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

Explain that to me, because I do not understand.

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.

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.

If nothing else, the prospect of Bannon getting hosed is a win for public health.

depends on how you manage the run-off

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."

steve bannon was a very low level advisor

Hello.

New tidbit: Corey Lewandowski has lawyered up https://t.co/domUQGzSPj

— Betsy Woodruff (@woodruffbets) January 16, 2018

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.

'Oh, the guy whose face looks like my torso, right, right.'

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”

“confused? you won’t be after this episode”

bannon is not the former CEO of CA

sorry -- former VP of CA

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.

well, that's, uh, good news, I guess

"and tell em i never had that guy whacked on the south shore"

"sir, no one has-"

"TELL EM!!"

Trump is just an all-natural, full-firing, medically certified asshole.

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

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.

^I've little doubt that is the level of testing he received.

it's the 15th right

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.

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, January 16, 2018 4:16 PM (four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

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

maybe we can now fight the power instead of being delivered by Pence

“very articulate when he speaks to me.”

He should maybe try it when he's speaking to other people as well.

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?

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.

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.......

Cory Booker's speech was awesome

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.

There is no way that motherfucker is 239 pounds

Trump's been bragging an 8 and delivering a 3 since puberty.

Unless all the extra volume is trapped gas that fucker is lying.

https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2018/01/16/donald-trump-height-weight-tim-tebow-mike-trout

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

The Towel Rack Strikes Again!

https://frinkiac.com/video/S07E07/8b5cIagPuV8wSUIrPGxCEoumsSw=.gif

BMI is a bullshit stat. Trump is an out of shape idiot and the president.

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.

ahh so that's what Jay Cutler's ass looks like

Woke Axl Rose is still something to contemplate.

What defies law and common sense is Jeff Sessions himself.

— Axl Rose (@axlrose) January 17, 2018

sick sad world we live in

we don't need no civil war

Jackson describes Trump as “very sharp” and “very articulate when he speaks to me.”

Trump say hi to me

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

axl hates sessions and has been speaking out against him for a while

Meanwhile:
“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 shit
https://knightfoundation.org/reports/american-views-trust-media-and-democracy

Are the fake news awards actually going to happen

They have been downgraded to a 'potential event'

the fake news awards are... fake news?