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

this hope that Mueller, the FBI etc would ever serve as any kind of significant check on Trump was always unrealistic, as I've said repeatedly. The only solution to stopping Trump is a political one - ie, control of Congress + winning elections

in the meantime, this fight between law enforcement and Trump is producing the ideal outcome at the moment - keeping the president distracted, embattled, and under a cloud.

wrt USA quote above I was just pointing at honesty in USA life & saying things are gonna about as you’d have to expect

also popcorn sales are up xp

wrt USA quote above I was just pointing at honesty in USA life & saying things are gonna about as you’d have to expect

― droit au butt (Euler), Thursday, June 14, 2018 7:49 PM (ten minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

OK,
just hoping that there are not going to be other incumbencies competing with this one for rewriting the norms to the absolute worst.
Maybe a little idealistic.

yamsymps like morbs need to come correct youre better dead than yam.

nice try

War Dems on the march!

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/senators-move-block-trump-removing-us-troops-south/story?id=55866351

Like, what exactly is your analysis of authoritarianism if it includes *giving* the president *more* powers of domestic surveillance and *stopping* the president from withdrawing troops from foreign countries? https://t.co/YdmbWkTLFe

— corey robin (@CoreyRobin) June 14, 2018

Stopping the president from doing something is more authoritarian?

the more troops everywhere, the more free everyone is

or

In the 1970s, when liberals and Democrats were serious about their fears of an authoritarian presidency, they moved to *limit* the president's ability to deploy troops abroad. Today, they do this. https://t.co/AlvGWPVz91

— corey robin (@CoreyRobin) June 14, 2018

Chris Murphy has been pushing a fairly consistent anti-war agenda, he’s smart enough to know that the answer isn’t as simple US eliminates all military presence abroad.

v important that you guys figure out the correct stance on this bill that has no chance of passage

yeah when I saw Murphy's name attached I had my doubts about the headline, and the headlines have been wrong -- check out the IG report -- all day.

construction of tent city for captive kids to commence

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/trump-admin-will-house-migrant-kids-tents-tornillo-texas-n883281?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma

what the fuck is any of this

what could possibly go wrong

I assume it will be called "Trumpville"

Any inept email usage from anyone over 45 years old is a super "no shit?" moment.

ARRRRRRRRGH

But my emails. https://t.co/G7TIWDEG0p

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) June 14, 2018

construction of tent city for captive kids to commence

motherfuckers will put a sign at the gate that says "el trabajo te libera"

in other news
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/392222-poll-casey-holds-double-digit-lead-over-barletta-in-pa-senate-race

The poll also shows Gov. Tom Wolf (D) with a similar double-digit lead over his GOP challenger, former state Sen. Scott Wagner.

nice

let's start from the position that hillary's the past, trump's the past, ICE is the past, the FBI is the past, let's get past all that shit into something new please

trump reponsding to that tweet saying he's sending the DOJ after her

someone fucking remove these people from the planet please

trump reponsding to that tweet saying he's sending the DOJ after her

that's a fake account

oh that wasn't really him, nvm

remove twitter from the planet please

yes, I'm pwned like an old person on the internetz

i'm all for vacuuming this admin into the dead of space though

at this point it's just a cesspool of misinformation

BREAKING: Republicans are floating a draft bill that would end family separations as the U.S. plans to reopen a tent shelter to house migrant children.

A draft text of the Republicans’ bill also calls for visas for young undocumented immigrants known as “dreamers” as well as billions in funding for President Trump’s border wall. Conservatives and moderates are reserving judgment on the legislation ahead of expected votes next week.

The compromise bill would end the practice of dividing immigrant children from their parents at the border, a policy criticized earlier Thursday by Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.). The U.S. will soon begin housing migrant children at a shelter site near El Paso that was last used in 2016 to house migrant children and families in large canvas tents. The site will have recreation areas and educational programming, and the tents are air-conditioned, officials said.

Pelosi said earlier no Dem will vote for this fwiw

does that matter? serious q.

maybe no one born before 1955 should be allowed to hold office or vote or tweet

^^ works for me

does it matter that no Dems will vote for it? Probably, considering Ryan is now a lame duck speaker and the caucus is very divisively split over immigration. Freedom Caucus members are already complaining about the "compromise" bill (although they are at least getting their vote on the Goodlatte bill - which the GOP "moderates" and Dems both hate and will never pass)

gotcha, I was just envisioning Pence breaking a tie but it's even more likely that FC or some grandstanding R senator will join the Dems and vote no

that being said, I'll believe it when I see it

Pence doesn't cast votes in the House

also this "compromise" bill is basically what got killed in the Senate earlier (minus this provision about families being separated, which was not policy back during the Senate debate) - in fact, this very framework was what Trump wanted most, and it got the fewest votes of the options that were put up by McConnell.

so basically this has next to no chance of becoming law, but it is notable because it *does* have the chance to expose deep divisions in the GOP caucus ahead of the elections and make various members' more vulnerable

absurd bill, stop attaching your fucking border wall to everything dumbasses.

oh duh sorry for House/Senate confusion, thanks outic

maybe no one born before 1955 should be allowed to hold office or vote or tweet

there goes social security

Jesus Christ, no more mentions of the bible or religion in any kind of government space. That's beyond absurd.

stop attaching your fucking border wall to everything dumbasses.

this is their only legislative strategy - they keep thinking if they attach it to something a) the president will sign it and b) Democrats will be tricked (or coerced) into voting for it

tbf the Bible totally endorses indentured servitude for children, worked out great for Joseph iirc

there goes social security

i would've have agreed in the past but it's becoming increasingly clear that the olds are going to happily hoover it up for themselves but are actively destroying it and Medicare for their kids and grandkids

boomers, the shittiest generation

BREAKING: Republicans are floating a draft bill that would end family separations as the U.S. plans to reopen a tent shelter to house migrant children.

A draft text of the Republicans’ bill also calls for visas for young undocumented immigrants known as “dreamers” as well as billions in funding for President Trump’s border wall. Conservatives and moderates are reserving judgment on the legislation ahead of expected votes next week.

The compromise bill would end the practice of dividing immigrant children from their parents at the border, a policy criticized earlier Thursday by Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.). The U.S. will soon begin housing migrant children at a shelter site near El Paso that was last used in 2016 to house migrant children and families in large canvas tents. The site will have recreation areas and educational programming, and the tents are air-conditioned, officials said.

also adds 25 billion for the fuckin wall