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

who is galt whitman?

The fact that Sneaky Dianne Feinstein, who has on numerous occasions stated that collusion between Trump/Russia has not been found, would release testimony in such an underhanded and possibly illegal way, totally without authorization, is a disgrace. Must have tough Primary!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 10, 2018

this stupid nicknames are so weak

Weaky Nicknames!

Why not Dianne Feinsneak ffs?

stun’ feinsneak

dyin’ feinsneak rather

His insults, like his vocabulary, ceased to evolve somewhere around the age of seven.

Booger-Eater Poo-Poo Smell Steve Bannon!

ah I see they're still on the "real crime is leaking" bandwagon

in which case each and every member of team trump should go directly to jail

Look forward to the day when they start using 'fake imprisonment!' to describe their clearly illusory status as federal inmates.

'No prisoner, no prisoner. YOU'RE the prisoner. Sad!'

In a way, being trapped in the moldering hulk of Donald Trump's body is the worst kind of prison, if you think about it.

had a dream a few months back where djt resigned because the country found out he was closeted due to his queenie nicknames. he found love & happiness there after with a boy harem. then I woke up and saw the trans military ban eo headline and nearly puked

Those two scenarios are not necessarily mutually exclusive and may in fact be directly related.

Was listening to Slate's Watergate podcast in the bath this morning and thinking about how, even if the worst of all the collusion, etc, rumours are true, Trump and his cronies will still probably never see jail for their crimes. And how the Repubs are still desperate to see Hillary behind bars, even though she did nothing.

The single greatest Witch Hunt in American history continues. There was no collusion, everybody including the Dems knows there was no collusion, & yet on and on it goes. Russia & the world is laughing at the stupidity they are witnessing. Republicans should finally take control!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 10, 2018

he's just found out it's continuing, which is not what he was told by his lawyers

what an asshole

Was listening to Slate's Watergate podcast in the bath this morning and thinking about how, even if the worst of all the collusion, etc, rumours are true, Trump and his cronies will still probably never see jail for their crimes. And how the Repubs are still desperate to see Hillary behind bars, even though she did nothing.

― "Taste's very strange!" (stevie), Wednesday, January 10, 2018 9:49 AM (three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Oh, yeah. Just so we're clear, I'll be surprised if anyone in Trump's circle will do one minute of jail time.

same, except shocked.

isso out?

ISSA RETIRING, per local media. https://t.co/4GZ1PbONz1 This rumor has been bouncing around all morning….

— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) January 10, 2018

trump is asking around about how he can get tiffany sent to jail

niiiiiiiiiceeee xp

He is right that Russia and the rest of the world are laughing at the stupidity we are witnessing in the US - the Oprah for President thing being the custard pie in the face.

You've all heard that CA has 7 GOP congressmen sitting in Clinton districts. 2 of them have now retired in a roughly 24-hour span.

— Taniel (@Taniel) January 10, 2018

5 remain: Denham (#CA10), Valadao (#CA21), Knight (#CA25), Walters (#CA45), & Rohrabacher (#CA48).

All voted for AHCA; all but Rohrabacher voted for CA-slamming tax bill.

— Taniel (@Taniel) January 10, 2018

Meanwhile, for you poll-followers: since mid-December, POTUS's approval has been quietly but pretty steadily inching up. 538 has him now at 54.6% disapproval to 39.3% approval. That's utterly terrible compared to any previous President and still doesn't bode well for the GOP at midterms, but it's worth noting, as these are his best numbers since late September.

the more he golfs, the better his polls

I assume the internal polls these retiring guys are getting are absolutely brutal

H to the Issa

Issa barely held onto his seat in 2016 and it's pretty clear the Trump era is not playing well in CA. Don't need a weatherman...

putting aside the general opportunity to add his seat to the Dem column, fucking HOORAY for the retirement of Issa. what a supreme asshole that guy is

Doc, yes but he's "inching up" from a historic low net (-21 on the RCP average shown here).

https://i.imgur.com/tjcZpNN.jpg

He's had some temporary upward periods before, but the overall picture doesn't change much. Possibly the current rebound is due to positive feelings rank-and-file GOPers have about the tax bill. Most people hated that bill, of course, but its passage temporarily quelled the storyline of "gang who couldn't shoot straight" that was fed by many LOL GOP FAIL moments on the Hill. Now, when asked "where's the winning?", GOP folks can say that Gorsuch and the tax bill constitute "winning" from their perspective.

Personally, I'd like to see things go back to an ever-more-negative slope post-Wolff/"stable genius." Not because the Wolff book is perfectly factual or because it changes a lot of minds. But because from now on, all Trump's infantile outbursts will create a confirmation loop. Every time he acts like a toddler it strengthens the message "ah, so he IS a toddler."

that low bar

To be clear, this literally happened. I am not exaggerating for effect. pic.twitter.com/pSotUXK3bW

— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) January 10, 2018

@mattyglesias
Yesterday, professional journalists praised Donald Trump for remembering the names of members of congress who were *sitting around a table with name placards in front of them*

xposts to YMP - not disputing any of that - see my "that's still utterly terrible and doesn't bode well" comments. just figured since i've previously come forward to note continuing dips in the line, it's fair to acknowledge when it goes up for something more than a day or two. and indeed it opens the question of what might be motivating those 2 out of 100 statistical human stand-ins to switch their vote. tax bill business seems plausible enough - plenty of repubs getting what they want and back to being ready to write off all his monstrosities as a sideshow to "getting the job done."

The fact that you observed him controlling his bladder for a very impressive fifteen minute stretch doesn't mean he didn't wet himself immediately before and immediately after your encounter.

sometimes ya just gotta site back and take it all in with a sense of wonder about what a fuckin dipshit this guy is, it's just amazing

rich kid affirmative action in action. let's cut some more taxes and entitlements ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

i can still never get used to the fact that ~35% of americans are totally fine with their president casually threatening nuclear war multiple times in the same month. for me, that alone would be a dealbreaker for me on any president, but what do i know.

btw, i heard a very conveniently timed report on NPR this morning that an organization (Open Doors, I think) has determined that North Korea is the most oppressive place in the world for Christians. which, hey, i believe that, but you know that report (or a 1-page version of it with lots of pictures) is heading straight to the oval office, most likely as a key discussion point in the debate on whether or not to initiate global nuclear war.

on that same note, South Korea is apparently crediting the threats as what re-started the talks? so fuckin scary.

xpost TBF, you're assuming that the 35% of Americans you describe don't live in a complete news-/politics-free bubble. I don't know what percentage of that percentage they comprise, but I know that they exist.

U.S. immigration agents descended on dozens of 7-Eleven stores before dawn Wednesday to open employment audits and interview workers in what officials described as the largest operation against an employer under Donald Trump’s presidency.

Agents targeted about 100 stores nationwide, broadening an investigation that began with a 4-year-old case against a franchisee on New York’s Long Island. The audits could lead to criminal charges or fines over the stores’ hiring practices.

The action appears to open a new front in Trump’s sharp expansion of immigration enforcement, which has already brought a 40 percent increase in deportation arrests and plans to spend billions of dollars on a border wall with Mexico. Hardliners have been pressing for a tougher stance on employers.

Derek Benner, a top official at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, told The Associated Press that Wednesday’s operation was “the first of many” and “a harbinger of what’s to come” for employers. He said there would be more employment audits and investigations, though there is no numerical goal.

https://apnews.com/cb0ef682ea534ff0b5d31e7c054a079e

Keeping the world safe from Slurpee-slingers. Priorities, man.

I think it's fair to assume that your average 7-11 employee works harder on an average day than Donald Trump ever has. FWIW.

what the fuck is this

Fascism?

plans to spend billions of dollars on a border wall with Mexico.

“on that same note, South Korea is apparently crediting the threats as what re-started the talks? so fuckin scary.”

― sleeve, Wednesday, January 10, 2018 9:36 AM (thirty-on

Supposedly this was a mistranslation/misunderstanding of what Moon said.

It's also worth noting the translator said. "Trump says he deserves credit. How much credit do you think?" Moon chuckled, and said "Yeah he deserves A LOT," sort of in an exaggerating way. People laughed too. So it wasn't like Moon out of nowhere praised Trump. Yuge difference. https://t.co/2H8SIazzDf

— Jihye Lee 이지혜 (@TheJihyeLee) January 10, 2018

unfortunately it doesn't seem like it's being reported that way

(in the US)