US Politics Thread |OT| SAD TRUMP

[kingv]

Honestly, Hillary Stans are the worst Stans in the Democratic Party.

They were awful in 2008, 2016, and remain awful today.

Proof:
Amy Siskind supporting Sarah Palin in 2012
There are too many white female Hillary Stans over 40 that have turned into Rachel Dolezal:
https://twitter.com/bourgeoisalien/status/1072844616523833344
https://twitter.com/baddie_influenc/status/1072891950431387648
https://twitter.com/whothewu/status/1072802855634067457
Bonus Having a Spanish nickname now actually makes you Latino.
https://twitter.com/queeninyeiiow/status/1072828952387952641

[Mandark]

excessively online Bernie and Hillary stans are terrible and in retrospect both Sanders and Clinton look like really weak candidates

[Nintex]

I can see it now.

The Democrats are again entering a heavily contested primary. Purity tests on all sides. #metoo scandals for primary candidates. Fierce debates, questions about the future of the country.

Meanwhile the Trump dumpster fire blazes through Election Night. With Bolton, Trump, MBS, Putin and Netanyahu pulling Iran-war theatrics that the media can't ignore.
Winning with the narrowest of margins possible with the help of new Saudi King MBS and his endless pockets in exchange for securing the Aramco deal and Iranian oil.

Dems need to start following the money. Kushner and the Saudi prince don't meet for no reason and Kushner didn't help the prince with a palace coup for nothing.
They don't need to worry about the deals Trump could make when he was still a longshot candidate (Russian sanctions, extraditing Gulen).
They need to worry about the deals and bets he can make while he's President.


Anyhow
https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1074769285657059328

Although most of the media picked this up as: "Comey unloads on Fox News!" lmao

[agrajag]

Beto looks like he could be a host on that boring centrist podcast

[I'm a Puppy!]

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/17/worst-start-to-december-for-the-stock-market-since-great-depression.html

If the economy tanks (which everyone whose opinion I value on the matter is bracing for) Trump is dead. His base is like "Yeah, the country is divided, we can't get anything done and things are a bit of a mess, but the economy is doing great!" Trump made his whole value prop the economy. If it turns, he's going to have a serious problem.

[CatsCatsCats]

Trump supporter: he’s a genius, he’s tanking it so we can buy in low

[Joe Molotov]

Beto looks like he could be a host on that boring centrist podcast

Chapo Trap House?

[Nintex]

Trump literally said during a meeting about that prospect:

During a 2017 briefing with senior officials, Trump responded to a presentation of charts and graphics by saying, “Yeah, but I won’t be here,” according to a source The Daily Beast said witnessed the comment

Unless something accelerates the crash he won't be in office when it goes poof.

It won't crash like 2008. When it does... the world is basically fucked entirely. There's nothing left to 'cut' and economies that were weak in 2008 (Greece, Venezuela, Ukraine, Egypt etc.) are even weaker today.
The market was a bit over valued and seemed to have corrected itself. There doesn't seem to be a system wide failure imminent just yet.

[I'm a Puppy!]

I dunno. Hope you're right. But like I said in the other thread. Everyone seems to be bracing for a tough Q1. Might be a self-fulfilling prophecy. But it just feels like there's a monster right around the corner.

[CatsCatsCats]

I'd really like to see the actual numbers on whether having Bernie as the VP would have really swayed those assholes to not vote for Trump.

Whether they were assholes or not is irrelevant. By now everyone can and should admit, even Jack, that Hilldawg was a deeply flawed candidate that polarized, if not outright turned off the average voter, and had lukewarm support among her base. Bernie wasn't anywhere near as polarizing, is likeable and had a very enthusiastic base that supported him. He would've rounded out the ticket and brought a different demo along, Tim Kaine added absolutely zilch.

Shut the fuck up, you absolutely worthless piece of shit.

Bridging the divide

[Nintex]

I dunno. Hope you're right. But like I said in the other thread. Everyone seems to be bracing for a tough Q1. Might be a self-fulfilling prophecy. But it just feels like there's a monster right around the corner.

Can you imagine what would happen in France if the government suddenly announced bank bailouts and budget cuts.
They'd bring out the guillotine lol.

I think governments will more actively pursue corruption, tax evasion and money laundering in an effort to protect themselves from angry populations.
There's billions stacked away in tax havens that could easily solve many problems. Otherwise there's always the John McCafee crypto cult.

[agrajag]

my piss is worth more than your soul Jack

[TakingBackSunday]

now now children

[Tripon]

https://twitter.com/chrislhayes/status/1074797494448676864

[shosta]

Reminds me of my favorite facebook page ever.
https://www.facebook.com/LonnieSMN/

[benjipwns]

in retrospect both Sanders and Clinton look like really weak candidates

woah woah woah, how is the most qualified human being in all ways to ever walk the Earth a weak candidate? it's not her fault that despite her exposing Pepe and memes that people didn't Pokemon Go to the polls

typical Moderate Darling™ centrism

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plus Bernie was a creation of GamerGate

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[benjipwns]

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/12/14/koch-brothers-chase-charles-next-generation-223099

Chase Koch, the 41-year-old son of billionaire businessman Charles Koch

[Nintex]

In 2 weeks a green text will appear describing how 4chan used a Russian VPN to troll the normies 

[team filler]

[benjipwns]

Slavoj is weirdly looking healthier and well kept as Jordan Peterson slowly degrades before our eyes, arguing with that Zizek Quote Bot on Twitter must have started some kind of Dorian Gray situation

[Crash Dummy]

Slavoj is weirdly looking healthier and well kept as Jordan Peterson slowly degrades before our eyes, arguing with that Zizek Quote Bot on Twitter must have started some kind of Dorian Gray situation

wank daddy just tweeted an open invite to debate zizek, which i would love to see. "everytime you say postmodern marxist i become, you know, goebbels and pull out my machine gun and so on and so on"

[benjipwns]

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/alexislevinson/tulsi-gabbard-2020-president-democrat-primary

Now, nearly three years later, the Democratic member of Congress from Hawaii is poised to try to convince Democratic primary voters that they should turn the page not just on status quo politics, but on the Vermont senator whom she championed.

Gabbard has acknowledged that she is “seriously considering” a presidential bid. Her team is actively seeking to staff senior roles on a potential presidential campaign, according to a person briefed on the outreach, and has indicated that an announcement could come as soon as this week.

She’s in discussions with the Des Moines–based Asian and Latino Coalition about organizing an event with them sometime in the first two weeks of January. She did several events in New Hampshire earlier this month, on the heels of trips there before the 2018 election. She also made a trip to Nevada the week before the election to connect with “progressive” candidates and causes, and was set to hit early state bingo with a trip to South Carolina, but that trip was scotched due to plane trouble.

“I call her Bernie 2.0,” said Alan Myron, the administrator for Centrists for Tulsi Gabbard, a candidate who shares his values without some of the baggage and bad feelings that come from having run in a fraught presidential primary.

“He’s an old white dude. Well, Tulsi isn’t. He skipped military service. Well, Tulsi is a veteran,” he said.

WE'RE SAVED

[Nintex]

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1074993036831191045

Exciting days ahead

[benjipwns]

capitalizing "collusion" is clearly a signal

 

[Trent Dole]

[agrajag]

capitalizing "collusion" is clearly a signal

 

Yea a signal that the Clintons, Podesta, Comey and Mueller are going to prison any day now!

[benjipwns]

Manafort and Cohen aside since one is already going to jail and the other was always going to jail, it'd be funny if the only other person who winds up in jail is Comey.

After a year where he was the GOP hero and Dem demon for going after Hillary, then it flipped and for a while he was Dem hero and GOP villain, and now he's this bipartisan hero above any kind of reproach except for the Lou Dobbs wing.

Something like it turns out that everything both sides said about him manipulating the FBI process and warrants and everything else was absolutely true, as part of some messianic plan to run in 2020 against whichever of Hillary/Trump was elected after he did all kinds of crap and would have started a Russian investigation with either all because he realized he was the only man who could save the country from itself.

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Look for my script on The Black List 2019.

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[benjipwns]

Votes have been counted in Arizona finally and Martha McSally wins!

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey will appoint GOP Rep. Martha McSally to the Senate seat being vacated by GOP Sen. Jon Kyl, Ducey announced Tuesday. Kyl was tapped earlier this year to fill the seat of the late Sen. John McCain.

"With her experience and long record of service, Martha is uniquely qualified to step up and fight for Arizona's interests in the U.S. Senate," Ducey said in a statement.

[Brehvolution]

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/421874-trump-charity-agrees-to-dissolve-amid-allegations-of-a-shocking

Q folks with another win. Clinton foundation exposed.

[Phoenix Dark]

https://mobile.twitter.com/evanperez/status/1075072825264885760



WH and right wingers expected Flynn to be vindicated today. Classic example of what happens when you live in a fantasy world and then get woken up.

[Mandark]

Yeah. Several theories that would've been exculpatory to Flynn got blown up today.

Kind of interesting to see Trump stick with Flynn while throwing Cohen under the bus, and basically the whole American right wing looking for and following his cues.

[james]

Guys dont forget to always vote Democrat



NEW YORK STATE SENATOR
Kevin S. Parker
Democratic Conference Whip

[shosta]

I think that's newyorkian for "good sleuthing!"

[Mandark]

james, you stanning for the idc now? tsk tsk

[benjipwns]

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This is what happens when you're not allowed to say "Merry Christmas" anymore.

[james]

New Yorkers should be banned from all levels of politics.

Fuck Cuomo
Fuck Schumer
Fucker ever local asswipe
Fuck Trump
Fuck Hillary
Fuck Bernie

99% of our problems would be solved if we only let California run things

[Mandark]

Reagan
Nixon

james heel turn confirmed

[benjipwns]

Nixon was a resident of New York when he was successfully elected President

[james]

Ronald Wilson Reagan
February 6, 1911
Tampico, Illinois, U.S.


LOL it goes without saying that Chicago politics are not good either.

Before someone else comes in with some snarky bullshit, it also goes without saying that we do not need politicians from Mississippi, North Carolina, or any other shitstain state

[shosta]

As a native Californian born in SF (unlike all those other residents from out of town), I am all for this west coast jingoism.

[TakingBackSunday]

How are Trump and right wingers reacting to Flynn’s sentence being delayed?

[james]

Jerry Brown should be in charge of every level of government.

If we had Jerry Brown clones we would have our cities powered by nuclear fission, our vehicles moving on Hydrogen, and our vacations at a resort on Mars.

[shosta]

  Moonbeam

[nachobro]

How are Trump and right wingers reacting to Flynn’s sentence being delayed?

probably some nonsense about how he's actually going to give evidence against hillary or some other bullshit

[Madrun Badrun]

https://theintercept.com/2018/12/17/israel-texas-anti-bds-law/

[james]

https://theintercept.com/2018/12/17/israel-texas-anti-bds-law/

Another Schumer special.


But seriously, if anyone can name a single politician from NY that isn't a piece of shit, I'd love to hear it.

And before you say Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, she hasn't even started her job yet

[Mandark]

the "rent is too damn high" guy

[james]

Democrats learning from Trump. Maybe this language is just a NY thing?




"fake news"

"forces of evil"


Resign bitch

[shosta]

Lol this guy is like a California themed TheHunter

[kingv]

Yeah. Several theories that would've been exculpatory to Flynn got blown up today.

Kind of interesting to see Trump stick with Flynn while throwing Cohen under the bus, and basically the whole American right wing looking for and following his cues.

I feel like Flynn thought he was going to get his little plea deal done and then embark on some right wing talking head career for Trump as soon as his legal troubles were behind him.

Guess not.

I’m worried about the anti-bds thing. I have big dick syndrome, myself.

[Tripon]

How are Trump and right wingers reacting to Flynn’s sentence being delayed?

https://twitter.com/KimStrassel/status/1075091212124676097

[Tripon]

https://www.phillymag.com/news/2018/12/13/marines-assaulted-philadelphia-keenan-massey-antifa/?amp=1&__twitter_impression=true

oops

[Joe Molotov]

How are Trump and right wingers reacting to Flynn’s sentence being delayed?

According to a recent Q drop, Trump is about to dismantle the Fed and take us back to the Gold Standard, so he’s probably too busy to follow the Flynn case.

[Nintex]

Q's are all caught up in this

https://twitter.com/POTUS_Schedule/status/1075097100608770054

[agrajag]

Trump issued Order 66 on Leakin' Comey and the fake news media.

[Nintex]

I like how everyone was shocked at the judge saying 'treason' and that he walked it back.
"What treason? I only midlly interacted with the Russians and Turks as a completely compromised national security advisor, what is this treason?"

Also note how all the Trump cronies have henchmen of their own. First Manafort and now Flynn has a bunch of associates.

It was smart of Flynn to say that he would accept sentencing for his actions though. Certainly helps him more than screaming Fake News and calling it a Witch Hunt.

[Mandark]

How are Trump and right wingers reacting to Flynn’s sentence being delayed?

https://twitter.com/BenjySarlin/status/1075135428653654016

Basically the judge was trying to give him an out, or the judge was terribly biased against him.

Saw someone explain that Flynn's continued to hint at the various rightwing conspiracy theories because he's taking donations for his (very expensive) legal defense, so he's had to maintain his status as a martyr for that crowd while also trying to cooperate enough to avoid jail time.

[kingv]

Guys guys. What if the storm happens, but it’s so underground nobody knows?

[Broseidon]

Guys guys. What if the storm happens, but it’s so underground nobody knows?

this is already the Q canon

[Madrun Badrun]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/18/blind-amphibian-named-after-trumps-climate-change-stance