US Politics January 2019: we are #ready to drop something much, much bigger

it's actually only half. other half filled by jared

Gopher Tortoises '20

Gopher Cars Elves

So every network is going to carry this fucking speech,

Between this and the spree of articles about prisoners getting a couple of decent meals over the holidays the liberal media is really outdoing themselves.

all I'm seeing is that CNN and Fox are going to carry it? which is not surprising

Despite the White House P.R. blitz, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) and other senior Republicans believe that “a significant bloc” of House Republicans could vote with Democrats on the funding measures, according to GOP lawmakers and aides.

A senior House GOP aide said McCarthy and his top lieutenants believe 15 to 25 Republicans will vote with Democrats this week, possibly even more.

"We have a lot of members who are gonna want to vote for these things," said the GOP aide, speaking on the condition of anonymity. "Publicly, we will never tell them to do it. Privately, we will tell them to do what they have to do."

However, GOP leaders say they can keep that number below 55, a key threshold for political purposes. That many Republican defections, coupled with all House Democrats, would reach 290 "yes" votes, a veto-proof majority. While House Democrats can't overcome Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's (R-Ky.) refusal to bring up their bills, it would signal the House can override a Trump veto, a major blow to the president and his allies.

“The biggest thing we can do to back the president up is to keep it below veto proof,” the GOP aide added. “That's a win for us.”

Update to the update: NBC, ABC, and CBS will all carry Trump's address Tuesday night. Wall to wall coverage of his pro-wall speech. Hopefully surrounded by fact-checking. https://t.co/ttRKY7xVWG

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) January 7, 2019

blech

fuck that shit

lmao at these fucking idiots getting all self reflective for two years and still giving Trump unlimited airtime to spout racist propaganda

he's going to keep asking for this, idiots

but, think of the RATINGS!

haha they're going to do everything they can to see he gets another term

Trump Tomorrow:

https://frinkiac.com/video/S05E04/G7_il5QASjNf-ZsyDvWnQAxqPAw=.gif

TV exec texts: "He calls us fake news all the time, but needs access to airwaves… If we give him the time, he'll deliver a fact-free screed without rebuttal. And if we don't give him the time, he'll call every network partisan. So we are damned if we do and damned if we don't."

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) January 7, 2019

I’m sure he’ll be nothing but grateful and complimentary to the news media tomorrow after they met his demands.

wtf the god damn cable news networks are enough. Fucking bullshit

Gonna be a great night for Netflix/Prime/Hulu etc.

Gonna be a great night for Netflix/Prime/Hulu etc.

I am three episodes into Top of the Lake Season 2 (on Hulu) and can definitely recommend it. It got mixed reviews, but honestly I'm liking it better than Season 1.

However, GOP leaders say they can keep that number below 55, a key threshold for political purposes. That many Republican defections, coupled with all House Democrats, would reach 290 "yes" votes, a veto-proof majority. While House Democrats can't overcome Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's (R-Ky.) refusal to bring up their bills, it would signal the House can override a Trump veto, a major blow to the president and his allies.

“The biggest thing we can do to back the president up is to keep it below veto proof,” the GOP aide added. “That's a win for us.”

and today the boston red sox scored a huge victory over the orioles, losing by 17 runs

In January?

no one saw this coming

REMEMBER: When Obama wanted to address the nation on immigration, the networks refused to air it because they believe it would be "overtly political."

What a joke.https://t.co/4wVmC3pN50 pic.twitter.com/mLOODDqWLb

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) January 8, 2019

I am three episodes into Top of the Lake Season 2 (on Hulu) and can definitely recommend it. It got mixed reviews, but honestly I'm liking it better than Season 1.

― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 8 January 2019 00:46 (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

seek help

Yeah but again Trump = ratings

xp

But they don’t run commercials during presidential addresses, right?

They lose tons in ad money though

Yeah, that’s what I’m saying. They don’t care about ratings, they care about the ad revenue that usually accompany good ratings

Trump = ratings

But those won't be eyeballs they can monetize. It's a pure loss of revenue.

oh yeah that was xp to evan

whoops, sorry!

they won't get it, but fun to think about

Pelosi and Schumer demand equal airtime to Trump’s address pic.twitter.com/AURMuHed26

— Eliza Collins (@elizacollins1) January 8, 2019

Meanwhile, hilarity:

To avoid the media, Mark Harris ran down a fire exit staircase. A man tried to prevent us from following but we still did. The alarm went off as he ran out. When media caught up he sprinted across the street to the First Baptist Church of Charlotte's parking lot #NC09 @wsoctv pic.twitter.com/vDFca16EYx

— Joe Bruno (@JoeBrunoWSOC9) January 8, 2019

Hey man,

Sorry I missed you guys tonight. I had to get to the kickoff of the #NationalChampionship game. We’ll have plenty to talk about in the days ahead.#GoTigers https://t.co/ahd48d1g6I

— Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNC9) January 8, 2019

"Trump Shutdown": finally something he doesn't want to put his name on!

there’s Tiffany

xposts to earlier

I feel like Trump = ratings still applies. The main short term one being that viewers will stay on the channel after it's over.

the kicker

“I voted for him, and he’s the one who’s doing this,” she said of Mr. Trump. “I thought he was going to do good things. He’s not hurting the people he needs to be hurting.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/07/us/florida-government-shutdown-marianna.html

That's an interesting take on what a president's job should be.

Those inmates transferred to Yazoo city- are they never ever going to let them go?

The only potentially interesting thing about his televised address is that it's been a while since he was in hostage video mode, pretending to be solemn and serious while he sticks awkwardly to a prompter and refrains from non sequiturs and interjections. A lot can go wrong with this dude. Will he sweat? Stumble? Will his teeth fall out? Will he just start blurting profanities? Wouldn't be surprised if there was an aide on the side ready with a dart gun.

good morning!

Jesus. https://t.co/Y2MStLafkJ pic.twitter.com/jnoNYL52bz

— Kevin Reuning (@KevinReuning) January 8, 2019

this is hardly startling rhetoric from an "eat the rich" message board folks

Also that there are people that needs hurting is absolutely central to conservative thought.

I'm afraid to click through and see if she means generic "terrorist bad guys" or simply means immigrants and other Americans. I suspect I know the answer.

why not both

I agree with her, the president hasn't engaged in nearly enough self-harm for my tastes.

lol at Bolton getting snubbed in Turkey.

darragh otm

zero difference between good and bad things iirc

i'd say there's a distinction between a lost-feeling older woman confused that her president isn't hurting the right humans and twentysomethings borrowing bombastic slogans from the 18th century but what do i know