***Official Political Discussion Thread***

[EddieDoyers]

So Trump even gets 52% negative news from his #1 cheerleader? SAD!

That's wild when you really think about it.

It's almost like dude really sucks at being president.

Pretty sure Dubya got more love from faux news also

 

[RustyShackleford]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...f64b4fe2dfc_story.html?utm_term=.68813c8a728d

The Republican-controlled House Intelligence Committee asked U.S. spy agencies late last year to reveal the names of U.S. individuals or organizations contained in classified intelligence on Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election, engaging in the same practice that President Trump has accused the Obama administration of abusing, current and former officials said.

The chairman of the committee, Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), has since cast the practice of “unmasking” U.S. individuals and organizations in classified reports as an abuse of surveillance powers by the outgoing Obama administration.

Wapo saying embarrassing these fools right before the weekend.

 

[Rootin4EverybodyBlack]

At this point, does anybody still think anybody the other Republican candidates would've been just as bad as Trump? At this point, I think he's even out crazied Cruz.

 

[frink85]

There's a lot of negative coverage of a guy who says a lot of negative things and is constantly slamming other people/countries/agencies/investigations [emoji]129300[/emoji]

 

[ksteezy]

Does fam really think El Trompo and his band of Exxon crooks pulled out of the Accord for anything other than to line their pockets...fam is either the most gullible person on earth or the dumbest...lol

 

[rolaholic]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...f64b4fe2dfc_story.html?utm_term=.68813c8a728d

The Republican-controlled House Intelligence Committee asked U.S. spy agencies late last year to reveal the names of U.S. individuals or organizations contained in classified intelligence on Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election, engaging in the same practice that President Trump has accused the Obama administration of abusing, current and former officials said.

The chairman of the committee, Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), has since cast the practice of “unmasking” U.S. individuals and organizations in classified reports as an abuse of surveillance powers by the outgoing Obama administration.

Wapo saying embarrassing these fools right before the weekend.

Wow

Inb4

 

[rolaholic]

2017

 

[ninjahood]

There's a lot of negative coverage of a guy who says a lot of negative things and is constantly slamming other people/countries/agencies/investigations [emoji]129300[/emoji]

what amounts to noise now cuz his supporters aren't taking da bashing by WaPo & NY times seriously, hence why ..

like RealClearPolitics and FiveThirtyEight still have his approval numbers near all-time lows. But those averages also show that Trump’s post-Comey decline has bottomed out, with a solid 40 percent of the public still smiling on the president. What’s more, Trump continues to perform several points better than that in opinion polls that survey “likely voters,” rather than the American public as a whole.

whole article.

May 30, 2017 4:23 pm
Trump’s Approval Rating Recovers, As Voters Forgive and Forget
By Eric Levitz
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Sorry, not sorry. Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
On October 7, 2016, the Washington Post published audio of Donald Trump saying that he routinely grabs women “by the *****” without asking permission, because “when you’re a star,” you “can do anything.”

The GOP nominee’s approval rating went into free fall; several congressional Republicans revoked their endorsements; the chairman of the Republican National Committee begged Trump to drop out of the race; Paul Ryan told his caucus that he was done defending the mogul; and Hillary Clinton opened up a double-digit lead in multiple polls, as political blogs contemplated the prospect of a backlash large enough to give the Democrats full control of D.C.

One month later, Donald Trump was elected president of the United States.

On May 9, President Trump fired the FBI director who was leading the investigation into his campaign’s alleged Russia ties. Over the ensuing days, Trump shared highly classified Israeli intelligence with Putin’s foreign minister in the Oval Office; openly admitted that his decision to fire Comey was motivated by his disapproval of the investigation into his associates; and tried to intimidate his former FBI director into silence by threatening (over Twitter) to release secret recordings of their conversations.

Comey was not intimidated. Within a week of Trump’s threat, America learned that its president had asked the head of federal law enforcement to pledge personal loyalty to him, and to then demonstrate that loyalty, by dropping the FBI’s investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn.

A special prosecutor was appointed. The president’s approval rating went into free fall. One poll showed a plurality of Americans favoring impeachment, while another suggested Trump’s favorability among white men was plummeting. Several congressional Republicans condemned the Comey firing — another found Trump’s actions so difficult to defend, he flipped off a reporter when asked about them. And political blogs began contemplating the prospect of a Pence presidency.

And then Trump left the country. And for a little over a week, the president spent more time posing for highly choreographed photo-ops than writing early-morning tweets. And his approval rating in Gallup’s tacking poll began climbing steadily upward. Now, it’s back at 41 percent — five points higher than it was on the day he won the White House.


Trump remains an unusually unpopular president. In fact, poll aggregators like RealClearPolitics and FiveThirtyEight still have his approval numbers near all-time lows. But those averages also show that Trump’s post-Comey decline has bottomed out, with a solid 40 percent of the public still smiling on the president. What’s more, Trump continues to perform several points better than that in opinion polls that survey “likely voters,” rather than the American public as a whole.

Last week, Nate Silver argued that it’s likely wrong to think that Trump has a “floor” of 40 percent approval:

[T]he idea that 39 or 40 percent of the country will never abandon Trump is probably mistaken — or at least, it represents a speculative interpretation of the evidence. The share of voters who say they strongly support Trump is only 20 to 25 percent — and those numbers have been falling. Moreover, Trump has lost about one point off his overall approval rating per month. That might not sound like a lot, but if the pattern continued, he’d be in the low-to-mid 30s by the new year and into Nixonian territory by the midterms.
These points remain valid. But it’s also worth noting how resiliently forgiving (and/or forgetful) Trump’s “weak” supporters are. It took lukewarm Trumpists less than a month to get over his apparent confession to sexual assault — and less than two weeks to look past his apparent confession to obstruction of justice.

It’s difficult to imagine what Trump could do to durably alienate right-leaning voters. At this point, it seems like he really could get away with gunning down a pedestrian on Fifth Avenue — so long as he pulled the trigger more than a month before Election Day.

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligence...ng-recovers-as-voters-forgive-and-forget.html

 

[AEA18]

 

[Belgium]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...f64b4fe2dfc_story.html?utm_term=.68813c8a728d
Wapo saying embarrassing these fools right before the weekend.

Well, that was diffeRent

 

[whywesteppin]

it's like wondering why 93% of the coverage about the Cleveland Browns last season was negative. it's because they lost 93% of their games.

 

[whywesteppin]

i like this analogy. to keep it going:

a person claiming political expertise based on one correct prediction is like the Browns claiming the championship based on one victory.

 

[sfc415]

ST PETERSBURG, Russia—Russian President Vladimir Putin extended an olive branch to Washington Friday, defending President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accord and urging American businesses to support the U.S. leader.

“Don’t worry, be happy,” Mr. Putin said in English in response to a question about the U.S. exit from the climate-change accord.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/putin-backs-trump-on-climate-decision-1496419859?mod=e2fb

 

[flyeed]

Papi Vlad outchea trolling all of NATO

 

[gry60]

Papi Vlad outchea trolling all of NATO

I guess the good thing about nuclear proliferation is that great powers are limited to a war of words. You know it's a bunch of cats in the Pentagon and in DC with an itchy finger on the ICBM trigger.

As far as the Don supporters are concerned, they're a joke. That's why nobody with a career worth keeping is willing to join this trumpster fire of an administration. The only people still behind him are those who have never hidden their desire to burn this country down because they can't coexist: the Gingriches, Pruitts, Sessions, and Bannons of the world. That's what is left of his company.

 

[sonoftony]

ST PETERSBURG, Russia—Russian President Vladimir Putin extended an olive branch to Washington Friday, defending President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accord and urging American businesses to support the U.S. leader.

“Don’t worry, be happy,” Mr. Putin said in English in response to a question about the U.S. exit from the climate-change accord.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/putin-backs-trump-on-climate-decision-1496419859?mod=e2fb

 

[Nawzlew]

putes f with bobby mcferrin?

 

[Nike Jordan]

"Don't Worry, Be Happy" was a number one jam. Damn if I say it, you can slap me right here.

 

[noskey]

i like this analogy. to keep it going:

a person claiming political expertise based on one correct prediction is like the Browns claiming the championship based on one victory.

They gonna ride that one victory all season tho.

Week 17 - Browns seal #1 draft pick.
"But Osweiler lead da team to a historic comeback win over da Bengals in week 1!"
-"They won 13 to 10"
"Da most historic win of all time, b. Da proof is in da pudding!"

 

[gry60]

The most blatant theft of wealth yet

http://www.cbpp.org/blog/trump-plan...and-moderate-income-people-25-trillion-on-two

Trump's forgotten people are the twenty percent, those who make six figures a year. If you're the average American who lives in a 50k household, you just don't register on his radar.

 

[flyeed]

Speaking of that demo, don't think all trump supporters are just a bunch of hicks and deranged wannabe white latinos

I'm beginning my path as a health professional and I've been told by a black liberal doctor to not share my political views with other doctors since many are republicans (I'm just waiting until I'm established enough.) I attended a social event with a lot of specialists in attendance and the applause at the mention of Trump by a comedian will make anyone who stereotypes the deplorables as all unintelligent rethink it.

 

[dragicon]

I need to make a trip to HK.
And legally I could also become a HK citizen along with my dad if **** decides to hit the fan even worse in America
But I doubt it though

Hong Kong will blow your doors off. I still have yet to find any city like that anywhere in the world. You really need to go.

I need to make a trip to HK.
And legally I could also become a HK citizen along with my dad if **** decides to hit the fan even worse in America
But I doubt it though

I like HK a lot; I would just have to figure out how to adjust to the ridiculous heat and humidity if I moved there.

I went there in November, and people were walking around in down jackets while it was ~75 degrees outside

I lived in Hong Kong for 4 years... it took me about a year to adjust to it. It was strange at times to see the walls in my apartment dripping with condensation when I didn't have my a/c on while I was out of the apartment.

 

[gry60]

Speaking of that demo, don't think all trump supporters are just a bunch of hicks and deranged wannabe white latinos

I'm beginning my path as a health professional and I've been told by a black liberal doctor to not share my political views with other doctors since many are republicans (I'm just waiting until I'm established enough.) I attended a social event with a lot of specialists in attendance and the applause at the mention of Trump by a comedian will make anyone who stereotypes the deplorables as all unintelligent rethink it.

There are two types of Trump voters: the soon to be millionaires and the temporarily embarrassed millionaires. Only one group gets royally screwed though.

 

[biggie62]

Speaking of that demo, don't think all trump supporters are just a bunch of hicks and deranged wannabe white latinos

I'm beginning my path as a health professional and I've been told by a black liberal doctor to not share my political views with other doctors since many are republicans (I'm just waiting until I'm established enough.) I attended a social event with a lot of specialists in attendance and the applause at the mention of Trump by a comedian will make anyone who stereotypes the deplorables as all unintelligent rethink it.

There are two types of Trump voters: the soon to be millionaires and the temporarily embarrassed millionaires. Only one group gets royally screwed though.

Except the first constitute .01% of his base the the rest are 99.99% but think they are somehow in the .01%. Except the .01% spit and laugh on them from above.

 

[boris]

There are two types of Trump voters: the soon to be millionaires and the temporarily embarrassed millionaires. Only one group gets royally screwed though.

In other words, they are selfish and/or dumb.