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JBC31187 Since: Jan, 2015
#168126: Jan 21st 2017 at 8:25:59 AM

I think one benefit to Trump and the GOP is, they don't have anything to offer their base beyond "we'll fuck them over worse" (by "base" I mean the people who vote for the GOP, not the people they serve). And many voters apparently realize this, which is why you see so many articles about buyers' remorse. And now Trump's screwing over people with mortgages and teasing Obamacare/ACA repeal.

Krieger22 Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018 from Malaysia Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: I'm in love with my car
Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018
#168127: Jan 21st 2017 at 8:34:01 AM

Yet some more about the Trump Organization's Russian funding, and why botched projects don't seem to affect it in the slightest.

I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot
TommyR01D Since: Feb, 2015
#168128: Jan 21st 2017 at 8:36:29 AM

Reports are suggesting that the new president has already made some changes to the Oval Office (normally it takes a while before this happens - Obama didn't redecorate until 2010).

The red drapes have been changed for yellow ones, the carpet is different and the Churchill bust has been restored. There may be other changes not yet spotted.

TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#168129: Jan 21st 2017 at 8:50:11 AM

What victory? Women already have equal rights, and YES equal pay in this country. What MORE do you want? Free mani/pedis? #Womens March

Goodness gracious Micheal Flynn's Son is a piece of shit.

New Survey coming this weekend!
carbon-mantis Collector Of Fine Oddities from Trumpland Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Married to my murderer
Collector Of Fine Oddities
#168130: Jan 21st 2017 at 8:54:22 AM

Flynn Jr. is such a piece of shit that even most of Trump's staff were forced to disavow him. Like a full-on /pol/ idiot.

edited 21st Jan '17 8:54:55 AM by carbon-mantis

Krieger22 Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018 from Malaysia Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: I'm in love with my car
Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018
#168131: Jan 21st 2017 at 9:13:19 AM

[up][up],[up] I wonder if Mattis will be capable of putting him in his place.

I mean, I'm really averse to cursing out or hitting my own (hypothetical) kid courtesy of my upbringing, but if he were my charge (I sincerely hope I never do whatever led him to this) I'm not sure if I could stick to that.

Kickstarter campaign to fund outreach for Blood on the Mountain in Appalachia in other places. For the uninitiated, Blood on the Mountain is a documentary on how coal companies have exploited - ruined West Virginia and its children who worked in the coal mines, or at least did before mountaintop removal caught on.

I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot
Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#168132: Jan 21st 2017 at 9:42:25 AM

[up][up][up] In that regard he's not much different from a lot of men I've run into over the years, including myself when I was younger.

IFwanderer use political terms to describe, not insult from Earth Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
use political terms to describe, not insult
#168133: Jan 21st 2017 at 9:45:08 AM

Oh, Tactical, how did that reunion with your city's council go?

1 2 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. -KV
TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#168134: Jan 21st 2017 at 9:48:21 AM

That's not until Monday.

New Survey coming this weekend!
DeMarquis (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#168135: Jan 21st 2017 at 9:56:52 AM

Electable/solutions: so, for example, progressives have an approach to economic growth, it's stimulus spending, entitlement spending, and legal immigration. Time to build a platform on that.

I'm done trying to sound smart. "Clear" is the new smart.
Antiteilchen In the pursuit of great, we failed to do good. Since: Sep, 2013
In the pursuit of great, we failed to do good.
#168136: Jan 21st 2017 at 9:57:17 AM

Flynn Jr thing: You gotta love idiots claiming sexism is over while displaying sexism. How can a human lack so much self-awarness?

Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#168137: Jan 21st 2017 at 10:07:03 AM

"While crowd estimates are fluctuating and have not been confirmed, the DC Metro system posted on Twitter that there have been 275,000 trips as of 11:00 a.m. this morning. By comparison, 193,000 trips had been taken by the same time on Friday ahead of the inauguration."

From the March on Washington. Looks like the people prefer the protestors over Trump. So much for him representing America.

Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#168138: Jan 21st 2017 at 10:08:56 AM

From that particular standpoint, it doesn't really appear to be sexism to the person saying it. It's very easy to come to the conclusion that things for women are mostly fine outside of some minor problems that'll be fixed before long, if that...if you're not actually a woman.

That's how people rationalize every oppressive system, it's always an isolated incident, always the focus on the offender's personal feelings, etc.

I mean I'm sure a number of women are opposing the March too, if we learned anything from this election is that we can't expect women to be in solidarity with one another any more than any other marginalized group.

Antiteilchen In the pursuit of great, we failed to do good. Since: Sep, 2013
In the pursuit of great, we failed to do good.
#168139: Jan 21st 2017 at 10:39:17 AM

I meant the sexist quip about free pedi-/manicure in the tweet.

Wyldchyld (Old as dirt)
#168140: Jan 21st 2017 at 10:51:38 AM

I've been watching clips of the inauguration, and one thing stands out to me. It's tiny, it's barely visible given his position and the camera when it happens.

There's a moment when the camera is fixed on the doors, waiting for the two presidents come out, and there are two officers either side of the door fixed in salute position. There were in that position for a little while, and I was wondering whether their right arms were getting tired when Trump and Obama came out, talking to each other as they went.

Obama pauses at one point to step behind Trump so that he doesn't bump into the one officer's saluting arm, and salutes them both quickly as he walks by, and he does it without breaking conversation with Trump.

Trump didn't acknowledge the two officers at all.

If my post doesn't mention a giant flying sperm whale with oversized teeth and lionfish fins for flippers, it just isn't worth reading.
RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#168141: Jan 21st 2017 at 10:52:59 AM

I just got back from my local Women's March. Inspirational stuff. The real fight begins now.

Also, weird stuff is afoot on Twitter. I mentioned last night that people found themselves following Trump, despite never having done so. Those reports are spreading - but it's not only Trump, it's also Pence, Spicer, and Wikileaks.

And as if that wasn't creepy enough, some people are reporting that despite repeatedly unfollowing and blocking those accounts, Twitter keeps forcing their accounts to re-follow them. Plus someone saying that it won't let her tweet the route for the local Women's March, although that may be a glitch.

Twitter is blaming it on issues with migrating the POTUS account, but that doesn't add up in the slightest. If for no other reason than because half of these people were never following the POTUS account in the first place.

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#168143: Jan 21st 2017 at 10:58:16 AM

Maybe. But I think more likely it's either Twitter stroking Trump's ego, or it's the government itself exerting control over Twitter.

To stroke Trump's ego.

Remember, Trump's follower count is pitiful compared to Obama's. That must drive him up the wall. He's all about shallow displays of power and popularity.

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#168144: Jan 21st 2017 at 10:59:27 AM

Thank fucking Goodness Trump is too goddamn stupid to take advantage of most his cult following.

Ugh, could you imagine Ted Cruz with this kind of cult of personality?

New Survey coming this weekend!
Medinoc from France (Before Recorded History)
#168145: Jan 21st 2017 at 11:01:38 AM

[up][up]In fact, his unfollower count for today (those who unfollowed the POTUS account) is probably greater than his follower count.

"And as long as a sack of shit is not a good thing to be, chivalry will never die."
math792d Since: Jun, 2011 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#168146: Jan 21st 2017 at 11:04:13 AM

My account (in spite of me being nowhere near the fucking US) was set to following Cheeto Benito.

I couldn't hit that unfollow button faster if I tried.

Still not embarrassing enough to stan billionaires or tech companies.
RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#168147: Jan 21st 2017 at 11:07:01 AM

So it's even happening to people who don't live in the US. I had wondered about that.

Do me a favor - keep checking. See if it refollows him on the sly.

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
Wryte Since: Jul, 2010
#168148: Jan 21st 2017 at 11:15:53 AM

Heading out now to the local Women's March. Wish us luck.

IFwanderer use political terms to describe, not insult from Earth Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
use political terms to describe, not insult
#168149: Jan 21st 2017 at 11:16:07 AM

[up][up]Just checked, I just unfollowed @POTUS and @VP, as my avatar shows, I'm in Argentina. I was following the old POTUS and VP accounts so in this particular case it may be a migration bug or Twitter going "I don't know if you want to follow Obama/Biden or the accounts of the (vice)president of the US, so I'll set you to follow both".

[up]Good luck.

edited 21st Jan '17 11:16:26 AM by IFwanderer

1 2 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. -KV
Bat178 Since: May, 2011
#168150: Jan 21st 2017 at 11:29:13 AM

Honestly, I might just try to avoid US Politics for the next four years. I can already tell it would drive me loopy if I kept checking every single day and saw whatever egotistical/fascist **** Trump does every single day.


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