US Politics Thread |OT| SAD TRUMP

[agrajag]

you're a cunt too, but we keep you around

 

[Joe Molotov]

oof

[kingv]

Keith Olberman was/is a cunt. Fuck him and Countdown.

If he didn’t sign off the last episode with the final countdown playing, he’s a real piece o shit.

[Uncle]

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/10/12-young-people-on-why-they-probably-wont-vote.html

 

I tried to register for the 2016 election, but it was beyond the deadline by the time I tried to do it. I hate mailing stuff; it gives me anxiety.

 

[Joe Molotov]

What if there was Mass Effect Andromeda DLC that let you register to vote from within the game?

[Trent Dole]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-the-crazy-cabal-trying-to-smear-robert-mueller

[Great Rumbler]

What if there was Mass Effect Andromeda DLC that let you register to vote from within the game?

How much does it cost, though?

[Skullfuckers Anonymous]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-the-crazy-cabal-trying-to-smear-robert-mueller

https://mobile.twitter.com/AricToler/status/1057369849293426689
 

[benjipwns]

wow, their agents must be so high level that they have to hide their identities beneath layers of security, must mean they've got the goods on Mueller's Witch Hunt

[benjipwns]

spoiler (click to show/hide)

[close]

[Maiden Voyage]

Jesus, and I thought we had bad candidates here.

[Himu]

https://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/273773/erasure-jewish-victims-anti-semitism

Mandark, related to our pm’s. This is where I was coming from. The vigil in particular used such buzzwords without one word about Jews being murdered. So yeah, I was mad because my Jewish friends were mad.

[benjipwns]

Mandark, related to our pm’s.

typical cowardly lieberals hiding and planning in secret rather than being transparent and open to the people

never expected to see this kind of thing on the bire

[agrajag]

besada warned us about such things

[benjipwns]

https://twitter.com/justinamash/status/1057265102527909894

You'll regret this when the working class eventually goes on a full get fucked mode against social studies warriors, Amash!

[Maiden Voyage]

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/10/31/has-robert-mueller-subpoenaed-trump-222060

The evidence lies in obscure docket entries at the clerk’s office for the D.C. Circuit. Thanks to Politico’s Josh Gerstein and Darren Samuelsohn, we know that on August 16th (the day after Giuliani said he was almost finished with his memorandum, remember), a sealed grand jury case was initiated in the D.C. federal district court before Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell. We know that on September 19, Chief Judge Howell issued a ruling and 5 days later one of the parties appealed to the D.C. Circuit. And thanks to Politico’s reporting, we know that the special counsel’s office is involved (because the reporter overheard a conversation in the clerk’s office). We can further deduce that the special counsel prevailed in the district court below, and that the presumptive grand jury witness has frantically appealed that order and sought special treatment from the judges of the D.C. Circuit—often referred to as the “second-most important court in the land.”

The docket sheets give one final—but compelling—clue. When the witness lost the first time in the circuit court (before the quick round-trip to the district court), he unusually petitioned for rehearing en banc—meaning he thought his case was so important that it merited the very unusual action of convening all 10 of the D.C. Circuit judges to review the order. That is itself telling (this witness believes his case demands very special handling), but the order disposing of the petition is even more telling: President Trump’s sole appointee to that court, Gregory Katsas, recused himself.

[CatsCatsCats]

We don’t need your bigoted “jokes,” Killary

[Brehvolution]

https://twitter.com/TheDailyShow/status/1057588492962689024

[kingv]

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/10/31/has-robert-mueller-subpoenaed-trump-222060

The evidence lies in obscure docket entries at the clerk’s office for the D.C. Circuit. Thanks to Politico’s Josh Gerstein and Darren Samuelsohn, we know that on August 16th (the day after Giuliani said he was almost finished with his memorandum, remember), a sealed grand jury case was initiated in the D.C. federal district court before Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell. We know that on September 19, Chief Judge Howell issued a ruling and 5 days later one of the parties appealed to the D.C. Circuit. And thanks to Politico’s reporting, we know that the special counsel’s office is involved (because the reporter overheard a conversation in the clerk’s office). We can further deduce that the special counsel prevailed in the district court below, and that the presumptive grand jury witness has frantically appealed that order and sought special treatment from the judges of the D.C. Circuit—often referred to as the “second-most important court in the land.”

The docket sheets give one final—but compelling—clue. When the witness lost the first time in the circuit court (before the quick round-trip to the district court), he unusually petitioned for rehearing en banc—meaning he thought his case was so important that it merited the very unusual action of convening all 10 of the D.C. Circuit judges to review the order. That is itself telling (this witness believes his case demands very special handling), but the order disposing of the petition is even more telling: President Trump’s sole appointee to that court, Gregory Katsas, recused himself.

 

Could be basically anyone from the administration though.

[Nintex]

There's only one person that everyone in Trump's orbit would try to protect and/or he would try to protect and that is Ivanka.
There's one more person that could entertain the same protection and that's Jared if Ivanka asked.

If it was Trump it would've already leaked.

[Steve Contra]

There's only one person that everyone in Trump's orbit would try to protect and/or he would try to protect and that is Ivanka.
There's one more person that could entertain the same protection and that's Jared if Ivanka asked.

If it was Trump it would've already leaked.

Nothing we know of has leaked from the prosecutors office, and Trump would do this for pretty much any senior person in the White House currently.

[Phoenix Dark]

https://twitter.com/DanielStrauss4/status/1057673008607830016
only mandark will care

[curly]

Even in 2018 good things still happen

[Himu]

Looking on the sidelines watching notable republicans this week is telling. Trump is signaling altering the constitution and they’re saying jack shit. From 2008-2016 they shat on Obama’s precedence for executive orders and they stand silent during these times. They’re either silent or saying,”he can’t do that” skeptically rather than outright dismissal.

Then we’ve got Trump marching TROOPS to the border for the caravan. I support stronger borders but not like this.

Fuck. That. Party.

[Himu]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/saviors-of-the-white-race-perpetrators-of-hate-crimes-see-themselves-as-heroes-researchers-say/2018/10/31/277a2bdc-daeb-11e8-85df-7a6b4d25cfbb_story.html?utm_term=.69bab5596a1e

Personal lines of defense:

Jiu jitsu - check
License to carry - on the way
Working on cardio in case I need to bail - check

Idk what I’m going to do if I end up being accepted to a school in NYC or California. Knives are shit and pepper spray is distinguished mentally-challenged. If it’s one person, I might be able to use Jiu jitsu as an edge to use some leverage, get some space, and run. That will always be plan A.

[BIONIC]

[Assimilate]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/saviors-of-the-white-race-perpetrators-of-hate-crimes-see-themselves-as-heroes-researchers-say/2018/10/31/277a2bdc-daeb-11e8-85df-7a6b4d25cfbb_story.html?utm_term=.69bab5596a1e

Personal lines of defense:

Jiu jitsu - check
License to carry - on the way
Working on cardio in case I need to bail - check

Idk what I’m going to do if I end up being accepted to a school in NYC or California. Knives are shit and pepper spray is distinguished mentally-challenged. If it’s one person, I might be able to use Jiu jitsu as an edge to use some leverage, get some space, and run. That will always be plan A.

You're going to one of the most liberal states and you're scared? Oh, and you can't carry a gun in NYC I thought

[deepest throat]

[Himu]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/saviors-of-the-white-race-perpetrators-of-hate-crimes-see-themselves-as-heroes-researchers-say/2018/10/31/277a2bdc-daeb-11e8-85df-7a6b4d25cfbb_story.html?utm_term=.69bab5596a1e

Personal lines of defense:

Jiu jitsu - check
License to carry - on the way
Working on cardio in case I need to bail - check

Idk what I’m going to do if I end up being accepted to a school in NYC or California. Knives are shit and pepper spray is distinguished mentally-challenged. If it’s one person, I might be able to use Jiu jitsu as an edge to use some leverage, get some space, and run. That will always be plan A.

You're going to one of the most liberal states and you're scared? Oh, and you can't carry a gun in NYC I thought

Yes I am scared. LTC will be for Texas. If I go to California (Bay Area) or NYC i will not be allowed to carry.

[Himu]

Cindi gonna lock in a gogoplata in the streets

Fuck no. Rolling on the streets would be a nightmare. I am 5’5 and you never know what will happen. I want to be standing at all times. Knowing how to break a grip easily and knowing how to maintain space while standing are the key factors. And if it comes to worse...



Since I am short I am a key target.

[Himu]

Ya I see short people being assaulted on the skreets daily

From the Washington Post link I posted:

In Kansas, a middle-aged man yells, “Get out of my country!” and shoots dead an Indian-born immigrant. In New York, another man, convinced the white race is being destroyed by interracial marriage, allegedly finds an African American homeless man and stabs him to death. And on Saturday, in Pittsburgh, police say a man entered a synagogue with an AR-15 rifle, murdered 11 people, then explained his actions to a SWAT officer this way: “They’re committing genocide to my people. I just want to kill Jews.”

These killings, the fear, and the men radicalized by it: They all reflect what some experts describe as the evolution of the hate crime in the United States.

Over the past several decades, academic researchers have [charted how hate crimes, which have been rising overall, have increasingly gone from sadistic quests to inflict pain on members of minority groups to violence used as an angry defense against rapid social and demographic changes.

The perpetrators of this share of hate crimes are largely white men who hold the belief, exacerbated by rhetoric in politics and media, that they are protecting their culture, race and an endangered way of life that has historically — and, in their view, rightly — placed them at the top. Some belong to white-supremacist groups, but many don’t.

In their version of the story, these men are not the villains, but the heroes, according to those who study them.

If you don’t have concerns over physical danger in today’s political climate you have to be either white, dumb, or both.

[Rufus]

What's the actual likelihood of something happening to you?

[Mandark]

https://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/273773/erasure-jewish-victims-anti-semitism

Mandark, related to our pm’s. This is where I was coming from. The vigil in particular used such buzzwords without one word about Jews being murdered. So yeah, I was mad because my Jewish friends were mad.

Yes, "well, a lot of people died during WW2, not just Jews" is a surprisingly popular form of soft Holocaust denial. Likewise, when someone responds to a deliberate act of antisemitic violence by immediately steering the discussion to their own pet issues, that can give an impression that the speaker is minimizing antisemitism, even if it's not their conscious intent.

[Mandark]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-the-crazy-cabal-trying-to-smear-robert-mueller

https://twitter.com/willsommer/status/1058025098500849666


Click through for a fun tweet thread. Wohl's working with one of the ace citizen journalists who brought us the Seth Rich conspiracy.

[Himu]

What's the actual likelihood of something happening to you?

Likelihood is irrelevant if it’s increasing. Being prepared is what matters.

[Assimilate]

If you don’t have concerns over physical danger in today’s political climate you have to be either white, dumb, or both.

What does being white have to do with any of this? lol

This race baiting shit is out of control and the libs are to blame for it.

[Rufus]

What's the actual likelihood of something happening to you?

Likelihood is irrelevant if it’s increasing. Being prepared is what matters.

It matters everything. Incidence going from 1 to 2 a year or whatever is an increase of 100%, but it doesn't mean you should suddenly panic.

[Assimilate]

I feel like people like Cindi want to so desperately matter and feel important that they enter this competitive victimhood. It's crazy.

We are seeing people compete for this so hard and use it as a tool now to either feel important or to advance themselves.

[Rufus]

[Assimilate]

You going to pretend people aren't doing that? Come on man.

As horrible as Trump is most rational people in the middle cannot stand the political correctness and the current climate we live in. I've talked to liberals that want to see CNN and MSNBC burn to the ground. They're playing right into Trumps hand because of ratings. I can see him being reelected again just as a big FUCK YOU to the left lol

Remember when 10+ or so years back when crazies used to say "well if you let these whacko liberals get their way they'll turn this country upside down" well it kinda looks like it doesn't it? Imagine if the libs do get control again. We may be in an all out competitive war for who has been more marginalized lol

Look what NBC just did. They fired the crazy white bitch and then came back with 2 black guys and a brown woman as a show of "diversity" how is that diversity? lol

The left is going to fall further into chaos.

[Mandark]

Soooooo... you think his party's gonna pick up seats in the House?

[Assimilate]

Soooooo... you think his party's gonna pick up seats in the House?

I haven't been following it but I'm going to take a shot in the dark and say the dems will pick up seats but not like what people are hoping.

[Mandark]

So about how many?

[Boredfrom]

I dislike political correctness but I hate Trump way more. I imagine that most sane people are thinking on those terms.

[CatsCatsCats]

Mandy really wants to make some bets! Predictit.org has the people you’re loooking for

[CatsCatsCats]

https://www.predictit.org/markets/detail/4214/How-many-House-seats-will-Democrats-hold-after-2018-midterms

https://www.predictit.org/markets/detail/4339/What-will-be-the-balance-of-power-in-Congress-after-the-2018-midterms

[Mandark]

What the fuck man, I don't want to bet using reasonable odds and actually take on risk!

[CatsCatsCats]

What the fuck man, I don't want to bet using reasonable odds and actually take on risk!

I haven’t been on there in a long time, but my experience was if you wait for the right news story they tend to swing wildly, especially as they get close to ending.

[Mandark]

Fuck all you pussy bitches. If none of you are going to make a wager, I will. Democrats take 50 seats in the House. Abigail
Spanberger wins by 5 million Karavan votes organized by Kara, her estranged former lover. Joe Crowley throws Lieberman into a shaft on the Death Star and they both die. Jacky Rosen loses because as a practicing Libertarian, I didn't vote. The Mueller investigation will wrap up in December 2017 with no indictments. Nelson wins on a strong combination of an energizing statewide campaign, common sense gun reform, widespread dissatisfaction with the weekly Mar-A-Lago orgies, and his opponent Rick Scott dying of Botox injections. Sinema gets the most votes in Arizona, followed by write-ins for John McCain and McSally in third. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez wins and promises to strip Donnelly of his citizenship. Beto o Rourke loses but gets a major role in the Scrubs reboot. Write it down, nerds.

Wow, bold prediction.

[agrajag]

Check out @AP’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/AP/status/1058048798486880256

Troika, tovarish Trump.

 

[Joe Molotov]

Canada, France, and Belgium make up the Ménage à trois of Misanthropy

[Mandark]

I'm glad we don't have any recent bad experiences that involve giving a catchy name to three countries we're mad at.

[Nintex]

It seems that each day there is a crazier midterm election stunt.
The day before the vote they probably start bombing german car makers.

[agrajag]

It seems that each day there is a crazier midterm election stunt.
The day before the vote they probably start bombing german car makers.

Please write a long form essay detailing the brilliance of these Trump tactics, equating him to a mad genius, etc.

[Steve Contra]

It seems that each day there is a crazier midterm election stunt.
The day before the vote they probably start bombing german car makers.

Please write a long form essay detailing the brilliance of these Trump tactics, equating him to a mad genius, etc.

And please take your time with this essay. Maybe take a few days off the bore. Hell, maybe weeks, or like a year sabbatical.

[VomKriege]

I'm glad we don't have any recent bad experiences that involve giving a catchy name to three countries we're mad at.

Well they did learn from their mistakes : they just picked geopolitical minnows (arguably Venezuela may not qualify but it's a basket case already) to grandstand this time around. Watch it backfire still and the next axis of troika be Luxembourg, San Marin and Comoros.

[Mandark]

Going to announce automatic sanctions against every country that finishes in the bottom of their UEFA qualifying group.

[Brehvolution]

If you don’t have concerns over physical danger in today’s political climate you have to be either white, dumb, or both.

What does being white have to do with any of this? lol

This race baiting shit is out of control and the libs are to blame for it.

Not being racist is easy. If someone has a problem with someone else because of the color of their skin, it IS NEVER the person of color's fault.

[Mandark]

Political correctness and race baiting has RUN AMOK and will engender even more of an electoral backlash because... Al Roker's back on The Today Show.

Goodnight everybody!

[Himu]

https://www.npr.org/2018/10/31/662216598/another-civil-war-pessimism-about-political-violence-deepens-in-a-divided-nation