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

These people are such idiots. All of them.

This would be hilarious if they weren't in power, like if this were a Burn After Reading sequel or something

Anatevka?!?!?!

named after the Fiddler village

https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-real-life-anatevka-ukraines-jewish-refugees-cling-to-tradition/

Sounds like Sondland testimony is back on for next week.

top Pompeo advisor resigns

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/10/politics/john-shimkus-pulls-trump-support-kurds/index.html

A quadrillion things before this should have brought these lawmakers to the same decision and I'm surprised that this, of all things, is what's putting some of them over the edge. But whatever it takes.

Shimkus also made it clear he does not support the impeachment inquiry fwiw

Last night's rally was apparently even rantier than usual.

In one of his most vitriolic appearances to date, President Donald Trump on Thursday night railed against the Washington establishment and his other perceived foes as an existential threat to the nation’s democracy.

From House Democrats to the Biden family, a wide spectrum of “the swamp” came under fire during the president’s political rally in Minneapolis — his first since House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced an impeachment investigation against him more than two weeks ago. Rather than focusing on usual “Make America Great Again” topics like the economy or border security, Trump used over 40 minutes of his stage time to go hard after his adversaries in Congress and the media.

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“The do-nothing Democrat extremists have gone so far to the left that they believe it should not be a crime to cross our border illegally and that it should be a crime to have a totally appropriate, casual, beautiful, accurate phone call with a foreign leader,” Trump said during the Thursday rally. “I don’t think so.”

He also repeated unfounded claims that the former vice president worked to nix a Ukrainian investigation into his son when Hunter Biden sat on the board of an energy corporation in the country. (Trump expressed frustration over the media’s reports that the claims have been debunked, saying during the rally: “It’s not unsubstantiated, you crooked son of a gun. It’s 100 percent true.”) The president’s team has often recited the claims to counter the accusations of fishing for foreign election assistance. Shortly before his father took the stage, Eric Trump led the audience in a chant of “Lock him up,” referring to Hunter Biden.

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Polls have recently shown increased public approval for the impeachment inquiry, including a Fox News national poll that showed 51 percent of voters supporting Trump’s impeachment and removal from office. During the rally, he denounced the surveys as “crooked” and the media as “so bad for our country.”

At times, Trump seemed more fed up than riled up in his rhetoric. He railed against the constant scrutiny his administration has been under since taking office. He went after former special counsel Robert Mueller for disrupting his administration by investigating him and his circle over several months. He accused the media of unfairly targeting his people while working in tandem with Democrats.

“They took people that were full of life and energy and vigor — we’d just won the greatest campaign in the history of American politics, it’s true — and they destroyed their lives!” Trump said of the numerous investigations into his administration and campaign.

“They destroyed people, good people, people that ended up paying far more money in legal fees than they made,” he continued. “And the media was behind every single step.”

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The president also went back deep into the early days of the federal investigations into the 2016 election. He invoked former FBI agents Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, who had a romantic relationship, with a mocking dialogue: “‘Oh, I love you so much. I love you, Peter!’ ‘I love you too, Lisa! Lisa, I love you. Lisa, Lisa! Oh God, I love you, Lisa.’”

My timelines last night were full of left-wing Minnesotans laughing at chuds/pics of protest signs etc.

One thing people did was to book tickets to the rally under fake names/emails and then (obviously) not go.

tbf why should it be a crime to have an accurate phone call?

Even as he worked with Mr. Parnas’s company, Fraud Guarantee, Mr. Giuliani increasingly relied on Mr. Parnas to carry out Mr. Trump’s quest for evidence in Ukraine that would undercut the legitimacy of the special counsel’s investigation into Russia’s interference on his behalf in the 2016 election and help him heading into his 2020 re-election campaign.

oh come on

"just wanted to thank my loyal supporters by name. Thank you for coming out tonight...

Buttface McGee
Dan Druff
Maximilian Robespierre
Bob Struction"

Xpost lol

‘I love you too, Lisa! Lisa, I love you. Lisa, Lisa! Oh God, I love you, Lisa.’”

told you this dude was basically Tommy Wiseau

Uh oh he misrepresented what Peter actually said. TREASON!!!

vibe outside the Target Center was pretty chill last night, saw a few arguments, def some chuds walking through the crowd desperately wanting someone to fuck with them so they could get it on video

didn't see oathkeeper dorks who were going to protect trumpers from antifa or whatever fantasy shit

part of it was is that I think they told attendees to come in through the skyway

Everybody betrayed me, I fed up with this world xxp

Even though it was directed at a particular couple, I assume he was more generally expressing his contempt toward people regarding one another with warmth and affection.

Which buttresses my theory that Melania will wind up being the one to finally drive a steak knife into his neck.

Good morning!

President Trump played Prince’s “Purple Rain” tonight at a campaign event in Minneapolis despite confirming a year ago that the campaign would not use Prince’s music. The Prince Estate will never give permission to President Trump to use Prince’s songs. pic.twitter.com/FuMUPzSWOe

— Prince (@prince) October 11, 2019

(via JJJ)

Do we know if Jacob Frey got the campaign to pay up for security etc before the event?

no

he didn't get them to pay
but grandstanding over 500k is perfect for our North Loop Justin Trudeau

Those two shady Trump chumps, they had a company called Fraud Guarantee, but they also had a beach club called Mafia Rave!!!!

yeah this is way too on-the-nose, the writing has gotten pretty lazy this season

he got some epic viral clapbacks against drumpf out of the bargain xxp

Break: DC Circuit upholds House subpoena seeking Trump records from Mazars, his accounting firm /// Panel was skeptical Trump would prevail https://t.co/QDn2lkhqmn pic.twitter.com/8NB2Gt2c3a

— Mike Scarcella (@MikeScarcella) October 11, 2019

Outside the Target Center, Trump protesters clashed with Trump supporters, their shouting and cursing escalating as the president took the stage. Many said the longtime Democratic state suddenly felt like a battleground, and strangers approached each other to pick fights.

“Tell me why you like him,” one man yelled at a nearby Trump supporter.

Criticized by another protester for the president’s white supremacist undertones, the Trump supporter replied, “I could have 100 black people with me if I wanted to.”

Cameron Russell, 26, of Minneapolis, a donor support technician who is black, voiced his skepticism: “Yo, man — pull them up. Call them up.”

Then Mr. Russell recognized the Trump supporter, who is white, as a high school classmate.

“I thought you were cool,” Mr. Russell said to him.

Dope burn

lmaoooo

By popular demand.

Left, Fox's Shepard Smith Reporting, 3 p.m.

"Time to meet Igor and Lev. They reportedly enjoyed lunch hours ago with one Rudy Giuliani."

Right, The Atlantic

At 3 PM, Giuliani reportedly shouts "asshole" at the TV. pic.twitter.com/83IMes8xs5

— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) October 11, 2019

lolz

so now this taxes thing gets kicked up to the supreme court?

should be fun

FRAUD GUARANTEE

This is too stupid.

so now this taxes thing gets kicked up to the supreme court?

yup. should only take 6 months to a year lol

Time for Kavanaugh and friends to earn their keep

it's obvious that Trump's ultimate legal/political "strategy" is the expectation that "his guys" on the Supreme Court will, in the end, bail him out.

(I don't think they will, tbh)

it would cement the court's reputation in the public mind as a partisan body, and it would also be surrendering a remarkable amount of power to the executive branch. but we'll see!

I agree. They don't want to be tied to Trump any more than they already are. Nothing he can do to them now. Thay can make themselves look noble by going against him and acting in the name of institutional legitimacy.

tbh they might - Kavanaugh especially - but Roberts is more inclined to take the long view of the court's perogatives and standing

I think I remember reading that there's scotus precedent for fast tracking these appeals regarding conflicts btw the branches? That in fact they might address it in short order?

Mafia Rave looks pretty chill: https://www.instagram.com/mafiaraveterrace/

I don't know this place called Mafia Rave. Now, it's possible that there's a photo of me at Mafia Rave, but there are photos of me everywhere, I go to a lot of places, and maybe I've been to Mafia Rave, we'll see.

there's scotus precedent for fast tracking these appeals regarding conflicts btw the branches?

there is a precedent, but I think it's up to the court and their schedule.

Reviewed August 13, 2018 via mobile
No Atmosphere And Expensive
A quiet place with zero pazzaz and expensive 400 UAH chairs at entry and required. Its not on the beach its in the woods 50 yards from the beachfront. Not worth the money, a boring place to spend an afternoon.

Not even a single pazza? Disappointing.