Deranged Donald's message to children today:

"People who work with Trump say: You can't even organize your own government. How could you possibly organize a conspiracy with Russia? ... He doesn't even have a to-do list, as best I can tell." Bob Woodward, Axios

But the Trump show goes on!
I saw this setup and just had to laugh. In disgust!

Next week, they will be passing out "Trump 2020" signs to the gathered tourists who hope to get on TV during our official press briefers.

B.A. Bearacus said:

---

Deranged Donald works for me and is indeed trending.

---

I prefer "Dumbass Dichead Donald"

Chomsky thoughts on Trump and related (10 min):

Why is it again that White Supremacists espouse tRumpism?

All humans experience the impulse to be selfish.
Yet most of us also battle that with a morality clause.

Trumpism says it's okay to give in to our lesser selves.

bearister said:

---

Why is it again that White Supremacists espouse tRumpism?

---

Oh, the guilty by proxy logical fallacy game for r e t a r d s!

Progressives supported Mussolini = Progressives must be fascists/Mussolini is responsible for Progressive ideology

Do I win any prizes for playing this stupid game?

I'm surprised there's no separate thread on this, but I just saw the NYT cartoon from Thursday that many claim were anti-semitic. It of course garnered more attention after the shooting in SD yesterday.

But the cartoon, depicting Netanyahu as a seeing-eye dog for Trump, struck me as obvious political criticism of 1) Netanyahu's policies and 2) Trump being so dumb as to follow them unquestioningly. It struck me as not making any sort of statement about Jews as people, just like it's not making a statement about Americans as people.

B.A. Bearacus said:

---

Chomsky thoughts on Trump and related (10 min):

---

Chomsky is calmly stating what a lot of non-partisans have been saying.

One of them is that Dems are making it easier for Reps with the Russia hysteria and identity politics

GBear4Life said:

---

B.A. Bearacus said:

---

Chomsky thoughts on Trump and related (10 min):

---

Chomsky is calmly stating what a lot of non-partisans have been saying.

One of them is that Dems are making it easier for Reps with the Russia hysteria and identity politics

---

He is probably right and tRump will win in 2020...but that doesn't mean tRump isn't a stain on American history or that he didn't sell his country out to Russian influence.
You still have not answered my question about the Alt Right and tRumpism. Your evasive response reminds me of tRump's response to Jake Tapper's question to tRump regarding David Duke's endorsement. tRump replied, "I don't know anything about David Duke. I don't know what you're even talking about with white supremacy or white supremacist. I don't know."

GBear4Life said:

---

I'm surprised there's no separate thread on this, but I just saw the NYT cartoon from Thursday that many claim were anti-semitic. It of course garnered more attention after the shooting in SD yesterday.

But the cartoon, depicting Netanyahu as a seeing-eye dog for Trump, struck me as obvious political criticism of 1) Netanyahu's policies and 2) Trump being so dumb as to follow them unquestioningly. It struck me as not making any sort of statement about Jews as people, just like it's not making a statement about Americans as people.

---

I don't like Netanyahu at all, but he was clearly drawn using anti-semitic stereotypes.

dajo9 said:

---

GBear4Life said:

---

I'm surprised there's no separate thread on this, but I just saw the NYT cartoon from Thursday that many claim were anti-semitic. It of course garnered more attention after the shooting in SD yesterday.

But the cartoon, depicting Netanyahu as a seeing-eye dog for Trump, struck me as obvious political criticism of 1) Netanyahu's policies and 2) Trump being so dumb as to follow them unquestioningly. It struck me as not making any sort of statement about Jews as people, just like it's not making a statement about Americans as people.

---

I don't like Netanyahu at all, but he was clearly drawn using anti-semitic stereotypes.

---

Please walk me through this because I don't see it.

And is all criticism of Isreal/Jews anti-semitic? By definition it can't be, so what for example would a cartoon aiming to criticize Netanyahu and Trump's blind loyalty to him look like that wouldn't deserve wrath?

GBear4Life said:

---

dajo9 said:

---

GBear4Life said:

---

I'm surprised there's no separate thread on this, but I just saw the NYT cartoon from Thursday that many claim were anti-semitic. It of course garnered more attention after the shooting in SD yesterday.

But the cartoon, depicting Netanyahu as a seeing-eye dog for Trump, struck me as obvious political criticism of 1) Netanyahu's policies and 2) Trump being so dumb as to follow them unquestioningly. It struck me as not making any sort of statement about Jews as people, just like it's not making a statement about Americans as people.

---

I don't like Netanyahu at all, but he was clearly drawn using anti-semitic stereotypes.

---

Please walk me through this because I don't see it.

And is all criticism of Isreal/Jews anti-semitic? By definition it can't be, so what for example would a cartoon aiming to criticize Netanyahu and Trump's blind loyalty to him look like that wouldn't deserve wrath?

---

It would look like Netanyahu without Jewish stereotypes like a big, long nose. I agree with most of what you say here. I was very vocal in my defense of Representative Ilhan Omar against charges of anti-semitism. Were you?

The conniving, scheming Jewish guide dog leading a blind man is ridiculously anti Semitic, employing a lot of historical stereotypes. Inaccurate too. Trump is not being manipulated; he knows exactly what he is doing.

Rod's resignation letter:

https://twitter.com/LauraAJarrett/status/1122976080305053696/photo/1

bearister said:

---

Rod's resignation letter:

https://twitter.com/LauraAJarrett/status/1122976080305053696/photo/1

---

He needs to grow a pair.

NYCGOBEARS said:

---

bearister said:

---

Rod's resignation letter:

https://twitter.com/LauraAJarrett/status/1122976080305053696/photo/1

---

He needs to grow a pair.

---

My takeaways: Our elections are safer and the Inaugural Address was inspiring. Rod, my advice to you:
Belt. Bathroom door knob.

bearister said:

---

NYCGOBEARS said:

---

bearister said:

---

Rod's resignation letter:

https://twitter.com/LauraAJarrett/status/1122976080305053696/photo/1

---

He needs to grow a pair.

---

My takeaways: Our elections are safer and the Inaugural Address was inspiring. Rod, my advice to you:
Belt. Bathroom door knob.

---

He's a coward. Best we could hope for is a handful of Seconal's and a bottle of Johnny Walker Blue after one of his crying fits.

....or a Frank Pentangeli.

The Story of How the Republican Tax Bill Passed Is Even Crazier and More Crooked Than Anyone Imagined


https://apple.news/ASmjjzTj8QYyzDJtFD5i0HA

TRUMP'S WORLD STILL FACES 16 KNOWN CRIMINAL PROBES

https://www.wired.com/story/trumps-world-faces-16-known-criminal-probes/

The Middle East is igniting; North Korea is testing missiles; the U.S. is on the brink of war with Iran and the China trade tariffs are crashing the world markets.

And there's this...

Trump Admin Gives OK to Sell Nuclear Tech to Saudis

"Want to help the erratic, murderous Saudi regime develop nuclear technology? That's OK with the Department of Energy."

Mnuchin bangs the gravel.

He's a brilliant con man, though -- one of the few things all posters, including Republicans, can agree on.

Maybe he had a good accountant that exploited loopholes to lower his tax bill

Or maybe he just had a really bad decade

GBear4Life said:

---

Maybe he had a good accountant that exploited loopholes to lower his tax bill

Or maybe he just had a really bad decade

---

Thankfully, he's had several really good decades, making billions of dollars.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/05/07/us/politics/donald-trump-taxes.html

If anything, Trump emerging from $1 billion in debt to being worth over $25 billion just shows to go how qualified he is to be president.

The bottom line: Rural, red America's big picture issues population loss, brain drain and economic reliance on commodities are still here, waiting for the next recession to poke back up.
The Trump trade war threatens agriculture, rural areas and related sectors.
A downturn or recession would hammer sectors such as construction and fossil fuel extraction.
Robots are coming for the jobs thriving in Trump country. Axios

I believe the applicable adage is: Birds of a feather flock together with regard to this item about tRump's buddy, David Bossie:


Axios revealed in Sunday's Sneak Peek that Bossie used Trump's name to raise $18.5 million for the stated purpose of supporting Trump-aligned candidates. But just $425,442 (or 3%) of the $15.4 million it spent during 2017 and 2018 went to supporting candidates.