At the risk of stating the obvious, the July 2019 US Politics Thread is horse-sh*t

I think about that 2016 accusation a lot, and how something like that would have sank nearly anyone else's bid for public office. Especially since her claim lines up with so many "Trump raped me" stories.

Turns out that every single one of the 24+ women who have accused trump of sexual misconduct are lying. Just like Christine Blasey Ford, although in that case she wasn’t lying about being assaulted, she just wasn’t remembering the past correctly

this accusation though...I mean, it's way more sinister and awful than any of the other ones, so over-the-top that I have a hard time believing even Trump is capable of it. then again, he's one of the worst human beings on the planet, so he probably is.

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/11/3/13501364/trump-rape-13-year-old-lawsuit-katie-johnson-allegation

Erick Erickson, as clever as a fox.

If Epstein had done what he did with teenage boys and dressed them in drag, undoubtedly a number of people out to get him would instead be defending him.

— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) July 9, 2019

just a guy who really understands how the world works

to be fair, both zero and one are numbers

How soon before Pelosi outlives her usefulness to the financial sponsors of the Democratic Party and they are compelled to replace her with a younger, smoother and more adroit enforcer of the neoliberal agenda?https://t.co/tdWRitS011

— Jeffrey St. Clair (@JSCCounterPunch) July 9, 2019

I don't know. How soon?

year and a half

lightning speed in Dem plutocrat time

financial sponsors = the jews yes?

taking notes, want to make sure I have this right for when the revolution comes

there is no bloody revolution

also youre quite an obtuse shit, aintcha

besos

qanon right again:

White House pulls cartoonist Ben Garrison’s invite to social media summit over anti-Semitic cartoon https://t.co/x1sHqFoDA3

— Will Sommer (@willsommer) July 10, 2019

grab 'em by the caddy

President Donald Trump's golf resort in Doral, Florida, is scheduled to host a golf tournament Saturday put on by a Miami-area strip club, which will allow golfers to pay for a dancer to serve as their "caddy girl" while they play at the president's club.

The "Shadow All Star Tournament" is organised by the Shadow Cabaret, a strip club in Hialeah, Florida. Emanuele Mancuso, Shadow Cabaret's marketing director, said in a telephone interview that this was the first time the club had held a tournament at Trump Doral.

The Trump name and family crest are displayed prominently in the strip club's advertising materials, which offer golfers the "caddy girl of your choice."

Mr Mancuso said the strip club did not intend to send a political statement by choosing Trump's resort. Rather, he said, the choice was for luxury. These golfers are VIPs, Mr Mancuso said. "They deserve a VIP environment."

Mr Mancuso said there would be no nudity at the resort. On the course, he said, the caddies would wear pink miniskirts and what he called "a sexy white polo."

Afterward, however, the golfers and the dancers would return to another venue – the cabaret itself – for what he described as a "very tasteful" burlesque show, which could involve nudity.

"They're going to be clothed the whole time" at the golf course, Mancuso said. "At the venue is different."

In a statement, the Trump Organisation confirmed the event is happening and said it was for a "worthwhile cause" – a Miami children's charity. A spokeswoman said the company had not approved the tournament's advertisements before they were published.

In a statement, the Trump Organisation confirmed the event is happening and said it was for a "worthwhile cause" – a Miami children's charity.

Tits for Tots, iirc

good morning!

*golf clap* xp

i really dislike playbook and jake sherman's whole shtick

he looks like NKOTB's Joey McIntyre before he got cute.

um, as the younger brother of a new kids obsessive, i must say that MANY adolescents thought joey was super cute BEFORE he got...cuter. my sister used to tell tales of a mythical concert in which joey's voice changed during the show

uh let me point out that Jon Knight was The Cute One. Rarely is the Gay One also the Cute One.

Kim Darroch did an outstanding job as Ambassador and sorry to see he has resigned his post.

He got a raw deal from press.

— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) July 10, 2019

...that's a weird tweet

i guess that's what happens when you have to tweet but you're not allowed to say anything that resembles what actually happened

i mean i guess he got a raw deal from the daily mail for printing the leaked emails?

The resignation happened because that industrial-strength fucknut Boris Johnson didn’t commit to backing Darroch when asked in the leadership debate last night.

I’m sure Nazanin Zagari-Radcliffe knows just how that feels.

Maybe he meant "He got a raw deal from the Pres"

uh let me point out that Jon Knight was The Cute One. Rarely is the Gay One also the Cute One.

― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, July 10, 2019 9:40 AM (thirty-two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

He is my wife’s favorite. She also liked lance bass.

Maybe for uk pol thread, but if monsieur ambassadeur is so pissed off with boris johnson, why not stay in post a couple more weeks and make johnson sack him?

Probably some combination of 'I wouldn't give him the pleasure' / 'I am not going to stand here and wait to be slapped' / 'I'll show the world I have more dignity than that'.

this...seems...good?

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/7/10/20687507/triump-kidney-disease-transplant

(speaking as someone who has been on and off the liver transplant list for the past several years).

Me on the flagbotherers and 45 versus my hometown:

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/trump-pledge-of-allegiance-minnesota-twitter-a8999491.html

thank god . . . an internet petition

As a prosecutor Acosta was supposed to vindicate young trafficking victims; instead he violated their trust and brushed their evidence aside to protect their abuser. Acosta’s Epstein coverup is unconscionable and indefensible. He MUST resign. #AcostaResign https://t.co/Uboc7pV7jG

— Nancy Pelosi (@TeamPelosi) July 10, 2019

she's still acting like the minority leader

How so? Once a cabinet secretary has been confirmed, the congress can't force a resignation. What do you suggest she do differently?

this...seems...good?

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/7/10/20687507/triump-kidney-disease-transplant

(speaking as someone who has been on and off the liver transplant list for the past several years).

― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Wednesday, July 10, 2019 2:46 PM (fifty-six minutes ago)

i think so but idk

TRUMP: "You've worked so hard on the kidney. Very special -- the kidney has a very special place in the heart. It's an incredible thing." pic.twitter.com/JLM3uCsO5u

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 10, 2019

So reading between the lines he was told that he's suffering from heart failure and subsequently overheard someone talking about kidney transplants and the scrambled wiring in his brain led him first to believe that he needed to have a new kidney implanted into his heart and then to issue an executive order to speed up the process.

That's probably only like 1/10 more dumb than whatever actually motivated this turn of events.

whatever it was, glad it's happening

mike pence is contagious

Mississippi Politician Blocks Female Reporter From Campaign Trip

Robert Foster, a state representative, invoked the “Billy Graham rule” of not spending time alone with women other than one’s wife. He said photos could be used to “insinuate an extramarital affair.”

it's all that #metoo stuff, right boys? i can't even talk to a woman any more, i'm scared of going to jail!!

the kidney has a very special place in the heart

GOT to be the August thread title, even 21 days out

lmao I assumed that was a fake quote

Maybe for uk pol thread, but if monsieur ambassadeur is so pissed off with boris johnson, why not stay in post a couple more weeks and make johnson sack him?

― Aston "Family Court" Barrett (Bananaman Begins), Thursday, 11 July 2019 3:17 AM (five hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

By going now, with a friendly foreign secretary and PM he can make sure of his full pension and whatever gongs are coming his way. Wait till DePfeffel gets in and who the hell knows, he probably gets delivered trussed up to the rose garden.

By going this way he’s probably ensured that Teresa ennobled him on the way put the door.

I'm not exactly following this Acosta stuff but having just seen a pic of him he looks like if Eliot Spitzer had had to relive his scandals tenfold.

acosta is the only latino on the trump cabinet, right?

I'm not exactly following this Acosta stuff but having just seen a pic of him he looks like if Eliot Spitzer had had to relive his scandals tenfold.

To me he looks like a balding Ted Cruz.