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

president infomercial

why can i see his stupid smug grin through that tweet

Because his stupid smug grin will be burned onto the backs of our eyelids until the day when sweet merciful death finally takes us.

President Trump on everything but roller skates!

Trump on Kim Jong Un: “He speaks and his people sit up in attention. I want my people to do the same.”

— Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) June 15, 2018

in case it wasn't obvious that Trump's fawning admiration for KJU was anything but sheer jealousy

He's followed up with a press gaggle and claimed people didn't understand sarcasm.

he's kidding but he's not really kidding

man "understanding sarcasm" sure has gotten this admin out of some tight spots

Donald Trump, humor expert

he's probably the most humorous man in the world, so it's understandable that it's hard for you fools to keep up

"his people" do exactly the same! he just doesn't have as many of them as he seems to think.

"liberaltarian" Will Wilkinson (also v white):

― constitutional crises they fly at u face (will)

see the galaxy on less than 30 liberaltarian bitcoins a day

if one's going to crib from the sovcit playbook i guess it's at least refreshing to admit that there's no point to it other than to create disorder, and it's also refreshing to hear a white man admit that the only thing white men are really good at is fucking things up, but frankly i'm kind of sick of it. i'd like to see white men make an effort to not actively fuck things up for a change. i think we can get there.

"I hate it," Pres. Trump says of administration's policy of separating children from parents at the U.S. border, claiming he has no ability to alter the policy without votes from Democrats. https://t.co/FaycODDn27 pic.twitter.com/zEJT1XgxKk

— ABC News (@ABC) June 15, 2018

no words for how much I hate this guy

for that matter, i'm not exactly sure how a white man making himself the center of attention - again - is supposed to constitute "running interference". if someone other than a white man asks me to use my white male-presenting body in those ways, i'll do whatever i can to help, but wilkinson and ladd aren't going to get my allegiance.

I swear. I know the comparisons have been made over and over but I get the exact feelings of hopelessness when a domestic abuse victim refuses to leave their abuser and you're waiting it out. How can people still support Trump?

The myth of white supremacy is a helluva drug.

Or, more generally, tribalism is a helluva drug.

I mean its pure hatred at this point isn't it?

how can they ever dislike Trump if he pisses off the libs so much?

I still have a lot of friends, mostly teachers, that still think they can pander to them with "civil" discussion and facts. And I know they are educators so they'll keep trying but it's beyond absurd to me at this point.

'Trade wars are good, and easy to win'

JUST IN: In response to new US tariffs on China, China calls “on all countries to take joint action, resolutely put an end to this outdated and regressive behavior, and firmly defend the common interests of mankind.” https://t.co/NjzVMcOhf5

— NBC Politics (@NBCPolitics) June 15, 2018

weird, that quote isn't in the linked article

the PRC, last defender of the free market

but wilkinson and ladd aren't going to get my allegiance.

i can't speak for either of these guys but i'm right at positive they're not asking for your "allegiance"

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that is weird. huh. i have tweeted at NBCPolitics about it, i'm sure they'll get right back to me

white man making himself the center of attention - again

ok i honestly know how you're getting this from what they're proposing.

i'm sure someone much more well-versed in the theories and legalities of civil disobedience can tell me why these white dude musings don't fall into this category, but i really don't think these guys are on some "sovcit" bullshit.

(ftr Wilkinson isn't some bitcoin loon; he's a leftwing social 'libertarain' who seems much more at ease with dem socialist domestic policies than neolib saber rattling, afaict)

surely there's a better way of conveying that ideology than "liberaltarian"

ugh i typed it out and it's like i can't get the word off my fingers

lol yeah it's bad

who seems much more at ease with dem socialist domestic policies

or at the very least comes across as so on twitter. i do think he's 'evolved' on a lot of this stuff since he was at Cato. (and fired from there during Obama's first term iirc )

I mean this is one of the rare cases where making himself the center of attention is valid as a deflection technique

yeah I don't know anything about this guy but the quotes here seem fine to me

Lindsey Graham live on @CNN: "If you don't like me working with President Trump to make the world a better place, I don't give a shit" pic.twitter.com/iNnqiYjZpV

— Saagar Enjeti (@esaagar) June 15, 2018

i was wondering why all the replies to that tweet were positive and then i read "white house correspondent for the daily calller"

listening to Huckleberry Butchmeup curse is like hearing Julie Andrews admit she loves cock.

except not cool

his about face was pretty abrupt and extreme. he's not even up for reelection until 2020 right?

If I understand Graham's phrasing correctly, he's telling us that he's dangerously constipated.

i'm going to be thinking about Julie Andrews talking about cock for the rest of the day

Manafort jailed

https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2018-06-15/manafort-sent-to-jail-after-judge-cancels-house-arrest?__twitter_impression=true

xpost One might certainly assume that Team Trump must've stumbled upon some particularly juicy Lindsay Graham kompromat.

excellent

in other news, GOP "governing"!

https://www.yahoo.com/news/family-separations-cause-rift-between-gop-leaders-wh-042149469--politics.html

President Donald Trump ignited eleventh-hour confusion Friday over Republican efforts to push immigration through the House next week, saying he won't sign a "moderate" package. A top House Republican said the chamber would not tackle the issue without Trump's backing.

The tumult erupted days before GOP leaders planned campaign-season votes on a pair of Republican bills: a hard-right proposal and a middle-ground plan negotiated by the party's conservative and moderate wings.

House Speaker Paul Ryan has said that Trump backs the compromise plan. GOP aides said Trump's remark caught party leaders off-guard, and White House officials did not immediately respond to requests to clarify the president's comment.

So basically the moderates missed their chance to file the discharge petition, and now they got screwed (again!) by GOP leadership. Who could have foreseen this.

I guess they could still try to file the discharge petition next month but who knows

Democrats are now urging moderate Republicans to vote against a procedural move next week to bring the conservative Goodlatte measure to the floor for a vote. Doing so would keep a discharge petition — brought forward by moderate Republicans to force a series of immigration votes — alive. That petition is just two signatures short of succeeding.

The moderate Republicans who prompted the immigration fight were scrambling Friday to determine if Trump really meant what he said during his “Fox and Friends” interview.

“I’m not sure that the president understood the question, so we’re checking to see if he did,” said Rep. John Katko (R-N.Y.), a moderate who participated in the talks. “I still have faith that when he sees the bill and has a chance to digest it, he’ll support it.”

Katko sounds like a real bright guy rmde

by "sees" he means "eats" and by "bill" he means "big bowl of chocolate ice cream"

this separating children from their mothers thing seems like a major PR disaster for the GOP, Dems are gonna push that shit hard in their election messaging, I would think. it's so fucking inhumane, instant outrage-inducing motivation

maybe the wrong thread, but does anyone know the best organizations to either donate to or work directly with to help people trying to cross the border?

otoh Bill Nelson doesn't even have a Spanish language web presence

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Bill Nelson doesn't even have a Spanish language web presence.

at this point my guess is the Senate comes out kind of a wash - maybe the GOP gains a couple seats. Dems win in AZ but lose in FL, Manchin and Tester probably hang on. who knows what happens in Missouri.