[Pesqueeb]

Administration hasn't hired the thousands of Border Patrol agents and immigration officers he promised. Instead, it's paid $ 297 M to consultants to produce 33 hires.

Shiny quarter says some one at the head of that "consultant" firm is a Trump crony/mar-a-lago member.

 

[Pesqueeb]

Peak #winning!

 

[Pesqueeb]

MOAR in "Mitch is totally Kompromised" news.

Starting to think I should start a separate thread.

 

[SkaredShtles]

This just in: Trump is smarter and more well-informed than the Intelligence Community.

Color me surprised.

 

[Pesqueeb]

This just in: Trump is smarter and more well-informed than the Intelligence Community.

Color me surprised.

In related TOTALLY SHOCKING! news.

 

[6thElement]

I liked this comment from a CNN video regarding Stone.

"I think I met Roger Stone once or twice. Nice kid. Used to bring us covfefe and hamberders."
DJT

 

[jonKranked]

https://thinkprogress.org/why-was-ben-carson-hanging-out-with-the-employee-of-this-sanctioned-russian-oligarch-konstantin-malofeev-alexey-komov-bdb4cd383eaa/

 

[rideit]

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/trump-picks-el-chapo-to-run-d-e-a?fbclid=IwAR22ZWSJSkz3LlZqRXvP02r5MNwFPdACvr7J2ZUYiK_M-SxR81_XI3ONFx0

 

[Pesqueeb]

Abdication of Duty.

 

[DaveW]

Rubbish he's absolutely fulfilling his duty to his Russian overlords!
#fakenews

 

[DaveW]

You fucking brainless cockbags*.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47101429?ocid=socialflow_twitter


*not as a personal insult but more as an insult to the collective USA as represented by your government.

 

[dan-o]

From your link:
Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told the BBC: "All (European) allies agree with the United States because Russia has violated the treaty for several years. They are deploying more and more of the new nuclear capable missiles in Europe."

So what purpose does remaining in the nuke treaty serve, beyond making sheeple feel safe at night?
Hopefully the arms race will bankrupt them again.

 

[Pesqueeb]

You fucking brainless cockbags*.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47101429?ocid=socialflow_twitter


*not as a personal insult but more as an insult to the collective USA as represented by your government.

From your link:
Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told the BBC: "All (European) allies agree with the United States because Russia has violated the treaty for several years. They are deploying more and more of the new nuclear capable missiles in Europe."

While it's certainly reasonable to question anything the Trump Administration does, especially in regards to Daddy Putin, the Obama Administration started calling Russia out on this issue as far back as 2014.

The problem is that Russia has clearly violated that agreement in recent years. In 2014, the Obama administration blamed the Kremlin for testing a ground-based cruise missile in direct violation of the accord. (Russia says the US has violated the agreement too, a charge the US denies.) NATO, the US-led military alliance formed to thwart the Soviet threat, said last December that Russia violated the treaty’s terms.

Now, if only there was some way to build consensus among our allies and impose some sort of crippling sanctions.........

 

[Pesqueeb]

Bigly, if true.

 

[Toshi]

https://abcnews.go.com/beta-story-container/Politics/york-prosecutors-seek-records-trump-inauguration-committee-sources/story?id=60841246

Inauguration committee served with a subpoena.

 

[Pesqueeb]

https://abcnews.go.com/beta-story-container/Politics/york-prosecutors-seek-records-trump-inauguration-committee-sources/story?id=60841246

Inauguration committee served with a subpoena.

$2.7 million to a company that produced a Broadway-style rendition of Frank Sinatra’s “New York, New York” using Las Vegas showgirls flown in by Drumpf pal Steve Wynn for a private event.

Former RNC finance chair (and serial sexual assaulter)

former personal attorney Michael Cohen has been extensively interviewed by prosecutors in the Southern District office

Former RNC Deputy finance chair.

 

[mykel]

So, in other words - Business as usual.

 

[jonKranked]

https://abcnews.go.com/beta-story-container/Politics/york-prosecutors-seek-records-trump-inauguration-committee-sources/story?id=60841246

Inauguration committee served with a subpoena.

they're also trying to get financial records from the drumpf golf course in Ireland. apparently large sums of cash from mysterious sources is a big red flag.

 

[Jm_]

a big red flag.

 

[jonKranked]

tl;dr - people surprised they got conned by a con man

https://www.theroot.com/white-tax-tears-trump-voters-are-now-realizing-theyve-1832359811

 

[mykel]

From the comments - Thought this pretty much nailed it. Though the 1 mil may actually be 2-3 depending upon where your momma evicted you.

<Quote>

How To Vote Your Interest:

Total all of your loans and credit cards balances. This is X.

Now total your bank balances, retirement accounts, and how much equity you have in your home. This is Y.

If X is greater than Y, vote Democrat.
If Y is greater than X by less than 1 million, vote Democrat.
If Y is greater than X by more than 1 million, vote Republican.

That’s it. It’s not hard.

The odds are pretty good that any given American is not only not rich, but probably poor or close to it. There's no valid financial reason for the vast majority of Republican voters to vote Republican.

<Endquote>

 

[SkaredShtles]

From the comments - Thought this pretty much nailed it. Though the 1 mil may actually be 2-3 depending upon where your momma evicted you.

<Quote>

How To Vote Your Interest:

Total all of your loans and credit cards balances. This is X.

Now total your bank balances, retirement accounts, and how much equity you have in your home. This is Y.

If X is greater than Y, vote Democrat.
If Y is greater than X by less than 1 million, vote Democrat.
If Y is greater than X by more than 1 million, vote Republican.

That’s it. It’s not hard.

The odds are pretty good that any given American is not only not rich, but probably poor or close to it. There's no valid financial reason for the vast majority of Republican voters to vote Republican.

<Endquote>

I dunno - I'm on the "vote Republican" side in that equation, and I'll be GODDAMMED if I'll vote for a party as fucked up as that.

 

[mykel]

I dunno - I'm on the "vote Republican" side in that equation, and I'll be GODDAMMED if I'll vote for a party as fucked up as that.

A deplorable and doesn't even know it!

Seriously though - Whilst the numbers may be off - again depending upon your geographic location, but the concept seems sound, albeit a bit simplistic, but we are appealing to republican voters after all...

 

[Toshi]

tl;dr - people surprised they got conned by a con man

https://www.theroot.com/white-tax-tears-trump-voters-are-now-realizing-theyve-1832359811

While possibly true in effective tax rate I bet a bunch of those posts are from idiots who conflate withholding/refund with overall effective rate.

 

[jstuhlman]

at some point soon someone’s gonna have to remake the classic pointer sisters song “i’m so excited” into “i’m so indicted.”

 

[jonKranked]

While possibly true in effective tax rate I bet a bunch of those posts are from idiots who conflate withholding/refund with overall effective rate.

You honestly think the average trump voter has that level of understanding of their taxes?

 

[Pesqueeb]

You honestly think the average trump voter makes enough money to even pay taxes?

 

[jonKranked]

Did you mean to post something?

 

[SkaredShtles]

Did you mean to post something?

He did... in a manner of speaking.

 

[DaveW]

Don't worry Jon, he'll fix that for you!

 

[jstuhlman]

SOTU...so glad to hear we’re finally talking about infrastructure again!!!

 

[dan-o]

 

[Toshi]

That's a great illustration of how the population that tuned in and took that survey is not representative of the voting populace as a whole. Particularly true of the independents, who I gather are those split to the right side of that nebulous term.

 

[dan-o]

That's a great illustration of how the population that tuned in and took that survey is not representative of the voting populace as a whole. Particularly true of the independents, who I gather are those split to the right side of that nebulous term.

Like all polls.
Independents will be interesting in 2020.

 

[Pesqueeb]

That's a great illustration of how the population that tuned in and took that survey is not representative of the voting populace as a whole. Particularly true of the independents, who I gather are those split to the right side of that nebulous term.

Or "the soft bigotry of low expectations".

"Trump kept on his pants and didn't throw feces! What a great speech! Bigly Presidential!"

 

[jonKranked]

Or "the soft bigotry of low expectations".

"Trump kept on his pants and didn't throw feces! What a great speech! Bigly Presidential!"

"he didn't even need a cocaine break!"

 

[Pesqueeb]

"I've known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy. He's a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side." - Man who would "stroll right in" to the changing room of teen pageants he hosted.

 

[jonKranked]

you're gonna wanna read this:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/richard-burr-on-senate-intelligence-committees-russia-investigation-2-years-on/

 

[dan-o]

Shocking.
Hard to believe that the press and randos on twitter with zero access to the actual facts could be wrong.

 

[JohnE]

I had a client the other day tell me that she found Obama arrogant and condescending while 45 was real and honest. I snorted and told her I dont talk politics at work...but she seemed to think I agreed with her, me being a white, middle aged male and all.

Sigh...she is kinda hot and I need the business...