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

so the GOP spin is gonna be that Lamb won because he "essentially ran as a Republican"

suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu (3000 more u's here) uuuuuuuuuuuuure

Sure, he ran as a non-Trump Republican.

And then why didn't Saccone try that?

Because he "was Trump before Trump was Trump".

Because he was busy being more trump than trump

xposts, lol. You have to admit it was a catchy slogan for saccone.

Or, ok, not more trump than trump, but he at least beat him to it

More human than human.

republicunt

btw this got lost with the PA-18 race so I'm gonna re-post it here

Take a bow, @NYPost pic.twitter.com/dthl70r1Sc

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) March 13, 2018

wake me when the best new york tabloid headlines aren't plays on new york tabloid headlines from the era when the city was affordable

sorry but this was tops

EX-EXXON TEXAN EXEC REX NEXT EX-SEC

— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) March 13, 2018

(different event but still)

headless state department in topless ah fuck it

THERE IS A DEMOCRAT SUPPORTING THE BDS MOVEMENT, ADVOCATING FOR REPARATIONS AND CALLING FOR ABOLISHING ICE IN A DISTRICT TRUMP WON BY 27 POINTS. https://t.co/nPliez5gy2

— abolish ice. subscribe to my newsletter. (@SeanMcElwee) March 14, 2018

that rules

he seems cool: https://twitter.com/dancanon

Vice profiled him a bit ago.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/9knpkp/is-dan-canon-the-progressive-savior-of-indiana

https://i.imgur.com/HfC8e4Y.png

if we can just get the mid-terms out of the way before WWIII + Civil War 2 i will be feeling pretty good

just bought a canon tee

Larry Kudlow is the new Gary Cohn

*loud, poorly camouflaged sniffing sound*

read that as "Lisa Kudrow"

would swap out existing cabinet for entire cast of Friends in a heartbeat

the one with all the white ppl still in charge

sure, whatever, would swap out for random selection of twenty people pulled randomly off the street

McCabe is scheduled to retire on Sunday. This smacks of a petty, cruel effort to deny him his pension after 21 years of service to his country. https://t.co/4omLShxFIf

— Susan Hennessey (@Susan_Hennessey) March 14, 2018

could our nation's infrastructure BE any worse?

https://i.imgur.com/R0mBdQy.jpg

infriendstructure

meanwhile here's the sapience of Larry Kudlow.

Getting goofy here

NEW: Trump has discussed a plan to fire Attorney General Jeff Sessions and replace him with EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, according to two Republicans in contact with the White House https://t.co/UZDwGBmJhi

— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) March 14, 2018

btw re yesterday's econ move

“President Trump and his administration made the right decision on blocking Broadcom from taking over Qualcomm,” Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said in a speech on the Senate floor.

“We all know that China has been rapacious about trade and very smart. They look for places where they can steal our best technology,” Schumer added.

RAPACIOUS! Heavens! Imagine if the USA ever engaged in rapacity.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-qualcomm-m-a-broadcom-congress/senate-democratic-leader-praises-trumps-blocking-broadcoms-takeover-of-qualcomm-idUSKCN1GP231

anyway nice to see the Official Leader of the Resistance giving big ups to Twoscoops

“The president is finally realizing he is the president,” a former White House official told me. “He’s just making these decisions on his own.”

the cheeto is becoming sentient

Official Leader or not, if Chuck Schumer tried to steer The Resistance in directions it did not want to go, he would be officially ignored by the majority of The Resistance.

i wasnt sure if that was a jab for schumer or the resistance tbh

fire Attorney General Jeff Sessions and replace him with EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt

w h a t

pruitt is on his way to the ted cruz god tier of assholes. even if he doesn't become the new AG, he's likely to be the OK senator by 2020.

w h a t

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, W

"He is just making these decisions on his own."

gotta fill the swamp before you can drain it

Last Tuesday, Trump met with ultra-hawkish former U.N. ambassador John Bolton in the Oval Office to discuss a potential job offer. Bolton has for years argued that the United States should pre-emptively attack Tehran. In 2015, he wrote a New York Times op-ed headlined, “To Stop Iran’s Bomb, Bomb Iran,” and last month, he wrote a Wall Street Journal op-ed outlining the legal case for a pre-emptive strike against North Korea.

According to a person who spoke with Bolton after the meeting, Bolton recalled that Trump said he wanted him to join the administration: “We need you in here, John.” Bolton responded that there were only two jobs he’d consider: secretary of state and national security adviser. Trump said, “O.K, I’ll call you really soon.” Sources added that Trump spent much of the time with Bolton fuming that McMaster was speaking privately with Barack Obama’s former national security adviser Susan Rice. “Trump kept saying, ‘Can you believe it? To Susan Rice? Can you believe it?’”

trump adding bolton to the inner circle is a very bad sign of things to come. jfc, how does this guy persist in public life?

fire Attorney General Jeff Sessions and replace him with EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt

i forgot that since Pruitt's already been sworn in as cabinet member, he wouldn't have to have a senate confirmation hearing. and he wouldn't recuse himself from overseeing the Mueller investigation like Sessions did. if Pruitt shut the investigation down, would house republicans do anything? would any republicans do anything

fuuuuuck, there is a chance of crossing over in the dark timeline, and before i get shushed i think everyone should review the election day thread one more time

however if trump shut down the Russia investigation it would probably just add to and not subtract from the likelihood of November being a pretty decent month for Democrats. (imo)

no doubt, but at that point i'd worry about getting to november

would house republicans do anything?

yea they'd declare the President totally exonerated and dedicate their resources to jailing Hillary Clinton for uranium crimes

what's up with NY-19, where zephyr teachout lost in 2016, also an Obama-Obama-Trump district

https://ballotpedia.org/New_York%27s_19th_Congressional_District_election,_2018

running this time around are a laywer, a businessman, and army intel officer and... LAW & ORDER SVU'S CASEY NOVAK?

I love the Hudson Valley. I am proposing a better way forward for voters in #NY19. Learn more about my campaign for Congress and let's show everyone how it can be done- with empathy and reason! 👍🏻https://t.co/DbukMtCGgF

— Diane Neal (@DianeNeal) February 9, 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9TByT3QlWc

Cool news about Pruitt and Bolton. Any word yet on who's going to be heading Space Force? Just an idle curiosity before I take my inevitable header off a very tall building.

hoo boy the copy on Diane Neal's crowdfunding page needs some work

Any word yet on who's going to be heading Space Force?

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-lp0CZmn-Ys/hqdefault.jpg

heard the depressing possibility the other day of the 2020 presidential elections going like this
Trump loses
Trump declares there WAS russian interference this time
refuses to leave office