It's going to be remarkable if there's a government shutdown because Dems won't vote for a clean bill
But Dems are mad because it's *not* a clean bill. Unless there is ... breaking news?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 16 January 2018 19:44 (six years ago) link
Hmmm
Sources say Bannon told by WH not to answer questions before House Intel Cmte about the White House and the transition. Did not assert executive privilege. Committee subpoenas him during the meeting to comply while in the hearing.— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) January 16, 2018
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 16 January 2018 19:48 (six years ago) link
Saw a tweet saying this is Nunes desperate to know what Bannon's going to spill on. I'd buy it.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 16 January 2018 19:49 (six years ago) link
Explain that to me, because I do not understand.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 16 January 2018 19:53 (six years ago) link
How I understand the Republican's position. They want a DACA bill with many exceptions and exclusions made for "security" reasons, and a big appropriation for Trump's wall attached. They want to bust the deal made with Obama for percentage-based, across-the-board budget limits in all departments of the government, including the military, so that they can cut social programs and increase the military budget.
How I understand the Dem position. They want a vote on a clean, DACA bill, unconnected to building Trump's wall, that has enough bipartisan support it could pass. Unless such a DACA bill comes to the floor, they will not vote for an extension of borrowing authority. They would rather keep the overall budget agreement as-is, or else negotiate increases in social spending to accompany military budget increases. They reject the Republican budget proposals.
This is probably a wrong understanding to some degree, but in the general neighborhood of the truth.
― A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 20:01 (six years ago) link
xpost: Presumably:
* Nunes is now well known as a WH lapdog
* Bannon is not so coincidentally in the doghouse
* He has information! (Maybe.)
* Mueller has made it clear he'd like to know that information.
* Nunes would love to know what Mueller will learn (even though Nunes doesn't know all of what Mueller now knows).
* Bannon tells two different stories to Congress and to the grand jury = he gets hosed.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 16 January 2018 20:06 (six years ago) link
If nothing else, the prospect of Bannon getting hosed is a win for public health.
― the smartest persin in the room (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 20:22 (six years ago) link
depends on how you manage the run-off
― gbx, Tuesday, 16 January 2018 20:41 (six years ago) link
Heh.
Anyway, isn't it convenient that the WH just had a very noisy, messy public breakup with him? Surely anything he knows or tells will now be cordoned off as "a disgruntled former low-level employee."
― Gunther Gleiben (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 20:43 (six years ago) link
steve bannon was a very low level advisor
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 16 January 2018 20:45 (six years ago) link
Hello.
New tidbit: Corey Lewandowski has lawyered up https://t.co/domUQGzSPj— Betsy Woodruff (@woodruffbets) January 16, 2018
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 16 January 2018 20:51 (six years ago) link
xpost Based on my understanding, his interaction with the president was limited to fetching him a Diet Coke once or twice. Trump didn't even know who people were referring to until they described Bannon physically.
― the smartest persin in the room (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 20:53 (six years ago) link
'Oh, the guy whose face looks like my torso, right, right.'
― the smartest persin in the room (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 20:54 (six years ago) link
THREAD: Why did Mueller subpoena Bannon to testify before the grand jury? How is that different from an informal interview with investigators? (Short answer: He likely wants to question Bannon without Bannon's attorney present.) https://t.co/b0hS0YmzPZ— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) January 16, 2018
I can’t help but hear this in the opening narration style of an episode of “Soap”
― Crazy Display Name Haver (kingfish), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 21:40 (six years ago) link
“confused? you won’t be after this episode”
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 21:43 (six years ago) link
bannon is not the former CEO of CA
sorry -- former VP of CA
― reggie (qualmsley), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 21:54 (six years ago) link
trump is a medically certified brain genious folks
President Donald Trump asked that a cognitive test be included as part of his first physical exam.Trump’s physician — Navy doctor Ronny Jackson — says the president achieved a perfect score on the test, which was included in last Friday’s medical checkup.Jackson says Trump’s 30 out of 30 score means there’s no indication that Trump has any cognitive issues.The doctor speculates that Trump requested the exam in an attempt to beat back the narrative of the past few weeks that he is mentally unfit for office.Jackson describes Trump as “very sharp” and “very articulate when he speaks to me.”The doctor says he’s found “no reason whatsoever” to think the president has any issues with his thought process.
― grim-n-gritty hooty reboot (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 21:56 (six years ago) link
well, that's, uh, good news, I guess
― A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 21:58 (six years ago) link
"and tell em i never had that guy whacked on the south shore""sir, no one has-""TELL EM!!"
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 22:01 (six years ago) link
Trump is just an all-natural, full-firing, medically certified asshole.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 16 January 2018 22:12 (six years ago) link
there's a big difference between being a board member, helping with funding and introductions, and being the actual CEO.
but anyway, lol
Bannon refused to answer questions in House Intel committee, prompting an on-the-spot subpoena, per @kyledcheney. https://t.co/Ej1EvW1Lb3— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) January 16, 2018
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 22:12 (six years ago) link
xpost https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z834x4Qk_pM
If that’s the test I administer (it has a 30/30 score) it means he can tell you the date and his location, can recall three objects that were stated a minute earlier, can follow simple 3-part directions, write a sentence, copy a design, and do some subtraction exercises.
― JoeStork, Tuesday, 16 January 2018 22:16 (six years ago) link
^I've little doubt that is the level of testing he received.
― A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 22:19 (six years ago) link
it's the 15th right
― #TeamHailing (imago), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 22:20 (six years ago) link
― grim-n-gritty hooty reboot (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 22:21 (six years ago) link
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Yeah, he almost certainly did a MOCA or a SLUMS -- my guess is the latter, as it's the preferred cognitive screen of the VA
neither are that difficult, but they are pretty sensitive
― gbx, Tuesday, 16 January 2018 22:23 (six years ago) link
maybe we can now fight the power instead of being delivered by Pence
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 22:25 (six years ago) link
“very articulate when he speaks to me.”
He should maybe try it when he's speaking to other people as well.
― ailsa, Tuesday, 16 January 2018 22:26 (six years ago) link
Trump achieving a perfect score on a test which isn't measuring for some undesirable trait means that the test is a meaningless, garbage test. Seriously. How can you give someone a 29/30 on that test unless their brain has been physically removed from their skull?
― the smartest persin in the room (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 17 January 2018 00:21 (six years ago) link
Like, assuming the test is legit, I think this gives me stronger 'absolutely nothing means anything' vibes than anything else that's happened over the past year.
― the smartest persin in the room (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 17 January 2018 00:24 (six years ago) link
why'd he need to join politics. if he'd wanted to hang around other people who don't know shit and won't shut the fuck up, there were plenty of Fundamentalist church potlucks.......
― fuck you, your hat is horrible (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 17 January 2018 01:15 (six years ago) link
Cory Booker's speech was awesome
― fuck you, your hat is horrible (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 17 January 2018 01:28 (six years ago) link
Something I saw on Twitter - Trump is on the record now as being 6'3", 239 pounds. Apparently, that height-weight combo qualifies him as "overweight"; if he was 240, he'd qualify as "obese." So, you know, it's total bullshit. Swapping that 3 for an 8 would be closer to the truth, and probably still short of the mark.
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 17 January 2018 01:34 (six years ago) link
There is no way that motherfucker is 239 pounds
― jjjusten, Wednesday, 17 January 2018 01:43 (six years ago) link
Trump's been bragging an 8 and delivering a 3 since puberty.
― Never Learn To Mike Love (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 17 January 2018 01:44 (six years ago) link
Unless all the extra volume is trapped gas that fucker is lying.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Wednesday, 17 January 2018 01:56 (six years ago) link
https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2018/01/16/donald-trump-height-weight-tim-tebow-mike-trout
― hoooyaaargh it's me satan (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 17 January 2018 02:18 (six years ago) link
Tim Tebow is 6'2/236.
[https://imagesvc.timeincapp.com/v3/mm/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn-s3.si.com%2Fimages%2Ftrump-tebow.jpg&w=800&q=85]
oops, prob for the best that the image didn't post
― hoooyaaargh it's me satan (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 17 January 2018 02:19 (six years ago) link
The Towel Rack Strikes Again!
https://frinkiac.com/video/S07E07/8b5cIagPuV8wSUIrPGxCEoumsSw=.gif
― Never Learn To Mike Love (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 17 January 2018 02:20 (six years ago) link
BMI is a bullshit stat. Trump is an out of shape idiot and the president.
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 17 January 2018 02:22 (six years ago) link
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-16/sanders-defends-trump-as-not-racist-citing-apprentice-tv-role
“Frankly, if the critics of the president were who he said he was, why did NBC give him a show for a decade on TV?” Sanders said Tuesday.
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 17 January 2018 02:28 (six years ago) link
ahh so that's what Jay Cutler's ass looks like
― fuck you, your hat is horrible (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 17 January 2018 02:33 (six years ago) link
Woke Axl Rose is still something to contemplate.
What defies law and common sense is Jeff Sessions himself.— Axl Rose (@axlrose) January 17, 2018
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 17 January 2018 02:58 (six years ago) link
sick sad world we live in
― Nhex, Wednesday, 17 January 2018 03:19 (six years ago) link
we don't need no civil war
― fuck you, your hat is horrible (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 17 January 2018 03:21 (six years ago) link
Jackson describes Trump as “very sharp” and “very articulate when he speaks to me.”
Trump say hi to me
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Wednesday, 17 January 2018 04:56 (six years ago) link
The rundown: In 2017, Democrats running in special elections performed, on average, 10% better than Clinton and 7% better than Obama.In the first four specials of 2018, Dems performed **21%** better than Clinton and 13% better than Obama. 🌊🌊🌊 https://t.co/qSfxkNzxUU— James Lambert (@hellofasandwich) January 17, 2018
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 17 January 2018 05:00 (six years ago) link
axl hates sessions and has been speaking out against him for a whileMeanwhile:“Four in 10 Republicans consider accurate news stories that cast a politician or political group in a negative light to always be “fake news.””and other distressing shithttps://knightfoundation.org/reports/american-views-trust-media-and-democracy
― maura, Wednesday, 17 January 2018 05:50 (six years ago) link