Yellen’s departure from the Fed long before her term as a governor ends in 2024 gives President Donald Trump another big opportunity to shape the world’s most important central bank.
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/20/yellen-announces-resignation-from-fed-179399
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 14:16 (six years ago) link
ME: Joe, about halfway through the speech, I’m gonna wish you a happy birth--BIDEN: IT’S MY BIRTHDAY!ME: Joe. Happy birthday to @JoeBiden, my brother and the best vice president anybody could have. pic.twitter.com/sKbXjNiEjH— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) November 20, 2017
He's got the most retweets, the best retweets. Way more than fake Trump. Sad!
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 15:53 (six years ago) link
Birthday Forgeddin' Joe Biden
― Ripped Taylor (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 15:56 (six years ago) link
Adam Serwer: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/11/the-nationalists-delusion/546356/
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 16:43 (six years ago) link
does anyone know how many republicans who signed grover norquist's tax pledge have voted so far this november to raise taxes?
― reggie (qualmsley), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 17:25 (six years ago) link
All but 13 of them
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 17:53 (six years ago) link
Litterally every GOP Senator and Rep has signed that
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 17:54 (six years ago) link
re the Serwer piece
We need to talk about economic anxiety. [Thread]There's this prevalent notion that "economic anxiety" is exclusively a pretext for racism. As proof, @AdamSerwer, notes that Trump voters were proportionally wealthier than HRC's, & that HRC won the majority of low wage earners. https://t.co/xZv0NIckf9— A Black Populist (@briebriejoy) November 21, 2017
― Simon H., Tuesday, 21 November 2017 18:24 (six years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DPKIqFaX0AAHRAa.jpg
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 18:32 (six years ago) link
I hear Mugabe's looking for work
― JoeStork, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 18:40 (six years ago) link
i wonder how the pepe/MAGA gang is gonna take the repeal of net neutrality. i mean, i know the answer of course, but fun to think about
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 18:50 (six years ago) link
Talking about the economic anxiety of moderately well-off white people who voted for Trump and not taking into account that a large driver for that economic anxiety is "I believe non-white people are talking what is rightfully mine" seems at best naive.
― the Hannah Montana of the Korean War (DJP), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 18:57 (six years ago) link
^^^
― maura, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 19:05 (six years ago) link
er "taking", don't know why that ended up "talking"
― the Hannah Montana of the Korean War (DJP), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 19:09 (six years ago) link
djp otm
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 19:17 (six years ago) link
I don't think that defeats or even directly contradicts her larger point about electoral strategy?
― Simon H., Tuesday, 21 November 2017 19:19 (six years ago) link
Just saw Coates tweet about the Atlantic article. I don't get it, I just read the article, I thought it was pretty clear that it was another "it's actually racism!" articles. Am I misreading the article or it's critiques?
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 19:50 (six years ago) link
i wonder how the pepe/MAGA gang is gonna take the repeal of net neutrality. i mean, i know the answer of course, but fun to think about― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, November 21, 2017 6:50 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, November 21, 2017 6:50 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I feel like they floated a trial balloon about this a few months ago and the pepe crowd were fuckin pissed about it.. we'll see.
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 19:55 (six years ago) link
net neutrality repeal has been a possibility for a number of years but has failed to happen. can someone tell me why it seems so imminent now and why this potential FCC move is different from the times it's almost happened in the past?
― marcos, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 20:03 (six years ago) link
nevermind i'll take it to the more specific thread!
― marcos, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 20:06 (six years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DPLxX78XcAALM-J.jpg
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 20:44 (six years ago) link
Would he go so far as to describe it as ... a very special episode?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 20:48 (six years ago) link
levity on this day?
Same, Melania. Same. pic.twitter.com/qUdetHY8ZQ— dorsey.mp4 (@dorseyshaw) November 21, 2017
― YouTube_-_funy_cats.flv (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 21:22 (six years ago) link
"He is in total denial. I do have to say, 40 years is a long time. He has run eight races and this has never come up. So 40 years is a long time," Trump said. "The women are Trump voters. Most of them are Trump voters. All you can do is you have to do what you have to do. He totally denies it."
― Number None, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 22:09 (six years ago) link
the end part of Trump's quote was " I’m very happy it’s being exposed."
like.....did you hear how that sounded coming out of...y'know what I'm done.
― fuck you, your hat is horrible (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 22:23 (six years ago) link
all you can do is you have to do what you have to do
― gimme the beet poison, free my soul (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 22:35 (six years ago) link
― fuck you, your hat is horrible (Neanderthal),
you're criticizing the English of a man with the command of language of a Hellman's mayo jar?
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 22:57 (six years ago) link
Trump: "He is in total denial" I'm sure trump didn't mean this the way it actually reads.
― akm, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 23:07 (six years ago) link
I’m amazed he stayed on topic.
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 23:37 (six years ago) link
Uh he didn’t really, he felt the need to point out the women he molested were Trump voters
― frogbs, Wednesday, 22 November 2017 01:08 (six years ago) link
yes but he didn’t go off on a tear about how LeBron hates America or something. If it was a rally instead of a press conference I suppose it would have gotten really weird.
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 22 November 2017 01:11 (six years ago) link
xp that's relevant. he's suggesting that the allegations aren't true. "I do have to say" is the reversal from the first sentiment - it's been a long time and many races and it has never come up before now, and all the women are trump voters (ideologically motivated). i think "All you can do is you have to do what you have to do" means despite not really believing it he feels like he is obligated to use it to make political hay.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 22 November 2017 01:13 (six years ago) link
oh lol nm i thought that was a quote about franken carry on
― Mordy, Wednesday, 22 November 2017 01:15 (six years ago) link
Hell of a read.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/congress-sexual-harassment_us_5a1487fae4b03dec8248bc55?een
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 22 November 2017 01:35 (six years ago) link
Jesus!! That labyrinthine process involved just to lodge a complaint is really unforgivable and scans as explicitly set up to protect powerful men and keep their disgusting attacks secret.
― Fetchboy, Wednesday, 22 November 2017 02:43 (six years ago) link
Another great day!
Roy Moore mentions Alabama "always stands up for its rights," including the "Civil War conflict."— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) November 22, 2017
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 22 November 2017 03:10 (six years ago) link
this fkn guy
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 22 November 2017 03:32 (six years ago) link
So ... Murkowski is a yes now? Hope there's some horse trading going on and she's only saying that because she knows enough others will say no.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 22 November 2017 04:20 (six years ago) link
Doubt it
― Moodles, Wednesday, 22 November 2017 05:20 (six years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/R7ecHFD.jpg
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 22 November 2017 05:22 (six years ago) link
The Trump White House tried to block public access to visitor logs of five federal offices working directly for the president even though they were subject to public disclosure through the Freedom of Information Act. Property of the People, a Washington-based transparency group, successfully sued the administration to release the data and provided the documents to ProPublica. You can search them below.
https://projects.propublica.org/graphics/wh-complex
― reggie (qualmsley), Wednesday, 22 November 2017 05:31 (six years ago) link
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/11/jared-kushner-horizons-are-collapsing-within-the-west-wing
Despite Kushner’s efforts to project confidence about Robert Mueller’s probe, he expressed worry after the indictments of Paul Manafort and Rick Gates about how far the investigation could go. “Do you think they’ll get the president?” Kushner asked a friend, according to a person briefed on the conversation.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 22 November 2017 13:33 (six years ago) link
That kind of poorly sourced rumor is not really trustworthy, but I'll choose to trust it anyway :)
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 22 November 2017 13:41 (six years ago) link
I think the tax bill is gonna pass
― frogbs, Wednesday, 22 November 2017 13:42 (six years ago) link
xpost There's a lot of pretty juicy stuff here, too:
https://www.npr.org/2017/11/21/565654507/journalist-investigating-trump-and-russia-says-full-picture-is-one-of-collusion
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 22 November 2017 13:42 (six years ago) link
Maybe we'll get tax bill, the end of net neutrality *and* Roy Moore just in time for the holidays!
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 22 November 2017 13:46 (six years ago) link
“Do you think they’ll get the president?” Kushner asked a friend, tugging anxiously at his own collar and visibly perspiring
― It happens sometimes. People just explode. Natural causes. (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 22 November 2017 13:52 (six years ago) link
"So, uh, do you know if they're looking at, erm, anyone else? Like, you know, the president, or, um ... anybody else?"
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 22 November 2017 14:48 (six years ago) link
It wasn’t the White House, it wasn’t the State Department, it wasn’t father LaVar’s so-called people on the ground in China that got his son out of a long term prison sentence - IT WAS ME. Too bad! LaVar is just a poor man’s version of Don King, but without the hair. Just think..— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 22, 2017
...LaVar, you could have spent the next 5 to 10 years during Thanksgiving with your son in China, but no NBA contract to support you. But remember LaVar, shoplifting is NOT a little thing. It’s a really big deal, especially in China. Ungrateful fool!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 22, 2017
― gimme the beet poison, free my soul (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 22 November 2017 14:55 (six years ago) link
meanwhile fucking kids is nbd
― It happens sometimes. People just explode. Natural causes. (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 22 November 2017 14:56 (six years ago) link