US Politics December 2018: ~very legal and very cool~

not only does 33-year-old stephen miller share the views of brainwormed white men twice his age, he also shares their love of home shopping network hair-in-a-can

Stephen Miller went on @FaceTheNation with spray on hair and looks ridiculous. (I suspect the make-up person hates him.) pic.twitter.com/B3ut9TmsbQ

— Cornelia (@PaladinCornelia) December 16, 2018

It's not the crime, it's the cover-up.

(not my joke but A+)

baldness is not a crime

*balding-man defensiveness intensifies*

Re: baldness, the cover-up is almost always a crime.

(Adjusts very normal-looking toupee man hair.)

I also heard his fake hairline described as a nest of angry ants.

That whole twitter thread above is actually full of good stuff.

The first thing I thought of:

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/simpsons/images/5/5a/Black.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20071203233349

https://freeform.azureedge.net/showms/2018/10/00373eb9-02da-404d-98de-781e480f6c70.jpg

jesus god wtf is that

pointillist hair, what a time to be alive

good morning!

Joey Lawrence's forthcoming work: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roe_v._Wade_(film)

He has been married to Chandie Yawn-Nelson since July 3, 2005

chandie... yawn-nelson

THat's the old Sabrina grown up innit?

Or taht is to say Melissa is.

It is.

So glad I could help nudge the US politics thread in this direction, towards the important issues.

yea on one hand talking about Stephen Miller's hair is yet another dumb dIsTrAcTiOn like typos or Melania's jacket but on the other hand holy shit how do you go on national TV looking like that

I'm just a dumb Canadian, but if you're an American of similar ilk to me - big on Gillibrand, down on Harris or Booker, somehow unable to buy into Warren or Sanders - I'd point you to Pete Buttigieg, who just announced that he won't run for re-election as mayor of South Bend. (IE, he's probably running for president.) I was really impressed by his appearance on The Axe Files, and when it comes to ideas and vision, he's by far my favourite of the portended "progressive white guy" candidates. (Sorry Beto.)

xpost It's trivial, sure, but I often try to imagine how people who didn't live through it will view this era, and tiny details that seem like NBD in the moment might well present themselves down the road as glaringly obvious signs that some profoundly unwell people once ran the country. Imagine the horror of a young child in 2023 getting their first glimpse of Steve Bannon in their social studies textbook.

or the necronomicon

However you first encounter him, I suppose reckoning with the concept of Tsathoggua is a rite of passage all children must eventually experience.

Lmao

One indirect cause of no-shows for House votes: Many have nowhere to live during lame duck.
Nearly 100 members are retiring, probably a couple dozen who slept in their offices. They lost those offices a few weeks ago. No bed, no DC, no vote.https://t.co/MX7TTz4dMR

— Paul Kane (@pkcapitol) December 17, 2018

An entire subset of people who have no ability to exist on their own in the Real World and yet we can’t speak of eugenics in polite company, no.

i wonder how many of those transients were snide about AOC's housing woes

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018/12/17/i-voted-trump-now-his-wall-may-destroy-my-butterfly-paradise/

this kind of story is never not hilarious

I don’t need more than the URL slug for that one

I agreed to let a sewage disposal company empty a septic truck into my home, now my house is ruined. Halp.

People have asked me, “Didn’t you listen to Trump when he said that he would build a wall?” I didn’t take the idea seriously during the campaign. I knew he couldn’t get Mexico to pay it — that’d be like asking Hurricane Harvey to foot the bill for rebuilding Houston

hmm is it now

"And let's be honest, if he does build a wall, well...I'm already here"

"I mean all politicians lie, whereas Trump tells the truth. He tells it like it is. Except for the Wall, I totally didn't think he meant that. Or the Muslim ban."

USA Today reports:

After roughly a quarter century in elected office, Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee will retire after 2020. The former Republican governor, who has served in the Senate since first being elected in 2002, said Monday that he will not seek a fourth term in the upper chamber.

I mean he’s 78 he might not last that long

I'd point you to Pete Buttigieg, who just announced that he won't run for re-election as mayor of South Bend. (IE, he's probably running for president.)

Well, I suppose so. https://t.co/gaY1qLIfXp

— Richard M. Nixon (@dick_nixon) December 14, 2018

Trump only needs to call that guy Pete Buttplug once and he's toast xp

Lamar! rest in retirement big man. heaven needed a spineless turd. i hope you choke on a school voucher

Never forget

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/Lamar-Alexander-red-plaid-1996-blog.jpg

lamar's red plaid was the santorum sweater vest of 1996. enuff said.

That's where Jeb! got the idea for the exclamation point.

nah. in 1992, the extremely flaccid personality of the Republican Oregon governor running for re-election chose the slogan of "Atiyeh!" for all his bumper stickers and lawn signs. The political 'hype-ostrophe' has to predate this use, because consultants steal these ideas far more often than they originate them

Oh yeah BTW

This will be big.
Judge in Flynn case says that the memo, written by FBI agents following their interview with Michael Flynn at the White House, should be made public, with some redactions allowed, and will be relevant at his sentencing. This memo had only been filed under seal.

— Shimon Prokupecz (@ShimonPro) December 17, 2018

Per judge's order tonight, prosecutors have now filed the redacted 302 (FBI interview notes) prepared after agents sat down with Michael Flynn on 1/24/17. Here it is: https://t.co/c3tX2Rz8wf pic.twitter.com/n8W1Vg1vqG

— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) December 17, 2018

Flynn began by talking about his first trip to Russia in 2013 when he was director of the Defense Intelligence Agency. Flynn then describes several contacts in 2016 with now-former Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak — post-election convos + condolence calls pic.twitter.com/IZVBIQ5lcT

— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) December 17, 2018

Gotta say, Flynn really did himself no favors

https://www.emptywheel.net/2018/12/17/mike-flynn-steps-in-it-in-a-bid-to-feed-the-frothy-right-he-leads-to-damning-new-details-showing-he-lied-to-protect-trump/

Some people somehow never learned that there’s no such thing as just giving a friendly and nonadversarial interview to the cops

Roger Stone is selling ‘Roger’ stones https://t.co/rsMfGf5Sym pic.twitter.com/Kb5qzzDwqK

— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) December 17, 2018

"Come get Rogered."

People in high positions of wealth or power often assume that police are their natural allies, who exist almost exclusively to serve them and protect them.

Oh this is hilarious

https://www.wsj.com/articles/roger-stone-admits-spreading-lies-on-infowars-11545093097

Non-paywall discussion here

https://splinternews.com/roger-stone-lied-about-a-chinese-businessman-on-infowar-1831162926

not only are these people evil, they’re also insanely tacky

Mueller is a CORRUPT COP and his SC investigation is POLITICALLY MOTIVATED and CRIMINAL in its METHODS -- I can give testimony to this from my personal experience with Mueller as I detail in my eBook https://t.co/Pm1xPi1ynV SILENT NO MORE - With the HELP of GOD we will WIN! pic.twitter.com/cGClgWCW9b

— Jerome R. Corsi, Ph.D. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@jerome_corsi) December 17, 2018