US Politics, April 2018: Getting more dangerous (looks like moo vaughn's dreams are coming true)

Look I'm sorry you didn't like my post but you asked "who the fuck watches local TV news?" and the truth is lots of people do. Seems like you think it doesn't matter much what all those people see on local news, fine, that could well be right and is a point worth discussing.

I'm sorry you didn't like my post either.

I found this detail of interest.

A former Sinclair journalist sent me a screenshot of their contract. “I couldn't leave because of this part of my contract.” pic.twitter.com/ePCnUCbzs0

— Matt Pearce 🦅 (@mattdpearce) April 2, 2018

under what terms can a journalist leave for which he won't get penalized – death?

I just don't think the Sinclair thing even rises to the level of an allegory in miniature of what is wrong with America / The World right now. I'll grant that that contract seems hideous but that kinda sounds like nonunion show business for you.

So funny to watch Fake News Networks, among the most dishonest groups of people I have ever dealt with, criticize Sinclair Broadcasting for being biased. Sinclair is far superior to CNN and even more Fake NBC, which is a total joke.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 2, 2018

He's thinking of NBC's '90s Must-See TV lineup.

I'm not gonna debate wrt the impact of local TV news but Sinclair shit is still creepy af and disturbing and should absolutely be called out.

are contracts like that binding in right-to-work states?

Dear Mr. Trump, Sinclair also owns NBC stations, you fucking idiot.

For those that dismiss him as a doofus, John Oliver did a great in-depth piece on Sinclair a while back, perhaps the first I'd really heard of the company:

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

"No Sinclair! Bad dog! You will NOT get this treat because you have been a very bad boy! Bad boy, Sinclair, BAD boy!"

sorry, i can't stop doing that and i know it's annoying

https://scontent.fbed1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/29597888_10156776141827137_8110674733258816789_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=12e655da05fe034e6b2f5c530d19b26c&oe=5B6CE653

Nice to see that Spicer is still getting paid gigs from time to time.

got a little extra orange at mar a lago this weekend

I'd like to see what gif magic Karl could do with that pic.

lol Karl

"When you ask a porn star who they’d been sleeping with, and the answer was Donald Trump, it was the least surprising thing that she could’ve said. She did mention it, actually,” Rogen recounted on Ellen.

why t f would you think it was your business who she'd been sleeping with, seth??

Maybe they’re friends!

if they were friends he would have already known

They are friends, and she told him ten years ago.

i'm sure they are total buds.. the way he phrased that was gross is my point. as if asking porn stars who they're sleeping with is something he does on the reg.

I don't know who all my friends have slept with and, for the most part, hope I never know

when my friends have slept with famous people they usually make sure I know about it. I doubt they'd brag about Trump tho.

Gotta feeling ol' Sam N was singing a bit after his public bender there.

Roger Stone said in an Aug. 4, 2016, email: “I dined with Julian Assange last night.” Now, Mr. Stone says, “I never dined with Assange.” Either way, it's gotten Robert Mueller's attention https://t.co/iBPFUeom4U

— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) April 2, 2018

Stormy Daniels was in both the 40 Year Old Virgin and Knocked Up, as was Rogen, who starred in the latter. Knocked Up came out in 2007, which means all the Trump stuff was either happening or just happened when they were making it. Of course Rogen would want to be buddies with her, and of course she would probably have talked about Trump, who was fresh in memory. The In Touch interview was four years later, in 2011, so apparently the Trump experience stuck with her.

the Trump experience stuck with her

ew, sticky

Having sex with Donald Trump doesn't seem like something you'd forget about.

nor like something you'd try to remember

Idk i mean if u get gored in the running of the bulls, you wanna forget but the memory won't die

I think that if you have sex with people for a living, who you had sex with becomes a pretty common conversation piece.

And I'm sure that if it had happened to you, one of your go-to anecdotes would become that time when you were on the receiving end of frottage by a squamous walrus. It's a helluva yarn to have in your arsenal.

helluva yam etc

https://i.imgur.com/tzEdz38.jpg

thankyou

lol
sometimes it feels good to puke

cable chyron: CHRISTIE SOUNDS ETHICS ALARM

lolololol

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/04/02/us/teacher-strikes-oklahoma-kentucky.html#click=https://t.co/dMvpspUHzp

My eyebrow, it is arched.

President Trump has joined his lawyer's request to force @StormyDaniels into arbitration. pic.twitter.com/U80cK37tYJ

— Brad Heath (@bradheath) April 2, 2018

This is a curious maneuver if the president is not actually a party to what Ms. Clifford has called the "hush agreement."

— Brad Heath (@bradheath) April 2, 2018

Avenatti's on it:

And the Declaration Mr. Cohen just filed is more interesting for what it DOES NOT state - it does not state that he never discussed the agreement with DJT, that DJT did not know about the agreement, or that DJT did not ultimately pay the 30k (all issues DJT is also silent on).

— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) April 2, 2018

Problems, problems.

Trump preparing to launch a war on Amazon. Advisers urging him to open tax investigations and cancel Amazon’s federal contracts. My latest:https://t.co/YTPCKg06KI

— Gabriel Sherman (@gabrielsherman) April 2, 2018

Unsurprisingly, Mariotti thread on that new filing:

THREAD: What does the motion by Trump lawyer Michael Cohen's company to compel @StormyDaniels to privately arbitrate her lawsuit mean for her case? https://t.co/Gumj0rScL3

— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) April 2, 2018

How many Trump properties could Bezos just buy outright, if the mood struck him? All of them? Even if Trump wouldn't sell, the ability to make a credible bid would be a serious humiliation.

^this would amuse me, and it gets to a troubling thought that i had earlier today, which is that all of this is going to somehow make jeff bezos appealing to people just because he's in opposition to our racist dickhead president

i cheer for the megabillionaire corporate overlord to overthrow my racist billionaire president overlord, in a state where my vote for governor this fall will come down to a billionaire republican vs a billionaire democrat

otm

Maybe Bezos will flee to London where he will die mysteriously

KM otm. Fuck Bezos but fuck the reason Trump is pursuing this Nixonian vendetta even more.

I do appreciate that in the Tweet photo above, Kelly's expression seems to say "can you believe this shit?"

Uh oh, advocates for GODLESS REASON! On whose behalf would we wage war?

http://thehill.com/homenews/house/385573-dem-reps-launch-congressional-freethought-caucus

xxp thanks Raymond, that's a good read

you're welcome, sleeve. Here's another one that a FB friend passed along to me when I showed him the Kansas article.

https://story.californiasunday.com/resnick-a-kingdom-from-dust

It has nothing to do with being a lesbian, it has everything to do with a burly woman.

Then I guess "she looks like a softball coach/gym teacher" doesn't seem like a terrible insult to me.

It's not, in the scheme of things, but it is generally inferred to mean she is not attractive.

good lord, even glancing at these mueller questions for trump has me sweating, and i didn't even do anything wrong. i love the phrasing of "After the resignations, what efforts were made to reach out to Mr. Flynn about seeking immunity or possible pardon?" "what efforts" suggesting "we know about some already, don't even start with your bullshit

I just thought there was enough people in the press corps to actually play softball. Who cares. SHS can eat so many useless bags of dicks in a hetero normative way.

and this one: "What was the purpose of your May 12, 2017, tweet?"

James Comey better hope that there are no "tapes" of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 12, 2017

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/30/us/politics/questions-mueller-wants-to-ask-trump-russia.html

Jesus christ, how had I already forgotten that Giuliani is Trump's attorney now?! I tell ya, this ridiculous timeline we've found ourselves in...

more feed for the right wing. The internet never forgets.

"What was the purpose of your April 11, 2017, statement to Maria Bartiromo?"

He's going to plead the fifth isn't he? We're going to get a present pleading the fifth.

XPS GOP all like, "Ladies be deletin'..."

I bet Trump literally would be unable to answer these questions.

Yep.

Will he even remember some of this?

These were all leaked by Rudy, right?

or he's just going to straight up lie about some of them, which will be interesting because in some cases I'm sure they have evidence. the repercussions for lying during the interview are?

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/01/26/mueller-trump-obstruction-of-justice-russia-216532

it's perjury to lie to the special council iirc xp

That's old, but Renato is saying these questions affirm his belief that Muller will charge Trump obstructed justice.

xpost

small potatoes, but no name is smugger than 'freethought caucus' xxxxxxpost

couldn't any number of staffers have mentioned that at some point during brainstorming?

Trump is not going to be interviewed by Mueller. Which is why the questions got leaked at all.

This is some party (i'm not sure on which side) jockeying for advantage via the press, as usual

I know I've said it before, but although a Democratic House might move ahead with articles of impeachment in 2019 over perjury and obstruction charges, the Senate Republicans wouldn't vote to convict in sufficient numbers to remove Trump unless there's evidence of much worse crimes added to perjury and obstruction. Also, an impeachment inquiry would suck all the air out of the Congress and D.C., so that nothing else would get done.

I suspect we're all stuck with this goon for the full term of office, even if the foundations of the nation crumble around his feet.

I never thought we wouldn't he unless he choked on a burnt umber piece of KFC horseflesh

My prayers haven't been answered and yet I persist.

If Mueller can get firm evidence for massive Trump Organization criminal activity, we might see more daylight open up between Trump and the Republicans in Congress in a hurry.

nah

who would be left to vote for the republicans in congress if they abandon trump?

if Trump had sex with a goat on camera, they'd call him a zoologist.

this is pretty funny

Ben Shapiro offends himself with a Michelle Wolf joke he wrote. @michelleisawolf @benshapiro pic.twitter.com/tYpl5giRTr

— Vic Berger IV (@VicBergerIV) May 1, 2018

US Politics, May 2018: How Broke Is He?

alright let's go fuck up this month