3/22/2018 2:04:56 PM

^

3/22/2018 2:21:09 PM

^^^^^I get the argument you're trying to make but there are clear things that constitute blackmail material. Sexual affairs are legit forms of blackmail. Knowing that someone is cheating on their diet and threatening to tell their doctor is not. It really comes down to what threatens a person's power and stature.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motives_for_spying

[Edited on March 22, 2018 at 2:49 PM. Reason : a]

3/22/2018 2:48:55 PM

Quote :

"I hate the word "whataboutism" though. We should be able to compare and contrast the situations in which the current president finds himself with past presidents, and how the two are treated differently."

Whataboutism isn't about comparing and contrasting similar situations. Whataboutism is about distraction and redirection. Trump brought Bill's accusers to a debate with Hillary because he wanted the distraction of spectacle and not because he wanted a fair minded debate on similarities between his and Bill's situations.

Trump's actions stand on their own and should be judged on their own merits.

3/22/2018 3:12:07 PM

Bolton meeting with Trump today. God help us if it’s to replace McMasters..

3/22/2018 3:55:41 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump administration approves $1 billion arms sale to Saudi Arabia, including more than 6,500 missiles.

[Edited on March 22, 2018 at 5:30 PM. Reason : Didn't see this, don't know how new it is]

3/22/2018 5:29:58 PM

i would really prefer we stopped being arms dealers

3/22/2018 5:41:51 PM

^^^It's to replace mcmasters

[Edited on March 22, 2018 at 6:44 PM. Reason : ~]

3/22/2018 6:44:43 PM

Don't let your friends or relatives join the military.

[Edited on March 22, 2018 at 7:11 PM. Reason : Well this is true any time, but esp. now]

3/22/2018 6:55:39 PM

http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/why-a-john-bolton-appointment-is-scarier-than-you-think-mcmaster-trump/

Quote :

"The Untold Story of John Bolton’s Campaign for War With Iran: Everyone knows Bolton is a hawk. Less understood is how he labored in secret to drive Washington and Tehran apart."

Quote :

" Those of us that were worried about all the saber rattling toward Russia Obama/Dems/Hillary have been doing need to take a step back and start paying attention to the Trump admin - Iran relationship. Agitating about the Iran deal + Flynn Bolton + general Islam hate + global oil politics = Iraq 2.0 (except Iran's military is better and they have roughly twice the population). 12/4/2016 4:02:51 PM"

3/22/2018 7:13:21 PM

Any wagers on Trump starting a war to stay in power through Mueller' s investigation?

3/22/2018 9:03:29 PM

Doubtful. Doesn’t have the stomach for it thankfully. He wouldn’t want to have to visit troops in a dangerous region.

Also, we are inching closer to a sex tape that no one anywhere wants to see..

3/23/2018 9:07:16 AM

Quote :

"Jonathan Swan ? @jonathanvswan A source close to John Bolton tells me he made no promise to Trump that he "wouldn't start any wars," contrary to reports. "Not true, wasn't discussed," the source says."

John Bolton denies he promised not to start wars.

3/23/2018 9:14:00 AM

Not that he has the power to do so anyway.

3/23/2018 2:24:42 PM

^ he's a Fox news surrogate, so he's pretty influential to Trump.

Quote :

"Also, we are inching closer to a sex tape that no one anywhere wants to see.."

It's more likely she or her lawyer has recorded phone calls AFTER the hush money was paid. Then again, DJT has a proclivity to be both a cheapskate, as well as not paying people we he owes them. Not many people thought Trump was going to win, and if he lost, she probably would've gotten $0.



[Edited on March 23, 2018 at 2:50 PM. Reason : .]

3/23/2018 2:42:46 PM

what if the sex tape gets released and trump has just the biggest dick ever?

3/23/2018 3:53:47 PM

who gives a fuck?

3/23/2018 4:12:56 PM

i wonder what kind of boost in the polls it would give him?

3/23/2018 4:22:41 PM

Quote :

"who gives a fuck?"

The 40% of the country that supports him? They will surely start rubbing it in people's (brown, black, immigrants, Muslims, etc) faces, and even weave it into their graphic insults.

OK, not all of them, as some are "God fearing" Christians who wouldn't speak dirty like that, but the rest, for sure.

3/23/2018 5:50:33 PM

In the interest of being Fair and Balanced, we also need to consider: What if he has a Micropenis?

3/23/2018 6:09:44 PM

^
r/the_donald would start their own #metoo movement

3/23/2018 6:18:23 PM

This Dumpster fire continues to burn

3/25/2018 10:43:41 PM

^ referring to this?

https://www.npr.org/2018/03/25/596868354/stormy-daniels-shares-graphic-details-about-alleged-affair-with-trump

3/26/2018 1:41:10 AM

^ everything

there's too many different things going on, that are woven together, to discuss
stormy daniels payout
stromy daniels and her baby being threatened
Cohen violating campaign finance laws potentially
Cohen lying about representing the trump organization when dealing with Stormy
Trump alternately denying Stormy is telling truth, and confirm the NDA exists
Why Trump waited 11 days before election to execute NDA and payout, despite threatening Stormy years earlier
Trump saying his team of lawyers is solid just before one of the lawyers quits
The NEW lawyer Trump touted also quitting this weekend
General chaos across all aspects of the executive branch

3/26/2018 2:31:33 AM

you forgot the bombshell

-stormy lawyer was a rahm research guy all along

3/26/2018 3:30:51 AM

That has nothing to do with anything but Earl gonna Earl.

I didn’t watch it but I’ll read about it. I did see that Michael Cohen sent a cease and desist letter, lol. Guy is such a shady mob lawyer.

3/26/2018 7:33:33 AM

Beyond maybe the campaign finance aspect this whole story is a non-issue for me. We already knew he was a slimy shitbag before.

3/26/2018 9:15:28 AM

Quote :

"Beyond maybe the campaign finance aspect "

Uh, that's why this is an issue...

3/26/2018 11:17:07 AM

Naturally.

But it's not the part of this story that is being focused on by the public and MSM at large.

3/26/2018 11:26:43 AM

of course it isn't

3/26/2018 12:22:11 PM

damn...now he wants to fuck with my amazon too! wtf, bro????

3/28/2018 2:36:27 PM

This is the most villainous thing he’s said recently I think

https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/979560767992356864?s=21

3/30/2018 5:38:34 PM

This should send a shiver down your spine:

https://twitter.com/bubbaprog/status/979921377091350528?s=21

3/31/2018 2:00:15 PM

Sinclair? Yup

3/31/2018 3:33:25 PM

Quote :

"In 2007 the Postal Service and its regulator determined that, at a minimum, 5.5% of the agency’s fixed costs must be allocated to packages and similar products. A decade later, around 25% of its revenue comes from packages, but their share of fixed costs has not kept pace. First-class mail effectively subsidizes the national network, and the packages get a free ride. An April analysis from Citigroup estimates that if costs were fairly allocated, on average parcels would cost $1.46 more to deliver. It is as if every Amazon box comes with a dollar or two stapled to the packing slip—a gift card from Uncle Sam."

we should just close the post office. they have lost 60 billion over last decade. we have ups, fed ex and email. dont need them anymore

4/1/2018 7:00:47 AM

I imagine its in a countries self interest to have a delivery service not connected to private interests. Say, if china bought UPS and FedEx.

4/1/2018 8:32:22 AM

^^ link?

4/1/2018 12:20:57 PM

The study was inherently flawed. Postal Service is broke because it has to prepay pensions, something no other agency or company does

4/1/2018 4:20:15 PM

^

^^^

4/1/2018 6:17:41 PM

Quote :

"This should send a shiver down your spine: https://twitter.com/bubbaprog/status/979921377091350528?s=21 "

here is a 1.5 minute long version... freaking gave me the chills

https://www.facebook.com/TheGuardiansOfDemocracy/videos/435478286866295/

4/1/2018 11:31:19 PM

>complains about amazon not paying sales tax
>>amazon pays says tax in every state with a sales tax

>complains that amazon uses USPS
>>amazon is one of USPS's largest customers and pays for said service

yes, i know, this manchild just hates bezos because of wapo.

4/2/2018 9:08:38 AM

https://www.wsj.com/articles/immigration-judges-face-new-quotas-in-bid-to-speed-deportations-1522696158?mod=breakingnews

Sessions putting the squeeze on immigration judges to churn through cases more quickly

Obama actually managed to remove more people than trump did because Obama ordered his people to focus on cases of criminal immigrants whose cases were clear cut. Trump has been clogging the courts with immigrants that haven’t done anything wrong and his solution seems to be to force judges to render decisions more haphazardly

Pretty dystopian tactic

Ironically this this could have the effect is the judges just giving people benefit of the doubt and letting them stay.

[Edited on April 2, 2018 at 5:45 PM. Reason : ]

4/2/2018 5:44:33 PM

Quote :

"Obama actually managed to remove more people than trump did because Obama ordered his people to focus on cases of criminal immigrants whose cases were clear cut."

This sounds like total BS. Even when you ignore border patrol arrests, Obama deported far more immigrants than Trump. You're telling me the 34,000/mo he deported in 2012 were all criminals? And there was already a huge backlog. You don't need to whitewash Obama's garbage record to make Trump look worse.

https://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/08/trump-deportations-behind-obama-levels-241420

Quote :

"Ironically this this could have the effect is the judges just giving people benefit of the doubt and letting them stay. "

I read an article recently about judges using some extension loophole to allow people to stay indefinitely, which is awesome.

4/2/2018 6:16:34 PM

^

Ha that’s the exact article I was thinking of, this is the line I was referring to:

Quote :

"Soon after being sworn in, Trump signed an order greatly broadening the universe of people who could be targeted for deportation. In the next 100 days, immigration arrests rose by nearly 38 percent compared with the same period a year earlier."

Ice was committing a lot of atrocities under obama too, but it’s a true statement that their mandate on who to target was far narrower than trump, and it’s tRumps policies clogging the court systems that’s slowing deportations.

4/2/2018 11:01:14 PM

hes right about amazon tho. they pay taxes but not enough and thats what he means dont play salss tax semantics. amazon is too big

4/3/2018 7:05:43 AM

That’s totally what he meant after signing and bragging about a huge corporate tax cut. Has nothing to do with Bezos. Thanks E-Man for bringing the truth.

[Edited on April 3, 2018 at 7:40 AM. Reason : Trump the populist!!!]

4/3/2018 7:39:28 AM

war on the border!

4/3/2018 2:23:06 PM

it has everything to do with bezos. hes using the wapo to gain political leverage for his monopoly that is consuming every aspect of retail.

regardless of how trump arrives at it, hes on the right side of a concept that has killed our future. those markets should all be small businesses

4/3/2018 9:10:12 PM

What monopoly do you think Amazon has? You know that small business owners can market and sell their items through Amazon, right? I don't see WalMart or Target giving small businesses that opportunity.

4/4/2018 7:01:18 AM

Quote :

"hes right about amazon tho. they pay taxes but not enough and thats what he means dont play salss tax semantics. amazon is too big"

wat. they pay sales taxes, no? what is the not enough? trump said it directly, "they pay little or no taxes..." amazon pays the legally required amount of sales taxes. are you referring to city sales taxes? cause that I don't know about.

But still, all coming from a man who says it's smart to not pay a "fair share". From a man who probably has financial teams to reduce his taxes.

4/4/2018 7:09:12 AM