US Politics Thread |OT| SAD TRUMP

[agrajag]

reminds me of

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https://twitter.com/wspieler/status/1125470085815119873

[Madrun Badrun]

warren's plan to break up big tech is very silly. 

[Tasty]

warren's plan to break up big tech is very silly. 

Correct.

However, I don't think letting the EU take the reigns on... reigning things in will do much good, either.

In any case I'm glad she's advancing the conversation, because I've started to consider the possibility we all just drank the Silicon Valley faux-libertarian Koolaid for 20 years and it's possible they might not have the country/world's best interests at heart. Like trying to reason that tech monopolies are fine because "people can just switch" (with about thirty asterisks.) Goes for browsers, OSes, app stores, you name it. Tech seems to be stratifying and each day that passes makes it more unlikely there will be a new competitor to the current FAANG oligopoly, especially in those company's dominant areas...

[benjipwns]

I'm dying at this entire interview. Hickenlooper petitioning the readers of the WSJ to reform capital gains tax

https://www.wsj.com/articles/im-running-to-save-capitalism-11557090143

https://twitter.com/Hickenlooper/status/1112176157066027008

[Crash Dummy]

Exempting primary residences from the estate tax would decrease the number of estate tax returns; those and stocks are historically the assets that trigger a filing obligation, well at least before the current obscene exemption amount.

I'm not sure what he's on about when he says, "The government also must . . . close the loopholes that allow the very wealthy to pass on their financial portfolios to their children with no tax on capital gains." I'm guessing the stepped up basis in inherited assets? You can't tax inherited assets without stepping up their basis, it's an accounting absurdity.

in the uk, it's a fantastic way to fuck someone over after you've died with an unexpected tax bill

[BIONIC]

https://twitter.com/eshaLegal/status/1125490870717943808

 

Constricting majestic BBCs 

This monster must be stopped.

Edit:
Top of page Tulsi

[benjipwns]

Harris basically rolled out the same poll they did with Harvard, but this time with The Hill:

[Occam]

±5%, so O'Rourke could actually be at -2%.

[Joe Molotov]

https://twitter.com/RealCandaceO/status/1125445983297527808

https://twitter.com/existentialfish/status/1093923658446323712

Accuse someone else of hating Jews when you literally dropped a "Hitler had some good ideas", brehs.

[benjipwns]

how funny if the President ordered the deportation of a U.S. citizen?

[BisMarckie]

I hope you all get deported to Europe so we can hang out. 

[Himu]

Colion

[BIONIC]

President Booty Juice

[Joe Molotov]

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/03/buffett-no-textbook-predicted-the-strange-economy-we-have-today.html

Buffett highlights that unemployment remains so low, yet interest rates and inflation are not rising. At the same time the U.S. government continues to spend more money than it takes in.
These conditions are not sustainable for the long term, Buffett says.
“No economics textbook I know that was written in the first couple of thousand years that discussed even the possibility that you could have this sort of situation continue and have all variables stay more or less the same,” he says.

No economics textbook

He invented the chinese buffet, show him some respect.

[agrajag]

https://twitter.com/AndrewYang/status/1125837668921876482

 

[agrajag]

doesn't riotous live in Seattle?

 

[Joe Molotov]

They don't call it The Bore Shat Pack for nothing.

[Kara]

I hope you all get deported to Europe so we can hang out. 

I'd probably get deported to Israel given the current regime's attitudes towards Jewish identity.

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warren can suck my hog 

[Tasty]

filler

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[Cauliflower Of Love]

Was Warren a QT in the day? I could see Michelle Williams playing her under 30.

Thinking small, put your hands together

Michelle Williams and Elizabeth Warren

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warren can suck my hog 

What is bernie :thug lifeing about in that picture?

[BisMarckie]

At first glance I thought he was holding a cigarette, then I realized it was 2019 and politicians are lame nowadays.

[Joe Molotov]

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Was Warren a QT in the day? I could see Michelle Williams playing her under 30.

Thinking small, put your hands together

Michelle Williams and Elizabeth Warren

(Image removed from quote.)

warren can suck my hog 

What is bernie :thug lifeing about in that picture?

they were applauding trumpy 

[kingv]

Was Warren a QT in the day? I could see Michelle Williams playing her under 30.

Mmm, that sexy ass redbone has my vote.

[Tripon]

Was Warren a QT in the day? I could see Michelle Williams playing her under 30.

Mmm, that sexy ass redbone has my vote.

https://www.thecut.com/2019/04/what-changes-when-the-presidential-field-is-full-of-mothers.html

[Trent Dole]

Harris basically rolled out the same poll they did with Harvard, but this time with The Hill:

Buttchug has flopped pretty spectacularly hasn't he

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/02/us/bald-eagles-trash-seattle.html

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In Trent Dole's voice: "I think we know what the trash is, here."

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lol pls

[Kara]

Tucker is probably the most anti-war voice on TV; or, the mythology of the so-called free press.

[Mandark]

Tucker is probably the most anti-war voice on TV

Objection, your honor.

[Rufus]

You gotta read the other half, too. :B

[Tripon]

https://twitter.com/TribTowerViews/status/1125882912493019138

Schmid said the region was facing a “jobs crisis” — meaning there are too many jobs here — and that SB50 threatens to crowd families out of the area with dense housing.

“If SB50 passes, Silicon Valley will be more like San Francisco. Think about it: San Francisco has the lowest ratio of 5- to 17-year-olds in the country,” Schmid said. “If you support SB50, you will be challenging the future of families in the West Bay.”

https://padailypost.com/2019/05/07/leaders-of-three-cities-meet-but-dont-agree-about-housing-bill-sb50/

First time I seen a politician arguing that there were too many jobs in his area.

[Kara]

Tucker is probably the most anti-war voice on TV

Objection, your honor.

http://www.thebore.com/forum/index.php?topic=44608.msg2619976#msg2619976

[agrajag]

https://twitter.com/BenjaminPDixon/status/1126120756604211200


 

[Occam]

Trump asserts executive privilege over Mueller report.
I guess the R administration is done pretending that there is a separation of powers or that the US is a constitutional democracy.

[agrajag]

That's gonna go a long way to dispel the notion that he has something to hide. 

[Occam]

I'm watching the current session of the house committee regarding citing Barr for contempt.
The republicans are swine. History won't look kindly on them.

[Joe Molotov]

Assuming there's going to be anymore history after the 2020 elections.

[Cauliflower Of Love]

Is dude just outright admitting to tax evasion in the 80's?

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-responds-new-york-times-report-he-lost-more-1-n1003211


https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1126078423816921092

[agrajag]

That makes him smart.

[benjipwns]

breh he was doing that in debates four years ago

[Kara]

Assuming there's going to be anymore history after the 2020 elections.

Assuming we don't already live after the end of history.

[Occam]

It's crazy to watch this, it's like a group of adults (D) trying to sensibly argue with a group of children (R) going "nah nah nah, we can't hear you".

[agrajag]

https://twitter.com/KevinMKruse/status/1126137257197473792

[benjipwns]

I've figured it out, Trump doesn't want to reveal the details of what happened when he bought a USFL team and tried to sue the NFL into accepting a merger: https://www.si.com/vault/1984/02/13/619725/the-usfls-trump-card

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Or that he's merely a millionaire, not a billionaire.

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Curiously, Trump's 26th-floor office is directly across Fifth Avenue from the 19th floor of the Crown Building. That's because Trump arbitrarily numbered the upper floors in Trump Tower because the ceilings of the lower floors are higher than usual.

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[benjipwns]

''So many people think Mr. Trump only thinks of Mr. Trump,'' Walker said. ''Maybe now they'll see he wants what's best for Herschel. This was not an employer-employee deal; this was friend to friend.''

[Nola]

I'm watching the current session of the house committee regarding citing Barr for contempt.
The republicans are swine. History won't look kindly on them.

Barr was instrumental in covering up Iran Contra. Then most of the Washington press and moderate Dems insisted he would be a good institutional steward despite history.

Reagan has been metaphorically nominated for a sliding scale of political sainthood by most people right of Bernie.

George W has 61% favorability.

Excuse me while my cynicism is getting me pretty skeptical of this long arc of history shit when it comes to Republican fuckery.

[Brehvolution]

[Occam]

The only way for anyone to think Reagan was a good president is to either have been fed nothing but Rep propaganda their entire life or be a moron, or a combination thereof.
Even Nixon was a better president and did not cause as much lasting damage to America.

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[Joe Molotov]

The only way for anyone to think Reagan was a good president is to either have been fed nothing but Rep propaganda their entire life or be a moron, or a combination thereof.
Even Nixon was a better president and did not cause as much lasting damage to America.

But what if Nixon was the only reason Reagan didn't get impeached, because the establishment was afraid of impeaching back-to-back Republican presidents?

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[Occam]

Nice. N.Y. legislature has advanced the bill that will allow Congress to access Trump's state tax returns.

[benjipwns]

Richard Nixon

Jimmy Carter

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:'(

[Occam]

The only way for anyone to think Reagan was a good president is to either have been fed nothing but Rep propaganda their entire life or be a moron, or a combination thereof.
Even Nixon was a better president and did not cause as much lasting damage to America.

But what if Nixon was the only reason Reagan didn't get impeached, because the establishment was afraid of impeaching back-to-back Republican presidents?

Is that so? He certainly should have been impeached for Iran-Contra, but I doubt he would have been removed from office afterwards.
Edit: I think they didn't impeach Reagan simply because he was incredibly popular at the time, and the Dems would have hurt themselves if they went after him.

[benjipwns]

Personally, I prefer the H.W.-Iran-Contra theory.

Even despite this damning actual Oval Office footage of Reagan:

[Joe Molotov]

The only way for anyone to think Reagan was a good president is to either have been fed nothing but Rep propaganda their entire life or be a moron, or a combination thereof.
Even Nixon was a better president and did not cause as much lasting damage to America.

But what if Nixon was the only reason Reagan didn't get impeached, because the establishment was afraid of impeaching back-to-back Republican presidents?

Is that so? He certainly should have been impeached for Iran-Contra, but I doubt he would have been removed from office afterwards.

Well, it's a theory I've read anyway, probably in Rick Perlstein's The Invisible Bridge.

[Occam]

I edited my reply above, Reagan was too popular to impeach.
However, there is no sensible reason not to impeach Trump right now, even if just to show future generations that some upstanding members of congress were not ok with his criminal behavior and this blatant disregard for the constitution.