Trump is back to NFL protesters. Has to change the subject.

 

I don't like Steve Bannon, and do fear some of his comments will make Trump a sympathetic rather than pathetic figure. But I do hope he is right and Jr. is cracked like an egg. That would be fun to watch.

On the other hand, Cory Gardner is an absolute idiot to think Sessions wouldn't be a problem for his state.

 

Gardner’s tweets of indignation that Sessions lied to him are precious. Dude lied to you in confirmation hearings, you knew it and confirmed him anyways

Why would someone eat McDonald's if they fear being poisoned?

Gardner’s tweets of indignation that Sessions lied to him are precious. Dude lied to you in confirmation hearings, you knew it and confirmed him anyways

 

Still relevant.

 

Adrian Bott‏

@Cavalorn

'I never thought leopards would eat MY face,' sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party.

 

 

Gardner’s tweets of indignation that Sessions lied to him are precious. Dude lied to you in confirmation hearings, you knew it and confirmed him anyways

 

Yep. Sessions going after legal marijuana has been a thing literally since before he was confirmed. Can't wait to vote against Gardner (again) in 2020.

Worth noting that Gardner could try pushing for an actual law that solves this.

Personal cellphones being banned in the West Wing, and Trump's lawyers are trying to stop the now infamous book from being distributed. Paranoia.

Remember when republicans were for states rights?

Remember when republicans were for states rights?

Wasn't that when even another $1 added to the deficit was ruining the future for our kids?

 

The one thing I have learned is Republicans are pretty much against anything that will benefit anyone if it doesn't benefit them. If it benefits them personally, it's all good. As long as their taxes go down, bigger deficits mean nothing. They are all pro life until their mistress is pregnant. It goes on and on.

Edited January 4, 20188 yr by Dick Allen

They’re also for punishing Democrats with double taxation (SALT deduction change) in states such as California, NY and New Jersey.

 

Taxes are okay too, as long as they disproportionately effect someone else. The problem is they’re basically cutting off the nose to spite the face, as it’s gifting about 20-25 House seats back right there and will eventually be reversed.

This Sessions news is unreal. Who the hell is even for this, aside from private prison companies? Even the Republican politicians from these states are up in arms.

This Sessions news is unreal. Who the hell is even for this, aside from private prison companies? Even the Republican politicians from these states are up in arms.

 

Big Pharma.

This Sessions news is unreal. Who the hell is even for this, aside from private prison companies? Even the Republican politicians from these states are up in arms.

Who do you think it hurts if they go back to the harshest enforcement they can?

 

Jeff Sessions wanted this job for one reason - to harass minorities. This is one of the greatest ways to throw African Americans in jail - you've got a case where all races are breaking the law like 10% of the time and all you have to do is target the African Americans specifically and viola.

Big Pharma.

 

Dont't forget the alcohol lobby.

Remember when republicans were for states rights?

Remember when they were for... anything? Now, it’s whatever Obama was for, I’m against it.

 

 

Democrats typically want more taxes. How is it punishing them to give them what they want (generally speaking)?

 

Isn't a balanced budget generally a good thing?

 

Why can't it be closer to 1996-2000?

 

In reality, the Republicans can only "starve" so much discretionary funding from the budget...sure, they can cut Medicaid, because typically those voters are lower income (but many of them actually voted for Trump in 2016) and not what the GOP sees as their typical constituency.

 

The problem is when you have to cut back military/defense spending, Medicare, Social Security and interest payments on the debt.

 

Trying to convince elderly Americans that those two hugely popular programs are now "entitlements" to be cut/sacrificed will end up with a bigger bloodbath than 1994/2010 for the Democrats.

 

 

 

 

Also, voter fraud not exactly lining up to be in the millions and millions

 

By Bryan Lowry

 

blowry@kcstar.com

 

Less than a day after President Donald Trump dismantled his voter fraud commission, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach has filed criminal charges against two people he says voted illegally in the 2016 election.

 

Kobach, a candidate for Kansas governor who had served as the commission’s vice chair, obtained prosecutorial power in 2015 and is the only secretary of state in the nation with such authority.

 

He has filed charges against 15 people since then for a variety of election crimes, resulting in nine convictions or plea deals and one dismissal. The remaining five cases, including the charges announced Thursday, remain pending.

 

Most of those cases have involved U.S. citizens who have allegedly voted in more than one jurisdiction rather than non-citizens, despite Kobach’s claims that hundreds of non-citizens are on the voter rolls.

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-go...l#storylink=cpy

Edited January 5, 20188 yr by caulfield12

Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump has stepped up attacks against a new book by Michael Wolff about his campaign and the early days of his presidency, calling it "full of lies."

 

Trump, in a Thursday night tweet, implored people to look at Wolff's past and referred to his former-adviser-turned-latest-target, Steve Bannon, as "Sloppy Steve."

"I authorized Zero access to White House (actually turned him down many times) for author of phony book! I never spoke to him for book. Full of lies, misrepresentations and sources that don't exist. Look at this guy's past and watch what happens to him and Sloppy Steve!" the President tweeted.

 

Following his father's tweet, Donald Trump Jr. chimed in on Bannon's nickname, tweeting, "I have a feeling #SloppySteve is going to go big. Branding gold."

 

And within minutes of Trump's tweet, "Sloppy Steve" rose to the top of the list of trending terms in the U.S. on Twitter.

www.cnn.com

 

Personal cell phones banned from WH in effort to stop leaks

https://www.yahoo.com/news/personal-cell-ph...-135241272.html

 

Hard Push Underway to Oust Bannon From Breitbart

http://money.cnn.com/2018/01/04/media/bann...bart/index.html

Edited January 5, 20188 yr by caulfield12

New NYT reporting on obstruction:

 

Mueller has Priebus' notes saying Trump recounted how he urged Comey to publicly clear him

 

Sessions aide sought dirt on Comey to undermine him

 

Mueller looking at Trump's role in statement lying about Don Jr meeting

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/04/us/polit...cgahn.html?_r=1

Jonathan Weisman @jonathanweisman

A year after Congress launched its investigation into Russian election interference, Judiciary senators have issued their 1st criminal referral -- against Christopher Steele, who blew the whistle on Russia.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/05/us/polit...-committee.html

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/...nald-trump.html

 

Trump didn't want to win, says NYT. Long read. Didn't get it all. Not sure what to make of it.

This is not the NYT. It's New York Magazine republishing content from a book written by Michael Wolff, a man well-known for embellishing and creating stories and portraying them as journalistic.

So, today is the day the GOP has decided to go full Banana Republic.

So, today is the day the GOP has decided to go full Banana Republic.

 

Yep, 100% complicit top-to-bottom. Zero chance they'd do anything in response to a Saturday Night Massacre to kill the Mueller investigation.

This whole gorilla channel thing is pretty hilarious.

This whole gorilla channel thing is pretty hilarious.

 

@pixelatedboat is one of my favorite follows

This whole gorilla channel thing is pretty hilarious.

 

Not gonna lie, it took me a minute.