US Politics, October 2018: next week will be even longer

this all reminds me of that The State sketch, where the warden says the only way out of prison is to walk out the open gate, but that the open gate is "off limits", and is shocked when an inmate escapes that way for the first time.

tbf every super-rich american family does this estate tax-avoidance stuff (and i'll bet the scheme to fuck over new york city renters is not unique either)

the longest of the long cons.

SCHUMER: of Dems take over the Senate, we will have to look at setting the SCOTUS nominee requirement back up to 60 votes

— Lisa Desjardins (@LisaDNews) October 2, 2018

smdh

he should promise to only do that under a Democratic president just to be extra fair

any chance of him being challenged for his leadership position?

in other "failing to read the room" news:

Nancy Pelosi Not On Board With Impeaching Brett Kavanaugh “That would not be my plan.”

I like the artful use of the passive voice though. "It's not my plan, but, hey, if y'all are considering it, I might play!"

ha, true

self-made
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That NYT story is pretty thorough, and shouldn't be hand-waved away with "all rich people do this." There are a bunch of straight-up illegal activities detailed in the story, though mostly (AFAICT) past the statute of limitations.

I’m sure he continued to do similar things in recent years

You've convinced me, he shouldn't be president.

it definitely does answer the question of how someone so incredibly inept and moronic could have any sort of "business" success whatsoever. I always assumed this guy had *some* sort of business acumen back in the 80's

But a lawyer for Mr. Trump, Charles J. Harder, provided a written statement on Monday, one day after The Times sent a detailed description of its findings. “The New York Times’s allegations of fraud and tax evasion are 100 percent false, and highly defamatory,”

so much of his defense for all the various scandals going on amounts to "nuh uh."

Oh I missed that. nvm.

CHARLES J. HARDER

CHAZ HARDSLAB

Stump Beefknot esq

…I'm hearing from my producers that it's actually "Beefknob", I regret the error

What my father really gave me is a good (great) brain, motivation and the benefit of his experience-unlike the haters and losers (lazy!).

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 29, 2013

lol

these lazy losers who didn't get $413 million from their fathers

I was too lazy to ask my dad

I haven't read the story but I know of one particular reporter who's about to connect a lot of dots this week

One story I'm looking back at today: this @propublica story about @realDonaldTrump selling condos to Eric Trump in 2016 for much below market price in April 2016. https://t.co/MMz4rBkyEI https://t.co/iMkFgYmAFZ

— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) October 2, 2018

Yeah that...wait.

In 80s letter preemptively leaked to Federalist, Kavanaugh reportedly suggested to Beach Week friends that they "warn the neighbors that we’re loud, obnoxious drunks with prolific pukers among us" https://t.co/SiERhqFWO6

— Jon Swaine (@jonswaine) October 2, 2018

Sensitive stomach bro give him a break

it is kinda funny how none of this came out about Gorsuch, as Harris pointed out

xpost Oh, I'm sorry.

Seriously, what the shit

lol amazing, ”brett was the most organized designated rager coordinator” pic.twitter.com/azfiEzjAqd

— Kilgore Trout (@KT_So_It_Goes) October 2, 2018

what talent!

surely this diplomatic talent will make him the Brennan of the right when he joins the Court

Bork would have never

T or F: if, during his second hearing, brett kavanaugh would have just admitted that he drank way too much during his youth and did a bunch of things he regretted doing, he'd be sailing toward a confirmation right now despite the whole him being a sexual assaulter thing

Absolutely true.

Hell, he'd already be sworn in at this point.

kiiiiind of ironic that a candidate for the highest court in the land didn't understand how important it was to tell the truth

Or to shut up and not incriminate yourself at the very least

someone ask him if he likes big butts

someone ask Clarence Thomas

Seriously, one of the creepier parts about one of Jeffrey Toobin's recent books about SCOTUS was learning that Thomas kept a framed photo of a former clerk and her female companion on his desk; Toobin adduced it as an example of his warmth.

"he drank way too much during his youth and did a bunch of things he regretted doing" is kind of the narrative the Dems are trying to push though

still I agree that it would've been a vastly preferable strategy, given the sheer amount of "holy shit Brett K lied about a lot on Thursday" takes I've seen these last couple days. the "he said she said" thing doesn't work when one party obviously has something to hide.

It's the coverup, etc.

not convinced that any republican has any strategy beyond "triggering the libs" to be honest

big bucks no cucks trump 2020

occurs to me to mention that I actually organized a post-HS-graduation beach week for a dozen friends of mine. Of course it was a completely teetotal LAN party at a beach rental, with parental chaperones. It was a lot of fun!

is Beach Week really less of a "thing" outside greater DC? Would've assumed it was popular anywhere within driving distance of a beach

a letter was sent to trump, too?

The substance in the president’s letter is suspected to be ricin and it’s believed to be connected to the Pentagon letter, I’m told.

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) October 2, 2018

Huckleberry's gone entirely round the bend

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) released a statement on Tuesday calling on President Donald Trump to renominate alleged sexual abuser Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court should his current nomination fail.

Graham opened by sharing his admiration and empathy for Kavanaugh and his family, imploring other senators to “not quit on him,” before diving into the senator’s suggestion to the president.

“I believe Judge Kavanaugh will be confirmed to the Supreme Court very soon,” Graham said. “However, if his nomination were to fall short, I would encourage President Trump to re-nominate Judge Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. It would ― in effect ― be appealing the Senate’s verdict directly to the American people.”

Graham also noted that the midterm elections are “only 35 days away” and “a new group of senators” might view Kavanaugh’s nomination “very differently after hearing from the voters in their states.”

lol, please listen to graham and renominate kavanaugh if he doesn't get confirmed, that's a fantastic idea