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

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.

(You take it correctly.)

It's not fair to compare him to that trash op-ed really, but Lapham's capacity for relating literally anything the Bush admin did to some bit of classical history was astounding

indeed -- and it was basically anything, not just the bush admin

xps The Ethics & Public Policy Center is currently headed by Ed Whelan of Kavanaugh Zillow theory infamy. Great work, WaPo.

You'd think the fourth estate might've seen our current era as a prime opportunity to seize the moral high ground and aspire to something better but not so fucking much.

The WaPo editorial board wishes to keep its spotless record of defending free speech by giving a much-needed voice to the servile toadies of the rich and powerful.

“Veteran suicide is an incredible thing to watch” — @realDonaldTrump

— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) March 5, 2019

wtf

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

The president does rails of Adderall.

weird how ppl in this thread keep reminding us of his only likable, relatable trait, aka his very likely frequent drug abuse

New @QuinnipiacPoll: 64% say Trump committed crimes before becoming president and 45% say Trump committed crimes while president

— Jesse Rodriguez (@JesseRodriguez) March 5, 2019

sure but how many of them will still vote for him

It's nice to see at least that much realism reflected in the general population.

He committed crimes because he's smart, duh.

Yeah, an important metric to measure now is how many people think it's cool having a criminal for a president.

weird how ppl in this thread keep reminding us of his only likable, relatable trait, aka his very likely frequent drug abuse

racist quas-fascist rapist despots are likeable if they are drug addicts?