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

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

Yeah, I've saw that yesterday, but nobody else has picked it up?

But if it's true, I've got nothing. That's the stupidest fucking thing ever.

Yep, that's the one, don't know if it's true, haven't seen other sources to confirm yet.

god would it kill the Democrats to actually stand for something

looks like we'll never get the chance to find out for sure

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

'news outlet'

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.

Even WaPo has been inducing some side-eye of late

the Secret Society deep state illuminati shit is straight up stupid tabloid click bait for all of them.

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.

the president says there's no obstruction of justice. i say i'm not drunk, officer; now go arrest a democrat for speeding :)

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.

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.

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

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, 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?

I have no clue what the Dems are doing but my conclusion is that they don't really care that much about the Dreamers

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

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

Dems musta gotten some new polling in

find myself listening to this every day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGJzMzW3kuY

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

yeah the Bryce ad doesn't quite land imo, it's missing some connective tissue

Maybe it plays better locally.

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.

fucking christ

Must Not See Television

Must Shoot Television

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

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

davos lighting gantry, welcome to the #resistance

Does anyone know offhand which kind of irony best describes a xenophobic septuagenarian who can't construct a coherent sentence in his native language?

it's called master persuasion

"merit based" is just code for white people,right ?

his statement is a pretty good description of how the current system works

Does anyone know offhand which kind of irony best describes a xenophobic septuagenarian who can't construct a coherent sentence in his native language?

idk but it's a goddamned plague down here

Oprah sez hell no btw

Oprah once again proving she's smarter than the average legislator

and many Democratic bloggers

It was never a thing anyone was really serious about and that was kind of obvious.

"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

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.

and renowned artists and entertainers, who possess extraordinary ability, like Momus

I’ve become increasingly Maoist in my old age

Yeah, it’s fun, innit?

Warner's having fun

I’m glad somebody’s hot on the trail of this secret society. As soon as we’re done investigating Russia, we’ll join the hunt for the Illuminati.

— Mark Warner (@MarkWarner) January 25, 2018

Institutional racism is like a robotic battlesuit that's finely-tuned to increase the success rate of dumb and useless old white dudes. It's easy to understand how they might confuse their experience of 'achievement' with legitimate merit.

IT, nursing, STEM, etc - the stuff you get points for in most merit-based systems - means India, China, Philippines, Pakistan, etc.

Very true!! and the irony of it is that with the boomers all getting older and sicker the demand for nursing staff will only be greater .

Oprah sez hell no btw

― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Thursday, January 25, 2018 5:04 PM (fifty-two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

but isn't that in the running for president playbook? deny the obvious for as long as possible then move to fucking iowa and new hampshire and meet every single voter personally.

lmao the right now making a big deal about the Strzok-Page text messages

it's always something just out of reach for these guys. maybe this will be the one proving the Deep State coup once and for all.

meanwhile the opposition apparently can't do shit with the hundreds of actual crimes Trump and his admin have committed

The fact that Donald Trump was allowed to become and remain president is the most decisive refutation ever of the existence of any kind of secret society running things from the shadows.

jing, "i haven't decided" is the classic script