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

Back when presidents had the gumption and know-how to start keeping a fake diary in order to cover up their crimes instead of blabbing about them on Twitter https://t.co/gkCTOdI8o5 pic.twitter.com/GHdlHnNELz

— Corey Pein 😃🤑😐😩💀 (@coreypein) January 18, 2019

xpost Seriously. The Death Cult Caucus is unbreakable only until they're revealed to be unelectable.

lol Cohen had surgery on his shoulder and everyone on Twitter thinks he got jumped by MAGA goons

wishful thinking probably

TBH, if Cohen has in fact developed some nascent simulacrum of a conscience over the past several months, living with what he's done is punishment enough for me. Well, that and prison, but y'know.

Heard a minute of Hannity while driving back from lunch. Basically said DT knows not to leave a trail of his criminal orders to underlings, so anyone saying there is documented evidence is lying.

Lol

They say that’s true—he doesn’t use email or text

And eats his notes!

As Georgia goes, so goes something something

More voters in Georgia, a GOP-leaning state, view President Trump unfavorably than Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Ca.), according to a new poll released Friday by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

The poll found that 55.6 percent view Trump unfavorably, compared to 37.4 percent who view him favorably.
ADVERTISEMENT

In comparison, 47.6 percent held an unfavorable view of Pelosi, compared to 38.7 percent who held a favorable view of the Speaker.

AJC surveyed 702 registered voters between Jan. 7 and 17. The is a margin of error of 3.7 percentage points for the sample.

honestly surprised that 86% of georgians know or have an opinion on nancy pelosi no matter how much the GOP has vilified her over the years

I liked to see this, though: A stunning 57 percent of voters said they would definitely vote against Trump in the 2020 elections, according to the Marist poll, while just 30 percent said they would vote to re-elect him.

That's just the sort of numbers that should make congressional representatives blood run cold.

― A is for (Aimless), Friday, January 18, 2019 3:29 PM (forty-seven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i saw yesterday (but cannot now find) a poll in which 7% of people who voted for trump said they would definitely vote *against* him (i.e. not just "unfavorable"). we're a long way out, and i couldn't find any equivalent polls for previous presidents going for a second term, but that seems oh shit very high from trump's POV (and obviously bleakly low from the republic's POV).

Trump won by such a sliver that if even 7 percent of 2016 Trump voters turned against him or stayed home he loses reelection easily

I can see those numbers very easily dropping even lower for him. Seems very unlikely they'd improve.

Just wait till there's a flesh and blood Dem nominee and then watch them get eviscerated while Trump gets rehabilitated all by Russian Facebook bots

more interesting to me is, have they found anyone who didn't vote for Trump in 2016 who plans to in 2020? (barring those who were too young the first time)

Trump won by such a sliver that if even 7 percent of 2016 Trump voters turned against him or stayed home he loses reelection easily

― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, January 18, 2019 4:35 PM (eleven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I can see those numbers very easily dropping even lower for him. Seems very unlikely they'd improve.

― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, January 18, 2019 4:36 PM (nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Narrator:

Haha

The shade of it all! #PresidentPelosi
pic.twitter.com/3uNK5wMyDC

— Nick Westrate (@westratenick) January 18, 2019

😎

that look at the end is great

Would be so great if the title President was one that Trump was barred from using after he was removed from office. Normally a permanent title even after the incumbency isn't it?

would be so great if he fell face-first into a woodchipper

If he went to jail (I know) would he get secret service protection there?

Normally a permanent title even after the incumbency isn't it?

― Stevolende, Friday, January 18, 2019 2:43 PM (nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

well, by courtesy, but there's no like legal basis for it.

The shade of it all! #PresidentPelosi
pic.twitter.com/3uNK5wMyDC

— Nick Westrate (@westratenick) January 18, 2019

I will be making a major announcement concerning the Humanitarian Crisis on our Southern Border, and the Shutdown, tomorrow afternoon at 3 P.M., live from the @WhiteHouse.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 18, 2019

Pelosi stifling the grin:

Pelosi mischievously addresses question of if Trump grounded her flight as revenge pic.twitter.com/EZJNP7Vsw1

— TPM Livewire (@TPMLiveWire) January 18, 2019

once more for the cheap seats

It's a different clip and shows her a few seconds after twisting the knife.

I will be making a major announcement

This is all very horrible and sad. People are dying! And it's all the Democrats fault. They could end this at any time by caving in and giving me everything I want. The End.

oh cool here comes the state of emergency

xps

Fingers crossed for a sequel to budddwyer.avi

at this point I hope he does do the state of emergency thing. it won't work, but at least it will end this nonsense.

budddwyer.avi is too much too hope for, babyhands etc

If he went to jail (I know) would he get secret service protection there?

Aryan Brotherhood's got his back.

they got to Whitey Bulger even in federal lockup; I'm sure someone would get to Teflon Donald

Did I see that John Dowd just got opened up to legal exposure? Lawyers with lawyers.

Such an emergency he’s waiting a day to declare it.

He has it on authority that immigrants will stop raping and killing for 24 hiurs

He’s going to declare the Purge

Trump won by such a sliver that if even 7 percent of 2016 Trump voters turned against him or stayed home he loses reelection easily

― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, January 18, 2019 4:35 PM (eleven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I can see those numbers very easily dropping even lower for him. Seems very unlikely they'd improve.

― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, January 18, 2019 4:36 PM (nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Then as now, it depends where they are.

quote from Natalie Brand on twitter: "A senior administration official told @MajorCBS that President Trump will present what the White House believes could be a deal to end the shutdown The deal was largely influenced by talks between VP Pence, Senate Maj. Leader McConnell and Jared Kushner"

sounds like something to skip

We get the 5 billion for the wall, Dems get free Blizzards from Dairy Queen

U.S. Senator Merkley seeks FBI probe of DHS chief for possible perjury

If this were a deal in good faith, they'd bring it to Pelosi and Schumer, iron out the details, and get it signed off, not go on television and unveil it like Monty Hall opening Door Number Two. This is just a weak attempt to muddy the waters and do some blame shifting, because Trump's painted himself into a fucking corner and they think maybe some tiny-hand-waving will distract people from that fact.

Yup

UPDATE: A spokesperson for the special counsel is disputing BuzzFeed News’ report. https://t.co/BEoMKiDypn pic.twitter.com/GWWfGtyhaE

— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) January 19, 2019

As the saying goes, you want a scoop, but you don't want to be the only scoop.

But as others have noted already, weird for Mueller's team to wait almost a full 24 hours before issuing this carefully worded denial. Perhaps they saw people prematurely running with impeachment?

That is a p clear (and rare) denial from mueller’s team