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[Huff]

Lebron > MJ > JV softball player > Kobe

[thisismyusername]

SUPER BOWL SUNDAY: POLITICS EDITION™-

https://twitter.com/kashanacauley/status/828421662458654720

[Samson Manhug]

Man, I really hate Trump. But I kind of respect the “We’re killers too. You think we’re so innocent?” thing he said to O’Reilly. It’s facile and it’s a false equivalency, but I can’t believe a president said that. We kill so many people. I’m glad he said that. It's incredible. I will always remember it.

Edit: Added more enthusiastic support

[Joe Molotov]

Man, I really hate Trump. But I kind of respect the “We’re killers too. You think we’re so innocent?” thing he said to O’Reilly. It’s facile and it’s a false equivalency, but I can’t believe a president said that. That’s incredible. I will always remember that.

Trump going on an apology tour, rip MAGA.  :'(

[Samson Manhug]

I kind of think Bernie Sanders would say something like that. I bet Ron Paul already has. It’s real talk.

[Nola]

I kind of think Bernie Sanders would say something like that. I bet Ron Paul already has. It’s real talk.

So did Obama's preacher, but for some reason Trump supporters couldn't see it the same way from him. 

[MMaRsu]

Trump said US has a lot of killahs

[Joe Molotov]

Trump said US has a lot of killahs

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[chronovore]

Trump said US has a lot of killahs

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[Kara]

Morality

It's an election. You vye for the voters as they exist, not as you wish they are.

Or if you're a Republican, you disenfranchise the ones that do vote, but not for you.

[Syph]

"99.7% win probability"
Atlanta Falcons, the Hillary Clinton of the NFL

[Mandark]

Man, I really hate Trump. But I kind of respect the “We’re killers too. You think we’re so innocent?” thing he said to O’Reilly. It’s facile and it’s a false equivalency, but I can’t believe a president said that. We kill so many people. I’m glad he said that. It's incredible. I will always remember it.

Edit: Added more enthusiastic support

Yeah, but it feels like when white southerners get tired of being lectured and respond with "yeah well we're not the only ones being racist."

They're not wrong, but they don't really care and they're just trying to justify some status quo bullshit. Still, super weird that a Republican president in 2017 keeps bragging about how he opposed the Iraq War, even if it isn't true.

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Also,it's probably at least as likely that he based this on some weird, conspiracy-tinged bullshit he picked up somewhere as it that he's actually aware of and talking about the things we'd consider to be America's sins.

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[HyperZoneWasAwesome]

once again, if any Democrat, much less Obama had ever said that, we'd never hear the end of it. If Obama said that within his first two weeks, we'd still be hearing about it and his 'contempt' for America by the end of his term.

not that Donnie is wrong, per se. But obliterating whatever perceived moral authority we had in such a caviler fashion is, well, as awful as anything he's done yet so far.

[Optimus]

SUPER BOWL SUNDAY: POLITICS EDITION™-

https://twitter.com/kashanacauley/status/828421662458654720

You know, I didn't know what to think about the piece of shit getting punched but I sure do now. Thanks for clearing that up for me.

[Samson Manhug]

Obliterating whatever perceived moral authority we had in such a caviler fashion is, well, as awful as anything he's done yet so far.

That seems extreme. I’m curious what the foreigners on this board think about that.

[Optimus]

once again, if any Democrat, much less Obama had ever said that, we'd never hear the end of it. If Obama said that within his first two weeks, we'd still be hearing about it and his 'contempt' for America by the end of his term.

not that Donnie is wrong, per se. But obliterating whatever perceived moral authority we had in such a caviler fashion is, well, as awful as anything he's done yet so far.

Whatever moral authority we might perceive is an American delusion. I'm not defending Trump here and his shilling for dictators I'm talking specifically about that. We have consistently been a far worse influence for the world the last decades, destructive even, compared to any other nation. From economic imperialism like WTO and IMF to almost singlehandendly destroying the Middle East (which admiteddly had rotten foundations thanks to the British motherfuckers randomly drawing borders like distinguished mentally-challenged fellows) to promote our shitty interests. And Obama like all American presidents before him made the situation even worse, ISIS is his and Bush's child. Latin america is only kind of recovering now from our pillaging the last few decades. And speaking of Latin america, judging CIA by its actions the last few decades you can only conclude that it's a state sponsored terrorist organization. And we think we have the moral authority? Hilarious.

[VomKriege]

Obliterating whatever perceived moral authority we had in such a caviler fashion is, well, as awful as anything he's done yet so far.

That seems extreme. I’m curious what the foreigners on this board think about that.

It's not awful but even if it's true, heads of state shouldn't say it while in power. It does undermine legitimacy. Even if completely fictional, states should strive for higher minded motivations. Just giving into the cynical "it's a dog eats dog world, might make right" is basically just inviting more use of force and giving an horrible example to public opinions. Say what you will about citizens, and passions are sometimes easily inflamed, but they at least demand that lip service be paid to values into any serious warfare effort. Losing that check would be bad.

All that said, Trump's words are probably way less severe in discrediting the USA moral standing than some of the actions of past administrations.

[VomKriege]

https://mobile.twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/828574430800539648

Well then.
Don't want to be frantic but you all really have to drill into his head the whole peaceful transfer of power thing.

[seagrams hotsauce]

LOL  "all you have to do is make a complete idiot understand how the US government works" Guess what homie, we're well past that shit. Strap the fuck in babeeee

[chronovore]

https://mobile.twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/828574430800539648

Well then.
Don't want to be frantic but you all really have to drill into his head the whole peaceful transfer of power thing.

"People want..." for serious, Donnie?  Because it isn't the majority of people asking for it; he'll, it wasn't even a majority that asked for you. Be honest. Spell it out. "Some rednecks in doublewides."

[Mupepe]

I think you guys mean Xtreme

[Samson Manhug]

"Some rednecks in doublewides."

Dude, "rednecks" is not the preferred nomenclatur. Economically anxious Americans, please.

[Boredfrom]

The "Bannon is the real president" thing is getting on his nerves. One would have thought that after realizing that he just appointed him to the National Security Council by not reading the EO he would now realize that Bannon is probably not loyal to him at all, but hey. The fact that he is texting Paul Ryan for "coordination" should tip him off that Bannon is just a opportunistic ballwasher that will stab him in the back without second thought.

 

[brawndolicious]

I do wonder how many come to Jesus moments Trump's had and if that's typically when he does something rash.

[Take My Breh Away]

https://twitter.com/tomphillipsin/status/828474442372100096

[curly]

https://mobile.twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/828574430800539648

Well then.
Don't want to be frantic but you all really have to drill into his head the whole peaceful transfer of power thing.

It's sorta amazing how quickly he glommed onto the fake news concept.

[Phoenix Dark]

https://mobile.twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/828574430800539648

Well then.
Don't want to be frantic but you all really have to drill into his head the whole peaceful transfer of power thing.

It's sorta amazing how quickly he glommed onto the fake news concept.

Is it? "I know you are but what am I" was his strategy throughout the campaign.

[Joe Molotov]

https://mobile.twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/828574430800539648

Well then.
Don't want to be frantic but you all really have to drill into his head the whole peaceful transfer of power thing.

It's sorta amazing how quickly he glommed onto the fake news concept.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/828642511698669569

[The Legend of Sunblade]

https://twitter.com/FLOTUS

No tweets from "Melania" 2 weeks after the Inauguration. Must be the coziest intern job. 

[james]

https://twitter.com/FLOTUS

No tweets from "Melania" 2 weeks after the Inauguration. Must be the coziest intern job. 

Shes make for a good president

[Phoenix Dark]

https://twitter.com/mperelman/status/828633489398439942

any confirmation on this yet?

[Sausage]

https://twitter.com/mperelman/status/828633489398439942

any confirmation on this yet?

explain this to a dumb person. So his communication has been cut off from the rest of isis?

[Brehvolution]

In a statement on Monday, the Kremlin called O’Reilly’s words inexcusable.

“We believe that such a statement by the Fox News host was insulting and impermissible,” a Russian government statement said. “We would prefer to hear apologies addressed to the president from such a respectable television network.”

[Great Rumbler]

Dems are currently holding a 24-hour protest on the floor of the Senate against DeVos's nomination:

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/02/democrats-senate-floor-betsy-devos-nomination-protest

[james]

Dems are currently holding a 24-hour protest on the floor of the Senate against DeVos's nomination:

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/02/democrats-senate-floor-betsy-devos-nomination-protest

Hey remember when I said they should do this and then some of you political experts said that cant be done.

Of course the spineless dems are only doing 24 hours to raise tweets rather than 4 years.

They need to delay all business until 6pm on Friday. At that point, 3/4 of the republicans will be on vacation

[studyguy]

Was it congress or the senate who made it illegal or w/e to film protests after hours on the house floor without having to pay a fine? Did that pass?

[Samson Manhug]

https://twitter.com/mperelman/status/828633489398439942

any confirmation on this yet?

No.

[studyguy]

http://www.thielforgovernor.org



 

Meg Whitman 2.0 incoming

[I'm a Puppy!]

LOL. Good luck with that Pete.

[etiolate]

Can't believe this comes from The Guardian of all places

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/feb/05/trump-not-fascist-champion-for-forgotten-millions

[studyguy]

Can't believe this comes from The Guardian of all places

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/feb/05/trump-not-fascist-champion-for-forgotten-millions

Nowhere is this disconnection more palpable than in the American midwest, in places such as Akron, a small city in northeast Ohio nestled along a bend in the Little Cuyahoga river. Its downtown boasts clean and pleasant streets, a minor league baseball park, bustling cafes and a lively university. The people are friendly and open, as midwesterners tend to be. In many ways, it’s an idyllic American town.

Uh huh okay...

Except for the heroin. Like many suburban and rural communities across the country, Akron is in the grip of a deadly heroin epidemic. Last summer, a batch of heroin cut with a synthetic painkiller called carfentanil, an elephant tranquilliser, turned up in the city.

Lit. City def turned up.

I like the quick jump from the struggle of the city with drug abuse while ignoring the possible stripping of social programs under Trump's administration but hey w/e. Wouldn't expect anything less from an opinion piece coming from a writer from The Federalist.

[Brehvolution]

Can't believe this comes from The Guardian of all places

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/feb/05/trump-not-fascist-champion-for-forgotten-millions

Fucking lol the forgotten millions will still be forgotten and worse off when trump is done. Then they will re-elect him.

[Nola]

Can't believe this comes from The Guardian of all places

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/feb/05/trump-not-fascist-champion-for-forgotten-millions

Fucking lol the forgotten millions will still be forgotten and worse off when trump is done. Then they will re-elect him.

It really is both fascinating and upsetting how many people in these areas have been brainwashed to such a degree that they continually chase the same fix that keeps poisoning them.

Disillusioned and feeling hopeless, sure, lets vote in the guy that aims to gut that frail healthcare infrastructure and expanded drug treatment, would be ok deporting the slew of green card doctors that are actually willing to go live in these shitty towns. Cut regulations that not only won't bring back coal mining jobs in Appalachia but will probably accelerate their death. A corporate tax reform that's burden will shift toward the poor and the old. Who by all accounts has a good chance of ending up in an international incident where their kids will get sent to die.

[TakingBackSunday]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/02/06/trumps-suggestion-that-the-media-is-ignoring-terrorist-attacks-has-a-familiar-source-infowars/?tid=sm_tw&utm_term=.2ee5adcb8eae

 

[Syph]

peter thiel stories reminding me of this forgotten gem (a diamond in the SNL rough):

[Kara]

The Prole Whisperers sure have got folks believing that this is the fault of their object petit a, and not, say, the petite bourgeoisie swimming perilously close to the drain, all too aware of the fate that awaits them should they fall off the rotting economic ladder into the abyss, huh?

[chronovore]

http://www.thielforgovernor.org

(Image removed from quote.)

 

Meg Whitman 2.0 incoming

No thanks, Pete! If California wanted a gay vampire for governor, we'd ask Tom Cruise or Brad Pitt.

[etiolate]

[VomKriege]

Heard on Foreign Policy podcast : Some of the executive orders were written by 20 years old fresh graduates.

[thisismyusername]

https://twitter.com/pussyrrriot/status/828972869191360512

[Joe Molotov]

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/828939235499638784

[james]

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/828939235499638784

Putin blackmail confirmed

[thisismyusername]

And who gives a shit about those 90s bimbos? Christ, you're a joke.

Wow. WOW WOW!

It's like history repeats itself or something...

No one could foresee that a guy who was caught on tape admitting to sexual battery would get 62 million votes.

Oh you sweet summer child (and other such cases, insert here), if you couldn't "foresee" this coming, I dunno what to tell you.

Way to pull what linked rape case did, Jack. True paragon for YASSS QUEEN. I'll show myself out now while laughing at the typical liberal hypocrisy. America will never get over that "these men were all-star athletes/polticians/<insert power position here>! They surely weren't the rapists! She was totally asking for it!" culture at all.

[james]

Heres another thing that pisses me off about democrats

"Donald Trump's got all the money he'll ever need," says Steve Mays, judge-executive for the county and life-long Beattyville resident. The 49-year-old says he's never been more excited about a president than he is now. "Trump will be a president for the common man."

Amber Hayes, 25, stands on the main road in Beattyville, Kentucky. She hopes President Trump can bring jobs back to the town.

 "If you got a job here in Beattyville, you're lucky," says Amber Hayes, a bubbly 25-year-old mom of two, who also voted for Trump. She works at the county courthouse, but is paid by the Kentucky Transitional Assistance Program (K-TAP), a form of welfare.

 "I hope [Trump] don't take the benefits away, but at the same time, I think that once more jobs come in a lot of people won't need the benefits," says Hayes, who currently receives about $500 a month from government assistance. She's also on Obamacare.

http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/06/news/economy/donald-trump-beattyville-kentucky/index.html?sr=twCNN020617donald-trump-beattyville-kentucky0249PMVODtopLink&linkId=34168327

These people are WELFARE QUEENS and need to be demonized as such.

Take the republican playbook and make it factual.

When Mexicans cant find a job they pick up their entire life and MOVE TO THE JOBS. Thats called BOOTSTRAPS.

These people cry and cry and cry and demand the government bring the jobs to them.

its BULLSHIT.

Its welfare entitlement at its worst.

Give these folks a $1,000 check so they can move to where the jobs are and then cut them off for life.

"We're an hour from the closest interstate," says Cole, the EMT who is also out on the roads daily. "The roads here are bad. We have two lane roads."

The internet is another problem. Cell reception is hit or miss, and many homes and schools only got decent internet access in the past year or two. The local government is trying to find people jobs they can do at home on computers, but that requires reliable internet.

THEN MOVE YOU FUCKING SPONGE STOP SUCKING OFF MY TAXPAYER TEAT

Obama should have "accidentally" bombed Kentucky.

[Joe Molotov]

https://twitter.com/FLOTUS

No tweets from "Melania" 2 weeks after the Inauguration. Must be the coziest intern job. 

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/melania-trump-lost-millions-daily-mail-story-article-1.2965735

"The economic damage to Plaintiff's brand, and licensing, marketing and endorsement opportunities caused by the publication of Mail Online's defamatory article, is multiple millions of dollars."

Melania Trump, the lawsuit continued, "had the unique, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, as an extremely famous and well-known person, as well as a former professional model and brand spokesperson, and successful businesswoman, to launch a broad-based commercial brand in multiple product categories, each of which could have garnered multi-million dollar business relationships for a multi-year term during which Plaintiff is one of the most photographed woman in the world."

"These product categories would have included, among other things, apparel, accessories, shoes, jewelry, cosmetics, hair care, skin care and fragrance."

Maybe her ability to monetize her twitter account was also compromised by FAKE NEWS.  :'( :'( :'(

[CatsCatsCats]

When's this DeVos vote goin down?

[Joe Molotov]

When's this DeVos vote goin down?

Happening now.

[CatsCatsCats]

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/02/07/us/politics/betsy-devos-confirmation-vote.html?_r=0

[CatsCatsCats]

Was Collins one of the two or a third???

One of the two. Cmon one more red

[zomgee]

Was Collins one of the two or a third???

One of the two. Cmon one more red

Not happening. Collins was a known flip. The ones they were hoping for were Pat Toomey, Deb Fischer, and Rand Paul. Paul and Fischer just chicken-shit voted at the same time.