US PoliEra 2019 |OT7| It's happening

Ogodei · Aug 23, 2019

Of course there's the temptation to make a jokey OT, as is often the case, and hot-damn is there a lot of material for that even in the last week, where our esteemed President has:

-Offered to buy Greenland. |OT7| I bought this Greenland and It Immediately Melted
-Got pissy when rebuffed by Denmark because Greenland's in free association with Denmark (like most remaining colonies in the world today) and is not for sale and so cancelled on Denmark's PM. |OT7| All I Cared About was Your Green Land
-Played on the anti-semitic Dual Loyalty trope to claim that American Jews weren't being Dual Loyal enough if they were voting Democratic. |OT7| Not Disloyal Enough
-Was endorsed by a guy who called him the King of Israel and the best thing to happen to Jews ever. |OT7| *snort* - You say Jesus is King of Kings?
-Claimed that doctors came out of surgery just to see him at the El Paso and Dayton hospitals. |OT7| Let a Man Die to Shake My Hand
-Called his handpicked Chairman of the Federal Reserve the greatest enemy |OT7| Coming This Summer: Jerome Powell is "ENEMY OF THE STATE"

Along with some stuff that's super-serious

-had his Department of Justice send a legal brief contending that the Civil Rights Act does not protect LGB individuals, along with prior efforts claiming that Trans people also have no equal-protection rights.
-batted around the idea of ending birthright citizenship (this would go under the lulworthy side if he didn't mean it)
-declared an intent to replace the Flores Settlement with some cooked-up bullshit to let him detain migrant families indefinitely.
-declined to give the flu vaccine to detainees in the migrant camps.

But what stands out, most singularly and poignantly, is the story of Rashida Tlaib, whose grandmother is still a victim of the Israeli occupation, and the occupiers set the terms by which people can see their relatives. Because Tlaib has the temerity to stand up for Palestinian rights and due to Trump's monumentally petty scheming, Israel was convinced to bar her from visiting the country. Initially Tlaib yielded to their odious terms on "humanitarian" grounds, but ultimately made the painful decision to stand for her grandmother's dignity rather than a chance to see her one last time.

Because there's no end to the pettiness of king shitbird, he had this to say:

The old woman had a simple reply, told to a journalist from Reuters:

Midnight Jon · Aug 23, 2019

remember when i still posted these

devSin · Aug 23, 2019

Midnight Jon said:
remember when i still posted these

I.e., remember when you could find the thread just by looking at the icon.

Ogodei · Aug 23, 2019

Midnight Jon said:
remember when i still posted these

I'd be pleased to restore the old order. I'll shoot you a reminder next time the thread comes due.

Becks' · Aug 23, 2019

After this week, I want a one-way ticket to another dimension.

gaugebozo · Aug 23, 2019

I was partial to OT|I'm not going nuts 😕

Arm Van Dam · Aug 23, 2019

How to learn to live in the minority party with no power, Ann Wagner Edition

Slader166 · Aug 23, 2019

top-tier thread title

Brian McDoogle · Aug 23, 2019

Hello new thread, and hello good title.

Hours Left · Aug 23, 2019

May every deity shit on him repeatedly.

Brian McDoogle · Aug 23, 2019

Flip, flip, flip-a-new-thread-ia

cameron · Aug 23, 2019

Steve Herman @W7VOA

"No, I don't think so," @POTUS responds to my question of whether Kim violated a pledge to him with latest missile launches. "He likes testing missiles."

11:05 PM - Aug 23, 2019 · The White House

spx54 · Aug 23, 2019

perfect thread title

shinra-bansho · Aug 23, 2019

https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...500820-c5fe-11e9-b5e4-54aa56d5b7ce_story.html

Lol, this seems really incoherent.

"None of you . . . women are old enough — but a couple of you guys are old enough," he said during a town hall at Dartmouth College. "I graduated in 1968. Everybody before me was, 'Drop out, go to Haight-Ashbury, don't trust anybody over 30, everybody not get involved.' No, I'm serious. I know no woman will shake her head and acknowledge it. But you guys know what I'm talking about. Right? But then what happened?"

What?

sphagnum · Aug 23, 2019

Can't wait for the Bidenism calendars with one dumb quote per day.

devSin · Aug 23, 2019

shinra-bansho said:
What?

Your problem is that you're asking the women.

Ask the guys. They know.

sphagnum said:
Can't wait for the Bidenism calendars with one dumb quote per day.

Misplacing the "only" when reading your speech from the prompter is the most vanilla of flubs.

sphagnum · Aug 23, 2019

shinra-bansho said:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...500820-c5fe-11e9-b5e4-54aa56d5b7ce_story.html

Lol, this seems really incoherent.

What?

There's a part before that quote (or maybe during the ellipses?) where he says he got engaged around that time. Sam Seder was speculating that what he's trying to get at in that word salad is that while other young men were being irresponsible hippies in the late 60s, he was already a Serious Individual sticking to Family Values and doing Hard Work.

I think he just has mush brains.

Funky Dude Sparks · Aug 23, 2019

Arm Van Dam said:
How to learn to live in the minority party with no power, Ann Wagner Edition

trufax: The district she represents is WASPy as fuck and she continually gets competition every election because a good amount of people hate her ass

Naijaboy · Aug 23, 2019

Note that you can use the title any any number of men, including Putin, Bolsonaro, Urban, Sheldon Adelson, Erdogan, Ben Shapiro, Hannity, Tucker Carlson and, most relevant, Netanyahu and the Koch Brothers.

Here's hoping Tlaib's grandmother survives both administrations and that the deceased Koch brother has hell to pay.

cameron · Aug 23, 2019

Jennifer Jacobs @JenniferJJacobs

Trump has threatened 100% tariff on French wines.https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2019-08-17/trump-mused-about-100-french-wine-tariff-at-hamptons-fundraiser …

11:39 PM - Aug 23, 2019

Bryan Pietsch@bryan_pietsch

Trump doing press conference w French pres Macron on Monday per @JenniferJJacobs

11:31 PM - Aug 23, 2019

Toth · Aug 23, 2019

Hopefully we are in Endgame now. We just need our Ant Man to save us.

Kaitos · Aug 23, 2019

So I decided to watch election night 2018 coverage last night and it really fucked me up how terrible the narrative was.

First, everyone is giving Trump credit for seemingly doing something amazing by winning senate seats in Missouri, North Dakota, and Indiana. Ya, you're a Republican. Congrats. The narrative for the night is pretty much that Trump really did win, which is weird!

Second, the House control is seen as almost an after thought. Which is odd -- I think a lot of this is because Florida came first and was the best Republican state of the night, but still. Only Nate Silver is the one trying to recorrect the narrative that this a big deal.

Third, so many of these pundits don't understand how the vote comes in. You saw this in Arizona and California. This is super dangerous. These people cannot explain to viewers how voting works in AZ and CA, and thus viewers are probably more open to thinking fraud. It's like they're living in 2002, perpetually.

Fourth... what value do Donna Brazille and Chris Christie bring to your network? Or Abby Huntsman? OR Meghan McCain?

The Chosen One · Aug 23, 2019

Do you guys think RGB will make it to the new year?

cameron · Aug 23, 2019

Aaron Rupar @atrupar

Trump says the Dow dropping 600 points is no big deal because he's still up from where Obama was when he left office

11:33 PM - Aug 23, 2019

The Chosen One said:
Do you guys think RGB will make it to the new year?

Yes.

Antrax · Aug 23, 2019

Kaitos said:
Fourth... what value do Donna Brazille and Chris Christie bring to your network? Or Abby Huntsman? OR Meghan McCain?

This kinda grift has always amazed me. Big speaking fees (which might as well be what those people are doing, it's all chaff) for Presidents and shit? Sure. But Brazille, Meghan, Huntsman, etc?

Whatever they got paid is several orders of magnitude too high

TheDestructiveSquirrel · Aug 23, 2019

No big deal that people have lost a ton of money as long as he hasn't tanked the market back to 2017 levels? *facepalm*

Next he'll say it's ok because the market is higher than when Carter was in office.....

jack_package_200 · Aug 23, 2019

Jesus fucking Christ, Biden is awful awful.

Deleted member 7462 · Aug 24, 2019

The Chosen One said:
Do you guys think RGB will make it to the new year?

Jesus Christ, bruh.

cameron said:
Aaron Rupar @atrupar

Trump says the Dow dropping 600 points is no big deal because he's still up from where Obama was when he left office

11:33 PM - Aug 23, 2019

Be in personal competition with the best POTUS of the last fifty years when you're a Buchanan/Harding mash-up disaster of a president, folks.

Diablos · Aug 24, 2019

sphagnum said:
Can't wait for the Bidenism calendars with one dumb quote per day.

Dude what the fuck? Can you even finish a simple sentence anymore on matters of importance???

Biden cannot win. I know the polls look great for him but it's early. I think Trump is hoping Biden gets the nom

Slader166 · Aug 24, 2019

Taking bets, how long until Biden drops out?

jack_package_200 · Aug 24, 2019

Sanders > Biden

devSin · Aug 24, 2019

Diablos said:
Dude what the fuck? Can you even finish a simple sentence anymore on matters of importance???

Biden cannot win

George W. Bush cannot win. Donald Trump cannot win.

Yes, they can. Being able to speak fluently (or adeptly read from a teleprompter in this case) is not a prerequisite for office.

jack_package_200 said:
Sanders > Biden

They both suck and should drop out.

ody · Aug 24, 2019

Slader166 said:
Taking bets, how long until Biden drops out?

He's not dropping out

adam387 · Aug 24, 2019

So, I'm no Biden stan by any means, but I don't think what he was saying there is that confusing. He's doing the thing old guys do where they think women won't admit their age, so he's saying none of the ladies in the room are old enough to remember the late 60s, but the men are. And that what people his age were doing was going out to San Francisco to be hippies and not trusting anyone over 30, but then MLK Jr and Kennedy were murdered and folks wanted more activism and started getting involved.

Albert · Aug 24, 2019

sphagnum said:
Can't wait for the Bidenism calendars with one dumb quote per day.

devSin · Aug 24, 2019

adam387 said:
So, I'm no Biden stan by any means, but I don't think what he was saying there is that confusing. He's doing the thing old guys do where they think women won't admit their age, so he's saying none of the ladies in the room are old enough to remember the late 60s, but the men are. And that what people his age were doing was going out to San Francisco to be hippies and not trust anyone over 30, but then MLK Jr and Kennedy were murdered and folks wanted more activism.

The problem is that he always tries the folksy garbage, but now he seems to be too old to hold on to the point long enough to actually get to it.

He was always annoying like this, but he's quickly moving into the realm of not making any sense. They need to lock him in a room and not let him come out until he's the nominee if they expect to win.

MetalGearZed · Aug 24, 2019

The Chosen One said:
Do you guys think RGB will make it to the new year?

Full or limited?

adam387 · Aug 24, 2019

Maybe I'm just used to speaking old person. My squad is a group of ladies in their 70s and we do calligraphy, watch Hallmark movies, and share pictures of our (grand)kids. (My kids, their grandkids).

I'm not even lying.

Blader · Aug 24, 2019

I somehow completely missed that Trump tweet mocking Tlaib's grandmother first time around. Fucking hell.

devSin · Aug 24, 2019

MetalGearZed said:
Full or limited?

The model doesn't change with the color space.

If it dies, they all die.

adam387 said:
Maybe I'm just used to speaking old person. My squad is a group of ladies in their 70s and we do calligraphy, watch Hallmark movies, and share pictures of our (grand)kids. (My kids, their grandkids).

Fair enough. I never had the patience for his bullshit (he was always a terrible candidate), so I just tune him out.

Also, social media is a disease.

Dr. Benton Quest · Aug 24, 2019

Today was certainly a roller coaster.

Opens with good news.

Ends with bad.

Biden babbles all the way through it.

Psamtik · Aug 24, 2019

Diablos said:
Dude what the fuck? Can you even finish a simple sentence anymore on matters of importance???

Biden cannot win. I know the polls look great for him but it's early. I think Trump is hoping Biden gets the nom

He transposed *one* word. Christ, we're in some serious "look at that bitch eating crackers" territory.

TheAbsolution · Aug 24, 2019

The Chosen One said:
Do you guys think RGB will make it to the new year?

I don't like death predicting honestly.

adam387 · Aug 24, 2019

I am pretty sure that Biden won't be the nominee though. He's just not that good at being a candidate, and definitely not good at being a frontrunner. It's why I just kinda whatever with his verbal flubs. I don't think they're that big a deal when the alternative is Donald Trump (should Biden get the nomination.)

Tamanon · Aug 24, 2019

The Chosen One said:
Do you guys think RGB will make it to the new year?

Absolutely. Too much fire to burn out now.

Tamanon · Aug 24, 2019

adam387 said:
I am pretty sure that Biden won't be the nominee though. He's just not that good at being a candidate, and definitely not good at being a frontrunner. It's why I just kinda whatever with his verbal flubs. I don't think they're that big a deal when the alternative is Donald Trump (should Biden get the nomination.)

I don't think he will either. Warren seems to be doing all the right things.

Dr. Benton Quest · Aug 24, 2019

Psamtik said:
He transposed *one* word. Christ, we're in some serious "look at that bitch eating crackers" territory.

No, we aren't.

Biden has always been this way. He is a literal gaffe machine.

devilhawk · Aug 24, 2019

Kaitos said:
Third, so many of these pundits don't understand how the vote comes in. You saw this in Arizona and California. This is super dangerous. These people cannot explain to viewers how voting works in AZ and CA, and thus viewers are probably more open to thinking fraud. It's like they're living in 2002, perpetually.

I remember some talking about the Nevada Senate results. They were talking how amazing Heller was doing and thinking he was going to win despite nothing from Clark County being reported. I was just astonished at how they could craft a narrative despite literally 75-80% of the state's population living in Las Vegas not being included yet.

Psamtik · Aug 24, 2019

Dr. Benton Quest said:
No, we aren't.

Biden has always been this way. He is a literal gaffe machine.

And it's always been attributable to the stutter that he (mostly) overcame. He gets tongue-tied, and he works through it.

adam387 · Aug 24, 2019

Reading from a teleprompter is actually hard! It shouldn't be for someone who has been doing it for 40 years, but it is. The only thing I get frustrated with, and it's not directed at anyone here or anything, is when Twitter feels the need to frame something in the dumbest possible light. Like, every little verbal slip up isn't some massive gaffe. He mixed up the order of one word. If every single tiny thing a candidate does is magnified 90 million times, nothing actually sticks to them. This is why I hate social media. Plus I'm an old 32.

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