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

ok, joke's over

you guys are such killjoys. we deserve to enjoy hamberders for at least a little while longer. 1,000 joke writers typing for 1,000 years on 1,000 typewriters couldn't have topped it.

the problem is none of the jokes are as funny as the original

That Barr says he has not researched the emoluments clause and doesn't know what it says. bish puh-leez.

you guys are such killjoys. we deserve to enjoy hamberders for at least a little while longer.

― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Tuesday, January 15, 2019 5:56 PM (seven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I googled the word just now and my first result was, of course, a Vox explainer :-(

ermahgerd I'm so over this!

Hamberderd I'm so over this!

xpost I half believe him, since as I (barely) understand it the clause is sort of legally unclear and, as he rightly points out, is literally being adjudicated in a couple of cases right now. Same with him talking about how hard it is to define "corrupt." Can't really complain about a lawyer getting all legal about shit. He did seem pretty clear about promises to support Mueller in all his enterprises.

Meanwhile, another delay in Rick Gates sentencing.

I've been known to occasionally write 'hamborder' because before today such an ott egregious misspelling was almost hilariously beyond belief but I'm afraid that this is the day the laughter died.

lol: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/425425-democrats-turn-down-white-house-invitation-for-shutdown-talks

Nancy runs a tight ship

Overton window = moved

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and her Republican critics have both called her proposal to dramatically increase America's highest tax rate "radical" but a new poll released Tuesday indicates that a majority of Americans agrees with the idea.

In the latest The Hill-HarrisX survey, which was conducted Jan. 12 and 13 after the newly elected congresswoman called for the U.S. to raise its highest tax rate to 70 percent, found that a sizable majority of registered voters, 59 percent, supports the idea.

hell yes

shakey i think you're being too glib about DC statehood. it's not like there were a bunch of people unsure about a 70% rate and we had a serious debate for months and the overton window moved. it just took someone to say it out lood and not turn into a pillar of salt and people are like "huh, i never thought about that, that's cool, and maybe it's in the realm of the possible".

the overton window applies to the policy question of DC statehood in the same way IMO, and it's awesome that a prominent person is advocating for it. (political practicalities aside).

It's going to get worse before it gets better.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dw9o-DJWkAYoLFT.jpg

hamburders > cofveve

ok this is actually pretty funny

the president was clearly trolling the deep state by tweeting out the word [consults urban dictionary] ham-satan pic.twitter.com/yoUsjT61bB

— KT Nelson (@KrangTNelson) January 15, 2019

AOC is just doing a better job of unabashedly voicing policy thats actually popular than dems in the past.

the D is prob a typo, but he for real thinks it's spelled hambergers. But cmon it's an obscure word and he would never encounter it in daily life.

the president is barely literate to begin with, we all know this

Okay, I would always like to see reactions from Barr’s face when Ted Cruz speaks his fellatious encomiums.

Checked out what the_donald think about this and seems they are reduced to posting trump tweets, conservative cartoons and the occasional "post dank memes to trigger the libs" - Sounds like even they are not really into this particular phase of the 5D chess game.

Today is the first day I ever considered that Trump may have outsized esteem for McDonald's simply because their name is like his name.

what the fuck is this chester a arthur ass facial hair Ted Cruz is trying to grow

I assume he just has yet to stumble upon the proper fungicide to deal with this particular infestation.

xxp from the wapo analysis:

Update: Some people have noted that the McDonald’s sandwiches and nuggets would be on the 2-for-$5 menu. If so, the total drops to $2,437.11. It also explains why there are so many more McDonald’s products than Burger King.

Does AOC just spin a wheel every day to see who she wants to embarrass?

Explaining marginal taxes to a far-right former Governor:

Imagine if you did chores for abuela & she gave you $10. When you got home, you got to keep it, because it’s only $10.

Then we taxed the billionaire in town because he’s making tons of money underpaying the townspeople. https://t.co/Wcnn2sEgek

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 15, 2019

hahaha

Scott Walker def dumber than a 5th grader

Huge ongoing thread live-blogging the Barr confirmation:

During his time as AG Bill Barr explicitly rejected science-based policy recommendations from HHS because they didn't conform to his anti-LGBTQ views #TeamLegal

— Jessica Mason Pieklo (@Hegemommy) January 15, 2019

Dems can't block Barr, he's going to get confirmed, this is all kind of pointless theater.

he will be in a shitty, no-win position as AG and the shitbag will probably turn on him within a few months

driverless guvmint

The IRS is issuing zombie warnings of asset seizures to people who have no way of finding human beings to stop it https://t.co/wgKCXHhPR0 by @ddayen

— Jon Schwarz (@schwarz) January 14, 2019

Yeah, Barr seems like the basic GOP piece of shit but he's an acceptable version.

I heard he thinks that the President being President is justice so is above the law.
Healthy situation with this individual. So would have been good to hear he could be rejected.

fed workers lawsuit demanding pay blocked in court

Today you will not be receiving your regularly scheduled paycheck. To the best of my knowledge, this marks the first time in our Nation’s history that servicemembers in a U.S. Armed Force have not been paid during a lapse in appropriations. Read more: https://t.co/5tLzGhK2nt pic.twitter.com/J2o00zWm0k

— Admiral Karl Schultz (@ComdtUSCG) January 15, 2019

So Chris Christie is going to get his digs in on Jared...quite a bit of them.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/15/chris-christie-book-jared-kushner-accusations-hit-job

Barr seems like the basic GOP piece of shit but he's an acceptable version.

Love that Overton window.

that big Pieklo thread sic linked is super helpful for condensing the hearing and also for making clear exactly the ways in which barr is a specifically terrible GOP piece of shit

ilx is way on this overton window bandwagon.

Yeah but at least he has actual working experience. Plus, the stepford lawyer family. Plus he's a fat white guy that will hopefully die soon.

I watched the hearing up until lunch break. I couldn't see a reason they would vote against him.

He wants to overturn Roe vs Wade, believes the President should be able to fire any US attorney, all but said that as AG he will redact the Mueller report, and is anti-LGBTQ rights.

I agree these are not reasons that Republicans will vote against him.

My biggest takeaway from this so far is that both Grassley and Leahy are soooooooooooooooooooooo old.

basic GOP shit. He's already done the job, I will be curious who of the Dems would vote against him. He's not an idiot, he actually came off ok during the hearing. I also don't give a shit about career advice to little Jimmy, Ethan, Jayden, Squi, that was driving me crazy.

TSA guy at LaGuardia Airport when asked if he’s getting paid: “No and I voted for him, the f***in’ Bozo.”

— Mike Barnicle (@mikebarnicle) January 14, 2019

I think it would be worth the sacrifice/gamble to get this turd in ASAP to get Whitaker out.

yeah Barr was always getting in, and having done the job under Poppy he's difficult for Dems to oppose (and it's possible if they held the majority a few of them would defect).

Trump is not going to nominate someone more palatable than Barr.

Oh his answer to jailing journalists is bad. FFS I hope the entire legacy of his career ends up dog food.

getting barr confirmed in the era of no filibusters is a foregone conclusion, unless the proverbial dead woman or live boy comes to light