US Politics Thread |OT| SAD TRUMP

[zomgee]

So...what about the Fake News Awards? Are they still or nah?

he never said anything about that

[Mandark]

Whenever shit like this leaks, it's fun to guess whether the usual suspects will coalesce around denying it or defending it.

[Nola]

https://twitter.com/EdKrassen/status/951914834047750144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fsaintsreport.com%2Fforums%2Fshowthread.php%3Ft%3D366446%26page%3D104

https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-lawyer-arranged-130-000-payment-for-adult-film-stars-silence-1515787678

On to the next one I guess....

EDIT: If banging a pornstar scares you into hush money, what would a pee tape do 

[kingv]

https://twitter.com/motherjones/status/951865342816587777?ref_src=twcamp%5Eshare%7Ctwsrc%5Eios%7Ctwgr%5Eother


 

[Trent Dole]

Etoilet: The Macklemore of The Bore

[Boredfrom]

https://twitter.com/TomiLahren/status/951727859814490112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.rawgit.com%2Fs9e%2Fs9e.github.io%2Fmaster%2Fiframe%2Ftwitter.min.html%23951727859814490112

So what is the problem with admiting migrants from this countries? The entire history of the USA is about acepting inmigrants...

[Stoney Mason]

https://twitter.com/TomiLahren/status/951727859814490112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.rawgit.com%2Fs9e%2Fs9e.github.io%2Fmaster%2Fiframe%2Ftwitter.min.html%23951727859814490112

So what is the problem with admiting migrants from this countries? The entire history of the USA is about acepting inmigrants...

We want the good white immigrants from Norway. Not the "other" kind.

[Trent Dole]

Say no way to Norway.

[chronovore]

Also the like button disappeared for me a while back. Like this post to demand the mods fix it.

That happened for me too, turned out to be adblock. Maybe exempt the board from your ad block list?

[thehunter116]

Say no way to Norway.

(Image removed from quote.)
Do we really want these people in our country?

I don't know what you're talking about, all I see is a "very fine" person. 

[hungrynoob]

wait is oprah actually running for president in 2020? I thought that boondock meme was a joke.

[Trent Dole]

She gave a speech at the Golden Globes and people have projected off of it a lot.

[chronovore]

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/950884746082562048.html

 

Stunningly deep and revealing thread on the Steele Dossier.

We are fucked.

[Nola]

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/950884746082562048.html

 

Stunningly deep and revealing thread on the Steele Dossier.

We are fucked.

261-264 sort of confused me when I read it the other day and so I just ignored it. Even re-reading with the author’s context of the Manafort notes I’m still a bit lost. I don’t see what she sees but idk, it’s early.

...,Though I think the Post and others have concluded with Simpson’s input and people close to Fusion  that the inside source is very likely Papadopoulos and the Australian diplomat.

As a side note, looking over her Twitter feed, I suspect Ivanka will probably not be featuring her organization and blog posts on her site much anymore, citing her heavily in her next book, or participating in her leadership conferences.

[kingv]

http://thehill.com/homenews/media/368853-okeefe-trump-asked-me-to-get-obamas-college-records

So trump asked James’s o’Keefe to break into Columbia a few years ago and steal Obama’s transcripts.

This truly is stupid watergate.

[kingv]

And today Trey Gowdy resigned from the House ethics committee. That makes him the second chai to do so in one year.

Wtf?

[Joe Molotov]

And today Trey Gowdy resigned from the House ethics committee. That makes him the second chai to do so in one year.

Wtf?

Shit was so ethical, he's no long needed.  #SwampDrained

[thehunter116]

And today Trey Gowdy resigned from the House ethics committee. That makes him the second chai to do so in one year.

Wtf?

They clearly know something is coming.

GOP were willing to defend a pedophile, something has them shook.

[kingv]

I thought the same... I’m sure they have a heads up because reporters probably ask for comments and shit.

In other news these people cheerleading Oprah disgust me. Like somehow hosting a talk show, and promoting dumb bullshit like The Secret is now enough to qualify you for President? She is like marginally better than trump, mostly because she is not a racist idiot.

[kingv]

Truth.


But there’s really no reason they would know anything the White House doesn’t want them to know. They have used their subpoena power exceedingly sparingly.

I wonder if some major story is about to break, or if Gowdy can just see the writing on the wall in general.

[chronovore]

Impeach.

Continue impeaching until DESIGNATED SURVIVOR scenario is realized.

[kingv]

I feel like Oprah has the potential to be a Trump-lite for the Democratic Party.

Somebody that really has no business being in the Whitehouse, but has a decent shot at the nomination just based on who she is and and the ability to say the right things.

I couldn’t even tell you any of Oprah’s positions on any issues, yet half of twitter is creaming themselves at the thought of her running. I do think that she she COULD win, based on basically a mix of name recognition and checking all of the right demographic boxes, but like she doesn’t have any experience that seems at all relevant... other than she could probably do her own press briefings.

[TakingBackSunday]

Please no

[Great Rumbler]

And today Trey Gowdy resigned from the House ethics committee. That makes him the second chai to do so in one year.

Wtf?

Dunno if it got mentioned elsewhere, but Issa has said he won't be running for reelection. They did has been a House fixture for ages and was constantly running to the nearest available camera during the Obama years. No way does he bounce out unless there's something coming on the horizon.

[Nola]

Truth.


But there’s really no reason they would know anything the White House doesn’t want them to know. They have used their subpoena power exceedingly sparingly.

I wonder if some major story is about to break, or if Gowdy can just see the writing on the wall in general.

Gowdy is a major piece of shit. There isn't a BS conspiracy or political hack job Gowdy isn't down for carrying the water on, so either he has something coming down the pipeline against him personally, or like you said, he knows something and it is probably major.

[kingv]

He’s definitely got one of the most punchable faces in Congress.

Who knows what the reason is he stepped back, and maybe we won’t fiigure it out, but it’s crazy that a dude that won damn near 70% of the vote in his 2016 election thinks this position is too toxic for him to be in.

[El Babua]

Oh no, what will I do now without Gowdy thug life videos on my recommended feed.

[chronovore]

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/952180630137155585.html

On Trump's racism, and how far the Executive Branch has fallen.

To be clear, I'm overjoyed at how Trump's incompetence and banality have energized the USA political scene for the everyday citizen. Trump is MAGA, just not as he'd intended.

[agrajag]

Jim Jordan is even worse

[thehunter116]

Jim Jordan is even worse

This so much.

[Nintex]

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/950884746082562048.html

 

Stunningly deep and revealing thread on the Steele Dossier.

We are fucked.

he denies direct criminal evidence of DJT the person being involved in crimes.

CNN: "Trump Org and GOP Russian stooges"
GOP: "Trump was right he's not under investigation"
FoxNews: "TRUMP INNOCENT CNN SHOULD BE BANNED FROM THE AIRWAVES!"
Hannity: "Round up the Democrats and lock them up in gitmo!"
GOP: "Have you seen the stock markets? $1000 for everyone! We support the president against these slander and lies, what have you to say Donald?"
Donald: "Da.... I mean, yes"

BBC: "But Mr. Trump you ran the Trump Org?"
Donald: "The what now? I wasn't really involved, I volunteered"

 

[Nola]

It's all good guys, fake news media was out to sully Trump once more....David Perdue and Tom Cotton CONFIRM Trump didn't say those words. But even if he did, thats ok too. That's how REAL people talk and why Trump strikes a chord with REAL America.

Trump really wanted to get a deal on DACA but he just can't do it now because Dems and the snowflake lib media were so mean to him.

[kingv]

now DACA is tied up in court anyway. That could go on for like a year.

But there is a question of whether or not the republicans can even make a deal between themselves to keep the government open.

[Kurt Russell]

Moby claims CIA asked him to spread the news that Trump has ties to Russia

 

[Joe Molotov]

Moby claims CIA asked him to spread the news that Trump has ties to Russia

 

He must have done a good job.

[CatsCatsCats]

Moby wants to be noticed again, sad

[Nintex]

Man the CIA really lost their edge. They went from assassinating foreign leaders, organizing protests, covering up the Kennedy turkey-shoot, running black sites with torture and blackmail to asking Moby to Tweet on their behalf.

[Great Rumbler]

Man the CIA really lost their edge. They went from assassinating foreign leaders, organizing protests, covering up the Kennedy turkey-shoot, running black sites with torture and blackmail to asking Moby to Tweet on their behalf.

Have you heard his music, though? It's pretty good.

[kingv]

Man the CIA really lost their edge. They went from assassinating foreign leaders, organizing protests, covering up the Kennedy turkey-shoot, running black sites with torture and blackmail to asking Moby to Tweet on their behalf.

They've been enlisting the help of artists for decades.

Yeah... but Moby?

[zomgee]

nobody listens to techno

[VomKriege]

nobody listens to techno

Fuck you.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

As long as they don't ask Carl Craig to endorse the CIA...

[close]

[Rufus]

Moby doesn't do techno though.

[VomKriege]

moby was recruited years ago to buttress support for the iraq war

AND INSTAGRAM PROSTITUTION.

[zomgee]

Moby doesn't do techno though.

Well he *could* get stomped by Obie.

[Phoenix Dark]

How much does Jennifer Rubin hate Trump btw? Holy shit

Almost as much as she hates Iran.

[Great Rumbler]

How much does Jennifer Rubin hate Trump btw? Holy shit

She's got a new anti-Trump article nearly every day.

[Joe Molotov]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/post/the-trump-trap/2012/02/02/gIQA2fGdkQ_blog.html?utm_term=.0ced2bb498f3

She's been hating Trump for a minute.

[Mandark]

Are there are any left wing columnists you guys like in particular? Paul Krugman has always been a hack (to the discredit of his academic career) and I'll never forgive Thomas Friedman for being the Imperial Messenger during the Bush Years.

People say this shit like they actually read his papers on trade theory or whatever back in the day.

It's like when that Piketty book came out and one of the talking points was "well nobody in France cared when this was published." As if Johan Goldberg really had his finger on the pulse of French economics.

[Mandark]

and acting like you're all sad about how that work's "discredited" man c'mon

[Nola]

Are there are any left wing columnists you guys like in particular? Paul Krugman has always been a hack (to the discredit of his academic career) and I'll never forgive Thomas Friedman for being the Imperial Messenger during the Bush Years.

I think Krugman is good people except when he steps too far out of his wheelhouse, but I'm not really reading a Krugman column to hear his hot-take on #METOO. Friedman is fine to me. I don't really seek him out, but I don't recoil when I come across his stuff. A lot I don't agree with the guy on, a lot of stuff I do, but agreements not really my goal when reading opinion columnists TBH, I just try to make sure they have intellectual integrity. Which honestly, leaves fewer and fewer columnists on the American right. With economics, I just look over Mark Thoma's "Economists View" blog where he aggregates a lot of stuff everyday and look through it, which often includes opinion pieces. I really liked econofact.org but they really slowed down on their updates and I get the sense they might not make it much longer. None of those are really columnists in the traditional sense though. So I might just be wasting your time.

I don't follow too many people specifically on general topics, I guess a few I find myself reading a lot are Maggie Haberman on Trump(not really a columnist though), Elizabeth Kolbert on Climate Change/environmental issues, Sarah Kliff, David Anderson, and The Incidental Economist guys for healthcare policy, Lawfare and Just Security for national security stuff. Thats off the top of my head. I'm sure if I sat here I could think of some more.

[curly]

Ryan Cooper is decent from what I've read of him

also why is tom friedman being considered a leftist (same goes for most of those people Nola listed)

[Nintex]

I don't think there are any good columnist on either side of the isle.
They all write cheap clickbait for their audience.

Right:
"TRUMP is best for economy according to the peoples!"
"Well about 51% of Republicans think so.... but they only count as the poor people have no money. How is it that poors get to vote anyway?"

Left:
"Global warming will kill us all in two days and the Russians did it"
"Well actually it won't, but really we got refugees from Syria because of Global warming. ISIS? What is ISIS? Is that a space station? Are you assuming my gender?"

Centrist:
"Hollywood rapists may not be so bad after all?!"
"So yeah, they raped but the rape wasn't real bad rape, like you know, they now have badges and charities and stuff, it's just how you look at it how bad it is also Silicon Valley"

InfoWars:
"We told you Hollywood was infected by pedophile vampires, WE WERE RIGHT! NOW READ THIS BOMBSHELL"
"Bulk up for some Roger Stone exclusive boom in your face. Hillary Clinton was responsible for the Vietnam War, no really it's true. FBI, CIA they were all involved as were the frog people, the Mexican ones not the gay frogs.
Coming up next how to prepare for the war against the globalist Chinese drug and ramen cartel"

Louische Mensch
"Steve Bannon has been retro-actively given the Death Penalty by Robert Mueller. The supreme Marshall of the court shall soon unseal the letters. Putin stole my cookies today"

[Great Rumbler]

https://twitter.com/jdawsey1/status/952720622689320962

[Nola]

Ryan Cooper is decent from what I've read of him

also why is tom friedman being considered a leftist (same goes for most of those people Nola listed)

I'd say most are center, center-left(They operate from reality though, which basically makes you a leftist in America ). I will say, I warned him I might just be wasting his time(probably was)....But no one else had really posted.

[kingv]

I think I hate Maureen Dowd more than any other columnist left or right.

Her writing style is just awful. I can’t even stomach it.

I don’t think there are opinion writers I universally enjoy.

I like Krugman maybe 70% of the time, but his shilling for Hillary was ridiculous. She supported the cat food commission’s final product that you derided for like 2 years, numb nuts.

I used to like glenn greenwald, but over the years realized a few things in the world of Glenn:
- America is always the aggressor, and is always wrong. Always
- trump sucks but the democrats suck just as bad
- the media is always wrong, except the intercept, which is always great
- Everybody that has ever been a part of his two big stories is above reproach at all times, then, now, and forever into the future. Exhibit A:

https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/952984223752781826

[Joe Molotov]

I’d have a very good relationship with shithouse countries.

[thehunter116]

Greenwald is a piece of shit.

[agrajag]

I am the least racist president you have ever interviewed, that I can tell you.

[etiolate]

https://twitter.com/jdawsey1/status/952720622689320962

[curly]

I don't think I've ever seen Greenwald go to bat for Assange on a personal level the way he does for Manning and Snowden. He's always seemed pretty careful to make clear he's defending the value of Wikileaks' whistleblowing and not Assange himself.