The September 2019 US Politics Thread is great Great GREAT GR8

re vape panic, maybe the way to get him out of office is to offer him the Sgt Friday role in a reboot of Dragnet

This is all so sad but also completely absurd. It's like if after everything containing asbestos was banned someone came up with a whole new + fun form of asbestos that appealed to the 8-12 crowd. What could go wrong!!!

yum Strawberry Asbestos

would be a positive development imo, cause that would mean zoomers and millennials could afford real estate to dangerously mismanage.

While I agree that this is a pernicious and underregulated industry, it's a bit rich that there's suddenly so much hue and cry and push for a ban after a few people get sick and die from what appears to be misuse of the product while, y'know...that whole 'guns' thing, not such a big deal.

― Welcome To My Lifemare (Old Lunch),

and...cigarettes!

btw I still smoke my daily cigarette #ColdDeadHands

There is no difference between this and cigs. I had my own favorite spots in high school to smoke too. Including bathrooms

The major difference, amply discussed itt, is that the e-cig industry has nimbly tiptoed around the decades of slow progress made in curtailing tobacco marketing aimed at the youth.

also acceleration of addiction, ease of ability to hide and use, jolly rancher flavor profiles, engagement with social media as the prime method of promotion

But other than that, how was the play, Mrs. Lincoln?

(Abe pulls monomaniacally from his vape pen like an asthmatic in the midst of an attack)

Also vapes smell WAY less horrible than cigarettes.

More children have died in ICE custody that from vaping.. just saying https://t.co/bmkGROBY5D

— Al Cardenas (@AlCardenasFL_DC) September 12, 2019

somewhere jeff sessions sheds a tear of joy

"NYC Council wants to repeal a ban on LGBT conversion therapy": https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-city-council-repeal-ban-on-lgbt-gay-conversion-therapy-avoid-court-20190911-aftmbffxp5c7tfvndve6muoyg4-story.html

The City Council is moving to repeal a ban on conversion therapy to avoid fallout from a pending lawsuit that advocates and lawmakers fear could curtail LGBT protections across the country.

Speaker Corey Johnson, who is gay, will introduce a bill Thursday overturning a law passed in 2017 that banned all forms of LGBT conversion therapy.

The repeal comes after an anti-LGBT Christian group, Alliance Defending Freedom, filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the ban this past January.

Advocates worried that the case could reach the more conservative U.S. Supreme Court – and that a negative decision on the Council’s measure could negatively affect other laws protecting the LGBT community.

Gotta wonder how old Grover is taking it.

Disappointed there were no questions on Obama and Hillary's war on VAPING through the FDA.
If Hillary wins, there will be prohibition.

— Grover Norquist (@GroverNorquist) September 27, 2016

Forget Grover, what about poor Duncan Hunter? First he's indicted, and now this!

https://i.imgur.com/H8pp3Oi.gif?noredirect

Ms Miller otm

Also vapes smell WAY less horrible than cigarettes.

true BUT something can still be more alarming to smell even if it's 'better'

Al Cardenas, who looks like a ham hock wrapped in several cool layers of prosciutto di parma, otm.

With the announcement that Trump could be implementing a ban on most e-cigarettes, it's worth exploring how harmful this could be to his re-election prospects. There are 13 million adult vapers in the US. They vote. Their families vote.https://t.co/7DfDOpg6O7

— Grover Norquist (@GroverNorquist) September 12, 2019

YES

ENSHALLAH

loool

There are 13 million adult vapers in the US. They vote. Their families vote. At about the same ~55% average rate as other eligible US voters.

gotta court the vape bloc

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Friday brought back to life an emoluments-related lawsuit against President Donald Trump. The lawsuit filed by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) had previously been dismissed for lack of standing. The lawsuit is revived at a time when “potential violations of the Foreign and Domestic Emoluments Clauses of the Constitution ” are under the microscope.

The case at hand was argued before and decided by Circuit Judges Christopher Droney, Pierre Leval and John Walker. The Court decided that U.S. District Judge George B. Daniels’ dismissal of the suit was vacated and sent back to the lower court. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of high-end hospitality business plaintiffs, alleged that the plaintiffs have been harmed by the president unlawfully profiting off of his office, as “foreign and domestic government clientele” keep patronizing Trump properties.

https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/u-s-court-of-appeals-brings-emoluments-lawsuit-against-trump-back-to-life/

a time when “potential violations of the Foreign and Domestic Emoluments Clauses of the Constitution ” are under the microscope

As per usual regarding restrictions upon executive power, all the enforcement measures in the US constitution are incredibly weak, because in reality they all boil down to impeachment by Congress or an adverse SCOTUS decision - and neither of these "co-equal" branches has a mechanism to enforce their verdicts, aside from broad public acceptance of their legitimacy.

Waiting to meet w/Egypt’s authoritarian president at the G7, Trump called out in a loud voice to the group of U.S. & Egyptian officials: “Where’s my favorite dictator?” His question was met w/stunned silence, per @nancyayoussef @vmsalama @MichaelCBender.https://t.co/EsnQbOt1XY

— Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) September 13, 2019

https://i.imgur.com/k8hvTYP.png

his question was met with stunned silence. everyone in the room knew that there were at least a handful of other dictators who were clearly more favored by trump than Egypt's President Sisi

lol xp

sometimes the Grifter accidentally breaks through to something like unprecedented presidential honesty

can I just point out how odd it is how quickly the Magasphere turns on guys like Bolton the instant they get fired, the Republican party really is just a dumb cult right now

Here’s an idea: When a party wins more votes, but fewer seats, it triggers an automatic nonpartisan remapping. The 59 million Americans living under entrenched minority rule deserve nothing less. https://t.co/u1qFDfmuom

— Arnold (@Schwarzenegger) September 13, 2019

wish there were more Schwarzenegger Republicans our there tbh

seems like that group contains one (1) person

who?

tina fey

have a great weekend. the president makes such a thing possible for us all pic.twitter.com/KBaOZ2VPxB

— Brendan Karet 🚮 (@bad_takes) September 14, 2019

was a sleeper just activated?!?!?

Dr Morbius is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I've ever known in my life

Probably not the place for it but we don’t seem to have a vaping and e-cigs thread. Vaping and e cigs have vastly improved the experience of going out in places without comprehensive workplace smoking bans. I’m in Japan now and there’s been a 31% drop in cigarette smoking mainly in favour of e-cigs. It’s not perfect and I’d prefer everywhere to be non-smoking but it’s orders of magnitude better than it was even a handful of years ago.

here's a vape thread for everyone to talk about vapitos shit because nobody else cares

really glad to hear that Ed

can I just point out how odd it is how quickly the Magasphere turns on guys like Bolton the instant they get fired, the Republican party really is just a dumb cult right now

Good point. The only reason someone could possibly argue this isn't damning evidence of cultism is because they are in the cult.

Democratic senator from D+6 state: https://t.co/czOCD3HLMr

— Jeff Stein (@JStein_WaPo) September 16, 2019

wow, deja vu all over again

Coons is the new Lieberman

"I’m a gun owner," Coons said Friday in an interview on CNN. "My sons and I have gone skeet shooting and hunting and, frankly, I don’t think having our presidential candidates, like Congressman O’Rourke did, say that we’re going to try and take people’s guns against their will is a wise either policy or political move."