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

I hear and obey Alfred

https://vocaroo.com/i/s1gckX2V6utK

haha

Federal prosecutors are seeking to retry U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez on bribery and corruption charges after an earlier trial ended in a deadlocked jury last fall.

The U.S. District Court in New Jersey filed its notice of intent Friday to retry the Democrat senator along with Florida doctor Salomon Melgen.

“An early retrial date is the best interests of the public, and the United States is available to schedule a retrial at the court’s earliest convenience,” court filings said.

The judge in Menendez’s trial declared a hung jury after more than six full days of deliberations. Ten of 12 jurors wanted to acquit the senator, but two disagreed.

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Federal-Prosecutors-Request-Retrial-Senator-Robert-Menendez-470157193.html

useful rogues gallery

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/trumps-biggest-enablers-congress-russia-investigation

Joan's ditty is up there with "A Blind Man's Penis" in the set-your-lyrics-to-music dept.

so do all those people who believe in Th3 St0rm think that St0rmy D4niels is a false flag or what

the is the St0rm that was cumming

btw I don't recommend searching pornhub for Stormy Daniels. Or maybe I do.

no , but where can we see pornhub search trends?

SFW answer: https://www.pornhub.com/insights/

lol that DC comparison

No deal, for the moment:

‘Some progress’ was made, Senate minority leader says.

Neither Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) nor House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) attended the White House meeting, according to GOP aides. House members were advised to remain in Washington on Friday in case of “additional procedural votes,” and Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-Texas) said there would be a vote to end debate on the spending bill in the late afternoon or early evening.

Cornyn said he spoke with Trump chief of staff John F. Kelly, who said the president told Schumer to “go back and talk to Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell and work it out, so I think that’s the best way to handle this.”

In other words, Trump punted, like a coward.

I seriously don't see why the GOP wants to keep the government running. Isn't this their dream come true? All the shit they consider important (like the military and, well, the military) keeps going, so what's their problem? Have they ever even articulated how they can be antigovernment but pro keeping the government running?

being antigovernment is more of a feeling than a position. no one can define it, but they know it when they see it.

aaaannnd Joe Donnelly will vote to keep gov't open

my aesthetic is furloughed bureaucrat

it's more than a feeling when i hear that the government is the problem. i begin dreaming till i see mar-a-lago's fairway. i see my mar-a-lago fairway WAY AY

Sounds like the fire under the butt to the GOP right now is actually going to Davos Switzerland. It's like the threat of them of missing the class trip because they have to stay behind and finish their work.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DT7-DnGWkAAf1xn.jpg

xp to be fair, they're only sending two people, and i wouldn't be surprised if the dems weren't sending more:

There are **TWO** members of Congress scheduled to go to Davos. @GOPLeader and @RepMarkMeadows. https://t.co/LbVXDcfkP5

— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) January 19, 2018

Trump is going.

Charges now dropped for 129 of the 200+ inauguration protesters who'd been facing down felony riot since April of last year

https://www.courthousenews.com/riot-charges-dropped-against-129-inauguration-day-protesters/

its almost as if this was chilling effect horseshit from day 1

no deal btwn Schmuck & Putz

In a disconcerting turn of irony, Scott Pruitt has announced the EPA will remain open next week even if there is a shutdown.

given how angry I am at my next door neighbor for putting her garbage can over the property line next to our house, and also leaving her decaying xmas wreath on the street in front of my house for two weeks, I sympathise with Paul's neighbor

I sympathize with anyone arrested for punching him.

watching mulvaney on cspan. he is a very frustrated and combative man

he just blamed the democrats for wanting "extra" things in the bill. when a reporter asked why daca/dreamer protection isn't included in the deal, since most republicans seem to support it, he said that daca isn't isn't in it "because it's not ready"

ok

cloture vote set for 10pm EST btw

somehow the righteousness of bob menendez' condemnations of the republicans in his senate floor speech is diminished by his being bob menendez

In a disconcerting turn of irony, Scott Pruitt has announced the EPA will remain open next week even if there is a shutdown.

liberal stalwart doug jones, supporter of NSA surveillance on US citizens, shocks the world and joins donnelly, heitkamp and manchin in favor of the CR.

god, who voted for that guy?

COONS just gave a long readout of the situation:

- Dems want at least agreement on path forward/talks on DACA and other issues
- But leaders can't agree
- So Dems won't support 3-wk CR
- Shutdown happening
- And Big floor speeches coming soon.

— Lisa Desjardins (@LisaDNews) January 20, 2018

yep. vote already failed, it's just a matter of waiting for the final tally.

Over past few days Trump has vented his frustrations that a shutdown would keep him from Mar-a-Lago, @lachlan and @swin24 scoophttps://t.co/RUXnMgJJfV

— Sam Stein (@samstein) January 20, 2018

He's really just a perpetual 13-year old isn't he?

is this the first time being President got in the way of golfing and promoting his business?

one of the upsides of this is it will drive him insane

The Saturday gala is set to be hosted by Ronna Romney McDaniel, chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, and businessman Steve Wynn, and proceeds will go toward the RNC and the Trump re-election campaign.

The event, which the president had been scheduled to headline, was a hot ticket in Trump-world. Ticket prices started at $100,000 a pair, according to an invitation obtained by Bloomberg, with that sum paying for dinner and a photo op with President Trump. High-rollers forking over $250,000 get to participate in a roundtable.

wow, fuck every single person in the room

i kind of think he might just go anyway.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DT9F4yVXUAAUXGi.jpg

hmm

Trump probably thanks a government shutdown means he doesn't have to go to work. Even less than usual.

god the NYT is awful, the GOP didn't even have the votes in their own caucus

hey everybody, we have no government now

The Purge is on!!!

also via their daily propaganda eblast:

Life Is Winning in America

In National Review, Vice President Mike Pence writes that “since the outset of this administration, we’ve taken historic action to protect the most vulnerable in our society.”

“In short, life is winning in America again,” the Vice President Pence explains. “It’s winning because of the policies of our administration, and because of the commitment and compassion of those who gather today in our nation’s capital, and in marches, meetings, and homes all across the country.”

these cowardly fucks

we’ve taken historic action to protect the most vulnerable in our society.

Did this man even look at the AHCA that Ryan tried to foist on us?

LIFE IS WINNING is the dumbest slogan in the history of giant ministerial ziggurats

Happy Anniversary Mister President!