US Politics March 2019: “I can’t say I’m happy. I can’t say I’m thrilled”

Is it safe to assume the Mueller investigation has already gone through the tax returns?

They have talked with Weisselberg haven't they, I thought several times. So would think they would have some access to the records, though might have thought there might be more outcry from GOP members that they were looking through things like that without direct Presidential permission. Even if it is what a large amount of the population want them to do

I assume Mueller has seen or has the tax returns, but he is somewhat limited in investigative scope. I imagine he could and likely did pass on anything suspicious to SDNY, where obv. Cohen said there are currently several investigations in progress. The question is whether there is anything in the tax returns that would be of interest or suspicion to congress but not to Mueller or SDNY. Maybe just general assholery, like not paying taxes or not paying enough?

Omar 'misstepping' again:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/01/politics/ilhan-omar-engel-statement/index.html

though I don't see anything wrong with this statement. At what point will the Dems give up and stop getting on her tit, or will they keep it up and ostracize her? I don't see her shifting on this topic.

The Israel Lobby will set their dogs on any Congressional representative who fiercely criticizes the Israel Lobby. It is a measure of their power that they can mobilize an instantaneous response, not from the Israeli ambassador, but from inside the Capitol and from US representatives. And not just from representatives in the opposition party, but from Omar's own party. That's a demonstration of power, in case anyone feels like joining Omar as a target.

At what point will the Dems give up and stop getting on her tit? Not any time soon, that's a cinch.

^^^ This whole thing is becoming as ridiculous as saying one cannot be a feminist and criticize Ivanka Trump at the same time.

Trump having a regular one at CPAC

Trump has spent as much time talking about David Weigel during this speech as he has discussing trade policy.

— Osita Nwanevu (@OsitaNwanevu) March 2, 2019

good afternoon!

very surprised that trump isn't spending all his time talking about the invasion on the southern border

pushing two hours of sweaty extemporizing now

god, this fucking moron

Trump will speak to the CPAC conference in Maryland shortly. Tweets in this thread.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 2, 2019

e.g.,

Trump complains of other presidents not challenging "40%" auto tariffs from China. They were not 40% until China retaliated against Trump's tariffs. They're now back down to 15%.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 2, 2019

the whole speech is nuts

lmao there's like 5 tweets about this guy

Trump says that nobody in Hollywood could play US generals, "These guys are like perfect people." He says he met a general named "Raisin Kane." He said he was incredulous but that yes, the guy said, his name is Raisin "like the fruit." ??? someone help me with this one

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 2, 2019

when he's in defeeeeeeeeeeeeat

surely this

Trump mocks senators with white hair. He says, "I don't have white hair. I don't have white hair."

"Trump has spent as much time talking about David Weigel during this speech as he has discussing trade policy."

is it about his Prog Rock book?

he's claiming Newsom calls him and tells him he's a great president. I find that pretty hard to believe.

I find that pretty hard to believe.

this could be the title of any one of these threads.

We're all used to presidents who lie strategically, for political reasons. We still aren't used to having a president who lies gratuitously, habitually, vainly, and constantly, often for no reason, or maybe just to perk himself up because it feels good to tell a series of self-aggrandizing lies, the way some people feel better after their first cup of coffee.

it's even more reflexive and thoughtless than that. it's like stratching his nuts.

*scratching

https://i.imgur.com/2yR4AQe.png

Love too wear my jammies to work

https://img.discogs.com/G8jlyArG8_dPvZnOIwmMq1Y5NJY=/fit-in/250x251/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-6924032-1429616015-6200.jpeg.jpg

The BBC pic https://www.bbc.co.uk/news for the news story today is Trump cuddling the flag. Has he done it again, or are they just trolling?

he's done it again

meanwhile, his new tweet exonerates him:

"The brand new manuscript for a new book by failed lawyer Michael Cohen shows his testimony was a total lie! Pundits should only use it."

Ah well. Good God that is so weird.

He is a deeply weird man. It's hard to look away, but... must... not look... so hard...

(Aimless leaves computer to go make dinner.)

what book? what the fuck is he talking about? pundits should only use it? what?

perhaps his previous tweet, published just 7 minutes before that, will enlighten you:

"Virtually everything failed lawyer Michael Cohen said in his sworn testimony last week is totally contradicted in his just released manuscript for a book about me. It’s a total new love letter to “Trump” and the pols must now use it rather than his lies for sentence reduction!"

BUT THE FBI BROKE INTO HIS OFFICE

someone in the comments said it has to do with a book pitch cohen made a year ago (when he was still employed by trump), but yeah. trump is really, really dumb

Hopefully he'll die of a BDSM injury

...At one point, Cohen testified that it was true he had shopped around a book about his time with Trump, and that he ultimately turned down a $750,000 book deal. He also testified that he soured on his former employer after the president's response to violence at race-fueled riots in Charlottesville and his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki.

In his tweets Friday morning, Trump said it was "just revealed" that Cohen penned a flattering book after those events occurred — negating Cohen's stated reason for turning on Trump.

But reporting on the book deal dates back to last year, and cites a book proposal — not a full manuscript, which Trump claimed Friday to have seen a "transcript" of. It's unclear if the book was ever written or when precisely the book proposal was shopped around, though Cohen indicated to Congress Wednesday that talks with publishers occurred "early on when I was still part of the RNC."

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-attacks-cohen-over-testimony-calls-him-totally-discredited-n978076

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgXc4S-MOfQ

Jesus doesn't want Trump for a sunbeam

That whole Dale tweet thread is amazing. The speech today should also confirm that Trump wears diapers or some other body waste management device, as there's no way in hell he does anything for two hours without peeing.

XP You Think You're A Man, But You're Only A Trump

Actual photo of General Raisin Kane:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/33/California_Raisin_claymation.jpg

I like how he met a military guy with an obvious nickname and assumed Raisin was his given name

yeah it's a book that, I believe, wasn't even written. what a dumb dumb.

It wasn’t a book, it was a total love letter to “trump”

NEW: House judiciary chairman Jerry Nadler says "tomorrow we will be issuing document requests to over 60 different people and individuals from the White House, to the Dept. of Justice, Donald Trump Jr. ... to begin investigations" https://t.co/T5uriFOXYo #ThisWeek pic.twitter.com/OYnNw8ELjZ

— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) March 3, 2019

has Ways & Means chair Neal been dragging his feet on Yam's taxes?

https://revolvingdoorproject.substack.com/p/revolving-door-project-reacts-to

i uh, think he's got this?
http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/wamc/files/styles/medium/public/201804/114_rp_ma_1_neal_richard__1_.jpg

sorry hueg but eh

Senate has enough GOP defections to pass national emergency disapproval.

Obv gonna get vetoed and there's no veto-proof majority but at least we're making him own it

Senate has enough GOP defections to pass national emergency disapproval.

No they don't. I read the Vox article that listed the "defectors" and the list included Collins, with Rubio and Romney supposedly "on the fence." I will bet actual money that none of them are going to vote no when it finally comes down. Paul will, Murkowski might, and that'll be it, and one of those will be canceled out by Manchin voting yes.

huh? this bill is the exact type of thing Murkowski and Collins love to defect on, much like the ACA repeal bills, to appear more "middle of the road". and Manchin likes to vote the same way they do (albeit he doesn't always).

not sure why you're dismissing this so confidently.

I mean I know some of the posters ITT get boners loudly posting about how the worst possible outcome is obviously going to happen, but Murkowski/Collins have voted to buck Trump multiple times. they're opportunist bullshitters, but they're usually the two most likely to break ranks, like with his wall bill, or the ACA. especially when they know the bill is going to be vetoed by the President anyway, which absolves them of any 'responsibility'.

Murkowski's been at least consistent on that front.

maybe if we just don't have an April thread nothing bad will happen and everyone can have a nice time

POLL

The funny thing, it's actually a nice looking building that works well in the skyline! For that one year or whatever before they farted his name on the front it fit right in. Now it just gives you something to scowl at as you float by on a water taxi. Even the fancy restaurant had to close and reboot with a new chef because everyone was shunning it.

"TRUMP" should have a negative brand value. Stick those letters on a building and vacancies rise, while rents and sales prices fall.

I haven't had the opportunity to decline to attend a conference or wedding reception held at a T. property, but it would have to be easier than estrangement from MAGA-hat family over the past couple years.

Our grandchildren should all know him as the amoral buffoon who made the heat waves, famines, and migration crises of their own times incrementally worse. One of the reasons given for inaction on climate is those most responsible won't be affected. We should consider "visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations" as one way of encouraging good leadership, and if that requires dragging Ivanka's surname through the mud for decades, I'm game.

So, what's the new thread gonna be?

miserable

morning!

xpost It's been mentioned before, but he's the rare person whose election to the White House will result in his name on fewer things, not more.

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BUt might just be that anything said by him today is going to be thought to fall under the same rubrik, maybe should be every other day too.

i think that might be photoshopped

i can tell by the pixels

those middle finger photos are so satisfying

US Politics April 2019: "We apologize for the error — lol, April Fools!"

xpost Yes. I have to avert my eyes to avoid seeing that shit on the walk to and from the train every weekday, who knew a flying bird would be the perfect complement.

US Politics April 2019 Thread: 'I find that pretty hard to believe'