covfefe happened, iirc.

.@VP was very clear: regular readiness training and training exchanges will continue. https://t.co/9tnKhqxnMz

— Cory Gardner (@SenCoryGardner) June 12, 2018

uh oh Pence drama incoming

I swear on my mother I thought the tweet read, "These people would fuck a baked potato."

that's a terrible thing to call Ivanka

i guess i won't share the Adam Johnson tweet on FB since my brother-in-law works for GenDyn

anyway, seeing some lib hawks go all Curtis LeMay today has been a laff