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

I do not find that kind of non-reportage "analysis" helpful

xp

I mean, fine

I think the endless cynicism or the sense that trump is invincible is just another kind of fallacy

he's gonna burn in hell and I'm gonna piss on his grave

so there's that

it doesn't matter for him but other people are less bulletproof. Kavanaugh is on the supreme court but he will always be famous mostly as a sexual assailant and liar.

― Trϵϵship, Tuesday, October 9, 2018 7:52 PM (five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

No he won't. This is willfully naive. He will be famous mostly for having a deciding vote in overturning Roe vs Wade, or being part of the SC blocking dems legislation. For decades to come. Heck, the US senate nor an FBI 'investigation' stopped him from being where he is, so he must deserve to be there, right? He's considered a victim of slanderous feminazi allegations, "revenge on the Clinton's behalf". His legacy will be perfectly fine. AT most a dozen of people will fight in the trenches of Wikipedia over his 'sexual assault' chapter, shoving it under 'personal life' first, and erasing it all together not long after.

either that or the GOP will need to consolidate power permanently and ruthlessly to stave off any kind of reckoning, which.. maybe.

This is all assuming groundswell movements like metoo, coming from the young, won’t have any kind of enduring impact on the culture

Xp

Yes, I am assuming they will have no impact whatsoever. The groundswell movements in the USA in my life haven't had an enduring impact on USA culture, so..

Also i never said anything about a supervillain speech. I was obviously saying *if* the republicans’ anti-democratic manipulations continue to pay off for decades and decades in a world where their politics continue getting more radical and unpalatable to the majority. Something is going to break

if/when this admin finally starts tanking, you're gonna be associated with it for life.

Worked out nicely for the Dubya crowd (incl Kavanaugh). Thanks, Obama.

Really, thx, Obama.

Well the civil rights movement had an impact

what's happening here

i don't see what any of the supreme court stuff is if not the ruthless consolidation of long term power

Feminism more broadly has, even though the work is ongoing. The gay rights movement has been an incredible thing to witness. Again, the work isn’t done, but gay marriage is the law of the land and anti-gay bigotry is considered unacceptable in many places throughout the country. That’s a change

can you stop

what's happening here

― You like queer? I like queer. Still like queer. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, October 9, 2018 1:15 PM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

It was explained rather succinctly by last month's thread title but it certainly still applies to this one and likely those that follow.

can you stop

yeah this is stupid

The groundswell movements in the USA in my life haven't had an enduring impact on USA culture

I mean c'mon this is ridiculous

(It's difficult to translate into text the alternating bouts of wild laughter and hysterical sobbing which accompany the fingers' journey across the keyboard, do u see.)

are you not even self-aware enough to realize that predictions you made just in this thread have already been shown to be completely wrong

who, me?

I think he meant me

I was saying kavanaugh could never be confirmed after all the perjury

it's ok, most of us done it, too. "THIS is the moment that america turns against trump", etc, after one of the dozens of times it should have been obvious to anyone that he should be thrown out of office ASAP

You were saying Kavanaugh will be forever stained because of the allegations of sexual abuse against him. He will not, trust me. xp

Concentrate on November, people.

We're in a pretty crazy moment of accelerationism. I thought for sure I was gonna go as Toad for Halloween but no one's gonna get the reference because it felt like it was 20 years ago by now. At this point it's worthless to speculate on what Kavanaugh is gonna do for midterm results because there's still a month to go. Isn't Mueller's report due any day now?

I thought it had been suggested that the date given for sentencing of Flynn would be one of the last things in the investigation and since that has already been inked in it might mean the case would be complete by that date. It's mid December isn't it?

Has anyone suggested that he just be referred to as "Rapist judge Kavanaugh" forever? Surely this is doable?

I think you should all best remember that rumors that Mueller's wrapping up his investigation best suit people for whom it would be really helpful if in fact he did so.

Ummm…. do you think Ivanka might have got a new job? (All of those new follows yesterday.) pic.twitter.com/DdtQDWFOOG

— James O'Malley (@Psythor) October 9, 2018

at this point I would maybe prefer Mueller's report didn't come out until after the midterms. I mean, if you thought Kavanaugh amped up the right-wing persecution machine...

jared is going to be the UN guy so they can move back to new york

Does the UN get to reject potential representatives?

"Jared is such a hidden genius that no one understands. To redo the NAFTA deal the way he did. What I’ve done working with him on the Middle East peace plan ... it is so unbelievably well-done."

- nikki haley, understandable, tangible genius

holy christ I never thought she was much of an intellect but she sounds exactly like trump.

haha

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRYYqEgT9uI

cmon..........ted is gold

Linklater delivers

Knowing the kind of film nerd Linklater is, the "Ted" thing probably is a tribute to the actor's "Brad" here..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWHHQ3Rz534

I'm all of arguments with people on my FB feed who attack Dems for attacking the Green Party for throwing the election to Donald Trump. Someone give me a couple lines.

Green Party nominated a moron (Jill Stein) that the Russians used like a stooge - and look what it got us

very original

it was literally some fifth column shit

We made it one week without re-litigating 2016.

You have to vote for a lizard or the wrong lizard might get in.

supporting the green party mostly makes sense if you believe the results of elections have no meaningful consequences and we're living through a pretty good example of that not being true

people who hated HRC enough to vote for Jill Stein were never gonna vote for Clinton even if libbots got their wish and all minor-party candidates were banned from the ballot

hell, can you prove Trump didn't vote for Stein

it was literally some fifth column shit

Tail Gunner Shakey McCarthy 2020