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Casimir Radon
Aug 2, 2008



SO MUCH WINNING

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shyduck
Oct 3, 2003


https://twitter.com/BellsInequality/status/874645098474205185

:: Meets Trump ::
:: Goes back to North Korea ::

Defenestrategy
Oct 24, 2010

Trump gets that guy back, Obama got that goon back. Check mate libtards.

boop the snoot
Jun 3, 2016
There has got to be someone out there who was in a coma before Trump said he was running for office who came out of it after Trump got elected. There HAS to be.

That's the interview the world wants.

shyduck
Oct 3, 2003


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyuFnL5JcEw

Missionary Positron
Jul 6, 2004
And now for something completely different

There really is a Simpsons clip for any occasion.

Defenestrategy
Oct 24, 2010

TBeats posted:

There has got to be someone out there who was in a coma before Trump said he was running for office who came out of it after Trump got elected. There HAS to be.

That's the interview the world wants.

There's approximately 25,000 people in the us in a coma right now. I wonder what the protocol for telling people about current events is if they wake up?

"Sir... Your insurance is treating your coma as a pre-existing condition, Russia is interfering in American Politics to a point no one is sure if there's a video of President Trump being pee'd on or not, and the only thing that the current party in power cares about is EMAILS!!!!"

*goes into shock*

shyduck
Oct 3, 2003


:rip:

https://twitter.com/StephenKing/status/874646427091251201

edit: okay what the gently caress is this about

https://twitter.com/kasie/status/874650189885263872

shyduck fucked around with this message at 16:37 on Jun 13, 2017

Shaddak
Nov 13, 2011

Not that it would take much, but I have to know, what did Stephen King do to get Donald Trump to block him?

Zeroisanumber
Oct 23, 2010

Nap Ghost

Shaddak posted:

Not that it would take much, but I have to know, what did Stephen King do to get Donald Trump to block him?

Cranky old men having a slap-fight over politics is a tale as old as time.

Casimir Radon
Aug 2, 2008


Shaddak posted:

Not that it would take much, but I have to know, what did Stephen King do to get Donald Trump to block him?
He's been making fun of him for a long time.

EBB
Feb 15, 2005

shyduck
Oct 3, 2003


More about this interview issue going on right now:

https://twitter.com/kasie/status/874650438439751685

https://twitter.com/kevcirilli/status/874654379793682433

https://twitter.com/frankthorp/status/874653417976811520

https://twitter.com/Phil_Mattingly/status/874656088746057730

boop the snoot
Jun 3, 2016
I hate the Warriors but this means I don't hate them as much

https://twitter.com/ReformedBroker/status/874584819883266052

Thwomp
Apr 10, 2003

BA-DUHHH

Grimey Drawer

Likely because McConnell realizes the only way to pass the health care repeal is to do it with as little public attention as possible. Setting the stage for the vote later this month.

Handsome Ralph
Sep 3, 2004

Oh boy, posting!
That's where I'm a Viking!



:lol:

TBeats posted:

I hate the Warriors but this means I don't hate them as much

https://twitter.com/ReformedBroker/status/874584819883266052

This is p. cool. Only because it's going to infuriate people who don't watch basketball into screaming that they will no longer watch the Warriors play basketball.

FastestGunAlive
Apr 7, 2010

Dancing palm tree.
Love the warriors (yea yea) and if you're not in the know; Kerr (coach) and popavich (spurs coach) have been fairly vocal in their criticism of trump, just not in the past few months. Glad to see that carrying on

shyduck
Oct 3, 2003


https://twitter.com/burgessev/status/874662874970509312

This is how your rights go away

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
It's also a really stupid move by the Senatorial Snowflakes because they're forgetting the Streisand rule.

Now, simply because they're banning the press from the hallways, the question of why is the #1 question on the hill. That's promptly followed up by "HEY ISN'T THERE A SECRET HEALTHCARE BILL THAT WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT?"

Already Democratic senators are getting a ton of attention and immediately redirecting it towards the Senate AHCA bill that is so radioactive no Senate Committee chair is taking credit for it (but it will still likely pass).

Dead Reckoning
Sep 13, 2011

Eat. poo poo. "It's really not worth meaningfully opposing this. After all, none of us are going to lose our insurance. Now, let's talk about how our base is going to come crawling back without us having to change anything."

FastestGunAlive
Apr 7, 2010

Dancing palm tree.

Can only focus on the most oppressed and discriminated groups one at a time. So obviously, rich white Christian men

Thwomp
Apr 10, 2003

BA-DUHHH

Grimey Drawer

Lindsey loving Graham. Limp-dicked fuckstick press whore who is all about getting on the Sunday shows to promote his profile and his "independence". But shows none of the independence or press availability when poo poo turns against his gleaming Southern smile. gently caress him right up his cottonhole.


Edit: I hope he cries every night that he never even got close to the presidential nomination. I hope he calls up McCain to vent about how unfair everyone treats him. Then McCain hangs up because he forgot he answered the phone.

Thwomp fucked around with this message at 17:54 on Jun 13, 2017

shyduck
Oct 3, 2003


hnnnnnuuugh

https://twitter.com/pdmcleod/status/874668144027205632

Mr. Nice!
Oct 13, 2005

c-spam cannot afford



Dead Reckoning posted:

Eat. poo poo. "It's really not worth meaningfully opposing this. After all, none of us are going to lose our insurance. Now, let's talk about how our base is going to come crawling back without us having to change anything."

What they're saying is there's no point in trying to use rules to delay it or any other legislation at the moment. They cannot delay it forever, and might as well put it to an up or down vote so they can all vote no.

Don't read a clickbait headline and assume that's what's going on. There's no way to stop the republicans from passing whatever they want. First we're getting a $900 billion tax break for the 1% and then we're gonna see another few trillion on that before they're done. There is nothing that can be done to stop them so quit getting up in arms about it. Instead, get active and get out on your streets working to prevent this from continuing after 2018. Flipping at least one of the houses is the only thing you can do.

Mr. Nice!
Oct 13, 2005

c-spam cannot afford



Also they didn't ban reporters just tv crews. I agree it's chickenshit, but reporters are still going to be in the hallways waiting for people. It just won't be filmed.

boop the snoot
Jun 3, 2016

This is the type of excuse my drunk rear end gave my mom when coming home at 4am.

bird food bathtub
Aug 9, 2003

College Slice
Huh, waking up to see a big steaming pile of poo poo on the first amendment was not what I expected. In hindsight I probably should have.

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
This explanation makes sense.

https://twitter.com/bridgetbhc/status/874665586621648898

In a land of punchable faces, Senator Shelby has #1.

lol it might be over already

https://twitter.com/kasie/status/874672007404826625

This whole thing was really odd because if there's one thing a congressman LOVES is a camera. They love being on TV.

Edit: Shelby statement saying that nothing changed.... so what the gently caress happened?

https://twitter.com/Bencjacobs/status/874675208090599425

facialimpediment fucked around with this message at 18:12 on Jun 13, 2017

shyduck
Oct 3, 2003


https://twitter.com/NumbersMuncher/status/874675302227738624

ALL THIS WINNING

Johnny Five-Jaces
Jan 21, 2009



:eyepop:

Genocide Tendency
Dec 24, 2009

I get mental health care from the medical equivalent of Skillcraft.


https://twitter.com/kasie/status/874710696742748161

So lets play the what happened game.



A - Backlash forced them to undo the video ban.
B - Whatever they were trying to cover up was handled and they don't need cover of darkness anymore.

Defenestrategy
Oct 24, 2010


He has 13% approval by Democrats. I want these people interviewed.

Vasudus
May 30, 2003
They forgot that the entire world is connected these days so it's not like they're going to read about the rules change in the loving Sunday paper, and millions of people found out about six seconds after it happened.

mlmp08
Jul 11, 2004

Prepare for my priapic projectile's exalted penetration
Nap Ghost

KildarX posted:

He has 13% approval by Democrats. I want these people interviewed.

Is Zell Miller still alive?

Genocide Tendency
Dec 24, 2009

I get mental health care from the medical equivalent of Skillcraft.


KildarX posted:

He has 13% approval by Democrats. I want these people interviewed.

They are the same people who look at things with eternal optimism.

Also known as loving idiots.

Gobbeldygook
May 13, 2009
Hates Native American people and tries to justify their genocides.

Put this racist on ignore immediately!

KildarX posted:

He has 13% approval by Democrats. I want these people interviewed.
I think they would be some combination of very low-information voters and "Democrats" who are actually single-issue voters in disguise. For example, commentator Mickey Kaus is a Democrat but also extremely anti-immigration. He supported Obama in '12 because he figured Obama was less likely than Romney to pass immigration reform. He is now a Democrat who supports Trump.

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns

Genocide Tendency posted:

B - Whatever they were trying to cover up was handled and they don't need cover of darkness anymore.

My best guess is that it's about the healthcare bill that's being kept secret, mostly because they know it's a pile of poo poo. So, they want to keep it completely away from the news and not let anything leak out about the discussio-

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/ap-sources-trump-tells-senators-house-health-bill-48015512

quote:

One source said Trump called the House bill "mean, mean, mean" and said, "We need to be more generous, more kind." The other source said Trump used a vulgar phrase to describe the House bill and told the senators, "We need to be more generous."

boop the snoot
Jun 3, 2016

facialimpediment posted:

My best guess is that it's about the healthcare bill that's being kept secret, mostly because they know it's a pile of poo poo. So, they want to keep it completely away from the news and not let anything leak out about the discussio-

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/ap-sources-trump-tells-senators-house-health-bill-48015512

jesus how bad can it be

EBB
Feb 15, 2005

So uh

can we FOIA that poo poo?

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joat mon
Oct 15, 2009

I am the master of my lamp;
I am the captain of my tub.

tastefully arranged labia posted:

So uh

can we FOIA that poo poo?

FOIA applies only to the executive branch.
e: Even if it did apply to the legislative branch, arguably covered by the 'deliberative process' aspect of exemption 5.

longer answer: pages 366-392

joat mon fucked around with this message at 22:57 on Jun 13, 2017

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