misleading URL btw
― affects breves telnet (Gummy Gummy), Monday, 4 March 2019 18:28 (five years ago) link
again, so many impeachable offenses, like several a week.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/report-trump-ordered-officials-to-pressure-doj-to-intervene-against-tiem-warner-att-deal
― affects breves telnet (Gummy Gummy), Monday, 4 March 2019 18:33 (five years ago) link
and it's all out in the fucking open. all this stuff does is confirm what he already said and what we already knew.
Other than a big burst of posting around Cohen's testimony, it feels like the US politics threads have calmed a fair amount since the government shutdown ended. The Dems capturing the House makes Trump less relevant, except as a crash dummy. The new Congressional investigations are only at the starting line. The Green New Deal is still too shapeless and far down the road to get much more from us than general approval of the concept. M4A might have legs, but until 2021 it remains an election issue with a legislative sidebar.
This is a nice chance to take a breather and stretch.
― A is for (Aimless), Monday, 4 March 2019 20:23 (five years ago) link
Here, this will help raise blood pressures: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/04/omar-israel-house-democrats-1201881?fbclid=IwAR0BzBylWabRlwhrPGge11rmAV6vHKISKZoVaABeQTPJQuHLNPZuWNdn4mA
― Let's have sensible centrist armageddon (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 4 March 2019 20:28 (five years ago) link
So wait, has this not been posted?
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-pol-ny-matthew-whitaker-quits-justice-department-20190304-story.html?fbclid=IwAR2HSuSuVRcHPHIEXUXIjw8TcpTDWhRnr3qRMiMwqpuSt8DAL6owCB0e2tk&fbclid=IwAR3MzZbmDyXx1HqURQ2Ojgm1YitnrIzDcs_Hgne4bETjdiXVyIRYcwQ6ZIQ
― pee-tape pay per view special (Dan Peterson), Monday, 4 March 2019 20:29 (five years ago) link
this OTT reaction from Dems only seems to prove her point. meanwhile you've got wings of the GOP actively calling her a terrorist. great job, Dems!
― frogbs, Monday, 4 March 2019 20:42 (five years ago) link
like most things nowadays it just feels like bad faith all around. based solely on Omar's comments, does anyone really feel like it's necessary for Democrats to issue a congressional resolution to demonstrate they are against anti-Semitism? i don't think so, which suggests they are signalling something else, like...
questioning support for the U.S.-Israel relationship is unacceptable. (1/2)— Rep. Juan Vargas (@RepJuanVargas) March 4, 2019
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Monday, 4 March 2019 20:51 (five years ago) link
fuck these nerds. guess for the next 2 years the money i usually give to PP & ACLU is going to Omar and primary opponents of every bad faith dickhead trying to run her out of town
― A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Chooglin (will), Monday, 4 March 2019 21:05 (five years ago) link
Rep. Juan Vargas, "As the duly-elected representative of hundreds of thousands of American citizens, I see it as my duty not to ask questions about America's foreign policy. Really. No questions at all. That's my position."
― A is for (Aimless), Monday, 4 March 2019 21:16 (five years ago) link
An excellent Yglesias piece summarizing what we learned from the Mayer reporting: https://www.vox.com/2019/3/4/18249847/fox-news-effect-swing-elections
― Let's have sensible centrist armageddon (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 4 March 2019 21:38 (five years ago) link
Robert Mueller's office has notified Judge Amy Berman Jackson about an Instagram post from Roger Stone that could be in violation of Judge Jackson's strict gag order on Stone. https://t.co/UNp0Ux1xi1— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 4, 2019
― mookieproof, Monday, 4 March 2019 22:30 (five years ago) link
speaking of predictable events....
― affects breves telnet (Gummy Gummy), Monday, 4 March 2019 22:50 (five years ago) link
Was just watching last nights John Oliver and he was discussing the story about Jared’s security clearance from what, four days ago, that has essentially vanished from the news while everyone gets worked up about Rep. Omar again. Good job media, attaboy Congress.
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Monday, 4 March 2019 22:53 (five years ago) link
conrgess is gonna congress, frankly this is a media problem.
― affects breves telnet (Gummy Gummy), Monday, 4 March 2019 22:53 (five years ago) link
After seeing that disgusting wapo op-Ed comparing Omar to Steve King I’m inclined to agree
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 02:48 (five years ago) link
my own congressman is dining out on supposed anti-semitism among democrats but he has declined nearly all invitations to actually speak with the jewish congregations in his district (there aren't many). he's a perfect example of "anti-semitism" being weaponized in a way that has nothing to do with harms done to (or perceived by) actual jews.
― affects breves telnet (Gummy Gummy), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 03:04 (five years ago) link
This is crazy, for those fascinated and/or needing a chill way to wind down the evening:
https://www.emptywheel.net/2019/03/04/puzzling-through-the-house-requests/
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 5 March 2019 03:16 (five years ago) link
some GOP rep said on NPR this morning "did Jared compromise security? nothing to see"
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 03:21 (five years ago) link
he almost certainly did, though
― affects breves telnet (Gummy Gummy), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 03:24 (five years ago) link
well done Democrats
Representative Ilhan Omar is again under fire for her terrible comments concerning Israel. Jewish groups have just sent a petition to Speaker Pelosi asking her to remove Omar from Foreign Relations Committee. A dark day for Israel!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 5, 2019
― frogbs, Tuesday, 5 March 2019 04:36 (five years ago) link
A dark day for Israel!
I'm pretty sure no one in Israel had a worse day today because of this. It's not exactly like she is committing or even inciting mass murder of Israelis. She didn't even make someone stub their toe or get a paper cut.
― A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 04:44 (five years ago) link
theres zero chance he knows A) what she said or B) why people are upset about it
(of course the fact that anyone's upset is idiotic and I suspect none of this is done in good faith and HOLY SHIT DEMS DO NOT DO THE GOP'S JOB FOR THEM)
― frogbs, Tuesday, 5 March 2019 04:49 (five years ago) link
NYT: “Senate prepares to block wall emergency, setting up rebuke to Trump. The vote would force Mr. Trump to issue the first veto of his presidency, signaling that his grip on Republicans in Congress ma be slipping.”
his grip on Republicans may be slipping, right!
― Dan S, Tuesday, 5 March 2019 05:52 (five years ago) link
I'm sure some of them like their handies differently
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 05:53 (five years ago) link
"donald trump has issued an executive order sentencing everyone who voted for hilary clinton to death. the nra is urging its members to form posses and kill everyone who is responsible for their persecution. 12 republican senators are believed to be considering opposing trump's order, dealing a major blow to party unity in a time of great strife and uncertainty for donald trump."
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 5 March 2019 05:56 (five years ago) link
lol
― Dan S, Tuesday, 5 March 2019 05:57 (five years ago) link
Republicans are like the parent insisting their kid didn't shit on the floor in the dressing room of a JC Penneys
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 05:59 (five years ago) link
The only "grip" Trump has over Republicans in Congress is their fear of getting primaried out of office by his yahoo supporters. It certainly isn't his inspiring leadership, his shrewd maneuvering for their ultimate advantage, or his prowess at policy.
― A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 06:00 (five years ago) link
I'm wondering how this 72 year old man was able to give a vehement, completely insane speech for 2 full hours on Saturday without taking a break or even a sip of water as far as I saw
― Dan S, Tuesday, 5 March 2019 06:13 (five years ago) link
Insulin Pump full of Stem Cells.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 06:50 (five years ago) link
He is high on the one thing that truly stimulates or satisfies him: talking about himself in front of a crowd. Being able to talk on and on, fabulating both nonsense and bullshit while other people listen. If he tells stories about how great he is, and there are people listening, then he can pretend to himself that they are true, and even more, pretend that the other people believe the same thing.
― steven, soda jerk (sic), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 07:14 (five years ago) link
Also, loads of drugs.
― steven, soda jerk (sic), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 07:16 (five years ago) link
And a catheter.
― nickn, Tuesday, 5 March 2019 07:34 (five years ago) link
trade wars are good https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/05/trump-ejects-india-from-56bn-tariff-deal-over-negative-trade-barriers
― my future think tank (stevie), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 10:11 (five years ago) link
xp I prefer to think of him just freely wetting and soiling himself as he spoke, but nobody mentioning it
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 11:26 (five years ago) link
good morning!
― Let's have sensible centrist armageddon (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 11:32 (five years ago) link
Trump is def high on more than applause. He does rails of Adderall
The president does rails of Adderall.
― heinrich boll weevil (Hadrian VIII), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 12:23 (five years ago) link
whoops: https://www.complex.com/life/2018/12/ex-apprentice-staffer-trump-snorts-adderall-cant-read
― heinrich boll weevil (Hadrian VIII), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 12:24 (five years ago) link
if you view everything through the lens of 2020 all GOP lines of attack will be based around:
a. anti-semitism/support of israelb. socialismc. infanticided. the border wall/racism
thats the modern conservative movement, folks.
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 16:25 (five years ago) link
yep, if you play those notes one after another, eventually you're going to gather up all of the base. for my father-in-law it's mostly d.) with a healthy dose of b.). for my sister's mother-in-law, it's almost all c.) with a smidgen of b.).
i still don't think a.). is much of a factor with many voters.
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 16:36 (five years ago) link
I think these four fall into two distinct categories: c) and d) are meant to inflame the base, but a) and b) have as much to do with pleasing lobbyists and large donors
― heinrich boll weevil (Hadrian VIII), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 16:40 (five years ago) link
I mean Trump's base by and large is not comprised of taxpayers vulberable to a proposed tax rate of 70%.
― heinrich boll weevil (Hadrian VIII), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 16:42 (five years ago) link
They could drop "socialism" and "Israel" from their rants and the base probably wouldn't blink
― heinrich boll weevil (Hadrian VIII), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 16:43 (five years ago) link
PRESIDENTIAL HARASSMENT!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 5, 2019
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 16:57 (five years ago) link
SHOTS!
― Let's have sensible centrist armageddon (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 17:00 (five years ago) link
Trump in with the most efficient précis of the past two years that I've yet encountered.
― Gary Ornmigh, Heywood's son (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 17:04 (five years ago) link
― heinrich boll weevil (Hadrian VIII), Tuesday, March 5, 2019 4:23 AM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
an obese septuagenarian speed-freak is quite an unlikely prospect
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 17:07 (five years ago) link
and yet
― Number None, Tuesday, 5 March 2019 17:07 (five years ago) link
― Let's have sensible centrist armageddon (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 17:08 (five years ago) link