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

fuck these motherfuckers straight to hell

http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=40&v=6QFPdGiD8EE

oops

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QFPdGiD8EE

well at least that was a solid lol

Ah, cowards

A White House official tells @jeffzeleny that @PressSec didn't want to do the briefing today amid questions on child separation policy, so @SecNielsen is being flown in from New Orleans to take questions.

— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) June 18, 2018

agree

Members of ICE should be outed and ostracized. Hassled at restaurants, malls, when they pick their kids up from school, etc. You should not be able to be a part of the machine separating children from their families and clock out for a peaceful evening.

— mike cernovich is a rapist (@ArielleSwernoff) June 18, 2018

I'm waiting for whoever that really is to pull off the mask. Could it be Franken? I mean, "Dick Painter" is the kind of character name he'd come up with, and the voice is hilarious.

dude has a neurological disorder that causes him to speak that way

Right, been wondering what that was looks like a stroke victim on some of the tv appearances I've seen.

god this is heartbreaking and infuriating. fuck all of these people, rot in fucking hell. stephen miller at the least needs to visit The Hague ASAP.

Homeland Security sec on teevee now; they ain't backing down.

this press conference is being delivered like monotone propaganda. Which, I mean, it is.

Part of the reason that Trump's approval numbers have been slightly better in 2018 than 2017 is that he is completely untethered from big GOP domestic legislative projects.

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) June 18, 2018

"Homeland Security" always sounded Orwellian, but now...jesus

Wait, they're claiming 10,000 kids were sent with strangers?

This woman is such an asshole.

assholes are useful

this woman is scum

Seriously.

Whomp whomp

Sanders turns to Newsmax reporter for lifeline under relentless Qs over immigration policies toward children. He challenges POTUS' truthfulness over untrue claims there's been a spike of violent crime in Germany under Merkel.

— David Folkenflik (@davidfolkenflik) June 18, 2018

woah

btw Joe Manchin joined every other Senate Democrat:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2018/06/18/all-senate-democrats-now-support-bill-would-prohibit-border-separations/710803002/

I guess I shouldn't be surprised, but it's amazing how the Trump administration keeps finding the absolute worst women to appoint to things.

Well well

CRUZ introduces “emergency legislation” to keep families together at the border and provide funding for new immigration judges to expedite court proceedings for asylum cases. Summary from his office: pic.twitter.com/gL5TuLtndi

— Andrew Desiderio (@desiderioDC) June 18, 2018

Cornyn and Cruz both speak up within just a couple hours of each other. Wonder how this is polling in Texas https://t.co/XvytP4Ynia

— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) June 18, 2018

There will probably be a stupid “Can you believe Cruz has done more on this than the Dems?” take from one of the large follower left accounts that gets massive retweets soon.

Leaked State Department memo advised Trump administration to push for “Islamic reformation” https://t.co/NKw93C5toB by @mehdirhasan @ryangrim pic.twitter.com/hlQsnfMGkf

— Charlotte Greensit (@cgreensit) June 18, 2018

I guess I shouldn't be surprised, but it's amazing how the Trump administration keeps finding the absolute worst women to appoint to things.

― Making Plans For Sturgill (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, June 18, 2018 6:09 PM (twelve minutes ago)

lots of awful republican women out there. i've arranged my social circles for maximum avoidance of them, both on purpose and by accident.

Sorry to just post a Twitter link but

Appealing to the humanity and empathy of people who have repeatedly demonstrated they have none does not feel like a winning strategy.

— dan sinker (@dansinker) June 18, 2018

Meanwhile this c*nt is making you all great again by proposing a Space Force. Classic ludicrous strongman dictator vanity. Rapidly losing faith that the US will rebound from this apotheosis of self-regard and the embrace of hard right propaganda.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2018/06/18/trump-says-hes-directing-pentagon-to-create-a-new-space-force/?utm_term=.5d250ac10729

Q: are the children being used as pawns for a wall?
DHS Secretary Nielsen: the children are not being used as a pawn. we are trying to protect the children, which is why i'm asking congress to act

wait...you're asking congress to act...to prevent your own agency from doing unethical things to children?

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/18/republicans-splitting-families-midterms-border-652369

Republicans want to talk about tax cuts. Instead they’re talking about kids in cages.

Rather than touting lower taxes and a steady job market, House and Senate Republicans are being forced to answer for President Donald Trump’s contentious immigration policies — whether it’s separating migrant kids from their parents, removing DACA protections or building a border wall. And that’s likely bad news heading into November.

This is was my one hope when Trump got elected, that he would show his ass stupidly enough for citizens to run to the voting booth and mitigate the damage for the next 2 years.

A terrifying story:

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/06/18/florida-senior-citizens-vote-election-2018-218758

I mean it is but...not that surprising?

Not to me because I live among them. For the rest of you, however.

Austin, Houston, and San Antonio are ringed with filth like that.

Aileen Milton, 67, isn’t worried about what Republicans will do to Medicare and Social Security, in part, because their reforms won’t affect her generation. “They are kicking the can down the road,” says Milton. “It’s a young-person problem.”

^^^Sounds about white.

Sounds like the death panels might have been a good idea.

Let's see, thousands of lily white, economically secure, medicare-supported retirees, living in a protected bubble of privilege, including dozens of golf courses groomed daily by brown-skinned people, who reliably vote republican? I am shocked by these revelations! (no) I'd further bet that the foundations of many of those economic privileges and retired prosperity were laid down in the New Deal, Fair Deal, and Great Society programs.

The white middle class loved Reagan because he assured them that their glowing false memories of traditional white virtue, as implanted by Hollywood movies and 50s television, were who they really were. Now they fervently believe in a make-believe past and want to kill anyone who wants the same opportunities they got.

Fuck 'em.

For folks looking for a useful initiative to help out / donate to, this seems good (s/o to the Chapo subreddit)

RAICES is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit agency that promotes justice by providing free and low-cost legal services to underserved immigrant children, families, and refugees in Texas. In 2017, RAICES staff closed 51,000 cases at no cost to the client. Our advocacy and commitment to change are driven by the clients and families we serve every day as our attorneys and legal assistants provide legal advocacy and representation in an immigration system that breaks apart families and leaves millions without pathways to legal status.

If you'd like to help, volunteering or donating to their fund would make a hell of a difference. A lot of immigrants do not receive legal counsel and end up unrepresented during mass immigrant trials.

More info + donate here:

https://www.raicestexas.org/

trump has already unilaterally abrogated an international nuclear agreement, paris agreement, now he going for an actual treaty (in fucking space).

but its always been like this, right?

Also i figure trumps angle is for the billionaires as usual, not military?

“The financiers and entrepreneurs behind these operations want assurances that regulations are in place that will not stifle the nascent (space) industry. “What the space industry wants is regulatory certainty without regulatory burdens that are going to strangle innovation,” says Bridenstine. “That’s a delicate balancing act.””

xp

http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/outer_space_treaty
Sorry meant to put link in

We need to weaponize grandkids refusing to visit. Vote Trump and you’ll never see your great-granddaughter.

I’ll never get how reluctant some people are to estrange themselves from family members

(joke, probably)

I no longer talk to my dad and brothers. It doesn't matter. They love Trump more.

i'm pleasant enough to my family on the phone when i talk to them every 2-3 months, but i don't plan on visiting in person again.

Watching Chris Hayes now...don’t think I’ve ever seen him so pissed

Sorry to just post a Twitter link but

Appealing to the humanity and empathy of people who have repeatedly demonstrated they have none does not feel like a winning strategy.

— dan sinker (@dansinker) June 18, 2018
― ... (Eazy)

"humanity and empathy" isn't an act we're putting on to win votes, motherfucker