Author Topic: US Politics Thread |OT| SAD TRUMP (Read 5448736 times)

Brehvolution · « **Reply #22680 on:** August 07, 2018, 02:59:09 PM »

https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1026845829921955841

That self own of equating conservative media with bullshitters and conspiracy grifters.

Most of us already know this, but it's nice to hear it said once in a while.

Brehvolution · « **Reply #22681 on:** August 07, 2018, 03:10:15 PM »

VomKriege · « **Reply #22682 on:** August 07, 2018, 03:12:26 PM »

For all the incompetence, this Trump admin is doing some wild things.

Nintex · « **Reply #22683 on:** August 07, 2018, 03:12:42 PM »

*ring ring*

"Yes, this is Jared how can I help you"

"Jared get me dad! This is an EMERGENCY"

"Ok, hold on a sec., I was just about to burn these tax records"

"Dad?"

"Jr.? Is that you?"

"WHY ARE YOU CALLING ME DURING MY VACATION"

"Sorry dad, they're censoring Alex Jones"

"Who?"

"хихикать хихикать"

"What's that in the background dad.... are those Russians?"

"I'm knee deep in Russian piss son just call Sarah for a statement"

*beep* *beep* *beep*

Mupepe · « **Reply #22684 on:** August 07, 2018, 03:14:07 PM »

Americans say vacation, not holiday. JFC.

agrajag · « **Reply #22685 on:** August 07, 2018, 03:15:28 PM »

And Russians don't call pissplay water sports

Mandark · « **Reply #22686 on:** August 07, 2018, 03:16:33 PM »

https://www.infowars.com/terms-of-service/

Quote from: Infowars ToS

Remember: you are a guest here. It is not censorship if you violate the rules and your post is deleted. All civilizations have rules and if you violate them you can expect to be ostracized from the tribe.

agrajag · « **Reply #22687 on:** August 07, 2018, 03:19:12 PM »

Cue the idiotic SJW definition of "free speech is just law only specific to the government" and then me explaining that is definitely false plus corporations should not have so much power to control and manipulate public discussion forums like the internet. I've had this shitty discussion a million times about this dumb talking point, find a better one I'm too tired today to do this all over again.

VomKriege · « **Reply #22688 on:** August 07, 2018, 03:22:24 PM »

Quote from: agrajag on August 07, 2018, 03:15:28 PM

And Russians don't call pissplay water sports

They call water polo "blood bath" or "taming seditious elements in a brother republic".

shosta · « **Reply #22689 on:** August 07, 2018, 03:24:00 PM »

Quote from: agrajag on August 07, 2018, 03:19:12 PM

I've had this shitty discussion a million times about this dumb talking point, find a better one I'm too tired today to do this all over again.

I did find a better one. The Stephen Miller plans are a grotesque assault on immigrants and part of a broader effort to change the demographic course of the US.

Mandark · « **Reply #22690 on:** August 07, 2018, 03:26:58 PM »

He's tongue-in-cheek quoting Optimus.

Mandark · « **Reply #22691 on:** August 07, 2018, 03:27:44 PM »

Constantly having to explain jokes to Shosta is compelled speech and a First Amendment violation.

agrajag · « **Reply #22692 on:** August 07, 2018, 03:27:56 PM »

Quote from: Mandark on August 07, 2018, 03:26:58 PM

He's tongue-in-cheek quoting Optimus.

Kara · « **Reply #22693 on:** August 07, 2018, 03:29:28 PM »

Quote from: Mandark on August 07, 2018, 01:37:01 PM

https://twitter.com/Millie__Weaver/status/1026805202580647936

The Bore annihilated

To paraphrase a Left Twitter joke, if conservatives hate socialism why do they like being publicly owned so much?

shosta · « **Reply #22694 on:** August 07, 2018, 03:34:05 PM »

Quote from: Mandark on August 07, 2018, 03:26:58 PM

He's tongue-in-cheek quoting Optimus.

I've had Optimus on ignore for like 4 months, don't blame me!

Nintex · « **Reply #22695 on:** August 07, 2018, 04:40:53 PM »

https://twitter.com/jjouvenal/status/1026917551547342848

https://twitter.com/jjouvenal/status/1026919793125994497

Rick Gates stole from Manafort who was broke, Manafort asked Rick Gates to use his Trump campaign connections to get one of his lenders a cabinet position.

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Gates use his position in the Trump campaign to offer a series of favors to Stephen Calk, the founder and CEO of Federal Savings Bank, one of the banks that extended Manafort a loan in 2016.

First, Calk’s name was added to a list of national economic advisers to the campaign. Then, in November 2016, Manafort wrote Gates: “We need to discuss Steve Calk for Sec of the Army. I hear the list is being considered this weekend,” indicating that wanted Gates’s help getting Calk considered by the presidential transition for the job.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2018/08/07/paul-manafort-trial-day-6-live-coverage/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.c675454c3e37

nachobro · « **Reply #22696 on:** August 07, 2018, 05:03:00 PM »

oh already beaten, heh

kingv · « **Reply #22697 on:** August 07, 2018, 06:24:56 PM »

Quote from: Nintex on August 07, 2018, 02:49:17 PM

Why don't you just give Stephen Miller his own stretch of land and deport him there.

Everyone happy.

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Who decided he could write policies anyway. He should go and watch Fox News and tweet about it while enriching himself like the other members of the cabinet smh
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He writes policies because he’s the only one that actually gives a shit about any specific policy. Stephen Miller wants to kick out all the brown people, but everybody else is just there for the grift, corruption, or a future on Fox News.

Mandark · « **Reply #22698 on:** August 07, 2018, 06:27:52 PM »

Someone did a political compass of Trump admin figures. One axis was "wants dignity" vs. "wants notoriety" and the other was "in it for the money" vs. "in it for the racism."

Probably a third of the people on it have left by now but I wish I'd saved it.

benjipwns · « **Reply #22699 on:** August 07, 2018, 08:06:15 PM »

you guys look extra dumb now, the facts keep annihilating

https://twitter.com/Millie__Weaver/status/1026923303775162370
https://twitter.com/Millie__Weaver/status/1026927134332407808

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https://twitter.com/Millie__Weaver/status/1026902486295240704

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Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #22700 on:** August 07, 2018, 09:00:41 PM »

https://twitter.com/Redistrict/status/1026992412542099459

Whitner blowing the brown guys out the water in rural areas to the point it can be called early.

team filler · « **Reply #22701 on:** August 07, 2018, 09:08:09 PM »

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #22702 on:** August 07, 2018, 09:09:06 PM »

https://twitter.com/TheOnion/status/1026959187270676480

benjipwns · « **Reply #22703 on:** August 07, 2018, 10:09:19 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on August 07, 2018, 09:00:41 PM

https://twitter.com/Redistrict/status/1026992412542099459

Whitner blowing the brown guys out the water in rural areas to the point it can be called early.

Schuette too. Well, they're white guys but you know what I meant.

benjipwns · « **Reply #22704 on:** August 07, 2018, 10:10:24 PM »

Also the crazy black guy might win the GOP Senate race, he's up 58/42 with like a third of ballots in.

#WheresTheBlueWave?

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #22705 on:** August 07, 2018, 10:27:25 PM »

O’Conner BARELY lost. GOP should be sweatin’

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #22706 on:** August 07, 2018, 10:46:12 PM »

https://twitter.com/benchmarkpol/status/1027010842448027653

Yea, good luck republicans.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #22707 on:** August 07, 2018, 10:56:47 PM »

https://twitter.com/IsaacDovere/status/1027017330549813250

benjipwns · « **Reply #22708 on:** August 07, 2018, 11:02:37 PM »

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Michigan gubernatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed may be American-born, but he is a living embodiment of what has been called the "red-green axis."

Since Sayed is a self-styled progressive, it is not surprising that he has been warmly embraced by far-left "democratic socialists" Sen. Bernie Sanders and the suddenly famous U.S. House candidate from New York, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. They are comrades in the struggle, after all.

The American left (the "red" side of the axis) is allied out of convenience with Islamists and sharia-supremacists (the "green" side), who want to fundamentally transform the United States of America – for the worst.

Their primary tools are name-calling and intimidation. Their wealthy foundations fund nonprofits and campaigns focused on making our culture Islam-friendly while weakening our resolve to fight Islamic supremacism and the terrorism it deploys against us.

In Islam, deceiving non-Muslims is perfectly acceptable. Sayed uses misdirection and dissimulation to avoid discussing the ugly, anti-American beliefs of his fellow Islamists.

But regardless of what he may say, Sayed, whose parents came from Egypt, is part of this red-green axis.

whew, we live Sharia Free another day

#WheresTheBlueWave

benjipwns · « **Reply #22709 on:** August 07, 2018, 11:06:30 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on August 07, 2018, 10:56:47 PM

https://twitter.com/IsaacDovere/status/1027017330549813250

uh, this guy clearly didn't hear about the record turnout that was being reported thanks to the energetic progressive campaign

benjipwns · « **Reply #22710 on:** August 07, 2018, 11:11:49 PM »

good to see that the responses have learned the proper lessons from 2016 (that it's still the corporate centrists/bernie brogressives fault)

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https://twitter.com/ConstProg/status/1027020076434763777

https://twitter.com/jakhjakhjakh/status/1027023509749358593

https://twitter.com/hatt1/status/1027023807532466182

https://twitter.com/Plindsey88/status/1027022799913857025

https://twitter.com/erythromancy/status/1027025426873503749

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benjipwns · « **Reply #22711 on:** August 07, 2018, 11:14:52 PM »

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/voters-double-kansas-congressional-race-ron-estes-faces/story?id=57090460

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No matter the outcome of today’s GOP primary for Kansas’ 4th Congressional District, Ron Estes will win. The only question is, which one?

Republican Ron Estes is faced with an unlikely challenger: Ron Estes, a first time candidate who has dubbed himself “the Real Ron Estes” in campaign materials and on Twitter.

The incumbent will appear on the ballot as "Rep. Ron Estes," alongside opponent "Ron M. Estes." The congressman’s campaign staff hope voters can tell the difference.

“Our campaign has focused entirely on letting voters know just that their Congressman is listed as “Rep Ron Estes,” Josh Bell, a spokesman for Congressman Ron Estes’ campaign, told ABC News.

“The other guy – we’ve branded him as ‘The Imposter’. Our terminology to remind voters is, ‘M is for misleading,’” Bell said.

Meanwhile, the ‘Real Ron Estes’ campaign insists that “M is for ‘Merica.”

Bell said the sitting congressman’s campaign suspects foul play, calling the campaign an example of Democrats’ “dirty tricks.”

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #22712 on:** August 07, 2018, 11:17:44 PM »

Merica

zepblackstar · « **Reply #22713 on:** August 07, 2018, 11:25:47 PM »

I love the new narrative of the green party candidates are now Russian funded..

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #22714 on:** August 07, 2018, 11:27:22 PM »

“The other guy – we’ve branded him as ‘The Imposter’. Our terminology to remind voters is, ‘M is for misleading,’” Bell said.

Mandark · « **Reply #22715 on:** August 07, 2018, 11:45:04 PM »

Missouri voters knocking down an anti-union law by about a 2-1 margin.

Nola · « **Reply #22716 on:** August 07, 2018, 11:51:54 PM »

YouPorn Drops Alex Jones Too: 'Hate Has No Place on YouPorn'

The free speech crisis deepens

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Pinterest also banned his account, which is also amusing on a few different levels.

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Kara · « **Reply #22717 on:** August 07, 2018, 11:52:34 PM »

Red-green axis? I don't know anything about Enhedslisten, sorry.

VomKriege · « **Reply #22718 on:** August 08, 2018, 12:25:47 AM »

I reject your swamp and substitute it with my own.

https://twitter.com/chrislhayes/status/1027019621772259328

brawndolicious · « **Reply #22719 on:** August 08, 2018, 12:35:01 AM »

Quote from: Optimus on August 07, 2018, 08:27:31 AM

Quote from: benjipwns on August 07, 2018, 05:55:38 AM
If the government regulates it, the government will decide what companies will have to allow on their networks. Just like it currently defines what is and is not speech, press, assembly, petition, etc. in regards to what is seemingly the absolutist language in the First Amendment.

We can disagree or not on what things should be protected under those clauses but I don't think anyone would deny we're not deciding what does and does not fall under them and to usually simplify under a single clause what is and is not speech that can be legislated against.
If they're treated as utilities they'll have to abide by the same free speech laws the government does. These corporations are also regulated regarding child porn, threats of violence against politicians and so on, should the government remove these regulations too or are you only concerned about the specific ones that encourage free speech? Also are you for or against net neutrality?
Quote from: brawndolicious on August 07, 2018, 06:38:14 AM
Apple, FB, YouTube, and Spotify are all just competitors for podcast distribution. These are like bookstores, not town squares. This isn't a slippery slope, it's where we've been for hundreds of years.
Oh c'mon, you can't be serious with these mental gymnastics.

Utilities have their rates, amount of profit allowed, and even number of individuals in each department regulated. Literally down to the individual. This kind of makes sense since they are the one source for your water/gas/electricity so you have to prevent customer gouging.

You can't say that these podcast distributors are utilities by the very fact that SEVERAL of them are to not host his content. This is as goddamn close to a digital version of a bookstore as I can imagine. If a town has 6 bookstores and five of them say that Harry Potter is satanic so they won't sell it, then you can bet your ass where PD will be lining up on release day.

As a matter of fact, it has never been easier than it is now to broadcast your message.

benjipwns · « **Reply #22720 on:** August 08, 2018, 02:59:36 AM »

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Rep. Ron Estes*
56,507 81.4%
Ron Estes
12,896 18.6

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“If you insist on gaming the system for incumbent Estes, at least play fair,” the challenger’s campaign told the Topeka-Capital Journal in June.

Ron M. Estes’ request to be featured on the ballot as “The Real Ron Estes” was rejected by the Kansas secretary of state’s office.

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Federal Election Commission filings show that Rep. Ron Estes has raised $1,401,847.44 in campaign contributions, while Ron M. Estes has raised just $0.23.

Trent Dole · « **Reply #22721 on:** August 08, 2018, 03:13:21 AM »

Quote from: benjipwns on August 08, 2018, 02:59:36 AM

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Rep. Ron Estes*
56,507 81.4%
Ron Estes
12,896 18.6
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“If you insist on gaming the system for incumbent Estes, at least play fair,” the challenger’s campaign told the Topeka-Capital Journal in June.

Ron M. Estes’ request to be featured on the ballot as “The Real Ron Estes” was rejected by the Kansas secretary of state’s office.
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Federal Election Commission filings show that Rep. Ron Estes has raised $1,401,847.44 in campaign contributions, while Ron M. Estes has raised just $0.23.

23 skiddoo

Nintex · « **Reply #22722 on:** August 08, 2018, 05:10:54 AM »

John James won the primary, yeah wooooo

Only 1 election away from bombing ~~CNN HQ~~ THE SWAMP

Fighter pilot with actual Apache attack helicopter in the logo

His challenger on the Democratic side:

Another elderly woman

Quote from: VomKriege on August 08, 2018, 12:25:47 AM

I reject your swamp and substitute it with my own.

Wow, how dare they discredit Marvel. The ongoing success of Black Panther must've really riled them up

benjipwns · « **Reply #22723 on:** August 08, 2018, 05:16:39 AM »

Debbie might beat him by 50 points. And she's probably objectively terrible.

team filler · « **Reply #22724 on:** August 08, 2018, 05:31:57 AM »

Don't be a debbie downer

kingv · « **Reply #22725 on:** August 08, 2018, 08:34:26 AM »

Debbie Spenditnow.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #22726 on:** August 08, 2018, 09:56:14 AM »

Liddle Debbie

Nintex · « **Reply #22727 on:** August 08, 2018, 09:57:42 AM »

best (worst) case scenario.

Republicans win enough tight races with a > 1% difference to keep their control.
It would drive the Democrats absolutely mad.

https://twitter.com/ianbremmer/status/1027190945933082624

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1027214330503352320

lmao

Kara · « **Reply #22728 on:** August 08, 2018, 11:51:26 AM »

http://twitter.com/PeterAlexander/status/1027182439590977536

Nintex · « **Reply #22729 on:** August 08, 2018, 03:05:06 PM »

https://twitter.com/PodSaveAmerica/status/1026919316665450496

I guess both parties are in agreement that everything is free and nothing has consequences.

Oblivion · « **Reply #22730 on:** August 08, 2018, 06:13:46 PM »

Looks like censoring Alex Jones wasn't enough for Youtube/Goolag:

https://twitter.com/prageru/status/1027038545641259008

shosta · « **Reply #22731 on:** August 08, 2018, 06:16:11 PM »

You guys all laughed at Verrit, but it was way ahead of its time. Visionary.

agrajag · « **Reply #22732 on:** August 08, 2018, 06:17:08 PM »

Kara · « **Reply #22733 on:** August 08, 2018, 07:01:05 PM »

Quote from: Nintex on August 08, 2018, 03:05:06 PM

https://twitter.com/PodSaveAmerica/status/1026919316665450496

I guess both parties are in agreement that everything is free and nothing has consequences.

Brian Riedl is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute focusing on budget, tax, and economic policy. Previously, he worked for six years as chief economist to Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) and as staff director of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth. He also worked on budget matters for Marco Rubio’s presidential campaign and Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign.

Mandark · « **Reply #22734 on:** August 09, 2018, 12:26:03 AM »

Have we talked about how three rich dudes, including the head of Marvel Entertainment, are running the Veterans Administration out of Mar-a-Lago?

VomKriege · « **Reply #22735 on:** August 09, 2018, 12:51:01 AM »

Quote from: Mandark on August 09, 2018, 12:26:03 AM

Have we talked about how three rich dudes, including the head of Marvel Entertainment, are running the Veterans Administration out of Mar-a-Lago?

I brought it up but no one picked on it.
Cuckmander in chief ? More like Swamp Thing.

Nintex · « **Reply #22736 on:** August 09, 2018, 06:45:00 AM »

Quote from: VomKriege on August 09, 2018, 12:51:01 AM

Quote from: Mandark on August 09, 2018, 12:26:03 AM
Have we talked about how three rich dudes, including the head of Marvel Entertainment, are running the Veterans Administration out of Mar-a-Lago?

I brought it up but no one picked on it.
Cuckmander in chief ? More like Swamp Thing.

It's more worrying that Trump might have had some input on the Black Panther script

Atramental · « **Reply #22737 on:** August 09, 2018, 06:46:09 AM »

Did somebody say... Red Wave?

Maiden Voyage · « **Reply #22738 on:** August 09, 2018, 07:12:17 AM »

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2018/08/08/devin-nunes-audio-protecting-trump-rosenstein-impeachment-timing/943636002/

This Nunes audio "leak" story is fucking stupid. The crux of it seems to be him explaining why they aren't pushing harder for a Rosenstein impeachment and that they need to hold onto their seats. Here's the quotes from the article:

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"So if we actually vote to impeach, OK, what that does is that triggers the Senate then has to take it up," he said, explaining that it could take away from other priorities of Congress.

He said everything would have to be dropped if impeachment was up for a vote. "So it's not a matter that any of us like Rosenstein. It's a matter of, it's a matter of timing."

"Do you want them to drop everything and not confirm the Supreme Court justice, the new Supreme Court justice?" he added.

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"If Sessions won't un-recuse and Mueller won't clear the president, we're the only ones, which is really the danger," he says on the recording. "That's why I keep, and thank you for saying it by the way, I mean we have to keep all these seats."

kingv · « **Reply #22739 on:** August 09, 2018, 08:59:20 AM »

Quote from: Mandark on August 09, 2018, 12:26:03 AM

Have we talked about how three rich dudes, including the head of Marvel Entertainment, are running the Veterans Administration out of Mar-a-Lago?

I’m curious how Disney hasn’t fired Ike Perlmutter yet.

I’m also curious why does Ike Perlmutter give a shit about the VA is run?! Like it doesn’t make a lick of sense to me. Is he trying to get comic books put in the waiting rooms or something?

News:

Author Topic: US Politics Thread |OT| SAD TRUMP (Read 5448736 times)