The Match Cut 2017 Political Thread (or: The Lord of the Leaks: The Trump Towers)

[Skitch]

They are among the most hypocritical of this entire waterfalling cascade of hypocrisy.

I live in the dead center of them. Literally all my family. Its very very lonely.

[Skitch]

I'm kind of bewildered that this is a controversial statement.

I don't think it is, especially the way I first hand see his voters disbelieving any negative story if he calls it fake news.

[number8]

Man, you guys are really hankering for a good old fashioned "Obama used drone strikes and expanded surveillance programs" reminder and "history lesson in the imprisonment of journalists in other countries" post.

[Skitch]

Saying these things about Trump doesn't mean Obama is off the hook.

[D_Davis]

Both sides are the same!

[D_Davis]

Saying these things about Trump doesn't mean Obama is off the hook.

Exactly.

[Dukefrukem]

While we're at it, let's talk about Nixon.

[number8]

I've been listening to Slow Burn: A Podcast About Watergate. Good stuff.

[Skitch]

I've been listening to Slow Burn: A Podcast About Watergate. Good stuff.

Sounds like its in the vein of Crime Town? If so, in.

[Spinal]

Perhaps this is the crux of Irish's objection. No, Trump is not permitted to operate as a full-on fascist at this time within the United States because there are still protections against him indulging in all of his impulses. However, I do believe that his preferred political ideology, as much as we can believe he has one, is basically fascism.

[D_Davis]

Perhaps this is the crux of Irish's objection. No, Trump is not permitted to operate as a full-on fascist at this time within the United States because there are still protections against him indulging in all of his impulses. However, I do believe that his preferred political ideology, as much as we can believe he has one, is basically fascism.

Right. Right now, he's not being allowed to act out his fascist, autocratic tendencies.

That doesn't mean he isn't acting like a fascist and/or autocrat.

Fascists also tend to over-inflate their own importance. They tell boasting lies that are easily debunked with actual facts.

Trump claimed his inauguration was the largest ever crowd.

It wasn't.

Trump claimed his SOTU had the highest ratings ever.

It didn't.

Trump claims he is among the greatest golfers in history.

As we learned this week from his golf partner, he's not. He constantly cheats on the course.

He claims he's a stable genius.

He's not.


These are all things that Kim Jong Un does as well.

[Spinal]

Yeah, he's definitely more of a Kim Jong Un than a Mussolini. He exerts power by insisting that absurdity is truth.

[D_Davis]

We are really, really luck that he and his administration are stupid wannabe fascists/autocrats.

If he had the cunning and intelligence of Nixon, with the modern GOP to back up his every lie and whim, America would be done for.

[number8]

[D_Davis]

Oh god.

[D_Davis]

3rd ranking US diplomat quits.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-u...-idUSKBN1FL5HO

[D_Davis]

We have lost so much soft power during the past year. It will take decades to get it back. The kinds of relationships long-time diplomats build is absolutely crucial to maintaining order in the world, and our position on the world stage.

We will have decades of soft power to rebuild, and generations of terrible judges to live through after this is all over.

[Skitch]

At this point I'm stating to think The Onion bought out Fox News.

[D_Davis]

The GOP tax cut.

According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, the federal government will run out of money even sooner than expected, thanks to the new tax legislation, which is estimated to lead to a fall in revenue of $136 billion in 2018. A default on debts had originally been forecasted for late March or early April. But now, because of the new withholding tables, “withheld receipts are expected to be less than the amounts paid in the comparable period last year.” That, combined with the fact that the Treasury generally issues a high number of tax refunds in February and March, means that the $272 billion in cash the Department had on hand as of Tuesday will quickly dwindle. If the debt ceiling isn’t increased by the first half of March, the C.B.O. cautioned on Wednesday, “the government would be unable to pay its obligations fully,” and would be forced to delay payments, default on its debts, or both.

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018...g-the-treasury

[number8]

Yeesh, what a shit show. FBI agents and Congress throwing shade at each other on Twitter.

[D_Davis]

MAGA!

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...mpression=true

[Grouchy]

Eh, it doesn't seem to me like too much of a stretch to call Trump's ideology fascist.

It would be another thing to call the current administration itself fascist - the US is not currently living in a 100% fascist regime, I can tell even though I don't live there. But we all remember Snowden, Manning, etc.

[megladon8]

Trump supporters have been attacking a Navajo lawmaker in Arizona, calling him “illegal” and telling him to “go home”.

I just...

What is happening?

What.
Is.
Happening.

[MadMan]

Trump supporters have been attacking a Navajo lawmaker in Arizona, calling him “illegal” and telling him to “go home”.

I just...

What is happening?

What.
Is.
Happening.

The irony, it burns.

[D_Davis]

Here's the Nunes memo.

https://twitter.com/th3j35t3r/status/959479931959832576