Trump Thread II: The man make a tweet

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Neurolimal: Nov 3, 2012

Medullah posted:

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/878413313188802560

GAME ON

I think what hes trying to say is (and failing because lol twitter and trumpisms) is "if they had this proof of tampering why didnt they show it instead of waiting until after they lost???"

# ? Jun 24, 2017 13:27

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# ? Jun 11, 2024 03:48

happyhippy: Feb 21, 2005; Playing games, watching movies, owning goons. 'sup; Pillbug

Mummy Xzibit posted:

This might be an aside but I am planning on literally making GBS threads on Mitch McConnell's grave once he mercifully relieves humanity of his existence.

Edit: I will also vigurously salt his poo poo-smeared grave as to ensure nothing will ever be allowed to grow from such evil.

Im not sure.
poo poo might make him resurrect Hellraiser style, poo poo is his lifeforce.

# ? Jun 24, 2017 13:28

Party Plane Jones: Jul 1, 2007; by Reene; Fun Shoe

# ? Jun 24, 2017 13:38

Captain Invictus: Apr 5, 2005; Try reading some manga!; Clever Betty

There Bias Two posted:

Explain to me how thousands of verified sources of information is not sufficient to make an initial diagnosis then.

Botany is an extraordinarily antagonistic poster even in a thread like this, you're better off putting him on ignore than replying to him. Not that he never has something worthwhile to say, but man, he's got a pretty awful temperament most of the time.

Party Plane Jones posted:

At this point I don't even need to go anywhere else for my daily twitter news, I just subscribe to the PPJ Trump Thread Posts feed :c00l:

# ? Jun 24, 2017 13:40

Party Plane Jones: Jul 1, 2007; by Reene; Fun Shoe

The idiot is awake:
https://twitter.com/JohnJHarwood/status/878597144676102144
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/878596457741287424

# ? Jun 24, 2017 13:55

withak: Jan 15, 2003; Fun Shoe

Party Plane Jones posted:

https://twitter.com/BraddJaffy/status/878313221441986561

Probably his most qualified appointment so far.

# ? Jun 24, 2017 13:56

John Wick of Dogs: Mar 4, 2017; A real hellraiser

https://twitter.com/ericgeller/status/878394740584087552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

poo poo, that's legitimately frightening. For some reason it didn't cross my mind Republicans could continue to be complicit in Russia helping them through simple inaction. Any nation in the world with a leader who wants to remain in power could.

# ? Jun 24, 2017 13:59

Shimrra Jamaane: Aug 10, 2007; Obscure to all except those well-versed in Yuuzhan Vong lore.

business hammocks posted:

Isn't the AHCA unpopular in his district, though? This seems like the wrong line of attack.

It's unpopular in every district, it's currently polling at 16% approval nationwide.

# ? Jun 24, 2017 14:02

canepazzo: May 29, 2006

Al Borland Corp. posted:

https://twitter.com/ericgeller/status/878394740584087552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

poo poo, that's legitimately frightening. For some reason it didn't cross my mind Republicans could continue to be complicit in Russia helping them through simple inaction. Any nation in the world with a leader who wants to remain in power could.

Forgot who had this hot-take on twitter, but the general idea was that GOP's actions make way more sense if you believe they don't expect to lose any elections anymore.

# ? Jun 24, 2017 14:04

Rincewinds: Jul 30, 2014; MEAT IS MEAT

Party Plane Jones posted:

https://twitter.com/robdelaney/status/878292750503886848

Mitch McConnell is a patriot, who will destroy the foreign enemies of his nation, by any means necessary.

# ? Jun 24, 2017 14:07

Boris Galerkin: Dec 17, 2011; I don't understand why I can't harass people online. Seriously, somebody please explain why I shouldn't be allowed to stalk others on social media!

BIG HEADLINE posted:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/pr/wp/2015/09/16/amazon-prime-members-enjoy-digital-access-to-the-washington-post-for-free/

Much cheaper option, especially if you already have Amazon Prime.

I don't have Prime and where I live right now everything is already like 2 day shipping as standard so it makes no sense for me to get it.

Charliegrs posted:

Honestly you don't even have to subscribe. There's a method I use to get around certain paywalled sites. Just click on the story you want to read, then hit the X button (the stop loading button) on your browser real quick and it will usually load the page before the paywall comes up. It might take a few tries but it usually works for me.

Yeah there are a lot of tricks so like I said it's just an annoyance really. I don't mind paying to get rid of these annoyances but if this is really true:

evilmiera posted:

This is weird, mine says about 40 bucks a year for a digital subscription, what's the deal?

Paul MaudDib posted:

price discrimination: the action of selling the same product at different prices to different buyers, in order to maximize sales and profits.

Amazon's been looking at this for a while too

... then gently caress that. I'm not a god drat animal to experiment on and I'll just keep my money.

# ? Jun 24, 2017 14:07

WorldsStongestNerd: Apr 28, 2010; by Fluffdaddy

botany posted:

do not armchair-diagnose people from a distance. you are not medical professionals, it doesn't work, it's stupid, stop it.

Mind your business and do not tell people how to post on a dead gay comedy forum.

# ? Jun 24, 2017 14:07

evilweasel: Aug 24, 2002

Elotana posted:

https://medium.com/@SenMikeLee/the-missing-ingredient-in-bcra-humility-771ce270fd00

Mike Lee wants ... the Cassidy-Collins bill I guess?

EDIT: Never underestimate the cowardice of Republicans, I guess, but putting comments like these out there publicly makes it look like it won't be an easy yes

Yeah I read that whole thing and I have a hard time figuring out what precisely he's asking for. He is, uh, more honest about the bill than I would have expected.

# ? Jun 24, 2017 14:14

CrazySalamander: Nov 5, 2009

Shimrra Jamaane posted:

It's unpopular in every district, it's currently polling at 16% approval nationwide.

I thought that this new one was at 30-35% approval for some inexplicable reason though?

# ? Jun 24, 2017 14:16

Pikavangelist: Nov 9, 2016; There is no God but Arceus
And Pikachu is His prophet

evilmiera posted:

This is weird, mine says about 40 bucks a year for a digital subscription, what's the deal?

I take it you have Amazon Prime? That's identical to the discount they offer to Prime members once the six free months are up.

# ? Jun 24, 2017 14:17

HootTheOwl: May 13, 2012; Hootin and shootin

Paul MaudDib posted:

I'm not a doctor and this isn't a court of law (or Congress).

But as someone who observed it with a family member, Trump is showing early signs of cognitive impairment. He's less coherent, he's forgetting where he is (wandering off during the Netanyahu photo op), or losing "mental context" (the press is 10 feet away, don't talk about classified material). He's vastly less "there" than just 10 years ago, and the fact that there's lots of video of him makes this pretty plain. This is what mild cognitive impairment looks like.

Just my take.

Alternitively he's egocentric and cares more about looking good and being smug than he does about protecting classified information. We don't need to project mental illness on someone when we inherently only get information about him through a filter and then are biased towards all his actions being wrong. I see we're still in the denial stage of grief. Trump isn't actually president because his mind didn't make it into the whitehouse.

# ? Jun 24, 2017 14:21

Elotana: Dec 12, 2003; and i'm putting it all on the goddamn expense account

evilweasel posted:

Yeah I read that whole thing and I have a hard time figuring out what precisely he's asking for. He is, uh, more honest about the bill than I would have expected.

I don't know how you get to 50 from this. Paul is probably a hard no, Lee and Johnson haven't been specific with their demands and Cruz and Heller want Medicaid spending to go in opposite directions. Enshallah some of the other moderates will start bailing once the CBO score hits.

# ? Jun 24, 2017 14:22

I AM GRANDO: Aug 20, 2006

canepazzo posted:

Forgot who had this hot-take on twitter, but the general idea was that GOP's actions make way more sense if you believe they don't expect to lose any elections anymore.

They always act like that though, there just aren't any barriers to their bad behavior any more.

# ? Jun 24, 2017 14:22

Shimrra Jamaane: Aug 10, 2007; Obscure to all except those well-versed in Yuuzhan Vong lore.

CrazySalamander posted:

I thought that this new one was at 30-35% approval for some inexplicable reason though?

There hasn't been enough time for a poll to be conducted on the Senate bill but on Thursday there was a new NBC/WSJ poll of the House bill that had it at 16%.

# ? Jun 24, 2017 14:22

evilweasel: Aug 24, 2002

Elotana posted:

I don't know how you get to 50 from this. Paul is probably a hard no, Lee and Johnson haven't been specific with their demands and Cruz and Heller want Medicaid spending to go in opposite directions. Enshallah some of the other moderates will start bailing once the CBO score hits.

Johnson wants attention. His ask was literally "more information" so he'll vote for it now that he's gotten that attention. This thing from Lee is confusing enough I can't tell if he can get satisfied with an amendment that other people won't hate.

# ? Jun 24, 2017 14:26

Lightning Lord: Feb 21, 2013; $200 a day, plus expenses

canepazzo posted:

Forgot who had this hot-take on twitter, but the general idea was that GOP's actions make way more sense if you believe they don't expect to lose any elections anymore.

That's Sarah Kendzior.

business hammocks posted:

They always act like that though, there just aren't any barriers to their bad behavior any more.

I think Clinton's victory after 12 years of having the presidency straight up broke the GOP's brains. They're convinced they're the party of leadership now

# ? Jun 24, 2017 14:33

Krispy Wafer: Jul 26, 2002; I shouted out "Free the exposed 67"
But they stood on my hair and told me I was fat; Grimey Drawer

Lightning Lord posted:

That's Sarah Kendzior.

I think Clinton's victory after 12 years of having the presidency straight up broke the GOP's brains. They're convinced they're the party of leadership now

Both parties act that way. Which is why you can be certain any party with complete control will lose that power after 2 years. They immediately think they have a mandate and quickly piss off half the country.

# ? Jun 24, 2017 14:49

Quorum: Sep 24, 2014; REMIND ME AGAIN HOW THE LITTLE HORSE-SHAPED ONES MOVE?

HootTheOwl posted:

Alternitively he's egocentric and cares more about looking good and being smug than he does about protecting classified information. We don't need to project mental illness on someone when we inherently only get information about him through a filter and then are biased towards all his actions being wrong. I see we're still in the denial stage of grief. Trump isn't actually president because his mind didn't make it into the whitehouse.

Alternatively Trump is President and also a mushy brained racist grandpa. It's far from the first time that's happened.

# ? Jun 24, 2017 15:18

Party Plane Jones: Jul 1, 2007; by Reene; Fun Shoe

Steve T Dennis posted:

Can't find any instance in history of a reconciliation bill being defeated on the floor.
But there's never been a bill quite like AHCA/BRCA.
CRS lists 24 budget reconciliation measures passed by Congress; 20 became law, 4 were vetoed. They don't list any that were defeated.
What HAS happened are long meetings in leadership offices to get people to yes, followed by agreement, followed by successful vote to pass. Take the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005. Backroom deals saved it from several near-death experiences. Passed by ultra-slim margins. If you go back and read the debate among Republicans at the time it's clearly from a very different era. I covered as CQ's budget reporter. Senate moderates like Snowe/Collins objected to relatively small cuts to Medicare/Medicaid ($10B/5 years)

AHCA/BRCA would cut Medicaid in ballpark of $800B/10. (And BRCA much more ensuing decades). >Order of magnitude difference. In 2005, leaders/conservatives wanted deeper cuts and ANWR but provisions kept getting jettisoned/added to get votes in both chambers. Key came when the Ohio House delegation threatened to tank the bill unless oxygen tank co's kept $2B Medicare payments. Hastert caved. Moderates also banded together in House to block ANWR. It came out. Final Senate vote was 51-50 with Dick Cheney casting the tie-breaking vote. The bill helped pay for a 2nd reconciliation bill providing another round of tax cuts. Dem messaging focus was similar to today: Rs cutting programs for poor to pay for tax cuts for wealthy.

In the House, the $2B oxygen tank amendment passed Rules Committee at 2:30 a.m.; votes started a little after 4. Never seen a happier Rep than Dave Hobson after I asked him at 4:30 something like "what's it like to be the $2 billion man?" It was an era before Politico, before Twitter, etc. Roy Blunt held a presser around 5 in Speaker's Lobby. I think 2-3 reporters showed up. Bill passed earlier morning; filed full story and went to breakfast.

We could be in for a similar all-nighter-dealmaking scenario in Senate this week. Both ahead of MTP and before end of Vote-a-Rama.

And a good laugh to start off your Saturday:
https://twitter.com/MarlowNYC/status/878613269250019329

Party Plane Jones fucked around with this message at 15:31 on Jun 24, 2017

# ? Jun 24, 2017 15:20

Moatman: Mar 21, 2014; Because the goof is all mine.

Ben Sasse apparently opened his big dumb mouth again about that woman who wrote the tirade to Yelp's CEO a year or two back and she's pushing back.
https://medium.com/@taliajane/ben-sasse-is-right-the-founders-would-panic-if-we-have-more-mes-in-the-world-b4dfeab08e14

# ? Jun 24, 2017 15:31

CuddleCryptid: Jan 11, 2013; Things could be going better

Pretty brutal thread

https://twitter.com/aliranger29/status/878428841773019136

The Heller propaganda is definitely in full swing, starting to see it even with localized settings. Hilariously, the hashtag is 20% people going "vote no, repeal ACA" and 80% "Vote no for God's sake, are you all crazy?"

# ? Jun 24, 2017 15:43

TheScott2K: Oct 26, 2003; I'm just saying, there's a nonzero chance Trump has a really toad penis.

Moatman posted:

Ben Sasse apparently opened his big dumb mouth again about that woman who wrote the tirade to Yelp's CEO a year or two back and she's pushing back.
https://medium.com/@taliajane/ben-sasse-is-right-the-founders-would-panic-if-we-have-more-mes-in-the-world-b4dfeab08e14

Ben's Assy is such an obvious pile of garbage and I hope his terrible book is the beginning of the end of his unearned positive reputation in the media.

# ? Jun 24, 2017 15:51

Goa Tse-tung: Feb 11, 2008; ;3; Yams Fan

Moatman posted:

Ben Sasse apparently opened his big dumb mouth again about that woman who wrote the tirade to Yelp's CEO a year or two back and she's pushing back.
https://medium.com/@taliajane/ben-sasse-is-right-the-founders-would-panic-if-we-have-more-mes-in-the-world-b4dfeab08e14

that's a cool and good cathartic rant

# ? Jun 24, 2017 15:51

Sir Tonk: Apr 18, 2006; Young Orc

Moatman posted:

Ben Sasse apparently opened his big dumb mouth again about that woman who wrote the tirade to Yelp's CEO a year or two back and she's pushing back.
https://medium.com/@taliajane/ben-sasse-is-right-the-founders-would-panic-if-we-have-more-mes-in-the-world-b4dfeab08e14

quote:

Pig fucker Ben Sasse could not be more right

loving lol that piece rules

# ? Jun 24, 2017 15:52

Sir Tonk: Apr 18, 2006; Young Orc

Party Plane Jones posted:

And a bit of schadenfreude:
https://twitter.com/ParkerMolloy/status/878441705330049024

He seems fun.

# ? Jun 24, 2017 15:53

WhiskeyJuvenile: Feb 15, 2002; by Nyc_Tattoo

Neurolimal posted:

I think what hes trying to say is (and failing because lol twitter and trumpisms) is "if they had this proof of tampering why didnt they show it instead of waiting until after they lost???"

https://twitter.com/justinhendrix/status/878295050215505920

https://twitter.com/zandarvts/status/878598878697836544

# ? Jun 24, 2017 16:00

skylined!: Apr 6, 2012; THE DEM DEFENDER HAS LOGGED ON

https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/878629195060047873

# ? Jun 24, 2017 16:02

Aves Maria!: Jul 26, 2008; Maybe I'll drown

I found it, the worst take

https://twitter.com/evansiegfried/status/878380057684836352

# ? Jun 24, 2017 16:03

aware of dog: Nov 14, 2016

Aves Maria! posted:

I found it, the worst take

https://twitter.com/evansiegfried/status/878380057684836352

"Looks like you've got some growing up to do :smuggo:

# ? Jun 24, 2017 16:07

Hieronymous Alloy: Jan 30, 2009; Why! Why!! Why must you refuse to accept that Dr. Hieronymous Alloy's Genetically Enhanced Cream Corn Is Superior to the Leading Brand on the Market!?!; Morbid Hound

Aves Maria! posted:

I found it, the worst take

https://twitter.com/evansiegfried/status/878380057684836352

# ? Jun 24, 2017 16:10

Aves Maria!: Jul 26, 2008; Maybe I'll drown

aware of dog posted:

"Looks like you've got some growing up to do"

lol you're right, he really is that meme in human form

# ? Jun 24, 2017 16:16

DaveWoo: Aug 14, 2004; Fun Shoe

https://twitter.com/sarahkliff/status/878631788557598720

https://twitter.com/BenjySarlin/status/878632368801710082

Whoopsie.

# ? Jun 24, 2017 16:19

sean10mm: Jun 29, 2005; It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, MAD-2R World

As always, it's the Republicans who are the delicate snowflakes in need of safe spaces to protect their fragile little fee-fees from colliding with reality.

# ? Jun 24, 2017 16:20

Ogmius815: Aug 25, 2005; centrism is a hell of a drug

botany posted:

do not armchair-diagnose people from a distance. you are not medical professionals, it doesn't work, it's stupid, stop it.

But it's so clear that Trump is high on the narrativeist narcissist compaction supply.

# ? Jun 24, 2017 16:21

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# ? Jun 11, 2024 03:48

There Bias Two: Jan 13, 2009; I'm not a good person

Ogmius815 posted:

But it's so clear that Trump is high on the narrativeist narcissist compaction supply.

What is your point? It's lost in all the sarcasm.

# ? Jun 24, 2017 16:31

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