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sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#282201: Jun 5th 2019 at 7:41:15 PM

Trump protests: Giant model of president sitting on golden toilet while tweeting appears in central London

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/trump-protests-toilet-robot-tweeting-trafalgar-square-london-state-visit-a8943061.html

A giant rendering of US President Donald Trump astride a golden toilet while tweeting has appeared in Central London ahead of protests against Mr Trump’s state visit.

The 16-foot model, nicknamed “Dump Trump”, reportedly also has an audio function that makes fart noises and repeats the president's most famous statements, including “no collusion”, “witch-hunt”, “you are fake news” and “I’m a very stable genius.”


Re-posting due to page bottom:

https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2019/06/05/day-867/

And before we start, yes the title is exactly what it sounds like...

    Day 867: The cleanest climate. 
1/ Trump said he believes climate change "goes both ways," claimed the U.S. has one of "the cleanest climates," and blamed China, India, and Russia for polluting the environment. Trump's comments came after a 90-minute meeting with Prince Charles on the subject. While Trump remains unconvinced that the climate is warming, he said he agrees with Charles that he wants the U.S. to have "good climate, as opposed to a disaster." The United States is the world's second-largest emitter of carbon dioxide emissions, which rose an estimated 3.4% in 2018. (BBC / The Guardian / Washington Post)

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/05/donald-trump-tells-prince-charles-us-is-clean-on-climate-change

2/ Trump claimed that he is "making up" for not serving in the Vietnam War by proposing to increase the Pentagon's budget to around $750 billion in 2020. Despite avoiding service through student deferments and a medical disqualification for bone spurs, Trump claimed he "would have not have minded that at all. I would have been honored" to serve. (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2019/06/05/trump-is-making-up-not-serving-vietnam-with-increased-defense-funding-he-says/

Trump erroneously claimed that he reinstituted a ban on most transgender people from serving in the military because some of them take prescription medicine. Trump said that when "you're in the military, you're not allowed to take any drugs." The military, however, doesn't prohibit service members from taking prescription medicines. (Bloomberg / Washington Post)

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-05/trump-says-transgender-people-banned-from-military-over-drugs

3/ A bipartisan group of senators will try to block the Trump administration's use of emergency authority to sell arms to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Senators will try to force 22 votes aimed at rebuking the Trump administration's May decision to invoke an emergency provision in the Arms Export Control Act in order to push through $8 billion worth of arms sales to the Saudis, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan. Congress had been blocking the sale since last year. (Associated Press / Politico / USA Today / New York Times)

https://www.apnews.com/540d432b2ec4462da0ad6d001890158a

4/ The House passed the DREAM and Promise Act of 2019, which would give millions of young undocumented immigrants a pathway to citizenship. The measure passed with a vote of 327 to 187, and it now heads to the Senate, where it is unlikely to be considered. The White House has also threatened to veto the measure if it makes it to Trump's desk. Seven Republicans voted in favor of the measure, and no Democrats voted against it. (CBS News / New York Times / Washington Post)

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dream-and-promise-act-2019-passes-house-approves-bill-that-would-place-millions-of-immigrants-on-path-to-citizenship/

5/ A 40-year-old migrant woman died while in U.S. Border Patrol custody – the second migrant woman to die within a 36-hour period. Border Patrol agents detained the woman in Eagle Pass, Texas on Monday and she collapsed minutes later. She was transported to a hospital, where she died shortly after arriving. On Saturday, a 25-year-old transgender asylum seeker from El Salvador died at a hospital in El Paso, Texas. (The Guardian)

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2019/jun/04/trump-news-today-live-uk-trip-pelosi-impeachment-latest-updates-2020?page=with:block-5cf6e7f78f08f2552898479c#block-5cf6e7f78f08f2552898479c

6/ Border Patrol agents are boarding buses and trains across the northern U.S. with increasing frequency to ask passengers about their citizenship status, often nowhere near the U.S. border. Newly obtained emails show a Border Patrol official in Maine told agents "Happy hunting!" as they prepared to begin boarding buses. The searches can happen as often as three times per day at some bus stations, even at those with no direct routes to or from the border, causing bus delays and missed connections. (NBC News)

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/border-patrol-searches-have-increased-greyhound-other-buses-far-border-n1012596

7/ The Trump administration canceled English classes, recreational programs, and legal aid for unaccompanied minors in federal migrant shelters. The Office of Refugee Resettlement discontinued funding for the programs, calling them "not directly necessary for the protection of life and safety, including education services, legal services, and recreation." (Washington Post / ABC News)

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-administration-scales-back-education-recreation-migrant-kids/story?id=63506262

poll/ 54% of Americans say they think Trump will win the 2020 election, compared to 41% who feel he will lose. In December, 51% said they thought Trump would lose his bid for re-election. (CNN)

https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/05/politics/cnn-poll-trump-prediction-economy-issues/index.html

poll/ 68% of American believe "made-up news" is a "very big problem" in the U.S. By comparison, 46% called climate change a "very big problem," 40% said the same about racism, and 34% said the same about terrorism. (Pew Research Center / Nieman Lab / Axios)

https://www.journalism.org/2019/06/05/many-americans-say-made-up-news-is-a-critical-problem-that-needs-to-be-fixed/

    Notables 
House Democrats rejected calls to preemptively cancel a House vote to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt, but said they are willing to reopen negotiations with the DOJ over Mueller's full, un-redacted report. Rep. Jerry Nadler said he was willing to try to find a compromise, but only "without conditions" from the Justice Department. "We urge you not to make the mistake of breaking off accommodations again," Nadler warned last night. "We are here and ready to negotiate as early as tomorrow morning." (New York Times / House Judiciary Committee)

https://judiciary.house.gov/news/press-releases/chairman-nadler-rejects-doj-demand-house-cancel-contempt-vote-resuming

A federal judge said the Justice Department does not have to turn over the transcripts of Michael Flynn's calls with then-Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak as part of Flynn's sentencing. The DOJ originally failed to turn over the transcripts, saying they did not have any additional documents to share with the court that could help at sentencing. The judge said "the government is not required to file any additional materials or information on the public docket." (CNN)

https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/04/politics/flynn-kislyak-sullivan-transcript/index.html

The Russian trolling effort on Twitter during the 2016 campaign was larger, more coordinated, and more effective than previously known. The operation by the Internet Research Agency amounted to "a vast, coordinated campaign that was incredibly successful at pushing out and amplifying its messages," according to the cybersecurity firm Symantec. Some of the trolls used their fake accounts to make money on the side, with one potentially generating nearly $1 million. (Politico / NBC News)

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/05/study-russia-cybersecurity-twitter-1353543

The Trump administration sharply reduced federal spending on medical research that uses tissue from aborted fetuses. The move overrides the advice of scientists, who say the tissue is crucial for studies that benefit millions of patients and have led to life-saving advances, including the development of vaccines for rubella and rabies and drugs to treat the HIV virus. The decision fullfills a top goal by anti-abortion groups that have lobbied hard for it. (New York Times / ABC News)

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/trump-ending-fetal-tissue-research-federal-scientists-63506968

Edited by sgamer82 on Jun 5th 2019 at 8:42:24 AM

MorningStar1337 The Encounter that ended the Dogma from 🤔 Since: Nov, 2012
The Encounter that ended the Dogma
#282202: Jun 5th 2019 at 7:44:23 PM

I hope it's 3d printable, purely so that the creator can invoke the Streisand Effect should Trump try to remove/destroy the figure.

Also, "cleanest" climate? really? If Trump wins re-election than 2050 will be humanity's expiration date.

Edited by MorningStar1337 on Jun 5th 2019 at 7:46:15 AM

Fourthspartan56 from Georgia, US Since: Oct, 2016 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#282203: Jun 5th 2019 at 8:20:20 PM

Buttigieg has taken a rather interesting position, he says that he wouldn't have pushed Al Franken out of the Senate.

His logic? Democrats hold our own to a higher standard than the Republicans do to their people and instead of being evidence of our superior principles it's apparently giving them an advantage.

Which is rather interesting, one would think that stopping to the level of scum like the GOP would be a bad thing. But apparently not.

Apparently, if a powerful man tuches at-least eight women without their consent we're supposed to wait... for something. Not sure what.

I cannot properly express the anger I feel in a productive fashion, but suffice to say this position has put him in my shit list. Alongside Biden and Gabbard.

Thankfully, in the last month 14% of Democratic voters have listed women's issues as a major issue. So hopefully he'll get crushed.

"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji Yang
AzurePaladin She/Her Pronouns from Forest of Magic Since: Apr, 2018 Relationship Status: Mu
She/Her Pronouns
#282204: Jun 5th 2019 at 8:25:08 PM

[up] Y I K E S. I'm starting to think Al Franken should be used as a litmus test. If you're still willing to support him after...that, you don't get to lead.

Also heh, your shitlist is identical to mine. Though, if you want some news about Biden...

Joe Biden supports the Hyde amendment, the one that restricts Federal funding for abortions.

I...probably shouldn't say much more than that (I don't know if its still a banned topic here), but...yeah.

Edited by AzurePaladin on Jun 5th 2019 at 11:29:21 AM

The awful things he says and does are burned into our cultural consciousness like a CRT display left on the same picture too long. -Fighteer
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#282205: Jun 5th 2019 at 8:29:04 PM

The sad thing is that Biden's pov is probably more in line with the general Democratic voter base than we are. Remember that polls indicate that most people still aren't onboard with unrestricted abortion rights.

So while it makes me even less thrilled about him being the candidate, it may make him even more likely to be the candidate.

Edited by M84 on Jun 5th 2019 at 11:30:26 PM

Disgusted, but not surprised
wisewillow She/her Since: May, 2011
She/her
#282206: Jun 5th 2019 at 8:35:37 PM

Uh, no? Saying we should repeal the Hyde amendment is not the same thing as saying we should have zero restrictions, and IIRC, like 70% of Americans support abortion in at least some circumstances. Everyone hates the new abortion bans.

RedSavant Since: Jan, 2001
#282207: Jun 5th 2019 at 8:35:54 PM

Buttigieg really is showing himself to be quite the poison pill, what with this and all the other pretty frankly alarming things he's said. Granted, I guess his message of "well, I'm gay, but I'm not one of those gays" has always been a little suspect.

It's been fun.
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#282208: Jun 5th 2019 at 8:47:05 PM

[up][up]More like 50%.

US more anti-abortion than other developed countries - global poll

The US is much more hostile to abortion than other countries in the developed world, with more Americans opposed to terminations than supportive, according to a survey of 23 of the world’s biggest countries.

The You Gov-Cambridge Globalism survey, which was conducted before this week’s move in Alabama to impose the strictest abortion legislation anywhere in the US, found 46% of Americans said abortion was unacceptable, compared with 38% who found it acceptable.

The poll puts the US on a par with developing countries such as India (48-37%) and Turkey (47-41%), but considerably out of step with America’s rich-nation peers.

The general trend is that the older, less educated, and more patriotic one is, the less likely it is they support abortion rights.

And the Hyde Amendment isn't the bullshit heartbeat thing anyway. It's the amendment that restricts abortion funding except to save the life of the woman or in cases of incest and rape.

Wikipedia's entry on the amendment for reference

Edited by M84 on Jun 5th 2019 at 11:51:04 PM

Disgusted, but not surprised
wisewillow She/her Since: May, 2011
She/her
#282209: Jun 5th 2019 at 8:51:45 PM

A new poll commissioned by Take Back the Courts and conducted by You Gov Blue found the opposition to the Alabama bill may have grown even stronger. Moreover, while HB 314 was designed to challenge Roe, most Americans want the courts to apply Roe and block the law. Sixty-three percent of Americans think the Supreme Court should strike down HB 314; just 25 percent do not want the court to invalidate it. Eighty-two percent of Democrats, 70 percent of independents, and 36 percent of Republicans think the Supreme Court should strike down the law. Just 48 percent of Republicans do not want the court to invalidate the law. Sixty-five percent of women and 61 percent of men think the court should block HB 314.

...

A Gallup poll shows that 57 percent of Americans who describe themselves as “pro-life” still support abortion rights in the case of rape or incest.

I know what the Hyde amendment is; I’m angry at Biden for supporting it. It blocks poor women from accessing abortion.

Edited by wisewillow on Jun 5th 2019 at 8:53:15 AM

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#282210: Jun 5th 2019 at 8:52:33 PM

NVM

Edited by M84 on Jun 5th 2019 at 11:53:43 PM

Disgusted, but not surprised
wisewillow She/her Since: May, 2011
She/her
#282211: Jun 5th 2019 at 8:54:00 PM

[nja]

[down] Pretty sure you mean Buttigieg, not Beto.

Edited by wisewillow on Jun 5th 2019 at 9:05:18 AM

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#282212: Jun 5th 2019 at 8:57:35 PM

NVM

Edited by M84 on Jun 6th 2019 at 12:10:28 AM

Disgusted, but not surprised
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#282213: Jun 5th 2019 at 8:58:41 PM

Not that polls mean anything right now, but apparently one has found Biden beating Trump in Texas.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#282214: Jun 5th 2019 at 8:59:24 PM

Yeah, it's a bit premature to think that Biden could swing Texas.

Disgusted, but not surprised
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#282215: Jun 5th 2019 at 9:04:47 PM

Double post:

538 talking about the Democratic candidates and compare them to past candidates from the Democratic and Republican sides.

Is Biden Like Romney? Is Sanders Like Trump? (And Other Zany Comparisons From Campaigns Of Yore)

One bit I found amusing was when they compared Sanders to Reagan of all people.

julia_azari: I’ll get to this later in a much different context, but the last person who made people go, “holy shit, really that person?” and then became president was Ronald Reagan. Both because he was seen as extreme by some and unserious by some. But he won a national majority in the popular vote twice.

And their commentary on Harris was brief but painful. Especially the first bit of it:

micah: OK, coming up next: California Sen. Kamala Harris!

geoffrey.skelley: Let me just go ahead and jump in with Marco Rubio in 2016. Seems strong on paper but never pans out.

Also, according to polls, things don't look so great for Sanders. He's sinking lower and lower.

538's polls for the Democratic Primaries

Edited by M84 on Jun 6th 2019 at 12:11:57 AM

Disgusted, but not surprised
AzurePaladin She/Her Pronouns from Forest of Magic Since: Apr, 2018 Relationship Status: Mu
She/Her Pronouns
#282216: Jun 5th 2019 at 9:11:05 PM

I was wondering if Sanders was going to get compared to Mc Govern. Well, they did so.

Hopefully that doesn't mean we start seeing "Don't Blame Me, I'm From Vermont" stickers come 2021 though...as someone who's been up there a lot, Bernie crops up so much already. It would only get more insufferable...

Edited by AzurePaladin on Jun 5th 2019 at 12:11:32 PM

The awful things he says and does are burned into our cultural consciousness like a CRT display left on the same picture too long. -Fighteer
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#282217: Jun 5th 2019 at 9:14:54 PM

Sanders hasn't been able to get 20% or higher in the most recent polls starting from a week ago. This seems to suggest that his voter base is being split. Which is something that 538's people predicted might happen.

I'm really hoping he doesn't make it to the finals in the primaries.

Edited by M84 on Jun 6th 2019 at 12:16:27 AM

Disgusted, but not surprised
Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#282218: Jun 5th 2019 at 9:17:04 PM

They've been saying that about Harris for a while now. The gist of the comparison is that she checks off most of the Democratic list of presidential stances and qualities, but might not have enough umph to captivate enough people.

That said, other than when he's pandering to aging Cuban and Venezuelan voters, Rubio is mostly an empty suit. And what ultimately killed him off was him utterly floundering during the debates like a duck hit on the head. Harris has not had a moment like that.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#282219: Jun 5th 2019 at 9:18:06 PM

Harris just seems to be missing something (or hasn't had a good opportunity to prove she has it). To say nothing of those who might find her past record problematic.

Disgusted, but not surprised
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#282220: Jun 5th 2019 at 9:23:25 PM

So what do you think is the absolute best case scenario for 2020, and what would be your number one priority going forward?

KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
#282221: Jun 5th 2019 at 9:24:39 PM

[up][up][up] In fairness, the debates haven't started yet. I believe Rubio was still considered a top contender at this point in 2015 - I don't think Trump had even entered the race yet.

Edited by KarkatTheDalek on Jun 5th 2019 at 12:24:58 PM

Oh God! Natural light!
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#282222: Jun 5th 2019 at 9:26:42 PM

[up][up]Best case for 2020 is Trump leaving office. Regardless of how bad any of the Democratic candidates are, I think we can all agree that any of the ones with a realistic chance of winning the primaries would be a massive improvement.

At the very least, a Democratic administration might actually do something to address climate change.

Disgusted, but not surprised
BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#282223: Jun 5th 2019 at 9:31:53 PM

I get so tired of hearing about the Democratic presidential candidate potentially flipping Texas according to polls. I'll believe it when pigs fly. -_-

Do not obey in advance.
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#282224: Jun 5th 2019 at 9:36:48 PM

I'll believe it when (if) it actually happens. Not before. I don't think it's impossible, but it's very unlikely.

Edited by M84 on Jun 6th 2019 at 12:37:22 AM

Disgusted, but not surprised
Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#282225: Jun 5th 2019 at 11:38:39 PM

I somehow doubt that Biden would really win if he becomes the candidate.

Warren keeps gaining supporters. Hopefully she will make it. Because imho she could activate new voters en mass and deliver a clear victory.

Edited by Swanpride on Jun 5th 2019 at 11:39:31 AM


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