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

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

daaaamn

where's the beef?

It's wrapped in the tax returns.

lol

Three people familiar tell @CarolLeonnig & @PostRoz that John Dowd has resigned as Trump lawyer on Russia probe. Developing story... https://t.co/6FQKnLQOFg

— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) March 22, 2018

i forget, is he the relatively sane one?

no I think that's Cobb?

Dowd is the one Gowdy went at the other day

yeah Dowd is one of the clowns they had to clean up after again last week

In recent weeks, Dowd clashed with the president, including an incident in which he disagreed vehemently with Trump over a legal strategy, according to the people.

I love how generic mad lib this scans.

It's pretty normal to just cycle through legal representation like this, right? I mean, lawyers are busy people, they have a lot going on.

President Trump keeps grumbling to friends about Cobb, who is widely seen in West Wing as fading. Dowd quits. Olson declines. diGenova, who says president is being framed, signs on.

— Robert Costa (@costareports) March 22, 2018

Trump is totally going to wind up representing himself in the end, isn't he.

what's barry zuckercorn up to nowadays

Trump, acting as his own attorney, will end up arguing in court that Trump the president is too busy to testify.