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The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
The Founders didn't factor into their plans that someone as petulant, inept, and idiotic as Trump would be president or that Congress would be half controlled by sycophants to said petulant idiot's party.
Basically, there's a safety measure for things like this, but it requires Congress to not be Republican ideologues.
I mean, in a Parliamentary Democracy (like Britain or where I'm from) losing a supply bill means the government falls and fresh elections called.
The American model is more robust, sure - makes sure the government stays in place even if that happens. But it's shit for government employees who won't get paid - and most government employees don't exactly hit pay dirt on salary day.
And given that I work for people who service government installations, that's something I can see directly - it makes me super sad, given how hard they work and how thankless their job is.
It's just so mean-spirited. Especially around Christmas.
I hold the secrets of the machine.Russians have been attacking Mueller.
They've been posting propaganda online which, among other things, tried to tie Mueller to Islamic terrorist groups.
Making enough of a mess that the other guy can't fix a damn thing. In time honoured tradition of screwing the incoming government.
Isn't that right, Wisconsin GOP?
Anyhow, been seeing a lot of exit polls putting Biden as the front runner. How likely is it that he'll be running?
Edited by TechPriest90 on Dec 17th 2018 at 9:27:55 AM
I hold the secrets of the machine.https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2018/12/17/day-697/
https://apnews.com/8890210ce2ce4256a7df6e4ab65c33d3
Rep. Adam Schiff wants to subpoena Trump's records with Deutsche Bank because he believes they could expose "a form of compromise" with Russia. Deutsche Bank has a long relationship with Trump, as well as Russia. "Well," Schiff said, "the concern about Deutsche Bank is that they have a history of laundering Russian money. And this, apparently, was the one bank that was willing to do business with the Trump Organization." He added: "If this is a form of compromise, it needs to be exposed." Schiff is the likely incoming chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. (NBC News)
2/ Rudy Giuliani suggested that Mueller's investigation is "done" and all that's left is to investigate are "parking tickets and jaywalking." However, when asked if Roger Stone ever gave Trump a "heads-up" about the Wiki Leaks publication of emails concerning Hillary Clinton and the DNC, Giuliani responded: "No, he didn't, no." After a moment of silence, Giuliani softened his response: "I don't believe so. But again, if Roger Stone gave anybody a heads-up about Wiki Leaks' leaks, that's not a crime. It would be like giving him a heads-up that the Times is going to print something. One the — the crime, this is why this thing is so weird, strange. The crime is conspiracy to hack; collusion is not a crime; it doesn't exist." (ABC News)
A guide to the 17 known Trump-Russia investigations. Two years after Trump won the presidency, nearly every organization he has led in the past decade is under investigation and there are known cooperators in almost every single one of the open cases, from Michael Cohen to National Enquirer chief David Pecker to former Paul Manafort aides Sam Patten and Rick Gates. (WIRED / Washington Post / Axios)
3/ Two former business associates of Michael Flynn were arrested and charged with conspiring to "covertly and unlawfully" influence U.S. politicians on behalf of Turkey. Bijan Rafiekian, who also goes by the name Bijan Kian, was the vice-chairman of the Flynn Intel Group and worked with Flynn to have cleric Fethullah Gülen extradited from the U.S. to Turkey. Ekim Alptekin was charged with failing to register as a foreign agent and making false statements to the FBI. Mueller referred the Turkey case to prosecutors in Northern Virginia earlier this year. (The Guardian / Associated Press / New York Times / Washington Post)
https://apnews.com/6e4dfd935c4a408b8383402f4d9a54e9
👀 Shutdown watch: Trump doesn't plan to support a one- or two-week funding extension to avert a partial government shutdown over the holidays. Trump continues to demand $5 billion to build his border wall. Democrats, meanwhile, insist on spending no more than $1.37 billion on border fencing. Last week Trump said he would be "proud" to shut the government if it will force them to give in to his demands. The House is out of session until Wednesday and a shutdown will occur if nothing is passed by the end of Friday. (Bloomberg)
poll/ 62% of Americans say Trump isn't telling the truth about the Russia investigation. 43% approve of the job Trump is doing as president compared with 54% who disapprove. (NBC News)
Notables. A federal judge in Texas struck down the entire Affordable Care Act on the grounds that "the individual mandate is unconstitutional" and the rest of the law cannot stand without it in a case brought by 20 Republican state attorneys general. Legal experts say the ruling won't immediately affect Americans' health coverage, and a group of states led by California is already vowing to appeal. (New York Times / CNN / Washington Post / ABC News)
https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/14/politics/texas-aca-lawsuit/index.html
The Justice Department asked a federal appeals court to throw out a lawsuit accusing Trump of violating the anti-corruption provisions in the U.S. Constitution after the trial judge ruled the case could proceed. The lawsuit, accuses Trump of illegally benefiting from his family's business, seeks to define the meaning of emoluments. (Reuters / New York Times)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-emoluments-idUSKBN1OG276
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke submitted his resignation and will depart the Trump administration at the end of the year. Zinke is currently facing multiple ethics investigations into his travel, political activity and potential conflicts of interest. (CNN / Bloomberg / Washington Post)
https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/15/politics/ryan-zinke/index.html
Ben Carson's top deputy at HUD resigned. Pam Patenaude ran operations at the agency. (NBC News)
Trump named Mick Mulvaney as acting White House chief of staff, ending a public week-long search for his third chief of staff in two years. Mulvaney is currently the director of the Office of Management and Budget. (Washington Post)
Shortly before the 2016 presidential election, Mulvaney called Trump "a terrible human being." In the video, Mulvaney says he's supporting Trump "as enthusiastically as I can given the fact I think he's a terrible human being." (The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/15/mick-mulvaney-donald-trump-video-terrible-human
For what it's worth, contrary to popular belief, the President cannot just unilaterally order a nuclear strike. So even that wouldn't work.
Leviticus 19:34I think he’d try all legal avenues to (metaphorically) burn the place down on his way out, and when they results in the cabinet looking to invoke the 25th he will escalate to the super petty like taking a shit on the resolute desk before the secret service drag him out.
There is a serious risk of a lame duck Trump trying to start a war on his way out, it’s why I don’t think him being defeated in 2020 is enough, because it gives him a transition to do as much damage as possible.
Edited by Silasw on Dec 17th 2018 at 4:01:00 PM
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
For some reason, that "super petty" thing he'd probably do sent me into hysterics.
Of course, it's super bad if he does that - they might ask him to clean it up himself, and then he'd go and shake hands with everyone on the way out. Imagine that.
I hold the secrets of the machine.Regarding Russian influencing, Nate Silver
has been sceptical that it was such a big deal, and retweeted this remarkable explanation
:
