Thank you @realDonaldTrump for preventing US commercial airlines from crashing in 2017. Your active participation monitoring the flight patterns and safety regulations was greatly appreciated. In 2018 could you please turn your efforts toward preventing wildfires and hurricanes? https://t.co/yYq49PzZpX— Bryan Cranston (@BryanCranston) January 2, 2018
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 19:07 (six years ago) link
orrin hatch out
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 19:10 (six years ago) link
thank you for that excellent news
― sleeve, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 19:11 (six years ago) link
Franken resignation official
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 19:15 (six years ago) link
deets, NYT
Senator Orrin G. Hatch of Utah, the longest-serving Senate Republican, plans to announce on Tuesday he will retire at the end of the year, rebuffing the pleas of President Trump to seek an eighth term and paving the way for Mitt Romney to run for the seat. Mr. Hatch intends to announce his decision Tuesday afternoon via a video announcement, according to two Republican officials briefed on the plans.
Mr. Hatch, 83, was under heavy pressure from Mr. Trump to seek re-election and block Mr. Romney, who has been harshly critical of the president. But Mr. Hatch, who emerged as one of the president’s most avid loyalists in the Senate, decided to retire after discussing the matter with his family over the holidays. The veteran senator was also facing harsh poll numbers in Utah, where 75 percent of voters indicated in a survey last fall that they did not want him to run again.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 19:16 (six years ago) link
Revenge of The Romney!
― Never Learn To Mike Love (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 19:19 (six years ago) link
escape, hatch
― Newb Sybok (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 19:22 (six years ago) link
https://media.vanityfair.com/photos/583edb39ca6f7ee00ec2921d/master/pass/mitt%20romney%20donald%20trump%20dinner.jpg
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 19:22 (six years ago) link
Orrin should do nothing but post about weed for the rest of the year.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 19:29 (six years ago) link
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/resolution-not-conflict/201603/can-you-spot-10-signs-childish-adult🕸
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 19:35 (six years ago) link
that trump/romney pic is iconic
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 19:35 (six years ago) link
You misspelled 'nightmarish' but that's okay and here's why.
― Bobby Buttrock (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 19:37 (six years ago) link
https://punditfromanotherplanet.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/twin-peaks-trump-romney.jpg?w=590&h=393
― Chris L, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 19:39 (six years ago) link
trump's face in that pic has always reminded me of
http://www.mtv.com/shared/promoimages/bands/p/primus/video_stills/wynonas_big_brown_beaver/640x480.jpg
― Newb Sybok (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 19:43 (six years ago) link
The prospect of Senator Mitt Romney is a big blow to Trump. It'll be yet another Republican senator who will say mean things about him, while still voting for everything on his agenda— Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) January 2, 2018
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 19:43 (six years ago) link
xp -- I was thinking nightmare Aphex Twin
― WilliamC, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 19:45 (six years ago) link
EXCLUSIVE: GOP Rep. Bill Shuster to retire, spend final year working with Trump on massive infrastructure bill https://t.co/XlYyXha5jh pic.twitter.com/bmWWXwEV2f— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) January 2, 2018
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 19:48 (six years ago) link
what does a Utah Democrat look like, anyway?
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 19:51 (six years ago) link
POLL
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, January 2, 2018 2:35 PM (twenty minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Please do
― Evan, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 19:56 (six years ago) link
Kinda like Mo Udall I'd think -- Mormon, pro-environment, wholesome family, that kinda thing
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 20:07 (six years ago) link
Or like a lesbian private detective.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Biskupski
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 20:23 (six years ago) link
― Newb Sybok (Doctor Casino)
This needs to be the bottom right caption of an Onion Kelley cartoon.
― nickn, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 20:29 (six years ago) link
orrin hatch, welcome to the resistance
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 20:30 (six years ago) link
someone get that man a safety pin stat
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 20:31 (six years ago) link
but Hatch loves Trump – he's better than Reagan.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 20:41 (six years ago) link
Reporter: “Can you tell me the biggest single thing the president has accomplished for the American people during his time on the golf course?”Sarah Sanders: “Developing deeper and better relationships with members of Congress” pic.twitter.com/iNPitqut3x— NBC Politics (@NBCPolitics) January 2, 2018
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 21:05 (six years ago) link
In the American Embassy in Paris this morning, I noticed that they still haven’t put up a picture of Tillerson in the usual SOS spot, where the Kerry portrait had been in the better old days. As ever the staff remains courteous and efficient, showing that Trump’s effects haven’t spread this far yet.
― droit au butt (Euler), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 21:05 (six years ago) link
Here's Mitt Romney with a bird on his head :) pic.twitter.com/YpOA0cg30a— Betsy Woodruff (@woodruffbets) January 2, 2018
― j., Tuesday, 2 January 2018 21:41 (six years ago) link
here's Mitt Romney, after a rowdy weekend in Vegas.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 21:46 (six years ago) link
properly reddened
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 21:49 (six years ago) link
i'm skeptical of the times' framing of hatch quitting as substantially 'about' mitt's comeback, or that he even has one
― goole, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 21:52 (six years ago) link
who will be 3rd in line for the presidency when hatch goes?
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 21:57 (six years ago) link
? still paul ryan
― goole, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 21:58 (six years ago) link
VP, ryan, then ? i mean
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 21:58 (six years ago) link
who will be the new president pro tem
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 21:59 (six years ago) link
oh it's elected, who knows then. obviously it's unlikely to be significant, just thinking if ryan goes next year
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 22:00 (six years ago) link
http://www.4president.us/websites/2000/2000w/hatch2000.jpg
― Newb Sybok (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 22:00 (six years ago) link
lol let me think about ordinal numbers for a second
i don't know
― goole, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 22:01 (six years ago) link
The way succession works is that the next person moves up It’s a decrementing loop, it doesn’t stop because N-X isn’t populated Sheesh
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 23:27 (six years ago) link
So if I understand you correctly, Ryan leaves and Romney automatically becomes president whether he even runs for Hatch's seat, am I right?
― Bobby Buttrock (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 23:30 (six years ago) link
Yes, and Prince Harry is the new veep.
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 23:35 (six years ago) link
no i don't mean "who is next when there's temporarily no president pro tem?" i mean "who would replace hatch as president pro tem of the senate (and be 3rd in line in the last two years of the trump administration)?"
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 3 January 2018 00:05 (six years ago) link
they're elected but by custom it's the most senior senator from the majority party - so it'd be thad cochran.
― Newb Sybok (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 3 January 2018 00:10 (six years ago) link
the succession process is too complicated. i propose that whenever a new spot opens up, we just roll a 535-sided die to determine who is chosen.
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 3 January 2018 00:13 (six years ago) link
Now that the tax bill is passed, don't be surprised if Thad retires sooner rather than later. He won't make it through his full term (up in 2020) and I doubt he'll live through the year (free tip for deadpool players).
― WilliamC, Wednesday, 3 January 2018 00:22 (six years ago) link
grassley, then
― Newb Sybok (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 3 January 2018 00:33 (six years ago) link
North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un just stated that the “Nuclear Button is on his desk at all times.” Will someone from his depleted and food starved regime please inform him that I too have a Nuclear Button, but it is a much bigger & more powerful one than his, and my Button works!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 3, 2018
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 3 January 2018 00:53 (six years ago) link
Hardest button to button
― Moodles, Wednesday, 3 January 2018 00:54 (six years ago) link
Ok I’m legitimately terrified now
― frogbs, Wednesday, 3 January 2018 00:55 (six years ago) link
iirc trump's button just summons a diet coke
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 3 January 2018 01:00 (six years ago) link
Go on...
― flappy bird, Thursday, 1 February 2018 05:18 (six years ago) link
Eh. No way to predict anything so better to just wait on word.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 1 February 2018 05:19 (six years ago) link
i mean just link it
― YouTube_-_funy_cats.flv (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 1 February 2018 05:21 (six years ago) link
Devin Nunes' pee tape edit now features HRC.
― Moodles, Thursday, 1 February 2018 05:22 (six years ago) link
he made it on jibjab
― maura, Thursday, 1 February 2018 05:23 (six years ago) link
Meantime, useful Mariotti thread
1/ Today the @nytimes published this piece discussing Mueller’s interest in the highly misleading statement crafted by Trump and his aides about the Trump Tower meeting. https://t.co/47MXCVjBmp— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) February 1, 2018
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 1 February 2018 05:31 (six years ago) link
Keep in mind, no one knows anything and nothing matters anymore anyway, but I've come across everything from rumors of Wray resigning in protest to accusations that Nunes forged Schiff's signature (?) to unnamed sources in the intelligence community ominously if enigmatically predicting that "shit is about to get real."
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 1 February 2018 05:47 (six years ago) link
Not to mention that in the afore linked Times story you've got that former Trump cat Corallo explicitly stating he thought Hope Hicks was obstructing justice.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 1 February 2018 05:49 (six years ago) link
tbf, shit hasn't been real for over a year now...
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 1 February 2018 05:49 (six years ago) link
Seriously, I could go for a little reality.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 1 February 2018 05:51 (six years ago) link
actually it's been extremely real
― flappy bird, Thursday, 1 February 2018 05:51 (six years ago) link
It's been ... something.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 1 February 2018 05:54 (six years ago) link
Why do I get the impression that the Mueller investigation has the WH staff as jumpy and upset as a sackful of cats?
― A is for (Aimless), Thursday, 1 February 2018 05:59 (six years ago) link
Trump likes to grab cats.
― Never Learn To Mike Love (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 1 February 2018 06:03 (six years ago) link
they'll be fine i think
― flappy bird, Thursday, 1 February 2018 06:04 (six years ago) link
to be continued...
US Politics, February 2018: Our country was founded by geniuses, but it’s being run by idiots
― fuck you, your hat is horrible (Neanderthal), Thursday, 1 February 2018 06:20 (six years ago) link