Trump 2017: Year Zero

[Sutekh]

I think the BBC is annoyed with trump, they have done a point by point fisking of trumps claims that the media doesn't report or under reports terror attacks. One of the longest bbc news articles I've ever seen


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38890090

[Sallos]

[allegate]

so Warren was silenced by McConnell and his spineless cronies for trying to read a letter written by Coretta Scott King... the widow of Martin Luther King... THE civil rights hero of the American civil rights movement... to present a side of Sessions that might be relevant, given that his past is under scrutiny for racism.

WHAT?! https://www.rawstory.com/2017/02/sha...ter-to-senate/

Read the letter, which Warren was unable to deliver... because a bunch of fucking cowards knew it had power greater than theirs

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/cong...ssions-n718166

McConnell and other Republicans said Warren violated Senate rules. The rule, No. 19, says senators cannot "directly or indirectly, by any form of words impute to another Senator or to other Senators any conduct or motive unworthy or unbecoming a Senator."
However, when Sen. Tom Udall, D-New Mexico, read the same letter the next day, Republicans did not object.

So mansplaining is, yet again, OK.

[allegro]

I like this article about the "Gag Rule" imposed by the Senate against Warren.

I loathe Mitch McConnell SO MUCH, I can't even express it. He's a mean old man and he needs to retire.

[Swykk]

It's awesome that Sanders has Warren's back even after she left him high and dry during the primary. That said, I'll take it. Even if it wasn't reciprocal. It's the right thing to do. McConnell was a tool before he was in Trump's pocket.

[allegro]

It's awesome that Sanders has Warren's back even after she left him high and dry during the primary. That said, I'll take it. Even if it's late.

She didn't really leave him high and dry; I'm sure they, as good friends, discussed this matter before she finally opted to support Clinton, because by that time the game was clearly over, since the President had already endorsed Clinton.

Sanders is not a vindictive guy. He's mature enough to understand politics.

UGH THIS PISSES ME OFF SO MUCH, WTF.

"She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless, she persisted," McConnell said on the Senate floor.

Warren is now barred from speaking on the floor for the remainder of the debate on Sessions' nomination, McConnell's office said. The debate is expected to wrap up about 7 p.m. ET Wednesday when a final confirmation vote is planned.

[allegro]

Is that Orrin Hatch behind McConnell cleaning out his nostrils??

See 0:16 of embedded video.

https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2...cott-king.html

[Swykk]

It's an awful double standard. We're still so far behind progress wise and are poised to fall even farther.

As for my criticism (which I believe I brought up while it was happening or rather, NOT happening), Warren could've (and should've) endorsed Sanders way earlier on. Obama and pretty much every other Democrat played the same shitty political waiting game. It sucked then. It sucks way worse now. But here we are.

[allegro]

It's an awful double standard. We're still so far behind progress wise and are poised to fall even farther.

As for my criticism (which I believe I brought up while it was happening or rather, NOT happening), Warren could've (and should've) endorsed Sanders way earlier on. Obama and pretty much every other Democrat played the same shitty political waiting game. It sucked then. It sucks way worse now. But here we are.

I believe she explained, at the time, that she didn't want to interfere in the primary process, so she stayed out of it completely until it was pretty much "over." Which is pretty much what the President did, too. Had Sanders been the front-runner and was clearly going to have the most Electoral votes, Obama and Warren would have still waited until the very end to endorse Sanders. It wasn't about the actual candidate; it was about not interfering or influencing voters during the primary process, and I can understand that.

re Warren and the Gag Rule etc.: Yes, I think we are going BACKWARD instead of forward in so many ways. That's why we need TERM LIMITS in Congress. NOW. Those old farts gotta go.

All of this also indicates why we keep saying that our votes for members of CONGRESS are MUCH MORE IMPORTANT than our votes for a President.

[theimage13]

#CastrateMcConnell.

[allegro]

#CastrateMcConnell.

On the Senate floor? Heh. That's kinda brutal.

VOTE HIM OUT.

AND IMPOSE TERM LIMITS.

McConnell has been a U.S. Senator for THIRTY-THREE FUCKING YEARS.

[Jinsai]

Mitch McConnell looks like a mashup of the "ello!" worm from Labyrinth, and the monster from Pan's Labyrinth.




Coincidence!? Someone, call up Alex Jones, I think I'm on to something here

[Kodiak33]

John Oliver did a nice little thing about McConnell looking like a old man's dick. It was hilarious and gross.

I think he's horrible, truly a stereotypical bad politician.

[baudolino]

this isn't too bad

'Trump's Cabinet of Killers and Why Orange is the New Anti-Black' by Intercepted with Jeremy Scahill https://megaphone.link/FL7005027452

[Jinsai]

so I got bored and made this to amuse myself... it's uncanny

[allegate]

Shit gibbon is my new favorite.

https://twitter.com/daylinleach/stat...41688186335232

[allegro]

Shit gibbon is my new favorite.

https://twitter.com/daylinleach/stat...41688186335232

wow, I love that guy! We need more like him in politics!

[hellospaceboy]

Wow, if things will continue this way we won't be able to keep up with the shitstorm in this thread:

Anybody who questions the Yemen raid owes an apology. Also, it's an actual quote: it was a "huge success".
“I think anybody who undermines the success of that raid owes an apology and [does a] disservice to the life of Chief Owens.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/02/08/sean-spicer-just-set-an-extraordinary-standard-for-criticizing-military-operations-under-trump/?utm_term=.1d3c776e237d

Anybody who fires one of Donald Trump's children is attacking the presidency itself. So much for that separation of businesses...
"There's a targeting of her brand and it's her name," Spicer said. "She's not directly running the company. It's still her name on it. There are clearly efforts to undermine that name based on her father's positions on particular policies that he's taken. This is a direct attack on his policies and her name. Her because she is being maligned because they have a problem with his policies."
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewir...nordstrom-line

And Trump's reaction to the precieved weakness of Spicer is very predictable:

https://www.aol.com/article/news/201...tary/21709857/

[Jinsai]

Sessions confirmed...

[Wretchedest]

I actually thought he got confirmed last week somehow, so I'm living this nightmare for the second time.

[GulDukat]

Sorry if this has been posted. Jon Stewart on Colbert. Great stuff:

[Jinsai]

H.R.899 - To terminate the Department of Education

[allegate]

H.R.899 - To terminate the Department of Education

What the hell is this fresh fuckery.

And what about DeVos? What was the point of that parade/charade if they're getting rid of the shitting thing?

[Jinsai]

What the hell is this fresh fuckery.

And what about DeVos? What was the point of that parade/charade if they're getting rid of the shitting thing?

Well, they couldn't have someone competent running it in the meantime, could they?

[Swykk]

@Jinsai For fuck's sake. Really?

Maybe because the GOP know the younger generations don't favor them so dumb down a new one? Can't wait for my nephew to learn about evil brown people on the 6000 year old flat Earth where the arts don't matter.

[hellospaceboy]

Why isn't the weakness just fake news? Why is this bit of public opinion something worthy of action?

You are right, of course... but he was played by a woman on SNL so he has to go! SAD!

[Jinsai]

@Jinsai For fuck's sake. Really?

Maybe because the GOP know the younger generations don't favor them so dumb down a new one? Can't wait for my nephew to learn about evil brown people on the 6000 year old Earth where the arts don't matter.

[Louie_Cypher]

since alex jones was posted meme magic the cult of kek and pepe the frog https://pepethefrogfaith.wordpress.com/
-louie

[allegro]

What the hell is this fresh fuckery.

And what about DeVos? What was the point of that parade/charade if they're getting rid of the shitting thing?

That is a House Bill introduced by ONE person; it may not survive one day. Any Congressperson can introduce a Bill.

[Aladdinsanity]

Oh, hey look, it's the guy who claims to be "classical liberal" whilst using the Quebec shooting to justify Trump's Muslim ban when him and the Breitbart base he panders to for subscribers initially thought said shooting was carried out by a Muslim.