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

Releasing this 'big news' on a Sunday means that, if it isn't discussed during the televised NFL games, lots of ordinary (i.e. low information) voters won't hear about it.

when bin laden was killed it preempted the apprentice, trump is much more respectful of prime time tv

The hashtag "WaPoDeathNotices" is generating some entertaining tweets - apparently the Post described al-Baghdadi as "an austere religious scholar with wire-frame glasses" and "a shy, nearsighted youth who liked soccer but preferred to spend his free time at the local mosque"...

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EH5SAuDWkAAvoEW.jpg

So now we get:

#WaPoDeathNotices Joseph Stalin, former seminarian and noted agrarian reformer, dead at 74.

— Stephen F. Knott (@publius57) October 27, 2019

Martin Luther King, noted Black agitator found dead in potentially racially charged attack. Some say his rhetoric inflamed tensions on both sides. #WaPoDeathNotices

— Wes Ghoulbar 🎃 (@wgobar) October 27, 2019

Jim Jones, passionate community organizer and religious leader, dead at 47.#WaPoDeathNotices pic.twitter.com/OP8YBvehBV

— Dan Crenshaw's Eyepatch (@DansEyepatch) October 27, 2019

“The only ones remaining were Baghdadi in the tunnel and he had dragged three of his young children with him. They were led to a certain death. He reached the end of the tunnel as our dogs chased him down.

bullshit

"Oh, you let children be killed by dogs? What a big strong man you are! Trump 2020! MAGA! MAGA!"

The only use Trump has for dogs.

Other than eating

And using to describe women he feels are unattractive.

ACTUALLY the children were killed by baghdadi’s SUICIDE VEST

which is definitely not a euphemism for u.s. special forces, honest

When Donald goes on national television this morning to take a victory lap for killing Baghdadi, keep this gem in mind. There really is a tweet for everything. pic.twitter.com/nsPTl0pxvW

— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) October 27, 2019

I was half-asleep, but I'm pretty sure that at one point Trump essentially said, "...a canine--for you lay people, that's a dog."

Self-Portrait:

The thug who tried so hard to intimidate others spent his last moments in utter fear, in total panic and dread — terrified of the American forces bearing down on him.

he's gloating in grisly detail about a raid in which three children died

"This raid was impeccable"

clemenza that's amazing if true and why wouldn't it be?

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/26/us/politics/trump-syria-oil-fields.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage

Trump’s message is puzzling to former government officials and Middle East analysts who say that controlling Syria’s oil fields — which are the legal property of the Syrian government — poses numerous practical, legal and political obstacles.

They also warn that Mr. Trump’s discourse, which revives language he often used during the 2016 campaign to widespread condemnation, could confirm the world’s worst suspicions about American motives in the region.

Trump has been talking about “blood and treasure” in the Middle East, along with “beautiful oil”, since the mid-2000s. One of his main complaints about the Iraq war and Obama was that we didn’t take enough oil. He made this. It was a repeated talking point during his 2016 campaign and rallies.

"Oh, you let children be killed by dogs? What a big strong man you are! Trump 2020! MAGA! MAGA!"

He's waaay ahead of your sarcasm. During the 2016 campaign he made a point of how he would destroy ISIS by murdering their families. His supporters, of course, loved it.

New York times headline claims this raid was opportunistic, and happened in spite of Trump, not because of him.

i just don't understand what he means by "take the oil." the (alleged) bush way was install puppet regimes that would give favorable contracts to US oil companies. in the case of syria, it would mean establishing favorable terms with assad in order to do this?

like what does he mean we have "secured" oil fields

There's little reason to doubt that the intelligence agencies and military would have been tracking the whereabouts of Baghdadi as best they could, along with having a few contingency plans for killing him, if the chance presented, without Trump ever having been involved in it right up to the moment that his authorization was needed. But the operation would absolutely have needed authorization. Too many political considerations come attached to assassinations for such a thing to happen without it.

Hill resigning.

👻

Trump made good on his threat to show up at a World Series game. It went either really well or really poorly, depending on your perspective. (There's another video of people chanting "Lock him up!")

Here’s video of Trump getting booed again, this time by the whole stadium. pic.twitter.com/ppRpQzWWap

— Scott Dworkin (@funder) October 28, 2019

Look how Trump’s face changes when he realizes an entire stadium is booing him pic.twitter.com/E46rzbzmbl

— Arlen Parsa (@arlenparsa) October 28, 2019

exquisite

John Conyers Jr has died

I read more into the stadium full of boos than his facial expression. The ginks who live in Enid, OK and love Trump will probably dismiss this as "those liberals in Washington, DC", but middle class DC (who can afford the tickets) usually applauds presidents regardless of their party.

I was saying Boo-urns.

why didn't he take barron to the world series?

He looks like he doesn't understand why the stadium is booing his wife.

XP Barron's probably heard about the perils of attending games w/Dad from DJTJ.

I was half-asleep, but I'm pretty sure that at one point Trump essentially said, "...a canine--for you lay people, that's a dog."

― clemenza, Monday, October 28, 2019 4:45 AM (thirteen hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

clemenza that's amazing if true and why wouldn't it be?

― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, October 28, 2019 5:12 AM (twelve hours ago)

Trump does not know the term "lay people," and was not helpfully dumbing it down for others. He said "Our canine, I call it a dog, a beautiful dog, a talented dog, was injured and brought back."

Notice the differences in these two photographs. They will tell you all you need to know. pic.twitter.com/DgzZHlS3Hl

— Jerry Saltz (@jerrysaltz) October 27, 2019

yeah, trump wears a TIE to extrajudicially release the hounds on three children #presidential

The Katie Hill story (the iron cross tattoo did give me pause).

https://laist.com/2019/10/27/katie-hill-resign-congress-25th.php

It really amazing how many Libs can't even permit Trump to have *one good day* (nobody will remember this stuff by Tuesday) after US forces kill perhaps the world's most wanted terrorist.

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) October 27, 2019

Nate Silver is a weird dude he also thought Bullock and Klobuchar had good debate performances

Here's a stat for Nate: Three children also killed

...because US forces merely watched said terrorist blow himself up?

that fake photograph taken to cover for the fact that Trump was golfing while it happened is just the most pathetic thing, I'm glad its getting coverage

fuck him. this is the same guy who did a media tour to complain about Obama's positive press coverage when Bin Laden got killed. he doesn't deserve "one good day".

He deserves an angry Willy Wonka "good day, sir!" gif on his way out.

The money shot. #BooTrump #LockHimUp @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/8bU9LCqkpO

— William Peace 🇺🇸 (@WilliamPeace81) October 28, 2019

incredible work there

Has he made any other major public appearances as president that weren't before a cherrypicked crowd of slavering Trumpites? I think his weekend 'victory' may have compromised his judgment a little.

yeah those people should have been cheering him for killing that guy they first heard of yesterday!

This was reportedly his first ever public appearance as president in a not controlled environment.

I'm no lip reader but I have to assume when his face falls in that video he's just quietly muttering 'f-fake news...fake news' to himself.

probably wondering why they're booing Melania so much

"We are Americans and we do not do that. We do not want the world hearing us chant 'Lock him up' to this president or to any president." -- @JoeNBC pic.twitter.com/9IgMCETBdn

— Morning Joe (@Morning_Joe) October 28, 2019