he's been obsessed with this for ages. classic entitled asshole constantly shocked and fuming at his aides - - - "you're telling me they're ALLOWED to say that about me?!" as a result, it's likely one of his most consistent political opinions. it's also something about which the overwhelming majority of the population does not care in the slightest.
― Newb Sybok (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 19:04 (six years ago) link
Today Dutch press welcomed @petehoekstra as new ambassador to the Netherlands. In 2015 Hoekstra said Dutch"politicians are being burned" (not true). The only one who did get burned today is... Hoekstra himself. By refusing to answer our questions. pic.twitter.com/Dv2aalbhDP— Roel Geeraedts (@RGjournalist) January 10, 2018
Follow-up on Hoekstra, this is from today lol
― ♫ very clever with maracas.jpg ♫ (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 19:11 (six years ago) link
"this is the netherlands. you have to answer questions" lol
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 19:13 (six years ago) link
christ
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 10 January 2018 19:13 (six years ago) link
what a fuckin dummy
― pee-wee and the power men (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 19:14 (six years ago) link
".... thanks...."
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 19:15 (six years ago) link
something really beautiful about him just staring at the mantle detailing, believing this will all go away soon. it's like a steve carell character bit.
― Newb Sybok (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 19:16 (six years ago) link
"How was your first day honey?""Good!"
― ♫ very clever with maracas.jpg ♫ (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 19:17 (six years ago) link
mr. bannon is not mr. trump's only former campaign chairman feeling blue :(
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-manafort/cyprus-company-sues-ex-trump-campaign-manager-manafort-for-fraud-idUSKBN1EZ2FZ
― reggie (qualmsley), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 19:18 (six years ago) link
Hm hm hm
NEWS: Mueller adds veteran cyber prosecutor to special counsel team https://t.co/omfac0Yd65— Matt Zapotosky (@mattzap) January 10, 2018
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 10 January 2018 19:18 (six years ago) link
anyone else on here feel irrationally embarrassed every time they encounter the name "Guccifer"?
― Moodles, Wednesday, 10 January 2018 19:21 (six years ago) link
― Newb Sybok (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, January 10, 2018 7:16 PM (twenty-nine seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lol. It's the best bit, just kind of plucking away at air there. I'd expect him to turn around and say:
"Hey who wants some pizza! It's on me!"
― ♫ very clever with maracas.jpg ♫ (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 19:21 (six years ago) link
in 2019 the cyberprosecutor brought down the president
only the high speed prediction markets saw it coming
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 10 January 2018 19:22 (six years ago) link
i think i need to live somewhere the politicians have to answer the questions
― constitutional crises they fly at u face (will), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 19:25 (six years ago) link
https://images-cdn.9gag.com/photo/ax0QQeY_700b.jpg
― jmm, Wednesday, 10 January 2018 19:27 (six years ago) link
so how would you answer this question
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 19:29 (six years ago) link
filet of fish
that has to be one of the most vile things you could eat
― marcos, Wednesday, 10 January 2018 19:29 (six years ago) link
truly the man is a monster
― pee-wee and the power men (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 19:29 (six years ago) link
sorry "filet-o-fish"
No, the political future of an ally and possible future U.S. senator had nothing to do with this exception
A hastily arranged airport rendezvous Tuesday ended with an announcement from President Donald Trump’s administration that the state of Florida is “off the table” for new offshore oil drilling, a declaration that brought both relief and protests of election-year politics.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott met with U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke at the airport in Tallahassee Tuesday afternoon. Both men emerged 20 minutes later to face waiting reporters, who had an hour’s notice of the meeting.
“As a result of our interest in making sure that there’s no drilling here, Florida will be taken off the table,” Scott said.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 19:30 (six years ago) link
They can't legally say "of" fish
― Evan, Wednesday, 10 January 2018 19:30 (six years ago) link
That declaration about changing the libel laws is such a beautiful distillation of the beauty that is Trump's tendency toward self-ownership-via-derangement. He honestly doesn't recognize himself as the most brazen offender wrt the behavior he's denouncing because said behavior is only a transgression (and possibly only exists) when he perceives himself as having been the victim of the transgression (which, as in this case, is often not even a real instance of the transgression he himself is way more guilty of having committed).
tl;dr, Whatta fuckin' dipshit.
― the smartest persin in the room (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 19:31 (six years ago) link
Also in the 'hmm' file.
FBI Director Wray and Dep. AG Rosenstein met today with Senate Intel Cmte. Chairman Burr and Vice Chair Warner, Senate aide tells @NBCNews. https://t.co/d1HblRPdAs— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 10, 2018
(Especially since Burr/Warner are probably the most functional panel of them all.)
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 10 January 2018 19:31 (six years ago) link
Then you don't wanna hear about what some aides cite as a normal dinner for him.
― Never Learn To Mike Love (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 19:51 (six years ago) link
doodoo?
― fuck you, your hat is horrible (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 19:55 (six years ago) link
that's haute cuisine
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 19:55 (six years ago) link
Mueller adds veteran cyber prosecutor to special-counsel team
holy shit Barron changed teams...that's a cold shot to quote SRV
― Keak da Sneaky Dianne (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 19:57 (six years ago) link
― Never Learn To Mike Love (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, January 10, 2018 1:51 PM (six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
IIRC this too involves Filet-o-Fish as well as some resultant paste.
― the smartest persin in the room (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 19:58 (six years ago) link
Such pleasant people all around!
Chuck Johnson sears Steve Bannon in column posted to GotNews, claiming that Bannon threatened to "shit down [his] neck" with mega donors pic.twitter.com/E0AwQzws0H— Jared Holt (@jaredlholt) January 10, 2018
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 10 January 2018 20:00 (six years ago) link
shit do not pass neck go directly to floor
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 10 January 2018 20:11 (six years ago) link
chuck johnson, one of the few men who could make me side with steve bannonalso lol hoos
― pee-wee and the power men (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 20:16 (six years ago) link
changing the libel laws
TBH I think when he started saying that, he obviously thought that when you're president you can just change laws.
GOP congresspeople are craven lickspittles who have caved to the Trumpgenda, of course, but that doesn't mean they're going to just start drafting/introducing/passing bills to repeal laws that Trump finds inconvenient. Trump and his crowd have no idea how lawmaking works, and obviously don't care.
― mime kampf (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 20:30 (six years ago) link
When you've lived in a hermetically-sealed world for your entire life where you go 'waahh' and someone brings you your ba-ba, it can be difficult to adjust to the nuances of no longer being King Baby.
― the smartest persin in the room (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 20:36 (six years ago) link
klosterman's looking well
― Keak da Sneaky Dianne (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 20:37 (six years ago) link
lol that was my first thought as well
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 20:48 (six years ago) link
More fun:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/steve-bannon-leaves-breitbart-after-blow-up-over-comments-in-trump-book/2018/01/09/1afddebc-f199-11e7-97bf-bba379b809ab_story.html?utm_term=.61a9891fa1a8
A person close to Bannon, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said “there is no mass exodus” at Breitbart and people were not entirely surprised by the news.“It’s not personality-driven anymore,” the Bannon ally said of the website. “We get to focus on the agenda. When it’s about issues, Breitbart wins. We hopefully won’t have the cult of personality tearing us down.”Bannon has told associates he plans to focus on creating a political operation in 2018, the person said, and is banking that Trump eventually will need him again and that congressional Republican leaders will eventually desert the president.
“It’s not personality-driven anymore,” the Bannon ally said of the website. “We get to focus on the agenda. When it’s about issues, Breitbart wins. We hopefully won’t have the cult of personality tearing us down.”
Bannon has told associates he plans to focus on creating a political operation in 2018, the person said, and is banking that Trump eventually will need him again and that congressional Republican leaders will eventually desert the president.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 10 January 2018 20:51 (six years ago) link
Congressional leaders will certainly try to abandon Trump at a point but let's hope those manacles hold and pull them down with the rest of the ship.
― the smartest persin in the room (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 20:55 (six years ago) link
Trump says it 'seems unlikely' he'll give an interview in Mueller investigation, says, 'I'll see what happens' https://t.co/543U1PMZTm— The Associated Press (@AP) January 10, 2018
― Number None, Wednesday, 10 January 2018 20:58 (six years ago) link
He's been saying that a lot, should be his new campaign slogan: "TRUMP 2020: We'll See What Happens"
― Brave Combover (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 21:01 (six years ago) link
"Make America Look Into That, Believe Me"
― Newb Sybok (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 21:08 (six years ago) link
that Pete Hoekstra clip is a thing of beauty
― Hadrian VIII, Wednesday, 10 January 2018 21:19 (six years ago) link
Meanwhile ICE is busy rounding people up
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/immigration-agents-target-7-eleven-stores-in-nationwide-sweep/2018/01/10/315dae76-f62b-11e7-b34a-b85626af34ef_story.html?hpid=hp_rhp-more-top-stories_icecrackdown-128pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.cf5004ce230b
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 10 January 2018 21:23 (six years ago) link
many grateful americans will be rushing to fill those vaunted 7-11 jerbs taken by immigrants
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 21:29 (six years ago) link
reading the 7-eleven news i was struck by the incredible amount effort put forth to being such assholes like wouldn’t actually rebuilding america put people to work long term? is trump trying to save high schoolers’ after school jobs?
― maura, Thursday, 11 January 2018 00:04 (six years ago) link
I try to imagine being in the room dreaming this unending cruelty and pettiness up and it blows me away every time
― Scam jam, thank you ma’am (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 11 January 2018 00:07 (six years ago) link
Somebody's lunchtime taquitos were stale yesterday, presumably. This affront will not stand. Sad!
I don't even know if I'm exaggerating anymore. That could be precisely the reason, god help everyone.
― the smartest persin in the room (Old Lunch), Thursday, 11 January 2018 00:25 (six years ago) link
Pssstt...a little birdie gave me this tasty morsel.@RepMaxineWaters lowering the boom...@stevenmnuchin1 you really should STOP covering for @realDonaldTrump @POTUS because the Trump Titanic hit the Mother of all icebergs.It slammed right into Democracy & Transparency Whoopsie pic.twitter.com/aE8EKrH8Zq— Alt_SeanSpicer'sMic🎙🤦🏻♀️🎙 (@Alt_Spicerlies) January 10, 2018
― reggie (qualmsley), Thursday, 11 January 2018 01:18 (six years ago) link
It's time immigration policy lefties start advancing ideas about how we can proceed to abolish ICE and create new customs enforcement that's accountable. Other than McElwee helpfully tweeting "abolish ICE" like a mantra, has anyone seen any proposals on this--popularly-aimed or otherwise?
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 11 January 2018 01:49 (six years ago) link
To be clearer I'm not looking for "ICE is real bad" takes, I'm wondering if there's anything akin to CATO's old proposal that we abolish DHS
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 11 January 2018 01:53 (six years ago) link
But the big beautiful wall
Kellyanne Conway tells @ChrisCuomo that after consulting with experts, Trump has “discovered” a physical wall is not needed across entire border; part of it is better technology, part of it is fencing, etc— Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 11, 2018
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 11 January 2018 02:39 (six years ago) link