So apparently Senate Dems are taking DACA off the table for budget talks.
― Moodles, Thursday, 25 January 2018 03:09 (six years ago) link
The latest @IronStache ad that's gonna run during the State of the Union next week pic.twitter.com/DRJCLuoju2— Gideon Resnick (@GideonResnick) January 25, 2018
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 25 January 2018 03:11 (six years ago) link
Kind of an abstract ad
― Moodles, Thursday, 25 January 2018 03:14 (six years ago) link
WH statement on Trump’s comments tonight about speaking under oath to Mueller: “While Mr. Trump was speaking hurriedly before departing for Davos, he remains committed to continued complete cooperation with the OSC and is looking forward to speaking with Mr. Mueller.” - Ty Cobb— Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 25, 2018
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 25 January 2018 03:29 (six years ago) link
oh my god, my senator's an idiot
ABC News has obtained the "secret society" text...It's a stand alone message from Lisa Page:"Are you even going to give out your calendars? Seems kind of depressing. Maybe it should just be the first meeting of the secret society" https://t.co/qxlXSgYAme— Michael Del Moro (@MikeDelMoro) January 25, 2018
― frogbs, Thursday, 25 January 2018 04:06 (six years ago) link
Holy shit what a fucking idiot.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 25 January 2018 04:08 (six years ago) link
Someone should send social services to Ron Johnson's house and finally set the blinking clock on his VCR.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 25 January 2018 04:11 (six years ago) link
yeah the Bryce ad doesn't quite land imo, it's missing some connective tissue
More on what Moodles was talking about, I believe?
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/24/democrats-drop-dreamer-demand-with-budget-deal-in-reach-366992
― Simon H., Thursday, 25 January 2018 13:06 (six years ago) link
Yeah, I've saw that yesterday, but nobody else has picked it up?
― Frederik B, Thursday, 25 January 2018 13:11 (six years ago) link
But if it's true, I've got nothing. That's the stupidest fucking thing ever.
― Frederik B, Thursday, 25 January 2018 13:13 (six years ago) link
Yep, that's the one, don't know if it's true, haven't seen other sources to confirm yet.
― Moodles, Thursday, 25 January 2018 13:21 (six years ago) link
god would it kill the Democrats to actually stand for something
― frogbs, Thursday, 25 January 2018 14:23 (six years ago) link
looks like we'll never get the chance to find out for sure
― your skeleton is ready to hatch (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 25 January 2018 14:25 (six years ago) link
btw shame on every single news outlet that breathlessly reported on the "Senator claims evidence of FBI Secret Society to overthrow Trump!" who aren't even bothering to run retractions nor do any research into the story in the first place, these dudes are so fucking desperate
― frogbs, Thursday, 25 January 2018 14:26 (six years ago) link
'news outlet'
― Senior Soft-Serve Tech at the Froyo Arroyo (Old Lunch), Thursday, 25 January 2018 14:30 (six years ago) link
I'm not sure there's a large-scale 'news outlet' in existence at this point that I'd feel completely comfortable dropping the scare quotes for, tbrr.
― Senior Soft-Serve Tech at the Froyo Arroyo (Old Lunch), Thursday, 25 January 2018 14:31 (six years ago) link
Even WaPo has been inducing some side-eye of late
― Senior Soft-Serve Tech at the Froyo Arroyo (Old Lunch), Thursday, 25 January 2018 14:32 (six years ago) link
the Secret Society deep state illuminati shit is straight up stupid tabloid click bait for all of them.
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 25 January 2018 14:39 (six years ago) link
Actually I should scare quote 'American news outlet'. Don't have much of an issue with FT, largely because it makes no bones about the fact that Mr. Monopoly is their intended audience. As opposed to, say, the NYT's increasingly incoherent 'thumbs down to our good friend Mr. Trump' stance.
― Senior Soft-Serve Tech at the Froyo Arroyo (Old Lunch), Thursday, 25 January 2018 14:44 (six years ago) link
the president says there's no obstruction of justice. i say i'm not drunk, officer; now go arrest a democrat for speeding :)
― reggie (qualmsley), Thursday, 25 January 2018 14:45 (six years ago) link
You might ask yourself, if Mueller is still investigating Trump and Russia, then how can you say justice has been obstructed? I rest my case.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 25 January 2018 14:50 (six years ago) link
It's not like the president physically restrained Mueller from pursuing justice, or hid justice somewhere that Mueller would never find it. 'Obstruction' is such a big word, what does it even mean, really.
― Senior Soft-Serve Tech at the Froyo Arroyo (Old Lunch), Thursday, 25 January 2018 14:56 (six years ago) link
Trump lawyer: Trump was "speaking hurriedly" when he vowed to speak with Mueller under oath https://t.co/CCyOUOqi6O pic.twitter.com/LrRyftsR5Q— The Hill (@thehill) January 25, 2018
lmao
― frogbs, Thursday, 25 January 2018 15:09 (six years ago) link
― Simon H., Thursday, January 25, 2018 8:06 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I don't understand why this isn't a bigger deal. Am I wrong, or isn't this the Dems literally throwing away all of their leverage? I was at least somewhat willing to swallow the shutdown cave of a few days ago because as I understood it, the Dems could just shut the whole thing down again in February if McConnell broke his promise to put up a clean DACA bill. But if they just sign on to a long-term budget deal and remove the threat of a shutdown that could potentially be even more clearly blamed on the GOP, then why on Earth wouldn't McConnell just tell them to go fuck themselves wrt DACA?
― evol j, Thursday, 25 January 2018 15:10 (six years ago) link
I have no clue what the Dems are doing but my conclusion is that they don't really care that much about the Dreamers
― frogbs, Thursday, 25 January 2018 15:16 (six years ago) link
btw shame on every single news outlet that breathlessly reported on the "Senator claims evidence of FBI Secret Society to overthrow Trump!" who aren't even bothering to run retractions nor do any research into the story in the first place
I dunno, the clowning on "Secret Society" I'm seeing is all coming off ABC reporting the full body of the text, I don't think the media has totally fallen down on the job here
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 25 January 2018 15:23 (six years ago) link
If Democrats are indeed willing to deal on spending caps without a firm commitment on DACA, it would represent a significant shift in the budget talks, which have stalled for months over immigration.
my ass, they wouldn't commit to shit in december
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 25 January 2018 15:28 (six years ago) link
Dems musta gotten some new polling in
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 25 January 2018 15:32 (six years ago) link
find myself listening to this every day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGJzMzW3kuY
― fuck you, your hat is horrible (Neanderthal), Thursday, 25 January 2018 15:32 (six years ago) link
Free future headline I'm tossing out for anyone who wants to use it: Dropped DREAM becomes nightmare as Dems learn new meaning of the word Terreur
― Senior Soft-Serve Tech at the Froyo Arroyo (Old Lunch), Thursday, 25 January 2018 15:41 (six years ago) link
Maybe it plays better locally.
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 25 January 2018 15:42 (six years ago) link
Newsweek:
Former Celebrity Apprentice winner Piers Morgan has bagged the first ever international TV interview with President Donald Trump since his inauguration one year ago.
Morgan will meet with his friend Trump in Davos at the World Economic Forum, where the pair are expected to sit down for an interview that a source told The Daily Mirror was “a major coup” for the former CNN host.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 25 January 2018 16:19 (six years ago) link
fucking christ
― your skeleton is ready to hatch (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 25 January 2018 16:21 (six years ago) link
Must Not See Television
― Simon H., Thursday, 25 January 2018 16:21 (six years ago) link
Must Shoot Television
― fuck you, your hat is horrible (Neanderthal), Thursday, 25 January 2018 16:21 (six years ago) link
all it would take is one badly-constructed lighting gantry to come crashing down on them and the world would be immeasurably improved
c'mon god do us a solid here
― your skeleton is ready to hatch (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 25 January 2018 16:28 (six years ago) link
Trump, word-for-word yesterday: "In the initial, we're putting chain, a negotiated chain, we're putting a replacement for lottery or an end to lottery, and it could be a replacement, we bring people in from various countries, that come in based on merit and various other reasons"— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) January 25, 2018
finally some clarity
― frogbs, Thursday, 25 January 2018 16:33 (six years ago) link
davos lighting gantry, welcome to the #resistance
― your skeleton is ready to hatch (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 25 January 2018 16:35 (six years ago) link
Does anyone know offhand which kind of irony best describes a xenophobic septuagenarian who can't construct a coherent sentence in his native language?
― Senior Soft-Serve Tech at the Froyo Arroyo (Old Lunch), Thursday, 25 January 2018 16:50 (six years ago) link
it's called master persuasion
― frogbs, Thursday, 25 January 2018 16:53 (six years ago) link
"merit based" is just code for white people,right ?
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 25 January 2018 16:55 (six years ago) link
his statement is a pretty good description of how the current system works
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 25 January 2018 16:57 (six years ago) link
idk but it's a goddamned plague down here
― constitutional crises they fly at u face (will), Thursday, 25 January 2018 17:04 (six years ago) link
Oprah sez hell no btw
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 25 January 2018 17:04 (six years ago) link
Oprah once again proving she's smarter than the average legislator
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 25 January 2018 17:05 (six years ago) link
and many Democratic bloggers
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 25 January 2018 17:10 (six years ago) link
It was never a thing anyone was really serious about and that was kind of obvious.
― Nerdstrom Poindexter, Thursday, 25 January 2018 17:28 (six years ago) link
"merit based" is just code for white people,right ?― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, January 25, 2018 5:55 PM (twenty-six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, January 25, 2018 5:55 PM (twenty-six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Merit-based systems are quite popular with racists because they think it's code for 'white people' but it really never is in practice. IT, nursing, STEM, etc - the stuff you get points for in most merit-based systems - means India, China, Philippines, Pakistan, etc.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Thursday, 25 January 2018 17:30 (six years ago) link
and renowned artists and entertainers, who possess extraordinary ability, like Momus
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 25 January 2018 17:35 (six years ago) link
I’ve become increasingly Maoist in my old age
Yeah, it’s fun, innit?
― Crazy Display Name Haver (kingfish), Thursday, 25 January 2018 17:36 (six years ago) link