What stupid shit has Trump done today?

[CRI]

This will go down well

White House signals Western Wall has to be part of Israel

I keep thinking I should think of a list of the most preposterous, inhumane and dangerous policies Trump/GOP could enact, then see how long it takes until they are, with nary a whisper.

 

[maomao]

But of course he did.

Trump hosted the NRA at the White House on the anniversary of Sandy Hook massacre

Trump, Clinton, no difference at all, right?

Yeah and Hitler wasn't quite as bad as Pol Pot so let's bring the Nazis back.

 

[DexterTCN]

he is being a busy boy today

CDC gets list of forbidden words: fetus, transgender, diversity

“evidence-based” and “science-based.”

It's fucking nuts.

 

[CRI]

How white evangelicals are okay with voting for sexual predators like Moore and Trump

Dismissing rape victims as liars isn’t a singular trait; it’s one part of a larger values system. Rape culture and white supremacy go hand in hand. These folks don’t care about doing what’s right; it’s all about what’s right for them—child molestation or pussy grabbing be damned.

 

[Cloo]

It's fucking nuts.

Positively Orwellian. Note the suggestion for replacing science/evidence based:

CDC bases its recommendations on science in consideration with community standards and wishes

In other words, we're allowed to support whatever people we support want us to support, so if they say God created the world in six days because the Bible said so, or that being gay or feeling you're not the gender you were born is a mental illness, that'll be just fine.

 

[J Ed]

Returning to the idea that not actively campaigning for these two makes you racist or whatever...

Jones promises he will consider voting Republican in the Senate

A Democratic winner in Virginia says it’s time for bipartisanship

 

[J Ed]

Even better.

Doug Jones Doesn't Think Trump Should Resign Because Of Sexual Harassment Allegations

 

[Yossarian]

Returning to the idea that not actively campaigning for these two makes you racist or whatever...

Jones promises he will consider voting Republican in the Senate

A Democratic winner in Virginia says it’s time for bipartisanship

Doesn't sound that different from the independent senator from Vermont.

 

[J Ed]

Doesn't sound that different from the independent senator from Vermont.

Go on

 

[Yossarian]

"I’m going to talk to people on both sides of the aisle, try to figure out what I think is in the best interest of my state and in the country,” Jones told Jake Tapper.

But the Alabama Democrat said he should not be expected to vote with either party uniformly.

“Now, don’t expect me to vote solidly for Republicans or Democrats,” he said.

Sounds a lot like what an independent would say. His comments on not wanting Trump to resign are pretty stupid though, especially for somebody who got elected by saying his opponent is unfit for office because of sexual misconduct.

 

[chandlerp]

 

[krtek a houby]

Doug Jones on Trump, eh?

Well, he's wrong. But he is playing up to Republicans in the audience. Saying something controversial to keep some folks happy.

 

[Yossarian]

John McCain now back in Arizona for cancer treatment and will miss the vote on the tax bill - sounds like there will be another special election in Arizona soon, one way or another - Trump took the state 49% to 45% so could be the chance to flip another seat, even if the Republicans find a candidate who isn't a paedophile.

 

[MightyTibberton]

A bit tangential to Trump, but Jayda Fransen (and her husband Paul Goulding and the Britain First account) - the Twitter user whose anti-Muslim videos trump retweeted - has been suspended from Twitter as part of the promised purge of abusive accounts. He'll have to find his propaganda elsewhere in future.

 

[Cloo]

Fascinating watching on Twitter Trump supporters' insistence that people have to be paid to protest against him. Someone insisting today that there is now PROOF Hilary paid protesters. Mate, she really doesn't have to. Neither does George Soros.

 

[hipipol]

This has prob been here already..search but no find, so here goes, eh?

 

[J Ed]

Trump had fewer deportations than Obama's first year

Despite President Trump's tough-on-immigration rhetoric, there were around 177,000 fewer deportations this year than in 2009, Obama's first year in office. That number is lower than any year during Obama's presidency, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) data.

 

[DexterTCN]

Trump had fewer deportations than Obama's first year

ICE officers in Texas feel a "night and day" difference in their work between Trump's and Obama's presidency, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton told Axios in October. He said that during the Obama administration "they were basically told not to do their job."

Not sure where you're going. Or why.

 

[J Ed]

Not sure where you're going. Or why.

Shilling for Trump so that he can MAGA.

 

[hipipol]

Shilling for Trump so that he can MAGA.

What?
They real????

Magog (Andromeda) - Multiversal Omnipedia

 

[CRI]

Jordan Uhl @JordanUhl

Live - protestors being arrested in Tax Demo in the US Senate.

 

[CRI]

Among the thousands of fake submissions to the "consultation" on Net Neutrality was this one.

 

[CRI]

Well then . . .

Former Jill Stein Staffer Says Senate's Russia Investigation Committee Is Looking Into Her Campaign

 

[krtek a houby]

"With the strategy that I announced today, we are declaring that AMERICA is in the game and AMERICA is DETERMINED to WIN!"

Game of Thrones? Baseball? Monopoly?

 

[Yossarian]

"With the strategy that I announced today, we are declaring that AMERICA is in the game and AMERICA is DETERMINED to WIN!"

Game of Thrones? Baseball? Monopoly?

 

[TomUS]

Trump had fewer deportations than Obama's first year

Yea, both parties are the same. Why vote at all? Best to support the Democratic Socialists of America. But they don't run candidates. So, just dream of what could be.

 

[Yossarian]

Deportations down, arrests up apparently, which suggests a lot of people are being held in immigration detention facilities, some of them privately run, where conditions were apparently atrocious under the Obama administration and are unlikely to have improved under Trump.

Trump nominee for ICE director claims "overall removals are down because the border is under better control than it has been in 45 years," though he also denies that his officers are "conducting indiscriminate raids and sweeps, arresting people at churches, arresting people at hospitals" so he's probably full of shit.

U.S. deportations down in 2017 but immigration arrests up

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Yea, both parties are the same. Why vote at all? Best to support the Democratic Socialists of America. But they don't run candidates. So, just dream of what could be.

They are, however, gaining members faster than any other party. Their membership has tripled:

The Democratic Socialists of America's membership spike seems driven by three factors: younger Americans, who polls say are more open to socialism than previous generations; the 2016 Democratic primary campaign of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a self-described democratic socialist whose race ignited a grassroots following but also left bitter feelings about the Democratic Party; and the galvanizing effect that Trump's election has had on left-leaning Americans, who have increasingly turned to grassroots activism.

Kevin Joerger, 24, of Los Angeles, is the classic example. He first got involved with politics when he volunteered for Sanders' campaign, and when Trump won, "I had to do something more to stay sane," Joerger said.

Although he "rooted, sort of" for Hillary Clinton to win the 2016 presidential election, the Democratic Party didn't satisfy him. Joerger said he felt that big business had taken over politics and that capitalism had failed Americans individually, and he wanted "to be part of a movement in my community and see change locally, and not just nationwide."

So he joined the Democratic Socialists of America, which places more power in the hands of its local chapters rather than its national leadership and stresses building coalitions with community groups.

Seeing red: Membership triples for the Democratic Socialists of America

 

[gosub]

Only way to win at that is if you inherit it

 

[SpackleFrog]

Are you just being obtuse?

Look at the proportion of African Americans who voted Clinton and Sanders in the primaries. The data is out there. They were not persuaded by his arguments or they'd have voted for him in higher numbers.

You'll find excellent analyses of the situation from Black activists on Twitter if you can bring yourself to look. I'll provide recommendations if you are sincere in you r interest.

Over 50% of eligible voters in the US aren't even registered, and of course an overwhelmingly disproportionate number of those unregistered are African American. Your "data" tells us nothing about what African Americans think of Sanders and Clinton, just what registered African American Democrats thought, which would of course be skewed towards the middle classes.

The broader point though - since you're being obtuse about it - is that you speak as if African Americans are a homogeneous group who you can speak on behalf of, and you can't.