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sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#189526: May 17th 2017 at 10:42:22 AM

New from https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday...05/17/Day-118/ (links go to their Twitter posts for convenience on my part)

1/ Jason Chaffetz asked the FBI to turn all documents it has on Trump and Comey’s conversations.

https://t.co/Wg7KTW1spp

2/ Republicans and Democrats want Comey to testify before Congress.

https://t.co/X9pBxgC7th

3/ Democrats will try to force a vote on establishing an independent probe of Russian interference.

https://t.co/RO3e5Pf6dO

4/ Paul Ryan tries to contain the political fallout.

https://t.co/KfeKl3OxKH (I find the photo of Sad Clown Ryan here kinda amusing)

5/ McCain compares Comey memo about his meeting with Trump to Watergate.

https://t.co/Rtf4f9LbFi

6/ Putin offers to provide Congress with the transcript to prove Trump didn’t pass Russia secrets.

https://t.co/l5eS1R0XJb

7/ Adam Schiff: “Last thing” Trump needs “is Putin vouching for him.”

https://t.co/HE5LqYnUCc

8/ Trump provided Russia with secrets so sensitive that news organizations are being asked not to report it.

https://t.co/cjch36NSuG

edited 17th May '17 10:42:53 AM by sgamer82

Ramidel Since: Jan, 2001
#189527: May 17th 2017 at 10:50:31 AM

The thing with dumping Trump is that Pence is not in a position to actually repair the Republican Party. (Ryan is incompetent, but he actually has the respect of most of the Republican Party, believe it or not. He has the seat he has because he was chosen as the hero they all needed and deserved when Boehner quit.) If Pence is President, the Breitbarters and Redditors will riot while the establishment and the Freedom Caucus will not be any closer to working together, and 2018 will be an even bigger Democratic wave (assuming they don't likewise get clusterfucked by the left wing).

Trump will do the long-term damage to LGBTQ rights himself, regardless (we call this damage "judicial appointments").

@megaeliz: When Trump is gone, we absolutely must keep fighting Pence. I agree with you there, but I don't think Pence's existence is a reason to not fight Trump. We topple Trump, claim one victory, and go right back to fighting against the Republicans.

edited 17th May '17 10:52:51 AM by Ramidel

LinkToTheFuture A real bad hombre from somewhere completely different Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
A real bad hombre
#189528: May 17th 2017 at 11:05:33 AM

In what ways would it be possible that Pence could be worse on Trump? Would he be better at getting things passed?

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -Thomas Edison
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#189529: May 17th 2017 at 11:08:37 AM

Yes, and he is not so self destructive and alien to the Congressional Republicans as Trump is.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#189530: May 17th 2017 at 11:08:51 AM

http://thehill.com/homenews/house/333807-dem-calls-for-trump-impeachment-on-house-floor

Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) called for President Trump to be impeached from the House floor on Wednesday morning, accusing the president of obstruction of justice.

"I rise today with a sense of responsibility and duty to the people who have elected me, a sense of duty to this country, a sense of duty to the Constitution of the United States of America," he began. "I rise today, Mr. Speaker, to call for the impeachment of the President of the United States of America for obstruction of justice."

"There is a belief in this country that no one is above the law. And that includes the President of the United States of America."

Green, who announced his plans on Twitter earlier Wednesday morning, called on the American people to "let us know where you stand."

FireCrawler2002 Since: Apr, 2017
#189531: May 17th 2017 at 11:11:05 AM

Erdogan's bodyguards attack protestors in DC: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/17/erdogans-bodyguards-in-violent-clash-with-protesters-in-washington-dc

Isn't this, you know, AN INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT AND/OR ACT OF WAR??!!! Pretty sure foreign governments aren't allowed to just come over here and start attacking our citizens without consequences...

Fourthspartan56 from Georgia, US Since: Oct, 2016 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#189532: May 17th 2017 at 11:20:03 AM

[up]Could be an international incident, but no it's not an act of war.

edited 17th May '17 11:20:20 AM by Fourthspartan56

"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji Yang
Luigisan98 A wandering user from Venezuelan Muscat Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: I <3 love!
A wandering user
#189534: May 17th 2017 at 11:21:26 AM

[up] Are they really that defensive for his leader? O_o

The only good fanboy, is a redeemed fanboy.
Fourthspartan56 from Georgia, US Since: Oct, 2016 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#189535: May 17th 2017 at 11:22:30 AM

[up]It turns out that the people who protect thuggish authoritarians are likely to be thuggish authoritarians, who knew?

"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji Yang
TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#189536: May 17th 2017 at 11:32:32 AM

[up]Explains a lot of police officers in America

New Survey coming this weekend!
FireCrawler2002 Since: Apr, 2017
#189537: May 17th 2017 at 11:34:44 AM

[up] And they arrested the protesters, not the hostile foreigners who attacked them...

edited 17th May '17 11:34:56 AM by FireCrawler2002

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#189538: May 17th 2017 at 11:35:57 AM

The Turks have a long history of attacking and killing opponents in other countries.

Look up the Grey Wolves sometime.

edited 17th May '17 11:36:17 AM by Rationalinsanity

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Gilphon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#189539: May 17th 2017 at 11:36:24 AM

Putin offers to provide Congress with the transcript to prove Trump didn’t pass Russia secrets.

This is such a smug jackass thing to do I can't help but respect him for it.

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#189540: May 17th 2017 at 11:47:10 AM

Travel ban architect drafting Trump speech on Islam

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/333825-stephen-miller-drafting-trump-speech-on-islam-report

White House senior adviser Stephen Miller, who was thrust into the spotlight for his role creating the controversial travel ban, will write President Trump's upcoming speech on Islam, CNN reported.

Miller is drafting speeches Trump will give in Saudi Arabia and Israel.

In Saudi Arabia, Trump will "deliver an inspiring yet direct speech on the need to confront radical ideology and the president's hopes for a peaceful vision of Islam to dominate across the world," national security adviser H.R. Mc Master said.

“The speech is intended to unite the broader Muslim world against common enemies of all civilization and to demonstrate America’s commitment to our Muslim partners,” Mc Master said.

Miller played a key rule creating the administration's initial travel ban on citizens from seven majority-Muslim countries, which was denounced by critics as a fulfillment of Trump's promise for a "Muslim ban." Miller, who helped write Trump's GOP convention and inaugural addresses, is also writing a second speech in Israel that will be given at the ancient fortress of Masada, according to CNN.

CenturyEye Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign? from I don't know where the Yith sent me this time... Since: Jan, 2017 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign?
#189541: May 17th 2017 at 11:55:04 AM

Well...s***.
Well, having no more allies or interests in SW Asia may make another war there less likely.

How does one describe that feeling when you're in a train car and you can see the bridge ahead has a giant hole in it—over a bottomless chasm full of fire and monsters?

edited 17th May '17 11:56:36 AM by CenturyEye

Look with century eyes... With our backs to the arch And the wreck of our kind We will stare straight ahead For the rest of our lives
TrashJack Confirmed Doomer from beyond the Despair Event Horizon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Confirmed Doomer
#189542: May 17th 2017 at 12:01:42 PM

[up] Consult the Five Stages of Grief. You're bound to find examples of all five on the train car with you.

"Cynic, n. — A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be." - The Devil's Dictionary
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#189543: May 17th 2017 at 12:06:36 PM

Just listened to latest episode of Alonzo Bodden's podcast, Who's Paying Attention and he talked about going through good old notebooks and finding a joke about how Damn Quayle's political career ended after he spelled the word "potato" wrong.

How far we've come, eh?

FireCrawler2002 Since: Apr, 2017
#189544: May 17th 2017 at 12:11:20 PM

[up][up][up] Don't forget Central and Southeast Asia, parts of Southern Europe and North, West and East Africa.

edited 17th May '17 12:11:59 PM by FireCrawler2002

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#189545: May 17th 2017 at 12:17:16 PM

Stock markets in North America at least are shedding hundreds of points, no points for guessing why.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#189546: May 17th 2017 at 12:18:44 PM

[up]People say that stock markets can on occasion be a sign of things to come. Does this mean Cheeto Benito's actually going to be impeached? (Oh God, please let this be so...)

CenturyEye Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign? from I don't know where the Yith sent me this time... Since: Jan, 2017 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign?
#189547: May 17th 2017 at 12:21:20 PM

Local News (The gun thing was several posts ago but still): Nathan Deal’s office deluged with calls from ‘campus carry’ opponents

As Gov. Nathan Deal debated whether to sign Georgia’s “campus carry” gun measure, his office was deluged with a crush of phone calls opposing the measure.

The lopsided totals, revealed in an open records request filed by a citizen activist, showed Deal’s staff received nearly 15,000 calls urging him to veto the measure – and less than 150 in support of it.

The majority of the calls were logged in April and May, as lawmakers worked toward a compromise that would allow college students to carry concealed weapons on campus while carving out exceptions that Deal insisted upon. That deal was struck in the final hours of the legislative session.

Meanwhile, opponents of the measure were passing around that was first created by a student group at the University of Texas, which has a similar campus gun law. The ad is for a (non-existent) bullet-proof “Student Body Armor” and it’s been updated to reflect Georgia’s new law.

Take a gander

This comment really sells it:
  • "So when is Deal going to let the people carry their guns into the Capitol? Don't we deserve to be safe there too? Why the heck can't we be safe and armed among our Representatives where the laws are made?"

Look with century eyes... With our backs to the arch And the wreck of our kind We will stare straight ahead For the rest of our lives
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#189548: May 17th 2017 at 12:24:55 PM

Hill Republicans probably wish they could lock up Trump in the Oval Office with nothing but a pen for signing bills in exchange for deliveries of fast food. For times when the President has to be out in public, they'll simply hire Alec Baldwin.

Disgusted, but not surprised
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