politics Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help

[Collimatrix]

So, like this:
 

 

[Ramlaen]

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE, WHY ARE SUCH CLUELESS PEOPLE ALLOWED POWER!

 

[ShamefurDispray]

Good luck getting 2/3 of senate votes in a Republican controlled senate, especially with mostly Democrat states up for grabs next midterm lmao

[Collimatrix]

Putin advancing into Korea?  Jesus woman, don't give him ideas!

[ApplesauceBandit]

19 minutes ago, Ramlaen said:

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE, WHY ARE SUCH CLUELESS PEOPLE ALLOWED POWER!

 

With Trump, aren't we supposed to complain about him killing children in Yemen, not Allepo?  I thought the former is what we had people protesting over now (which I find odd, considering all the innocents that died when Obama was in office yet only now do #BrownLivesMatter).

[Scolopax]

 

Also, Trump's FCC chairman pick is supposed to be the next person we need to all freak out about or something.

[Ramlaen]

1 hour ago, Scolopax said:

 

Also, Trump's FCC chairman pick is supposed to be the next person we need to all freak out about or something.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/larrydownes/2017/01/24/why-is-the-media-smearing-new-fcc-chair-ajit-pai-as-the-enemy-of-net-neutrality/#749203c34c7f

[Donward]

Wait a second. People still care about Net Neutrality?

[LoooSeR]

Donald Kadyrov - most dangerous man alive!

[Ramlaen]

On 2/7/2017 at 5:44 AM, Collimatrix said:

Finally, an actual analysis of Trump's immigration EO by someone who has a J.D.

 

Here is a piece on CNN saying the law is on Trump's side.

[Collimatrix]

Has an opinion on the likely outcome, check, has a JD, check.

Can anyone find an opinion by someone qualified who expects the opposite outcome?

[Belesarius]

http://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/trumps-slams-nordstrom-six-days-after-it-drops-ivanka-line-n718396

[Donward]

I love the overreaction of the Left and the Media when they clutch their pearls over the fact that Trump is unafraid to criticize a judge or a company or a politician.

Hello? It's called the Bully Pulpit. That's what Presidents have been doing since at least the time of Theodore Roosevelt.

[Donward]

Conversely, I don't blame Nordstroms - per se - for dropping the line. It's a business decision. And Nordstroms, which is a Seattle-based company, is geared almost exclusively to rich, white, liberal women with tons of disposable income. 

[Belesarius]

I'm not exactly surprised by declining sales of her brand at Nordstrom's and I'm hardly surprised at Trump calling them out for it. If you piss enough people off, your family will pay for it economically. People will express their opinions with their wallets.

[Oedipus Wreckx-n-Effect]

Had a girl on FB say this today. 

 

Glad she's cute-ish, or else I don't know what she'd do with her life.

[Donward]

22 minutes ago, Belesarius said:

I'm not exactly surprised by declining sales of her brand at Nordstrom's and I'm hardly surprised at Trump calling them out for it. If you piss enough people off, your family will pay for it economically. People will express their opinions with their wallets.

Exactly. Which is why I completely discounted the conspiracy theory nonsense pushed by the Left and the likes of Glenn Beck that Trump was running for President in order to make money for himself or his family.

Excuse me? It's not the Deplorables from the Rust Belt, the Midwest and trailer parks of the South which are forking over hundreds to thousands of dollars to stay at Trump Hotels and to play golf at Trump-owned resorts. It is - or was - rich celebrities and Wall Street types and trust fund kids and rich liberals.

I wouldn't be surprised if Trump is the first President since - I don't know, Harry Truman? - who will leave the White House poorer than when he took office. 

[Belesarius]

I'm hearing 2nd hand that the mail in congresscritters offices is at ridiculous levels. Nothing citeable yet, but I'm hearing that they can't get to voicemails because the phones never stop ringing either.

Oh well, maybe it will provided a nice revenue boost to USPS.

 

[Belesarius]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-travel-ban-court-appeal-comments-1.3973255

I find Trump's own nominee for the SC position calling him out for fighting with the Justices on the Immigration appeal interesting.

 

[Donward]

Jeff Sessions just got approved by the Senate as Attorney General. 

That is "big league" to use the parlance of the day.

 

[Sturgeon]

THE MAN HAS SPOKEN!
 

Also, holy shit, who knew Jeremy Irons was so sharp?

[Jeeps_Guns_Tanks]

49 minutes ago, Sturgeon said:

THE MAN HAS SPOKEN!
 

Also, holy shit, who knew Jeremy Irons was so sharp?

 

 

Yeah but who was that leather muppet he was talking to?

[Priory_of_Sion]

Court doc here

[Donward]

Is anyone really surprised that a panel of judges from the Ninth Circuit would rule this way? 

We'll see how the Federal government's case shakes down once Sessions is officially calling the shots for the Justice Department.

[Collimatrix]

Chris Byrne made a well-researched explanation of Elizabeth Warren's antics during the Sessions' confirmation hearing:

 

 

HT to @Belesarius for finding this.