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that analysis quoted above seems so dumb. those california republican reps are all from solidly R districts, mostly in the get-off-my-land interior right? an analysis broken down by district could be interesting, but statewide numbers on trump mean jack shit imo.

ok, i've long since given up being able to make sense of any of this goddamn farrago, but what the hell is with people congratulating schumer for being able to keep discipline within his party? oh, wow, he got all 48 democrats in the senate to oppose a series of dogshit bills absolutely everybody fucking hated. well, hell, if that's not leadership what is?

Dude, Joe Manchin and Heidi Heitkamp aren't just basically Republicans, they're hard-right Republicans, and they stayed with the Ds on every single healthcare bill. Schumer is to be fucking applauded for keeping those two assholes (and others like them) inside the tent.

One of the first comments on that Atlantic thing is the observation that the WH right now is like watching an episode of House of Cards carried by the cast of Veep.

Yeah the rule that Josh Marshall made famous re Trump -- don't ascribe to maliciousness what can be better explained by incompetence -- is in full effect.

Joe Manchin and Heidi Heitkamp aren't just basically Republicans, they're hard-right Republicans

Heidi Heitkamp is nothing like a hard-right Republican.

From her campaign page:

"Prior to the passage of the Affordable Care Act in March 2010, more than 48 million Americans lacked health insurance, and insurance companies discriminated against millions of Americans each year simply because they had pre-existing conditions. The health reform law helps those without insurance purchase coverage and the law’s consumer protections have important implications for North Dakotans who already have health insurance. The Affordable Care Act also aims to slow growing costs throughout the health care system, and protects and strengthens the Medicare program."

"Senator Heitkamp is continuing to work with her colleagues on both sides of the aisle to find a long-term and bipartisan solution that addresses our federal budget deficit while also spurring economic growth, creating jobs, and promoting innovation. Senator Heitkamp also believes we need to find a solution to replace the reckless across-the-board spending cuts – known as sequestration – which are slashing programs and resources that provide crucial support to struggling families. Senator Heitkamp absolutely wants to address federal spending and reduce the deficit, but not through blind cuts that disproportionately hurt the most vulnerable among us."

"In 2012, outstanding student loan debt reached more than $1 trillion and 81% of the undergraduates with high student debt had private loans. This excessive student loan debt dampens home purchases, slows small business startups, diverts retirement savings, and limits opportunities for economic expansion in rural communities. Private loans typically have higher interest rates – that can top 18% – and are more difficult to refinance and offer fewer payment options than loans administered by the U.S. Department of Education. "

I mean she's not a liberal! But none of this stuff is what you find in the campaign platforms of hard-right Republicans. She's a conservative Democrat. She's more liberal than Susan Collins.

"Don't give up Republican Senators, the World is watching: Repeal & Replace...and go to 51 votes (nuke option), get Cross State Lines & more."

He's been screening Democratic convention footage from 1968, presumably.

Please, no one tell Trump that "state lines" are Kind Of An Important Thing for much of his base.

The more he calls them "imaginary lines," the better. At least make diehard Federalist Tenthers pause a second.

Kevin Williamson is his own brand of annoying but this had its moments

http://amp.nationalreview.com/article/449988/donald-trump-cant-close-deal-failing-salesman

Also, amazing back and forth this morning between Jake Tapper and a guy named Arthur Schwartz, who has been trashing Reince and accusing him of having a mistress. Tapper noted that Schwartz is quoted elsewhere as being Scaramucci's publicist, leading Schwartz to deny it and, in effect, threaten Tapper with legal action for saying that he IS his publicist! What a world.

Again, for the 50th time: No. I have never worked for Anthony. Keep it up and you'll be hearing from counsel. https://t.co/dkuxnF6bYa

— Arthur Schwartz (@ArthurSchwartz) July 30, 2017

He must've pleased editors when they noticed he consumed hundreds of words on Glengarry summary.

Kellyanne Conway to Chris Wallace: "We were promised Watergate...we didn't even get water polo, we didn't even get watermelon."

To think that she worked on that line all night.

Is this the longest he's held a single idea in his head, ever? (TBF he did get distracted by China/North Korea for two tweets.)

"state lines" thing is one of these conservative magic fantasies right? where with the one weird trick of letting companies "compete across state lines" you can solve everything and lower premiums and make everybody healthy?

That Reince/Schwartz stuff is rich. Mooch hates Reince, forces him out, follows up by asking the press to keep Mrs. Mooch out of the public eye. Then, like, hours later, Mooch publicist pops up, kicks a man when he's down and insults Reince, implying he's been having an affair. Then, when called on it, denies he's Mooch's man. The lying and hypocrisy is comical. No wonder they are so incompetent.

I wouldn't ordinarily read anything by Kevin Williamson, but this is pretty good. The comments section is surprisingly conflicted.

I know y'alll ike to say this or that Trump thug is "Lynchian," but really it's good ol' Susan Collins, whose combination of huge smiles and second grade teacher mien masks the soul of an efficient axe murderer, who keeps me up at night.

Sen Log Lady

I associate "state lines" w/ the transport of minors

u have minors delivered to your house often?

Transporting a miner across a staid lion for immortal porpoises

Thx opus

TRUMP: PICKED TOO FAT

YMP on fire today

Think that was a roald dahl line originally

Russia expelling 755 US diplomats and staff while Fuckface golfs.

#BREAKING 755 US diplomats must leave Russia, President Putin announces

— AFP news agency (@AFP) July 30, 2017

word is he gave them all a nice parting gift, a DVD of "a five and a half minute short film"

His golfing is the least of our problems.

Classic wikileaks

Assange jumps in with anti-Mueller propaganda. In yellow is the original tweet. In blue is what they deliberately left out. @20committee pic.twitter.com/7FeqjNKjyv

— Patrick S. Tomlinson (@stealthygeek) July 30, 2017

Russia expelling 755 US diplomats and staff while Fuckface golfs.

― grawlix (unperson), Sunday, July 30, 2017 6:56 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Doesn't the state department still have a lot of openings since this regime has severely neglected it?
Sounds like a really neat fit don't it?

I'm having a weird feeling.... did I just read something on NRO that wasn't total fucking garbage? I must have a fever

NRO set themselves up so completely in the NeverTrump camp that they can't turn back now. So, as they say, the enemy of my enemy is my friend.

30 State positions with nominations, 130 without, According to the WaPo appointee tracker.

Putin also fucked over poor Jon Huntsman, the new Ambassador to Moscow.

There were tons of people who seemed equally firmly NeverTrump as the NRO gang, so I'm gonna give them some credit for sticking to it when others caved.

That's what he gets for only chopping off Mueller's finger xp

NRO, to compensate for lost clicks, runs college-students-suck articles every day.

Williamson in particular has consistently rubbished Trump; he made a post back last May when Trump locked down the nomination reading "Remember, You Asked for This," which he put up to, as he said in it, to refer back to whenever necessary. (It has been unsurprisingly referred back to a lot.)

That said, worth remembering that part of his anti-Trump stance grew out of what he considered to be unseemly populism at overpromising things to rural out-of-work constituents -- and that Williamson openly is pitiless about said communities, pretty much saying underwater towns like that should die off and people should move.

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/432876/donald-trump-white-working-class-dysfunction-real-opportunity-needed-not-trump

So it shouldn't surprise you that when Trump said recently that out of work people in upstate New York should move for work, Williamson was pretty gleeful.

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/449918/trump-upstate-new-yorkers-should-move-jobs

Apparently he's also the kind of guy who thinks parentheticals like this are compliments to women:

A few young men waiting to see the show had been quoting Blake’s speech to one another. For them, and for a number of men who imagine themselves to be hard-hitting competitors (I’ve never met a woman of whom this is true), Blake’s speech is practically a creed.

Still four hours to go, but did he not do anything bizarre today? Did he actually rest on the seventh day? Shouldn't he be attacking Adrian Beltre on Twitter or something?

Williamson openly is pitiless about said communities, pretty much saying underwater towns like that should die off and people should move

he's terrible, but i'll grudgingly note he's just as callous to poor rural white communities as he is/ would be to poor urban non-white communities. most of his fellow travelers aren't willing apply their contempt equally.

he sounds like a callous shit, but at least he's even-handed?

Williamson (in)famously wrote an essay in summer '12 in which, confusing liberals for Democrats, said the latter had never cared about civil rights for black until the GOP, the true party of black freedom, did.

Still four hours to go, but did he not do anything bizarre today? Did he actually rest on the seventh day? Shouldn't he be attacking Adrian Beltre on Twitter or something?

― clemenza

adrian beltre is an asshole for telling robert fripp he can't play "thela hun ginjeet" live with king crimson

Ha! You're thinking of Adrian Belew. The original poster was referencing the guy from "T.J. Hooker", is what I believe.

Not sure if one or both of you guys is joking or not--if not, we're working up an Abbott & Costello routine here.

Still four hours to go, but did he not do anything bizarre today?

Maybe he went to get a sideways haircut? Maybe he went to get a striped shirt? Maybe he went to get some plastic shoes? Maybe he went to get some funny sunglasses?

Chris Christie did this

https://sports.yahoo.com/chris-christie-angrily-confronts-cubs-fan-call-big-shot-221113108.html

http://acapell.net/templates/images/billy-joel/big-shot.jpg

Williamson openly is pitiless about said communities, pretty much saying underwater towns like that should die off and people should move.

Ed Burmila's been saying this from an explicitly left-wing perspective for a while now as well.

http://www.ginandtacos.com/2016/11/20/the-next-best-thing/

Apparently he's also the kind of guy who thinks parentheticals like this are compliments to women:

a) I'm not sure he does, and b) considering that he's discussing people who go along to viewings of Glengarry Glen Ross to shout along with Alex Baldwin's character, I'd say that it is!

Speaking of which, getting literally in someone's face is very on-brand for Chris Christie of a few years ago.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DGBlLVhVwAIyuyH.jpg

So what's the "correct" answer to Burmilla's essay?

Think you need another set of quote marks there