US Politics February 2019: This is one of the great losers of all time.

i'll be sure to update them on what i said in this thread

they have phones

https://i.imgur.com/y0NyMmK.jpg

Very nice, except that that arrow points to the right.

McConnell is smart enough to immediately put a stake in the ground at that $1.6 billion figure

Trump rejected $1.6 billion in December. Why offer it again?

heat check

Trump rejected $1.6 billion in December. Why offer it again?

― The Very Fugly Caterpillar (sic),

If he refuses (again), he and the GOP look even worse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPmTp9up26w

not sure how i’m ending up with km but he is right and i’m thinking this is where dems should aggressively try to flip the table on him and say you get 0 for a wall, you will formalize protctions for dreamers somehow, and you will authorize corrective compensation for those workers affected by the shutdown, with the cost coming from some bullshit he’s trying to expand. I guess im insane but i’d try to make him eat shit.

The Dems should just be very specific and loud about all the things they *do* want, so that when Trump demands money for a wall the public knows exactly what he is turning down, including many programs and plans (inc. security options, sure) that people like. Then it won't be them turning down Trump, it will be Trump turning down all the things they are offering.

The pitiful, transparent defensiveness on display again. Also, the schedule story's been out there for close to a week, and this was the best he could come up with?

The media was able to get my work schedule, something very easy to do, but it should have been reported as a positive, not negative. When the term Executive Time is used, I am generally working, not relaxing. In fact, I probably work more hours than almost any past President.....

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 10, 2019

He's defensive cos "executive time" is code for "boning"

No it’s not. He’s watching tv.

They make that kind of TV

another volunteering at the oval office. everyone keeps asking me if they can fuck the tv. buddy, they wont even let me fuck it

watching tv and, i presume, napping.

"Nappin' and Fappin'" (f. Killer Mike)

fun detail at the end of the NYT story on the breakdown of border wall/shutdown negotiations:

If Mr. Trump declares a national emergency to build the wall, critics are expected to file suit in court to block construction and halt any funds shifted to the project. Democratic lawmakers, particularly in the House, are also preparing legislation that would limit the president’s ability to do so.

To stave off a court challenge, one proposal circulating among some White House officials, including those close to Stephen Miller, the president’s top domestic policy adviser, is to claim that the wall would be built to protect the more than 5,000 active-duty troops now operating near the southwestern border or deploying there soon.

And Saturday, following the announcement of the Massachusetts Democrat's presidential campaign, Trump tweeted, "See you on the campaign TRAIL, Liz!"— seen as a reference to the Trail of Tears.

jesus christ, i didn't even think of this when i read that tweet

monster

i'm not even one of these people jumping for people to resign over offensive comments, but this is so hateful

yeah, that was clearly his intent

srsly can he just murder-suicide one or two of his idiot kids already

i took it as a generic "on the trail" western reference (which is offensive enough in context), but you guys might be right.

especially because he was referencing little bighorn and things last week. he's definitely trying to needle her with american indian references

it's possible he doesn't really know what the trail of tears actually was, but it doesn't really matter—he's such trash

the administration has made it a point for two years to make love to Andrew Jackson's corpse. I'm sure Trail of Tears was on a Powerpoint slide prepared by Jared in June 2017.

i think gummy is right tbh, if only because i cannot imagine trump remembering that the Trail of Tears was even a thing, versus having seen movies with native peoples following "trails" or "Indian Trail Road" being in the names of real estate developments for which he was shown colorful large-format illustrations

hell, he might have been glancing at jackson as he tweeted

https://i.imgur.com/oPFaLq8.jpg

I'm sure he knows about the Trail of Tears.

Trump is staunch admirer of Andrew Jackson, the president who signed the Indian Removal Act that instigated the forced westward march of the Trail of Tears. A portrait of Jackson hangs in Trump's Oval Office, and Steve Bannon once gave the president a reading list full of biographies of his fellow populist leader.

i think he knows the phrase "trail of tears" and was thinking about it, honestly, even if he doesn't know exactly what it was. as with so much with this guy though, i end up feeling like

https://media0.giphy.com/media/it8307a0XxlVS/giphy.gif

Last night I read that Trump Jr. called out the racism in the TRAIL tweet by retweeting a critic. Hopefully that really happened.

i understand the inclination to assume that his actions are motivated by him being incredibly dumb and ignorant, but i think after watching him for a few years we can safely assume that he is driven even more by his racism

i would like him to no longer be part of my life

steven miller who prob composes half of trump’s tweets and is also reified hate def know what trail means in the context of warren

Donald Trump Jr. expressed delighted at his father’s latest racist tweet. He posted a photo of it to Instagram, and, seemingly determined to one-up his dad's bigotry, captioned it with a slur against Native peoples. "Savage!!!!" wrote Trump Jr. "Love my President.”

no love for don but i don't think he means it that way

Last night I read that Trump Jr. called out the racism in the TRAIL tweet by retweeting a critic. Hopefully that really happened.

― ٩༼ º෴º ༽۶ (FlopsyDuck)

wherever you read that, you should make a note to ever trust them again with anything

don jr also quoted noted small hand haver and new york media darling turned conservative douche michael malice

speaking of quoting media ppl

Fox News’ @PeteHegseth admits, unprompted, that he hasn’t washed his hands in 10 years.

“Germs are not a real thing,” Pete says. “I can’t see them, therefore they’re not real.” pic.twitter.com/9hsAb9YA9j

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 10, 2019

Cf jesus, morality, common sense

Shame that is presumably something trump won't pick up on from Fox, might just be rid of him that much faster. I assume that being a germophobe is as much of a heartfelt belief as he has about anything. Or is this going to morph into a tweeted comment later on.

sometimes I forget that the President is a literal rapist

The Democrats are so self righteous and ANGRY! Loosen up and have some fun. The Country is doing well!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 11, 2019

good morning!!

Trump 2020: Loosen Up!

I'm never sure how to respond when a backed-up font of seething rage insists that I loosen up and enjoy myself.

love trumps hate

#resist

(35% of americans) love trump's hate
#medialiteracycrisis

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/02/11/its-all-about-benjamins-baby-ilhan-omar-again-accused-anti-semitism-over-tweets/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.d176c92c934f

This is really dumb.

It's dumb to treat it as in any way comparable to Steve King or other movement racists in positions of power, but yes, it's true, Omar is using language whose force is derived from an old robust anti-Semitic tradition, and it's good for her to know that. She can (and should) go after Netanyahu and his fans in Congress without shading into the "follow the money" stuff. I think Hemd Amry has this right

No, criticism of Israel isn’t anti-semitism, just like criticism of a Muslim majority state isn’t islamophobia, by default. However racist or bigoted tropes can be intentionally or unintentionally triggered in making those critiques and yes that matters-it always matters.

— hend amry (@LibyaLiberty) February 11, 2019

seems fair