The September 2019 US Politics Thread is great Great GREAT GR8

Giuliani looks like one of the made-up actors in Beatty's Dick Tracy

otm, worth comparing with this on mute
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wV-Z2hEQV7Q

JUst heard that McConnell was pro the release of the phonecall transcript, is that an attempt to separate himself from ensuing damage?
Would have thought he'd be aware of how damning the thing was or at least get to see it before suggesting its release and therefore try to prevent it coming out.

Strategy seems to be release it and then send all his flying monkeys out to the news shows to try to gaslight America into believing there’s nothing in it.

Strategy seems to be release it and then send all his flying monkeys out to the news shows to try to gaslight America into believing there’s nothing in it.

Unfortunately (for them), that doesn't seem to be working. The surrogates all sound desperate, Trump's tweeting fifty times a day (11 tweets in the last two hours), and public support for impeachment is already 55-45.

Great strategy lol

Kevin McCarthy again displays his unique brand of incompetence and dishonesty. pic.twitter.com/KAijpPMk6R

— Justin Amash (@justinamash) September 30, 2019

great to see him with his guard down

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2oG888CYTk

Rep. Adam Schiff illegally made up a FAKE & terrible statement, pretended it to be mine as the most important part of my call to the Ukrainian President, and read it aloud to Congress and the American people. It bore NO relationship to what I said on the call. Arrest for Treason?

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 30, 2019

ArReSt FoR tReAsOn ??

well, it was illegal

this happened four days ago

he's been gathering the evidence

I like Schiff, I think he's smart and level headed, in contrast to his Republican toady counterparts, but I honestly don't think he needed the Mafia allusions in his opening statement. The conversations are damning enough without embellishment, and it just gives Trump something (very) vaguely true to harp on for days.

Trump called up the Ukranian President and said "nice aid package you've got here, it'd be a shame if anything happened to it..."

hey take the treason to 77

winder if he'll have time to rage at the walrus

https://www.politico.com/news/2019/09/30/john-bolton-north-korea-nukes-011658

I like Schiff, I think he's smart and level headed, in contrast to his Republican toady counterparts, but I honestly don't think he needed the Mafia allusions in his opening statement. The conversations are damning enough without embellishment, and it just gives Trump something (very) vaguely true to harp on for days.

― A breezy pop-rock feel fairly typical of the mid-'80s (Dan Peterson), 30. september 2019 17:22 (twenty-seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

This line of attack is so pathetic and misleading it's honestly quite okay with me. I googled to find out what Trump was talking about, fearing that Schiff had been somewhat careless, but he just made a stupid joke, which anyone with half a brain should be able to tell was a joke, so it's kinda useful as a way to figure out who has half a brain.

Trump's line of attack, I should specify, I'm not calling DP pathetic.

Fred otm

Trump quoted some pastor saying his impeachment will causes a “Civil War-like fracture from which this country will never heal.” Big if true

And fred otm. No one thought schiff was quoting verbatim the transcript—he was characterizing the subtext

Yes, we all get that, but it gives conservatives an outlet to feign concern that people are thinking that. Even if no one besides Trump is actually thinking that.

“I had someone just text me, ‘Is he making this up?’” said Rep. Mike Turner (R., Ohio), during Thursday’s hearing. “Yes, he was, because sometimes fiction is better than the actual words or the text.”

Following that criticism, Mr. Schiff said later in the session that his earlier comments were “meant to be at least, part, in parody.”

politicians should leave lame comedy to Lorne Michaels

NO COLLUSION

MOSCOW, Sept 30 (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Monday that Washington would need Russian consent to publish transcripts of phone calls between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.

— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) September 30, 2019

YOU'RE THE PUPPET

Lol

Trump will probably move to publish them now to prove “no collusion.” And the transcripts will probably show him doing something wild. That’s my prediction.

gives conservatives an outlet to feign concern that people are thinking that

this is some extremely flimsy shit

They’ll take an opportunity to do that no matter what democrats do

They are not-very-bright guys who also happen to be genuinely nuts.

https://pbs.twimg.com/card_img/1178411214285807617/QhB2fQXM?format=jpg&name=medium

Giuliani was great as the Penguin in that 90s batflick

saw that 90s batflick for the first time last year, was delighted to see it portrays Trump as an unutterably dumb, lumpen failson. even Gremlins 2 has 70% Turner capability to 30% Trump vain venality.

You misspelled "Fraud."#GoForceYourself https://t.co/ORY6eeyGgj

— Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) September 29, 2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnwkE4trA48

looks more like that scene where lando leads han and leia to the dining room and Darth is the special guest /spoilers

That's a stormtrooper. They don't use the force. They're just foot soldiers for Nazis.

Which is a bit on the nose, even for you. https://t.co/yMnUycBsSB

— Rachael French (@DrRachaelF) September 29, 2019

post-last-jedi imo it's canon that stormtroopers are as able to use the force as anyone else. trumpists haven't exactly been at the spearpoint of this retcon tho.

i think everyone's point is that they're shitty people

dlh completely misinterpreting the SW canon non-shocker

Anyway I’m excited for today’s Australian headlines explaining how ScoMo got roped into this nonsense. This is finally more fun than the UK politics thread!

All about the dollarydoos.

dlh completely misinterpreting the SW canon non-shocker

tried to do wookiepedia research to correct my doctrinal error but quickly became distracted reading the full biography of the force-sensitive dianoga in the trash compactor

I know I'll need a drink after saying this, but could it be that Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III was the most honorable member of this administration?

— Post And Shout 📢 (@PostAndShout) September 30, 2019

xp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kyqdcwV7IU

Meanwhile my question is about parents who wear formalwear to supervise children who are... playing with toys.

This is clearly the two minutes between coming home from doing evil work, and going out to an evil fundraiser. While an underpaid immigrant watches their childen.

AKA the two minutes of parenting per day that people like them do, like ever.

xp is there for real a whole album of that

never mind I found it. wow

good question posed by that tweet: who is the most honorable person that Trump appointed? Maybe what's his fuck, the oil Secretary of State who bailed, who wasn't around long enough to do anything completely terrible

I don't know, the IG and acting DNI seemed to have largely done the right thing.

maybe it's bs militaristic hype that makes me think this but mattis was OK

could have been much worse!