US Politics, March 2018: Why do people leave the White House for good?

I want nothing more than the most ironic of punishments for Zinke.

Mauled by a bear.

A bear who then wears his ears as a trophy.

i knew it. trump is dr. robotnik

holy shit, truth bomb

i wonder if maybe michael cohen paid sam nunberg for that awesome meltdown (the day the new yorker (!) alleged the kremlin ordered trump to choose rexxon tillerson for american secretary of state over mr. self-deport) more than he paid stormy daniels, less?

I'm sure the ATDI connection is among the factors making him probably the most youthfully exciting and, more fraught, attractive candidate of the cycle*, even aside from the fact that he's running against probably the most annoying major candidate, to put it nonviolently. I expect it may also make a side-of-freakishness appearance in an outside-expenditure negative ad focusing on his burglary and DUI arrests, including video of him rolling around on the floor of a bar, for which the Mercers et al may be willing to spend in unlimited amounts, but these days it may just help him, we'll see.

*which may or may not be siphoning dollars from less interesting and less liberal candidates with much better shots at winning in NV, AZ, and maybe/probably TN (and now MS too?), not to mention downballot in TX. Wendy Davis was exciting and attractive and spun her fundraising too, but lost by nearly 20 points. Beto is doing better, and will do better, and fingers crossed.

holy shit a line break

It's merely a footnote.

Line break isn't really my preferred nomenclature. Maybe because I'm Jewish.

holy shit another line break

Hard return? Enter?

Or, since you're Jewish:

?retnE ?nruter draH

Stop taking the bait

wait what??? line breaks? judaism? i don't get it

I have to assume there's a mohel involved.

Jokes, Guv'nor
IDK, paragraphs? This is a line break.

This is
a line break.

exclusive.

hot breaks

Imagine the long odds may be responsible for the legislative Castro's sitting out the race too, but maybe he'll lose that Beto.

starts diagramming sentence

I am thinking, based on reading this thread, that Nunberg's public meltdown yesterday is what America looks like from outside the country.

'outside'

yeah you can smell the alcohol on our breath from 100 miles offshore

I have to be honest, I can't really judge the extent of my own meltdown.

This is America, posting as f. hazel

help

This is a low
But it won't hurt you

f. hazel thank you for being the greatest country in the world

I don't care what anyone says I think f. hazel has always been great. crowd cheers

death to f. hazel

*burns f. hazel flag*

my favourite neil young story is that neil's dad congratulated him on the success of 'horse with no name' and neil had to tell him that it was actually by f. hazel

I've been to America but I've never been to me

the ocean is a desert

sent to drain

Despite Nunberg's rage, he is still just a new Carter Page

RiP KAC?

is there a thread for the school strikes?

Oklahoma is inching closer to joining West Virginia in a major teacher’s strike. I took a look at what’s going on. https://t.co/SsqCaVYdML pic.twitter.com/zyJkPBIRK7

— Matt Pearce 🦅 (@mattdpearce) March 6, 2018

Oklahoma City is in. "The Oklahoma City Public Schools Board of Education is in full support of our teachers and stands ready to take any steps necessary to improve conditions for our teachers – including a districtwide suspension of classes." https://t.co/AQDoDs8RvZ

— Matt Pearce 🦅 (@mattdpearce) March 6, 2018

sounds like the WV teachers are going to get their 5% -- and that the state will pay for it by cutting other things rather than raising taxes

I am fine with turning all of these guys into glue. I only feel bad for those who have to be around their noxious meat, stress farts.

Blair said the government will see a $20 million reduction in spending to come out of cuts to general services and Medicaid.

this is obviously peanuts but i'm curious to know what timeframe this is talking about

(from here - https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/06/us/west-virginia-teachers-strike/index.html )

WV governor jim justice remains, of course, worth $1.6 billion

gah that response reminds me of that episode of ER where there was a violent incident by a patient and they wouldn't put in metal detectors so the one rebel boss had them put in so supervisor said "cool, we will keep the metal detectors, now you get to choose which two nurses we lay off to pay for it"

but of course nobody realistically expected taxes to be the way this was solved

Meanwhile

Roger Stone tells me he didn't ask for Sam Nunberg's protection, says he is "his own man."

W/ @SlatteryNYDN @NYDailyNews https://t.co/c5AlcZQ5q0

— Chris Sommerfeldt (@C_Sommerfeldt) March 6, 2018

Nunberg is playing Smithers to Roger's Mr. Burns.

It would be a start:

just spoke w @NunbergSam he told me he's fully cooperating now w Mueller's team and he's intending to go get treatment following his grand jury appearance on Friday

— Charles Gasparino (@CGasparino) March 6, 2018

This strikes me as bad

EXCLUSIVE: Trump lawyer Michael Cohen received inside info from Russia probe, @woodruffbets and @attackerman report https://t.co/GuM5fLKP2W

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) March 6, 2018

Wonder how it got from the neutral and private GOP-led House to Trump's man on the outside? Hmm, it's a mystery!

the call is coming from inside the asylum!

Genuinely curious whether I'll live to see someone roll some primo ganj into our country's founding documents and enjoy a sweet toke of contempt for everything we once naively thought we stood for.

https://i.imgur.com/RLpp9dh.gif

And more Cohen funnies!

NEW: Special counsel has examined episodes involving Michael Cohen, Trump’s longtime lawyer https://t.co/RQPQ3MGB6K

— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) March 6, 2018

Then of course

Trump says tariffs will be done in a "loving, loving way"

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) March 6, 2018

Trump can go love himself, if you know what I mean.