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

they're fucking public servants, they're not supposed to be filling their time with dick-measuring contests

i don't understand why snowflakes accuse the US of having a culture of violence

"on a side note, Biden needs to go the fuck away"

eh, no; I have a feeling he won't run and he's just playing the agitator for now.

they're fucking public servants, they're not supposed to be filling their time with dick-measuring contests

― playing in his high school band “The Velvet Pickle” (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, March 22, 2018 7:11 AM (three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

(sadly crumples up and discards civil service application)

Some more details on this front

NEW: Mueller gave Nader immunity in a deal for his cooperation. Nader has now been called back from abroad to provide more testimony. Mueller wants to know about Nader's contact with Trump officials and his role in funneling Emirati money to Mr. Trump’s political efforts. https://t.co/XT1owEGHTV

— Michael S. Schmidt (@nytmike) March 22, 2018

Mr. Nader tempted the fund-raiser, Mr. Broidy, with the prospect of more than $1 billion in contracts for his private security company, Circinus, and he helped deliver deals worth more than $200 million with the United Arab Emirates. He also flattered Mr. Broidy about “how well you handle Chairman,” a reference to Mr. Trump, and repeated to his well-connected friend that he told the effective rulers of both Saudi Arabia and the U.A.E. about “the Pivotal Indispensable Magical Role you are playing to help them.”

Remember when they were saying, during the campaign, that Donald Trump is giving great speeches and drawing big crowds, but he is spending much less money and not using social media as well as Crooked Hillary’s large and highly sophisticated staff. Well, not saying that anymore!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 22, 2018

report how much in-kind PR the kremlin gave you, dickhead

Interesting comment on LGM by a person who interned at the US attorney's office in DC, answering the question, "What happens if Trump fires Mueller?"

'd be surprised if Mueller held a press conference -- so not his style. But I'm sure he understands what is happening and the importance of this investigation. I'm also sure he fully intends to get to the truth.

After all, this is a guy who retired from DOJ after a distinguished first career and went into private practice in DC to (apparently) rake in bundles of cash to put his kids through college as per usual. But he f-cking hated that work and was ill-suited for it. A lawyer who worked with him then said Mueller was known to meet with prospective white collar criminal clients, listen to their stories, and say: "Well, it sounds to me like you should go to jail."

After less than three years Mueller called Eric Holder (then the US Attorney for DC) and asked if he could use another homicide prosecutor. So Mueller goes back into government as a line prosecutor in the Homicide division of the DC USAO. Not exactly glamorous work (I interned there for a while not too long before he came back -- when I was there I was told their average caseload was 21 first degree murder cases) but he apparently loved it.

Robert Mueller was born to do what he's doing and -- even though many here might not like him much under other circumstances -- its hard to imagine someone better suited to lead this investigation and chase after Trump and his crew. He's just a few years older than Trump, and he and his life are a living rebuke to Trump and almost everything Trump stands for.

Yeah, but he's a cop, so he sucks, am I right?

He's just a few years older than Trump, and he and his life are a living rebuke to Trump and almost everything Trump stands for.

Every time someone gets a big ol' honor chubby for Mueller remember actual shit he's been involved in

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/conflicts-of-interest-and-ethics-robert-mueller-and_us_5936a148e4b033940169cdc8

here we go again

Did u guys know thare is more than one side to an story, becuz Simon does and he will tell u

lmao sorry that fuckin starry-eyed prose just sets me on edge, I'll stop now y'all have an excellent thursday

for being a socialist, Simon, you should understand dialectical thinking.

They can start the Lock Him Up chants after he takes down Trump. And then they can just move down the list until they hit, like, the White House janitor, who probably has only committed a few minor crimes in office.

I don't even see what's so starry-eyed about that portrayal. It's just an argument that the dude is doing work he's very well suited to. And that he takes orphans on weekend outings and builds shelters for the homeless with his bare hands.

Mueller was known to meet with prospective white collar criminal clients, listen to their stories, and say: "Well, it sounds to me like you should go to jail."

come on this is hilarious if true

I laughed

"crooked cop" rather quaint atm

The stigma at this point is such that I don't know why a halfway decent person would even want to be a cop anymore.

Bodes well for the future.

what future?

at this rate little lib kids are gonna grow up playing G-Men while the kids of actual cops abhor the FBI, nutty times

Little lib kids have been aspiring to be prosecutors and special agents for decades tbf

in a generation or two kids will be growing up with aspirations to be the warlord of their tribe of post-apocalyptic cannibal mutants

That's always been my aspiration, tbh.

you'll get there buddy, keep at it

Robin Hood is abt due for a renaissance

In five years the Old Lunch family will be completely legitimate

Getting them on the cannibalism train has been like pulling teeth but they'll come around.

Crazy He-Man is trying to act like a tough guy. Actually, he is weak, both mentally and physically, and yet he threatens me, for the millionth time, with physical assault. He doesn’t know me, but he would go down fast and hard, crying all the way. Don’t threaten people He-Man! pic.twitter.com/piwD8XTO4c

— Skeletor (@GrumpySkeletor) March 22, 2018

now all i can of is joe biden in a shaggy loincloth, thx skeletor

i can only hear tweets like that in tony atamanuik's trump-voice now

That whole affair is disgraceful on both sides, but I'd be lying if I said there wasn't a part of me that would pay like pretty much all of money to watch Joe Biden beat the shit out of Donald Trump. I'm not proud.

well, yeah

but still, not cool

That struggle is emblematic of what, for me, is the most centrally problematic aspect of Trump's 'personality'. Functional people are defined in part by their aspirations of behaving better than their antisocial thoughts and impulses. I don't believe that Trump is in possession of that pro-social aspirational drive, and I don't believe he would see the value in it if someone were to describe that drive to him.

I guess I'm just describing sociopathy/NPD.

hierarchy something like "being respectful of social values" > "being smart enough to feign respect for social values in most situations" > "not being smart enough to feign respect" > "not understanding social values" > "being antagonistic to social values" > serial killer > Trump

am i the only person assuming that trumptweet is a total ghost? The style and issues and presentation are like - poor impersonation to me.

i dunno what'd be worse tbh - the leader of the free world challenging a former vice-president to physical combat or some social media ghoul thinking it would be a fine thing to tweet in his voice

hellworld either way obv

the leader of the free world

this phrase shd really never be employed, but ironic init caps at least plz

fucked if i'm gonna make the extra effort to hold down the shift key for an ilx post tbh

minimum qualification for "free world" leadership in 2018 is no FB or Google account, some old lady in the woods somewhere

Some Old Lady in the Woods Somewhere 2020, imo.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/11/12/04/3A4A21FB00000578-0-image-a-43_1478925689983.jpg

Well played.

it was kind of an open goal tbh

ouchie

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