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

the NYT: always discreet except when ginning up wars

Acosta becomes the 13th Cabinet member to depart the Trump administration. By this time in the Obama admin, none had left. In the George W. Bush admin at this point, one had departed. pic.twitter.com/Uzi5uXeG5q

— Kate Bennett (@KateBennett_DC) July 12, 2019

And there's a 14th coming soon - apparently Trump wants to push Dan Coats out.

Thread: @ManhattanDA @CyVance Jr. is the Forrest Gump/Roy Cohn/Tom Hagen/Don Jr of the Trump era:
1. Protected Ivanka & Don Jr
2. Protected Harvey Weinstein
3. *Protected Jeffrey Epstein.*
4. But overzealously prosecutes poor/ mass incarcerates.
5. And is botching Manafort case https://t.co/8ttCw2pq3i

— Jed Shugerman (@jedshug) July 9, 2019

can't read his name without picturing powers boothe's character in deadwood.

at least that bizarro stunt produced some high-quality Vic

Mr. Trump took to the podium today to NOT complain about losing followers on social media.

If you like my videos and want to support what I do, check out my Patreon: https://t.co/sQPiRk8jyD pic.twitter.com/OTpAMJDv4i

— Pastor Vic Berger IV (@VicBergerIV) July 12, 2019

Yes, but only those most deserving. pic.twitter.com/l3kI5Gjx8F

— Dennis Perrin (@DennisThePerrin) July 12, 2019

glad that jesus and/or socialism is saving alex in nyc

so in this analogy Jesus is Socialism and heroin is heroin?

millions now living free will never die hard

There’s not enough arms in that picture. Why is that guy injecting Jesus with heroin?

Because it’s part of God’s plan, duh

Jesus is accepting onto himself the burden of that poor man's sins. It's just part of the confused mixture of symbolism and literalism that suffuses fundamentalist theology.

VP saw 384 men sleeping inside fences, on concrete w/no pillows or mats. They said they hadn’t showered in weeks, wanted toothbrushes, food. Stench was overwhelming. CBP said they were fed regularly, could brush daily & recently got access to shower (many hadn’t for 10-20 days.) pic.twitter.com/tHFZYxJF7C

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) July 12, 2019

the picture with pence and those cages is some odious shit

really

I'm sure that deeply held Christianity will kick in any day now.

can't wait for marco's next scripture tweet

Tracy Nuetzi, a white Trump voter in Florida, got caught up by ICE and was mislabeled an immigrant. She spent nearly a year trying to prove she was a US citizen and says no one should be treated like she was. But she plans to vote for Trump again in 2020. https://t.co/bZ1hJnib6p

— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) July 12, 2019

Tracy, we have a Darwin Award with your name pre-engraved, whenever you're ready to, y'know, do whatever final thing it is that you'll inevitably do.

a credit to citizenship

She spent nearly a year trying to prove she was a US citizen

Sure, she tried to prove it, but I have my lingering doubts and I feel like until she's succeeded in proving it past all doubts and to everyone's complete satisfaction, she should not be allowed to vote, because we all know how much fraudulent voting is being done by non-citizens these days and its ruining our precious democracy. I want witnesses, affidavits, a loyalty oath, a birth certificate examined by a panel of forensic experts, an honorable discharge from the armed forces, and proof she has never accepted a penny in food stamps under any of her aliases.

you know things are way fucked up when aimless gets sarcastic

I think it was Grayson Allen pushed me over the edge.

understandable

who is badass on a friday night two weeks later? the house democrats, that's who

Who is this guy and why is he explicitly singling out a Native American woman of color?

Her name is Congresswoman Davids, not Sharice.

She is a phenomenal new member who flipped a red seat blue.

Keep👏🏾Her👏🏾Name👏🏾Out👏🏾Of👏🏾Your👏🏾Mouth. pic.twitter.com/k4sV5hsbQl

— House Democrats (@HouseDemocrats) July 13, 2019

jesus

good day to celebrate the death of this shit

https://www.ocregister.com/2019/07/09/obit-rep-william-dannemeyer-a-face-of-orange-county-conservatism-in-the-age-of-reagan/

His widow Lorraine Day is all over the documentary Ward 5B.

Pence comes through

CNN is so dishonest. Today we took reporters to a detention facility on the border for families and children and all told us they were being treated well.

— Vice President Mike Pence (@VP) July 13, 2019

iirc when someone says “my captors are treating me well” you’re not supposed to take that at face value

I feel like Pence doing the “who are you gonna believe, me or your own eyes” bit deserves a little more attention than AOC/Pelosi bullshit but oh well.

Also a dude got shot and killed after throwing IEDs at the NW Detention Center in Tacoma this morning.

This one has me gobsmacked. pic.twitter.com/lMRm1nt1xc

— Sassy Jax 🍑 ⚦♊︎ (@Rafaeslomejor) July 13, 2019

Pence has put on a little weight in the intervening 75 years, but not bad, considering

iirc when someone says “my captors are treating me well” you’re not supposed to take that at face value

iirc when a captor says “someone says my captors are treating me well” you’re not supposed to take that at face value


especially when every other reporter says “they said their captors are treating them inhumanely”

I read that several times and I wonder if one or more of your 'captors' was intended as 'captives'?

no, I don’t think so

uh, OK

I’m with Aimless on this one, maybe try again

nest some more quotes around the “my captors” bit though

so then, your intention was to convey:

when a captor (Pence) says, "someone (a captive) says, 'my captors (Border Patrol) are treating me well.'", you’re not supposed to take that at face value.

?

yep!

I was on a bus and missed adding the single quote

(then on another bus and just paying attention to each captor when reading it back after your explicable confusion)

at any rate, there’s a place prepared in hell for hypocrites, and if there’s any justice everyone involved will be tarred and feathered for starters before they get there

”So interesting to see ​’​Progressive​’​ Democrat Congresswomen, who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe, the worst, most corrupt and inept anywhere in the world (if they even have a functioning government at all), now loudly​ ​and viciously telling the people of the United States, the greatest and most powerful Nation on earth, how our government is to be run​,”

“Why don’t they go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came. Then come back and show us how​ it is done​,” he continued. “​These places need your help badly, you can’t leave fast enough. I’m sure that Nancy Pelosi would be very happy to quickly work out free travel arrangements!​”

Racists president is racist

good morning!

Racists president is racist

― (•̪●) (carne asada),

Rapist president diverts attention to preferred grounds

Child's Garden of Trump "R" entry would include: raucous, racist, rabid, rash, regressive, revolting, ridiculous, regrettable, rapacious, rapist, ruthless, recidivist, radical, rank, risible, rancorous, rude, rancorous, repressive, ruinous, repellant, remorseless, ranting, repulsive

This is raucous, racist, rabid, rash, regressive, revolting, ridiculous, regrettable, rapacious, rapist, ruthless, recidivist, radical, rank, risible, rancorous, rude, rancorous, repressive, ruinous, repellant, remorseless, ranting, repulsive even by his standards.