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

disappointed that wasn't a new ray stevens tune

Source familiar with Vindman’s closed doors deposition says he has testified that he took notes during the July 25th phone call, and made two or so recommended edits to the summarized call transcript that weren’t used in the end (ie using company in place of Burisma)
— Olivia Beavers (@Olivia_Beavers) October 29, 2019

As I suspected, what Vindman testified was that the WH used "company" when "Burisma" was actually said, and when he recommended correcting that his suggestion wasn't taken.

That makes a lot more sense, thank you.

Although, in a weird way his testimony was even more compelling when he appeared to be admitting to being a stooge at the same time

On a visit to Portland a couple of years ago we ended up staying at a different hotel just because while we love the Ace there, you know, variety. After the fact we discovered we'd been at a Sondland hotel, and I'm happy to say the Ace all the way now...

good morning!

We're gonna see more stunts like last week's pizza rush.

Don't be surprised if the GOP tries to shut down the government and blame Dems.

Godspeed, Improv Everywhere GOP

the WH used "company" when "Burisma" was actually said

This seems like it could be key. I heard a Republican flak on NPR this morning whose spin was that Trump's phone call was about lots of different corruption, not just Burisma.

but according to the White House's own damn transript, Trump mentioned Biden and his son by name multiple times!

Yeah, and it was perfect!

See also: beautiful

There's no way this could possibly go wrong or blow up in this rancid asshole's face.

Trump Wants You To Know He's Smart Enough To 'Do Quid Pro Quo'

As Donald Trump gets dragged deeper, and deeper, and deeper into his Ukraine scandal and the impeachment inquiry accelerates toward a likely House vote before the year’s end, the president is increasingly insistent that, if he wanted to commit a crime, he wouldn’t be stupid enough to get caught.

At other times, Trump has privately avowed that if he wanted to commit the crimes or outrageous actions he’s accused of, he’d be smart enough to do it—and that people should stop saying he’s too dumb or incompetent to do crimes.

As Donald Trump gets dragged deeper, and deeper, and deeper into his Ukraine scandal and the impeachment inquiry accelerates toward a likely House vote before the year’s end, the president is increasingly insistent that, if he wanted to commit a crime, he wouldn’t be stupid enough to get caught.

At other times, Trump has privately avowed that if he wanted to commit the crimes or outrageous actions he’s accused of, he’d be smart enough to do it—and that people should stop saying he’s too dumb or incompetent to do crimes.

“[The president] mentioned he had seen it and then he started saying things like, ‘What are they talking about, if I wanted to do quid pro quo, I would’ve done the damn quid pro quo,’ and… then defended his intelligence and then talked about how ‘perfect’ the call [with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky] was,” said a source familiar with Trump’s reaction to the Journal editorial. Another person familiar with the president’s comments on the matter corroborated the account.

if the government shuts down, does that shut down impeachment hearings?

probably not

no

Congress has to be in session to end any shutdown, after all

if the government shuts down, does that shut down impeachment hearings?

if it did, they would shut it down weeks ago

speculative question:

how many americans do you think would rather have a king than a president?

60% easy, but they'd still want to vote for him.

the President is Sideshow Bob

probably the same percentage that already thinks Jesus is king

brought it up because this morning i experienced an unwanted flashback to a big argument i had with my dad a couple years ago, remembering his exasperated face when i told him conservatives tended to be authoritarians. he was so pissed (despite him being a police officer all his life). and then i said something like "evangelicals are authoritarians - don't you submit to god's authority?" which shut him up...

anyway, just daydreaming about a nightmare and retconning it so i won, but my parents would take a king in a heartbeat, especially if that king swore fealty to david and solomon and jesus and said all the right thing about the millenial kingdom of god

skewed poll question ideas:

"if you had to choose, would you rather have the opposing party win the next presidential election, or have your own party's presidential candidate proclaimed as king?"

automated robot voice: "hi, this is gallup land line polling agency limited, incorporated dot com. if you had to choose, would you rather donald trump win the 2020 election, or elizabeth warren be proclaimed queen for life?"

Jesus is king

Kanye's still popular iirc

I was thinking about that the other day and realized that while I would've grumbled loudly and been appalled on a daily basis, I definitely could've lived if McCain or Romney had won. Hindsight is a helluva thing.

I would never countenance a king, don't care who it is

(says a guy who likes to irritate britishers by asking why they haven't had the royal family shot yet)

Kanye's still popular iirc

is he?

I would never countenance a king, don't care who it is

exactly, i'm with you. i am scared of americans, though (i think conservatives would overwhelmingly choose a king in those circumstances, like 90%+, and i think at least 50% of left-leaning people would choose queen warren (or king mayor pete or whoever else)

When threads collide!

And now Chile's president has cancelled the APEC summit next month.

This throws the Trump-Xi meeting and "phase one" trade deal signing up into the air.

— Josh Wingrove (@josh_wingrove) October 30, 2019

we have now reached the part of the work week where i make up retcon old arguments with my dad and then make up hypothetical scenarios so that i can stand apart from the bad people in my mind. my work here is done, which means i should probably go back to my actual work

Take our Royal Family, please.

how many americans do you think would rather have a king than a president?

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Most heterosexual American men want to be topped by a man called “Coach,” tbh

Did we mention that Greg Walden won't run for reelection?.

https://i.imgur.com/mXLZ2Y4.jpg

Sullivan's testimony has been amusing.

Russian Amb. nominee John Sullivan on whether he was aware of the effort to smear then-Amb. to Ukraine Yovanovitch:

"I was."

Sen. Menendez: Was Rudy Giuliani involved?

Sullivan: "I believed he was, yes." pic.twitter.com/wOv1XUnawp

— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 30, 2019

https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/30/john-sullivan-ukraine-phone-call-061694

it is crazy that everyone is lying so much. wow, guess i should go to conservapedia and look up deep state, i didn't know how many people were involved.

fires are threatening the Reagan Library

I really hope that all the people who work there and any human beings anywhere near it have safely evacuated with their families, and then that the entire structure and contents are turned to ash

won't someone think of the jellybeans?

There's currently an Egyptian antiquities exhibit there that I wanted to see, so maybe it should burn next year.

i hope the fire doesn't burn the library's exhibit dedicated to reagan's early action on dire warnings about climate change that were already present and swirling around Exxon and the White House by the late 70s

There’s that cool vitrine too with the scale model reproduction of workers removing the WH solar panels.

Well, he was once a spokesman for an electric power company, and an electric power company is implicated in recent wildfires, so.

(No idea where to take that, sorry)

Pollution comes from trees

Air Force One sits on display at #reaganlibrary as the #easyfire burns in the hills of Simi Valley. #latimes @latimes pic.twitter.com/xdnS1QGVCc

— Wally Skalij (@WallySkalij) October 30, 2019

21st Century version of Crying Native American looking at pollution.

All cleared up!

Ran into @IlhanMN on the Hill and asked if I could ask her about the Armenia genocide vote and statement and her answer was “you may not.”

— Miriam Elder (@MiriamElder) October 30, 2019

cancelled

it's like a Cenk Uygar AMA

Gov. Tom Wolf (D) will sign a bill compromising with GOP to finally give Pennsylvania no-excuse absentee voting, a permanent mail voting option, & a shorter registration deadline. However, it also ends straight-ticket voting, which could hurt black turnout https://t.co/lpX5DdhU9C https://t.co/xgY8zEW52u

— Stephen Wolf (@PoliticsWolf) October 30, 2019