US Politics January 2018: "You All Just Got A Lot Richer"

Eh, "there but for the grace of god and all that..."

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― Sanpaku

Holy shit. Why is this so unnerving?

if Bannon flops in Washington, maybe Hollywood would take him back and finally produce another screenplay he and Jones completed together. The pitch: Shakespeare’s Coriolanus as a rap musical, set in South Central Los Angeles during the Rodney King riots.

Non political aside; the recent Coriolanus adaptation staring Ralph Fiennes and pre-fame Jessica Chastain in some post-Soviet Balkan civil war is pretty good.

This is fantastic
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/michael-cohen-trumps-personal-attorney-files-lawsuits-fusion/story?id=52247639

^ pure gold. trump's lawyers are getting another big payday. the courts get yet another time-waster they must wade through. the public gets further fitful entertainment value from their litigious president. it's a win-lose-win situation!

He’s suing on his own behalf! I don’t know if trump knows he’s doing this - but trump isn’t named!

if bannon focused on korea instead of china he'd be able to access their cutting-edge skincare. seems like a missed opportunity

Ohhhhhhhhh I hope these suits go to court. I hope I hope I hope.

'And if you'll turn your attention to the television, I will now play exhibit G, or what has been dubbed the Pee Tape, for reasons that should quickly become obvious.'

'And I will remind the court that the president's people pretty much triple dog dared us into making this public record. And awaaaaaay we go!'

Holy shit. Why is this so unnerving?

― treeship 2

dennis wilson?

The potential horror of aging? From unusually handsome young man to permanent 3-day bender drunk (who doesn't drink afaik?) in like 30 years is scary

Bannon blows mad rails

The potential horror of aging? From unusually handsome young man to permanent 3-day bender drunk (who doesn't drink afaik?) in like 30 years is scary

― albvivertine

look, it's just that the low resolution of the picture obscures his bad skin. there's pictures of jackson c. frank where he looks fine too.

he still looks bitterly angry tho. carry that around all yr life and you too can age decades.

True on both points, I enlarged to take a better look and the assholism showed through better.

cf. Alex Jones probably

Also b/w photography may be hiding blotchiness of complexion

Hooray!

A panel of federal judges struck down North Carolina’s congressional map on Tuesday, condemning it as unconstitutional because Republicans had drawn the map seeking a political advantage.

The ruling was the first time that a federal court had blocked a congressional map because of a partisan gerrymander, and it instantly endangered Republican seats in the coming elections.

Judge James A. Wynn Jr., in a biting 191-page opinion, said that Republicans in North Carolina’s Legislature had been “motivated by invidious partisan intent” as they carried out their obligation in 2016 to divide the state into 13 congressional districts, 10 of which are held by Republicans. The result, Judge Wynn wrote, violated the 14th Amendment’s guarantee of equal protection.

Omar Little killed me dead w/ the Lewis follow-up. Dead I tell ya.

(we could do with a famous ppl when they were young picture thread, if that doesn't already exist)

holy shit

could that ruling have consequences elsewhere ??

That NC ruling is amazing news. I'm both extremely tentatively excited and mostly totally cynical about the outcome if the GOP ultimately takes it to the SC.

Judge James A. Wynn Jr., in a biting 191-page opinion

my man is gonna get lockjaw, damn

Just perfect.
Dutch journalist to new US Ambassador: you said there were 'no go zones' in Netherlands, where are they?
Ambassador: That's fake news, I didn't say that
Journalist: We can show you that clip now.
Ambassador: Err 😳🤥 pic.twitter.com/8ohIOzmYAc

— Sunny Hundal (@sunny_hundal) December 22, 2017

Trumpism is spreading. This motherfucker was appointed the new US ambassador in the Netherlands today.

Do watch that clip.

Isn't that like three weeks ago?

Forgot to add, he refused to apologize or retract today those statements on there being zones where cars and politicians are being set on fire.

The only upside of the current popularity of 'fake news!' is that overemployment will cause it to lose what little efficacy it may currently enjoy.

I would say it has been and remains pretty efficacious. It won the white house and has established a floor of around 40% approval rating for the president

the people being duped never see embarrassing gotcha clips like the one above

their media doesn't include it

Forgot to add, he refused to apologize or retract today those statements on there being zones where cars and politicians are being set on fire.

― ♫ very clever with maracas.jpg ♫ (Le Bateau Ivre)

second part of statement is clearly just wishful thinking

or maybe he's confused the netherlands with portland again

Fake News is just a more acceptable way of saying "fuck you."

"Why, bless your fake news!"

Fake News is just a more acceptable way of saying "fuck you."

― Josh in Chicago

i thought that was what #MAGA stood for

i mean really when was the last time a republican said something that didn't directly translate to "fuck you"?

Feel like general public reaction to the phrase will shift (however slowly) from 'huh, maybe this news isn't actually accurate' to 'huh, I wonder who feeds this person who's using a phrase which indicates that he is of insufficient cognitive capacity to do it for himself'.

I hope so.

But for now, in addition to "fuck you" it keeps doing double service as a legit argument for an audience that has been poisoned against journalism. I don't see any evidence that this function is on the wane

was trump supposed to be pay taxes on the (former) KGB's contributions to his campaign's PR?

can we sue him?

where are the tax returns

who are the brain police

who is galt whitman?

The fact that Sneaky Dianne Feinstein, who has on numerous occasions stated that collusion between Trump/Russia has not been found, would release testimony in such an underhanded and possibly illegal way, totally without authorization, is a disgrace. Must have tough Primary!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 10, 2018

this stupid nicknames are so weak

Weaky Nicknames!

Why not Dianne Feinsneak ffs?

stun’ feinsneak

dyin’ feinsneak rather

His insults, like his vocabulary, ceased to evolve somewhere around the age of seven.

Booger-Eater Poo-Poo Smell Steve Bannon!

ah I see they're still on the "real crime is leaking" bandwagon

in which case each and every member of team trump should go directly to jail

Look forward to the day when they start using 'fake imprisonment!' to describe their clearly illusory status as federal inmates.

'No prisoner, no prisoner. YOU'RE the prisoner. Sad!'