Trump's America, March 2017: Using His Inside VOICE

jesus christ that Time interview is just word salad served up by a brain-damaged man. how the fuck did he become president?

These people are psychos:

Moderates said they need to learn more about what the White House proposal would mean for their constituents and providers they represent. Many expressed worry that the leadership would force swing-district members to take a risky vote when the Senate would likely strip out the provision anyway because it may run afoul of the Senate's arcane rules.

And some moderates were especially aghast that leadership couldn’t tell them how many votes this proposal would win them from the House Freedom Caucus.

@jwpetersNYT
News: Kochs pledge 7-figure fund to back anyone who votes against AHCA. A direct challenge to Trump threat that dissenters will lose seats.

@DougHenwood
The Resistance™ is a many-splendored thing.

"Brussels, I said. Brussels is not Brussels. They're actually a vegetable, called a Brussels sprout. Not a place. Not many people know that. Sad!"

― takin care of bismuth (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, March 23, 2017 10:05 AM (six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i lold

I went to Brussels and looked around and thought "This is not Brussels." The Roman Empire never ended.

Congressional Republicans, I expect, fear Trump because has called forth from the woodwork an army of Gamergate-like voters ready to be deployed at the sound of a single tweet. If the bill fails and Trump decides to rant about it generally, or pick specific Republicans to deride as traitors and losers and Dem collaborators, all these clowns are susceptible to being primaried next year by some red-hat lunatic pledging to ''stand by President Trump.'' On the other hand, if they vote for the bill and it screws their constiutents, they could get primaried for that too, or in purple districts, ousted by a Democrat.

As for the Time interview.... my God. There are no impressions or parodies left to be done. And I do not say such things lightly.

WaPo:

“And then TIME magazine, which treats me horribly, but obviously I sell, I assume this is going to be a cover too, have I set the record? I guess, right? Covers, nobody’s had more covers.”

Trump is well behind any sort of record for Time covers. Trump has been on the cover of Time magazine about a dozen times. Richard Nixon holds the record: 55.

it's odd that the R side fears DT so much considering he has no mechanism apart from screaming, no allies within the greater R establishment and the knives are starting to come out.

republican lawmakers may be many things, but they're not stupid. or maybe they are, but they're still able somehow to dimly sense that trump has magic orange baby powers. and no one wants to catch the baby eye. better to shuffle one's musty jowls under cover of herd.

xpost

And then TIME magazine, which treats me horribly, but obviously I sell, I assume this is going to be a cover too, have I set the record? I guess, right? Covers, nobody’s had more covers.

I think Richard Nixon still has you beat. But he was in office for longer, so give yourself time.

Ok good. I’m sure I’ll win.

I went to Brussels and looked around and thought "This is not Brussels." The Roman Empire never ended.

poor donald trump, forever trapped in the black iron prison

further on the Kochs:

http://www.businessinsider.com/koch-brothers-trumpcare-conservative-gop-donors-races-2017-3

@LouiseMensch
I can't verify this myself but it seems a Russian spy plane, RA-64523, is at Bradley Airport in CT. Can anybody else check? @FBI @FAANews

lol

here's an excerpt from an interview by Tommy Wiseau, THEY TALK EXACTLY THE SAME WAY

AVC: What do you think he has to gain by fabricating things?

TW: I don’t say he fabricates, but I would say he exaggerates. It’s two different things. I still consider him as my friend, so I’m not bashing him, but by the same token, some of his production is ridiculous. “Tommy say hundred times, or six, eight times, whatever.” I’m a director. My job is to think how I want to present it. If I want to say (lines) eight times or 10 times, a hundred, it’s my choice. I have a certain vision. If you don’t have the vision, you don’t have the story, you can’t be interviewed… And Greg doesn’t have vision, and he doesn’t understand when somebody has the vision. And the jealousy eventually will come out. That’s what is proved by The Neighbors. We have a vision.

So like I said yesterday to someone, is a very difficult job. It’s not easy. But I enjoy it. I studied acting for, what, 10 years, 15 years? So I enjoy it. But I would never write the book… Some fans of The Room encourage me to write the book, it’s called Disaster Artist by Tommy Wiseau. (Laughs.) So you know what? I may even do it, you know? But I would present it based on the facts, so actually you can verify stuff. Okay? It’s not a fantasy, so, next question. What is your question? I give you a little comedy here. (Laughs). You just sat there.

okay, one more

AVC: How have you grown since making The Room? Specifically, how have you learned to manage criticism?

TW: I don’t care, to be honest with you. I just don’t care. I’m very strong in who I am, I’m very happy where I am. And wherever—again, as you know some people go overboard with criticism, but you know what? I would say look in your mirror, and see who you are, and what did you do. What we do, The Room right now is pop culture, as far as I’m concerned, and some of the networks, ABC or CBS, if they don’t see that, I’m sorry for them. You know people don’t like to play football in London, for example, or Australia, whatever. They don’t know our culture. We have such a unique culture. We’ll actually be screening The Neighbors in Australia, New Zealand, and other countries as well.

But you can see very clearly the mainstream media, they don’t see that. They prefer bullshit like Jimmy Kimmel’s show, a redneck asshole, basically, I’m sorry to say that, okay? Because they put Crystal Bell (Kristen Bell) on the program, and she advertised The Room and she’s supposed to be a fan of The Room, this is ridiculous stuff! So for example Blu-ray. Nobody talk about Blu-ray. There’s only one Blu-ray you have in the entire world. Even Sony, now I’m working with them, so we’ll see how we’re doing. But it’s, again, some of the biggest stars were supposed to support The Room, they’re bashing The Room, at the same token, what did you do lately? Did you show your nice legs? She would say, “Oh, I’m a businesswoman.” What type of businesswoman you are? Are you telling me, when you’re born, 6 years old, you knew about acting? How to behave yourself and the quirky smile and the squeaky voice, you think you own the world? I’m sorry, you’re not! You’re not Elizabeth Taylor. You’ll never be her. Because you don’t have range. I’m sorry, sweetie. Okay, and all the actresses are the same, they’re making 20 million dollars, what did you do? I can create actors who give 20 million dollars with the best of the best. Give me media. So again, I speak out very openly so don’t bullshit with me. We have the fans, people enjoy it, so give the credit where it’s due.

like, I read DT's interviews in Wiseau's voice now, it's amusing but kind of uh terrifying

lmao xp

OH HAI AMERICA

circular firing squad in full effect it seems

Turnip can only dream of the soulfulness and complexity and command of the English language that Wiseau possesses.

if NBC had just given him the Tonight Show we'd be in clover

Meanwhile Roger Stone wrote Jake Tapper. He is angry!

https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/844883029654949888

where's the tax returns?

You know, around.

schumer is no on gorsuch https://twitter.com/Anthony/status/844916008452284416

Dems officially filibustering.

So assuming the nuclear option is invoked, what then? Does that mean the Dems in the senate can just take 4 years off? Since the GOP will longer need any of them for anything? Or does the nuclear option only apply to some votes/procedures and not all?

i doubt they have the balls tbh. they know it'll come back to haunt them

Nothing to do with the US, huh?
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/03/23/was-a-magnitsky-lawyer-defenestrated-for-embarrassing-putin.html

xpost, pretty sure the nuclear option only refers to Supreme Court confirmation...wouldn't affect, say, the 60 votes needed to pass non-budgetary changes to the health care law.

xpost Yeah I was wondering about that extra detail. ShariVari?

Meantime:

https://twitter.com/AriMelber/status/844922782609801216

New: Rep @JackieSpeier says Nunes made some sort of private apology...

heh

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C7nEoaHXkAAUxOF.jpg:large

Apologizing for doing something shitty and possibly illegal but most of all blatant and illegal is the sort of thing the sweaty guy in the movie says when he shows up somewhere right before a bomb someone is forcing him to carry blows up. [opens shirt to reveal explosives] "I'm sorry ... "

this is both thoroughly unsurprising and depressing:

https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/844726595726327808

kinda makes you wish the news media had just said "there's no evidence of this and we're not covering it any further until there is." instead of, y'know, conducting endless interviews and roundtables with talking heads about something that was utter bullshit fantasy.

http://✧✧✧.c✧✧.com/2017/03/23/politics/trump-health-care-latest?lf-content=188866399:lb-post-8bd53b01ae0d7a3ce0c1270c1afb3✧✧✧@livef✧✧✧.c✧✧&hubRefSrc=permalink

get stuffed man

ugh stop reformatting. anyway Nunes "apologized"

sorry missed Ned's post

@dick_nixon
The minute the far right gets angry, he has to watch his ass.

i'm starting to feel bad for him. what if this whole russia thing is just one big misunderstanding, like obama's birth certificate?

nobody knew about Russia until Trump started talking about it

i think we will be ok without you posting those nixon twitters moving forward xxp

whip count at 28

well i learn sumthin new every day

not here, tho

clearly

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solitary gripes that effortlessly summarize the surliness of Morbs

xxpost

whip count at 28

― i am also Tombot (Neanderthal), Th

for it total?

Whip count is who is voting ... no?

Per Alfred's joke -- exactly who besides Ryan is coming out saying the bill is great, anyway?

the tommy wiseau / trump thing is kind of blowing my mind