supposedly he has to pay taxes on his titanic exxon divestment if he quits any earlier.
― hi i’m darren and i’m a bouncer from bendigo (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 1 December 2017 19:42 (six years ago) link
If Flynn’s pleading guilty to lying about this Russia meeting does that mean he won’t be charged for his Turkish connection, which some reports said involved discussing taking bribes for extraditing a guy?
― New Jersey (treeship 2), Friday, 1 December 2017 19:49 (six years ago) link
http://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2017/11/10/michael-flynn-investigation-turkey-cleric-wsj-cuomo-bts-newday.cnn
These shennanigans.
― New Jersey (treeship 2), Friday, 1 December 2017 19:51 (six years ago) link
does that mean he won’t be charged for his Turkish connection
as I read it, it means that Mueller is keeping that charge in his hip pocket, as leverage, so that Flynn stays maximally cooperative through fear of the consequences for himself if he doesn't come clean and feed Mueller everything he knows. Since more items may arise where Flynn's knowledge may be important, Mueller won't resolve that charge until he's sure he's drained Flynn of every scrap of info he knows.
― A is for (Aimless), Friday, 1 December 2017 19:54 (six years ago) link
Alright. As long as this isn’t the final “deal.” Bc handing over dissidents for cash is reprehensible and he should be held accountable.
― New Jersey (treeship 2), Friday, 1 December 2017 20:09 (six years ago) link
The deal ain't over or set in stone until he's sentenced.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 1 December 2017 20:11 (six years ago) link
have 'secured support for priorities' fuckin' a jeff well done
I would simply point out that jeff 'the flake' flake is a republican. he's just more of a bush republican than a trump republican.
― A is for (Aimless), Friday, 1 December 2017 20:12 (six years ago) link
Y'know, it's easy to gloat, but I think it's kind of beautiful General Flynn is flipping because he knows his son @mflynnJR is too weak for prison. That's the heartwarming lesson I take out of this.— John Rogers (@jonrog1) December 1, 2017
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 1 December 2017 20:13 (six years ago) link
BREAKING: Jared Kushner is the "very senior member" of Trump transition mentioned in Michael Flynn guilty plea, NBC News has learned. https://t.co/zry8ksiZr0— CNBC Now (@CNBCnow) December 1, 2017
― gbx, Friday, 1 December 2017 20:14 (six years ago) link
soooo....Ivanka's gonna be single
― frogbs, Friday, 1 December 2017 20:14 (six years ago) link
Twitter silence finally broken, glad to see he's addressing the elephant in the room
The media has been speculating that I fired Rex Tillerson or that he would be leaving soon - FAKE NEWS! He’s not leaving and while we disagree on certain subjects, (I call the final shots) we work well together and America is highly respected again!https://t.co/FrqiPLFJ1E— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 1, 2017
"I call the final shots" would've been an excellent December thread title...mods, make it happen
― frogbs, Friday, 1 December 2017 20:17 (six years ago) link
Jared Kushner is the "very senior member" of Trump transition mentioned in Michael Flynn guilty plea
fleas are hard to kill. fingertip pressure is not nearly enough. it is best to crush them between two hard surfaces, such as between one's fingernails.
― A is for (Aimless), Friday, 1 December 2017 20:18 (six years ago) link
Opportunity missed.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 1 December 2017 20:18 (six years ago) link
Speaking of Flynn Jr. he suddenly posted this
Family is the most important thing in life.....don’t ever take yours for granted. Thanks everyone for the support. pic.twitter.com/gVEilG9Dde— 🇺🇸MFLYNNJR🇺🇸 (@mflynnJR) December 1, 2017
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 1 December 2017 20:19 (six years ago) link
More likely delayed.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 1 December 2017 20:20 (six years ago) link
never forget -- i call the final shots
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 1 December 2017 20:23 (six years ago) link
I don't want to be a downer but impending passage of tax bill is worse news than Flynn plea is good news.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 1 December 2017 20:24 (six years ago) link
You may disagree if you choose but I call the final shots
deficits don't matter, whatever happens
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 1 December 2017 20:24 (six years ago) link
i don't think that's lost on anybody in this thread xxp
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 1 December 2017 20:25 (six years ago) link
on the plus side, a bunch of GOP Reps will lose their seats if they just vote "yes" on the Senate bill
― Οὖτις, Friday, 1 December 2017 20:26 (six years ago) link
all I want for Christmas is impeachment.
even 2019 is a long shot, junior
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 1 December 2017 20:26 (six years ago) link
yup
― Simon H., Friday, 1 December 2017 20:28 (six years ago) link
2022, who knows?
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 1 December 2017 20:29 (six years ago) link
Yeah at this point it's less about the vote today as the attempts at reconciliation. Which could happen but I suspect it won't happen the way anyone in the GOP wants.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 1 December 2017 20:29 (six years ago) link
― Ned Raggett, Friday, December 1, 2017 3:20 PM (eight minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Ha -- I meant thread title. Should have xposted
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 1 December 2017 20:30 (six years ago) link
99/ This, then, is the key *political*—rather than legal—debate of our moment and perhaps our time: conservatives trying to squeeze as much political value as possible out of a presidency that will end in not just disgrace but public acceptance as the worst America has ever seen.— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) December 1, 2017
― marcos, Friday, 1 December 2017 20:40 (six years ago) link
At least Mariotti keeps his fairly short and specific.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 1 December 2017 20:43 (six years ago) link
we've been through this with him, he's awful
― Simon H., Friday, 1 December 2017 20:44 (six years ago) link
imagine if you could post short essays in full length on the internet, instead of having to break them up into several dozen tweets.
― Karl Malone, Friday, 1 December 2017 20:44 (six years ago) link
mariotti is pretty good imo xp
― marcos, Friday, 1 December 2017 20:45 (six years ago) link
yeah sorry I meant Abramson, idk Mariotti
― Simon H., Friday, 1 December 2017 20:49 (six years ago) link
a presidency that will end in not just disgrace but public acceptance as the worst America has ever seen.
― hi i’m darren and i’m a bouncer from bendigo (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 1 December 2017 20:49 (six years ago) link
xps
reconciliation is definitely the last opportunity for the tax bill to lose its legs. I think Ryan has more flexibility to lose votes than McConnell does, so the Senate version is likely to be very little modified coming out of reconciliation. of course, that's when the freedom caucus will see its chance to collect some pelts. but in the end it all comes down to just counting and recounting votes, and none of us will see the real sausage making in action.
― A is for (Aimless), Friday, 1 December 2017 20:51 (six years ago) link
he thinks the chuds are just gonna roll over and be like ‘whoops, worst president ever!’
they did with Dubya, they'll do it again
― Οὖτις, Friday, 1 December 2017 20:52 (six years ago) link
the GOP went from worshiping Bush to denouncing him as a deficit-busting heretic the moment his approval ratings dipped below thirty percent. The GOP will read Trump out of the party as an aberration in a few years too.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 1 December 2017 20:54 (six years ago) link
but, oh, those few years...
― here come the warm jorts (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 1 December 2017 20:55 (six years ago) link
everyone should tweet HAPPY HOLIDAYS to DT and fam
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 1 December 2017 20:55 (six years ago) link
if he thinks the chuds are just gonna roll over and be like ‘whoops, worst president ever!’
I think there was at least one element of the voters who thought, this trump guy seems damned iffy, but he sure talks big and sounds confident. I don't know. maybe he can deliver or maybe he's really as bad as he looks, but I'm willing to roll the dice on him. at least he's not Hillary.
That slice, even if it was only 5% of his total vote, was enough to elect him. I expect they are getting sick and tired of winning by now and it can only go downhill from here.
― A is for (Aimless), Friday, 1 December 2017 20:59 (six years ago) link
and Hillary isn't running again in 2020.. (or so I am lead to believe)
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Friday, 1 December 2017 21:04 (six years ago) link
She's stated as much, anyway.
― Simon H., Friday, 1 December 2017 21:04 (six years ago) link
I have hardcore lefties/Bernie-ites who have actually told me we can't run another woman (much less a non-white woman) against Trump in 2020 :(
― Οὖτις, Friday, 1 December 2017 21:05 (six years ago) link
the implication being that it *has* to be an old white guy if we want to "win back" those "swing" voters
― Οὖτις, Friday, 1 December 2017 21:06 (six years ago) link
those ppl are idiots
― gbx, Friday, 1 December 2017 21:06 (six years ago) link
hardcore lefties and bernard brothers are two different sets of folks
― Simon H., Friday, 1 December 2017 21:06 (six years ago) link
I think Abramson is a nutcase and I'm for sure not gonna read his latest extrusion but tweet #99 above seems pretty much right to me!
Lots of people loved Nixon right up until the end and thought he was getting railroaded by the Commies and the Jews. It doesn't seem at all nuts to me to imagine Trump universally understood as a disgrace ten years from now.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 1 December 2017 21:06 (six years ago) link
but yeah whoever said that is dumb obviously
hardcore lefties/Bernie-ites who have actually told me we can't run another woman (much less a non-white woman) against Trump
and they are all political savants, amirite?
― A is for (Aimless), Friday, 1 December 2017 21:07 (six years ago) link
nah, just the Cult of Bernie
― Οὖτις, Friday, 1 December 2017 21:08 (six years ago) link
I'm pretty sure the vast majority of bernard brothers would be perfectly happy to back warren
― Simon H., Friday, 1 December 2017 21:09 (six years ago) link