US Politics, October 2018: next week will be even longer

Why is manchin a democrat

labor unions

specifically unionized mine workers

Kavanaugh will be no friend to those

I would bet Manchin votes no tbh

this feels correct to me

The Heitkamp takes I'm seeing are wrong. She was fairly critical of Kavanaugh throughout the process, so voting *for* him now would look like an exceptionally craven and poll-driven move, especially given that she's had some bad polling lately.

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) October 4, 2018

Voting *against* him and doubling down on her image of honesty/authenticity is a high-variance strategy and will probably not work. But the alternative is quite possibly worse, and you want to take high-variance strategies when you're down in the polls.

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) October 4, 2018

By the same token, Manchin, who has a pretty solid lead in polls, has incentives to be risk-averse, which probably means a "yes" vote.

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) October 4, 2018

https://www.wsj.com/articles/i-am-an-independent-impartial-judge-1538695822

How the fuck is he this terrible of a writer? This is like "maybe" pile for the personal essay on a state school application.

is that real? holy shit

The Supreme Court must never be viewed as a partisan institution.

lol

pic.twitter.com/bxDG0oUcq7

— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) October 5, 2018

holy fucking shit.

John Paul Stevens looks every bit his age but can speak in coherent, polysylalbic sentences.

president shitheel

As if this entire presidency couldn’t be more bizarre...

Today, Trump boarded Air Force One with toilet paper stuck to his shoe. pic.twitter.com/Wg8D6AeP1Q

— Philin' Myself (@MaltLiquorLogic) October 5, 2018

we're living in a moment ripe for 1976-era Chevy Chase, god help us

How is this our world where no one even bothered to stop him? Like "eh, fuck this clown."

I am hearing Benny Hill music every day of my life now.

https://render.fineartamerica.com/images/rendered/default/greeting-card/images/artworkimages/medium/1/benny-hill-legend-mary-bassett.jpg?&targetx=0&targety=-108&imagewidth=700&imageheight=777&modelwidth=700&modelheight=500&backgroundcolor=A26954&orientation=0

Trump =

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u97SG_yimAE

After speculation that @SteveDaines would miss final Kavanaugh vote on Saturday due to his daughter’s wedding, his Spox says he spoke to Kavanaugh on the phone & he “assured Judge Kavanaugh tonight he has made arrangements to be there to get him across the finish line as needed”

— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) October 5, 2018

I tried to read that Kavanaugh editorial impartially, as if I knew nothing whatever about the man, and his point of focus and choice of words alone were enough to set off alarm bells. Please never forget, while trying to sell people on your credentials and character, to express as much puling butthurt as humanly possible. It only serves to strengthen your case.

it certainly strengthens your case if you're appealing to members of the butthurt party

And never forget how much white men can convince non-white men that they are looking out for your best interests.

White men and 1/2 of white women--- go fuck yourselves. And then un-fuck it. And then rinse, repeat.

Y why do you hate all white men

Y why do you hate all white men

Long history of useless self-understanding and a dumb fuck smile that says sure, I’ll take your accolades?

Y why do you hate all white men

n

Long story but it stems from white men having been banned from ilx since 2003

Good mourning!!

i need a drink already

After speculation that @SteveDaines would miss final Kavanaugh vote on Saturday due to his daughter’s wedding, his Spox says he spoke to Kavanaugh on the phone & he “assured Judge Kavanaugh tonight he has made arrangements to be there to get him across the finish line as needed”
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) October 5, 2018

Neglected to mention that I can't think of a more beautiful gift a father could give to his daughter on her wedding day.

'Sorry, Cookie, daddy's gotta run so he can maintain control over those ovaries of yours. Enjoy the reception!'

So from now on to eternity republican voters will believe the democrats coordinated to fabricate sexual assault allegations to block a judicial nominee?

not only that but they also feel it's justified for the republicans to gin up fake allegations against every democratic nominee from now on

I hope they try

Kavanaugh/abortion/shotgun wedding - it's like there's a joke in there staring us in the face, but what is it?

Can’t imagine it would go well for them.

what's more important? installing mr. kavanaugh to cover for the president's firing of the attorney general, assistant attorney general, and special prosecutor before the upcoming elections, all the better to help mr. putin interfere on daddy's behalf in another election, or dancing to louis fucking armstrong? wedding's don't pay for themselves, princess :(

The actual guys on the hill know this wasn’t a conspiracy. Maybe they think there isn’t merit to the charges (or that it’s impossible to prove them), and maybe they think feinstein waited too long to bring this forward, but raising the specter of a “political hit job” is fucked.

https://i.redd.it/jfr8uknof9q11.jpg

lmao

So from now on to eternity republican voters will believe the democrats coordinated to fabricate sexual assault allegations to block a judicial nominee?

― Trϵϵship,

Drop "fabricate." Many believe it happened, don't care

What goes around comes around.
How I hope that is the one part of that spiel that has any truth to it.
But I fear he may be lording it over a country he personally broke.
Fiddling in Rome.

Christ, bet Ford is glad she was wearing a one piece swimsuit since it seems to be a lot more protective than the law.

Really do hope this does motivate more change and that change can actually happen.

So from now on to eternity republican voters will believe any fucking thing their big daddy republican “leaders” tell them to believe, because they’re a bunch of hateful, credulous chickenshits.

very cool, our big soggy lad is out here pushing paid-by-Soros conspiracy theories now. very nice, very normal.

i goddamn fucking hate this shit so much

I'll be kind of glad when Soros dies TBH but I"m sure someone will conjure up some other boogeyman

(hint: the boogeyman will be the Clintons)

(and then the Obamas)

this is literally the first time Trump has mentioned Soros (on the tweeter at least)

who the hell is in his ear now?

i think the soros stuff is a breitbart thing

it's the other shoe dropping after Kavanaugh's "revenge on behalf of the Clintons" outburst