Trump trying really hard not to look 7" taller than Putin.
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Are you fucking kidding me?
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I think they used the wrong āhandsā photo. Same kids, different gesture.
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He looks like heās about to tug on his forelock.
Which would be quite interesting to watch.
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The ICE pentagram is only used for some very dark magic.
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Interesting week. Trump must be feeling like a piƱata at this point, although piƱatas are associated with joyful occasionsā¦ fuckā¦ like right now!!
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Apparently Trump and Mitch are arguing about calling witnesses for the Senate trial. Mitch thinks that would be M.A.D. One story said that Mitch holds all the power there. I wonder.
Mitch is the Senate majority leader, not the Senate president pro tem (Charles Grassley) or optionally Vice President Pence. Senate majority leader wasnāt even a thing until the early 20th century. Mitch isnāt in the presidential succession list. Unless it was slipped into an amendment, itās not in the Constitution anywhere, certainly not in the part covering impeachment.
Does Mitch have real power, or does it just depend on the Senate rules and traditions, and how hard are they to break? (Counting on gentlemanās agreements and traditions is a non-starter in the Age of Trump. Heād kick those over in a hamberder-clogged heartbeat if it pushed things back a week.)
Grassley might not do anything, but he can be replaced any time that Pence wants to attend. A gap in the separation of powers, but itās never been a problem because of the tradition of non-attendance of the Vice President since day 1. (Besides, under the original rules, the VP would have been Hillary Clinton.)
Iām the kind of guy who, when someone says āHow could this possibly get any worse?ā, says āGood question. Let me think about it.ā
It would be a Republican circular firing squad, but as long as Trump thinks it would keep the nasty people away a bit longer, itās on the menu.
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Iām pretty sure this image of circular wrist clasping/handcuffing is meant to represent how ICE wants people of all colors to snitch on their neighborsā¦
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Why couldnāt the republicans call him during the hearings?!? Thatās the REAL crime here!!! /s
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ā The president reportedly decided against moving forward with the plan after watching a television program on government and told other White House officials the next day.ā
Thank you, School House Rock!
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Thatās going to make for a great twitter bio for her haha
Edit- She has already changed it
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Technically an impeachment trial in the senate is presided over by SCOTUS. In this case it would be Roberts. He holds the primary power
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I donāt think McConnellās legal power really matters that much. If there are enough Republican senators who want a thing to happen McConnell canāt ultimately stop them from getting it. But Republican senators wonāt go to the bathroom without asking Mitch first, so Mitch doesnāt need a constitutionally defined position to have power.
Iām not sure this is true, and I think it completely misjudges Trumpās appeal to the people that Trump appeals to.
Itās easy to think, āWouldnāt people, all other things being equal, prefer a president who seems emotionally stable?ā But first of all, I donāt think all other things can be equal, and secondly Iām not sure the answer is yes. If you think you live in a crazy world, then you might think you need a crazy person at the helm.
Thereās a movie scene I remember that I saw flipping through the channels one day, I donāt even know what movie itās from. Ving Rhames is in an underground parking lot standing at a distance from two guys with guns. Rhames says, āIām going to count to three, and you guys had better put your guns down.ā The two men laugh, and remind Rhames they have guns and Rhames does not. āOne.ā One of the men asks, āAre you crazyā and Rhames says, āYeahā¦ psycho. Two.ā
Reasonable people back down from fights to avoid getting into fights. I donāt think there can be a reasonable authoritarian stongman. And the authoritarianism of the American public is where Trump gets their support.
What laws might the Republican congress have passed if their relationship with Trump and with Democrats was one of amicable horse-trading instead of being terrified by the leader? Would those be popular pieces of legislation to run for re-election on?
And if Trump were not ānutsā they would have lost their first election on the Access Hollywood tape. That was recoverable only by a person is incapable of admitting wrongdoing, who reacts to shame by always fighting, never by hiding.
I donāt think we want to think that our elections systemically put unsuited people in power, but Iām pretty sure they do. Itās not just America, itās happening all over the world. Boris Johnson wouldnāt be on the verge of victory in the UK if they were not a staggering idiot.
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B4T ThEirES nO PrOOf!!! And ZalNSkieS (or however you speel his name) dId Not SAY hE wAs extorted!!! FAKE NEWS!!! DEEP STATE!!! eVIL DEMoCrAt PaRtY!!!/s
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As always, more complex than it might appear, and in some ways, more subtle and evil than first glance might suggest.
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