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

Stay the course

ship has sailed

I'm not sure what you mean, Ned. The House has not yet drawn up any articles of impeachment against Trump. The investigative phase is still ongoing, and the WH strategy still seems to be stonewalling, for good or ill. So, whatever hopes the Republicans might harbor regarding that strategy's outcome, the hope I ascribed to them (that the investigations are concluded without the committees getting the documents or witnesses they subpoenaed) has not been proved ineffective, yet.

I think that's what Ned's saying.

Fernet and gin is my new thing.

― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, October 8, 2019 5:05 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

Gross

― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, October 8, 2019 5:19 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

Add sweet vermouth and you've got a Hanky Panky.

Nothin' like a good spanky!

And that's what I mix, jaymc.

which is basically a negroni variant

Yep. A Negroni is any Amaro-based cocktail.

I mainly think Fernet is gross. Love a good Negroni, but I'm kind of a traditionalist on that front. Anyway, I thought you were just mixing Fernet and gin, with no sweetener.

I think that's what Ned's saying.

Quite.

This is ILX. The Democrats are always at fault.

over/under: how many Schumer T shirts does unperson own?

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If there are televised impeachment hearings and I have to be subjected to Trey Fucking Gowdy, I just may end it all.

The attack on Schiff is standard Trump straw-grabbing + "I know you are but what am I". I should be impeached for treason?? Pfft YOU should be impeached for treason! Booya your fav prez wins again

Trey Gowdy ugh

a lot of this is Trump trying to gaslight to confuse everyone

As per Arizona discussion upthread - my wife and I moved to Phoenix from Seattle last week and are very excited that, as Democratic Socialists, our votes will count for so much more than in Washington state.

if i have to look at trey gowdy's ratfuck face for the next few months can we please kickstart him an upper lip

thoughts and prayers for billy drago on dying and coming back to life this year pic.twitter.com/Kloz8q8nsU

— Lupus Haas (@Mobute) October 9, 2019

Welcome to AZ yelploaf! We need ya

what the fuck is that haircut

I think that has to be a shop. Unless he's spent the last six months on an unending meth binge.

wow mason verger looks great

Classic Gowdy

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good morning!

The Committee found that the IRA sought to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election by harming Hillary Clinton's chances of success and supporting Donald Trump

Ok, so now there's another IRA?

the GOP-controlled senate dropping that report yesterday is potentially a pretty big deal, or at least a warning to 2scoops to fly a little straighter

Over the last two weeks, Trump's average approval ratings have moved 2 points in the opposite direction on both sides.

the GOP-controlled senate dropping that report yesterday is potentially a pretty big deal, or at least a warning to 2scoops to fly a little straighter

― reggie (qualmsley), Wednesday, October 9, 2019

and his tax returns?

Poll: Half of voters support impeaching and removing Trump
A new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll is the latest survey to show public backing for Congress' intensifying impeachment inquiryhttps://t.co/g94zD58mYv

— Greg Dworkin (@DemFromCT) October 9, 2019

keep going on TV Rudy

i wonder where they might be

xpost

i’m no rose emoji mind genius but isn’t “rich and powerful people commit crimes and stonewall their way out of them while the poor and working class get locked up for a while over minor crimes” kind of a working class concern

i guess impeachment doesn’t involve saint bernard enough

sending you clap emojis with my mind, maura

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/464978-graham-tells-pelosi-gop-wont-impeach-trump-over-ukraine-call?#_=_

O ok Huckleberry

Graham, in an appearance on Fox News's "Fox & Friends," said that he was going to ask other Senate Republicans to sign a letter to Pelosi saying that they "do not believe the transcript of the phone call between the president and the Ukraine is an impeachable offense."

"They're about to destroy the nation for no good reason," Graham said. "And I want Nancy Pelosi to know that Republican senators are not going to impeach this president based on this transcript, so she can stop now before she destroys the country."

ooook. is trump's Live Under the Helicopter Blades performance where he doubled-down on Ukraine and then added China an impeachable offense? probably not, but the bootleg is sick

This is so pathetic.

"Don't tell the principal what my friend did - I already talked to them and they will not discipline him"

i listened to a radio segment on Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) this morning which was equal parts informative and depressing. slotkin is one of the group of freshmen reps who with military/intelligence background (slotkin is former CIA) who held off on supporting impeachment until the recent ukraine stuff.

there was a recording of one of her recent townhall meetings in michigan, and it was amazing to hear how as soon as she mentioned the fact that trump asked ukraine to investigate biden, the crowd started booing and yelling "fake!", "that's not true!", etc. it is depressing and surreal. these people are completely brainwashed...by the unstoppable combo of biggest fucking idiot in the history of the universe + incredibly flimsy pundit pushovers. it's embarrassing. and yet that's the reality.

it was unsettling because on one hand the affect of a segment like that is to cause sympathy for politicians like slotkin who have to deal with brainwashed no-nothings. i can see how she really has to walk a line and use careful language about impeachment or she'll lose the district.

but on the other hand, it also shows there's no way to have a "national conversation" on impeachment. you can't have a conversation with people who are so misinformed, who watch evening fox news and don't see it as a complete joke. after all this time, after so many blatant lies that someone with even a modicum of media literacy could see right through - they don't see any of it. it's just fucking pointless, they're lost, along with most of their families. it's really sad.

effect

pretty 'bad ass' of her to represent so many people with brain damage, when you think about it

man that gowdy head is something. i mean phrenology is a p bad look in 2019 but man when it comes to conservatives' heads...

isn’t “rich and powerful people commit crimes and stonewall their way out of them while the poor and working class get locked up for a while over minor crimes” kind of a working class concern

i see what ya did there (tho it took 2 hours to figure out "St Bernard")

perhaps not an IMMEDIATE working class concern, esp as no president is changing it

man that gowdy head is something. i mean phrenology is a p bad look in 2019 but man when it comes to conservatives' heads...

this is the pitch Quillette has been waiting for

powerful roger stone energy from gowdy for sure

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DyR8lRrV4AErfgb.jpg

no wonder he covered his back with a richard nixon tattoo. anything, absolutely anything, to distract from the shape of the head

https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1073821172905603072/0KzMnw9m.jpg

honestly between the pinheads and the weird overly-large amorphous Newt Gingrich-style heads this could prob be its own thread

I hope someday we're able to pass legislation wherein any elected official who employs bad faith hyperbolic rhetoric (like say 'destroying the country') to denounce another official for doing their job will receive one solid punch square in the throat. For each offense. From like whoever. Maybe we can appoint an official throat-puncher. There are some bugs to work out but I think it could dissuade at least some irresponsible behavior.

is it ok if politicians say that trump is destroying the country, though?