US Politics, March 2020 — There’s a very good chance you’re not going to die.

AOC was calling for house members to return in person as well I recall

don't worry DJP, everyone knows Invoking P means invoking the SECOND letter in a series of 3 letters, not the third.

otm

apparently they just kicked massie's ass or something, because they just passed it by voice vote and it's headed to Trump for signature

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I hadn't seen DPA rendered in print as an acronym till above--reminded me that, in Ontario, DPA = Daily Physical Activity, which is supposed to comprise 15 minutes of every schoolday.

there is only one logical conclusion here: he is summoning master p and the no limit soldiers

make 'em say UHHH NNN OOHHHGGH

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@realDonaldTrump
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Will someone please explain to the Fake News New York Times (ALL THE NEWS THAT’S NOT FIT TO PRINT) that the Democrats make it almost impossible for us to fill positions within government. They “maximum” delay even the best candidates, including Judges, leaving little time!

even the BEST candidates!

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

WEIRD!

ya could knock me over with a virus

is there a corresponding chart for democrats or non-republicans?

https://i.imgflip.com/3ub6jb.jpg

is there a graph showing how many people have died watching FOX News

Behind the scenes of the bill, in which McConnell isn't a Super Genius.

Pelosi piled on, with a spokesperson telling reporters that the speaker, unlike McConnell, knew better to call a vote without having the votes lined up.

hahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaa

mccain’s spectre: that’s noice. take care, that sob likes to laugh last.

looks like he invoked "P" on GM specifically? because he was in a fight with their CEO? wtf this makes no sense but something's better than nothing I guess

It's just me watching the briefings now, so I'll summarize for ILX and the rest of the world (leave immediately if you don't want to know).

1. The country won't be reopening in two weeks--I think you can rest easy on that point.
2. If you're a governor who wants equipment, you need to be nice. Michigan won't be getting any, Washington either.
3. The virus ruined Trump's economy.
4. "We call it data."
5. Some kids are happy not to be in school. (Editorial aside--this is probably true.)

clem don't do this to yourself

My immune system's strong...it's actually on the TV in the next room.

5. Some kids are happy not to be in school. (Editorial aside--this is probably true.)

lol -- said in FRONTLINE voice

i tuned it for 2) above. the reporter was like "what do you want the governors to do?" and trump went on a rant about how he needed to be appreciated more. appreciate him, that's all. and then, realizing there were other people involved, stressed that the whole team should be appreciated. especially mike pence. so the reporter was like "so...do you want the governors to say something, or-" before being interrupted by Trump stressing that the governors should show appreciation for what trump had done. i mean his whole team. especially mike pence.

somehow he dragged that out over about 3-4 minutes. crazy

If you haven't seen it, I urge everyone to look at a clip I posted on the Trump thread yesterday. It's the best impression of him I've ever seen.

he really is the most pitiful, pathetic fuck on the planet.

i enjoyed that he called someone a cutie pie.

fucking performance art.

I am not a violent person but he really deserves being smashed repeatedly in the face with a sock filled with coins.

I know these reporters don't have the power to do this but oh for someone to just shout out "You're a fucking pathetic sack of shit and everyone can see you for the loser you are" to his face.

not sure what it's gonna take

(xpost) That's absolutely what I want to happen, and I want it to happen on national TV. (And I'm not saying it'll make a difference.) I want a Joseph Welch moment when he is directly offensive to one of these reporters. "You might be the president, but you just can't talk to me that way--that's disgusting." Followed by walking out.

With an added ‘you work for the American people, start acting like it’.

I've started watching The West Wing in the midst of this so my addled brain sees that as something that can totally happen, probably just before a commercial break.

you are fucked if you are

Joe Welch moment is impossible; he doesn't function like McCarthy

prez seal should read: Kiss My Ass If You Want to Live

Knowing him, he probably wants to stay as far away from any culpability/responsibility as possible. Much easier to point fingers and blame others as the crisis worsens.

very normal thing to be spending time thinking about

Trump has told people he wants his signature to appear on the direct payment checks that will go out to many Americans. Normally, a civil servant—the disbursing officer for the payment center—would sign federal checks. ⁦@AndrewRestuccia⁩ scoop: https://t.co/7ZE1n8rceB

— Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) March 28, 2020

The media landscape is obviously very different, and Trump has a degree of blind worship that McCarthy didn't have, but Trump seems to function exactly like McCarthy in so many ways. "I've heard, people say, some people are saying," etc., the bullying, the recklessness. Roy Cohn seemed to see McCarthy in Trump.

it would have zero effect on anything if it happened

be hilarious when he misspells his own name on the checks

ok im relatively fine w/ Pence

so lets do it

it would have zero effect on anything if it happened

no, lots of people who don't pay attention to politics but get a $1200 cheque "directly from the president" are more likely to vote for him in a few months

be hilarious when he misspells his own name on the checks

if you can determine any letter from this to begin with, you should get a job as the country;s leading codebreaker

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Murt Dummy

that's what it looks like at first glance

fucking performance art.

it is again the "It's a Good Life" episode from The Twilight Zone, w/ the all-powerful child

Aren't 90% of the $1200 'checks' going to be direct deposit anyway?

sorry to dance on a grave here, but

remember all the arguments about trump a year ago, about the "damage" that he had caused, or more pointedly, that he had NOT caused, in the eyes of some? bush and nixon? all one could do, sheepishly, was point out that he was WHOLELY unequipped to deal with a crisis of any nature, that he was in fact enjoying a bizarre string of non-crisis, that he was lucky as he has always been lucky, a string of insanely good luck somehow balancing out the biggest dipsihit that has ever walked the earth and been remembered afterwards. this fucking guy, with 10 months left in his term, is going to wind up killing as many americans as the wars he faked injuries to get out of and the ones he pretended to oppose