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Deathy McDeath posted:RE: budget stuff I think it's mostly a consequence of the filibuster in the Senate and why both parties are so freaked about it potentially going away. Republicans could've jammed a shitbudget through a 50 vote threshold, but they're not unified enough and it would lead to trouble in the Senate if the House's version was too lovely. So they needed Democrats, and Democrats are holding up as a solid bloc right now, so you get the conditions for a compromise. So with that, leadership of both parties turned loose their staffers to hammer out a deal. When their bosses aren't being stupid (and Donnie isn't running his mouth), staffers can do a ton of negotiation work like this. Their active assumption has been: 1) Donnie's budget is full of bullshit and full of cuts that nobody will support in either party (NIH, EPA to some extent, foreign aid, State department, etc). 2) Donnie is full of poo poo and will want things that nobody will support in either party (wall). 3) Donnie will sign whatever you put on his desk. So, Democrats get to keep their programs, Republicans get more Defense/Border money. The Border money is $1.5B in technical upgrades and repairs on the fencing currently there, specifically banned for use on a new wall or new border patrol agents, so it's enough where Donnie can declare victory and then start yammering on about how his big, beautiful wall will be built soon, believe me.
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Donnie started up his wiretapp bullshit again in the John Dickerson interview. Dickerson called him out on it. Donnie abruptly ends interview and walks back to oval office desk and sits down. https://youtu.be/-TCR5oC5ZQs
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May 1, 2017 16:43
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Man, I remember when Obama caught a ton of Republican poo poo for having the balls to say "I think we should be talking to our enemies". https://twitter.com/BraddJaffy/status/859086467003494401 https://twitter.com/KatyTurNBC/status/859088322081300482 Edit: holy poo poo I wasn't the only one that remembered, that's rare https://twitter.com/JeffreyGoldberg/status/859088301118160896 facialimpediment fucked around with this message at 17:56 on May 1, 2017 |
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May 1, 2017 17:53
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As Donnie and Spicey are praising homicidal dictators, the Fox News purge continues  https://twitter.com/sahilkapur/status/859115047544606720 https://twitter.com/davidfolkenflik/status/859113122732400640 facialimpediment fucked around with this message at 19:44 on May 1, 2017 |
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May 1, 2017 19:42
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Genocide Tendency posted:Wasn't Shine the guy that Hannity was crying about being unfairly attacked last week? Yep! Gonna be fun if some competing network like Sinclair gets O'Reilly and Hannity.
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May 1, 2017 19:50
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May 1, 2017 20:57
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Reverand maynard posted:who would take them, other than sputnik? The Sinclair network is very, very Trump-friendly and could easily start up a new network to be the even wingnuttier Fox News, sort of like how One America Network is now. But for newsy stuff, the Defense Department is now forcing service academy college athletes to serve at least two years before going pro. https://twitter.com/adegrandpre/status/859140658375819270
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May 1, 2017 21:28
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There's something I've never understood about Donnie. It seems like everyone around him takes on his characteristics for lying and boasting and all that poo poo, yet nobody ever tells him to go gently caress himself. Even his rich-as-gently caress cabinet members are sounding like him and I just don't understand why. https://twitter.com/BraddJaffy/status/859156595816714240 Like seriously, what makes you, a dude worth a legit $2.5B, suddenly take on the Trumpian characteristic of referring to the Syrian strike as after-dinner entertainment in front of a group of people, and you're the loving Commerce Secretary? What about Donnie brainwashes the people close to him? Edit: ok this made me laugh like hell https://twitter.com/CillizzaCNN/status/859159000696455169
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May 1, 2017 22:37
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Nostalgia4Dogges posted:Do you become rich being a good person or does the "philanthropy" come after Rich = Good = Philanthropic = Healthy https://twitter.com/retrocampaigns/status/859153288389771265 Also, if everyone here isn't familiar with Congressional structure, there is a job, below Majority/Minority Leader, called the Whip. It's the Whip's job to count all the votes before the votes happen and twist arms accordingly to get the majority of votes needed. Apparently the House has a team of Republican Whips and they're responsible for getting the votes together for a new AHCA vote. There's a problem though... https://twitter.com/rachaelmbade/status/859163120803229697 https://twitter.com/petersuderman/status/859171688201760768
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May 1, 2017 23:31
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I generally don't want to go HOLY poo poo DID YOU SEE WHAT DONNIE SAID, but I think this is a valid exception. A year and a half ago, Donnie said to John Meacham that Donnie could've done a deal to avoid the Civil War. https://twitter.com/BraddJaffy/status/859365861945159681 And remember, the NSA Wizard drinks because he loves you so much. Edit: Hollywood writer's strike averted https://twitter.com/CNNMoney/status/859331379611537408 facialimpediment fucked around with this message at 12:26 on May 2, 2017 |
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Donnie thinks the Continuing Resolution deal was so bad that there absolutely must be a shutdown on October 1st and the filibuster must be removed. That's right, because Donnie is so mad at Democrats for steamrolling him, he is actually CALLING for a government shutdown in October. I'm not linking his tweets. This all while his OMB guy says they actually got a good deal. It's been a very  thing to watch Washington DC react when there isn't a clear set of talking points being distributed, so everyone is winging it and the White House is constantly contradicting each other.Meanwhile, the THAAD missile defense system is up in Worst Korea, but Worst Korea is superfuckingpissed at Donnie's threat to make them pay for it, even after McMaster confirmed that the US was paying. Worst Korea was sorta on the fence about installing the THAAD system to begin with, so they're one step closed to telling Donnie to go gently caress himself. https://twitter.com/GlennKesslerWP/status/859434445148966912 Nostalgia4Butts posted:oh god what if trump is senile and kushner is weekend at bernie's-ing the executive branch Pence has been quiet and making international trips for a reason.
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May 2, 2017 17:05
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Man, Schumer really mindfucked Donnie. https://twitter.com/frankthorp/status/859437955194212352 Video posted of USAF Cadets as props: https://twitter.com/BraddJaffy/status/859438976846807040
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May 2, 2017 17:08
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Fister Roboto posted:At least they're useful for something I guess. Geez, have a heart, they're not Navy Cadets.
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May 2, 2017 17:40
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Kung Fu Fist gently caress posted:uhh this is like the vast majority of your posts in the ce threads though Fair. Thankfully this one combines a dumbfuck lackey and a really good chyron. That shutdown quote spread like wildfire in the office. https://twitter.com/BraddJaffy/status/859473298039730176
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May 2, 2017 19:30
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Piell posted:Lol Spicer literally fled the room rather than answer questions like he promised https://twitter.com/mviser/status/859475081176678400 What the gently caress is the white house press shop in full meltdown or something?
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May 2, 2017 19:36
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That reminds me of the Portland White People Riot last night that mostly involved a few windows broken, plastic newsstands lit in a bonfire, and the forcible moving of one of those solar-powered traffic signs. The best is how the Woke Protestors decided to toss Pepsi cans at the police. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/portland-protest-pepsi-police-kendall-jenner-999590
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May 2, 2017 20:44
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Colgate University (New York State) went on active shooter lockdown yesterday. https://twitter.com/Fahrenthold/status/859502101394751488 Turns out, someone saw a black kid using a glue gun and reported it to the cops 
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May 2, 2017 21:26
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This doubles as a sign of where the healthcare bill currently is and as a funny quote. https://twitter.com/cimarcos/status/859521236359053313 It seems like no republican wants to be The One that killed the bill. Edit: This story's better, Republican running away from reporters so fast that he went into the women's bathroom https://twitter.com/BenjySarlin/status/859530954087559170 facialimpediment fucked around with this message at 23:13 on May 2, 2017 |
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May 2, 2017 23:04
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 ATTENTION NSA WIZARD SOMEONE IS SHOWING HIS CAC https://twitter.com/RabbiShmuley/status/859514352755453954 I thought about posting this earlier for the fun poo poo in the background (sunsetting VISA laws, EVENTUALLY making Mexico pay for the wall, etc) and decided against it, then I just realized that Bannondorf didn't hide his CAC. It looks like it's a weird CAC though, because it doesn't have that scannable ID strip on the front.
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Kung Fu Fist gently caress posted:uh thanks for proving my point? its cut off after it says mexico 
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May 3, 2017 02:31
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ahahahahahahahahahaha oh my loving god watch this IMMEDIATELY https://twitter.com/BraddJaffy/status/859609243774840834 The Mulvaney conference call turned into an incredible clusterfuck.
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CommieGIR posted:Welp He's still up 20 and Le Pen just got busted for plagiarizing another guy's speeches. Still no cause for alarm yet.
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Handsome Ralph posted:Please be real. I don't know much about that Claude person, but Rick Wilson backed up Claude the other day on the same thing, which was related to grand juries. Both heard the same thing, from different sources. My ears are perked up, but they're still both fringey sources. Better than that Louise Mensch person (she's brain-broken), but absolutely not nothing. It also goes along with what Comey said today, how he's working with TWO separate attorneys offices in the DOJ.
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Multiple GOP aides say that they're going to vote on the AHCA tomorrow. Aside from all the poo poo that the bill does bad, and their own rules that they're violating, it's going to be a VERY interesting vote, given that here's where the numbers are: https://twitter.com/MEPFuller/status/859906178607919104 22-23 no votes kills the bill (depending on who you listen to). Still likely dead or heavily modified in the Senate.
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May 4, 2017 00:10
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Gonna be fun when that executive order gets torpedoed in court by the ACLU. https://twitter.com/ACLU/status/860172386154532864
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sharknado slashfic posted:So I guess they're going to ram the health care bill through the house Donnie is already inviting everyone to the White House for a postvote party and there were a ton of cases of beer just wheeled into the Capitol. The attack ads are going to be amazing.
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Speaking of shitburgers. https://twitter.com/ryanstruyk/status/860218360147173376 In addition to those four, Collins just put out a press release having a bazillion questions and Graham just poo poo all over the process. It's been confirmed that the Senate GOP won't even hold a vote on the AHCA. Procedurally, they can't even look at the thing until the CBO score comes back. So since we're in the darkest timeline, expect the bill to only get slightly better, then those senators will collectively piss their pants and vote for it.
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May 4, 2017 22:28
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Correction on earlier post: the ACLU isn't suing on that religious executive order because they basically determined there's nothing to sue about and the whole thing was a photo-op. https://twitter.com/peterbakernyt/status/860248404932296705
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May 4, 2017 22:47
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Like Uber, but for Grand Juries. https://twitter.com/CNBCnow/status/860268342032117761
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May 5, 2017 00:10
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I'm going to praise Donnie. He appears to have fixed his bullshit with Australia on refugees and relations are good again. I'm now going to laugh at Donnie https://twitter.com/BraddJaffy/status/860288727276556289  NOT HELPING YOUR CASE THERE BUDDY
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May 5, 2017 01:27
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"Northern Aggression"
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May 5, 2017 12:52
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Reince Priebus, the White House stalking-butler. That nickname is going to stick. https://twitter.com/jessbidgood/status/860466504386609153
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No spicey today as he's on reserve duty, so we're all stuck with Mike Huckabee's daughter, Sarah Huckabee-Sanders. Nope.
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Working in Donnie's press office has to be enraging. https://twitter.com/BraddJaffy/status/860576174170415106 facialimpediment fucked around with this message at 20:29 on May 5, 2017 |
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Jesus loving Moses how difficult is it to find an Army Secretary? https://twitter.com/frankthorp/status/860583099377307655 https://twitter.com/KFILE/status/860584656789483522 facialimpediment fucked around with this message at 21:01 on May 5, 2017 |
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May 5, 2017 20:59
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Oh hey, the macron campaign in France just got hacked and posted on pastebin two days before the election and right before the mandatory campaign cutoff. So now there's a ton of hacked emails out there and his campaign can't respond to them. Oh, and they mixed fake emails in with the real ones too. Funny how that happens. https://twitter.com/nycjim/status/860617198716555268 https://twitter.com/RachelDonadio/status/860624629899157506
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ahahahahah wikileaks knows that they don't have poo poo (I haven't seen anything incriminating in hours) so they're blaming 4chan for it https://twitter.com/SwiftOnSecurity/status/860676897176465409 nice try, comrades
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For what it's worth, it's likely to redirect the money to Chris Christie's new opioid task force. Which I don't think should make you feel any better  Edit: In an uh-oh for Fox News, apparently federal investigators want to give the former Chief Financial Officer an immunity deal. https://twitter.com/PostRoz/status/860697429644935168 You can never go wrong when you follow the money. facialimpediment fucked around with this message at 04:58 on May 6, 2017 |
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