The Swamp

brian wrote: ↑Mon Jun 18, 2018 4:00 pm Wish there was a way to quickly organize in this country. We should be shutting this country down until this is stopped (and then mobilizing for the next outrage). Even 10 percent of the country participating in a general strike would bring parts of the country to its knees.

Johnnie wrote: ↑Mon Jun 18, 2018 11:59 am He thanked the wrong dude:



But yours here.

Rex wrote: ↑Mon Jun 18, 2018 4:25 pm I mean, is it that bad an idea to persuade this guy that our biggest threat is Mars and he should devote all his time and energy to destroying it? What is the worst that can happen?

The mission of the United States Air Force is to fly, fight and win in air, space and cyberspace.

Johnnie wrote: ↑Mon Jun 18, 2018 6:27 pm What he's distracting you from:

The vow of retaliation was reiterated by a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Geng Shuang, at a daily press briefing. “We don’t want a trade war, yet we are not afraid of a trade war,” he said.

Kip Eideberg, the vice president of public affairs and advocacy at the Association of Equipment Manufacturers, which represents major American exporters like Caterpillar and John Deere, said the additional tariffs were “terrible news” for his industry.

“It will effectively wipe out all of the gains that our industry has seen from tax reform and regulatory relief,” he said. “We should be creating more jobs, not wiping them out.”

Pruitt wrote: ↑Tue Jun 19, 2018 5:25 am Trump's Trade War Escalates

The vow of retaliation was reiterated by a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Geng Shuang, at a daily press briefing. “We don’t want a trade war, yet we are not afraid of a trade war,” he said.

And why a trade war? On the one hand, the US is being fleeced by its trading partners because of a series of "bad deals!"

Yet at the same time, according to the huckster in chief, the economy has never, EVER been stronger.

From The Times:

Kip Eideberg, the vice president of public affairs and advocacy at the Association of Equipment Manufacturers, which represents major American exporters like Caterpillar and John Deere, said the additional tariffs were “terrible news” for his industry.

“It will effectively wipe out all of the gains that our industry has seen from tax reform and regulatory relief,” he said. “We should be creating more jobs, not wiping them out.”

Pruitt wrote: ↑Tue Jun 19, 2018 5:25 amYet at the same time, according to the huckster in chief, the economy has never, EVER been stronger.

GoodKarma wrote: ↑Tue Jun 19, 2018 9:44 am

Pruitt wrote: ↑Tue Jun 19, 2018 5:25 am Trump's Trade War Escalates

The vow of retaliation was reiterated by a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Geng Shuang, at a daily press briefing. “We don’t want a trade war, yet we are not afraid of a trade war,” he said.

And why a trade war? On the one hand, the US is being fleeced by its trading partners because of a series of "bad deals!"

Yet at the same time, according to the huckster in chief, the economy has never, EVER been stronger.

From The Times:

Kip Eideberg, the vice president of public affairs and advocacy at the Association of Equipment Manufacturers, which represents major American exporters like Caterpillar and John Deere, said the additional tariffs were “terrible news” for his industry.

“It will effectively wipe out all of the gains that our industry has seen from tax reform and regulatory relief,” he said. “We should be creating more jobs, not wiping them out.”

The more immediate concern for me is what will this do to the markets... they don't deal well with uncertainty.

Gunpowder wrote: ↑Tue Jun 19, 2018 11:21 am So if this is really the Democrats' fault for this child detaining policy and particularly Obama who did things like this that went unreported on due to his status as "the Messiah", are they saying that Obama and the Democrats were too tough on immigration?

How has no media asked this?

Giff wrote: ↑Tue Jun 19, 2018 11:34 am

Gunpowder wrote: ↑Tue Jun 19, 2018 11:21 am So if this is really the Democrats' fault for this child detaining policy and particularly Obama who did things like this that went unreported on due to his status as "the Messiah", are they saying that Obama and the Democrats were too tough on immigration?

How has no media asked this?

At this point, I just want to scream "ok mutherfucker, fuck obama too. Now can you please say this is fucking wrong??"

Joe K wrote: ↑Tue Jun 19, 2018 12:14 pm

Giff wrote: ↑Tue Jun 19, 2018 11:34 am

Gunpowder wrote: ↑Tue Jun 19, 2018 11:21 am So if this is really the Democrats' fault for this child detaining policy and particularly Obama who did things like this that went unreported on due to his status as "the Messiah", are they saying that Obama and the Democrats were too tough on immigration?

How has no media asked this?

At this point, I just want to scream "ok mutherfucker, fuck obama too. Now can you please say this is fucking wrong??"

Yeah, plenty of immigration activists have criticized Obama (and Bill Clinton) for overly harsh immigration and deportation policies. But Trump and Sessions are taking things to a whole new level of cruelty.

P.D.X. wrote: ↑Tue Jun 19, 2018 12:24 pm Looks like we're gonna exit the human rights council as well. Shocking.

brian wrote: ↑Tue Jun 19, 2018 7:36 pm Trump's former campaign manager makes fun of separating a 10-year-old special needs girl from her parents.

Pruitt wrote: ↑Tue Jun 19, 2018 8:30 pm Hitler won an election with 30% of the vote.

Trump's support is in the mid- 40%.

I know, I know, there are apples and oranges here, but clearly, CLEARLY, a significant portion of the electorate is fine with everything that is going on. Fucking humans.

Joe K wrote: ↑Tue Jun 19, 2018 8:47 pm

Pruitt wrote: ↑Tue Jun 19, 2018 8:30 pm Hitler won an election with 30% of the vote.

Trump's support is in the mid- 40%.

I know, I know, there are apples and oranges here, but clearly, CLEARLY, a significant portion of the electorate is fine with everything that is going on. Fucking humans.

I have long believed that a huge percentage of Trump voters support him because of his racism and cruelty, and not in spite of that. Republicans have been dog whistling to racism for decades and apparently a very large percentage of their supporters are fine with making the subtext into the text.

29 years and nine months ago I registered to vote and became a member of The Republican Party which was founded in 1854 to oppose slavery and stand for the dignity of human life. Today I renounce my membership in the Republican Party. It is fully the party of Trump. It is corrupt, indecent and immoral. With the exception of a few Governors like Baker, Hogan and Kasich it is filled with feckless cowards who disgrace and dishonor the legacies of the party's greatest leaders. This child separation policy is connected to the worst abuses of humanity in our history. It is connected by the same evil that separated families during slavery and dislocated tribes and broke up Native American families. It is immoral and must be repudiated. Our country is in trouble. Our politics are badly broken. The first step to a season of renewal in our land is the absolute and utter repudiation of Trump and his vile enablers in the 2018 election by electing Democratic majorities. I do not say this as an advocate of a progressive agenda. I say it as someone who retains belief in DEMOCRACY and decency. On Ronald Reagans grave are these words. I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph and there is purpose and worth to each and every life. He would be ashamed of McConnell and Ryan and all the rest while this corrupt government establishes internment camps for babies. Everyone of these complicit leaders will carry this shame through history. There legacies will be ones of well earned ignominy. They have disgraced their country and brought dishonor to the Party of Lincoln. I have spent much of my life working in GOP politics. I have always believed that both parties were two of the most important institutions to the advancement of human freedom and dignity in the history of the world. Today the GOP has become a danger to our democracy and values. This Independent voter will be aligned with the only party left in America that stands for what is right and decent and remains fidelitous to our Republic, objective truth, the rule of law and our Allies. That party is the Democratic Party.
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>Homeland Security Secretary Nielsen is responsible for executing this immoral child separation policy. Where exactly is the line she would be uncomfortable crossing? She was not jeered out of that restaurant because of TSA pat downs but rather because of her complicity in evil. Evil has always been abetted and enabled by moral midgets and bureaucrats like Nielsen. One day when this vile era has passed and her shame and deeds are etched into our national consciousness she will no doubt say something like this: there is a need to draw a line between the leaders responsible and the people like me forced to serve as mere instruments in the hands of the leaders. I was not a responsible leader, and as such I do not feel myself guilty (Adolph Eichman). She is no Eichman but represents an archetype found throughout history and always present at moments where the dignity of the human spirit is assaulted by corrupted power. She is the loyal and obedient factotum who cannot distinguish between right and wrong. The soulless bureaucrat most interested in the perks of power; motorcades and planes while breastfeeding babies are taken from their mothers and locked up in internment camps. She was booed out of that restaurant because, as all of the complicit enablers will soon discover, the public spaces where decent people gather will keep getting smaller for all who serve this venal administration and vile President.

P.D.X. wrote: ↑Wed Jun 20, 2018 4:57 pm I'm gonna sign this thing that reverses that thing I ordered but not really. Thanks, me!