The USA Politics Thread
#5201
Posted 17 May 2017 - 10:36 PM
The President (2012) said:
Please proceed, Governor.
Chris Christie (2016) said:
There it is.
Elizabeth Warren (2020) said:
And no, I’m not talking about Donald Trump. I’m talking about Mayor Bloomberg.
#5202
Posted 18 May 2017 - 01:24 AM
Confirmation that the Trump team knew that Flynn was under federal investigation before Trump was sworn in:
https://www.nytimes....ty-adviser.html
https://www.nytimes....ty-adviser.html
The President (2012) said:
Please proceed, Governor.
Chris Christie (2016) said:
There it is.
Elizabeth Warren (2020) said:
And no, I’m not talking about Donald Trump. I’m talking about Mayor Bloomberg.
#5203
Posted 18 May 2017 - 01:34 AM
"Trump team" includes Mike Pence, right? Him being head of transition and all.
This post has been edited by worry: 18 May 2017 - 01:35 AM
They came with white hands and left with red hands.
#5204
Posted 18 May 2017 - 01:36 AM
worry, on 18 May 2017 - 01:34 AM, said:
"Trump team" includes Mike Pence, right? Him being head of transition and all.
Absolutely, but if it didn't include Trump himself, then Pence and the counsel were extremely derelict in their duties. And no one believes they kept it from him, right?
The President (2012) said:
Please proceed, Governor.
Chris Christie (2016) said:
There it is.
Elizabeth Warren (2020) said:
And no, I’m not talking about Donald Trump. I’m talking about Mayor Bloomberg.
#5205
Posted 18 May 2017 - 06:24 AM
Why have these clowns not been kicked out yet??
2012
"Imperial Gothos, Imperial"
"Imperial Gothos, Imperial"
#5206
Posted 18 May 2017 - 06:27 AM
Clowns are running the show.
They came with white hands and left with red hands.
#5207
Posted 18 May 2017 - 06:57 AM
Terez, on 17 May 2017 - 10:31 PM, said:
Two major breaking stories. I'm very worried that the second is going to get overshadowed by the first.
1. Robert Mueller appointed Special Counsel to oversee the criminal investigation into the entire Trump-Russia affair
https://www.nytimes....estigation.html
1. Robert Mueller appointed Special Counsel to oversee the criminal investigation into the entire Trump-Russia affair
https://www.nytimes....estigation.html
How long, do you guys think, until Trump tries to get Rosenstein to fire Mueller, then firing Rosenstein so he can appoint someone who then will fire Mueller?
Screw you all, and have a nice day!
#5208
Posted 18 May 2017 - 08:02 AM
Primateus, on 18 May 2017 - 06:57 AM, said:
Terez, on 17 May 2017 - 10:31 PM, said:
Two major breaking stories. I'm very worried that the second is going to get overshadowed by the first.
1. Robert Mueller appointed Special Counsel to oversee the criminal investigation into the entire Trump-Russia affair
https://www.nytimes....estigation.html
1. Robert Mueller appointed Special Counsel to oversee the criminal investigation into the entire Trump-Russia affair
https://www.nytimes....estigation.html
How long, do you guys think, until Trump tries to get Rosenstein to fire Mueller, then firing Rosenstein so he can appoint someone who then will fire Mueller?
I wouldn't necessarily put it past Trump, but if it happens there will be all that much more pressure on Congress to impeach.
The President (2012) said:
Please proceed, Governor.
Chris Christie (2016) said:
There it is.
Elizabeth Warren (2020) said:
And no, I’m not talking about Donald Trump. I’m talking about Mayor Bloomberg.
#5209
Posted 18 May 2017 - 08:03 AM
Primateus, on 18 May 2017 - 06:57 AM, said:
Terez, on 17 May 2017 - 10:31 PM, said:
Two major breaking stories. I'm very worried that the second is going to get overshadowed by the first.
1. Robert Mueller appointed Special Counsel to oversee the criminal investigation into the entire Trump-Russia affair
https://www.nytimes....estigation.html
1. Robert Mueller appointed Special Counsel to oversee the criminal investigation into the entire Trump-Russia affair
https://www.nytimes....estigation.html
How long, do you guys think, until Trump tries to get Rosenstein to fire Mueller, then firing Rosenstein so he can appoint someone who then will fire Mueller?
Ask the British bookies! I guarantee they are laying odds.
#5210
Posted 18 May 2017 - 08:54 PM
Terez, on 18 May 2017 - 08:02 AM, said:
Primateus, on 18 May 2017 - 06:57 AM, said:
Terez, on 17 May 2017 - 10:31 PM, said:
Two major breaking stories. I'm very worried that the second is going to get overshadowed by the first.
1. Robert Mueller appointed Special Counsel to oversee the criminal investigation into the entire Trump-Russia affair
https://www.nytimes....estigation.html
1. Robert Mueller appointed Special Counsel to oversee the criminal investigation into the entire Trump-Russia affair
https://www.nytimes....estigation.html
How long, do you guys think, until Trump tries to get Rosenstein to fire Mueller, then firing Rosenstein so he can appoint someone who then will fire Mueller?
I wouldn't necessarily put it past Trump, but if it happens there will be all that much more pressure on Congress to impeach.
This here is an excellent Twitter thread that, as far as I can understand it, answers that question. It also gives me a bit of hope that this Mueller chap is one of the good guys...
A Haunting Poem
I Scream
You Scream
We all Scream
For I Scream.
I Scream
You Scream
We all Scream
For I Scream.
#5211
Posted 18 May 2017 - 11:55 PM
Here's what the Trump admin's EPA will bring Louisiana: sickness and death. https://theintercept...ses-and-deaths/
They came with white hands and left with red hands.
#5212
Posted 19 May 2017 - 02:02 AM
Anonymous sources now insisting that Pence was deliberately kept in the dark about Flynn:
http://www.nbcnews.c...ut-loop-n761916
Seems a bit too convenient to be believed. Pence is also starting to build an independent war chest, a very strange move for a VP early in his boss's first term.
http://www.nbcnews.c...ut-loop-n761916
Seems a bit too convenient to be believed. Pence is also starting to build an independent war chest, a very strange move for a VP early in his boss's first term.
The President (2012) said:
Please proceed, Governor.
Chris Christie (2016) said:
There it is.
Elizabeth Warren (2020) said:
And no, I’m not talking about Donald Trump. I’m talking about Mayor Bloomberg.
#5213
Posted 19 May 2017 - 06:22 AM
"Fortune favors the bold, though statistics favor the cautious." - Indomitable Courteous (Icy) Fist, The Palace Job - Patrick Weekes
"Well well well ... if it ain't The Invisible C**t." - Billy Butcher, The Boys
"I have strong views about not tempting providence and, as a wise man once said, the difference between luck and a wheelbarrow is, luck doesn’t work if you push it." - Colonel Orhan, Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City - KJ Parker
"Well well well ... if it ain't The Invisible C**t." - Billy Butcher, The Boys
"I have strong views about not tempting providence and, as a wise man once said, the difference between luck and a wheelbarrow is, luck doesn’t work if you push it." - Colonel Orhan, Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City - KJ Parker
#5214
Posted 19 May 2017 - 07:31 PM
Trump is done for. It's only a matter of time now. Congress better get their asses in shape.
https://www.nytimes....ssia-comey.html
Also relevant:
https://www.washingt...0b69_story.html
https://www.nytimes....ssia-comey.html
Also relevant:
https://www.washingt...0b69_story.html
The President (2012) said:
Please proceed, Governor.
Chris Christie (2016) said:
There it is.
Elizabeth Warren (2020) said:
And no, I’m not talking about Donald Trump. I’m talking about Mayor Bloomberg.
#5215
Posted 19 May 2017 - 07:47 PM
Terez, on 19 May 2017 - 07:31 PM, said:
Trump is done for. It's only a matter of time now. Congress better get their asses in shape.
https://www.nytimes....ssia-comey.html
Also relevant:
https://www.washingt...0b69_story.html
https://www.nytimes....ssia-comey.html
Also relevant:
https://www.washingt...0b69_story.html
Trump is not well. Dementia? How can he not know to not say these things? His office plans out a strategy to deal with the fall out of firing Comey and then he decides on a whim to contradict them. Now he has a meeting with the Russians saying how he fired a man for investigating possible impropriety between his Office and Russia? Not normal.
#5216
Posted 19 May 2017 - 11:21 PM
White House seeking to hogtie and/or tarnish Mueller as much as possible using obscure ethics rules: http://www.reuters.c...r-idUSKCN18F2KK
They came with white hands and left with red hands.
#5217
Posted 21 May 2017 - 02:17 AM
Wasn't sure whether this belonged here or in the Political Comedy thread. Still not sure.
http://www.reuters.c...l-idUSKCN18G06K
You stupid, greedy fuck.
Weren't you pretty much demonising these guys during your election campaign? Then carefully excluding them from the travel ban - even though most terrorists who have carried out attacks on the USA came from there? I'm sure the Yemenis will be grateful.
On the positive side they gave him some bling that looks ... pretty much like someone with more money than sense designed it. So it will fit in well with everything else he owns.
http://www.reuters.c...l-idUSKCN18G06K
You stupid, greedy fuck.
Weren't you pretty much demonising these guys during your election campaign? Then carefully excluding them from the travel ban - even though most terrorists who have carried out attacks on the USA came from there? I'm sure the Yemenis will be grateful.
On the positive side they gave him some bling that looks ... pretty much like someone with more money than sense designed it. So it will fit in well with everything else he owns.
This post has been edited by Tsundoku: 21 May 2017 - 02:21 AM
"Fortune favors the bold, though statistics favor the cautious." - Indomitable Courteous (Icy) Fist, The Palace Job - Patrick Weekes
"Well well well ... if it ain't The Invisible C**t." - Billy Butcher, The Boys
"I have strong views about not tempting providence and, as a wise man once said, the difference between luck and a wheelbarrow is, luck doesn’t work if you push it." - Colonel Orhan, Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City - KJ Parker
"Well well well ... if it ain't The Invisible C**t." - Billy Butcher, The Boys
"I have strong views about not tempting providence and, as a wise man once said, the difference between luck and a wheelbarrow is, luck doesn’t work if you push it." - Colonel Orhan, Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City - KJ Parker
#5218
Posted 21 May 2017 - 08:02 AM
Like his hair.
Yesterday, upon the stair, I saw a man who wasn't there. He wasn't there again today. Oh, how I wish he'd go away.
#5219
Posted 21 May 2017 - 10:05 AM
My fellow Americans, get ready to be broken in half by your student loans: http://www.reuters.c...s-idUSKCN18F29N
They came with white hands and left with red hands.
#5220
Posted 21 May 2017 - 12:59 PM
It's lovely how the people with the least ability to financially cope are kicked while down. I really despise this world sometimes.
"You don't clean u other peoples messes.... You roll in them like a dog on leftover smoked whitefish torn out f the trash by raccoons after Sunday brunch on a hot day."
~Abyss
~Abyss