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

McMaster out is good news on the Avoiding War front, surely

not necessarily

While Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Secretary of Defense James Mattis are focused on diplomatic efforts to curb North Korea’s nuclear program, McMaster “is arguing more vocally, publicly and privately, that military options need to be considered,” The Wall Street Journal noted on Tuesday.

bannon sucks but am i wrong in thinking he is the most likeable / charismatic / interesting person in the trump universe?

outside of the Mooch yea

he seems to be at least somewhat grounded in reality at least. I feel like he's the only one in that administration that isn't just blatantly lying all the time.

wait misread you there, never mind

The replacement of course doesn't have to be approved by the Senate but I can't imagine anyone chomping at the bit to the third in twelve months.

Oh, how my heart bleeds.

Bannon not hosting the Sirius show anymore either pic.twitter.com/NNCUavBIGe

— Gideon Resnick (@GideonResnick) January 9, 2018

Serious q on that front: does he drive? Cos dont people that age have to retake cognitive/driving tests frequently so they dont mow everone down, Mr Burns styles?

There was a vid going around made by (iirc) The Apprentice crew of two scoops and Barron driving around listening to Taylor Swift.

OTOH:

https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/afp_mx9az.jpg?w=620

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/rf/image_large/Pub/p8/PalmBeachPost/2017/03/23/Images/newsEngin.18175730_19950703-trump-gas-02A.jpg

I don't think he drives tbh because I believe that you're required to be able to wrap your fingers at least 3/4 of the way around a standard-sized steering wheel and I doubt he would deign to wear the finger extensions favored by other stub-fingered motorists.

See? He doesn't even realize that a car door isn't supposed to open that way. He's a total no-drive.

there are moments now where following his fall that I'm feeling Bannon is this real-life, well fleshed-out asshole character that would slide nicely into The Wire, but then I remember... nah, he's all asshole.

Special kind of asshole.

Back in the action!

New with @swin24: Steve Bannon plans to launch a new 501c4 group in the next month or so. A focus on China and trade policy, and no Mercer funding https://t.co/sgHOQj8VLQ

— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) January 10, 2018

Or not.

that man cannot take a bad photograph <3

#wokeuplikethis

cooking meth has always been good to him, I don't see the shame in going back to your roots in a moment like this

Eh, "there but for the grace of god and all that..."

https://timedotcom.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/steve-bannon-170213050691.jpg

https://light-in-the-attic.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/release_image/14161/image/LITA117_Highres_Cover.jpg

I guess the seething why-not-me?! face predated the double-shirts

somewhere back there long before they laughed at his screenplays this guy suffered an indelible slight

What, looking like a buttface?

Steve Bannon’s obsession with Shakespeare’s goriest play

Their first project had a working title: Andronicus. Synopsis: Titus is the leader of the Andronicii, beings of pure light who live somewhere in the Pleiades. They’re on a mission to save Earth, but their tragedy occurs upon entering the earthly plane; the Andronicii must assume human form, and all of the painful involvements of material being, thus ensuring their downfall.

That said, his involvement in financing the Julie Taymor adaptation is, aside from a penchant for quoting Marcus Aurelius, the only thing I like about Bannon.

Eh, "there but for the grace of god and all that..."

https://timedotcom.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/steve-bannon-170213050691.jpg

― Sanpaku

Holy shit. Why is this so unnerving?

if Bannon flops in Washington, maybe Hollywood would take him back and finally produce another screenplay he and Jones completed together. The pitch: Shakespeare’s Coriolanus as a rap musical, set in South Central Los Angeles during the Rodney King riots.

Non political aside; the recent Coriolanus adaptation staring Ralph Fiennes and pre-fame Jessica Chastain in some post-Soviet Balkan civil war is pretty good.

This is fantastic
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/michael-cohen-trumps-personal-attorney-files-lawsuits-fusion/story?id=52247639

^ pure gold. trump's lawyers are getting another big payday. the courts get yet another time-waster they must wade through. the public gets further fitful entertainment value from their litigious president. it's a win-lose-win situation!

He’s suing on his own behalf! I don’t know if trump knows he’s doing this - but trump isn’t named!

if bannon focused on korea instead of china he'd be able to access their cutting-edge skincare. seems like a missed opportunity

Ohhhhhhhhh I hope these suits go to court. I hope I hope I hope.

'And if you'll turn your attention to the television, I will now play exhibit G, or what has been dubbed the Pee Tape, for reasons that should quickly become obvious.'

'And I will remind the court that the president's people pretty much triple dog dared us into making this public record. And awaaaaaay we go!'

Holy shit. Why is this so unnerving?

― treeship 2

dennis wilson?

The potential horror of aging? From unusually handsome young man to permanent 3-day bender drunk (who doesn't drink afaik?) in like 30 years is scary

Bannon blows mad rails

The potential horror of aging? From unusually handsome young man to permanent 3-day bender drunk (who doesn't drink afaik?) in like 30 years is scary

― albvivertine

look, it's just that the low resolution of the picture obscures his bad skin. there's pictures of jackson c. frank where he looks fine too.

he still looks bitterly angry tho. carry that around all yr life and you too can age decades.

True on both points, I enlarged to take a better look and the assholism showed through better.

cf. Alex Jones probably

Also b/w photography may be hiding blotchiness of complexion

Hooray!

A panel of federal judges struck down North Carolina’s congressional map on Tuesday, condemning it as unconstitutional because Republicans had drawn the map seeking a political advantage.

The ruling was the first time that a federal court had blocked a congressional map because of a partisan gerrymander, and it instantly endangered Republican seats in the coming elections.

Judge James A. Wynn Jr., in a biting 191-page opinion, said that Republicans in North Carolina’s Legislature had been “motivated by invidious partisan intent” as they carried out their obligation in 2016 to divide the state into 13 congressional districts, 10 of which are held by Republicans. The result, Judge Wynn wrote, violated the 14th Amendment’s guarantee of equal protection.

Omar Little killed me dead w/ the Lewis follow-up. Dead I tell ya.

(we could do with a famous ppl when they were young picture thread, if that doesn't already exist)

holy shit

could that ruling have consequences elsewhere ??

That NC ruling is amazing news. I'm both extremely tentatively excited and mostly totally cynical about the outcome if the GOP ultimately takes it to the SC.

Judge James A. Wynn Jr., in a biting 191-page opinion

my man is gonna get lockjaw, damn

Just perfect.
Dutch journalist to new US Ambassador: you said there were 'no go zones' in Netherlands, where are they?
Ambassador: That's fake news, I didn't say that
Journalist: We can show you that clip now.
Ambassador: Err 😳🤥 pic.twitter.com/8ohIOzmYAc

— Sunny Hundal (@sunny_hundal) December 22, 2017

Trumpism is spreading. This motherfucker was appointed the new US ambassador in the Netherlands today.

Do watch that clip.

Isn't that like three weeks ago?

Forgot to add, he refused to apologize or retract today those statements on there being zones where cars and politicians are being set on fire.

The only upside of the current popularity of 'fake news!' is that overemployment will cause it to lose what little efficacy it may currently enjoy.

I would say it has been and remains pretty efficacious. It won the white house and has established a floor of around 40% approval rating for the president

the people being duped never see embarrassing gotcha clips like the one above