US Politics Thread |OT| SAD TRUMP

[CatsCatsCats]

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[Steve Contra]

Evangelical leaders siding with a Wahhabist monarchy to ensure arms manufacturers get paid and Trump doesn't look bad is about the most 2018 thing imaginable

https://www.vox.com/2018/10/17/17990268/pat-robertson-khashoggi-saudi-arabia-trump-crisis?fbclid=IwAR3uzVSXVJgNbS0CGpmewjcpJAMMFss4cfrJ46XuZ4mt9LJm8ggQYP2t8dI

[kingv]

Nobody has shit in their own mouth over Trump more than evangelicals.

They’re even dumber than the 4channers.

[Kara]

https://m.govexec.com/management/2018/10/white-house-announces-intent-withdraw-us-international-postal-agency/152102/

[Assimilate]

Great interview. Apparently CNN made 1 billion in profits in the first year of the Trump presidency. Did you guys know that? That's fucking nuts.

[Kara]

To borrow a phrase, what's good for The Nation isn't what's good for the nation.

[Assimilate]

Great interview. Apparently CNN made 1 billion in profits in the first year of the Trump presidency. Did you guys know that? That's fucking nuts.

That doesn't seem accurate considering how hard their ratings have dropped, but this is common. MSNBC blew up during the Bush administration. Rush and Fox News blew up during the Clinton administration. Fox News then had another surge during the Obama administration. MSNBC is also currently doing its best numbers ever. "Opposition" media always does better numbers.

They're saying its profits unlike anything before.

Usually the numbers drop after the election, but here the numbers increased.

[Mandark]

CNN's prime time ratings have dropped both years since the election, but they make most of their money on distribution deals rather than ad revenue.

[Trent Dole]

https://twitter.com/realDonaldDrumpf/status/1053008701026693122

Dumbocrats ANNIHILATED

MUGAHHHHH 2020

https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/1053017214939475969

[Skullfuckers Anonymous]

Campaign ad of the year from Black Americans for the President's Agenda.

https://mobile.twitter.com/notlarrysabato/status/1053023848772378625

[TakingBackSunday]

holy christ

[Kara]

To borrow a phrase, what's good for The Nation isn't what's good for the nation.

The Nation hasn't been good since Christopher Hitchens left

It was a one-liner Bhaskar Sunkara came up with when Sarah Leonard was explaining that The Nation enjoys a stronger financial position during especially bad Republican presidencies during a panel they did together.

[curly]

To borrow a phrase, what's good for The Nation isn't what's good for the nation.

The Nation hasn't been good since Christopher Hitchens left

IIRC he left because he thought they were going too far left by not supporting the Iraq War

[Assimilate]

Campaign ad of the year from Black Americans for the President's Agenda.

https://mobile.twitter.com/notlarrysabato/status/1053023848772378625

holy christ

White boy offended 

This is actually something a lot of African American women talk about. They have a real disgust for white girls, especially those that date black guys. Taboo, offensive, whatever, but it's known

[Mandark]

Yeah, black women were super fired up by the unfair treatment of Brett Kavanaugh.

[Steve Contra]

Yeah, black women were super fired up by the unfair treatment of Brett Kavanaugh.

[kingv]

Was that diamond and silk?

[Assimilate]

Campaign ad of the year from Black Americans for the President's Agenda.

https://mobile.twitter.com/notlarrysabato/status/1053023848772378625

holy christ

White boy offended 

This is actually something a lot of African American women talk about. They have a real disgust for white girls, especially those that date black guys. Taboo, offensive, whatever, but it's known

Do you run into a lot of African American women in Brazil

No but then again I haven't even been here a year.

[Nintex]

The GOP is just too devilishly good at campaigning.

They've perfected the art of siphoning off votes, catering to enough niche groups to create a big enough vocal minority to win elections.
They just need to figure out which buttons to press to get people to vote or in some cases not vote. As low turnouts also favor them.

Let's face it, no one outside of the Democrat bubble is going to watch the Obama 'vote' videos or Robert Reich's op-eds about Trump.

[Mandark]

The GOP is just too devilishly good at campaigning.

So you wanna make a bet on the House or nah?

[Kara]

Don't take Mandark's bet until you consider my offer on the House of Burgesses result.

[Mandark]

Don't take Mandark's bet until you consider my offer on the House of Burgesses result.

"Daddy, I got cider in my ear."

[Assimilate]

We should make house predictions anyway

I'll go bold and say the Dems do not take the house

[Nintex]

I predict no matter who wins congress will still be a shit show and nothing of importance will get done for the next 20 years.

What do you mean? Kanye is going to address Congress to talk about important issues and Trump will bring his new best friend Kim Jun Un.

[curly]

dems win house comfortably, senate goes 50-50

[Madrun Badrun]

Campaign ad of the year from Black Americans for the President's Agenda.

https://mobile.twitter.com/notlarrysabato/status/1053023848772378625

What year is this?  Holyfuck. 

[Assimilate]

I predict no matter who wins congress will still be a shit show and nothing of importance will get done for the next 20 years.

spoken like a true wrestling fan

Interview also brought up that one of Trumps man tactics were taken straight from the WWE, where he honed the skills. I forget what it's called, they say it on the podcast.

[Mandark]

Trump called WWE to find out if Vince McMahon was dead after a segment on TV where his limo blew up. Not so sure about the honing of skills.

[Madrun Badrun]

https://www.pnj.com/story/news/2018/10/17/hurricane-michael-tyndall-air-force-base-f-22-raptors-damage-uncertain/1652997002/

Experts have said up to 22 of the F-22 Raptors, which cost an estimated $330 million each, could have been left behind in hangars as Hurricane Michael tore through the region.

[Trurl]

Trump called WWE to find out if Vince McMahon was dead after a segment on TV where his limo blew up. Not so sure about the honing of skills.

Trump is too good to wait and find out like the rest of us

[Kara]

https://twitter.com/camanpour/status/1052980898604273669

What an absolute buffoon.

[curly]

https://twitter.com/camanpour/status/1052980898604273669

What an absolute buffoon.

the guru of American foreign policy

[Nintex]

We've found the script writer

SANTA MONICA, California — Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams looks thoughtful in in the lobby of a beachfront hotel on a sunny Thursday afternoon as he tells me that the phrase “jobs not mobs,” which he suggested on Twitter six days before, would be catchy — though he adds that Republicans had not yet used it.
[...]

Literally minutes later, President Donald Trump tells a rally in Montana: “Democrats produce mobs. Republicans produce jobs.” The president tweets soon afterwards: “#JobsNotMobs.”

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1053124336637247493


The results of clicking that hashtag is exactly the sort of boomer, 4chan, edgelord clusterfuck you'd expect. 

[Nintex]

I missed the deadline to register to vote 

Yo mandark what was that bet again?

[Maiden Voyage]

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/19/mueller-investigation-findings-914754

Prepare for disappointment kids.

[Nintex]

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/19/mueller-investigation-findings-914754

Prepare for disappointment kids.

No worries, depending on how far they want to go some reporter Trump has an affair with will steal it from his desk and publish.

[benjipwns]

BREAKING NOW FROM THE ATLANTIC: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/11/was-gary-hart-set-up/570802/

[Steve Contra]

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1053285828892463109

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1052883467430694912?s=20

[benjipwns]

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/10/19/hillary-clinton-democrats-go-away-2018-2020-221608

How Do You Solve a Problem Like Hillary?
She’s not going away—and Democrats aren’t sure what to do about it.

“It’s curious why Hillary Clinton’s name isn’t in the mix—either conversationally or in formal polling—as a 2020 candidate,” said Philippe Reines, her longtime gatekeeper in the Senate and at the State Department. “She’s younger than Donald Trump by a year. She’s younger than Joe Biden by four years. Is it that she’s run before? This would be Bernie Sanders’ second time, and Biden’s third time. Is it lack of support? She had 65 million people vote for her.”

Even if half of those people would no longer support Clinton in another election, Reines argued, “there’s no one in the Democratic Party who has anywhere near a base of 32 million people. That’s multiples of what a Sanders or a Warren have.”

Reines said his biggest fear for the Democratic Party is that they realize, only in hindsight, that dismissing Clinton for the errors she made in 2016 was a mistake.

“Chalking the loss up to her being a failed candidate is an oversimplification,” Reines said. “She is smarter than most, tougher than most, she could raise money easier than most, and it was an absolute fight to the death.”

[Skullfuckers Anonymous]

Can Russia indict her for election interference already?

[Nintex]

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1053355470449127424

Trump's going into beast mode for this campaign. Jesus christ.

[Kara]

https://theintercept.com/2018/10/19/south-carolina-foster-parent-discrimination-miracle-hill-ministries/

[agrajag]

leper dumbtex

[jorma]

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1053285828892463109

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1052883467430694912?s=20

it's a bit unfair digging up old tweets all the way back from yesterday just for a gotcha moment...

[kingv]

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/10/19/hillary-clinton-democrats-go-away-2018-2020-221608

How Do You Solve a Problem Like Hillary?
She’s not going away—and Democrats aren’t sure what to do about it.

“It’s curious why Hillary Clinton’s name isn’t in the mix—either conversationally or in formal polling—as a 2020 candidate,” said Philippe Reines, her longtime gatekeeper in the Senate and at the State Department. “She’s younger than Donald Trump by a year. She’s younger than Joe Biden by four years. Is it that she’s run before? This would be Bernie Sanders’ second time, and Biden’s third time. Is it lack of support? She had 65 million people vote for her.”

Even if half of those people would no longer support Clinton in another election, Reines argued, “there’s no one in the Democratic Party who has anywhere near a base of 32 million people. That’s multiples of what a Sanders or a Warren have.”

Reines said his biggest fear for the Democratic Party is that they realize, only in hindsight, that dismissing Clinton for the errors she made in 2016 was a mistake.

“Chalking the loss up to her being a failed candidate is an oversimplification,” Reines said. “She is smarter than most, tougher than most, she could raise money easier than most, and it was an absolute fight to the death.”

All she needs to do is not swallow her own booger’s and actually go out on the campaign trail this time and she has it in the bag.

Not sure why Gore isn’t on the list either. He technically beat Dubya and is younger than Clinton by 7 months!

[Steve Contra]

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/19/mueller-investigation-findings-914754

Prepare for disappointment kids.

That's a super embarrassing read.

[Optimus]

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/10/19/hillary-clinton-democrats-go-away-2018-2020-221608

How Do You Solve a Problem Like Hillary?
She’s not going away—and Democrats aren’t sure what to do about it.

“It’s curious why Hillary Clinton’s name isn’t in the mix—either conversationally or in formal polling—as a 2020 candidate,” said Philippe Reines, her longtime gatekeeper in the Senate and at the State Department. “She’s younger than Donald Trump by a year. She’s younger than Joe Biden by four years. Is it that she’s run before? This would be Bernie Sanders’ second time, and Biden’s third time. Is it lack of support? She had 65 million people vote for her.”

Even if half of those people would no longer support Clinton in another election, Reines argued, “there’s no one in the Democratic Party who has anywhere near a base of 32 million people. That’s multiples of what a Sanders or a Warren have.”

Reines said his biggest fear for the Democratic Party is that they realize, only in hindsight, that dismissing Clinton for the errors she made in 2016 was a mistake.

“Chalking the loss up to her being a failed candidate is an oversimplification,” Reines said. “She is smarter than most, tougher than most, she could raise money easier than most, and it was an absolute fight to the death.”

All she needs to do is not swallow her own booger’s and actually go out on the campaign trail this time and she has it in the bag.

Not sure why Gore isn’t on the list either. He technically beat Dubya and is younger than Clinton by 7 months!

I can't tell what's sarcasm and what is serious in this thread anymore, you're kidding right?

[Nintex]

wait, clinton 2020 is actually happening, isn't it

Yes it is.

GOD WILLS IT 

[agrajag]

wait, clinton 2020 is actually happening, isn't it

It's her turn!

[Nintex]

Guess he didn't accidentally hit his head really hard on the pavement and tripped into an industrialized paper shredder huh.
https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1053406933317795840

[Thirty-Ought-Six]

Not a bad idea. A Clinton/Gore ticket could capitalize on 90s nostalgia.

[Maiden Voyage]

If it's Clinton v Trump in 2020, I'm voting Trump.

[Mandark]

Yo mandark what was that bet again?

You tell me, buddy.

[Nintex]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-politics-king-insight/as-khashoggi-crisis-grows-saudi-king-asserts-authority-checks-sons-power-sources-idUSKCN1MT1LF

Initially the king, who has handed the day-to-day running of Saudi Arabia to his son, commonly known as MbS, was unaware of the extent of the crisis, according to two of the sources with knowledge of the Saudi royal court. That was partly because MbS aides had been directing the king to glowing news about the country on Saudi TV channels, the sources said.

  

[Optimus]

OK, I definitely can't tell who's serious here anymore.

[TVC15]

wait, clinton 2020 is actually happening, isn't it

I’ve long said there’s a 66-75% of being the next candidate for the Democrats again.

[benjipwns]

wow if true, robert francis o'rourke's 2020 bid is doomed

[kingv]

I couldn’t tell you a thing Cruz did between going to Harvard and being a senator, either.

When Clinton runs again, I hope she goes by Big Mama. Thanks for saving us Abuela!

[Mandark]

Cruz did cause a government shutdown while failing to repeal the ACA (while Obama was in office!), so there's that.

[Assimilate]

I couldn’t tell you a thing Cruz did between going to Harvard and being a senator, either.

When Clinton runs again, I hope she goes by Big Mama. Thanks for saving us Abuela!

Isn't that every resume of an "elite"

Is born with a leg up on everyone else -> goes to expensive prep school -> Harvard

BLANK

Senator 

or some other high prestigious job.

It's all you hear about. So and so went to Stanford (no other indication of why or what they did or whatever just WENT TO THIS PLACE) and then directly from that BOOM great position.

Sure, there's some fluff in there in-between but you fucking know it's bullshit. They didn't work their way up to anything. They ditsy doodled with connections for a while and that's it.