US Politics, January 2020. Because we hate ourselves.

there was a really good Twitter thread about this

this is nonsense but did people in the past look older when they were younger?

— Brandon McCarthy (@BMcCarthy32) December 27, 2019

and Donald Trump is 31!

― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, January 16, 2020 4:08 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

he's too young to be president. we got him!

Where's the birth certificate?

mid-20th century Americans smoked, drank, made jokes about 'sensitive' topics w/out shitting themselves

yeah we gotta make america that great again

i think they probably shitted themselves some from the drinking

Didn't we discuss this phenomenon recently wrt that pic of the Mary Tyler Moore cast?

brad i got some Milton Berle joeks for ya

kids today tell jokes that would make any mid 20th century american shit themselves fuck this snowflake narrative

Shecky Greene is still alive, let's test yr very dubious theory out on him

imagine showing someone from the 50's a single episode of Rick & Morty or Family Guy. they'd be so triggered lmao

nah comedy is only edgy if it targets a certain race or ethnicity or sexual orientation

/sarcasm

ok then...Family Guy

that twitter thread is insane

Brandon McCarthy is easily a top 10 athlete (retired or not) who tweets. TBF not much competition there.

Thanks 2 Uncle Morbsy for demonstrating that the Greatest Generation still remembers how to deliver those old-timey verbal laxatives.

Lol at mid-century "comedians" being edgy in any way except for racism.

Current profanity alone would curl their toes.

"what's a useless cumbubble?"

when the market for cum was driven to historic, very shortterm, elevated heights by the false expectation that no nut november would meet projected participation levels.

ok lol

John Roberts looked uncharacteristically nervous today in the Senate.

He's trying to calculate just how much humiliation he's willing to endure to provide cover for his friend Trump and the GOP.

Roberts is one of those fuckos dedicated to the GOP more than Trump. I can tell he loathes him because he has no reason to hide it, but he's a Reagan devotee, and this overcomes the loathing.

wondering if he will have any sway in the impeachment trial, I wish he would but am thinking probably not

Rehnquist only issued one ruling during the Clinton impeachment -- in the Democrats' favor! I wonder if Roberts will be so generous without wearing a Gilbert & Sullivan-inspired robe.

https://www.washingtonian.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Rehnquist-robe.jpg

lol

I should point out: man, what a difference in looks and health between the Mad Men generation and Roberts'.

Lol at mid-century "comedians" being edgy in any way except for racism

Art Carney did a nightclub impression of FDR taking a shit

I prefer funny to edgy, also go fuck your favorite aunt

ok lol

i feel so lame that in my head i've configured a trump lackey cage match ladder (i dunno-- sondland, volker, pompeo, rudy, perry, barr, graham, mcconnell, jared, baron, mirelda, mara lago...) and i'm rooting for parnas so far, just on audio charisma. i don't believe believe a word, really, but i'm part of lev legion. i know upcoming facts will destroy my allegiance. lev lev lev

NEW SENATOR APPROVAL RANKINGS: @BernieSanders retains his spot as the country's most popular senator among his/her constituents.@SenatorCollins unseats @senatemajldr as the most unpopular.https://t.co/6aFYI9jEAW pic.twitter.com/SBbuFruIIC

— Morning Consult (@MorningConsult) January 16, 2020

Lol at mid-century "comedians" being edgy in any way except for racism

Art Carney did a nightclub impression of FDR taking a shit

Wow, all the fifth graders must have been in stitches. Give him the Mark Twain prize.

I prefer funny to edgy, also go fuck your favorite aunt

It would appear not.

see ya got(?) the joke

one in a row

ok "go fuck your favorite aunt" made me lol

good morning!!!

Dershowitz? This administration's situational unawareness continues to astound me.

lol it’s only because trump recognized the guys name from somewhere

Acting role of the day: The suburban mom in these AAN ads who has to be a disappointed constituent of every swing state Democrat. pic.twitter.com/bUB6xq5C4D

— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) January 17, 2020

Can someone please hip me to what dimension of chess this represents, please

They are rigging the election again against Bernie Sanders, just like last time, only even more obviously. They are bringing him out of so important Iowa in order that, as a Senator, he sit through the Impeachment Hoax Trial. Crazy Nancy thereby gives the strong edge to Sleepy...

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 17, 2020

Ken Starr also on the team?

alan dershowitz and kenneth starr - so weird that he would end up picking famous lawyers who we've all seen on tv!!

Saul Goodman not available

xp to OL
pretty basic setting your enemies against each other, no?

Definitely why he picked them! Truly the most transparent of administrations xxp

GOP is more of a Matlock demographic tbf.

though if we want to do the usual armchair psychoanalyzing, it makes sense to me that Sanders would appeal to trump on an instinctual interpersonal level compared to Warren and Biden

He tried to draw parallels between himself and Bernie back in '16 too.

The Sanders campaign, while being in service of a much more competent human being in practically every way imaginable, is also working the cult of personality angle so the affinity is unsurprising to me.