Good King Trump - Page 120

Kamilah Hauptmann · #**2976** 01-29-2019, 06:00 PM

At least twice a week I think I'm having a stroke because the stuff people are saying to me makes NO SENSE and then I figure out it's a reference to whatever the President of the United States has most recently mispelled
— PerpHatWalk (@Popehat) January 29, 2019

Kamilah Hauptmann · #**2977** 01-30-2019, 06:50 AM

Report: Mueller Investigation Nearly Done With First Day Of Trump Campaign

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Justice Department sources also cautioned people following the investigation not to get too excited about it ending with bombshell arrests, and estimated that it would likely lead to indictments for only 10-12 percent of the U.S. population.

Kamilah Hauptmann · #**2978** 01-30-2019, 08:59 AM

You know what, fuck the fuck the police thrad. I blame Trump.

Arpaio once sent 40 SWAT cops, a bomb robot, K9 units, and Steven Seagal to arrest a man suspected of cockfighting. Seagal drove an APC into the man's living room. They destroyed the guy's house with explosives, then filmed it all for a reality TV show. https://t.co/AjW2Lm7jSV
— Radley Balko (@radleybalko) January 29, 2019

The Man · #**2979** 01-30-2019, 11:38 AM

Nancy Pelosi is an example of somebody who’s done an amazing job and is getting recognised more and more, I notice.

do you know how historically impossible it is to make ANY speaker of the house popular? https://t.co/xOuQXbaI0d
— Zeddy (@Zeddary) 30 January 2019

it is an unquestionably thankless job that gets you blamed for everything by everyone inside and outside your caucus. It drove Boehner to madness, Ryan to irrelevance, Gingrich to punchline status, and Hastert to...well...
— Zeddy (@Zeddary) 30 January 2019

Kamilah Hauptmann · #**2980** 01-30-2019, 06:00 PM

"Nancy Pelosi now trusted more than Donald Trump"

They make it seem like this is a high bar.

erimir · #**2981** 01-30-2019, 06:57 PM

As awful as Trump's favorability* ratings are**, his net favorable/unfavorable is very good compared to Paul Ryan and John Boehner's time as speaker, and Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell's time as majority leader. Nancy Pelosi also didn't have average favorability ratings this high as minority leader or at the end of her last speakership. So as bad as Trump's ratings are, a Speaker hasn't had ratings this high in at least over a decade. I doubt that Hastert or Gingrich were more favorable, but polling averages for them are harder to find, so she's probably currently the most popular Speaker since 1994.

Their general unfavorability makes sense, since the Speaker often has to make uncomfortable compromises. But in contrast with the president, they do so while not having been voted on by >99% of Americans, so people feel less connection and thus less willing to forgive the compromise than they are for the president. And they tend to be more directly connected to the compromises that people don't like - the president just signs or vetoes the bills, so while he has some input into legislation, Congress gets more blame (mostly rightfully so), and that blame accrues to the congressional leaders as well.

It is perhaps notable then, that Pelosi managed to get such a high rating so far by not compromising. If Trump continues to put her in situations where not compromising is so clearly the political winner, her high ratings will continue. Eventually she may have to make a compromise that rank-and-file Democrats don't like, and her ratings will drop. That would probably be the result of a negotiation with McConnell rather than Trump though, and I don't know that Trump is willing to sit on the sidelines and simply endorse whatever McConnell agrees to.

*This is correlated with job approval rating, but it's not the same thing. Obama had more or less higher favorability than job approval over his presidency because he's personally likable, I guess. Trump's has tracked more closely with job approval. Since he got elected the GOP basically became a cult of personality, so it's hard for someone to simultaneously say he's a bad guy and they approve of his job and vice versa. Before the election, his favorability tended to be much worse than his general election numbers, afterwards people maybe have some cognitive dissonance if they voted for him - saying "Trump is good, actually" is easier than "Yeah he's bad, but Hillary would've been worse, I'm sure of it."

**The thing which makes his ratings even worse than they seem is the intensity of the dislike. The large majority of people who disapprove/have unfavorable ratings of Trump strongly disapprove/have strongly unfavorable impressions of him.

Kamilah Hauptmann · #**2982** 02-02-2019, 06:55 AM

Repubs must not allow Pres Obama to subvert the Constitution of the US for his own benefit & because he is unable to negotiate w/ Congress.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 20, 2014

Kamilah Hauptmann · #**2983** 02-04-2019, 07:57 PM

Totally Retro! US kicks it old school with dangerous arms race against Russia - The Beaverton

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The whole thing started when Trump accused Russia of not a taking chill pill and violating the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty with, like total ‘impunity’. Who thought Trump could get anymore Ronald Reagan after that totally bitchin irresponsible income tax cut, but he found a way!

This is just the latest of some real throwback style moves by President Trump including denying gay people rights, extending the draconian war on drugs, and meddling in the internal affairs of a South American nation purely because he heard the word socialism. All this and the Rams back in Los Angeles, Gnarly!

Dingfod · #**2984** 02-05-2019, 10:03 PM

"We will build a human wall if necessary." Good idea, stack up the bodies of MAGA hat wearing asshats to block Mexicanish brown people from coming sounds like a pretty good idea.

Kamilah Hauptmann · #**2985** 02-06-2019, 05:33 AM

Congrats to @SpeakerPelosi for inventing the “fuck you” clap. #sotu pic.twitter.com/eueoUf9IBT
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) February 6, 2019

Best golf clap variant I've seen.

SR71 · #**2986** 02-06-2019, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Kamilah Hauptmann

Totally Retro! US kicks it old school with dangerous arms race against Russia - The Beaverton

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The whole thing started when Trump accused Russia of not a taking chill pill and violating the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty with, like total ‘impunity’. Who thought Trump could get anymore Ronald Reagan after that totally bitchin irresponsible income tax cut, but he found a way!

This is just the latest of some real throwback style moves by President Trump including denying gay people rights, extending the draconian war on drugs, and meddling in the internal affairs of a South American nation purely because he heard the word socialism. All this and the Rams back in Los Angeles, Gnarly!

I wonder if Derp Fuhrer will hold his breath and shut down the government if he decides he wants XX billion for new nukes?

It amazes me how little press this story is getting. Once again, our good buddy Vlad comes out smelling like roses. Trump leaves INF first. We are the bad guy.

SR71 · #**2987** 02-06-2019, 02:20 PM

From the INF wiki

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President Donald Trump announced on 20 October 2018 that he was withdrawing the U.S. from the treaty, citing Russian non-compliance.[6] The U.S. formally suspended the treaty on 1 February 2019,[7] as did Russia the following day.[8]

Well then, that all transpired rather quickly. I wonder if this was mapped out in the cozy little tete a tetes these two love birds have been arranging.

SR71 · #**2988** 02-07-2019, 04:40 AM

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Originally Posted by SR71

This year we'll file our first tax returns after the new code goes into effect. I don't know what to expect. I think I read that the new standard deduction is doubled from what it used to be. I don't know if that means we'll pay less taxes relative to what we used to pay? Suppose the close to median earners find they do benefit significantly from the new law with either bigger refunds or smaller year end tax bills? How much would that do for tRumps approval rating? I feel like that's pretty much his last chance to avoid ushering in his own undoing, short of the all but guaranteed war bump.

I think this is about to blow up in their face in this first tax season where the new rules really show the full effect. Withholding throughout the year was lowered but the changes in tax rates are going to mean a politically important fraction of taxpayers are going to see a smaller refund or owe taxes instead of getting a refund. That'll leave a mark.

Dingfod · #**2989** 02-07-2019, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by SR71

This year we'll file our first tax returns after the new code goes into effect. I don't know what to expect. I think I read that the new standard deduction is doubled from what it used to be. I don't know if that means we'll pay less taxes relative to what we used to pay? Suppose the close to median earners find they do benefit significantly from the new law with either bigger refunds or smaller year end tax bills? How much would that do for tRumps approval rating? I feel like that's pretty much his last chance to avoid ushering in his own undoing, short of the all but guaranteed war bump.

I think this is about to blow up in their face in this first tax season where the new rules really show the full effect. Withholding throughout the year was lowered but the changes in tax rates are going to mean a politically important fraction of taxpayers are going to see a smaller refund or owe taxes instead of getting a refund. That'll leave a mark.

Taxpayers are not happy, not even Trump supporters.

Kamilah Hauptmann · #**2990** 02-08-2019, 11:02 PM

Kinda wild how people are learning that a change to the tax withholding tables doesn't mean a tax reduction.

Dingfod · #**2991** 02-10-2019, 11:01 PM

My wife and I combined make less than $24 if SS isn't counted, so basically nothing with the the $24K exemption,

SR71 · #**2992** 02-14-2019, 04:10 AM

Thanks Obama.

specious_reasons · #**2993** 02-15-2019, 05:03 PM

Trump has declared a "national emergency" to fund the border wall.

...but that's not what I wanted to talk about. The local NPR station was broadcasting this live - and holy shit does Trump sound like an idiot.

I can hardly stand to listen to the man, but If I'm not mistaken, he said, "no one is for a deficit more than me," when he clearly meant the opposite. He said something along the lines of he has so much money for the military that he doesn't know what to do with it all.

The man can't speak extemporaneously - he's worse than GWB.

Dingfod · #**2994** 02-15-2019, 05:29 PM

I can't listen to Trump at all. I will shoot my tv if his sons are on it.

Kamilah Hauptmann · #**2995** 02-15-2019, 05:49 PM

DoJ lawyers watching this who will have to defend the emergency decree: pic.twitter.com/IhaEppSWIl
— 25thHat (@Popehat) February 15, 2019

Dingfod · #**2996** 02-15-2019, 06:52 PM

TJH is a fucking idiot.

Corona688 · #**2997** 02-15-2019, 06:53 PM

What does this actually mean? Is he allowed to do this? Is there any way to deny him, or is this some arbitrary money loophole everyone's been too afraid of the consequences to touch until now?

Kamilah Hauptmann · #**2998** 02-15-2019, 07:04 PM

He just jammed up the courts with eminent domain suits from Texas to California.

Kamilah Hauptmann · #**2999** 02-15-2019, 07:53 PM

Huge Display Of Pomp And Ceremony In DC As Emergency Months In The Making Finally Declared

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“It is with great pride that I give to you the signature achievement of my first term as president,” Trump said, speaking to a mostly empty National Mall, as a brisk wind blew through the august space between the Lincoln Memorial and the Capitol Building, a distance that seems to have steadily increased over the last two years. “Following months of planning, and negotiations, and threats, and begging, I present to the American people: A National Emergency.”

specious_reasons · #**3000** 02-15-2019, 08:45 PM

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What does this actually mean? Is he allowed to do this? Is there any way to deny him, or is this some arbitrary money loophole everyone's been too afraid of the consequences to touch until now?

I don't know all of what this means, but usually a "national emergency" is typically done for things like natural disasters, or other large scale emergent events. I'm pretty sure the 9/11 attack was declared a national emergency. Usually, these declarations are uncontroversial. As is his style, Trump is violating Presidential norms and possibly the law by doing this.

From what I've read, Congress can override this declaration, or they (or other affected parties) can also sue the President and have the courts reject the declaration. They could also do both. I expect the House Democrats will do whatever makes the most sense to stop him.

I don't think this has universal support among Republicans, but I'm not sure if there's enough dissent to override a potential veto.