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

adding to that last thought, the Republicans benghazied Hillary fore and aft without ever having to risk a move as fraught with dangers as impeachment, so you know that pounding away at a narrative through congressional investigations can undermine public confidence pretty thoroughly, even when there's not much evidence to work with.

what a shame that this innocent man is surrounded by all these criminals

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/20/opinion/sunday/mueller-report-trump.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage

Sort of agree with Douthat here. Time to log off

https://i.imgur.com/i7VnNcK.png

your messageboard argument prompt for easter sunday

this HOM in the Glossary is Hannity, right?

https://i.imgur.com/uPOsTfx.jpg

hahaha

can i share that picture on FB?

Sure but I’m going to feel silly if it turns out to be Jim Harbaugh

it could be someone whose name is literally "Harm to Ongoing Matter"

looooool

Katherine pointed that out right after the report was released. I thought at first there was something to the fact that HARM fits right there too until she pointed out the same acronym exactly where Kavanaugh would go

there’s another HOM spot that is obviously Roger Stone

Rep. Ilhan Omar: Legalize marijuana everywhere, expunge records of those jailed for pot offenseshttps://t.co/3XCQ8p18Hr pic.twitter.com/6JqX9JfD2e

— Newsweek (@Newsweek) April 20, 2019

Clearly this is the latest step in her plan to destroy America from within.

no one will notice that the pot brownies are laced with sharia law

Rudy Giuliani declared on Sunday that President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort had been nearly “tortured” in jail as part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation and referred to one of Mueller’s lead prosecutors as a “hit man” before walking back both comments.

so manafort... wasnt tortured

"I love them. I know they like me too. It's the egg farmers of this country, the egg farmers," Trump says at the White House Easter Egg Roll.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 22, 2019

AND THEY'RE FARMIN EGGS WHILE THE SLAVES ARE ALL WORKIN

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D4xCOfgWsAAjXhm.jpg

I was about to post that picture!

all Trump appearances should have him flanked by a costumed character. really helps set the right tone

how can someone with servants have the "oh shit i left the iron plugged in" look that melania has in that photo

Does this make Melania a mushroom farmer?

all Trump appearances should have him flanked by a costumed character. really helps set the right tone

― mh, Monday, April 22, 2019

what a mean thing to write about Melania

I'd never imply that Melania has any discernible sense of character

Not in public, at least.

The Giuliani/Tapper clip is getting replayed on local news here. I choose to take that as a good sign.

NEW: The US is threatening to veto a UN Security Council resolution because it talks about giving sexual and reproductive health support to victims of rape in conflict. https://t.co/xI2MsA9Oyo

— Julian Borger (@julianborger) April 22, 2019

Now here's a development I did not see coming, yet it's weirdly predictable.

Holy fuckin shit. This was a pop up ad on an article I was reading for a strip club in my town. He’s appearing at strip clubs. For $25 dollars. Lmao pic.twitter.com/4TNNF5Agxz

— Matt (@WhoCare6969) April 22, 2019

We already know he's got the G-strings...

And he's gotta split the $25 with the "Manhattan Madam"!

How much extra to make the Nixon tattoo smile and frown, I wonder.

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/22/trump-approval-mueller-report-1286386

and for good measure:
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/22/easter-egg-roll-trump-border-wall-1286361

too on the nose, donny, too on the nose.

this little girl came up to me, she was eating a peep, said Paul Krugman, of the Fake News New York Times, has lost all credibility

https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-census-citizenship-question-trump-ross-20190423-story.html

But while views of Trump have tumbled since the publication of Robert Muller’s redacted report, so has support for impeaching him. Only 34 percent of voters believe Congress should begin impeachment proceedings to remove the president from office, down from 39 percent in January. Nearly half, 48 percent, say Congress should not begin impeachment proceedings.

after release of the mueller report, of which even a cursory scan demonstrates the presidents obvious guilt and numerous obstructions of justice, bad intent, and that he's a fucking incompetent asshole, fewer people think he should be impeached. i don't think the reduction comes from a bunch of people coming to the conclusion that it's better practically or politically to avoid impeachment for now while continuing to investigate, etc etc - it comes from a bunch of people hearing "the release of the mueller report has lifted a dark cloud off the president", "the report did not identify criminal activity by the president", etc etc. fuck this country, fuck everyone who can't take 20 minutes to read

unrelated, but while i'm at it, fuck popular twitch streamers, too. god that shit is annoying

actually, I do know Dems and libs, not on this thread obsessing over Morning Psycho or all over Facebook, who would rather wait till 2020 and vote Trump out.

actually, I do know Dems and libs, not on this thread obsessing over Morning Psycho or all over Facebook, who would rather wait till 2020 and vote Trump out.

sure - i get that. that's what i meant by "i don't think the reduction comes from a bunch of people coming to the conclusion that it's better practically or politically to avoid impeachment for now while continuing to investigate, etc etc." but people with that view (a totally legit view, although not one i agree with) probably held that before the mueller report came out, so they're not the reason for a reduction in support for impeachment. surely the cascade of headlines and shitty, SHITTY reporting in the immediate aftermath of the report's release had more to do with it

sure, if you stuck around a day or two, long enough to hear about how there was actually some damaging stuff to trump in there, you might have come across some better reporting or hot takes from pundits. but you can't undo the damage of the failures in the immediate aftermath of the release, when by far the most people are paying attention

then again, his approval ratings have also (temporarily) declined, so what do i know

You thought the reporting last Thursday sucked? I thought it a huge improvement over last month's Barr memo farrago.

trying to imagine a Hillary presidency under similar circumstances, with a Dem-controlled Senate, and Kevin McCarthy declining to open impeachment hearings for fear of ruffling feathers lol

You thought the reporting last Thursday sucked? I thought it a huge improvement over last month's Barr memo farrago.

agree with all of that

yeah it looked like the Beltway hacks, shamed by how Trump made them look like suckers, gritted their teeth last week.

after the crisis of mass media journalism became apparent to all following WMDs and trump's election, everyone took a deep breath, did some soul searching, and then decided to suck even more badly asap

JuJu and Psycho Joe

pretty apparent that the media loves Trump the same way pharma companies love people getting addicted to opiates

Trump is the opiate of the asses

the suppository of all thing essentially american