The Trump Presidency – 2016

[ISiddiqui]

And declared the loan on his taxes, reducing his tax burden. For a campaign loan.

[ISiddiqui]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

If this is true, how do Monday's hearings happen without some proof he's not positive?

#BREAKING: The South Carolina U.S. Senate debate tonight has been canceled after Sen. Lindsey Graham refused a COVID test.https://t.co/ybIh8dDBEb

— Travis Akers (@travisakers) October 9, 2020

What a dumbass.

[AlexB]

Originally Posted by Ben E Lou

Heh. All I had to put in was my street name and zip code, not even an address, and it pulled the whole street. I remembered an street name from an exit in Charlotte, and here's what it pulled:


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Holy shit, you can see how your neighbours voted in the US? WTF?

Colour me stupid if it’s the same in England, but that is nuts...

[ISiddiqui]

Originally Posted by AlexB

Holy shit, you can see how your neighbours voted in the US? WTF?

Colour me stupid if it’s the same in England, but that is nuts...

How they are registered to vote, not how they voted. In some states you register for a party, so you can vote in closed primaries (primaries only open to those declared "Democrat" or "Republican").

[Coffee Warlord]

Not how they voted. When you register to vote, you can declare a political party (required to vote in primaries in some states).

edit: Beat me to it.

[thesloppy]

President Donald Trump is scheduled to host his first in-person event since testing positive for the coronavirus on Saturday at the White House discussing "law and order," despite evidence of a growing coronavirus outbreak at the White House this week.

The event will feature "remarks to peaceful protesters for law and order" by the president

^ that should be a doozy.

[AlexB]

OK, so it’s effectively a virtual yard sign... I thought that was a little too much!

[Coffee Warlord]

It's also a "who to call for money" registry.

[Lathum]

Would be something else if 35 people showed up.

[Swaggs]

Pence requesting an absentee ballot in Indiana: Vice President Mike Pence had requested absentee ballots by mail

Doesn’t own any property in the state and used the governor’s mansion as his address.

[sterlingice]

So... him cancelling the trip yesterday was because he can't vote in person because he grabbed an absentee ballot which, of course, you can't trust because of all that mail fraud or whatever?

Did someone tap him on the shoulder and say "Uh, Mr. VP, you can't vote twice"?

SI

[spleen1015]

Does anyone in this administration really think he won't screw them at some point?

Trump personnel office weighs asking appointees to offer their resignations - POLITICO

[cuervo72]

Letters of resignation? I'm surprised he doesn't demand they all carry cyanide capsules.

[JediKooter]

Originally Posted by cuervo72

Letters of resignation? I'm surprised he doesn't demand they all carry cyanide capsules.

It wouldn't surprise me if that was one of the demands from trumpenfuhrer.

[Atocep]

I love how even the anonymous official admits they've risked their reputation working for this administration.

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by Atocep

I love how even the anonymous official admits they've risked their reputation working for this administration.

I suspect we will see a lot of "I felt it was my responsibility to stay on and try to minimize the damage he was doing" excuses.

[kingfc22]

Glad to see the clown is hosting another super spreader event tomorrow. Keep on digging that grave.

[CrimsonFox]

Yadayada...Trump using presidency to make more money...

[CrimsonFox]

Originally Posted by spleen1015

Does anyone in this administration really think he won't screw them at some point?

Trump personnel office weighs asking appointees to offer their resignations - POLITICO

oh good...like The Supreme Court...

[Ksyrup]

Texas order limiting absentee drop-off sites to 1 per county blocked by federal court.

[Ksyrup]

This is a good site to track early voting:

2020 General Election Early Vote Statistics

[GrantDawg]

I have been participating in an online survey that is tied in with Facebook. They paid me to shut down Facebook for one week (they could have done up to 6 weeks), and asked me answer a survey questionnaire right before the shut down. They are also going to ask me several surveys through November.

My first one was today, and it had a question that disturbed me. "If one of the candidates refuses to accept the election results and claims victory, how justified is violence to enforce the correct results?"

[ISiddiqui]

I participated in a survey with the exact same question (ERP?). I think that question depends on what is the minimum consideration for violence - does the military coming in and dragging Trump out forcefully = violence?

If Trump does try to take the government by coup, I'd hope the military would rise up and depose him - violently if needed.

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[Ksyrup]

Is Lindsay Graham trying to lose? I get whining on Fox about getting outfunded, but during a debate? Also, his comment about blacks going wherever they want in SC as long as they are conservative not liberal is just ridiculous.

[GrantDawg]

ISiddiqui, that's what hung me up about it. Are they asking if I think civilians should resort to violence (which is a firm no), or should law enforcement if needed use violence to enforce the law (which is yes). I don't believe it would be military involvement, but I can totally see the Secret Service having to drag Trump out of the White House.

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[Thomkal]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

Is Lindsay Graham trying to lose? I get whining on Fox about getting outfunded, but during a debate? Also, his comment about blacks going wherever they want in SC as long as they are conservative not liberal is just ridiculous.

I think he just doesn't care anymore if people see the real Lindsay Graham. All the money pouring into the state isn't going to his campaign, and for the very first time he knows that he can (will?) lose this election. He's a spoiled baby crying to his mother.

Edit: I will be very curious how the next couple of polls in SC go and we maybe can breathe a little easier about him being gone.

[whomario]

Having helped design a couple of these sorts of surveys, my best guess is that it is this vague on purpose. It's not about getting a result to that question or gaugin what measures people find acceptable, just seeing how each person changes their answer or not (relative to their own Definition), no matter where they slide on a scale initially with regard to what they would see as/allow as violence.
Because the survey seems pretty clearly aimed more at how facebook/no facebook changes answers and less about gauging response to issues as such.

[Ksyrup]

Finally, an endorsement they won't take!

"Trump might be ridiculous for the rest of the world, but he is sane and wise man for the Taliban," a Sr Taliban member told @Samiyousafzai of hope for a Trump 2020 win. @TimMurtaugh told @CBSNews that the campaign rejects the endorsement. #campaign2020https://t.co/Okffh088yE

— Margaret Brennan (@margbrennan) October 10, 2020

[Edward64]

Originally Posted by Edward64

I am strangely fascinated by the trials & tribulations of the Conway household.

I think Kellyanne deserves everything that is happening to her now. I also believe George abdicated his responsibility to try to create a "stable" environment for his daughter with his constant bickering about Trump. Daughter is paying for it and is lashing out.

Family needs professional help. I doubt it'll work out though and it may be best to just get divorced and let Claudia pick who she wants to live with.

Kellyanne Conway feuds with her daughter Claudia in TikTok video | Daily Mail Online

Kellyanne, you aren't going to fix this yourself. If you haven't already, get some professional help. I don't give a flip about you (or George) but your daughter needs professional help and/or much better parenting which you haven't provided.

Claudia Conway, 15, says her oxygen levels are low amid COVID-19 battle | Daily Mail Online

Claudia Conway has taken to TikTok amid her battle with Covid-19, claiming that her oxygen levels are low and that her famous mother, Kellyanne, is refusing to take her to the hospital.

The outspoken teen shared a video to the social media site Friday, in which she used a pulse oximeter to take her oxygen saturation levels.

'It won't stop beeping my oxygen is low haha!' the 15-year-old wrote in the video's caption.

The device showed an oxygen saturation level of 91 percent, sparking alarm among Claudia's 1.3 million followers.

According to doctors, normal oxygen saturation levels range from 95 to 100 percent.

'Do I go to the hospital now?' Claudia asked in the short clip.

[tarcone]

Just a dumb teenager, Duh

[Ksyrup]

My daughter saw a picture of Chris Christie and said he looks like a young, fat version of Huckleberry Hound (that's what my kids call Roy Williams) and now I can't unsee it.

[CrimsonFox]

AHAHAHAHAHA

[CrimsonFox]

I just hope someone does something when he tries to launch nukes

[JPhillips]

Some guests for Saturday's White House event on the South Lawn, which will be President Donald Trump's first since testing positive for the coronavirus, had their travel and lodging paid for by controversial conservative activist Candace Owens' group BLEXIT, according to emails obtained by ABC News.

Everything's a con.

[Brian Swartz]

People stopped him when he wanted to illegally fire people. I don't think we have to worry about him launching nukes.

[Edward64]

My guess is odds of a stimulus deal before elections has gone way down. I don't understand why some GOP senators think the newly counter $1.8T is a death knell & would deflate the base but that fills in some blanks for me on why there's not been more momentum.

Futures are still strong positive right now but have to wait till Sun evening to get a better indicator.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/10/polit...ump/index.html

In a conference call Saturday with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, Senate Republicans blasted the $1.8 trillion offer the White House made to Speaker Pelosi, according to multiple sources.

They went through a number of GOP concerns, like state and local funding, as well as the overall price tag.

While the sentiment was that talks with Pelosi should continue, it was clear that the White House plan had virtually no chance of passing the GOP-controlled Senate, the sources said.

Sen. Rick Scott, a Florida Republican, told Mnuchin and Meadows, flatly, "I don't get it" when it came to why the White House was going down their current path, according to two sources familiar with the call. Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn said it would be a "death knell" to the Senate Republican majority and it would serve to "deflate" the base just three weeks before the election.

I do wonder what Biden is thinking regarding stimulus, economy & spending.

Hmmm, okay we passed first stimulus at $2T+, we are going to pass another stimulus right after I'm elected for another $2T+. I'm doing away with the $1T+ in tax breaks, I'm still down $3T+. And oh yeah, we still have the regular deficit stuff to worry about & our debt will be over 100%+ of GDP soon. And have to fix SS and Medicare somehow.

Anyone know who is on the short-list for Biden's Treasury & State slots?

[Lathum]

I wonder if this is just a sign the GOP is breaking from Trump because they know he is toast.

[Flasch186]

My favorite moment which I'm sure you'll fall in line on is when the dial flips to be concerned about the deficit. I love when the Fiscal conservatives do that.

[albionmoonlight]

The signs of Fall:

Cooler weather.
Pumpkins
Changing leaves
GOP politicians conveniently forgetting that "Reagan taught us that deficits don't matter" whenever they fear that a Democrat might come into power.

[Ksyrup]

GOP Senators are already pivoting their campaigns to account for an expected Trump loss by arguing they need to keep the Senate to check a Biden presidency.

Also, I think the Dem's "court-packing" line of argument is bad. What the GOP is about to do may be a lot of things, most of them not good, but it's not court-packing. To keep repeating that statement sounds dumb and/or disingenuous. I understand they are trying to turn the GOP's message against them, but it's apples or oranges. Take it on on its merits (or lack thereof).

[PilotMan]

Oh yeah. I mean Rand Paul was all over approving that tax break that took a trillion out of revenue, but now he's 'very concerned' about spending again. He's always got to jump to his newest high horse, when he can.

[Atocep]

Is this real life?

Trump wanted to wear a Superman shirt to surprise people - Business Insider

[Ksyrup]

I don't believe it's true. Mainly because if he came up with that idea, there's no way he wouldn't have wanted it to be a T instead of an S.

[stevew]

SNL needs to kill the 12+ minute opening sketches featuring meh impressions. Can't wait til the election is over. Feel like we're losing at least 1 sketch.

[JPhillips]

Would 2 meh sketches be better than 1?

[stevew]

eh, 2 shots are better than 1 at the end of an NBA quarter.

[Lathum]

People still watch SNL?

[SackAttack]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

GOP Senators are already pivoting their campaigns to account for an expected Trump loss by arguing they need to keep the Senate to check a Biden presidency.

Also, I think the Dem's "court-packing" line of argument is bad. What the GOP is about to do may be a lot of things, most of them not good, but it's not court-packing. To keep repeating that statement sounds dumb and/or disingenuous. I understand they are trying to turn the GOP's message against them, but it's apples or oranges. Take it on on its merits (or lack thereof).

They invented a precedent to justify abrogating Constitutional responsibilities for a year - and to be clear, I'm not saying that their responsibility was to approve Garland, but I AM saying that Mitch McConnell saying "eat my entire flabby ass Obama" does not constitute "the advice and consent of the Senate." Refusing to schedule hearings is the advice and consent of an overweight turtle fucker, not the Senate - and then invented another one to justify rushing a nominee through less than a month before the election.

All while ignoring the actual literal precedent from 1864 where Lincoln went "hey we just had a SCOTUS death a month before an election and we're in control of both the White House and the Senate because most of the Democrats who'd be here are in absentis because whee rebellion but yanno? Let's wait until after the election to do this shit."

Is it "court packing"? Not in the most literal "imma add justices" sense. Is it craven political calculation designed to ensure that the Supreme Court is set up to thwart any Democratic political initiatives for at least a generation, and maybe to roll back any gains they've made in the last 10 years?

You betcha.

[PilotMan]

Originally Posted by SackAttack

They invented a precedent to justify abrogating Constitutional responsibilities for a year - and to be clear, I'm not saying that their responsibility was to approve Garland, but I AM saying that Mitch McConnell saying "eat my entire flabby ass Obama" does not constitute "the advice and consent of the Senate." Refusing to schedule hearings is the advice and consent of an overweight turtle fucker, not the Senate - and then invented another one to justify rushing a nominee through less than a month before the election.

All while ignoring the actual literal precedent from 1864 where Lincoln went "hey we just had a SCOTUS death a month before an election and we're in control of both the White House and the Senate because most of the Democrats who'd be here are in absentis because whee rebellion but yanno? Let's wait until after the election to do this shit."

Is it "court packing"? Not in the most literal "imma add justices" sense. Is it craven political calculation designed to ensure that the Supreme Court is set up to thwart any Democratic political initiatives for at least a generation, and maybe to roll back any gains they've made in the last 10 years?

You betcha.

I agree with you. Should the Dems take the Senate they need to add 2 seats, not because it's right, but because they can, and it's the same expression of power whose use has been justified against them for the last decade.

[stevew]

4 seats*

May as well go for that 7-6 majority.