US Politics, June 2020 — You have to dominate.

TBF, appointing someone with no experience is a step up from appointing someone who exists to oppose the role he's being appointed to.

I meant just look at them, his face. I want to punch him.

Well, you can believe Mr. Pecker

I cannot wait for the day she leaves office

Speaker Pelosi rules out impeaching Attorney General Bill Barr: "Let's solve our problems by going to the polls." pic.twitter.com/CCYJu4mE4d

— The Recount (@therecount) June 25, 2020

yeah. whatever political instinct she used to have, she's outlived them.

You mean the polls that Attorney General Bill Barr will almost certainly do everything within and beyond the power of his office to fuck with? Sounds grate, Nance!

How'd the last impeachment go

It went fine—the president was impeached for history, his lawbreaking went on the public record, and he further exhibited his obstructionism. Nobody thought he would actually be removed from office.

Not impeaching Barr is an abdication of their duty.

no one thinks the impeachment would be successful. didn't last time, either. doesn't mean there's no reason to do it.

but on balance, yes, i think it would be a bad idea to do a second impeachment right now. however, pelosi has plenty of space to make a point about barr's corruption without actually impeaching.

for example, she could simply state the plain truth that everyone outside of fox news sees: barr is the most corrupt AG in the history of this country, and the only reason he's still in power is because everyone knows the senate republicans won't hold him accountable. she can powerfully make that point, because that's what happened with trump's impeachment. he "won", technically, but anyone with eyes to see knows what happened there.

xp

i guess i would be a bad politician, because my instincts would be to say stuff like "clearly donald trump is guilty. clearly AG barr is guilty. the entire republican party is guilty of not holding them accountable."

Are you a bad enough dude to then go play softball with these people you badmouthed?

or, one last spin on it. everyone knows that pelosi and democrats are in a tough position with impeachment and this administration. it's not some sort of dirty secret - in fact, it's imperative that they say why this is the case, loud and clear

I sympathize with their complaints but this rowdy threatening behavior solves nothing. The way to make their voices heard is at the ballot box. https://t.co/cGHNOZF5Q9

— Sridhar Ramesh (@RadishHarmers) June 24, 2020

“The President of the United States is not a civilian. Anyone who is in close proximity to him, including staff, guests, and press are tested for COVID-19 and confirmed to be negative,” White House spokesman Judd Deere said in a statement.

personally I think we've always made exceptions for the president, the office requires travel and it's a little unreasonable to expect he goes into quarantine every time he enters a new state, plus he's constantly being tested. Regardless, claiming he's not a civilian seems like their most explicit assertion of dictatorship to date....?

https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2020/06/24/president-trump-wont-follow-new-jersey-quarantine-mandate-during-upcoming-trip-white-house-says/

regardless of his title, he doesn't have to play by the rules. for example, he can go straight from his covid19 party in arizona to new jersey this week, without having to follow the rule that you have quarantine for 14 days if you came from a covid19 party. especially when you threw that party

well we've known that for years, but a white house statement claiming the president is not a civilan...

implicit in that I guess is that he's part of the military

he's one of the big beautiful generals

he's more of a philosopher king

Texhnically, the president is the commander in chief of the armed forces, as well as the chief law enforcement officer, and head diplomat.

This one, it should be noted, is also an enormous suppurating asshole.

xp but he's a *civilian* commander in chief! It's a fundamental, distinctive feature of the presidency

that's what makes the military (indirectly) answerable to the electorate

she thought it was the noun version of civil.

tom cotton: 'dc doesn't deserve to be a state because it's not as well-rounded as wyoming'

he's more of a philosopher king

"Those who lack courage will always find a philosophy to justify it." -- Albert Camus

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 4, 2013

I feel like this is somehow bigger than nascar banning the confederate flag

“In this moment in history, we can’t be silent.” pic.twitter.com/YF4ndJSpa0

— Alabama Football (@AlabamaFTBL) June 25, 2020

I always thought Wyoming was kind of rectangular. Cotton clearly doesn't know his geography.

come off it

🚨 FOX NEWS POLL 🚨
FL: Biden 49, Trump 40
GA: Biden 47, Trump 45
NC: Biden 47, Trump 45
TX: Biden 45, Trump 44

— Ashley Moir (@ashleymoirDC) June 25, 2020

Texas! I want to believe

when do the OANN polls come out

on the one hand, the rapidly deteriorating situation in texas makes the field dates of this poll an unusually bad time for a poll from trump's POV.

on the other hand, tomorrow will be a worse time because of the rapidly deteriorating situation in texas.

Maybe the most deranged rant I've ever heard on Fox News pic.twitter.com/ghKxa5Pr0Z

— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) June 26, 2020

L.O.L.

"CNN contributors"

College athletes standing up to their programs and coaches is heartening.

I'm not ready to find out that Nick Saban isn't a complete monster, though.

Tucker Carlson is truly a horrendous shitheel

The guy licks Hitler's anus in his dreams

"He's gonna be your president because some people don't love me, maybe" -- Trump sure sounds resigned to losing to Joe Biden pic.twitter.com/UQTrzJVSXR

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 26, 2020

they're scared

they should be scared, they all deserve to fucking die

Here's the transcript of Trump's response when he was asked what are his top priorities for a second term. pic.twitter.com/XKMawRiXFs

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 26, 2020

"Attempts to reach The Gap Band for comment were unsuccessful."

Setting aside he doesn’t have a plan to get things through the senate, is biden on the record about D.C. statehood?

"You don't have to kill people" for July thread title.

"I don't wanna be nice or un-nice" in the middle of a rant about how your opponent lacks eloquence is some uniquely trumpian shit

Self-XP...or "because some people don't love me, maybe" or "I don't wanna be nice or un-nice".

back to that carlson video which i regretfully watched: his point is that if you charge people with terrorism, they are de facto terrorists, so why don't you charge them with terrorism mister president? nothing means anything wheeeeeeeeeeeee

"spend an hour on google and try to find a single leader in the history of the world who stayed in power after failing to quell a rebellion - you can't."

hmm

They're more concerned with arresting and charging people for doing things to statues than they are with cops who kill living breathing black people.