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

I used to specify 'peacefully, in his sleep' but I will take it any way we can get it at this point. Fucking enough already.

It seems like every corporation that is bogged down and spinning its wheels rolls out a new org chart and claims it will solve everything. Next, he'll redesign the Presidential Seal, maybe having the eagle holding cruise missiles instead of arrows, and putting an evil glint in its eye. Because logo redesign is just about the lowest rung you can reach when you are flailing and failing.

maybe having the eagle holding cruise missiles instead of arrows

wait. wait a second. i know it's easy to drift over stuff like this, but consider what happened here:

Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., approached Ryan during a vote and began an animated discussion that lasted roughly half a minute. Both men pointed fingers at each other and reporters in the gallery could hear Meadows say, "I'm done! I'm done!" Meadows then turned and walked away while Ryan resumed chatting with other members.

Sources tell Fox News that the dispute stemmed from confusion over which of two immigration bills the House is expected to consider Thursday

The more conservative legislation has been dubbed "Goodlatte," after the bill's author, Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va. But a second bill, commonly called the "compromise" bill, has also been referred to as "Goodlatte," since he’s a sponsor of that package as well. Notably, House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., rebranded the compromise bill "the president's bill" instead of the "leadership" bill.

i mean, we all know the senate is dysfunctional, particularly whatever is going on in the republican party. but there are two separate bills that both had the nickname "Goodlatte", and it very possibly caused confusion that led to mark meadows yelling at paul ryan in public, which is a priori a funny and good thing, i admit.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/06/20/livid-rep-mark-meadows-yells-at-speaker-paul-ryan-on-house-floor.html

surely even fox news readers have to pause over this. in what organization do two competing and very similar ideas get assigned the same dumbass name?

Costello: Well, all I'm trying to find out is what's the guy's name on first base?

and now that i think of it, last night i was listening to an NPR interview with Goodlatte, and i was laughing because they were like "uh, so you're sponsoring two different bills, one that is more conservative, one that is seen as more of a moderate bill - which of the two do you support now?" and he was non-committal, saying that he supported both and that should be obvious since he was a sponsor of both. and the interviewer pressed him a bit, like "don't you think you should support one over the other so that it has a better chance of passage?" and he doubled-down, no, both bills are good. obviously he just wanted his Goodlatte bill to be the one that solved the crisis.

welcome to GoodLatte, home of the GoodLatte, can i take your executive order

Reality is finally stretched so thin that we barely even acknowledge that the major players have ott Pynchonesque names no one would've accepted as seriously belonging to actual people a couple years before.

Ty Cobb. Remember him? That happened. Can't wait to see what role Euripides Burgerking winds up playing in this apocalyptic saga.

the mooch

Michael Pemulis or Ann Kittenplan is gonna crop up on the national scene any day now

Newsweek reports:

During his controversial meeting with leaders of the G-7 less than two weeks ago, President Donald Trump allegedly threw two pieces of Starburst candies on the table in front of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, saying “Here, Angela. Don’t say I never give you anything.”

95% chance they were a lemon and an orange

Strange that Trump acts out the nihilism so many of us feel in this country. I fucking hate that guy's guts, but I feel that way about how this country's become... just throw up a huge middle finger.

For him, it's a performance, I'm sure heavily researched by his boys down at ... now... Data Propria.

Democrats/opposition suck dick at that kind of psychological marketing research. That shit works. They're in the stone age with that stuff.

Hi larry

I ain't no larry, this comes from experience working on successful campaigns involving Trump simpaticants. Cuz I'm a conflicted, mercenary fuck.

Heed my words, baby.

Christ, here we go again.

Here we go again with what? Bringing hard won goodies to you people? Bah!

I'll just disappear into the shadows like I know I should, and stick to the Erotic Thriller's thread.

"I don't want to rip families apart. I don't want to be sending parents away from children. I don't want to see the deportation force that Donald has talked about in action in our country."

—Hillary Clinton, 3rd Presidential Debate, 10/19/16

You all knew what was on the ballot. pic.twitter.com/oMvK9wB982

— Ethan Grey (@_EthanGrey) June 21, 2018

That shit works

It works if your only political goal is stuffing as much money into the pockets of yourself and your cronies as you can while spewing out a steady stream of incoherent nonsense and reducing government to a shambles. Because all it can do is distract easily distracted people; it can never be the basis of a government by and for the people.

Hey America, do it like we do!

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/21/dear-america-we-can-teach-you-about-cruelty-to-refugees-love-australia

oh, and I'll try not to feed Mr. Appleton any further. he ain't nothing but a hound dog.

https://www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_large/public/headlines/gettyimages-9064880321_0.jpg

The prospect of taking $5.4 billion out of Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security appears to to be sending Paul Ryan fully Two-Face.

bah, sorry for hueg

Also sorry for billion - it's 5.4 trillion of course.

Huh, it's not playing that well on Fox News either: http://thehill.com/homenews/media/393208-geraldo-rivera-to-hannity-when-did-we-become-the-party-of-child-abuse

They've had Geraldo serve as the one who goes against the party line on immigration in the past (his famous screaming match with O’Reilly). My understanding is the network is pretty much on board with defending the policy.

Yeah sure, perhaps I'm just naive that it would actually matter when someone says it's straight up child abuse.

Sandy Hook already proved they don't care about kids.

Ronald Reagan hating his kids proves they don't care about kids

The July cover of @TIME:

"Welcome to America." https://t.co/fg85ZIZWDM pic.twitter.com/4Do7ssmn7D

— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 21, 2018

Trump, thinking he sees a KFC extra crispy thigh instead of a child.

WOW

I might actually have to buy Time magazine

Trump will love that cover because he will see nothing but his own picture.

probably the most covers ever

"do I look thin and handsome" xp

Could just see the outraged masses buying Time to get the story behind the cover and trump taking it all to heart as the distribution numbers must be a positive since it had his face on the cover.

"I don't want to rip families apart. I don't want to be sending parents away from children. I don't want to see the deportation force that Donald has talked about in action in our country."

—Hillary Clinton, 3rd Presidential Debate, 10/19/16

You all knew what was on the ballot. pic.twitter.com/oMvK9wB982

— Ethan Grey (@_EthanGrey) June 21, 2018

― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, June 21, 2018 4:46 AM (eleven hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

oh fucking spare me this ignorant sanctimony

4real

apparently 1600 ICE employees got doxed today

bout to see some real interesting social media posts soon I think

She didn't want to send parents away from children she just wanted to be sure kids got shipped back to Honduras to risk death at the hands of the death squads she helped bring back to the country, foh xp

the archive.is link I posted earlier still works FYI xp

xp

Well, the good news is she lost, so we don't need to worry about that scenario. These people are safe and sound in US detention facilities, no doubt getting the best treatment possible, kind of like summer camp.

Moodles one of my closest friends was just held in a detention center for 3 months so don't fucking talk to me like I don't know what I'm talking about

and so the PR kicks in :

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/21/melania-trump-family-child-separation-detention-centre-visit-surprise

I'm from McAllen Texas. I grew up with shoeless undocumented kids with dirt floors. Don't you dare fucking smarm me over this. xp

Ok, I don't doubt your sincerity, but is it possible for once to resist the urge to let all the rubes on here know that Hillary was just as bad, if not worse?