Author Topic: US Politics Thread |OT| SAD TRUMP (Read 7272913 times)

kingv · « **Reply #31921 on:** March 29, 2019, 12:27:39 AM »

I feel like we can finally put the “trump the 4d chess master!” Memes to bed.

For months, people kept thinking he would bring about dumb controversies to distract from negative news stories.

But now that he’s had the first positive news cycle in like a year, he’s out there stepping on his own dick already by trying to run some half-assed victory lap and thinking it had the juice to get Adam Schiff to step down.

team filler · « **Reply #31922 on:** March 29, 2019, 01:08:38 AM »

Tripon · « **Reply #31923 on:** March 29, 2019, 08:51:37 AM »

Trump said, "I've taken better care of Puerto Rico than any man ever." He added, "Puerto Rico has been taken care of better by Donald Trump than by any living human being. And I think the people of Puerto Rico understand it." Polls actually show they strongly disagree. pic.twitter.com/dcRa8pcm53
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 28, 2019

https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1111373353091125264

Occam · « **Reply #31924 on:** March 29, 2019, 10:13:09 AM »

Quote from: Tripon on March 29, 2019, 08:51:37 AM

Trump said, "I've taken better care of Puerto Rico than any man ever." He added, "Puerto Rico has been taken care of better by Donald Trump than by any living human being. And I think the people of Puerto Rico understand it." Polls actually show they strongly disagree. pic.twitter.com/dcRa8pcm53
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 28, 2019
https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1111373353091125264

I also like how Trump talks about himself in the third person. That's a sign of stability and mental health.

kingv · « **Reply #31925 on:** March 29, 2019, 11:33:51 AM »

Quote from: Dufus on March 29, 2019, 09:50:59 AM

Quote from: filler on March 28, 2019, 11:23:43 PM

if elected she'd be america's hottest president for sure

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sorry abe
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She looks like shosta in a wig.

team filler · « **Reply #31926 on:** March 29, 2019, 01:31:07 PM »

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #31927 on:** March 29, 2019, 01:45:08 PM »

Quote from: kingv on March 29, 2019, 11:33:51 AM

Quote from: Dufus on March 29, 2019, 09:50:59 AM
Quote from: filler on March 28, 2019, 11:23:43 PM

if elected she'd be america's hottest president for sure

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sorry abe
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She looks like shosta in a wig.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #31928 on:** March 29, 2019, 02:05:15 PM »

tulsi is awful

team filler · « **Reply #31929 on:** March 29, 2019, 02:07:16 PM »

Quote from: TakingBackSunday on March 29, 2019, 02:05:15 PM

tulsi is awful

Nintex · « **Reply #31930 on:** March 29, 2019, 02:26:58 PM »

Somehow missed this one

Trump mocks asylum seekers, mimicking them saying, "I am very afraid for my life, I�m afraid for my life." Then he says, "it�s a big fat con job."
— Colby Itkowitz (@ColbyItkowitz) March 29, 2019

https://twitter.com/ColbyItkowitz/status/1111425704942395393

team filler · « **Reply #31931 on:** March 29, 2019, 02:29:42 PM »

I need to see video of that

Nintex · « **Reply #31932 on:** March 29, 2019, 02:32:19 PM »

Quote from: filler on March 29, 2019, 02:29:42 PM

I need to see video of that

Trump mocks immigration lawyers and asylum seekers pic.twitter.com/ekYhGcFLpa
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 29, 2019

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1111426559481532416

It is even better on video

team filler · « **Reply #31933 on:** March 29, 2019, 02:54:15 PM »

Mr OrangeSlime
Mr OrangeSlime
7 minutes ago
Joe is the Jeb! Of the Democratic party.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #31934 on:** March 29, 2019, 03:01:36 PM »

None of this shit is funny. fucking cancer ass posters itt

Nintex · « **Reply #31935 on:** March 29, 2019, 03:07:07 PM »

President Trump: "Massive caravans walking right through Mexico. So Mexico's tough. They can stop them but they chose not to. Now they're going to stop them. And if they don't stop them, we're closing the border. We'll keep it closed for a long time, I'm not playing games." pic.twitter.com/xOZI1e6Oe9
— The Hill (@thehill) March 29, 2019

https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1111704829280350215

*record scratch*

*freeze frame*

"Yup that's me. Marco Rubio. If you wonder why I'm standing next to Donald Trump commenting on his plan to close the border with Mexico... let me take you back to the summer of 2015"

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #31936 on:** March 29, 2019, 03:09:20 PM »

Quote from: filler on March 29, 2019, 02:54:15 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcuVcHXbF

Mr OrangeSlime
Mr OrangeSlime
7 minutes ago
Joe is the Jeb! Of the Democratic party.

That's a dumb comment to like even for you.

If Biden lacks for anything it's not charisma. Jeb! is a charisma black hole.

team filler · « **Reply #31937 on:** March 29, 2019, 03:15:54 PM »

kingv · « **Reply #31938 on:** March 29, 2019, 09:05:01 PM »

He could have at least said that her hair smells nice.

curly · « **Reply #31939 on:** March 29, 2019, 09:09:13 PM »

He�s right... unless they give Pulitzer�s for fiction. #fakenews https://t.co/TN5CE84tvw
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) March 29, 2019

https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1111773916547162112

Tripon · « **Reply #31940 on:** March 29, 2019, 09:54:38 PM »

So @SamSeder has such sterling ethics that he cut me off every 5 seconds and barely let me finish a thought over a 45 minute "interview," then immediately began trashing me after he hung up so I couldn't respond. Cool stuff Sam. Tell your MSNBC colleague John Brennan I said hi
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) March 29, 2019

https://twitter.com/mtracey/status/1111710471147663360

Guess I'm going to be able to listen to an interesting interview tonight.

agrajag · « **Reply #31941 on:** March 29, 2019, 09:56:16 PM »

Quote from: Tripon on March 29, 2019, 09:54:38 PM

So @SamSeder has such sterling ethics that he cut me off every 5 seconds and barely let me finish a thought over a 45 minute "interview," then immediately began trashing me after he hung up so I couldn't respond. Cool stuff Sam. Tell your MSNBC colleague John Brennan I said hi
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) March 29, 2019
https://twitter.com/mtracey/status/1111710471147663360

Guess I'm going to be able to listen to an interesting interview tonight.

I listed to it live, quite the shit show.

benjipwns · « **Reply #31942 on:** March 29, 2019, 09:56:43 PM »

Sam also literally began screaming at various points and shrieking "COWARD!" which is definitely the marker of someone who wants to have a good faith, fact-based, dispassionate discussion. Didn't realize @SamSeder is now emulating Bill O'Reilly https://t.co/0S4OSFF1FX
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) March 29, 2019

https://twitter.com/mtracey/status/1111715388503531525

Libertarians

benjipwns · « **Reply #31943 on:** March 29, 2019, 10:00:45 PM »

big day for Twitter fuckery i see

2. Dafna, who oversees the political coverage for NBC and MSNBC, was calling to bully me into delaying the publication of an innocuous scoop and at no point did she advocate for her network, it was only about the DNC.

Here's how this all started...
— Yashar Ali ? (@yashar) March 29, 2019

https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1111678823559389184

11. She asked if I could hold the story and I said I couldn't. She was agitated, "why not?" I said I'm not going to lose a scoop. Then she got angrier and said "Why not? It's not a big deal, let them make a few phone calls."

My jaw dropped.
— Yashar Ali ? (@yashar) March 29, 2019

https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1111678828428972032

16. I kept telling Dafna no, that I wasn't waiting. And she kept getting more frustrated. She was exasperated...she didn't understand why I couldn't wait for the DNC to make their state notification calls.
— Yashar Ali ? (@yashar) March 29, 2019

https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1111678830886834176

Tripon · « **Reply #31944 on:** March 29, 2019, 10:02:44 PM »

25. What I can't figure out is (and no one else I spoke to could understand), why open yourself up to this for a stupid story? How was this worth it?

END
— Yashar Ali ? (@yashar) March 29, 2019

https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1111678835626434561

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benjipwns · « **Reply #31945 on:** March 29, 2019, 10:05:32 PM »

i felt increasingly worse as i scrolled past each one to cut out just the ones with the actual details of what the call was about

agrajag · « **Reply #31946 on:** March 29, 2019, 11:11:12 PM »

That�s okay - I�ll fight for their right to healthcare anyway. https://t.co/xvp76xoPVT
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) March 29, 2019

https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1111751344388521986

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #31947 on:** March 29, 2019, 11:54:59 PM »

On "summary": in Barr's original letter, he said, "Although my review is ongoing, I believe that it is in the public interest to describe the report and to summarize the principal conclusions reached by the Special Counsel and the results of his investigation."
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 29, 2019

https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1111715327539376129

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #31948 on:** March 29, 2019, 11:56:54 PM »

#ReleaseTheMuellerCut

curly · « **Reply #31949 on:** March 30, 2019, 04:02:17 AM »

the doomsday clock bit omg

Nintex · « **Reply #31950 on:** March 30, 2019, 05:53:47 AM »

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Lucy Flores isn’t alone. Joe Biden’s got a long history of touching women inappropriately.
The media gave Biden a pass for years. It won’t in 2020.

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/3/29/18241598/joe-biden-lucy-flores-touching-women-media-history-explained

"We don't want another straight white male candidate!

"

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"Ok! Then don't run Groper Joe or Nutty Bernie! but pick Pocahontas or Horny Harris and do the new green deal instead"

http://www.thebore.com/forum/Smileys/default/trumps.png

"We will! YOU HORRIBLE ORANGE MAN!!!"

http://www.thebore.com/forum/Smileys/default/SJWq.png

"Ok, whatever I'm serving hamburgers to Putin"

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kingv · « **Reply #31951 on:** March 30, 2019, 10:48:07 AM »

Quote from: shosta on March 30, 2019, 02:34:50 AM

Quote from: agrajag on March 29, 2019, 09:56:16 PM
I listed to it live, quite the shit show.
*Michael Tracy evading question*
Sam: "That's not what I asked you."
*Michael continues his thought, but louder*
Sam: "That's not what I asked you!"
*Michael pretends he doesn't hear and just keeps going*
Sam, blood coming out of his ears: "THAT'S NOT WHAT I ASKED YOU!"

Is Michael Tracy on the spectrum or something?

He’s weird as hell... and his Twitter is really annoying. He’s like somehow more insufferable than Glenn greenwald.

Boredfrom · « **Reply #31952 on:** March 30, 2019, 11:17:10 AM »

Quote from: curly on March 29, 2019, 09:09:13 PM

He�s right... unless they give Pulitzer�s for fiction. #fakenews https://t.co/TN5CE84tvw
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) March 29, 2019
https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1111773916547162112

FILLER YOU ARE SUCH A DUMB BITCH

Tripon · « **Reply #31953 on:** March 30, 2019, 11:20:11 AM »

Education staffers are telling people it was a "week from hell" after DeVos was pilloried for defending proposed cuts to the Special Olympics they had internally opposed--only to have Trump reverse it and claim credit. https://t.co/I5LsHDuMpx
— Mike Warren (@MichaelRWarren) March 30, 2019

https://twitter.com/MichaelRWarren/status/1111951951783215106

agrajag · « **Reply #31954 on:** March 30, 2019, 11:24:49 AM »

he sounds like the worst boss to work for

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #31955 on:** March 30, 2019, 12:48:23 PM »

hey ben i drew a quick venn diagram so god willing nobody ever makes this outrageous mistake again pic.twitter.com/TxRk2IeGEj
— Brett Morris (@brettsperminute) March 28, 2019

https://mobile.twitter.com/brettsperminute/status/1111407148456525830

agrajag · « **Reply #31956 on:** March 30, 2019, 03:12:47 PM »

The autopsy report on 7-year-old Jakelin Caal Maquin, showing she died of a "rapidly progressive" infection, was just released this afternoon. The president has taken this opportunity to lie that her dad admitted he was to blame for her death. https://t.co/StU31c1TR5
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 29, 2019

https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1111735737018474496

team filler · « **Reply #31957 on:** March 30, 2019, 03:27:39 PM »

Mandark · « **Reply #31958 on:** March 30, 2019, 04:45:37 PM »

He also clearly has a terminal case of Poster's Disease.

Tripon · « **Reply #31959 on:** March 30, 2019, 04:57:48 PM »

Quote from: shosta on March 30, 2019, 04:44:55 PM

Quote from: kingv on March 30, 2019, 10:48:07 AM
Is Michael Tracy on the spectrum or something?

He’s weird as hell... and his Twitter is really annoying. He’s like somehow more insufferable than Glenn greenwald.
It's so obvious he's on the spectrum that I googled "michael tracy asperger's" after the interview

I know you think you caught me in a real "gotcha," but here's the distinction: screenshots are often necessary to preserve the public record. "Screenshot police" is my pejorative term for those who use them to remove context and distort for the purpose of garnering Twitter likes.
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) March 23, 2019

https://twitter.com/mtracey/status/1109485846523191303

How the fuck would you know this, you pathetic little freak
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) March 28, 2019

https://twitter.com/mtracey/status/1111088906513141760

team filler · « **Reply #31960 on:** March 30, 2019, 05:00:29 PM »

what's he got against farming likes

Nintex · « **Reply #31961 on:** March 30, 2019, 05:04:12 PM »

Hey guys, hey guys. Hold up this is just in. Breaking news. You won't believe this.

Donald J. Trump lied.

oofff not a good look, that's a Yikes from me dog.

Rufus · « **Reply #31962 on:** March 30, 2019, 05:07:01 PM »

Quote from: Stro on March 30, 2019, 12:56:05 PM

The dude named Buttigieg is gay?

The sultan of Brunei, who has recently made homosexuality a capital offence in the city state, is named Hassanal Bolkiah. Hass-anal = hate-anal in German. The simulation of our universe was written by hacks.

BIONIC · « **Reply #31963 on:** March 30, 2019, 05:31:54 PM »

Hates anal?

Nintex · « **Reply #31964 on:** March 30, 2019, 07:43:38 PM »

So with all of Trump's recent threats of closing the border. Can he actually do that as President?

kingv · « **Reply #31965 on:** March 30, 2019, 07:56:46 PM »

I think he can close the border... probably completely, at least temporarily and permanently to some extent.

They still might have to legally process asylum seekers or something like that.

I sort of hope he does it because it such a massively dumb idea. Trump has to touch a hot stove to understand that it will burn him.

Nintex · « **Reply #31966 on:** March 30, 2019, 08:26:08 PM »

https://nypost.com/2019/03/30/trump-is-the-worlds-worst-cheat-at-golf-players-and-celebs-say/

Quote

“Trump’s caddy came up to me and said, ‘You know that shot you hit on the par 5?’” Tirico says. “‘It was about 10 feet from the hole. Trump threw it in the bunker. I watched him do it.’”

Stephen Moore, Trump's Federal Reserve board nominee who owes the IRS $75,000 in unpaid taxes, was found in contempt of court in 2012 after failing to pay his ex-wife more than $300,000 in spousal support, child support and alimony, the Guardian reports. https://t.co/QrRnlKncK8
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 31, 2019

https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1112143725856206848

This man is just so on brand

Nintex · « **Reply #31967 on:** March 30, 2019, 08:54:55 PM »

Quote from: shosta on March 30, 2019, 08:42:28 PM

I would think the executive has unilateral authority on border security, including shutting all border crossings down entirely. That said, I just checked what our cross border traffic is, and in 2017 we had 16,500 northbround crossings daily¹, and that same year we had $340B worth of goods imported and $280B goods exported². There is no way anyone with a functioning brain can look at those numbers and think it is reasonable to "shut the border down". It's ridiculous. Why is this idiot president?

¹ University of Arizona
² Office of the United States Trade Representative

Trump thinks closing the border is a profit making operation

President Trump: "Mexico is going to have to do something, otherwise I'm closing the border. I'll just close the border. With the deficit like we have with Mexico and have had for many years, closing the border will be a profit-making operation." pic.twitter.com/C9waxHNVak
— The Hill (@thehill) March 30, 2019

https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1112131138074628096

In any case, it does seem to be a real problem.
https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/30/migrants-overflow-border-federal-facilities-local-strain-wall-trump/3309462002/

kingv · « **Reply #31968 on:** March 30, 2019, 09:17:39 PM »

Quote from: shosta on March 30, 2019, 08:42:28 PM

I would think the executive has unilateral authority on border security, including shutting all border crossings down entirely. That said, I just checked what our cross border traffic is, and in 2017 we had 16,500 northbround crossings daily¹, and that same year we had $340B worth of goods imported and $280B goods exported². There is no way anyone with a functioning brain can look at those numbers and think it is reasonable to "shut the border down". It's ridiculous. Why is this idiot president?

¹ University of Arizona
² Office of the United States Trade Representative

That’s not proper MLA format.

But yeah... one thing with a lot of trumps dumfuckery is that he’s doing it when the economy is pretty good, and oftentimes his cabinet has been able to like tamp down the worst of it, so nobody sees it for the disaster it really is.

Won’t be any hiding the fact that he’s holding up $4 billion in trade every week.

He seems to think that “oh ford can’t bring in their car from Mexico, so they will just make them in Iowa, like they can just do that shit overnight.

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #31969 on:** March 30, 2019, 10:27:58 PM »

Quote from: Stro on March 30, 2019, 07:48:38 PM

You're the expert on American politics and laws, what do you think you stupid useless fucking cunt

My favorite post so far 2019

Tripon · « **Reply #31970 on:** March 31, 2019, 12:31:32 AM »

Sam. Don't promote nazis. Please pic.twitter.com/YEOUR7RakT
— CA SCHOOL BONDS (@AuhsdBond) March 30, 2019

https://twitter.com/AuhsdBond/status/1111820537045475328

This guy is amazing.

benjipwns · « **Reply #31971 on:** March 31, 2019, 04:42:50 AM »

they're getting closer

Trent Dole · « **Reply #31972 on:** March 31, 2019, 04:44:27 AM »

Quote from: Dickie Dee on March 30, 2019, 10:27:58 PM

Quote from: Stro on March 30, 2019, 07:48:38 PM
You're the expert on American politics and laws, what do you think you stupid useless fucking cunt

My favorite post so far 2019

strong candidate for newsfeed for sure

agrajag · « **Reply #31973 on:** March 31, 2019, 10:02:23 AM »

"Anonymous NOTABLE sources telling me i won our exchange actually meets my ethical journalist rigor unlike when Marcy Wheeler had anonymous sources cuz the Doomsday clock tolled it so!!!!!" pic.twitter.com/V4JdHDYFn9
— Draagonslayer19 (@draagonslayer19) March 31, 2019

https://twitter.com/draagonslayer19/status/1112210984691732484

agrajag · « **Reply #31974 on:** March 31, 2019, 10:07:18 AM »

I was trying to link to the one where Michael Tracey goes "Am I mad online? Yes." But I'm a bit

with techmology

Tripon · « **Reply #31975 on:** March 31, 2019, 10:33:33 AM »

Awesome! I'm sure that because Glenn obviously has many more accomplishments than me, institutional backing, and could skewer you mercilessly in a debate in his sleep, you'll defer meekly to him.
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) March 31, 2019

https://twitter.com/mtracey/status/1112356079038533632

"OMG! I had a literal, screaming hissy fit on my own internet radio show! Isn't that awesome? Guys? Guys...?"
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) March 31, 2019

https://twitter.com/mtracey/status/1112353832774914048
This guy might just be an idiot.

agrajag · « **Reply #31976 on:** March 31, 2019, 10:37:00 AM »

Sam was asked by a caller about Greenwald about a year ago and Sam was fairly ambivalent and had nothing really bad to say about him. The fact that Greenwald's coworker Briahna Joy Gray is a brodette of the Majority Report probably helps.

Tripon · « **Reply #31977 on:** March 31, 2019, 11:17:33 AM »

Quote from: agrajag on March 31, 2019, 10:37:00 AM

Sam was asked by a caller about Greenwald about a year ago and Sam was fairly ambivalent and had nothing really bad to say about him. The fact that Greenwald's coworker Briahna Joy Gray is a brodette of the Majority Report probably helps.

I think it's even simpler than that. Sam needs guests with an interesting point of view and able to articulate it. I'm sure Greenwald can do that way better than the choke job that Michael Tracey provided.

Mandark · « **Reply #31978 on:** March 31, 2019, 11:49:04 AM »

Greenwald at least used to break new stories and has some strongly held opinions on civil liberties etc. besides getting wrapped up in petty online bullshit.

Tracey is basically just the petty online bullshit part, especially since he was powerbombed through the Spanish announce table by Maxine Waters.

agrajag · « **Reply #31979 on:** March 31, 2019, 12:32:23 PM »

Quote from: shosta on March 31, 2019, 12:30:57 PM

Man, this whole thing is really on par with 9/11. Not in terms of the actual human destruction wrought, because by that measure 9/11 was significantly worse and a horrible tragedy, but in terms of the general unity people had after the fact in dunking on one extreme person.

I didn't know what direction you were going with this until midway through the paragraph when I realized you were talking about The Bire. Sam Seder united us all

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Author Topic: US Politics Thread |OT| SAD TRUMP (Read 7272913 times)