I like Beto a lot better than anyone else who's being seriously considered so far, but I think Dems can do better. Will they? Probably not.

12/11/2018 2:28:05 PM

Quote :

"Lol Trump just got pasted by Pelosi and Schumer on national TV."

I think you're right. But it is not going to play that way if you only see the short clip.

[Edited on December 11, 2018 at 2:31 PM. Reason : ll]

12/11/2018 2:30:57 PM

^https://www.npr.org/2018/12/11/675425269/trump-to-meet-with-chuck-and-nancy-expectations-are-low

[Edited on December 11, 2018 at 2:33 PM. Reason : ]

12/11/2018 2:33:16 PM

Yea, you're right, in that any investigation and certainly time will show that Trump is a moron here, as always.

I just mean that the clip alone will really do well in the t_d crowd and the like.

12/11/2018 2:41:28 PM

I want to know how many times John Kelly has said "Not my problem" since Saturday.

12/11/2018 10:03:13 PM

part of me thinks theyre going to re-offer the job back to Kelly.

No one who could do the job wants it.

Chris Christie is our best case scenario i think...

[Edited on December 12, 2018 at 12:50 AM. Reason : ]

12/12/2018 12:49:44 AM

Wishful thinking, on all fronts.

12/12/2018 2:10:31 AM

What are the odds on a shutdown?

12/12/2018 2:11:09 AM

^ 0%

odds are really high tho for some political theater where select govt employees get paid not to work

12/12/2018 5:57:29 AM

whatever chance it was, it's much lower after Trump took responsibility for it in advance

12/12/2018 9:02:10 AM

https://www.npr.org/2018/12/11/675892744/fact-check-trump-says-a-lot-of-wall-has-been-built-as-he-demands-we-build-more

12/12/2018 10:42:04 AM

Putting aside all of the legal implications, it’s pretty amazing so many people fell prey to a completely predictable conman. He has defrauded the country over and over again.

Shame on America.

12/12/2018 1:58:11 PM

it was the perfect cherry on top of decades and decades of awfulness from that party

he’s all of it, in human form

12/12/2018 2:04:17 PM

Beautiful!

Quote :

"Cohen — who once vowed that he’d “take a bullet for the president” — told the judge that Trump had led him “to choose a path of darkness over light.” “Recently, the president tweeted a statement calling me weak, and he was correct — but for a much different reason,” Cohen said. “Time and again I felt it was my duty to cover up his dirty deeds rather than listen to my own voice.” “Today is the day I am getting my freedom back,” Cohen added."

12/12/2018 3:40:14 PM

Fucking Bitch: Trump is Crazy, But it is an Asset

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nikki-haley-says-she-leveraged-trump-s-outbursts-get-things-n946836

12/12/2018 8:59:36 PM

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1073269881334849536?s=21

Lol. I follow Glenn Greenwald so I know this is the most important story in the world right now.

12/13/2018 12:36:04 PM

Still doesn't know how tariffs work.

-1

12/13/2018 4:10:09 PM

walls are closing in even more with this inaugural investigation

12/13/2018 5:55:49 PM

https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-inauguration-spending-under-criminal-investigation-by-federal-prosecutors-11544736455

Quote :

"Federal prosecutors in Manhattan are investigating whether President Trump's 2017 inaugural committee misspent some of the record $107 million it raised from donations, people familiar with the matter said. The criminal probe by the Manhattan U.S. attorney's office, which is in its early stages, also is examining whether some of the committee's top donors gave money in exchange for access to the incoming Trump administration, policy concessions or to influence official administration positions, some of the people said. Giving money in exchange for political favors could run afoul of federal corruption laws. Diverting funds from the organization, which was registered as a nonprofit, could also violate federal law."

Quote :

"The investigation partly arises out of materials seized in the federal probe of former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen's business dealings, according to people familiar with the matter. In April raids of Mr. Cohen's home, office and hotel room, Federal Bureau of Investigation agents obtained a recorded conversation between Mr. Cohen and Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, a former adviser to Melania Trump, who worked on the inaugural events. In the recording, Ms. Wolkoff expressed concern about how the inaugural committee was spending money, according to a person familiar with the Cohen investigation."

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"Federal prosecutors have asked Richard Gates, a former campaign aide who served as the inaugural committee's deputy chairman, about the fund's spending and its donors, according to people familiar with the matter. Mr. Gates has met with prosecutors from the Manhattan U.S. attorney's office and the special counsel's office."

[Edited on December 13, 2018 at 5:59 PM. Reason : ]

12/13/2018 5:58:49 PM

That Senate vote today was not good news for Trump. Showed that enough Senate Republicans to convict will vote against Trump when the receipts are substantial enough.

Hmmmm maybe not quite. Looks like 7 Republicans voted for and 3 abstained. Ah well, still more than I thought would ever turn against him.

So 56-41 for the Yemen resolution and then a near unanimous voice vote condemning MBS. Yeah, getting much closer.

[Edited on December 13, 2018 at 6:26 PM. Reason : .]

12/13/2018 6:12:11 PM

I worry the more the walls close in the more dangerous he'll become.

12/13/2018 7:43:55 PM

https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-trade-war-us-china-trade-deficit-growing-despite-tariffs-2018-12

Oops!

12/13/2018 7:46:43 PM

^^

12/13/2018 8:02:45 PM

It's definitely a concern, but at this point I think it's just as likely he overreaches and collapses.

12/13/2018 11:27:27 PM

^^^ Trump is a moron who has no business running a taco truck let alone the country but that data point isn’t unexpected. Think about it from an American perspective. 10% tariffs on a lot of Chinese goods and inputs currently with a threat to move that to 25% hanging out there. Get the goods and inputs in supply at the cheaper price. More inflows equals wider trade deficit.

12/14/2018 8:34:45 AM

I love that people are still donating to Michael Cohen's GoFundMe

https://www.gofundme.com/hqjupj-michael-cohen-truth-fund

12/14/2018 12:28:29 PM

These are always fun

The 29 most surreal lines from Donald Trump's Fox News interview [from yesterday]

https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/13/politics/donald-trump-harris-faulkner-michael-cohen/index.html

12/14/2018 12:46:58 PM

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-inc-podcast-trumps-inauguration-paid-trumps-company-with-ivanka-in-the-middle

Quote :

"When it came out this year that President Donald Trump's inaugural committee raised and spent unprecedented amounts, people wondered where all that money went. It turns out one beneficiary was Trump himself. The inauguration paid the Trump Organization for rooms, meals and event space at the company's Washington hotel, according to interviews as well as internal emails and receipts reviewed by WNYC and ProPublica. During the planning, Ivanka Trump, the president-elect's eldest daughter and a senior executive with the Trump Organization, was involved in negotiating the price the hotel charged the 58th Presidential Inaugural Committee for venue rentals. A top inaugural planner emailed Ivanka and others at the company to 'express my concern' that the hotel was overcharging for its event spaces, worrying of what would happen 'when this is audited.'"

12/14/2018 3:09:24 PM

^still don't understand how Trump supporters are ok with the president padding his own pockets via the presidency.

12/17/2018 9:31:48 AM

Racism and tax cuts. Same as it ever was for the GOP.

12/17/2018 9:40:34 AM

https://www.npr.org/2018/12/17/676771335/how-trump-went-from-tough-on-crime-to-second-chance-for-felons

uh, +1?

12/17/2018 12:06:13 PM

There's officially too many Trump scandals for me to keep up with now

https://www.wired.com/story/mueller-investigation-trump-russia-complete-guide/

17 investigations related to GOP/Trump corruption going on right now

[Edited on December 18, 2018 at 12:29 AM. Reason : ]

12/18/2018 12:25:40 AM

Never thought I would read something like this!

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/trump-supporters-turning-on-president-over-mueller-investigation-into-russia-ties-poll-shows/ar-BBR7rBZ

12/18/2018 7:19:52 AM

Epic bender on twitter going on this mornnng..

12/18/2018 8:33:36 AM

^^

Quote :

"However, few of those with concerns about the president’s integrity back calls for impeachment. Only five per cent of Mr Trump’s supporters believe he should be removed from office, the poll found."

They don't care and will vote for him again.

12/18/2018 9:36:03 AM

+1?

This is not only an appeal, but a repossession. Very odd coming from Trump.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/18/politics/bump-stocks-ban/index.html

12/18/2018 11:11:11 AM

^^ I feel that if you believe that he should be removed from office, then you're no longer one of his supporters.

^ I doubt that President Trump really cares that much about the second amendment.

12/18/2018 11:31:00 AM

Remember the time a US President was caught stealing from charity?

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-foundation-shutting-down-amid-allegations-by-ny-attorney-general-money-used-for-personal-benefit/

12/18/2018 11:59:02 AM

Nah, but I do remember listening to 3 months of attacks against Hillary because the Clinton Foundation took money from Qatar nearly a decade ago.

https://twitter.com/queerBengali/status/1075065845221605381

12/18/2018 12:08:16 PM

lol of course Shrike follows queerBengali

12/18/2018 12:18:36 PM

I don't actually have a twitter account or follow anyone, and you ain't deflecting your shame on me. Trump is President because of people like you.

12/18/2018 12:20:33 PM

I don’t really care about the Clinton Foundation in general but it still blows my mind that the NYT partnered up with a Bannon/Mercer funded Clinton Cash book and uncritically reported it as if it was not a bunch of biased right wing garbage.

12/18/2018 12:24:52 PM

Quote :

"I don't actually have a twitter account or follow anyone, and you ain't deflecting your shame on me. Trump is President because of people like you."

People like you are responsible for perpetuating the patriarchal, racist, oppressive system we live under. And you don't want it to change significantly because that might affect the pearly white ivory tower you've built for yourselves. You and Trump are two sides of the same coin.

12/18/2018 12:31:08 PM

Quote :

"NewYorkStateAG: "Our petition detailed a shocking pattern of illegality involving the Trump Foundation – including unlawful coordination with the Trump presidential campaign, repeated and willful self-dealing, and much more.""

https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/ag-underwood-announces-stipulation-dissolving-trump-foundation-under-judicial

12/18/2018 12:39:41 PM

oof

12/18/2018 1:20:09 PM

...and the lawsuit will still continue.

12/18/2018 1:37:08 PM

Sadly looks like they're not facing jail time, instead just fines and being banned from serving on charity boards.

A little ironic someone can be banned from heading a charity, but they can be the POTUS...

12/18/2018 4:46:02 PM

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/12/west-wing-braces-for-christmas-madness-more-departures-and-mueller

Lol staff are scared what verbal diarrhea he will utter while on a 16 day unsupervised vacation

12/18/2018 6:05:35 PM

Quote :

"This is not only an appeal, but a repossession. Very odd coming from Trump."

It's probably so when Mueller releases the filings on the NRA he can say he never liked the NRA and question why they would support him since no one's more tougher than him on guns.

12/18/2018 8:00:29 PM

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4118578/Were-Trump-s-stacks-legal-documents-just-piles-blank-paper-Questions-mount-folders-press-conference-contents-kept-secret.html

It’s funny to think back to the table full of folders filled with blank pieces of paper

Kind of amazing this itself wasn’t a bigger scandal... whotf does this ?

12/19/2018 3:54:56 PM