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

HOUSE REPUBLICANS SHOULD PASS THE STRONG BUT FAIR IMMIGRATION BILL, KNOWN AS GOODLATTE II, IN THEIR AFTERNOON VOTE TODAY, EVEN THOUGH THE DEMS WON’T LET IT PASS IN THE SENATE. PASSAGE WILL SHOW THAT WE WANT STRONG BORDERS & SECURITY WHILE THE DEMS WANT OPEN BORDERS = CRIME. WIN!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 27, 2018

CAPS LOCK HER UP

CRIME=WIN!

Are a lot of regular Americans so dickmatized by Trump because he's, like, the one famous person that they've gotten near? It's like fucking Teenbeat with these interviewees.

Not the Weigel satire but the piece on HD.

I see a lot of news sites talking about some Latina woman beating Crowley last night, this may be weird but she doesn't appear to have a name ?????

Her name is Ofcrowley.

Are a lot of regular Americans so dickmatized by Trump because he's, like, the one famous person that they've gotten near? It's like fucking Teenbeat with these interviewees.

(It was first used about Oprah.)

v v v proud of the organizers that made the ocasio-cortez win happen. crowley outraised her 10 to fucking 1 and they still beat his ass by double digits. that's a fucking ground game.

xpost, I should find that book. I think there is a lot of freedom in not being in awe of or being impressed by any celebrity. I can find their creations interesting or joyful, but that's it. I think the only time I have considered snapping taking a pic with someone was because Weird Al was in my building and my bf from hs loved him so much I thought she would get a kick out of it. But I had a large ice coffee in my hand and didn't want to put it down to deal with my phone.

in other news
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/06/27/federal-judge-enjoins-separation-of-migrant-children-orders-family-reunification/?utm_term=.879711bb2e04

judge is a Dubya appointee from a military family in San Diego

the details in that order are damning. of course these hapless morons didn't keep records of the families they were splitting up.

i've got to admit i'm finding the SC rulings on the muslim band and gerrymandering to be pretty bleak and depressing and hopeless

rulings can be overturned

recent example: Lily Ledbetter Act

another recent example: Korematsu, in the process of establishing Korematsu Pt. 2

yeah that was p odd

meanwhile, today's equivalent of withdrawing from the Human Rights Council in bleak "why the fuck not, it's nothing that isn't already the case"-ness

SCOOP: Former @FoxNews co-president Bill Shine is in final talks with @realDonaldTrump about becoming @WhiteHouse Communications Director. Announcement could be soon.

— John Roberts (@johnrobertsFox) June 27, 2018

not for the first time, i thank the elder gods that roger ailes is dead

Some days, the only thing that keeps me going is remembering that every single one of these fuckers will one day follow suit. Cold comfort.

for fans of my dinosaur-meteor thread and its attendant political-carrtoonist-friendly metaphors

There is an asteroid named after Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. https://t.co/MC5ON45QMl pic.twitter.com/QDt7M4SN59

— John M. Cunningham (@jmcunning) June 27, 2018

House immigration bill failed 121-301.

nice majority they've got, shame if something were to happen to it. Did they buck the Hastert rule on this?

hahahaha

lol silby

I guess with no D ayes that's the barest majority of the majority they got to vote for whatever Goodlatte's interns scraped off the floor

ALERT: justice kennedy is retiiring

— Robert Barnes (@scotusreporter) June 27, 2018

oh ffs

yup

ugh

from a lawyer friend:

Democrats must insist that Justice Kennedy's seat will remain open as long as an illegitimate president would nominate his replacement. Hold the line.

yeah they wont be doing any of that shit

they can't even hold the line at disneyland

I know

at this point even the trump equivalent of harriet miers would maybe get one GOP senator to make some vague statements of "concern" and then vote yes anyway. the dems have no leverage, following mcconnell's gorsuch nuclear option. but since they can't actually stop a kennedy replacement, they might as well make sure everybody in the country hears what bullshit this is, and loudly.

Does Trump even have to bother with pardoning Cohen once he's a SC justice? Not sure how that works.

Fuck, I can't even joke anymore, this is just sickening.

he dems have no leverage, following mcconnell's gorsuch nuclear optio

actually they have no leverage after Harry Reid eliminated the nuclear option. Remember? I'm not saying it wasn't the right thing to do.

there's nothing the Dems can do to stop this. the best they can do is procedural delays.

and use it as a rallying point to try and take back the Senate, I guess

Every nominee should be targeted for assassination by antifa supersoldiers, if any are actually out there

yeah I asked in the other thread whether there was a realistic chance that kennedy's replacement could be appointed after midterms

god what an awful week this has been

thanks Justice Kennedy, that's the second or third time you've fucked america this week

Reid did not eliminate the nuclear option for Supreme Court justices - they were specifically excepted from the 2013 rule change. McConnell axed that when Dems filibustered on Gorsuch.

Right! Sorry.

wow did that immigration bill go down in flames

surprised the all-caps tweet didn't work

fuck u kennedy u fucking wiener

It’s really beyond time for everyone who has those conservative/racist relatives I’ve heard so much about to cut them out of their lives. And friends, bosses, children, coworkers. If you live in a Republican area, sacrifice your local ties and leave. Leave these fucking scum behind, they don’t get to enjoy your civil neighborliness anymore. Set fire to their lawns when you drive off.