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

conrgess is gonna congress, frankly this is a media problem.

After seeing that disgusting wapo op-Ed comparing Omar to Steve King I’m inclined to agree

my own congressman is dining out on supposed anti-semitism among democrats but he has declined nearly all invitations to actually speak with the jewish congregations in his district (there aren't many). he's a perfect example of "anti-semitism" being weaponized in a way that has nothing to do with harms done to (or perceived by) actual jews.

This is crazy, for those fascinated and/or needing a chill way to wind down the evening:

https://www.emptywheel.net/2019/03/04/puzzling-through-the-house-requests/

some GOP rep said on NPR this morning "did Jared compromise security? nothing to see"

he almost certainly did, though

well done Democrats

Representative Ilhan Omar is again under fire for her terrible comments concerning Israel. Jewish groups have just sent a petition to Speaker Pelosi asking her to remove Omar from Foreign Relations Committee. A dark day for Israel!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 5, 2019

A dark day for Israel!

I'm pretty sure no one in Israel had a worse day today because of this. It's not exactly like she is committing or even inciting mass murder of Israelis. She didn't even make someone stub their toe or get a paper cut.

theres zero chance he knows A) what she said or B) why people are upset about it

(of course the fact that anyone's upset is idiotic and I suspect none of this is done in good faith and HOLY SHIT DEMS DO NOT DO THE GOP'S JOB FOR THEM)

NYT: “Senate prepares to block wall emergency, setting up rebuke to Trump. The vote would force Mr. Trump to issue the first veto of his presidency, signaling that his grip on Republicans in Congress ma be slipping.”


his grip on Republicans may be slipping, right!

I'm sure some of them like their handies differently

"donald trump has issued an executive order sentencing everyone who voted for hilary clinton to death. the nra is urging its members to form posses and kill everyone who is responsible for their persecution. 12 republican senators are believed to be considering opposing trump's order, dealing a major blow to party unity in a time of great strife and uncertainty for donald trump."

lol

Republicans are like the parent insisting their kid didn't shit on the floor in the dressing room of a JC Penneys

The only "grip" Trump has over Republicans in Congress is their fear of getting primaried out of office by his yahoo supporters. It certainly isn't his inspiring leadership, his shrewd maneuvering for their ultimate advantage, or his prowess at policy.

I'm wondering how this 72 year old man was able to give a vehement, completely insane speech for 2 full hours on Saturday without taking a break or even a sip of water as far as I saw

Insulin Pump full of Stem Cells.

He is high on the one thing that truly stimulates or satisfies him: talking about himself in front of a crowd. Being able to talk on and on, fabulating both nonsense and bullshit while other people listen. If he tells stories about how great he is, and there are people listening, then he can pretend to himself that they are true, and even more, pretend that the other people believe the same thing.

Also, loads of drugs.

And a catheter.

trade wars are good https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/05/trump-ejects-india-from-56bn-tariff-deal-over-negative-trade-barriers

xp I prefer to think of him just freely wetting and soiling himself as he spoke, but nobody mentioning it

good morning!

Trump is def high on more than applause. He does rails of Adderall

The president does rails of Adderall.

whoops: https://www.complex.com/life/2018/12/ex-apprentice-staffer-trump-snorts-adderall-cant-read

if you view everything through the lens of 2020 all GOP lines of attack will be based around:

a. anti-semitism/support of israel
b. socialism
c. infanticide
d. the border wall/racism

thats the modern conservative movement, folks.

yep, if you play those notes one after another, eventually you're going to gather up all of the base. for my father-in-law it's mostly d.) with a healthy dose of b.). for my sister's mother-in-law, it's almost all c.) with a smidgen of b.).

i still don't think a.). is much of a factor with many voters.

I think these four fall into two distinct categories: c) and d) are meant to inflame the base, but a) and b) have as much to do with pleasing lobbyists and large donors

I mean Trump's base by and large is not comprised of taxpayers vulberable to a proposed tax rate of 70%.

They could drop "socialism" and "Israel" from their rants and the base probably wouldn't blink

PRESIDENTIAL HARASSMENT!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 5, 2019

SHOTS!

Trump in with the most efficient précis of the past two years that I've yet encountered.

Trump is def high on more than applause. He does rails of Adderall

The president does rails of Adderall.

― heinrich boll weevil (Hadrian VIII), Tuesday, March 5, 2019 4:23 AM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

an obese septuagenarian speed-freak is quite an unlikely prospect

and yet

lol

As someone who has took mountains of adderall in my late teens and early twenties (all prescribed, which seems insane in hindsight) i believe the adderally theory. I wouldn’t behave exactly like him, but kind of

*has taken

I honestly don’t think it’s a crazy theory. I can’t imagine how he would have this much energy otherwise.

lots of diet pepsi.

he also just sits in a chair watching tv and firing off tweets all day

He's a president flyover states can relate to.

He's saved all that energy from a lifetime of not exercising.

Exactly. Adderall gives you a lot of cheap, bullshit energy that is good for stuff like tweeting and picking fights and leaves you unable to relax.

Xp

Incredible:

This is a real closing paragraph from an actual Wapo column re. Ilhan Omar. pic.twitter.com/BoBRBXF6Wn

— Eli Valley (@elivalley) March 4, 2019

Of course, the whole Ceasar-story was massively sexist all along. And with Omar, it's with a healthy dose of Islamophobia.

hey Ancient Romans! Do better!

Wish more trenchant op-eds would present arguments as if the last several millennia of political history never happened.

The author is @henryolsenEPPC. The 'ethic center' thinktank that pays him was run by Elliot Abrams for years, the same war ghoul @IlhanMN was questioning in the House recently.

TLDR, this is a pure hit piece - a bootlicker covering for his former bosshttps://t.co/i40JTtKMC7

— Lionel Cosgrove (@LionelCosgrove1) March 5, 2019

^ not bothering to verify bc I assume it’s true

OL I take it you didn't spend the W years reading Lewis Lapham columns in Harper's

Let us not forget the lessons of history, such as when Caveman Ug failed to swiftly exile Caveman Brap after Brap acted imprudently with the communal mastodon pelts.