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

the very talented Prime Minister of Sweden

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A bit of news: Raj Shah, the former spokesman in the White House, is joining Fox as a senior Vice President.

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) July 20, 2019

This time it’s gonna work. No, really. pic.twitter.com/s7PT0oD7k8

— Doug Henwood (@DougHenwood) July 21, 2019

I thought of the retired cop who hangs out at my Starbucks, explaining each detail in the Mueller investigation for almost two years until April happened; he'd pinned more hopes on Mueller than Adam Schiff.

So, I come back from a week in the woods and I see that Infrastructure Week has been permanently shelved in favor of Overt Racism Week.

The Infrastructure IS Racism.

Too real.

the racism is coming from inside the house

speaking of

The #FourHorsewomenOfTheApocalypse #BenGarrison #cartoon Stupidity, Profanity, Bigotry, and Insanity GrrrGreat Post at https://t.co/nfplNrv4aj pic.twitter.com/gdqT0S6KQU

— GrrrGraphics Cartoons (@GrrrGraphics) July 18, 2019

is anyone still running that fucknut's cartoons?

Besides www.grrrgraphics.com, Ben’s work has been posted at:

Breitbart
InfoWars
Politico
Slate
ZeroHedge
The Federalist Papers

You can go check and tell us when each last ran him? (& whether Politico and Slate were just showing him to point out how bad and dumb he is)

I really wish the Democrats would stop looking to Mueller to lead the impeachment charge when they have more than enough ammo already at their disposal to begin proceedings. If it interferes with the election at this point, it's their leadership's own damn fault for being chickenshit.

but they are the Act Never party, DJP

Since when is shaking your finger at someone while making a very disappointed face not an action

*takes down an action item to consider this*

*looks down at action item with disappointment*

Time for lunch!

This whole thread is good

Make your own Donald Trump Jr. book template: pic.twitter.com/rQZ14g08UL

— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) July 22, 2019

Wait, Dems are going to clear the decks on government funding and debt ceiling for the remainder of Trump's term, forfeiting all leverage, but set up a major crisis point for Republicans in the first summer of a potential Dem presidents' term? This seems like a very bad idea. https://t.co/dKwFKilPyT

— Adam Jentleson 🎈🐢 (@AJentleson) July 22, 2019

Those blasted democrats are still acting as if funding the government were some kind of priority.

under any terms

the best government that corruption can buy:

OMG. “Because he tends to fall asleep in meetings, they try not to put him in a position where that could happen” https://t.co/ZgxjeR1nS3

— Neal Katyal (@neal_katyal) July 22, 2019

A plan!

WATCH: President Trump says that he could win the 18-year Afghan War in 10 days, because he has plans that could wipe Afghanistan off the face of the Earth and kill 10,000,000 people, but "I don't want to go that route." pic.twitter.com/IftsRmBjpG

— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 22, 2019

reassuring!

So Jane Meyer wrote a piece in which the Dem party establishment expresses its regret about forcing Al Franken's resignation. Meyer, one of our best political reporters, fucked this one up. This combination of profile and investigation makes the subject sympathetic, and I'm sorry but Franken had many allegations of sexual harassment. Gillibrand and the others were right to ask for his resignation. An investigation would've confirmed what we suspected.

dem leadership needs a complete overhaul, what a bunch of fuckin dorks

these sentient cumstains are more worried about congress being a pleasant workplace than a lever of power i swear to god

yup

i mean...do they WANT impeachment proceedings going on in summer/fall 2020? is the thinking that all republicans will be in lockstep against it, most democrats will be for it, therefore it'll obliterate all other issues (including pesky progressive initiatives supported by the squad + sanders/warren, if they're the nominee) and turn everything into a referendum on trump, and they see that as a situation that likely ends up with the democratic nominee winning, no matter who it is?

or are they just fuckin dorks?

dems need a reverse tea party...a yeet party if u will

That Franken piece is such a cropdusting.

i will never call myself a Democrat, but propose the AOC wing be called the Coffee Achievers

no

how about the ISISisters

btw here's what president fuckface had to say this morning

'The “Squad” is a very Racist group of troublemakers who are young, inexperienced, and not very smart. They are pulling the once great Democrat Party far left, and were against humanitarian aid at the Border...And are now against ICE and Homeland Security. So bad for our Country!'

Trump continued: "In fact, they said literally 100%, this never happens, I think it was close to 100, but 100% of the island itself was watching. They liked those pageants. I've had a great relationship with Puerto Rico. I'm the best thing that ever happened to Puerto Rico."

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 22, 2019

hope you die very soon!

i have no idea what that's about, but i agree. natural death, come quickly.

they asked him about Puerto Rico and his response was about the Miss Universe pageant he did there and how much everyone loved it

unbelievable

i mean obv not really, but...unbelievable

and they sure loved those paper towel rolls!

i mean...do they WANT impeachment proceedings going on in summer/fall 2020? is the thinking that all republicans will be in lockstep against it, most democrats will be for it, therefore it'll obliterate all other issues (including pesky progressive initiatives supported by the squad + sanders/warren, if they're the nominee) and turn everything into a referendum on trump, and they see that as a situation that likely ends up with the democratic nominee winning, no matter who it is?

That's how I see it, yes. Not because they want it to drown out progressivism, but because they (correctly!) see the American public as having a very short attention span. They may not think they can spin this out into 18 months of "Trump is a crook" leading the news cycle, and if they feel they can get six months of that, they want those six months to be May-November 2020. Now you may say "why CAN'T they make "Trump is a crook" the headline every day for 18 months, since he is, in fact, a huge goddamn crook," and I get that, but I do think that once the Senate votes not to convict, which they will, lots of swing voters are going to see the matter as settled, and the last thing Democrats want is to have that happen in like February 2020.

https://giphy.com/gifs/trump-crowd-paper-FNHMSbm9QYpGM

do you think the national attention span will absorb 6 months of "Pocahontas" if EW is nominated?

as with most things in american politics, i would say that about 1/3 of the voting public would be intensely absorbed with it, another 1/3 would want to punch the first 1/3 in the face, while the remaining 1/3 would be standing there with their mouths wide open, clayton kershaw style

as for myself, i plan on standing there with my mouth wide open, clayton kershaw, while pondering a ben garrison drawing of Ilhan Omar holding a scimitar with the word "Bigotry" underneath her

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-foodstamps/trump-administration-pursues-rule-that-would-remove-3-1-million-people-from-food-stamps-idUSKCN1UI0AH

starve the poors to death before heatstroke or drowning can take them, v smart move

U.S. President Donald Trump has argued that many Americans now using SNAP do not need it given the strong economy and low unemployment, and should be removed as a way to save taxpayers as much as $15 billion.

“Some states are taking advantage of loopholes that allow people to receive the SNAP benefits who would otherwise not qualify and for which they are not entitled,” USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue told reporters on a conference call on Monday.

SNAP provides free food to some 40 million Americans, or about 12% of the total U.S. population.

ah yes, that strong economy and low unemployment which nonetheless somehow fails to provide enough food to one in ten americans

Okay, cool, so hopefully this is the thing that will finally rile people up enough to rip him apart in the street.

Well, I'd like to see ol Donny Trump wriggle his way out of THIS jam!
*Trump wriggles his way out of the jam easily*
Ah! Well. Nevertheless,

— "Mr" Eats The Sticker on the Apple (@BronzeHammer) October 2, 2016

Presidents Jeb! and Rubio would also have gone after SNAP.

well, yeah