By Smokey Go To PostObama was far too kind in retrospect.
hindsight is a bitch. His first term he ran on a platform of bipartisanship though. I think he genuinely wanted to work with the GOP and didnt anticipate the level of obstruction he got
Devos is awful ... hopefully another Repub votes no.
MPs back legislation to give UK PM Theresa May the power to begin Brexit negotiations by 498 votes to 114😔
While we fuck up our trade via Trump and the U.K. Fucks theirs up vianthe brexit, it seems as though the EU will start their own free trade agreements with Mexico
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2017/02/01/in-gorsuch-trump-gave-democrats-a-gift-they-should-take-it/?tid=sm_tw&utm_term=.29b26cbe07b9
An interesting view on Gorsuch. I think I'm still on board team filibuster but this gave me some pause
An interesting view on Gorsuch. I think I'm still on board team filibuster but this gave me some pause
By Dark PhaZe Go To Posti don't blame him much for not doing more while we had the majorities…it was just a different time back then
when we get it again, we simply cannot be kind–push every progressive agenda we want through for sure
8 years ago was a different time? Wut?
Also, in what alternate dimension planet Earth does a hyper Progressive presidential candidate get the required votes out of moderate to win the presidency under the Electoral College?
Whatever kind of minority candidate that you have in mind won't get the benefit of doubt that Barack Obama did as a "first."
By Fenderputty Go To Posthttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2017/02/01/in-gorsuch-trump-gave-democrats-a-gift-they-should-take-it/?tid=sm_tw&utm_term=.29b26cbe07b9
An interesting view on Gorsuch. I think I'm still on board team filibuster but this gave me some pause
They should filibuster. Gorsuch is a fine pick as far as conservatives go, but this is about fighting. Not rolling over
By HasphatsAnts Go To PostThey should filibuster. Gorsuch is a fine pick as far as conservatives go, but this is about fighting. Not rolling over
I agree which is why I'm still on team filibuster. That being said, if we force them to Nuke it on the first SCOTUS appointment it makes it all the more important to ensure a RBG doesn't leave. There's some strategical merit to waiting to obstruct on a possible second pick instead of the first ... especially if the first is one of the better options we would get.
By Phoenix RISING Go To Post8 years ago was a different time? Wut?
Also, in what alternate dimension planet Earth does a hyper Progressive presidential candidate get the required votes out of moderate to win the presidency under the Electoral College?
Whatever kind of minority candidate that you have in mind won't get the benefit of doubt that Barack Obama did as a "first."
the same reality where a reality tv star hijacks the republican party and does the shit he's doing right now
throw whatever you thought was the norm out the window
By Fenderputty Go To PostI agree which is why I'm still on team filibuster. That being said, if we force them to Nuke it on the first SCOTUS appointment it makes it all the more important to ensure a RBG doesn't leave. There's some strategical merit to waiting to obstruct on a possible second pick instead of the first … especially if the first is one of the better options we would get.
There's no reason to wait. This is about Garland, not how tolerable Trumps pick is. There's a long game advantage as well to be played here where we use this precedent the republicans have going right now to completely run wild with out own agenda once the pendulum inevitably swings back our own way. You can argue its actually beneficial to force them to nuke the fillibuster for this purpose. Obviously in the short term we're fucked, but the key word there is hopefully short term.
By Spengo Go To PostThey are going to go hard on Merkel because she now represents the most powerful successful alternative to their ideology (coincidentally, Russia is attempting to do exactly the same thing).Which will not fly either way.
That a country exists that has strong finances, is a net exporter of advanced manufacturing products, where workers sit on the board of those companies, provides high quality healthcare to the entire population, a robust social care system and retirement provision and perhaps most importantly has genuinely shown leadership in providing a compassionate response to the ongoing refugee crisis is extremely threatening to them.
Not only that but during Trump's call with her this weekend she is on record as saying that she tried to explain the Geneva Convention to him. She has been vocal and resolute in her concern of the impact his leadership represents to the fragile global peace which has persisted thanks to institutions such as NATO and the UN. A show of leadership in stunning contrast to the sycophancy of May.
They see destabalizing Merkel and the upcoming German elections as key to undermining the European project and any broader universal organizations which can reign in any unilateral US dominance. We know already from their choice of appointment of Ambassador to the EU that they seek it's destruction. They are getting their steer on EU policy from Nigel Farage, Trump thinks Brexit was a good thing and is now trying to incentivize other EU nations to follow suit.
They realise that the united front that the EU represents is a strong defence against their political and corporate interests, but that atomised individual nations cannot compete. Watching the UK's current undignified begging for scraps on trade should make that clear in case anyone doubts it. It looks likely that any trade deal will allow private US healthcare companies to feast on the corpse of a public-owned NHS—and this is to their 'special' friends. America First.
Tariffs on German imports are just a small piece of this puzzle by constricting one of Germany's largest export markets and which also feeds into Trump's nationalist protectionism red meat policy agenda—his base will no doubt like the fact their hated liberal elites will have to pay more for their Audis. It's all part of a long game to turn Germany's industrialists away from Merkel as up until now they have proven to be impressively loyal (or at least have not dissented against her Brexit red lines on freedom of movement despite the UK press constantly provoking them to).
Merkel is the outcome that's gonna happen most likely, with a big coalition.
However, another option is on the horizon with the SPD gaining over 5% in polls since they unveiled their chancellor candidate, so there might be a different coalition.
Martin Schulz is the candidate for the SPD and prior to that, he was President of the European Parliament for quite some time.
So however that election is going, Germany certainly won't change their ways.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Schulz
Bonus video :
Schulz kicking a Greek right wing party member out of the EU Parliament. Don't forget to enable subs.
You know shit is wild when the POTUS threatening to send troops into Mexico is buried in another story.
Turnbull is a gifted lawyer and a serious financial brain but politically and rhetorically he's just a suit. Surprised he had the balls to raise the resettlement. Sounds like Trump was just determined to go hard.
By S@l Go To PostAlways a gas when lawyers you thought were somewhere around your own ideological postcode gush about nominees whose records are virulently fucking terrible. Fuckin lawyers. Oh he's brilliant, principled, humane. He has a prose style! He's a lawyer's lawyer.
The intensity of sucking could shear a foreskin clean off.
Or as a friend of mine said, "I can't think of a single job aside from supreme court justice where trying to think like an 18th century slaveholder wouldn't get you fired" .
You know shit is wild when the POTUS threatening to send troops into Mexico is buried in another story.
You have a bunch of bad hombres down there
Our president speaks like a B 80s movie..
Honestly, sometimes I wonder if your republicans are basically just a gang of sociopaths.
Really? I mean, really?
Moving to dismantle former President Barack Obama's legacy on the environment and other issues, House Republicans approved a measure Wednesday that scuttles a regulation aimed at preventing coal mining debris from being dumped into nearby streams.
"Make no mistake about it, this Obama administration rule is not designed to protect streams. Instead, it was an effort to regulate the coal mining industry right out of business," said Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, who sponsored the disapproval measure on the stream protection rule.
Really? I mean, really?
Even in conversations marred by hostile exchanges, Trump manages to work in references to his election accomplishments. U.S. officials said that he used his calls with both Turnbull and Peña Nieto to mention his election win or the size of the crowd at his inauguration.lol, he's just a cartoon
By Elchele Go To Postlol, he's just a cartoon
A man with no shame (who might of taken a payoff to get the job and is letting a white supremacist run things behind the scene) is saying embarrassing things over the phone...... you don't say?
The absurdity of the Federal Government is so much it's just a matter of time before something gives and the whole thing shuts down.
The absurdity of the Federal Government is so much it's just a matter of time before something gives and the whole thing shuts down.
By FlutterPuffs Go To Post
Is there anybody even left in there outside his cronies?
By Phoenix RISING Go To PostThe US Berkley situation pleases me.Riots please you?
Where's the outrage over this Yemen raid? This shit would've been a two year scandal five years ago.
By reilo Go To PostWhere's the outrage over this Yemen raid? This shit would've been a two year scandal five years ago.What's this about? I've been on Twitter most of the day and I haven't seen anything about it
I don't have TV so I don't know if it's been covered or not
The U.S. military said on Wednesday it was looking into whether more civilians were killed in a raid on al Qaeda in Yemen on the weekend, in the first operation authorized by President Donald Trump as commander in chief.
U.S. Navy SEAL William “Ryan” Owens was killed in the raid on a branch of al Qaeda, also known as AQAP, in al Bayda province, which the Pentagon said also killed 14 militants. However, medics at the scene said about 30 people, including 10 women and children, were killed.
As a result, three officials said, the attacking SEAL team found itself dropping onto a reinforced al Qaeda base defended by landmines, snipers, and a larger than expected contingent of heavily armed Islamist extremists.
The military officials who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity said "a brutal firefight" killed Owens and at least 15 Yemeni women and children. One of the dead was the 8-year-old daughter of Anwar al-Awlaki, a militant killed by a 2011 U.S. drone strike.
http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN15G5RX
By Phlebas Go To PostWhat's this about? I've been on Twitter most of the day and I haven't seen anything about it
I don't have TV so I don't know if it's been covered or not
U.S. military officials told Reuters that Trump approved his first covert counterterrorism operation without sufficient intelligence, ground support or adequate backup preparations.
As a result, three officials said, the attacking SEAL team found itself dropping onto a reinforced al Qaeda base defended by landmines, snipers, and a larger than expected contingent of heavily armed Islamist extremists
My guess is he was trying to 'surprise' the enemy before they could get prepared and/or get a quick military victory as a way to show how effective he is compared to Obama.
I was typing all that, and a part of me thought that would be preposterous but here is a president who is STILL tweeting bashing even his own GOP members for disagreeing with him and the Australian minister over an immigration issue he didnt fully understand.
EDIT: Also Phlebas, please get better news sources and also people to follow on Twitter. Mine is full with many of his 8th day issues.
By reilo Go To Posthttp://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN15G5RXThanks.
Yeah it's weird because I saw stories everywhere on the Navy seal but nothing on the casualties. Maybe I just don't follow the right accounts.
I do follow a bunch of the mainstream ones but I'll look at what I can add. I don't like following too many or my TL gets too cluttered
8th day issues. Think about that. It already has been 8 days and he has already caused an immigration chaos, restricting CNN and putting stooges to ask Spicer questions about how great his administration is, and a wreckless military operation that will just push more people towards joining ISIS/Al-Qaeda.
And to think that the Religious Freedom Act could probably come tomorrow.
And to think that the Religious Freedom Act could probably come tomorrow.
By DY_nasty Go To Postsure wish this microscope was getting use over the past two decades
Maybe we would have finally caught the butcher of Benghazi if it had. It's week fucking two and he shit hasn't stopped hitting the fan. Of course he's under a microscope
By reilo Go To PostWhere's the outrage over this Yemen raid? This shit would've been a two year scandal five years ago.
I know yours is rhetorical question, but the Dems can't start an investigation on their own right now correct?
By Fenderputty Go To PostMaybe we would have finally caught the butcher of Benghazi if it had. It's week fucking two and he shit hasn't stopped hitting the fan. Of course he's under a microscopethat's weak - if a ground mission with that lack of planning reaches the fucking president, then its pretty obvious that people got way too used to those plans being thrown in the bushes in favor of a good old fashioned drone strike. its absolutely absurd for that level of 'surprise' to just be factored in as acceptable risk at the ground level. blaming trump for that is like blaming the rain for hitting the ground.
I know yours is rhetorical question, but the Dems can't start an investigation on their own right now correct?
unless its discovered that he ordered them out of bed, buttnaked into choppers then this is ludicrous. trump gets elected and all of a sudden everyone wants to pay attention, for freedom. outstanding.
Sure it's not the fault of the man with a "great military mind" and the media shouldn't pay attention while he's trashing our allied relationships and threatening an invasion of Mexico, Yemen and now Iraq again. If this happened under Obama we would of had 8 years of congressional investigation. I guess I'll have to settle with your conjecture though
By Fenderputty Go To PostSure it's not the fault of the man with a "great military mind" and the media shouldn't pay attention while he's trashing our allied relationships and threatening an invasion of Mexico, Yemen and now Iraq again. If this happened under Obama we would of had 8 years of congressional investigation. I guess I'll have to settle with your conjecture thoughObama never got people killed in Yemen? what in the world... all kinds of ops in Yemen and Somalia have been seeing varied success for years. Still better than nice smile/no-fly-zone and everyone clapping like its not a real declaration of war or something lol. People make it sound like we ain't been bombing hospitals, churches, and dropping hilariously excessive ordinance on -lone combatants- for decades now. War crimes never happened under other presidents. Absurd. And instead of examining the entire process, you happily point to one guy? Its just rich. Hate him instead of all of the machinations that created such an outcome and will continue to do so in the future.
yal can't blame trump for everything lol. Hell, I'm more terrified of the guy who gets elected after Trump because he'll have the most godlike blank check the world has ever seen.
Trump isn't under a real microscope. He's a messy ass president that has made a headline every hour of the day, since he's been in office. If he isn't pissing off an ally, then him and his cabinet are drafting/putting into play policies to snatch away the rights from women and anyone else that isn't a white christian male (that's also well off and rich). He's made everyone's job easier. Media should have scored easy buckets, but they're not since they've been colossal fuck-ups since the election.
You're absolutely right about the fact that people should have been way more critical of prior presidents. Therein also lies the difference between him and those that held office before him. They wrapped their atrocities with a nice bow and got the pass for it. His crew doesn't give a fuck enough to do that much. Optics are everything.
When was the last time people with those type of positions threw POTUS under the bus that fast when something like this happened?
You're absolutely right about the fact that people should have been way more critical of prior presidents. Therein also lies the difference between him and those that held office before him. They wrapped their atrocities with a nice bow and got the pass for it. His crew doesn't give a fuck enough to do that much. Optics are everything.
When was the last time people with those type of positions threw POTUS under the bus that fast when something like this happened?
By EldritchTrapStar Go To PostTrump isn't under a real microscope. He's a messy ass president that has made a headline every hour of the day, since he's been in office. If he isn't pissing off an ally, then him and his cabinet are drafting/putting into play policies to snatch away the rights from women and anyone else that isn't a white christian male (that's also well off and rich). He's made everyone's job easier. Media should have scored easy buckets, but they're not since they've been colossal fuck-ups since the election.To be clear, I'm not saying Trump is under a microscope - I'm talking specifically about this mess in Yemen.
You're absolutely right about the fact that people should have been way more critical of prior presidents. Therein also lies the difference between him and those that held office before him. They wrapped their atrocities with a nice bow and got the pass for it. His crew doesn't give a fuck enough to do that much. Optics are everything.
When was the last time people with those type of positions threw POTUS under the bus that fast when something like this happened?
The riots in Baltimore nearly two years ago changed my out outlook on how real change can be reached, and in some cases, expedited via violence.
Even though all of the cops who were involved in Freddie Gray breaking his neck and dying got off, the rioting and the attention it drew has led to actual steps being made for police reform. We have a new major and police chief. I see body cameras on cops regularly downtown and the DOJ is just waiting to lay the smackdown on any and all who fuck up first.
So positive things have happened at some glass breaking, a CVS being looted and burnt down (it's back now) and a few cops in riot gear being hit with rocks.
So if that bitch had to get sprayed in the face so her and the scumbags like her get some attention then so be it.
Her and everyone involved with Breitbart can fucking die in those flames for all I care. That's probably a bit extreme but something needs to offset these soft cunts on the left and this is how I honestly feel. I too can have zero empathy for human life.
Andrew Breitbart died on my birthday and I've praised black Jesus and Allah every year since for blessing me with such a beautiful gift. 🙃
Even though all of the cops who were involved in Freddie Gray breaking his neck and dying got off, the rioting and the attention it drew has led to actual steps being made for police reform. We have a new major and police chief. I see body cameras on cops regularly downtown and the DOJ is just waiting to lay the smackdown on any and all who fuck up first.
So positive things have happened at some glass breaking, a CVS being looted and burnt down (it's back now) and a few cops in riot gear being hit with rocks.
So if that bitch had to get sprayed in the face so her and the scumbags like her get some attention then so be it.
Her and everyone involved with Breitbart can fucking die in those flames for all I care. That's probably a bit extreme but something needs to offset these soft cunts on the left and this is how I honestly feel. I too can have zero empathy for human life.
Andrew Breitbart died on my birthday and I've praised black Jesus and Allah every year since for blessing me with such a beautiful gift. 🙃
By DY_nasty Go To PostTo be clear, I'm not saying Trump is under a microscope - I'm talking specifically about this mess in Yemen.
My bad.
It's probably because of the "not a muslim ban" muslim ban and how it made a lot of agencies seem to be incompetent. Him and his crew did that stick stalk, then had the audacity to get caught with their pants down and lose people. The media already has the narrative that he doesn't trust his military advisors. Had the ban not been a thing (right before this happened), this would have been another instance of more dead brown people that Americans wouldn't give a fuck about.
By Phlebas Go To PostI don't know, how would you react to a Hitler youth?
Did that girl deserve to get pepper sprayed for her views?
By GQman2121 Go To PostThe riots in Baltimore nearly two years ago changed my out outlook on how real change can be reached, and in some cases, expedited via violence.You're a special kind of stupid
Even though all of the cops who were involved in Freddie Gray breaking his neck and dying got off, the rioting and the attention it drew has led to actual steps being made for police reform. We have a new major and police chief. I see body cameras on cops regularly downtown and the DOJ is just waiting to lay the smackdown on any and all who fuck up first.
So positive things have happened at some glass breaking, a CVS being looted and burnt down (it's back now) and a few cops in riot gear being hit with rocks.
So if that bitch had to get sprayed in the face so her and the scumbags like her get some attention then so be it.
Her and everyone involved with Breitbart can fucking die in those flames for all I care. That's probably a bit extreme but something needs to offset these soft cunts on the left and this is how I honestly feel. I too can have zero empathy for human life.
Andrew Breitbart died on my birthday and I've praised black Jesus and Allah every year since for blessing me with such a beautiful gift. 🙃
By Bold 2 in One Go To PostI don't know, how would you react to a Hitler youth?How did what she was doing deserve an attack like that? Calling her Hitler youth is beyond ignorant
By Phlebas Go To PostHow did what she was doing deserve an attack like that? Calling her Hitler youth is beyond ignorantI didn't say she deserved to be attacked...
regarding the Hitler youth comment, I calls it like I sees it, supporter of fascism and oppression. No one wearing those idiotic trucker hats will receive an iota of sympathy or empathy from me.
By Phlebas Go To PostHow did what she was doing deserve an attack like that? Calling her Hitler youth is beyond ignorantCollateral damage. Similar to those civilians in Yemen that died. She's at the wrong place wearing the wrong flag. Why are you constantly sympathetic to these people? They're beyond reason and they've won. Fuck them.
By GQman2121 Go To PostCollateral damage. Similar to those civilians in Yemen that died. She's at the wrong place wearing the wrong flag. Why are you constantly sympathetic to these people? They're beyond reason and they've won. Fuck them.I don't condone political violence no matter who is on the receiving end.