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

EPA announced plans to axe the Clean Water Act yesterday

Flashback:

Trump widens a generation gap in Vietnamese community: Older hard-liners vs. liberal youths

By ANH DO
FEB 19, 2017

80-year-old Steve Tran lifted the lid on the news rack along Little Saigon's Moran Street and exclaimed: "Great man!"

"I tell you, this idea he has of keeping out Muslims is the right thing to do," said the 80-year-old, a refugee of the Vietnam War. "We are the good refugees. They're not political refugees like we were. There are two types of people who want to come to America — those who seek freedom and those who go out to destroy it."

But Tran's grandson takes a decidedly grimmer view of Trump's crackdown, and that speaks to a larger generational divide in a community so profoundly built around its refugee roots.

"It's a little racist to consider that Muslims are terrorists and to think that if one Muslim does something bad, others are like him too. That's not what I was taught," Kevin Tran, 14, said.

https://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-ln-viet-refugees-20170219-story.html

oh look Pelosi's going to be Speaker after all

Dunking on Trump to his face sure didn't hurt.

she should be speaker now, she shouldn't be in December 2020

generally speaking I don't like term limits as a policy, but 4 years makes sense for her because best case scenario the Dems re-take the WH in 2020 and solidify their House majority, she's there to shepherd through major legislation when it will be most likely to pass prior to them likely losing seats in 2020, when it will be time for new leadership.

Not to be glib about Shakey's and my rep, but 78's a good age and all. If the idea is she'll wrap up when she's 82, I don't exactly blame her.

that too

Who would be her successor, if she passed away?

did mussolini really make the trains run on time? why do ppl say that? my gut says it's bullshit but i don't know

― No Smockin' (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, December 12, 2018 9:55 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I've read that in addition to the coup thing it was also a sarcastic acknowledgement that things generally sucked in Italy at the time, that indeed not even the trains ran on time

NEW: Michael Cohen's attorney/spokesman @LannyDavis said that false testimony was shared with the White House before Cohen submitted it to Congress and it is possible Trump was aware at the time that Cohen would make false statements. https://t.co/7Uxkg0uvL1

— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) December 12, 2018

Who would be her successor, if she passed away?

Steny Hoyer

also bite yr tongue

Given Leader Pelosi's new timetable, I am happy to support her for Speaker.

- Rufus T Morbius (D - Freedonia)

a new challenger enters the arena

Hey little buddy @realDonaldTrump u need a bash brother for Chief if Staff. Got a secret reorg plan already. Also worried about you looking more like a Twinkie everyday. I will buff you up daily workouts. DM me. #yeswecanseco

— Jose Canseco (@JoseCanseco) December 13, 2018

Lmaoooo

I keep forgetting Canseco's still alive...

his twitter is excellent

a+ hashtag

Canseco and Axl Rose are tied for my favorite Resistance celebs

Chief if Staff lets fuckin go

Rufus T Morbius (D - Freedonia)

lol

Pramilaaaaaa

Thank you, next. https://t.co/sSJq2MsGi1

— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) December 13, 2018

I know this is America and my vote doesn't matter but I nominate this as the next thread title: "Also worried about you looking more like a Twinkie everyday."

also "I will buff you up daily workouts. DM me"

Oh, so THAT'S how that will work...

I often stated, “One way or the other, Mexico is going to pay for the Wall.” This has never changed. Our new deal with Mexico (and Canada), the USMCA, is so much better than the old, very costly & anti-USA NAFTA deal, that just by the money we save, MEXICO IS PAYING FOR THE WALL!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 13, 2018

Despite President Donald Trump’s public declaration that he isn’t concerned about impeachment, he has told people close to him in recent days that he is alarmed by the prospect, according to multiple sources.

Trump’s fear about the possibility has escalated as the consequences of federal investigations involving his associates and Democratic control of the House sink in, the sources said.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-confides-friends-he-s-concerned-about-impeachment-n947296

fake news, he doesn't have any friends

anyone with money and/or power has "friends"

He's having a busy morning.

I never directed Michael Cohen to break the law. He was a lawyer and he is supposed to know the law. It is called “advice of counsel,” and a lawyer has great liability if a mistake is made. That is why they get paid. Despite that many campaign finance lawyers have strongly......

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 13, 2018

....stated that I did nothing wrong with respect to campaign finance laws, if they even apply, because this was not campaign finance. Cohen was guilty on many charges unrelated to me, but he plead to two campaign charges which were not criminal and of which he probably was not...

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 13, 2018

....guilty even on a civil basis. Those charges were just agreed to by him in order to embarrass the president and get a much reduced prison sentence, which he did-including the fact that his family was temporarily let off the hook. As a lawyer, Michael has great liability to me!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 13, 2018

That reads very much like a tweet Donald Trump composed without the aid of any other person!

ugh I hate it when people tweet-thread with ellipses

Whoever is advising him in CYA tactics is still doing a shitty job at advising him to just STFU.

go ahead. keep screaming "Shut The Fuck Up " at me. it only makes my opinions Worse

— wint (@dril) March 10, 2018

This, somehow, is an actual DHS press release: "DHS is committed to building wall and building wall quickly." https://t.co/T3p6ecj4NS pic.twitter.com/lcDXZozvo6

— Christopher Ingraham (@_cingraham) December 13, 2018

Hulk is committed to smashing wall and smashing wall quickly.

DHS is a Russian bot

FACT: Prior to President Trump taking office, we have never built wall that high.

this is like directly from Patriothole wtf is even going on here

good candidate for January thread title though

He was talking like this in the Pelosi/Schumer conversation, iirc? Using 'wall' as like a mass noun.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DUVm8E8WkAA6vCm.jpg

McConnell is delivering his farewell tribute to @JeffFlake on the Senate floor, notes he once topped the Hill's 50 most beautiful list.

"Talk about an achievement that a few of us could even aspire to."

— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) December 13, 2018

McConnell's farewell tribute will be delivered in a public toilet.

Oh come now, Mitch, you're still one of god's creatures. Your beauty is akin to a mass of kelp being buffeted by the ocean's currents, maybe not a mug you want to glare at for too long but still among nature's miracles.

McConnell's farewell tribute will be delivered in a public toilet.

― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, December 13, 2018 11:10 AM (three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Given the rumors, this is more true than you think.

No, you're thinking of Lindsay Graham.

Wide stance?

many campaign finance lawyers

how do these multiple specialists find enough work to keep busy in the two years between elections

ugh I hate it when people tweet-thread with ellipses

infuriatingly, despite being on twitter 19 hours a day, he has not yet learnt to thread his tweets.

No, you're thinking of Lindsay Graham.

― grawlix (unperson),

Huckleberry too.