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facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
Covfefe is dead, killed by Ted Cruz and Hillary Clinton.

https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/869979030367424513

https://twitter.com/BraddJaffy/status/870090657985171456

I still laughed though.

facialimpediment fucked around with this message at 02:38 on Jun 1, 2017

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facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
I think this meets my basic "aaaaaaahahahahah" standard of morons being dumb.

https://twitter.com/GoAngelo/status/870103707807100928


And there are a hell of a lot of ethics waivers for the big names in the White House.

https://twitter.com/eilperin/status/870106785205694464

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns

Loden Taylor posted:

No one knew fire was going to be this complicated.

I laughed loving hard. :golfclap:


So, have some of Best Senator. Turns out he sent the FBI a letter about the Racist Perjury Elf's possible third Russian meeting.

https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/870108723775234048

I need to buy his book.

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
Chuck Tingle made it in the New York Times for the second time. Half of Weird Twitter made it as well. Chuck is very happy.

https://twitter.com/ChuckTingle/status/870118470372868099

And here's a legitimately cool, feel-good story. New Yorkers Stage Makeshift Graduation Ceremony for Student Stuck on Delayed Subway

Subway systems are having a lot of trouble in the DC and NYC areas lately.

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
Now that I think of it, this kind of explains why Chuck Tingle was so quiet on twitter today.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071J9XNVD/

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
Comey testimony date set, Thursday, 1000.

https://twitter.com/frankthorp/status/870311126701158400

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
RIP Paris.

https://twitter.com/Acosta/status/870345452344025088

We officially can't leave until there's a four year process completed. So lol, this is gonna be a campaign issue in 2020 (if we're still alive).

https://twitter.com/BLeeDrake/status/870345556266176512

Recap: http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/here-s-what-happens-if-trump-leaves-paris-climate-agreement-n766761

facialimpediment fucked around with this message at 19:35 on Jun 1, 2017

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
where in the crap did these numbers come from

https://twitter.com/JenniferJJacobs/status/870349948939907072

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
Found the bullshit source.

https://twitter.com/AlexNBCNews/status/870353422054293504

Watch for members of Congress repeating the bullshit talking points.

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
Man, Donnie's tax bill is going great in Congress.

https://twitter.com/sahilkapur/status/870367919636705280

Because there literally isn't one.


https://twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/870368308520001536

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
Donnie's best line is that he was elected to represent Pittsburgh, not Paris.

There's a problem with that.

https://twitter.com/DanEggenWPost/status/870368674657554432

I wonder what the mayor of Pittsburgh will say.

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
Oh hey here's the Pittsburgh mayor!

https://twitter.com/billpeduto/status/870368663693660162

Mayor vs. Spicey

https://twitter.com/billpeduto/status/870370288344674304

Mayor knows how to count votes: https://twitter.com/billpeduto/status/870369217031397377

facialimpediment fucked around with this message at 21:14 on Jun 1, 2017

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
Alright, what the gently caress was that thing in the Philippines? Donnie said it was a terrorist attack, but the police chief just told AP that there were no signs of terrorism and no gunshot wounds.

https://twitter.com/markberman/status/870375412026806274

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
Update on the Manilla thing: it was a solo thief trying to rob people :cripes:

https://twitter.com/brianstelter/status/870380530549886976

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
Fucker's got moxie, I like him. Skip to 3:00.

https://twitter.com/BraddJaffy/status/870399535884902402

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns

Waroduce posted:

Wonder if walmart will cover insurance if you're in an accident while delivering packages "on your way home" lol

two words: independent contractor

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
Alright, in possibly the third/fourth revision to this Manila resort story in the Philippines, there's now a sizable body count.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/01/asia/...linkId=38272474

So a dude, possibly a pissed-off gambler, brings in a "machine gun and pistol" (lol news reports) into a casino resort and starts setting tables and poo poo on fire and stole like $2.3m worth of poker chips. He doesn't appear to fire at anybody, but all hell breaks loose as people run and jump out of windows.

So the SWAT team comes in and the guy runs. He's then found in a fifth-floor room dead from apparently setting himself on fire, next to his "machine gun and pistol".

Now they're just reporting that they've found 34 bodies in the resort, likely dead from suffocation.

Something doesn't add up here, unless the 34 people just so happened to be Duterte's "drug addicts".

Then toss in that Donnie announced it was a terrorist attack (after a H.R. McMaster briefing before the Paris speech), before bodies were found, and now there is a pile of bodies and they don't think it's terrorism-related. "The president had been briefed that media reports indicated ISIS had taken credit."

:wtc:

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
Barry semisorta knew The Most Interesting Man In The World and I've never seen the pictures before. This article is written by the actor and is worth your time.

https://twitter.com/politico/status/870574483979022336

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/06/02/most-interesting-man-world-friends-barack-obama-215215

quote:

Just as in Vermont, he seemed genuinely interested in me. He talked about the campaign and how much he really liked it. And I felt so comfortable with him that I called him Barack. Somehow calling him Mr. President didn’t seem right. Later, we smoked a cigar with some of the other guys.

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
The Trump Administration is so toxic that the only family members willing to take part are his own.

https://twitter.com/CoganSchneier/status/870711867441688576

Also, if you're concerned about Donnie playing the executive privilege game with Comey, it's unlikely. By yammering about it on twitter, he basically waived the executive privilege claim. Best he can do is delay it a few days/weeks if he throws up a poo poo legal argument that gets immediately tossed out. Then, Comey gets two days of coverage instead of just one, plus Donnie looks guilty as hell.

https://twitter.com/tribelaw/status/870663158628745220

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns

Mr. Nice! posted:

I hate to just post a tweet without a story but

I came here to post that exact tweet, but I need a snotty name for Manafort, like I have for the Racist Perjury Elf.

Also, it looks like Mueller is out for blood and if there's shady poo poo, he'll find it.

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
Nunes is dumb as hell.

https://twitter.com/lrozen/status/870773352021073920

He keeps trying to deflect the Russia poo poo with "unmasking" bullshit and he was one of the ones requesting the unmasking himself.


And next week is going to be a news tornado. Deputy AG Rosenstein will be testifying to Congress on Wednesday about FISA poo poo. I'm sure he will get some Comey questions. http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/rosenstein-to-testify-next-week/ar-BBBQ4DB?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartandhp

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
Goddamn, depressing as hell. A cycle of suck.


So, here's a pallette cleanser.

https://twitter.com/vicenews/status/871010358051323905

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
Developing incident on London Bridge, another vehicle run-down potential-attack.

https://twitter.com/WillHeaven/status/871113905686413312

https://twitter.com/WillHeaven/status/871114525113712642

https://twitter.com/WillHeaven/status/871115739775860736

It's still in the "nobody knows what happened" phase with armed police on-site. That source is the editor of a paper in Britain.

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns

Nobody really knows quite what's going on, as police are entering bars and telling people to get down, but Donnie is currently:

1) Retweeting the Drudge Report story about it, using numbers way more inflated than anything else I've seen.

2) Saying "this is why we need my Travel Ban".

:cripes:


Whoa: https://twitter.com/NBCNightlyNews/status/871144729760722944

facialimpediment fucked around with this message at 00:27 on Jun 4, 2017

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
I'm actually legitimately pissed off and that's kind of a rarity for me.

https://twitter.com/pdanahar/status/871360712202956800

https://twitter.com/BraddJaffy/status/871355131530530817

https://twitter.com/Mediaite/status/871351090368966656

https://twitter.com/ABCPolitics/status/871376066916626432

Donnie fired off those tweets, his social media director yelled at London's mayor, and Donnie is now on the way to his golf club for "meetings" in a polo shirt and a red hat.

facialimpediment fucked around with this message at 16:53 on Jun 4, 2017

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
Pallette cleanser.

https://twitter.com/brianklaas/status/871318611008393216

Edit: a second https://twitter.com/damonwake/status/871316467530305536

facialimpediment fucked around with this message at 17:05 on Jun 4, 2017

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
I don't really know how to process all this stuff, consequences/truth are real weird.

Basically, the Arab world is cutting ties to Qatar. The first was Saudi Arabia, followed by Bahrain, now that's followed up with UAE and Egypt. The reason is that Qatar is sponsoring terrorism (mandatory lol Saudi), but weird poo poo is going down.

Some poo poo about Qatar supporting Shiite (Iran) terrorism or something,

https://twitter.com/DukeStJournal/status/871562296774070273

https://twitter.com/W7VOA/status/871562914842509312

https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-06-05/saudi-led-alliance-cuts-qatar-ties-as-gulf-crisis-escalates

quote:

Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Egypt cut diplomatic ties with Qatar, escalating a crisis that started over Qatar’s relationship with Iran and its support of the Muslim Brotherhood.

The three countries said they will suspend air and sea travel to and from Qatar. Saudi Arabia said it will shut land crossings with its neighbor, according to the official Saudi Press Agency. Bahrain has given Qatari diplomats 48 hours to leave.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/06/01/whats-going-on-with-qatar/?utm_term=.94e6eb7ddf8b

From a few days ago posted:

A report published on the Qatar News Agency (QNA) website later that day alleged that the emir stated that Qatar had a tense relationship with President Trump’s administration, described Hamas as “the legitimate representative of the Palestinian people,” and called Iran “a big power in the stabilization of the region.” Qatar TV later reported the emir’s alleged speech on its evening news program before the government communications office claimed — belatedly, on May 24 — that the QNA website had been hacked and false statements posted on it.

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
Comedy analysis: lol Donnie's vast middle east coalition leading to middle east peace lasted a whole two weeks

Actual analysis: This is Donnie's first external crisis. We're friends with Qatar, we have military poo poo there, and who knows what the hell will happen with oil/natural gas prices.

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
Donnie woke up, started watching morning joe, then fired off three tweets that will absolutely come up in court.

Hell of a start to his promised Infrastructure Week. Kellyanne even showed up.

https://twitter.com/TODAYshow/status/871687143793491968

For consequental content though, we now know why Donnie never confirmed Article V of NATO in his speech. It was in his speech, then Donnie, Bannon, and Miller removed it at the last minute without telling anyone. That's why McMaster has been lying about the speech so much lately.

https://twitter.com/GlennKesslerWP/status/871690557965426688

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
Holy crap AP.

https://twitter.com/BraddJaffy/status/871704159594188800

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
Judging by the administration's media strategy today, Dubke (the former communications director) was one of the people keeping the morons off television.

I think as a consequence of that, Donnie would be more heavily managed so he wouldn't have time to watch TV and tweet dumb poo poo constantly.

https://twitter.com/DanEggenWPost/status/871725977168216064

facialimpediment fucked around with this message at 15:00 on Jun 5, 2017

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
George Conway, Kellyanne Conway's husband, was up for Justice Department Civil Division head in the administration. He pulled out a while back.

He's now actively making GBS threads on Donnie.

https://twitter.com/gtconway3d/status/871746245630590980

In case it gets deleted: These tweets may make some ppl feel better, but they certainly won't help OSG get 5 votes in SCOTUS, which is what actually matters. Sad. https://t.co/zVhcyfm8Hr


Wapo confirmed that it was him:
https://twitter.com/mattzap/status/871753693699375104

facialimpediment fucked around with this message at 17:39 on Jun 5, 2017

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
Turns out, you actually CAN be too racist for Breitbart.

https://twitter.com/Hadas_Gold/status/871760137723269120

quote:

McHugh had ignited controversy on Saturday night when she wrote on Twitter that "there would be no deadly terror attacks in the U.K. if Muslims didn't live there."

"You're a real moron," actor Pej Vahdat replied.

"You're an Indian," shot back McHugh, incorrectly identifying the ethnicity of Vahdat, who is Iranian-American.

McHugh's comments prompted outrage from a number of her own colleagues. Breitbart employees who spoke to CNN Sunday characterized McHugh's remarks as "appalling," "terrible," and "dumb."

McHugh has a history of posting racially tinged remarks on social media. She once tweeted, "Mexicans wrecked Mexico & think invading the USA will magically cure them them of their retarded dysfunction. LOL." In other tweets, she was disparaging of other cultures and said, for example, "another Crusade would do a lot of good."

It was not clear if Ryan Saavedra, a Breitbart writer who called for the return of the crusades after the London terror attack, was also still with the company.

Neither McHugh nor a Breitbart spokesperson immediately responded to a request for comment.

Nigel Farage is floating internment camps now too. Fun stuff!

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns

Don't worry, it's toast.

https://twitter.com/mikedebonis/status/871765751413321729

They're trying to float privatization as sort of like the Canadian system. The airline industry is lukewarmly in favor of air traffic controllers going to a nonprofit corporation, except for Delta, and Delta left the trade lobbying association over a dispute about it.

It's going nowhere in a hurry, it's just that there's a bill in the hopper in Congress, so Donnie is holding a fake signing ceremony.

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
Huckabee-Sanders threw up a bunch of poo poo at the briefing, but she confirmed that the administration won't use executive privilege for Comey.

Comey testimony, 1000 Thursday :toot:

https://twitter.com/NBCNightlyNews/status/871792755017732096

facialimpediment fucked around with this message at 19:31 on Jun 5, 2017

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns

tastefully arranged labia posted:

I'm probating you if you use military time again

Noted!

Content: first big Paris poll out, 59% opposed to withdrawal, 28% support.

https://twitter.com/EmGusk/status/871806130628046848

The big thing is that climate change issues don't rise to the level becoming a one-issue voter's main driver.

https://twitter.com/marincogan/status/871799204234002432

I'd take the day off work to watch the Comey hearing in a bar.

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns

cowboy elvis posted:

I'm mulling the idea of working from home to watch it.

It'll be on all the news networks yea?

CBS just announced that they're airing it live, if you don't have cable.

Edit: nevermind, it's on every network, ABC and NBC carrying it too https://twitter.com/brianstelter/status/871822032740265984

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
Normally I'd yell more about contractors loving up yet again, but gently caress it, that woman's a Winner.


















:suicide:

facialimpediment fucked around with this message at 23:11 on Jun 5, 2017

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
The Intercept probably blew the source when the reporter(s) checked with ANOTHER contractor to confirm the document's veracity and literally gave them full pictures of the document, plus the intelligence report number. There's some bullshit in there about the documents being creased, but it looks like Contractor #2 went to the government, then the government person blew it up.

https://twitter.com/max_read/status/871862790113419264

And I swear, this Comey thing could turn out to be overhyped and become a nothingburger, but gently caress it will be good television.

https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/871864020155990017

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facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
DONNIE DUMBFUCK IS MAD AT THE RACIST PERJURY ELF

HNNNNNNGGGGGGGGG

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/05/us/politics/trump-discontent-attorney-general-jeff-sessions.html?_r=1

quote:

WASHINGTON — Few Republicans were quicker to embrace President Trump’s campaign last year than Jeff Sessions, and his reward was one of the most prestigious jobs in America. But more than four months into his presidency, Mr. Trump has grown sour on Mr. Sessions, now his attorney general, blaming him for various troubles that have plagued the White House.

The discontent was on display on Monday in a series of stark early-morning postings on Twitter in which the president faulted his own Justice Department for its defense of his travel ban on visitors from certain predominantly Muslim countries. Mr. Trump accused Mr. Sessions’ department of devising a “politically correct” version of the ban — as if the president had nothing to do with it.

In private, the president’s exasperation has been even sharper. He has intermittently fumed for months over Mr. Sessions’ decision to recuse himself from the investigation into Russian meddling in last year’s election, according to people close to Mr. Trump who insisted on anonymity to describe internal conversations. In Mr. Trump’s view, they said, it was that recusal that led eventually to the appointment of a special counsel who took over the investigation.

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A senior administration official said Mr. Trump has not stopped burning about the decision, in occasional spurts, toward Mr. Sessions. Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein, who was selected by Mr. Sessions and filled in when it came to the Russia investigation, ultimately appointed Robert S. Mueller III, a former F.B.I. director, as special counsel to lead the probe.

In fact, much of the past two months of discomfort and self-inflicted pain for Mr. Trump can be tied in some way back to that recusal. Mr. Trump felt blindsided by Mr. Sessions’s decision and unleashed his fury at aides in the Oval Office the next day, according to four people familiar with the event. The next day was his fateful tweet about President Barack Obama conducting a “wiretapp” of Trump Tower during the campaign, an allegation that was widely debunked.

However, Mr. Trump is said to be aware that firing people now, on the heels of dismissing James B. Comey, the F.B.I. director, would be risky. He has invested care and meticulous attention to the next choice of an F.B.I. director in part because he will not have the option of firing another one. The same goes for Mr. Sessions, these people said.

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