Edited to update (2019-04-27):
The saga continues
Well, yeah, why do you need scientists when you already know what you want the answer to be?
Instead, the consular officer denied his application on the grounds that he could become a drain on U.S. taxpayers by requiring government financial assistance,
A deadly weaponized could.
I hope we get the summaries unredacted. That is the real canary in the coalmine.
Dipshit In Chief is attempting to armchair firefight the Notre Dame blaze:
Trump wrote on Twitter after the fire broke out Monday: “So horrible to watch the massive fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris” and made suggestions for how first responders should tackle it.
He said: “Perhaps flying water tankers could be used to put it out,” adding: “Must act quickly!”
French government agency responds to Trump’s suggestion of using “flying water tankers”: That could collapse the “entire structure”
Ferme ta bouche!
I have ancestors who came to North America on the friggin’ Mayflower and that’s true for me.
On the one hand, Trump turning on any organization that addresses scientific issues without political input. On the other hand, this is just fucking terrifying. “Why should elite scientists have a say in science stuff? I have a great brain! I know more than these pencil necks!”
We have a saying for this in my little world, “tripping over dollars to save dimes.”
It can not be reiterated enough: the suffering is the point.
You misspelled “eh-brain”
Christ, can someone just leak the whole thing already.
Trump: Fake views!
“This resolution is an unnecessary, dangerous attempt to weaken my constitutional authorities, endangering the lives of American citizens and brave service members, both today and in the future,” Trump said in a statement.
Note that they are his constitutional authorities, not those of the office of the president.
Fucking asshole.
You beat me to it by literal seconds.
Also, the Constitution grants Congress the power to declare war, so he’s not even right about them being his (or the office’s) authorities to begin with.
I look forward to a rematch 5 minutes from now when Herr Drumpfenfuhrer does something else horrible, stupid, or illegal.
It’s probably too much to ask or hope that every major news organization boycotts this press conference because it’s a farcically obvious propaganda stunt.