Author Topic: US Politics Thread |OT| SAD TRUMP (Read 6935499 times)

zomgee · « **Reply #4440 on:** March 24, 2017, 08:12:54 AM »

Quote from: Kara on March 24, 2017, 01:48:19 AM

Quote from: FStop7 on March 23, 2017, 07:48:01 PM
Making america great again means rolling back factory work to the days of Upton Sinclair.

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It also epitomizes the global economy’s race to the bottom. Parts suppliers in the American South compete for low-margin orders against suppliers in Mexico and Asia. They promise delivery schedules they can’t possibly meet and face ruinous penalties if they fall short. Employees work ungodly hours, six or seven days a week, for months on end. Pay is low, turnover is high, training is scant, and safety is an afterthought, usually after someone is badly hurt. Many of the same woes that typify work conditions at contract manufacturers across Asia now bedevil parts plants in the South.

I feel like the afterglow housing crash taught some CEOs some lessons, namely that people really will do the work of two or three people, so go ahead and fire people and pile the work on.

FStop7 · « **Reply #4441 on:** March 24, 2017, 01:46:17 PM »

The first time I watched that clip the big explosion startled the shit out of me because I was staring at the corkscrewing rocket.

FatalT · « **Reply #4442 on:** March 24, 2017, 02:01:37 PM »

Quote from: Stro on March 24, 2017, 01:50:03 PM

Lmao at Spicer saying the reason the vote got cancelled yesterday was because they realized it'd take all night and they didn't want to have it pass and get buried at 2 AM.

I can't wait to see where Spicer goes after the Trump rule ends. His PR game is unrivaled to none when it comes to spouting out ignorant bullshit that people somehow actually believe

Boredfrom · « **Reply #4443 on:** March 24, 2017, 02:06:20 PM »

Quote from: FatalT on March 24, 2017, 02:01:37 PM

Quote from: Stro on March 24, 2017, 01:50:03 PM
Lmao at Spicer saying the reason the vote got cancelled yesterday was because they realized it'd take all night and they didn't want to have it pass and get buried at 2 AM.

I can't wait to see where Spicer goes after the Trump rule ends. His PR game is unrivaled to none when it comes to spouting out ignorant bullshit that people somehow actually believe

Nah, Conway is way better in that regard.

zomgee · « **Reply #4444 on:** March 24, 2017, 03:01:43 PM »

Paul Ryan Rushes to White House to Tell Trump Votes Are Lacking to Repeal Obamacare

DAD! DAAAAD!

Nola · « **Reply #4445 on:** March 24, 2017, 03:42:17 PM »

Republicans yank AHCA bill:
https://secure.politico.com/story/2017/03/obamacare-repeal-votes-congress-236459
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/house-leaders-prepare-to-vote-friday-on-health-care-reform/2017/03/24/736f1cd6-1081-11e7-9d5a-a83e627dc120_story.html?utm_term=.a27890e20d32?tid=a_breakingnews&hpid=hp_no-name_no-name%3Apage%2Fbreaking-news-bar

I'm a Puppy! · « **Reply #4446 on:** March 24, 2017, 03:45:31 PM »

and this is supposed to be the "honeymoon" period.

Nola · « **Reply #4447 on:** March 24, 2017, 03:59:10 PM »

Quote from: Stro on March 24, 2017, 03:50:33 PM

The reports are that Paul Ryan "pleaded" for Trump to not go through with the vote. Trump wanted the vote to go through, even though it definitely would have failed.

Paul Ryan doesn't:

Sad.

Oblivion · « **Reply #4448 on:** March 24, 2017, 04:51:17 PM »

https://twitter.com/KeithOlbermann/status/845361457483141120

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #4449 on:** March 24, 2017, 05:00:00 PM »

If this isn't proof that the Republican party is essentially broken, possibly beyond repair, I don't know what is. They control the House. They control the Senate. They control the White House. And yet they still cannot do the one thing that they've been promising to their base for SEVEN YEARS.

FStop7 · « **Reply #4450 on:** March 24, 2017, 05:15:56 PM »

Trump called a WaPo reporter on his cellphone and blamed the Democrats for the failure of the AHCA.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #4451 on:** March 24, 2017, 05:18:08 PM »

A big fat mess.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #4452 on:** March 24, 2017, 05:19:59 PM »

Quote from: FStop7 on March 24, 2017, 05:15:56 PM

Trump called a WaPo reporter on his cellphone and blamed the Democrats for the failure of the AHCA.

Just a couple of months into the new Congressional term and Dems already getting work done.

Nola · « **Reply #4453 on:** March 24, 2017, 05:20:48 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on March 24, 2017, 05:00:00 PM

If this isn't proof that the Republican party is essentially broken, possibly beyond repair, I don't know what is. They control the House. They control the Senate. They control the White House. And yet they still cannot do the one thing that they've been promising to their base for SEVEN YEARS.

Helps when your base(and a large part of the American electorate) blindly allows themselves to latch onto that false promise of "repealing and replacing the ACA with something better" because they were never interested in asking the simple question: How?

Boredfrom · « **Reply #4454 on:** March 24, 2017, 05:35:45 PM »

Quote from: Stro on March 24, 2017, 03:50:33 PM

The reports are that Paul Ryan "pleaded" for Trump to not go through with the vote. Trump wanted the vote to go through, even though it definitely would have failed.

Wonder how he accomplished this. Trump and Ryan hate each other and Trump usually listens to Breitbart and Bannon before Ryan. Wonder if he is starting to distrust Bannon (even if Bannom also had a direct phone line to Ryan). His plan of blaming democrats seems to depend that his party still has goodwillon him.

Steve Contra · « **Reply #4455 on:** March 24, 2017, 05:37:10 PM »

Syph · « **Reply #4456 on:** March 24, 2017, 06:26:45 PM »

pretty interesting read

‘Hello, Bob’: President Trump called my cellphone to say that the health-care bill was dead

Mandark · « **Reply #4457 on:** March 24, 2017, 06:48:09 PM »

Boredfrom · « **Reply #4458 on:** March 24, 2017, 06:50:35 PM »

Quote from: Syph on March 24, 2017, 06:26:45 PM

pretty interesting read

‘Hello, Bob’: President Trump called my cellphone to say that the health-care bill was dead

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“Sure,” Trump said. “I never said I was going to repeal and replace in the first 61 days”

I wil say it is fuuny rather than interesting.

FStop7 · « **Reply #4459 on:** March 24, 2017, 08:04:19 PM »

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/debt-limit-looks-like-a-real-struggle-after-ahca-debacle-2017-03-24

Buckle up.

Trurl · « **Reply #4460 on:** March 24, 2017, 08:42:58 PM »

Ehhhh, if Trump wants to work with the Dems to get rid of the debt ceiling I would probably be ok with it. Maybe I'm alone, though.

zomgee · « **Reply #4461 on:** March 24, 2017, 11:46:06 PM »

Quote from: Trurl on March 24, 2017, 08:42:58 PM

Ehhhh, if Trump wants to work with the Dems to get rid of the debt ceiling I would probably be ok with it. Maybe I'm alone, though.

heeeeeeere comes benji!

Trent Dole · « **Reply #4462 on:** March 25, 2017, 02:35:02 AM »

TOO MUCH WINNING

chronovore · « **Reply #4463 on:** March 25, 2017, 06:57:44 AM »

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/286952264122396672

zomgee · « **Reply #4464 on:** March 25, 2017, 08:41:18 AM »

Edit: delicious doesn't show up any more?

benjipwns · « **Reply #4465 on:** March 25, 2017, 08:57:01 AM »

https://theintercept.com/2017/03/21/newly-obtained-documents-prove-key-claim-of-snowdens-accusers-is-a-fraud/

okay, so whoops, jeez, you can't expect reporters and security experts to get it right 100% of the time everytime, calm down already you trump-defending putin stooge

Take My Breh Away · « **Reply #4466 on:** March 25, 2017, 10:16:45 AM »

https://twitter.com/paparoach/status/845464996695883776

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #4467 on:** March 25, 2017, 11:13:26 AM »

Quote from: Dufus on March 25, 2017, 04:37:30 AM

(Image removed from quote.)

WTF AM I READING

THAT'S NOT HOW THIS WORKS

THAT'S NOT HOW ANY OF THIS WORKS

"Obama should have passed single payer"

"Let Obamacare fail so he free market can create a replacement"

Samson Manhug · « **Reply #4468 on:** March 25, 2017, 12:07:43 PM »

Quote from: Dufus on March 25, 2017, 09:22:43 AM

does anyone know if subbing to wapo will also make the ads go away?

I just paused Adblock to check and no, definitely not.

benjipwns · « **Reply #4469 on:** March 25, 2017, 02:11:40 PM »

stolen from gaf:

El Babua · « **Reply #4470 on:** March 25, 2017, 03:15:14 PM »

Then again, he did extend executive powers beyond what the founders imagined, setting up the gradual escalation of presidential powers that we see the results of today.

Oblivion · « **Reply #4471 on:** March 25, 2017, 03:43:27 PM »

Quote from: El Babua on March 25, 2017, 03:15:14 PM

Then again, he did extend executive powers beyond what the founders imagined, setting up the gradual escalation of presidential powers that we see the results of today.

I'm seeing double here.

FOUR benjis!

Boredfrom · « **Reply #4472 on:** March 25, 2017, 05:04:42 PM »

Quote from: Dufus on March 25, 2017, 02:18:57 PM

I feel like the way the current republican party is using Lincoln's image, is similar to how the nazi's co-opted the ancient Hindu symbol.

Is Lincoln a religious symbol or figure? That is news for me...

brawndolicious · « **Reply #4473 on:** March 25, 2017, 07:32:19 PM »

Rumors that Flynn has flipped.

https://twitter.com/joyannreid/status/845765617487663106

I have no idea what the extent of Russian collusion was but I guess we'll find out soon enough. Also an interesting article I just decided to look up:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38651616

FStop7 · « **Reply #4474 on:** March 25, 2017, 07:55:50 PM »

Is that a photo of Mar a Lago? I see the Florida state flag.

Are these people capable of not being tacky?

The south has always held this desperate fascination with British and French aristocracy. They've emulated their customs and architecture to the point of parody. It goes all the way back to colonial times.

Kara · « **Reply #4475 on:** March 25, 2017, 08:24:41 PM »

Quote from: Boredfrom on March 25, 2017, 05:04:42 PM

Quote from: Dufus on March 25, 2017, 02:18:57 PM
I feel like the way the current republican party is using Lincoln's image, is similar to how the nazi's co-opted the ancient Hindu symbol.

Is Lincoln a religious symbol or figure? That is news for me...

It wasn't uncommon for the Emancipators to be perceived in a religious manner, even General Sherman was dubbed the American Aaron / Moses.

People don't remember ol' Honest Abe for his commitment to tariffs and patronage peddling (neither of which are exactly anathema to the current president), and so we find ourselves here.

Boogie · « **Reply #4476 on:** March 25, 2017, 10:10:11 PM »

Quote from: brawndolicious on March 25, 2017, 07:32:19 PM

Rumors that Flynn has flipped.

https://twitter.com/joyannreid/status/845765617487663106

Can we not do the rampant rumour speculation based on nothing thing here?

If the feebs flipped Flynn, they've done a shit job of it if twitter knows about it already.

agrajag · « **Reply #4477 on:** March 26, 2017, 12:05:26 AM »

Quote from: Boredfrom on March 25, 2017, 05:04:42 PM

Quote from: Dufus on March 25, 2017, 02:18:57 PM
I feel like the way the current republican party is using Lincoln's image, is similar to how the nazi's co-opted the ancient Hindu symbol.

Is Lincoln a religious symbol or figure? That is news for me...

Nah, that's Reagan

Nola · « **Reply #4478 on:** March 26, 2017, 12:53:56 AM »

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Violence erupted at a Make America Great Again rally in Huntington Beach on Saturday after a protester opposed to President Trump allegedly doused a female organizer of the event with pepper spray, sparking a brawl that ended with several arrests.

A group of flag-waving Trump supporters tackled the man with the pepper spray, who was wearing a black mask, and started punching and kicking him, according to witnesses. Several other fights also broke out between demonstrators.

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Travis Guenther, whose wife was also pepper-sprayed, said he was among those who chased the masked man and struck him with a flag that said, "Trump, Make America Great Again."

"I hit him five times with the flag over his head," said Guenther, who yelled at the man as he was detained by law enforcement officials.

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-trump-rally-20170325-story.html

Also:

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Elsa Aldeguer, a Latina who said she was head of the Latino Coalition of Los Angeles, had her 9-year-old son speak to the crowd.

The child railed against the mainstream media.

"The media only says bad things about Trump. They don't say the good things about Trump," the boy said to an eruption of cheers.

Others said they were proud of their peaceful event and pointed to the group's diversity as proof that they are not racists.

FStop7 · « **Reply #4479 on:** March 26, 2017, 12:56:50 AM »

Orange County

Kara · « **Reply #4480 on:** March 26, 2017, 01:00:11 AM »

Fun fact: The following streets are in Huntington Beach:

Speer Drive
Heil Avenue

Nola · « **Reply #4481 on:** March 26, 2017, 01:10:41 AM »

In other protest news that makes me ponder how the fuck my race managed to conquer much of the world:

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Several dozen people assembled outside the White House Saturday to demand an investigation into the unfounded Internet rumor known as “Pizzagate.”

Wearing T-shirts and holding banners defending the conspiracy theory — which falsely linked Hillary Clinton to an alleged child-sex-trafficking ring operating out of a D.C. pizza parlor — protesters took turns climbing onto an elevated stage in Lafayette Square to demand politicians and mainstream news media take their claims seriously.

“I don’t have any doubt that Pizzagate is real,” said Kori Hayes, a corrections officer who drove with his wife and three kids to Washington from Middleburg, Fla., on Friday night for the event. “But nothing is being said about it.”

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Neither of those developments dissuaded the 50 or so protesters from demonstrating outside the White House on Saturday.

Hayes called InfoWars “the only place you can get the news nowadays where it’s not opinion,” but said he wasn’t bothered by Jones’s about-face on Pizzagate.

“This paper in my hand is at least enough for an investigation,” the 25-year-old said, holding a flier labeled “Pizzagate/Pedogate” that listed “pedophile code words and symbols” supposedly found at Comet Ping Pong.

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Their three children, ages 9, 5 and 2, each wore shirts saying “I Am Not Pizza #pizzagate.”

“We’ve been watching since the [John] Podesta emails came out on Wikileaks,” Danielle said. “And we just followed it down the rabbit hole.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2017/03/25/protesters-outside-white-house-demand-pizzagate-investigation/

brawndolicious · « **Reply #4482 on:** March 26, 2017, 01:10:43 AM »

Quote from: Boogie on March 25, 2017, 10:10:11 PM

Quote from: brawndolicious on March 25, 2017, 07:32:19 PM
Rumors that Flynn has flipped.

https://twitter.com/joyannreid/status/845765617487663106

Can we not do the rampant rumour speculation based on nothing thing here?

If the feebs flipped Flynn, they've done a shit job of it if twitter knows about it already.

That's an option that I choose not to use.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #4483 on:** March 26, 2017, 01:15:34 AM »

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“This paper in my hand is at least enough for an investigation,” the 25-year-old said, holding a flier labeled “Pizzagate/Pedogate” that listed “pedophile code words and symbols” supposedly found at Comet Ping Pong.

Mandark · « **Reply #4484 on:** March 26, 2017, 05:45:37 AM »

Quote from: Kara on March 25, 2017, 08:24:41 PM

People don't remember ol' Honest Abe for his commitment to tariffs and patronage peddling (neither of which are exactly anathema to the current president), and so we find ourselves here.

Dammit, I was going to do the "tariffs were the real cause of the Civil War" gag to tie in Trump.

Huff · « **Reply #4485 on:** March 26, 2017, 07:49:40 AM »

Out of context,

wearing an I am not a pizza shirt is pretty hilarious

FatalT · « **Reply #4486 on:** March 26, 2017, 10:18:14 AM »

Quote from: Huff on March 26, 2017, 07:49:40 AM

Out of context,

wearing an I am not a pizza shirt is pretty hilarious

I'd expect some seriously bad acne if they were teenagers.

benjipwns · « **Reply #4487 on:** March 26, 2017, 12:27:45 PM »

Quote from: Boogie on March 25, 2017, 10:10:11 PM

Quote from: brawndolicious on March 25, 2017, 07:32:19 PM
Rumors that Flynn has flipped.

https://twitter.com/joyannreid/status/845765617487663106

Can we not do the rampant rumour speculation based on nothing thing here?

If the feebs flipped Flynn, they've done a shit job of it if twitter knows about it already.

@FBI
FBI verified
@RealDonaldTrump Serving a search warrant to Trump Tower at 3PM today, plz do not leave or destroy docs. Thx #TheResistance #ThisIsNotNormal #FreeKesha

VomKriege · « **Reply #4488 on:** March 26, 2017, 02:16:51 PM »

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/03/royal-jordanian-airlines-is-trolling-donald-trump/520755/

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Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #4489 on:** March 26, 2017, 02:49:22 PM »

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-angela-merkel-nato-bill-defence-ignore-usa-germany-spending-a7650636.html

LOL

Rufus · « **Reply #4490 on:** March 26, 2017, 02:52:01 PM »

Kara · « **Reply #4491 on:** March 26, 2017, 02:54:39 PM »

I'm glad the flag carrier of a country who was a proxy torturer for the U.S. is showing our Fox News watching grandpa of a president who's boss.

Rufus · « **Reply #4492 on:** March 26, 2017, 02:58:03 PM »

Carrier is ascribing entirely too much agency to her governing style.

Purrp Skirrp · « **Reply #4493 on:** March 26, 2017, 05:29:28 PM »

Boredfrom · « **Reply #4494 on:** March 26, 2017, 06:08:41 PM »

Quote from: Rufus on March 26, 2017, 02:58:03 PM

Carrier is ascribing entirely too much agency to her governing style.

I think Kara is talking about the news above the Merkel´s one.

Rufus · « **Reply #4495 on:** March 26, 2017, 06:12:41 PM »

Oh. Well, we aided some torture too, so...

Trent Dole · « **Reply #4496 on:** March 26, 2017, 06:38:20 PM »

Quote from: VomKriege on March 26, 2017, 02:16:51 PM

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/03/royal-jordanian-airlines-is-trolling-donald-trump/520755/

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helios · « **Reply #4497 on:** March 26, 2017, 07:42:30 PM »

https://i.imgur.com/ni1Wz7Z.mp4

benjipwns · « **Reply #4498 on:** March 26, 2017, 11:44:35 PM »

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Ashley Jacobs3 days ago
Donald Trump is a cat.

recursivelyenumerable · « **Reply #4499 on:** March 27, 2017, 04:57:30 AM »

i made a twitter shitpost i am proud of

https://twitter.com/crossslide/status/846075864961990657

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