Mourning in America - Trump Year One: November '16 to

i can't imagine who will pull ahead as a contender in 4 years. sanders? he'll be a bit old. Warren? I like Warren but she talks to everyone like they are in preschool. Surely there must be someone else.

― akm, Thursday, November 10, 2016 12:42 PM (seven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

keith ellison imo

― jason waterfalls (gbx)

in terms of generating enthusiasm among democrats and liberals over the last 2 years, i would say bernie sanders, elizabeth warren, and the obamas were at the top. with HRC a tier below. bernie's not running again. michelle obama could probably do really well at some point but it won't happen in 2020. i'd personally be really happy to see elizabeth warren run, despite, er, how much better she is in the senate, apparently

I would like an "if you are related by blood or marriage to anyone who was been President in the last 30 years you aren't allowed to run" Constitutional amendment ASAP.

do we have a second, crappier White House for President Toiletlord to take over instead?

i hate the thought of that human dumpster setting up shop in the irl Oval

The White House will become the Gilded House.

Is there any indication he will even live in the White House? Is it required?

The dickhead's been elected, literally the least he could do right now would be to make a statement telling the more racist elements of his supporters to chill the fuck out.

Warren is giving a speech at AFL-CIO about the Democratic agenda right now

she's not pulling punches

kobach is in.

Kris Kobach, the Kansas secretary of state and an ardent opponent of immigration, has been added to Mr. Trump’s transition team, according to local news reports.

Mr. Kobach, who provided guidance on immigration policy to Mr. Trump during the campaign, will help the president-elect in the weeks before he takes office, according to the Wichita Eagle.

He told the paper he did not expect to get an offer to serve in the Trump administration, but just having him in a formal role in the New Washington could send shudders through the nation’s immigrants. Mr. Kobach has been one of the loudest anti-immigration voices in the Republican Party for years. He added Mr. Trump’s call for a border wall along the southern tier into the Republican Party platform over the summer.

i'm taking some smal, inevitably temporaryl solace in how deeply terrified trump appears to be rn

https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--UUv79Xyk--/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/z5vhjrvamwgfwkdykcig.jpg

This probably belongs in a "9/11: Forbidden Thoughts"-esque thread about Trump winning, but i'd rather not start that thread, just wanted to share that two nights ago as I was falling asleep at ~4am I thought about Kate McKinnon and got really sad.

Trump said he will be meeting with O in future "for counsel"

Clintonholes planning to run Cuomo in 2020 btw

Trump has a glitzy new hotel just two blocks away, why stay in that creaky old house that is insufficiently adorned with gilded diarrhea?

And I don't think we need to know the name of our 2020 nominee rn; let's let that play out instead of pre-deciding whose turn it is. I love Warren and Bernie and Michelle and Tulsi; I would like to think we could do it via a primary election. You know, the usual way.

call them whatever you want. but calling them idiots and then expecting them to vote for your candidate is a pretty idiot move.

If you do anything at all in life based on what complete strangers on the internet call you, you may, in fact, be an idiot.

― and this section is called boner (Phil D.), Thursday, November 10, 2016

Like all those "progressives" who abandoned Sanders bcz of BERNIEBROS ON TWITTER, no?

i understand why people are thinking to 2020 but really the big upcoming test is 2018 and i don't know about any of you but i'm not confident that dems can flip the senate and house back in two years

xp Fuck off.

I would like an "if you are related by blood or marriage to anyone who was been President in the last 30 years you aren't allowed to run" Constitutional amendment ASAP.

I am 100% opposed to this.

I'm not either. I've been telling students who want to Get Organized to worry about 2018 before 2020.

Things looked bleak in November 2004, I remember. First, we have an awful lot of nadir to endure.

in terms of generating enthusiasm among democrats and liberals over the last 2 years, i would say bernie sanders, elizabeth warren, and the obamas were at the top. with HRC a tier below. bernie's not running again. michelle obama could probably do really well at some point but it won't happen in 2020. i'd personally be really happy to see elizabeth warren run, despite, er, how much better she is in the senate, apparently

― Karl Malone, Thursday, November 10, 2016 1:56 PM (nineteen minutes ago)

really can't be said enough how much better it is that elizabeth warren is in the senate

When you end up with Pres. Jenna Bush in 2024 don't come crying to me.

xps to Dan

kinda wish i'd gone to law school, tbh -- feel like a lot of ppl are gonna need good lawyers in the coming years

Michelle Obama hates politics btw, which you might know if you've read a single profile of her.

I won't because we aren't going to have Pres. Jenna Bush in 2024.

First, we have an awful lot of nadir to endure.

I'm not even sure we'll know if or when we've hit a nadir. I think we're truly in an era of how low can you go, and the sky is the limit for the depths we may sink to. Gonna be exhausting.

I mean maybe she'll suddenly decide that The Today Show-style newscasting isn't her bag but there is literally nothing about her profile that shows any interest in governing or legislating beyond her family's last name.

It's also a bullshit window of exclusion that basically just says "someone get a Kennedy to run"

pretty sure the post was made in jest, dan

I want Warren in the Senate.

excuse me if I'm not a fucking barrel of laughs right now

Did someone post this yet?
https://twitter.com/i/moments/796417517157830656

Obama White House staffers watching Trump and his staff arrive for today's meeting: https://twitter.com/ColeLedford11/status/796777653432971264

just went out to lunch and the TV was showing trump & pence meeting w/ everyone. obama, paul ryan, walking around the capitol and white house. i can't handle this.

Phil D. i believe those are from yesterday not today xp

but still

xp Fuck off.

― and this section is called boner (Phil D.), Thursday, November 10, 2016 2:23 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

don't post with hate in your heart

‏@AP
Israeli official: renewed wave of settlement construction now that Trump signals end to US opposition to settlements

https://www.apnews.com/318c64cb14a94a0985d56758057c1bd8/The-Latest:-Israel-minister:-New-settlement-push-with-Trump

I am sincerely worried about how I will react when/if I witness any of the racist shit that's going down. Just reading about it is filling me with fury.

Spent an hour this morning staring daggers at a really smug and creepy looking white dude on the train who kept looking like he was about to say some shit to the POC on either side of him.

Israeli official: renewed wave of settlement construction now that Trump signals end to US opposition to settlements

inevitable. i was talking to koplow about this a little bit + he agrees that Bibi benefited greatly from having Obama to "hold him back" as an excuse since he's so conservative he really does not see value in annexation/major settlement. with trump though he really has nothing to tell Bennett. it'll be interesting how he plays it.

if there's going to be a bulwark it's not going to come from the so-called "international community" which i think as of today is basically done as a source of global ethical leadership or authority. it'll have to come from the israeli electorate. generally speaking i think they're apathetic at this pt but who knows. i don't see how bibi can hold off forever when the president of the united states is telling him that annexation is a-go.

Obama White House staffers watching Trump and his staff arrive for today's meeting: https://twitter.com/ColeLedford11/status/796777653432971264

I want to hug all these people esp the ones LITERALLY CRYING in these shots. </3

i wonder whether the UN will still be in NY 4 years from now. seems like a lot of good reasons to think it might not be? Republicans hate it, Trump seems to hate it...

I was also thinking that Trump barely owes anyone since his own party gave him so little support but you know who stood by him through thick and thin? this goblin:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Sheldon_Adelson_crop.jpg/440px-Sheldon_Adelson_crop.jpg

i'm taking some smal, inevitably temporaryl solace in how deeply terrified trump appears to be rn

I prefer this one
http://i.imgur.com/MOcVtDH.jpg

i'm taking some smal, inevitably temporaryl solace in how deeply terrified trump appears to be

I noticed this too. It confirms he didn't know what he was getting into

why would trump be terrified? dude is thrilled. i never understood people saying "he doesn't really want to be president"

so many people saying "he has no idea how hard this job is", he doesn't give a shit. like he has any respect for the seriousness or demands of the role?

it's not his job, it's pence's job

I'm imagining Trump saying, "So what, you come in in the morning, put your feet up, flip on MSNBC, wait for your staff to bring you all the clips that mention you, spend a little time on Twitter . . ." and Obama being like, "No, I . . . I work, all day. Every day. Seven days a week sometimes. It's really hard work."

Knowing how the Presidency ages people, there's some comfort in knowing that by 2020 he'll be just a pile of loosely-organized dust.

why do you think he would submit himself to the hard work required by the role?

he wont

he doesn't give a fuck about that shit