US Politics, October 2019 — I guess statement you could say with thread. I made a thread. The thread was PERFECT.

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SCOOP: Trump told House Republicans he made his now infamous phone call to Ukrainian president at the urging of Energy Secretary Rick Perry — a call Trump claimed he didn’t even want to make.https://t.co/sEgKDFzmb1

— Axios (@axios) October 5, 2019

*tentatively reaches for popcorn*

The great (in a "it sure feels great to bash my head against this cinder block wall, I think I'll keep doing it till next November" sort of way) thing about each successive lie is that he doesn't even try to establish the slightest bit of linearity or logic. He's almost literally just flinging shit around his cage.

the phone call is fake news it was the most perfect phone call ever no quid pro quo the whistleblower is a deep state plant it was hearsay they changed the form it’s my obligation to go after corruption rick perry made me do it

— kilgore trout will be the hero (@KT_So_It_Goes) October 5, 2019

Rick perry leaving was independent of this at least supposedly wasn't it?
Was he attempting to escape cos he realised his cushy role was sinking?
& now he's been dragged back in, are we expecting a greater swathe of resignations from the more minor players over the next few weeks?

He got a call moments before the announcement that said "Resign, now" that was supposed to be an intimidating call from an anonymous source but Giuliani forgot to hit the button on the voice modulator

Rick perry leaving was independent of this at least supposedly wasn't it?

Totally sensible role for someone tasked with administering U.S. nuclear weapons, nuclear energy, and next-generation energy research.

natural gas tho

wondering if it's where all of this is going

Shorter Ron Johnson:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ybDgIOHyq4

It's tight, but Fox News says Trump is underwater in Wisconsin - all three major Democratic candidates beat him. He won 46% of the vote in 2016 but is currently at 41%.

Here's a non-Fox poll of white folks in Wisconsin from late August.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EGNfO_3WsAEdPvF.jpg

It's interesting watching and hearing all the bad news for Trump develop even with Congress on recess. When do they come back?

https://www.thedailybeast.com/gop-sen-ron-johnson-loses-it-on-meet-the-press-i-do-not-trust-the-fbi-or-cia?ref=home

this is just so fucking dispiriting

I watched a few minutes of it; I've seen cockroaches with greater command of English than Ron Johnson. How awful must you be for Chuck Fucking Todd to lose patience.

srsly

Sen. Johnson: 'NO! I WANNA HOLLER THE LOUD FUNNY WORDS! I LIKE DARREN, HE IS MY FRIEND! I LIKE YOU AND HIM! HE LIKES ME AND I LIKE HIM! HE LIKES YOU, I HOPE! I LIKE HIS AUTOGRAPH! IT IS A NICE PICTURE! HE IS NICE!'

Not dispiriting to me. The more GOP Senators that want to lose their mind on camera and show their asses for what they really are, so be it.

Better than then one of them stumbling into the bullshit "maverick", "moderate" role that McCain vacated and winning over influencing low info indie voters as some voice of reason.

Now he can be an Infowars bitch.

If this were house member I'd feel differently, I don't see a silver lining in a sitting US Senator legitimizing this bullshit and fomenting paranoia that every single aspect of the government is illegitimate except for the WH

I can't bleeve two spies have impugned the integrity of our perfect prez

Xpost Tom Cotton, Rand Paul, Ted Cruz have arguably done this to varying degrees,

Of course it's bad, but hardly shocking.

"Ron’s a good friend, but I’m deeply scared by the positioning that Republicans have chosen to take. That interview was just a giant green light to the president of the United States to continue to solicit foreign interference in U.S. elections,” he said.

“This is wild, the lengths to which Republicans are going to try to avoid being criticized by this president.”

Gtfo with "good friend". Say he's dead to you.

very bizarre clip. i've never heard johnson speak at length like that before. i'm assuming that is his nadir as a human being, because holy shit

here's hoping his entire family stops talking to him and he dies alone and soon

Comforting stuff:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/oct/07/will-swing-voters-who-went-from-obama-to-trump-stay-loyal-in-2020

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/federal-judge-rules-trump-must-turn-over-his-tax-returns-to-manhattan-da-but-trump-has-indicated-he-will-appeal/2019/10/07/29e1fda6-e8a4-11e9-85c0-85a098e47b37_story.html

a good result would be if this gets appealed to the SC and Kav votes against Trump, prompting Trump to try to fire him and then call him a rapist on twitter

this is utterly plausible

it is actually

every lol scenario now flowcharts into "yeah that could happen"

I can't conceive of any venal act Trump wouldn't undertake when backed into a corner. I'm sure I've said it before but only a Trumpian act of genuine kindness/care/contrition/etc. would rattle me.

I'm sure Barron would be terrified if his father ever hugged him, fearing he was about to get the Cronus special.

sycophancy is Baron's only hope, big bros showing how it's done

THREAD
In 2016, Trump posted a photo of himself that gave away more than he intended. An open desk drawer revealed box after box of Sudafed, piled on top of one another. pic.twitter.com/wHFgRvY2YU

— JRehling (@JRehling) October 5, 2019

hahaha this man's brain has been fried by British Sudafed

Pill poppin' would be about the most traditionally presidential thing about him.

sudafederalreserve more like

just read PK's kav scenario, and before reading another word, i was "oh yeah, that's totally possible."

I don't know how anyone voluntarily enters Trump's orbit without being acutely aware that they'll eventually become well-acquainted with the undercarriage of a bus as a direct result.

Lol nashwan

I don't know how anyone voluntarily enters Trump's orbit without being acutely aware that they'll eventually become well-acquainted with the undercarriage of a bus as a direct result.

He promotes useless shitebags to positions of high authority they wouldn't get within a mile of in a sane world. Better a king for a day and all that.

and tbf some come out like Huckabee-Sanders who will absolutely get rehabbed in due time.

https://66.media.tumblr.com/07e6bbe3ab7e1d2daa523cf3fe1f33aa/tumblr_phlk9daUGS1viu0vuo1_500.gif

some come out like Huckabee-Sanders who will absolutely get rehabbed in due time

There's a difference between "will always have a spot on Fox News" and "will get rehabbed." I mean, Kirk Cameron has a movie career, sort of.

all she'll have to do is share a cough drop w Chelsea at Kissinger's funeral

got to revolution

The US tax system, when taking into account all taxes paid at all levels of government, is now a giant flat tax...

... which becomes regressive at the very top, with the super rich paying less than everybody else.https://t.co/3Pckj7HwfW pic.twitter.com/p2kPEbq0Vw

— Gabriel Zucman (@gabriel_zucman) October 7, 2019

'my great and unmatched wisdom'

lol Trump is going full-on Marvel comic villain in the Turkey tweets

https://i.imgur.com/5CvXDEv.jpg

coooooooool

Jeff Daniels to Play Former FBI Director James Comey in CBS Studios Miniseries https://t.co/lJaKeaq0Qi

— TheWrap (@TheWrap) October 7, 2019

ahh the romcom we've all been waiting for