US Politics Thread |OT| SAD TRUMP

[Stro]

I'd marry Bernie.   

I hope you think long and hard about his old man balls and constant old man farts and you'll hear "huh" after every sentence you make, you know he'll never listen to anything you're saying and just keep talking over you, likely the type who would put used tea/coffee bags right on the counter despite there being a trash can 5 inches away and ask you to help him with something on the computer then stand behind you and tell you what to do the whole time.

[BIONIC]

I'd marry Bernie.   

I hope you think long and hard about his old man balls and constant old man farts and you'll hear "huh" after every sentence you make, you know he'll never listen to anything you're saying and just keep talking over you, likely the type who would put used tea/coffee bags right on the counter despite there being a trash can 5 inches away and ask you to help him with something on the computer then stand behind you and tell you what to do the whole time.

Tell us how you really feel, friend 

[kingv]

I love watching greenwald Mate and Tracey just fucking completely melt down.

[Brehvolution]

barr gun git fukt

[Joe Molotov]

(Image removed from quote.)

Sir, this is an Arby's.

[agrajag]

I love watching greenwald Mate and Tracey just fucking completely melt down.

what happened?

[Boredfrom]

I love watching greenwald Mate and Tracey just fucking completely melt down.

what happened?

I suppose is this:

https://edition-m.cnn.com/2019/04/30/politics/mueller-barr-complained-russia-probe/index.html?r=https%3A%2F%2Fedition-m.cnn.com%2F2019%2F05%2F01%2Fpolitics%2Fdonald-trump-william-barr-transparency%2Findex.html%3Fr%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fedition.cnn.com%252F

[Stro]

:mjlol at that exchange between Barr and Leahy where Barr was bullshitting and asked where something was in the report and Leahy had it cued up and read it to him while Barr


Both MSNBC/CNN are live fact checking him and he's outright lying about the contents of the report 

[benjipwns]

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/democracy-dollars-gillibrand-s-plan-give-every-voter-600-donate-n1000381

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., unveiled a plan on Wednesday to give every voter up to $600 in what she calls "Democracy Dollars" that they can donate to federal candidates for office.

In an exclusive interview with NBC News to discuss the roll out of her first major 2020 policy initiative, Gillibrand said her "Clean Elections Plan" would help reduce the influence of big money in politics.

"If you want to accomplish anything that the American people want us to accomplish — whether it's healthcare as a right, better public schools, better economy — you have to take on the greed and corruption that determine everything in Washington," she said.

Under Gillibrand's plan, every eligible voter could register for vouchers to donate up to $100 in a primary election and $100 in a general election each cycle, either all at once or in $10 increments to one or more candidates over time. Each participant would get a separate $200 pool for House, Senate and presidential contests for a total maximum donation of $600 for those federal offices.

There would be strings attached for both donors and candidates. The money could go only to elections in the donor's state, although they could be used for House candidates outside the voter's district.

Politicians would face much tighter limits on donations. To be eligible to receive "Democracy Dollars," a candidate would have to voluntarily agree to forgo any contributions larger than $200 per donor. That’s a big drop from the current maximum of $2,800 per primary cycle and $2,800 for the general election.

[team filler]

https://twitter.com/jmartNYT/status/1123337362258501640

https://twitter.com/jmartNYT/status/1123349036138999808

[agrajag]

thanks for the thought Gilli, but I prefer Yang Bucks

 

[james]

That bitch Hillary cost me serious money on Predictit.


Shosta, I will take you up. $10 that Biden is not the winner.

If I win, you give me $20 and get Cream unbanned again.

[Broseidon]

I love watching greenwald Mate and Tracey just fucking completely melt down.

what happened?

The Earth completed a rotation on its axis.

[Kunai With Chain]

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/democracy-dollars-gillibrand-s-plan-give-every-voter-600-donate-n1000381

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., unveiled a plan on Wednesday to give every voter up to $600 in what she calls "Democracy Dollars" that they can donate to federal candidates for office.

In an exclusive interview with NBC News to discuss the roll out of her first major 2020 policy initiative, Gillibrand said her "Clean Elections Plan" would help reduce the influence of big money in politics.

"If you want to accomplish anything that the American people want us to accomplish — whether it's healthcare as a right, better public schools, better economy — you have to take on the greed and corruption that determine everything in Washington," she said.

Under Gillibrand's plan, every eligible voter could register for vouchers to donate up to $100 in a primary election and $100 in a general election each cycle, either all at once or in $10 increments to one or more candidates over time. Each participant would get a separate $200 pool for House, Senate and presidential contests for a total maximum donation of $600 for those federal offices.

There would be strings attached for both donors and candidates. The money could go only to elections in the donor's state, although they could be used for House candidates outside the voter's district.

Politicians would face much tighter limits on donations. To be eligible to receive "Democracy Dollars," a candidate would have to voluntarily agree to forgo any contributions larger than $200 per donor. That’s a big drop from the current maximum of $2,800 per primary cycle and $2,800 for the general election.

Ripping off Yang's policy outright must be a low point for any presidential aspirant's campaign. Hope she comes out with Gillibrand bucks next.

[Stro]

Barr is a lot better on the stand than most of the Trump people that have been involved in these hearings, but it's so blatant when he's lying or pushing the truth and semantics as far as possible to avoid saying anything incriminating about Trump.

[team filler]

https://twitter.com/sam4soph/status/1123618254348595205

 

[agrajag]

So apparently Rachel Maddow ran this segment about female donors to Democratic campaigns using misleading statistics that excluded any donations under $200.

https://twitter.com/ariannaijones/status/1123212438214721536

#thefixisin

[samir]

https://twitter.com/sam4soph/status/1123618254348595205

 

I can imagine that room smelling like death

[Stro]

Barr really brushed Mueller off as not a career prosecutor, that his letter to Barr was snitty and probably written by a staffer anyway, and also openly admitted to not having looked at the evidence or talked with anyone involved in gathering the evidence seen in the Mueller report.

[agrajag]

Are you fucking serious, mate? The tweet above is from a Sanders campaign staffer. With numbers.

[agrajag]

Thursday night on April 11, the Bernie Sanders campaign reached its 1 millionth individual donation! The original goal was to reach this amount during the first quarter, but during the first quarter the over 900,000 mark was reached instead. However, it didn’t take long to hit the 1 million mark after that.

According to Berniebag.com, the Sanders campaign surpassed 1 million donations at 1,000,626 as of April 11, 2019 at 11:01 pm EST.

Out of the $18.2 million raised during the first quarter: $2,039,800 were from people who gave between $200-$2799. $145,600 came from less than 53 people who gave the maximum amount of $2,800.

However, most of it came from small donations, with $16,016,000 coming from people who gave less than $200 total, which adds up multiple contributions a person may have had. Also, Bernie Sanders had around 525,000 different donors.

hOw Do YoU kNoW tHeRe's SoMe BiG sTaTiStIcAl DiFfErEnCe

[agrajag]

How is it strange? There are more poor people than rich people, bro.

And apology assepted, I may have overreacted as well. 

[agrajag]

more rich men than women? I don't know, but them's the numbers. Don't see anyone disputing them. The large donations account for a small percentage of total money raised, so there were probably more male small money donors than female anyway.

[Stro]

Is it going to be a thing with liberal media dividing Dem candidates by demographic which will only create needless division and conflict between Democratic voters

[team filler]

that's the goal of the democratic establishment to push through their guy

[Nintex]

Everyone: "Half of Trump's campaign team is in jail. Democrats can't possibly lose this!"

Sleepy Joe: "Hold my pillow"

[Boredfrom]

I don’t blame Trump for getting excited for your primaries.

[Nola]

Something like 85% of the donations to Bernie's campaign were under 200 dollars.

I don't think it is unreasonable to think there could be a pretty notable difference between the demographic distribution of those donating above and below that threshold.

[CatsCatsCats]

It’s just like, the over 200 dollar line gives you too small of a sample size to get a meaningful number

[agrajag]

It’s just like, the over 200 dollar line gives you too small of a sample size to get a meaningful number

exactly, that makes only using the over 200 numbers extremely sus

[agrajag]

https://twitter.com/BenjaminPDixon/status/1123695385250340864

 

[BisMarckie]

As a German speaker I would enjoy a Buttigieg/Klobuchar ticket.

#toilethumor

[james]

That bitch Hillary cost me serious money on Predictit.


Shosta, I will take you up. $10 that Biden is not the winner.

If I win, you give me $20 and get Cream unbanned again.

Take my bet you coward

[team filler]

https://twitter.com/AliceBlumm/status/1122975465210138624

 

[agrajag]

https://twitter.com/mbguercio/status/1123750416053829633

[Tripon]

https://twitter.com/FiringLineShow/status/1123323568291446788

[FStop7]

How is it strange? There are more poor people than rich people, bro.

And apology assepted, I may have overreacted as well. 

Woah woah woah, this is a politics thread on the Internet, we can’t have this type of behavior.

[agrajag]

https://twitter.com/MSNBC/status/1123759413301514240

lol

[agrajag]

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/441536-trump-retweeted-twitter-account-calling-for-people-to-vote-him-out-in?jwsource=cl

[Kunai With Chain]

Say what you like about Hillary, but for a woman of her age she has a fantastic hairdo.

[Tripon]

Candace Owens is leaving her role as communications director at Turning Point USA. Owens made the announcement in an Instagram post on Wednesday night. “Turning Point is an amazing organization that is fighting a cultural war on college campuses,” Candace wrote. “We love our freedom-fighting students. We love our campus clashes. I have loved every single minute of traveling the country and learning the real spirit of this amazing nation.” Owens has repeatedly been criticized for comments made during her time at Turning Point. Most recently, she stated that Hitler was an “OK” leader—until he tried to take his message global. After the comment, some Turning Point campus chapters signed a letter calling on her to resign.

In her farewell post, Owens cites the “#BLEXIT movement,” her self-titled podcast and upcoming book as reasons for stepping away from the position. Owens also assured her followers that she would still be associated with the organization's events. “I will of course still be speaking at all Turning Point conferences and will continue to chair the annual Black Leadership Summit in the fall,” she wrote. “... We couldn’t be more excited to share this conversation with the world. ”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/candace-owens-steps-down-as-turning-point-usa-communications-director

Is the grift still working?

[agrajag]

Say what you like about Hillary, but for a woman of her age she has a fantastic hairdo.

she and Donald have almost the same hairdo breh

[agrajag]

https://twitter.com/FiringLineShow/status/1123323568291446788

skip to 5:40 for more goodies

[Trent Dole]

https://twitter.com/sam4soph/status/1123618254348595205

 

[Trent Dole]

Candace Owens is leaving her role as communications director at Turning Point USA. Owens made the announcement in an Instagram post on Wednesday night. “Turning Point is an amazing organization that is fighting a cultural war on college campuses,” Candace wrote. “We love our freedom-fighting students. We love our campus clashes. I have loved every single minute of traveling the country and learning the real spirit of this amazing nation.” Owens has repeatedly been criticized for comments made during her time at Turning Point. Most recently, she stated that Hitler was an “OK” leader—until he tried to take his message global. After the comment, some Turning Point campus chapters signed a letter calling on her to resign.

In her farewell post, Owens cites the “#BLEXIT movement,” her self-titled podcast and upcoming book as reasons for stepping away from the position. Owens also assured her followers that she would still be associated with the organization's events. “I will of course still be speaking at all Turning Point conferences and will continue to chair the annual Black Leadership Summit in the fall,” she wrote. “... We couldn’t be more excited to share this conversation with the world. ”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/candace-owens-steps-down-as-turning-point-usa-communications-director

Is the grift still working?

Sounds like she's stepping down cause she was asked to but is still doing everything she would be? Watch her go back to the position or some other one once some time has passed.

[team filler]

https://twitter.com/TheBrandonMorse/status/1123596912098185216

[Joe Molotov]

[Brehvolution]

https://twitter.com/laurenegambino/status/1123935812729626624

[Tasty]

WaPo/Jennifer Rubin on-point lately.

Why not Warren?

Give Elizabeth Warren credit where it’s due

[team filler]

https://twitter.com/TulsiGabbard/status/1123920069199839234

[Kunai With Chain]

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/01/us/politics/biden-son-ukraine.html
"Biden Faces Conflict of Interest Questions That Are Being Promoted by Trump and Allies"

Among those who had a stake in the outcome was Hunter Biden, Mr. Biden’s younger son, who at the time was on the board of an energy company owned by a Ukrainian oligarch who had been in the sights of the fired prosecutor general.

Hunter Biden was a Yale-educated lawyer who had served on the boards of Amtrak and a number of nonprofit organizations and think tanks, but lacked any experience in Ukraine and just months earlier had been discharged from the Navy Reserve after testing positive for cocaine. He would be paid as much as $50,000 per month in some months for his work for the company, Burisma Holdings.

They show how Hunter Biden and his American business partners were part of a broad effort by Burisma to bring in well-connected Democrats during a period when the company was facing investigations backed not just by domestic Ukrainian forces but by officials in the Obama administration. Hunter Biden’s work for Burisma prompted concerns among State Department officials at the time that the connection could complicate Vice President Biden’s diplomacy in Ukraine, former officials said.

He really is turning out to be a Hillary 2.0 candidate. But at least he is a man, so he'll probably have a better chance of winning.

[Joe Molotov]

Did Joe Biden's son meet with Ukrainians at the Biden Tower?

[Joe Molotov]

https://siouxcityjournal.com/blogs/politically_speaking/hayworth-steve-king-says-good-impacts-from-climate-change-could/article_54c1b88a-21ca-5a83-8ba8-e547462dbfeb.html

"Seventy percent of the earth is covered by water. If the earth warms, then there is evaporation that goes into the atmosphere. According to Newton's First Law of Physics, what goes up must come down," King said.

"That means it will rain more and more places. It might rain harder in some places, it might snow in some of those places. But it's surely gotta shrink the deserts and expand the green growth, there's surely got to be some good in that. So I just look at the other, good side."

 

[team filler]

 

[Steve Contra]

https://twitter.com/sam4soph/status/1123618254348595205

 

I can imagine that room smelling like death

a room full of old white people is the best thing a presidential candidate can hope for.

[Cauliflower Of Love]

https://twitter.com/FiringLineShow/status/1123323568291446788

skip to 5:40 for more goodies

How do people watch those youtube channels with dickheads interrupting clips every five seconds?

[kingv]

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/01/us/politics/biden-son-ukraine.html
"Biden Faces Conflict of Interest Questions That Are Being Promoted by Trump and Allies"

Among those who had a stake in the outcome was Hunter Biden, Mr. Biden’s younger son, who at the time was on the board of an energy company owned by a Ukrainian oligarch who had been in the sights of the fired prosecutor general.

Hunter Biden was a Yale-educated lawyer who had served on the boards of Amtrak and a number of nonprofit organizations and think tanks, but lacked any experience in Ukraine and just months earlier had been discharged from the Navy Reserve after testing positive for cocaine. He would be paid as much as $50,000 per month in some months for his work for the company, Burisma Holdings.

They show how Hunter Biden and his American business partners were part of a broad effort by Burisma to bring in well-connected Democrats during a period when the company was facing investigations backed not just by domestic Ukrainian forces but by officials in the Obama administration. Hunter Biden’s work for Burisma prompted concerns among State Department officials at the time that the connection could complicate Vice President Biden’s diplomacy in Ukraine, former officials said.

He really is turning out to be a Hillary 2.0 candidate. But at least he is a man, so he'll probably have a better chance of winning.

It just goes to show that Bernie and Warren are mostly unliked by big money due to not having ties to corrupt moneyed interests.

[Tasty]

https://twitter.com/Diane_7A/status/1123776494151532553

[Joe Molotov]

[Brehvolution]

https://i.imgur.com/H9WVZk5.mp4