US Politics Mega-thread - Page 1047

On January 19 2019 01:37 On_Slaught wrote:
I'd like to think Trump would fight but I imagine he would resign and have Pence pardon him before we got too deep into impeachment/indictments.

On January 19 2019 02:03 Doodsmack wrote:


Trump has no scruples or regard for the law so I wouldn't be surprised if he attempted to use the military or DHS or something to resist by force. This is where his cabinet people need to step up and do their duty to the country. Trump used to have Mattis standing between himself and catastrophe. Now the secretary of defense is a random Boeing executive.

On January 19 2019 01:49 Doodsmack wrote:
Just to reinforce the obstruction case trump issues another witness intimidation threat today. He's threatening Cohen with consequences for his family. It couldn't be any more clear. If there is proof behind the buzzfeed, trump should be impeached.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1086277705916502017

On January 19 2019 03:36 Plansix wrote:
There is so much happening. This could be bad for a lot of people beyond her, because it is doubtful she came to the decision to lie to congress on her own. Everyone who works for Trump is so bad at their job.

https://twitter.com/courtneyknorris/status/1086315657749319682

On January 19 2019 04:34 Starlightsun wrote:


I think it's possible that it wasn't even a deliberate lie, just incompetence (not that it matters). From the sounds of it, the protocols for documenting the number of detained children were a total mess. They're saying there were possibly thousands more than were reported, in addition to the continuing detentions after judge ordered to stop.

On January 19 2019 06:12 Mohdoo wrote:
Trump's approval continues to nose dive in the midst of the shutdown. This is a really strange situation because I am not sure if Trump is capable of breaking on this. But he has broken a few times before. He has some pretty embarrassing losses and this is looking to be he worst one yet. Is he finally fed up? Does he feel like he's been bullied enough and this is the hill he's dying on?

The thing is, eventually Mitch will crack. Mitch is not Trump, but Mitch knows the Trump era GOP is strongest when it sides with Trump. Civil wars help no one. And yet, this is just going to get worse. Dems have absolutely no reason to budge. So long as Americans blame Trump, the longer the shutdown is, the better, selfishly speaking. Really bad for "middle class" Americans living paycheck to paycheck, but perhaps a net positive if it essentially ends up unseating Trump. This wall failing will pretty much guarantee he won't be re-elected. And yet the shutdown is probably doing the same to his credibility.

Stay strong Nancy! You're absolutely killing it so far.





Taken from https://fivethirtyeight.com/

On January 19 2019 06:46 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote:
I like how now the border problem shifted from drugs to rugs now. This logically means the next border crisis will be people wearing Uggs crossing the border. That will be the final straw to get the wall funding approved.

On January 19 2019 06:46 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote:
I like how now the border problem shifted from drugs to rugs now. This logically means the next border crisis will be people wearing Uggs crossing the border. That will be the final straw to get the wall funding approved.

On January 19 2019 06:58 PhoenixVoid wrote:

There's a hilarious list of reasons why this rugs on the Mexican border is complete bullshit.

1) The Washington Examiner went off one anonymous source who they claim they had to keep anonymous for "fear of retaliation"
2) How do you tell it's a prayer rug? There's a lot of rugs that might just happen to look "Islamic" because they are popular designs and a lot originate from Muslim-majority countries
3) Why the hell does it matter if a prayer rug is found there? Even if it was a prayer rug, so there was a Muslim on the border. Unless it was confirmed it was a terrorist's rug, who cares?
4) No evidence of said rug. No photos, no confirmation from authorities, no other media source
5) "What Border Patrol classifies as OTMs [other than Mexicans] has really increased in the last couple years, but drastically within the last six months. Chinese, Germans, Russians, a lot of Middle Easterners, those Czechoslovakians they caught over on our neighbor’s just last summer." Yeah... Czechoslovakia hasn't existed in a while, and the rest is just...

It's like the WE melded every fear of the extreme Trump voter. All they needed to throw in was the rug had a Hillary/Kaine 2016 sticker on the rug and stapled on a proposal for climate change action and increasing taxes. It's super rich, because I saw one Twitter hot take that went like "The media use anonymous sources all the time, so why does it matter that the WE uses one?"