By Fenderputty Go To Post
Here we go?
Media people on the left (I'm looking at you, Pod Save America) like to say Democrats cannot shut down the government because Republicans hold all the power, which is a good talking point but isn't actually true. As long as it takes 60 votes in the Senate, Democrats share some of the control and therefore also some of the blame.
That is, if Republicans could ever actually agree on something amongst themselves. As long as they can't, Democrats are free to take potshots.
That is, if Republicans could ever actually agree on something amongst themselves. As long as they can't, Democrats are free to take potshots.
That headline is pretty damning in and of itself no?
"House Conservatives..reject GOP leaders' Plan..."
"House Conservatives..reject GOP leaders' Plan..."
By Randolph Freelander Go To PostMedia people on the left (I'm looking at you, Pod Save America) like to say Democrats cannot shut down the government because Republicans hold all the power, which is a good talking point but isn't actually true. As long as it takes 60 votes in the Senate, Democrats share some of the control and therefore also some of the blame.
That is, if Republicans could ever actually agree on something amongst themselves. As long as they can't, Democrats are free to take potshots.
The House gives no fuck about the RINO’s in the senate lol
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42721417
North and South Korea have agree to march together under a single "unified Korea" flag at next month's Winter Olympics in the South.
They also agreed to field a joint women's ice hockey team after rare talks at the truce village of Panmunjom.
Trump is a genius.
North and South Korea have agree to march together under a single "unified Korea" flag at next month's Winter Olympics in the South.
They also agreed to field a joint women's ice hockey team after rare talks at the truce village of Panmunjom.
Trump is a genius.
By FortuneFaded Go To Posthttp://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42721417that was big news here in Japan.. they a bit shook
North and South Korea have agree to march together under a single "unified Korea" flag at next month's Winter Olympics in the South.
They also agreed to field a joint women's ice hockey team after rare talks at the truce village of Panmunjom.
Trump is a genius.
Anyone waiting for Trump to take credit for this, then blow it by saying something inflammatory about both Koreas ("Those were were little pieces or crap countries until I had to get them in line") and piss off both countries?
oh. oh my...
That thread is amazing. Nothing new to people here, I'm sure, but just to have that conversation play out as it did...
e: the first tweet in the chain:
That thread is amazing. Nothing new to people here, I'm sure, but just to have that conversation play out as it did...
e: the first tweet in the chain:
By Kibner Go To Postoh. oh my…Wow
That thread is amazing. Nothing new to people here, I'm sure, but just to have that conversation play out as it did…
e: the first tweet in the chain:
Daniels reportedly told Weisberg that Trump was bad in bed, though in not so many words. “She intimated that her view of his sexual skill was at odds with the remark attributed to Marla Maples,” he wrote, linking to a Reddit post featuring an old New York Post cover touting Trump’s ex-wife apparently saying: “Best sex I’ve ever had.”
http://www.rawstory.com/2018/01/trump-bad-in-bed-says-porn-star-stormy-daniels-report/
Oh man. I hope one media member is ballsy enough to ask this of President Bad-in-Bed or at least Sanders so he hears about it lol
Stormy has seen a few ships sail through that eye though. Trumps ex could be rather crusty.
That would be his play
That would be his play
Lol @ Flake, acting like he didn't vote for Orange Stalin and the legion of Doom's policies.
Ole, I got mind powers over Debo, head ass.
Ole, I got mind powers over Debo, head ass.
Trump says privately that a terror attack could save him and GOP from 2018 election bloodbath: report
Faced with the likelihood of a “blue tsunami” in the 2018 midterm elections, President Donald Trump is holding out hope that terrorists will attack the country, reported the Washington Post on Wednesday.http://www.rawstory.com/2018/01/trump-says-privately-that-a-terror-attack-could-save-him-and-gop-from-2018-election-bloodbath-report/
“In private conversations,” said the Post, “Trump has told advisers that he doesn’t think the 2018 election has to be as bad as others are predicting. He has referenced the 2002 midterms, when George W. Bush and Republicans fared better after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, these people said.”
Matthew Yglesias at Vox.com wrote, “(T)his is a frightening line of thought for an incumbent president and his team to be entertaining.”
“(I)f the president and his top staff are not so concerned with democracy but purely political power, that’s a terrifying proposition,” said Yglesias.
If Trump believes that a terror attack will be a boon to his political fortunes, asked Vox, “How hard is he really working to keep the country safe?”
By GQman2121 Go To PostThat's probably enough rawstory.com for this week.Yea, seriously lmao
Oh, come on, rawstory is the most unbiased news source out there, and they would never sink into hyperbole for a catchy headline. Ever.
By Christberg Go To PostOh, come on, rawstory is the most unbiased news source out there, and they would never sink into hyperbole for a catchy headline. Ever.
By Fenderputty Go To PostFire and Fury is straight lit Holy shit lmao.you mean Greenlit, since it just got picked up for a TV series
By TheHunter Go To Post
By Fenderputty Go To PostFire and Fury is straight lit Holy shit lmao.
Praying Wolff gets to help write the eventual Trump movie, with large parts of Fire and Fury serving as the basis for the first third or so of the film.
By Fenderputty Go To PostFire and Fury is straight lit Holy shit lmao.
Incidentally, Luke Skywalker's twitter is always on point.
The Daily 202: Unexpected defeat in rural Wisconsin special election sets off alarm bells for Republicans
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2018/01/17/daily-202-unexpected-defeat-in-rural-wisconsin-special-election-sets-off-alarm-bells-for-republicans/5a5eb5d230fb0469e884019a/?utm_term=.538ffe93c747
This is freaking out Wisconsin GOP
Think of the margins had Dems ran an actual progressive.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2018/01/17/daily-202-unexpected-defeat-in-rural-wisconsin-special-election-sets-off-alarm-bells-for-republicans/5a5eb5d230fb0469e884019a/?utm_term=.538ffe93c747
President Trump became the first Republican to carry Wisconsin in a presidential election since Ronald Reagan by running up his score in places like the rural 10th state Senate district, which includes a swath of five counties between Eau Claire and Superior along the Minnesota border.
Trump won there by 17 points in 2016. A special election was triggered when Gov. Scott Walker tapped a popular state senator, who had held the seat since 2000, to become his agriculture secretary. Last night, Democratic candidate Patty Schachtner won by nine points.
This is freaking out Wisconsin GOP
-- There is an important lesson here for national Democrats: Schachtner is the sort of candidate who can actually defeat GOP incumbents in red congressional districts this fall. She has deep roots in the community, and she is not a fire-breathing liberal.
Her campaign focused not on attacking Trump but fighting the opioid crisis, improving access to health care and bringing good-paying jobs to the region. She didn’t need to talk about the president to benefit from an outpouring of progressive energy and conservative apathy.
Think of the margins had Dems ran an actual progressive.
By Fenderputty Go To PostThe Daily 202: Unexpected defeat in rural Wisconsin special election sets off alarm bells for RepublicansNot very good?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2018/01/17/daily-202-unexpected-defeat-in-rural-wisconsin-special-election-sets-off-alarm-bells-for-republicans/5a5eb5d230fb0469e884019a/?utm_term=.538ffe93c747
This is freaking out Wisconsin GOP
Think of the margins had Dems ran an actual progressive.
You want Doug Jones types for these types of areas, Bernie Sanders would chase away centrists and moderate whites.
By TheHunter Go To PostNot very good?
You want Doug Jones types for these types of areas, Bernie Sanders would chase away centrists and moderate whites.
Yo your sarcasm meter needs to be taken to the shop mang! That comment was directed at the woke few who are not fooled by the neoliberal.
I sort of speculated this yesterday, but the house interview is largely show with Mueller and Bannon has struck a deal with him
I was just told by my coworker that the tax plan Trump did wasn't a handout to the rich, that the electoral college is chill because we're a republic, that California is a shithole and that 46% of illegal immigrants are on some sort of welfare and therefore should go.
Working on Orange County sure is fun.
Working on Orange County sure is fun.
Why is there this like evidence-free meme that California is a sinking ship or something? I've been hearing more and more from right-wingers that California is gonna implode any moment now due to our... high tax surplus or something?
https://www.inquisitr.com/4741469/donald-trump-may-have-just-violated-the-first-amendment-by-kicking-cnns-jim-acosta-out-experts-say/
Even by Donald Trump’s standards, he reached a new low on Tuesday. According to several legal experts, President Trump might have just violated the First Amendment by kicking CNN’s Jim Acosta out of a press briefing.That sure sounds like the man violated the First Amendment... I mean I don't expect anything to be done about it but yeah...
In light of Trump’s profane comments about immigrants coming to the United States from poorer African countries last week — dubbed the “s***holegate” — Acosta, an accredited White House journalist, wanted the president to clarify his stance. Trump, who was presiding over the press briefing along with his Kazakhstan counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev, pointed at Acosta and said “out,” leading Deputy Press Secretary Hogan Gidley getting “right up in [Acosta’s] face.” Later, he was obstructed from asking questions by Trump’s aides.
Infuriated by this denial of right to ask questions, Acosta took to Twitter to air his grievance, pointing out that the episode was akin to “something you might see in less democratic countries when people at the White House or officials of a foreign government attempt to get in the way of the press in doing their jobs.”
Trump’s decision to kick Acosta out, who reports for CNN and with whom the president already shares something of an acrimonious relationship, has led to a backlash by observers who claim that Donald Trump’s attacks against the press are reaching unprecedented grounds. It led to Republican Senator John McCain writing in the Washington Post that Trump’s actions were empowering dictators around the world.
The highest. The biggest. The best.
Where does it end with this guy? Like, does he even possess modesty.
Putting aside that it's complete and utter lunacy to begin with.
Where does it end with this guy? Like, does he even possess modesty.
Putting aside that it's complete and utter lunacy to begin with.
By reilo Go To PostWhy is there this like evidence-free meme that California is a sinking ship or something? I've been hearing more and more from right-wingers that California is gonna implode any moment now due to our… high tax surplus or something?
California is a shit hole because of illegal immigration and because our gas tax doesn't go to the roads all the time. This is what I was able to suss out of him.
By Francis Go To PostWhere does it end with this guy? Like, does he even possess modesty.
.
Supposedly he's said this about white trash people: "they're like me but poor".
Take that as you will.
By Fenderputty Go To PostThink of the margins had Dems ran an actual progressive.This is a good thing obviously. I have never said that every Dem should be like Bernie.
They just need to have a spine, because if they get into power and govern ineffectively (as they have in the past) the pendulum will swing right back when people get disillusioned. Winning in 2018 and 2020 should only be the start of a campaign to build lasting political power, not just a reaction against Republicanism.
By KingGondo Go To PostThis is a good thing obviously. I have never said that every Dem should be like Bernie.
They just need to have a spine, because if they get into power and govern ineffectively (as they have in the past) the pendulum will swing right back when people get disillusioned. Winning in 2018 and 2020 should only be the start of a campaign to build lasting political power, not just a reaction against Republicanism.
Interestingly enough I wasn't thinking of you lol. Last time we spoke about this I remember you, to some extent, supporting a 50 state strat.
I'm a tad defensive, my bad. :)
Man, I was really itching for more delusional ravings from Trump supporters. Thanks to the NY Times!
I recommend reading this instead.
Man, I was really itching for more delusional ravings from Trump supporters. Thanks to the NY Times!
I recommend reading this instead.
But the controversial pieces the Opinion section runs under the auspices of fomenting some sort of “conversation” are done so disingenuously. The Times is not furthering useful conversation with these bad and wrong op-eds, it is spraying its readers in the eyes with tear gas and then asking them why they’re screaming. They’re not seeking to upend established, calcified viewpoints, but deliberately instigating anger and spreading disinformation in an insincere attempt to “show both sides.” This is particularly egregious when you consider that, post-Trump, the Times has widely marketed itself as a crusader for capital-T Truth and an essential component of a healthy democracy. But the Times’ version of the Truth is highly subjective, and when it lends credence to vile idiots like Erik Prince or Louise Mensch, it loses any semblance of legitimacy.
NY Time opinion is indeed awful. They get blasted on Twitter each time they promote one of their pieces too. All in an effort to appease the fake new morons.
Yes nytimes i want to read about the forgotten idiots that after a year still somehow think this shitshow is worth fighting for.