US Politics March 2019: “I can’t say I’m happy. I can’t say I’m thrilled”

SHOTS!

Trump in with the most efficient précis of the past two years that I've yet encountered.

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, March 5, 2019 4:23 AM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

an obese septuagenarian speed-freak is quite an unlikely prospect

and yet

lol

As someone who has took mountains of adderall in my late teens and early twenties (all prescribed, which seems insane in hindsight) i believe the adderally theory. I wouldn’t behave exactly like him, but kind of

*has taken

I honestly don’t think it’s a crazy theory. I can’t imagine how he would have this much energy otherwise.

lots of diet pepsi.

he also just sits in a chair watching tv and firing off tweets all day

He's a president flyover states can relate to.

He's saved all that energy from a lifetime of not exercising.

Exactly. Adderall gives you a lot of cheap, bullshit energy that is good for stuff like tweeting and picking fights and leaves you unable to relax.

Xp

Incredible:

This is a real closing paragraph from an actual Wapo column re. Ilhan Omar. pic.twitter.com/BoBRBXF6Wn

— Eli Valley (@elivalley) March 4, 2019

Of course, the whole Ceasar-story was massively sexist all along. And with Omar, it's with a healthy dose of Islamophobia.

hey Ancient Romans! Do better!

Wish more trenchant op-eds would present arguments as if the last several millennia of political history never happened.

The author is @henryolsenEPPC. The 'ethic center' thinktank that pays him was run by Elliot Abrams for years, the same war ghoul @IlhanMN was questioning in the House recently.

TLDR, this is a pure hit piece - a bootlicker covering for his former bosshttps://t.co/i40JTtKMC7

— Lionel Cosgrove (@LionelCosgrove1) March 5, 2019

^ not bothering to verify bc I assume it’s true

OL I take it you didn't spend the W years reading Lewis Lapham columns in Harper's

Let us not forget the lessons of history, such as when Caveman Ug failed to swiftly exile Caveman Brap after Brap acted imprudently with the communal mastodon pelts.

(You take it correctly.)

It's not fair to compare him to that trash op-ed really, but Lapham's capacity for relating literally anything the Bush admin did to some bit of classical history was astounding

indeed -- and it was basically anything, not just the bush admin

xps The Ethics & Public Policy Center is currently headed by Ed Whelan of Kavanaugh Zillow theory infamy. Great work, WaPo.

You'd think the fourth estate might've seen our current era as a prime opportunity to seize the moral high ground and aspire to something better but not so fucking much.

The WaPo editorial board wishes to keep its spotless record of defending free speech by giving a much-needed voice to the servile toadies of the rich and powerful.

“Veteran suicide is an incredible thing to watch” — @realDonaldTrump

— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) March 5, 2019

wtf

Trump is def high on more than applause. He does rails of Adderall

The president does rails of Adderall.

weird how ppl in this thread keep reminding us of his only likable, relatable trait, aka his very likely frequent drug abuse

New @QuinnipiacPoll: 64% say Trump committed crimes before becoming president and 45% say Trump committed crimes while president

— Jesse Rodriguez (@JesseRodriguez) March 5, 2019

sure but how many of them will still vote for him

It's nice to see at least that much realism reflected in the general population.

He committed crimes because he's smart, duh.

Yeah, an important metric to measure now is how many people think it's cool having a criminal for a president.

weird how ppl in this thread keep reminding us of his only likable, relatable trait, aka his very likely frequent drug abuse

racist quas-fascist rapist despots are likeable if they are drug addicts?

his only likeable trait IMO was saying bloodsport was his favorite movie. i still think everyone would be better off if he was curbstomped.

no argument from me on that score

Likes Twisted Sister (although it was not reciprocated)

Hates Jeff Sessions

Mortal.

hardcore adderall abuse is not relatable (unless you work in media)

tbf Trump works mainly in media

tough words from a board that embraced "gucci gucci" with open arms

I only said "drug abuse" but sure I'll concede that specific trait is more niche (fwiw I have never done it myself)

Adderall is an evil substance imo

that's a bad o

I don’t fully feel that way i guess. I didn’t enjoy feeling dependent on it.

If it helps people then good for them—i wouldn’t want to disparage that

Yeah, an important metric to measure now is how many people think it's cool having a criminal for a president.

Well he didn't commit Crimes like minorities do, such as stealing a cigarette or attempting to cross a line on the map. He committed ""crimes"" like smart rich white guys do.

they weren't even real crimes, he was just being sarcastic

Fox News Quietly Ditched Trump-Loving Sheriff David Clarke

The one-time Fox News regular, who was previously considered for different senior posts in the Trump administration, was effectively “banned” last year by the network, according to two sources familiar with the situation.

The decision was more sweeping than the “soft bans” that Fox has imposed on other guests or contributors, such as former White House official Sebastian Gorka, who was barred from Fox’s “hard news” programming but regularly appeared on opinion shows like Hannity.

And Fox News isn’t the only organization to apparently part ways with the demagogic lawman.

Two knowledgeable sources confirmed that Clarke is also no longer a senior adviser and spokesman for pro-Trump super PAC America First Action, where he landed in late 2017 after he resigned as sheriff and was repeatedly blocked from getting a position in the Trump administration. (For instance, Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon wanted to hire Clarke as a White House official, primarily to make TV appearances and take on members of the media.)

...

It’s not totally clear why Fox News hasn’t welcomed Clarke back on its air in more than a year.

“His rhetoric became crazier and crazier and most shows refused to use him,” one source familiar with the situation told The Daily Beast.

Another Fox source suggested that it probably didn’t help that the loud-mouthed sheriff repeatedly bashed high-school-aged Parkland shooting victims—at one point accusing them of being funded by George Soros to “spew anti-gun talking points”—at the same time Fox News was attempting to tread lightly after its primetime star Laura Ingraham faced a massive ad boycott for mocking the students.

So the people running things at Fox, like producers - do these people recognize their hosts and guests as clowns and crazies?