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

Lord

we're talking about world-historic matters, Ned.

From abroad, I encourage this development.

Alfred it's not the size of the Sword of the Enlightened Warrior it's how you swing it

Trump aide tells me he frequently mentions in meetings about the Japanese dropping bowling balls on cars. No one knows exactly where he got the story from.

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) March 15, 2018

a few people have speculated that he *probably* picked this up from David Letterman

Worth reiterating the banking bill could have gotten full support of genuinely red state Dems -- Donnelly, Heitkamp, Tester, Manchin, Jones -- and still failed by 5-6 votes since it needs 60

It's blue/purple state Ds (in Va., Delaware, Michigan, Colorado) who put it over the top

— Jeff Stein (@JStein_WaPo) March 14, 2018

wait didn't clinton get impeached for lying about getting blown by Lewinksy? Cant Trump get impeached for lying about his sex fails??

i don't understand the bowling ball thing. like what is the context ?

nevermind smh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcceA03RHOU

We should test Trump's brain by dropping a bowling ball on it and seeing if it dents.

the ball?

My thanks, to DJT, for finding new ways to amaze me after all this time.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/mar/15/donald-trump-admits-made-up-facts-justin-trudeau

He's a shitball scrabbling to impress other shitballs, the absolute worst. He shouldn't be allowed to run a Burger King franchise, let alone a country.

SCOOP with @nytmike - Mueller subpoenas Trump Org https://t.co/dPm4fN9ysw

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) March 15, 2018

nice

where's the tax returns?

In your heart

I would not be shocked if some Trump Organization activities fall under RICO statutes. I'd be more surprised if they didn't.

this country is much more like Burger King with an army than it should be

i'll bet anyone a big mac and two scoops of ice cream that our descendants (if civilization survives) will marvel at the shakespearean irony of trump foreshadowing his own tax return tragedy by making a spectacle of himself rising to serious political prominence demanding barry's birth certificate

These days, Jake has reverted to his nightcrawler persona. Jake doesn’t take his shirt off at the beach anymore.

― Karl Malone, Thursday, March 15, 2018 2:45 PM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Jake G was reportedly outside my building a half hour ago.

Wild and shirtless?

Uh-oh! Another Peter Schweizer story: https://nypost.com/2018/03/15/inside-the-shady-private-equity-firm-run-by-kerry-and-bidens-kids/

#secretempires #corruptdems #dirtyjoe

a subpoena for the Trump Org can only accelerate the whole firing Sessions and replacing him with Pruitt thing. Trump previously "warned" Mueller that investigating his personal finances was a a "red line"

god what a joke

he probably thought he was being so smart by warning Mueller not to do that

If it's financial stuff then that can likely be prosecuted at the state level, too.

the orange russian of mar-a-lago: a five-act tragicomedy sequel to cocktail with tom cruise taking the paul newman role and a young crooked donald as the color of money apprentice. two scoops up

https://act.moveon.org/event/mueller-firing-rapid-response-events/search/

From AP:

BREAKING: Trump administration accuses Russia of ongoing, deliberate operation to penetrate US energy grid.

(cue nationwide blackout)

lol "trump administration"

heh, yeah. just like the "trump administration" is finally saying the russian spy poisoning was a bad thing.

maybe dumb question: assuming that Mueller getting fired actually helps the dems in November, could a new majority appoint a special prosecutor? or can that position no longer exist

Trump is like Keith David in "They Live." People have been punching him for months, telling him to put on the stupid glasses. He finally relents and sees that, yeah, Russia is up to no good.

And then he takes off the glasses and goes back to doing shady illegal shit.

this is how don, jr. and vanessa trump met https://t.co/6W2FfsVBQW pic.twitter.com/I0Mo2vveYu

— Kenzie Bryant (@kenzbry) February 8, 2018

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seriously though, this stuff is frightening. a cyberattack on the grid, whether from russia or elswhere, seems so likely and inevitable that i'm not sure how it hasn't happened yet. there have been a string of cyberattacks on Saudi industrial/energy facilities in recent months, including one that was intended to cause an explosion (http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/12/21/cyber-attack-targets-safety-system-at-saudi-aramco/ and https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/15/technology/saudi-arabia-hacks-cyberattacks.html). i will feel slightly better when the trump administration is not in charge of cybersecurity.

a cyberattack on the grid, whether from russia or elswhere, seems so likely and inevitable that i'm not sure how it hasn't happened yet.

They're saving it for when it best serves some larger strategic purpose?

yeah he had to raise you

— C (@zergmans) March 15, 2018

zergmans!!!!!!!

xpost Like during the Games of Thrones series finale or something? Putin plays the long game.

It would be a fairly major attack, crippling the electricity grid has the potential to kill millions of people as food and water distribution breaks down. It’s probably up there with a nuclear attack in terms of impact and disturbingly easy to pull off. Russia probably keeps its cyberwarriors poking around as a threat, provocation and to make sure they have the capability.

They'll wait until 8+ years of Trump swinging his dick at the world has effectively bottomed out any international sympathy for the US and then pull the plug.

Xpost Yeah Megan McCain sucks and she left herself open for the easy joke but idk maybe don’t dunk on someone taking an anti-torture stance?

a cyberattack on the grid, whether from russia or elswhere, seems so likely and inevitable that i'm not sure how it hasn't happened yet.

― Karl Malone, Thursday, March 15, 2018 7:18 PM (twenty-four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

How certain are you that it hasn't?

Wild and shirtless?

― Buff Jeckley (Tom D.), Thursday, March 15, 2018 6:18 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Engaged with local wildlife, but unlikely to have been deshabille.

guys, gabbneb is a Russian bot

moo vladimir

imagine all the lost bitcoins if the energy grid got hacked

How certain are you that it hasn't?

yeah exactly! i'm sure someone's already gotten far enough to do plenty of damage and see how easy it was to get there. if it were me, i'd wait until juuuuust after trump refuses to acknowledge that he lost the 2020 election and accuses the opponent of cheating