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

It must be a real kick in the dick for Mueller to know that whatever findings he unveils, within 14 seconds every mainstream media outlet is going to turn it all into "What does this mean for Trump's chances in 2020?"

^^^ exactly. I guess I'm referring mostly to Trump/Trump's businesses and the GOP's complicity in all this. I wanna be hopeful but we live in a system that seems to be set up solely to protect people like this. Even Flynn/Stone/Cohen are likely getting what, 2-3 year sentences? (Manafort is something else entirely)

At best we can hope, electorally, is that it shakes loose the remaining independents from Trump, for his base of zombies ain't eroding. And he's not going to jail.

As I recall, he felt "great pressure" about Russia until he 'relieved' himself by firing Comey. Then for the next 18 months he frantically proceeded to act guilty as hell. My main conclusion, if Mueller can't nail Trump over cutting deals with Russia to lift sanctions if they threw their efforts behind screwing Hillary, is that Mueller couldn't turn up enough solid evidence, not that it never happened.

happy mitch mcconnell's birthday, everyone

Meantime, as I posted in the alt right thread:

A @gwupoe scoop: A LT in the US Coast Guard was arrested this week for drug and gun charges. It looked like a run of the mill case until the detention memo filed yesterday. He had a hit list, contacts with white supremacists, guns, and, again, was an Coastie assigned to HQ.

— Seamus Hughes (@SeamusHughes) February 20, 2019

This...is something.

Between this and the Portland police article this week, five years ago, thought the idea that the supremacists were actively joining / infiltrating police, armed forces etc. sounded like a conspiracy theory. Haven't felt like that for a while.

At what point does Trump become too much damaged goods for Putin to bother with.
would think that might have some bearing on things.
& is no longer having complete carte blanche to do everything he wants because there are finally checks in place going to mean his attraction diminishes.

it's very real and very scary

Trump has no idea about his administration’s push to decriminalize homosexuality around the world, per WH transcript from today’s pool spray: pic.twitter.com/fkzzE8OMFb

— Eli Stokols (@EliStokols) February 20, 2019

We have many reports. I use many stats. Many people are saying... he's starting to sound like a malfunctioning robot.

i was going to ask why they trot him out there without giving him a download of new information first but then again they probably did.

pay no attention to that man in front of the curtain

Who sez "Say it?" as a request to repeat or clarify something you just said?

An impossibly ambulatory mass of flesh and bone masquerading as a someone?

tbh “SAY IT” was the best SpeaknSpell 8bit module game, and “SAY IT” deserves to be sampled into pop megastardom, either in 1989 or 2020, i’m not sure which.

rutger bregman for preggzsidetn imo

who the fuck asked that question? just trying to get him to notice so that he'll tell them to stop doing it or something? probably a reporter from CBN

Michael Cohen is testifying publicly.
The House Oversight Committee announced that they have rescheduled Michael Cohen’s public hearing for 10am on Wednesday, February 27th

— Shimon Prokupecz (@ShimonPro) February 21, 2019

*trump goon emerges from the shadows, tapping a baseball bat against his palm*

you sure about that cohen

Per that memo, here’s what the Oversight Committee will — and won’t — ask Cohen about: https://t.co/ENl8pXVOak pic.twitter.com/DvdaXPtAvA

— Emma Loop (@LoopEmma) February 21, 2019

That's a nice House Oversight Committee you have here, shame if something were to happen to it.

(Which is one of the more astounding and dumb things, if true -- like your hired goons would actually use such a cliche goon threat.)

If Mueller really is wrapping up next week, does that mean no more charges? Don jr and Jared are in the clear?

Not if investigations have been handed off, and they clearly have been already.

just thought you guys might be entertained by what my representative is up to

https://ptpimg.me/m18k29.png

Bright or white?

and they say university professors are indoctrinating their students...

"Huh. Wonder if he's related to the WHY YES OF COURSE HE'S ONE OF THEM, HOW MANY SMUCKERS HAVE YOU EVER MET THAT WEREN'T?"

https://ptpimg.me/m18k29.png

Wow! Look at all those anchor babies!

said rep has not had a single public meeting w/ constituents since being elected in 2016 btw.

his PR MO is this: he tours whites-only institutions where he has captive or entire sympathetic audiences (various contracting businesses, schools and old-folks' homes run by christian evangelical organizations, American Legion meetings, Republican Party cook-outs, etc.), then his staff post photos of him smiling next to folks, and write things like, "images from my latest town hall! i had a great convresation with these factory employees about the economy and how immigrants are bloodsucking vampires. lots of great ideas. btw did i mention i am in the district and this was a town hall?"

Sounds like redistricting really put you all in a jam.

nah, this asshole would have won regardless.

Quite a sticky situation.

haha a valiant attempt, pplains

Just trying to preserve democracy here.

he really relished that one.

"with a name like smucker, it's got to be a lily-livered POS fascist back-bencher."

I'm not shocked, but I am somewhat surprised. I use their product all the time, not knowing they're the Chik-fil-a of my pantry.

tbh i don't think he's at all related to *those* smuckers. he actually grew up amish (and still has that PA dutch accent).

WAIT WAIT WAIT, I didn't read the last part of this sentence, I was so consumed by puns of marmalade.

president of the Smucker Company, a family-owned commercial construction firm in Smoketown.

Phew. Turns out Smuckers owns a lot of my favorite foodstuffs.

eh Smuckers jelly has high fructose corn syrup. Avoid that shit.

don't worry pplains, i'm sure that the other smuckers are horrible rapacious capitalist scumbags, too.

They're rampant in the area of Ohio where my grandma lives, and yes they are awful

It's quite jarring how far some of these families go.

saints preserve us

lloyd smucker more like *adopts generic east coast accent* boid (bird) fucker

his social media is filled with comments from supporters like this

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these people are troglodytes

"they stopped at Ellis Island and checked in"

drinking that cool cool aid