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

Yea they floated ending Saturday delivery for that reason

https://gizmodo.com/amazon-lost-53-billion-in-one-day-because-trump-has-op-1824173276

The debate over whether Amazon is screwing the post office is complicated and there’s long been an argument it actually saved the USPS by increasing the number of packages shipped. The introduction of email wiped out 40 percent of the post office’s business on first-class mail since 2000. The increase in package deliveries brought more business to the Postal Service and it even added Sunday delivery for Amazon packages to keep up with demand. But analysts have argued that Amazon is getting a sweetheart deal and the government is essentially subsidizing its shipping. A Citigroup report concluded that the price of shipping at USPS would have to go up an average of $1.41 per package in 2018 to truly cover the cost of delivery. But the postal service has a long list of other issues that contribute to its financial problems. And Amazon is looking to use its enormous capital to start its own delivery service, so we’ll likely see how the USPS does without it in the near future.

ps lol

As for Amazon’s tax bill, it’s true that it effectively paid no taxes in 2017, but it did pay hundreds of millions in taxes over the course of the previous three years. Its SEC filings credited stock-based deductions and Trump’s tax cut plan that includes a loophole for some companies to postpone their tax liability until next year when rates will be more favorable.

RIP USPS

as if i needed another reason to not watch the Roseanne show ugh

USPS should start offering low-cost banking services, it would actually benefit working people and as a sweet bonus it would infuriate conservatives.

This guy.

.@NorahODonnell: [Cohen] took out a home equity loan to pay off Stormy Daniels?

Schwartz: To get the money quickly.@GayleKing: Does that make sense to you?

Schwartz: Would I do that? No. For an outside client, it’s a different relationship.https://t.co/FYdlcHAKyr pic.twitter.com/XoEx5pLOtE

— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 29, 2018

Well, Michael Cohen, you are an odd fellow but I must say you steam a good ham.

lmaoooooooooo

I've no doubt:

Ty Cobb to Vox on John Dowd's resignation: "I confess to being puzzled" https://t.co/IrO0ONSauT

— Betsy Woodruff (@woodruffbets) March 29, 2018

pic.twitter.com/U84Half7YT

— C.J. Prince (@cj_prin) March 29, 2018

Speaking of boycotts, Netflix has hired Susan Rice and red hatters are in a tizzy.

Some updates:

JUST IN: Judge says Stormy Daniels has to wait on EC, LLC and/or Trump to file a Motion to Compel Arbitration in her ongoing lawsuit before she can seek a jury determination on several key issues that would help determine whether there is a valid arbitration agreement. pic.twitter.com/SHibVaJBxz

— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) March 29, 2018

Language in order as to merits/law bodes very, very well for us and not well for the defendants. The Court appears to agree with our understanding of the law and what we are entitled to.

— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) March 29, 2018

And oh man, did someone get owned and is rapidly trying to save face:

Any student should be proud of a 4.2 GPA —incl. @DavidHogg111. On reflection, in the spirit of Holy Week, I apologize for any upset or hurt my tweet caused him or any of the brave victims of Parkland. For the record, I believe my show was the first to feature David...(1/2)

— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) March 29, 2018

Like I said (Seth Abramson was suggesting) above...

"The reality is my job is to make sure that the White House interacts with the special counsel in an honorable, ethical, responsive way. That’s a relatively important task for the dignity of this White House and future White Houses, and it’s a serious task. I don’t represent the president personally, like Jay and John did."

surely a coincidence that she tweeted that right after one of her advertisers dropped her

xxp God bless the goddamned Onion: Nation's Ivy Leaguers Share Hearty Laugh That Dartmouth Grad Thinks She Can Talk Shit On Anyone

Happy days!

JUST IN! Mattis first words to Bolton on Pentagon steps. Mattis joking in an off mic moment said, “I heard you’re actually the devil incarnate and I wanted to meet you.” Bolton laughed.

— Barbara Starr (@barbarastarrcnn) March 29, 2018

god, massive eyeroll at ingraham's "On reflection, in the spirit of Holy Week, I apologize..."

fuuuuck oooofff

i bet in the spirit of Holy Week she wants to administer capital punishment

"On reflection, in the spirit of Mammon..."

I like how Hogg gained 0.1 in GPA between the two tweets

That's Soros' work, I bet

haha

I'm figuring part of Trump's corporate tweets are probably triggers so him and his cronies can buy stocks cheap on the temporary plunge.

conservative talking heads that gave up attacking teenagers for Lent must be thrilled to miss this one

this is cute

https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2018/03/28/trump-campaign-and-rnc-are-advertising-alex-jones-youtube-channel/219767

the new base

How new is 'new'

One of my friends went ham on Fredo on Twitter.

https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/19366053_10216063699415714_5960829547700921533_n.jpg?oh=0af8201d2062388a2a17aa0153a3ba73&oe=5B28CE06

how neu

xp

these ppl are really shook by teenagers

David Hogg Is (Still) A High School Bully https://t.co/S0so5GYdYA

— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) March 29, 2018

xxp God bless the goddamned Onion: Nation's Ivy Leaguers Share Hearty Laugh That Dartmouth Grad Thinks She Can Talk Shit On Anyone

― Millennial Whoop, wanna fight about it? (Phil D.), Thursday, March 29, 2018 5:45 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I was going to say. I didn't even apply to that place.

this was a good tweet

Pick a number 1-12 contact the company next to that #

Top Laura Ingraham Advertisers
1. @sleepnumber
2. @ATT
3. Nutrish
4. @Allstate & @esurance
5. @Bayer
6. @RocketMortgage Mortgage
7. @LibertyMutual
8. @Arbys
9. @TripAdvisor
10. @Nestle
11. @hulu
12. @Wayfair

— David Hogg (@davidhogg111) March 29, 2018

Republicans recognize bullying because they wrote the handbook

OMG, can't believe Hogg would bully Ingraham's financial portfolio like that, what a meanie.

how fucking dumb (and obv evil) do you have to be to not realize that you can give full-throated rebuttal to the "anti-gun" people without personally attacking the Parkland kids

Ingraham has never shown any sign of being intelligent. I mean, she doesn't even do the vocabulary-showoff thing. She brings nothing to the table.

Case in point: Dartmouth grad who clerked for Clarence Thomas.

From that Erick Erickariah Erickson piece:

He may be a survivor of the high school shooting in Parkland, FL, but he is using that position to avoid being challenged on his increasingly inane and hostile statements. He is using his position to bully others.
...
If he cannot hold all the people who screwed up accountable because of his agenda and he accuses anyone who disagrees with him of hatred, he is not someone any of us should pay attention to.

Lololol "lemme shine my spotlight on this person so as to say he shouldn't get any spotlight"

wrt: "hold all the people who screwed up accountable", these people are so addle-brained that they can't realize that it's not just about Parkland

these people are so addle-brained that they can't realize that it's not just about Parkland

There is no big picture for them because their entire worldview is "whatever libs are against, we're for, updated hourly." It's endless frothing rage combined with the memory of a goldfish.

if it's one thing i know and remember about being young it's the ability to just... keep... going... so erickson can do what he wants but he has to go to bed in like 3 hours and the parkland people are gonna be up allllllll night fucking with him rip his mentions tomorrow

Yeah, I’m sure it’s been said a million times, but why would you ever think it was a good idea to pick a fight on social media with rich teenagers

these people are so addle-brained that they can't realize that it's not just about Parkland

― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, March 29, 2018 10:36 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the line i've seen emerging among the regular right online is that "the fbi failed these kids" as a way to sidestep the gun question

A little extra fun

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/mar/30/fbi-questions-ted-malloch-trump-campaign-figure-and-farage-ally

corruption junction, who's that republican?

T/S:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DZfQrfHXcAEW-IO.jpg vs. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DZfSdLUVoAANlU-.jpg

the presence of paper, bread and fruit negates them both

the horror

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