"Just another day in paradise, okay?" April 2017 President Trump and oppo dump thread

yeah Gorsuch is it. and doesn't really count as "legislative success" imo

He accomplished killing a bunch of people, so there's that.

j/k, there is no hope.

no jobs or cash either iirc

he's proven that our conservative friends have been right along! the government which governs least governs best! it's like norquist says -- just give any old sentient ape a pen so he can sign tax cuts! #MAGA

This is the Whac-A-Mole problem of the Trump presidency. There are so many bad things going on at once—so many minor corruptions and shady deals and strings that if tugged will surely lead to more evidence of self-dealing—that it’s impossible to concentrate on one at a time. The flagrant, prima facie corruption of the Trump administration is so transparent and so all-encompassing that, perversely, it’s impossible to get people to care about it.

http://fusion.net/every-day-of-the-trump-presidency-is-a-hellish-game-of-1794607016

kind of like the flagrant, prima facie post-reagan neo-feudalism from which the beast sprang that it seems impossible to do anything about

But at least people like Jim deMint are thriving oh wait

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/28/demint-set-to-be-ousted-from-heritage-foundation-237754

_To the Detriment of Research and Scholarly Aims: The Heritage Foundation in American Politics_ by James DeMint

that's a speech!!!!!!

https://www.pscp.tv/w/1yoKMBbDQAzGQ

He's managed to avoid choking to death on a chicken bone for an entire 100 days. I guess that's something.

let's wait until the full 100 days are up first, let's not all extinguish all hope

Those hard things in KFC chicken aren't bones.

Were the NRA required to give up their guns to attend Trumps' speech?

moah woah

The document, dated April 24, provides instructions for how groups should share coordinates of offices, hospitals, refugee camps, and other facilities. “Please be aware that all information submitted … will be used to inform U.S. military planners about the location of humanitarian and development personnel,” it says. It also includes a bold-type warning that providing the information does not “guarantee the safety of personnel, vehicles, facilities, or sites. Entities operating in this environment continue to do so at their own risk.”

Such deconfliction efforts are not uncommon in the context of intense or prolonged U.S. military operations, such as Afghanistan. This week’s letter is similar in wording to one received by NGOs in 2014, at the outset of the anti-ISIS campaign in Iraq and Syria. In Yemen, the United States briefly shepherded NGO coordinates from nonprofits to the Saudi-led coalition at the start of its military campaign there in early 2015. The Obama administration also requested coordinates in Libya last year, when it similarly declared parts of the country areas of active hostilities.

But for Somalia, such an encompassing request is novel. Taken with Trump’s declaration of active hostilities, the note suggests that it’s a question not of if, but when, more airstrikes will take place.

https://theintercept.com/2017/04/28/u-s-signals-possible-airstrikes-in-somalia-by-asking-aid-groups-for-their-locations/

black guy's fault! firing flynn can't erase obama's crime for hiring him in the first place. lock him up!!

“But just remember, he was approved by the Obama administration at the highest level,” Trump told Fox News.

“And when they say we didn’t vet, well, Obama I guess didn’t vet, because he was approved at the highest level of security by the Obama administration,” Trump added.

“So when he came into our administration, for a short period of time he came in, he was already approved by the Obama administration and he had years left on that approval.”

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/331120-trump-blames-obama-for-vetting-flynn

Those hard things in KFC chicken aren't bones.

http://canvas.grolsch.com/sites/default/files/styles/article_single_image_center/public/news/images/diner11.jpg?itok=S5l9xhnX

"So, the first black president must also be the first one to not take money afterwards?”

Historically, this is wildly inaccurate. Presidents started cashing in after Truman, mostly by taking positions on corporate Boards of Directors. iirc, Saint Reagan was the first to accept mega-dollar speaking fees upon retirement from office.

blaming obama for flynn is possibly the dumbest thing this administration has put forth and thats no small feat

"first one" is meant by Millennials not as in "ever" but "since my pubes sprouted"

this is a guy that questioned a sitting president's american birth, and still succeeded him. "stupid" rules in these united states, despite our fancy taste and gadgets

xpost

so I suppose it's too late to stop journalists from using the Yam's "deconfliction" as a word, right?

man, i never ran across that one before. Surely he didn't coin it?

He spent a penny on it.

He promised to spend a penny, then stiffed somebody for the bill.

he did a chick named penny. it was tremendous. she was a 9 at least, maybe a 9.5

he watched a couple of young women spend a penny while on a visit to moscow iirc

Gonna get lonely in the Bannon office there:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/04/28/white-house-weighs-kicking-out-sebastian-gorka

The Trump administration is actively exploring options to remove controversial national security aide Sebastian Gorka from the White House and place him at another federal agency, multiple sources tell The Daily Beast.

Two senior administration officials familiar with the situation say it is exploring a new role for Gorka elsewhere in the administration. Another said he has been entirely excluded from day-to-day policy-making at the National Security Council in the meantime.

time to file some more lawsuits

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Trump-executive-order-seeks-to-open-coast-waters-11106672.php

“The president really likes him and appreciates him as a good spokesperson for the administration, but he isn’t part of the NSC policy making process,” a senior administration official said of Gorka. That makes sense, as he’s part of the Bannon-and Kushner-run Strategic Initiative Group, but the official said his contributions to foreign policy have been minimal, with Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster’s team overshadowing the relevance of his input. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive personnel matters.

he lies good, but hes toooo much of a nazi so we had to get rid of him

appreciates him as a good spokesperson for the administration

i mean really

if Flynn has anything to cough up about Trump, i imagine Trump saying he "blames Obama" for Flynn is a surefire way to expedite the process.

Deconfliction is a regular jargon term in interagency policy work

https://cdn.meme.am/images/600x600/14563378/buck-turgidson.jpg

It me

This isn't necessarily germane, but if we're stuck with cultural refs in our political discourse, we could have some deeper pulls. This one will do:

https://twitter.com/aardvarsk/status/857996485014585348

Ariana Lenarsky @aardvarsk

i don't understand, beautiful women luring you with music toward an island has always worked out well in the past

9:34 AM · Apr 28, 2017

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haha was that for the Fyre thread? I can't even tell anymore

TRUMP IS THE FYRE OF PRESIDENTS. HONOR FYRE!

totally stealing that

Make Fyre Hot Again

I have this feeling that if Trump had lost the election, he quickly would have been drawn into branding some Fyre-esque garbage island fest w/The Nuge, Kid Rock etc.

Not to say it can't still happen.

A beautiful moment:

https://mobile.twitter.com/FoxNews/status/858099799186436096

@POTUS on renegotiating trade deals: "We're going to have a lot of money pouring into our country."

Response from one Scott Lincicome, noted Cato Institute social media type:

https://mobile.twitter.com/scottlincicome/status/858101422298210304

WHICH MEANS WE'D HAVE A GIANT TRADE DEFICIT MY GOD I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE

hahahaha oh god

We can't <all> launder money for the Russian mob...

Trump's America!

https://mobile.twitter.com/FoxNews/status/858122058286342144

Fabio: Releasing inmates early will lead to more crime.

There's video.

100 days of sod him

& in just under 3 weeks time if the cabinet doesn't change it will be 120 Days of sod 'em too.

https://twitter.com/MikeSington/status/858085676016730112

Strategic Initiative Group

How did I miss that Nazis already call _themselves_ SIG?

Spectrum Is Green

Why does Fabio look like a caveman that's had too many jaw surgeries