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

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old white guy democrat made his good point hugely clumsily but responded with very genuine apology

whoa is me (stevie), Wednesday, 23 January 2019 07:19 (five years ago) link

I am trying to imagine what Giuliani's television appearances will sound like AFTER Trump fires him. He's plenty unhinged now.

Gunther Gleiben (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 23 January 2019 08:27 (five years ago) link

Giuliani looks like if the Danny DeVito Penguin had a lovechild with Darth Vader after he's taken his mask off

whoa is me (stevie), Wednesday, 23 January 2019 08:43 (five years ago) link

the best thing about that analogy is imagining the sex

*lies back, closes eyes*

topical mlady (darraghmac), Wednesday, 23 January 2019 09:51 (five years ago) link

itishappeningagain.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dxh5ortX0AAXOrH.jpg

“I'm the sexy gorilla and I'm going to hell“ (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 23 January 2019 12:57 (five years ago) link

(v cool that this fucking twerp is still tweeting - and verified! - despite attempting the world's least convincing smear on a former fbi director)

“I'm the sexy gorilla and I'm going to hell“ (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 23 January 2019 12:59 (five years ago) link

Is it too much to hope at some point that Jacob Wohl finds himself NOT eligible to waive his one-way ticket into deep space

E Pluripubis Unum (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 23 January 2019 13:16 (five years ago) link

he'll be eligible to run for president in december 2032 btw, be sure to mark yr calendars

“I'm the sexy gorilla and I'm going to hell“ (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 23 January 2019 13:24 (five years ago) link

well, good morning then!

Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 23 January 2019 13:26 (five years ago) link

(v cool that this fucking twerp is still tweeting - and verified! - despite attempting the world's least convincing smear on a former fbi director)

is this being prosecuted btw?

whoa is me (stevie), Wednesday, 23 January 2019 13:28 (five years ago) link

i fuckin' hope so

“I'm the sexy gorilla and I'm going to hell“ (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 23 January 2019 13:29 (five years ago) link

damn the president joke was the first thing i thought of too but i went into a siezure and couldnt post it first. It’s bad to be conscious again

Hunt3r, Wednesday, 23 January 2019 15:28 (five years ago) link

Giuliani looks like if the Danny DeVito Penguin had a lovechild with Darth Vader after he's taken his mask off

lol spot on

A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 23 January 2019 17:08 (five years ago) link

it wouldn't be very romantic to make a lovechild with the mask on

j., Wednesday, 23 January 2019 17:09 (five years ago) link

He's daring her to cancel

President Trump said Wednesday he will forge ahead with plans to deliver the State of the Union address in the House chamber on Jan. 29, despite objections from Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).

In a letter to Pelosi, Trump said he has been assured by national security officials there are “no security concerns regarding the State of the Union address” and “therefore, I will be honoring your invitation.”

“It would be so very sad for our country if the State of the Union were not delivered on time, on schedule, and very importantly, on location!” Trump wrote.

Οὖτις, Wednesday, 23 January 2019 17:29 (five years ago) link

The head of the Democratic Caucus said Wednesday that it’s all but certain party leaders will prevent President Trump from giving his State of the Union address if the government remains closed on its scheduled Jan. 29 date.

“It’s absolutely not clear … what his present intention is,” Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) told reporters in the Capitol. “But I can say that unless the government is reopened, it’s highly unlikely that the State of the Union is going to take place on the floor of the United States House of Representatives.”

Οὖτις, Wednesday, 23 January 2019 17:30 (five years ago) link

Maybe he will vlog himself basejumping from the top of the capitol building.

Yerac, Wednesday, 23 January 2019 17:42 (five years ago) link

this is sorta interesting

In the new Politico–Morning Consult poll, 72 percent of voters said they oppose putting funding toward a wall even if it's the only way to end the government shutdown.

The poll also found that 43 percent of respondents support the construction of the wall while 49 percent oppose building the wall.

so 29% only support the wall if mexico will pay for it?

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 23 January 2019 17:56 (five years ago) link

er duh i did my math wrong there but point being support seems to drop dramatically when the us paying for it is involved

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 23 January 2019 17:57 (five years ago) link

Polls often don't make sense

Trϵϵship, Wednesday, 23 January 2019 17:58 (five years ago) link

I’m so pumped for my buffalo chicken bowl at sweetgreen

Trϵϵship, Wednesday, 23 January 2019 17:58 (five years ago) link

My support for a pool in my backyard drops precipitously as the likelihood of my neighbors paying for it decreases.

E Pluripubis Unum (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 23 January 2019 17:59 (five years ago) link

Wrestlemania at the SOTU!

a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 23 January 2019 18:02 (five years ago) link

Fruloughed federal workers are protesting at the Hart Senate Office Building. #OccupyHart. #StopTheShutdown @juliemason @PoPville @dcist @bpshow pic.twitter.com/0XVnFR2beV

— Phil Yabut (@philliefan_99) January 23, 2019

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 23 January 2019 18:13 (five years ago) link

why are they all holding paper plates

Οὖτις, Wednesday, 23 January 2019 18:16 (five years ago) link

gonna rush the cafeteria

a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 23 January 2019 18:21 (five years ago) link

probably something about empty plates -- a number of literal food lines set up to serve furloughed workers around the district this last week

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 23 January 2019 18:44 (five years ago) link

Hmm.

pic.twitter.com/YGSjuaXenv

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 23, 2019

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 23 January 2019 18:46 (five years ago) link

Strikes me as legal positioning to some degree but clearly a sympathy play.

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 23 January 2019 18:47 (five years ago) link

saying the president is threatening yr family looks... odd

Οὖτις, Wednesday, 23 January 2019 19:07 (five years ago) link

totally fine in 2019, smoke this doobie and try not to think about it

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 23 January 2019 19:08 (five years ago) link

Otm

So fucking weird because it’s probably true that trump has threatened him in some way. Must be weird to get a visit from a trump fixer who threatens you the way you used to threaten other people as trumps fixer

Karl Malone, Wednesday, 23 January 2019 19:09 (five years ago) link

Are you a bad enough dude to rescue the president

...'s ex-lawyer's family from the president?

Evan, Wednesday, 23 January 2019 19:19 (five years ago) link

Trump's idea of a threat sounds like, "If you're not careful, I'm going to FedEx this week-old bologna sandwich to your mom's."

Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 23 January 2019 19:20 (five years ago) link

Big Pussy is in a prime position to know what an unscheduled visit from Paulie Walnuts means.

E Pluripubis Unum (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 23 January 2019 19:20 (five years ago) link

xpost yeah i don't know, trump used to have people like cohen make threats like

"I will make sure that you and I meet one day while we're in the courthouse. And I will take you for every penny you still don't have. And I will come after your Daily Beast and everybody else that you possibly know," Cohen said. "So I'm warning you, tread very fucking lightly, because what I'm going to do to you is going to be fucking disgusting. You understand me?"

"You write a story that has Mr. Trump's name in it, with the word rape, and I'm going to mess your life up … for as long as you're on this frickin' planet … you're going to have judgments against you, so much money, you'll never know how to get out from underneath it," he added.

if some asshole walked up to me and said that, i'd feel really threatened, even if it was obvious that the asshole was also really dumb

Karl Malone, Wednesday, 23 January 2019 19:32 (five years ago) link

this has pretty much been trump's way of business for a very long time, threatening people with lawsuits and figuring that they'd back down or settle rather fight an endless legal battle. i'm sure he thought he'd be able to continue this strategy in a modified fashion as president, perhaps having even more tools of aggression and intimidation at his disposal as the head of state.

Karl Malone, Wednesday, 23 January 2019 19:35 (five years ago) link

Trump issuing threats is witness tampering/intimidation and obstruction

Οὖτις, Wednesday, 23 January 2019 19:39 (five years ago) link

So fucking weird because it’s probably true that trump has threatened him in some way.

"probably true" fact-check: he did it on both twitter and TV

sans lep (sic), Wednesday, 23 January 2019 19:40 (five years ago) link

small upside of Trump’s nightmare regime is all the moral pretense about human rights and democracy is stripped away and these acts can’t be viewed as anything other than naked power grabs targeting the country with the largest oil reserves in the world. https://t.co/GnzkolslKT

— Adam H. Johnson (@adamjohnsonNYC) January 23, 2019

a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 23 January 2019 19:45 (five years ago) link

Um...

Frederik B, Wednesday, 23 January 2019 19:48 (five years ago) link

there it is

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Wednesday she will block President Trump from delivering the State of the Union address in the House chamber on Jan. 29.

In a letter to Trump, Pelosi said she would not move forward with the legislative steps needed for the address to take place.

“The House of Representatives will not consider a concurrent resolution authorizing the president's State of the Union address in the House chamber until government has opened,” she wrote.

Pelosi’s move comes just hours after Trump informed her in a letter that he would move ahead and deliver the address at the Capitol on that date, essentially daring the Speaker to scrap his plans.

Οὖτις, Wednesday, 23 January 2019 19:50 (five years ago) link

is this literally going to end with trump delivering a quasi-SOTU that is actually a plea for a border wall to a mostly empty congress with a few stray republicans showing up?

Karl Malone, Wednesday, 23 January 2019 19:52 (five years ago) link

i do kind of admire how he is gradually morphing reality to match his vision of him being president of only his base

Karl Malone, Wednesday, 23 January 2019 19:53 (five years ago) link

xp yes

sleeve, Wednesday, 23 January 2019 19:54 (five years ago) link

He's going to post another of his hostage videos on Twitter and call it a SOTU. Like I'm not a betting man but I think I'd be comfortable putting some money on that one.

E Pluripubis Unum (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 23 January 2019 19:55 (five years ago) link

Didn’t he send someone to threaten Stormy Daniels when she was out alone with her kid?

Nerdstrom Poindexter, Wednesday, 23 January 2019 19:56 (five years ago) link

he might deliver it in the Senate. I don't think he can technically just barge into the House and deliver a speech to an empty floor, even if he wanted to.

xp

Οὖτις, Wednesday, 23 January 2019 19:56 (five years ago) link

He can't. Speaker controls who is speaking, the end.

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 23 January 2019 19:57 (five years ago) link


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