US Politics December 2018: ~very legal and very cool~

One key takeaway. Whatever the criticisms, Democrats would be INSANE not to keep Nancy Pelosi as their leader.

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) December 11, 2018

oh god

Didn't realize that Schumer baited Trump into the final quote (after Pelosi owned him basically non-stop for the whole avail) "I am proud to shut down the government for border security, Chuck."

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) December 11, 2018

Perfection.

paraphrasing Nancy's burn here " I didn't want transparency there becasue we didn't want to make the president look stupid when we called him out on his lies "

Side note: Trump hates to be called Donald, so he thinks it is psychologically cutting to call them Chuck and Nancy, when it is only rude.

Pence really is dumb as a tree stump, isn't he

he is an actual tree stump iirc

the hair is glued on

Our movement is changing what's possible.

In the 24 hrs since our sit-ins, NINE NEW REPS, including major Dem Leaders, have backed @Ocasio2018's Select Committee on a #GreenNewDeal

Our joint statement with @justicedems: pic.twitter.com/uksOW1OKvz

— Sunrise Movement 🌅 (@sunrisemvmt) December 11, 2018

https://i.imgur.com/iqlOqF1.jpg

"TAKE A LOOK AT THESE HANDS!"

It's possible a similar moment happened under Dubya or Reagan, but it's rare that I sense two people desperately trying not to collapse into helpless laughter.

"TAKE A LOOK AT THESE HANDS!"

IRL LOL

hahaha

to be fair to mike pence for no reason, i'm sure that he has been a part of literally thousands of these conversations by now and has determined that the only winning move is not to play

when will he get tired of all the winning tho

where are y’all watching this? is it available online anywhere???

all over the Twitters, Snrub

i guess i don’t follow the right people

All I see are still photographs and lame “liveblogs” like this:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2018/dec/11/donald-trump-latest-news-manafort-google-live

WaPo livestreamed it

When you have to ask...

Even a Washington Post reporter knows that not 1 inch of Trump's wall has been built. Does Trump think his supporters are dumber than a WaPo reporter? https://t.co/iCbior7yFp

— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) December 11, 2018

I guess owning the Grifter on TV is what Josh Marshall values above all

I know its di rigeur to give Schumer shit around here but he totally clowned Trump, the idiot walked right into his trap

i give chuck credit for pwning a 6-year-old but it's still idiotic that he preemptively offered billions of dollars in support for trump's wall

Much to the surprise of the Doubting Thomases, Trump has been stealth assembling slabs of border wall in the WH basement this whole time. I mean, they're too big to fit through the door, but the effort is nonetheless noteworthy.

omg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DuJ4VYbXQAAGd5J.jpg:small

barffff

lol that will never happen

For Snrub or anyone else

Worth 17 minutes to watch this. An amazing look at how Trump, Pelosi, and Schumer operate. Note who talks over whom, and who insists that productive debate begins with a shared set of facts. https://t.co/v7NzUjPylT pic.twitter.com/XmnuZ0lmZe

— Bradley Peniston (@navybook) December 11, 2018

this is why there was no leadership challenge against Schumer. https://t.co/Hansj2hYpx

— Italian Alex Pareene (@pareene) December 11, 2018

the accelerationist ticket xxp

Feel like SHUT IT DOWN is going to be the new LOCK HER UP.

Sort of the ultimate reductio ad trumpum, make shuttering gubmint not a tactic but the actual goal.

Mother should I build the wall?
Mother should I run for President?
Mother should I trust the government?
Mother will they put me in the firing mine?
Ooh ah,
Is it just a waste of time? pic.twitter.com/Snzi1Hl5AA

— Evan Foster (@EvanPhD) December 11, 2018

OMG...is it possible that he's basically just thinking that shutting the government down = shuttering Mueller's investigation?

this puts his famous silent showdown with kim jong un's sister at the olympics in a new context

Blue-tied Trump getting tied up by those Blues

my congressman is ... not smart ... but trump just made this easy for the dems

If @realDonaldTrump doesn’t get BILLIONS of YOUR tax 💵 to pay for his border wall, he’ll shutdown the government.#POTUS just turned funding the government into a legislative hostage negotiation.

And I don’t negotiate with legislative terrorists.#TrumpShutdown pic.twitter.com/xnZAhfVw4D

— Rep. Jimmy Gomez (@RepJimmyGomez) December 11, 2018

apparently Pelosi never forgets if you vote against her once; that seems to work in the House

lol that politico article is one of the stupidest things i've read in ages, just one unsupported statement/prediction after another, totally divorced from anything resembling the real world. a+.

"content"

has there ever been a government shutdown threat that was not a legislative hostage negotiation?

which article and when isn't POLITICO stupid?

Much is made of Trump understanding television, and to a large extent he does. Presentation, suspense, line delivery, etc. But make him share the stage and can fall ass over elbow.

— Richard M. Nixon (@dick_nixon) December 11, 2018

xpost There was that one time.

Anyway, all this and then Butina's sentencing is today, last I heard.

trump just made this easy for the dems

yup, this was Schumer's setup

How schrewd

“The American people recognize that we must keep government open, that a shutdown is not worth anything, and that we should not have a Trump shutdown,” Ms. Pelosi said.

“A what?” Mr. Trump shot back.

lol