US Politics, January 2020. Because we hate ourselves.

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― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes)

Or Jackie Chiles, or Whiplash Willie from The Fortune Cookie.

'a very stable genius'

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/youre-a-bunch-of-dopes-and-babies-inside-trumps-stunning-tirade-against-generals/2020/01/16/d6dbb8a6-387e-11ea-bb7b-265f4554af6d_story.html

my military vet friends on fb are not happy about what that article is reporting

I remain eternally mystified by the fact that no one has ever beaten this man into a coma.

supposedly he also didn't know what pearl harbor was

“You would totally go bankrupt if you had to run your own business.”

Trump appears to be aware of some of the history, tweeting in 2016: "Does President Obama ever discuss the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor while he's in Japan? Thousands of American lives lost."

Does Shinzō Abe ever discuss the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki while he's in the U.S.?

sorry, i just What Abouted a trump tweet from 2016

He literally cannot imagine anyone functioning any differently that he did in a given situation.

'You would totally shit your pants four times a day if you had to be president.'

Trump unleashed his disdain, calling Afghanistan a “loser war.”

You know...

Tillerson said... “That’s not why they put on a uniform and go out and die . . . They do it to protect our freedom.”

bullshit

most of them do it to get the fuck out of their hometown or bcz there are no jobs

benefits package

otm

reddit is kinda funny sometimes:

https://www.reddit.com/r/idontknowhim/

LOL

martha mcsally

In a Capitol Hill hallway yesterday, CNN’s Manu Raju asked appointed Sen. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.) if she’d consider examining fresh evidence as part of Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. As you’ve probably heard, the Arizona Republican did not handle the question well.

“You’re a liberal hack,” McSally told a respected congressional journalist. “I’m not talking to you. You’re a liberal hack.”

Republican politics being what it is in the Trump era, McSally’s office registered the domain name LiberalHack.com almost immediately after the incident. Soon after, the GOP senator asked donors to reward her outburst with campaign contributions. Last night, the Arizonan celebrated the incident on Fox News, as “You’re a liberal hack, buddy” t-shirts went on sale online.

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/how-mcsally-others-gop-respond-fresh-evidence-against-trump

just rolls off the tongue

Man, if only I had the presence of mind to capitalize on every one of my pissbaby conniptions.

She's so close to getting it

Meghan McCain: McSally ‘Didn’t Earn’ the Senate Seat She Inherited From My Dad. https://t.co/NraM5QIANo

— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) January 17, 2020

Is she, though?

like comet vs earth close but yeah

Who, at long last, is going to be our Ron Reagan?

so the neo-nazis descending on Richmond this weekend

Despite his scolding the poor generals he didn't take away their pocket money did he

on MLK day no less xp

where is Grant to take Richmond when you need him?

Grant's tomb

NEWS from Hell: Roy Cohn disappointed he was left off impeachment defense team.

one explanation:

"Cohn's last visit (to Mar-a-Lago was) a few months before he died of AIDS. Trump recalled to his guests that after Cohn had left, 'I had to spend a fortune to fumigate all the dishes and silverware.'"

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-roy-cohn-aids-florida-resort-book-1482672

Seriously how does anyone like this choad

he brought back Merry Christmas

Great stuff from On the Media this week, including this segment on political engagement -- which some people apparently define as tweeting, watching MSNBC, etc.

https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/politics-power-on-the-media

forget dennis perrin -- asking me to listen to podcasts really crosses the line

you can listen over the air on WNYC Sunday morning, dear :)

When i take photos of sherman and nike in nyc and insta “the north’s gonna do it again,” i _know_ his issues, and i _still_ feel it. it’s a baad problem of feels eh?

Richmond, VA. Charlottesville, SC. For some reason these neo-Nazis seem to feel a strong affinity with the deep Confederacy. I wonder what's up with that?

Charlottesville, VA

lol

theyre just upset about them statues bein removed

richmond was or is ranked three for cities in the US with the most tattoo shops. It's a weird place. They do have Po-white Parkway though.

It's a tired trope by this point but dude really is a Saturday-morning cartoon villain:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jan/17/trump-administration-school-lunch-michelle-obama-rules-roll-back

Is Chris Murphy's twitter feed account of the trial legal if he's directly involved?
I've heard jurors and trial participants in other situations being held to silence during the trial process.
So wondered when I saw he was going to give a daily update.

Apparently that is OK. They are not jurors in the traditional sense. They have to be quiet during the proceedings and can't question witnesses, those are a couple of similarities, but there are a lot of differences. For example, they can speak outside of the trial about the trial, don't need to be sequestered, and over the course of the trial they can even overrule the judge (Roberts), among other unique powers.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/17/us/politics/trump-vaping-azar.html

“I never should have done this vaping thing,” Mr. Trump said, adding an expletive, according to two of the people familiar with what happened.

BIG NEWS: New study by Chris Cai et al. just up at @PLOSMedicine.
-First ever systematic review of economic analyses of single-payer.
-Researchers analyzed 22 cost estimates over 3 decades
-20 of the 22 predicted net savings
-Median net savings of 3.5% https://t.co/8v7mBig4aT pic.twitter.com/3HPqZ3Necl

— Adam W Gaffney (@awgaffney) January 15, 2020

What about the paper towels? https://t.co/OxlWtfwSpN

— Jeffrey St. Clair (@JSCCounterPunch) January 18, 2020

omg Big Vape got to him

I know it's a different insane thing every day but that Sea Wall tweet is just chaotic on a whole new level

same level, imo

I mean, what does he care if New York gets flooded? He's moving to Mar-a-Lago, and everybody knows Florida is totally immune to rising oceans.