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

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

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

xp -- I was thinking nightmare Aphex Twin

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

what does a Utah Democrat look like, anyway?

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/resolution-not-conflict/201603/can-you-spot-10-signs-childish-adult🕸

POLL

― El Tomboto, Tuesday, January 2, 2018 2:35 PM (twenty minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Please do

what does a Utah Democrat look like, anyway?

Kinda like Mo Udall I'd think -- Mormon, pro-environment, wholesome family, that kinda thing

Or like a lesbian private detective.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Biskupski

escape, hatch

― Newb Sybok (Doctor Casino)

This needs to be the bottom right caption of an Onion Kelley cartoon.

orrin hatch, welcome to the resistance

someone get that man a safety pin stat

but Hatch loves Trump – he's better than Reagan.

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

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.

Here's Mitt Romney with a bird on his head :) pic.twitter.com/YpOA0cg30a

— Betsy Woodruff (@woodruffbets) January 2, 2018

here's Mitt Romney, after a rowdy weekend in Vegas.

properly reddened

i'm skeptical of the times' framing of hatch quitting as substantially 'about' mitt's comeback, or that he even has one

who will be 3rd in line for the presidency when hatch goes?

? still paul ryan

VP, ryan, then ? i mean

who will be the new president pro tem

oh it's elected, who knows then. obviously it's unlikely to be significant, just thinking if ryan goes next year

http://www.4president.us/websites/2000/2000w/hatch2000.jpg

lol let me think about ordinal numbers for a second

i don't know

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

So if I understand you correctly, Ryan leaves and Romney automatically becomes president whether he even runs for Hatch's seat, am I right?

Yes, and Prince Harry is the new veep.

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)?"

they're elected but by custom it's the most senior senator from the majority party - so it'd be thad cochran.

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.

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).

grassley, then

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

Hardest button to button

Ok I’m legitimately terrified now

iirc trump's button just summons a diet coke

Trump sold the Nuclear codes for a double Big Mac

deleted?

oh no, still there

we’re all gonna die

Yeah NK is working on bigger button technology as we speak

buncha Trumpers walkin around a pile of rubble

"HE'S PLAYING THE LONG GAME!"

Gen Jack Ripper is the prez lol

I think, sometimes, SHS feels like a good example of a person whose unapologetic DGAFism would be celebrated if she weren't on Team Stupid Bullshit Worst POTUS Ever Fake News

Yeah NK is working on bigger button technology as we speak

"we just keep telling the President this button we got from staples is the "nuclear button", he thinks he's nuked NK 10 times already and subsequently forgets it"

Big money, Mr. President, no whammies!

I will be announcing THE MOST DISHONEST & CORRUPT MEDIA AWARDS OF THE YEAR on Monday at 5:00 o’clock. Subjects will cover Dishonesty & Bad Reporting in various categories from the Fake News Media. Stay tuned!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 3, 2018

I will be announcing THE MOST DISHONEST & CORRUPT MEDIA AWARDS OF THE YEAR on Monday at 5:00 o’clock. Subjects will cover Dishonesty & Bad Reporting in various categories from the Fake News Media. Stay tuned!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 3, 2018

Four minutes later. What the fuck

This mother fucker needs to be committed

Trump likes to grab cats.

they'll be fine i think

to be continued...

US Politics, February 2018: Our country was founded by geniuses, but it’s being run by idiots