What stupid shit has Trump done today?

[J Ed]

He won't like this candidate, who also looks promising in the run to represent Kansas third district!

Democrats pick gay, Native American nominee in Kansas 3rd

Anything to say about the candidate's policies?

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Anything to say about the candidate's policies?

Not about policy, per se, but it does look like the more progressive wing of the Democratic Party had a good day yesterday. At lot of candidates supported by Our Revolution and the Justice Democrats won their primary. I'm betting that people are coming out to vote who don't usually show up -- women and younger people. It will be interesting to dissect the demographics. Both of those groups tend to vote more progressive than their elders. There's a good chance many of these candidates will win in November. Sharice Davids is currently ahead in polls for the November ballot, because the 3rd District in Kansas is the most progressive part of the state. The establishment Democrats should take note and pay attention.

Also important, is the number of women running for office. Women are being successful in record numbers. We will see if that translates into actual house seats. The Trump election and the policies that brought have been a wake-up call for many of us. I'm old enough to remember when women couldn't have credit cards or other loans based on their own credit rating. This was only the mid-70s. A lot of women are realizing that things could slide right back to those days if we don't guard those rights. (My personal experience of this in the 90's, when I went to buy a house, says that credit is still denied to women based entirely on the gender.)

NPR Choice page

It was also a good day for organized labor. Many of the candidates they supported won. In addition, in Missouri, the Republican state house voted in "Right to Work" laws. A ballot initiative repealed that yesterday, showing a clear backlash against "Right to Work (for less)" laws. I hope that trend continues and we get rid of it entirely. It does nothing for the average worker except lower their wages.

 

[Don Troooomp]

Anything to say about the candidate's policies?

For this thread at least, policies are far less important than thing we know will be fucking Trump off.
My personal point of view is sexuality, colour, race, creed, whatever doesn't much matter - 'Are they the best person for the job' being the only consideration.

 

[CRI]

Not about policy, per se, but it does look like the more progressive wing of the Democratic Party had a good day yesterday. At lot of candidates supported by Our Revolution and the Justice Democrats won their primary. I'm betting that people are coming out to vote who don't usually show up -- women and younger people. It will be interesting to dissect the demographics. Both of those groups tend to vote more progressive than their elders. There's a good chance many of these candidates will win in November. Sharice Davids is currently ahead in polls for the November ballot, because the 3rd District in Kansas is the most progressive part of the state. The establishment Democrats should take note and pay attention.

Also important, is the number of women running for office. Women are being successful in record numbers. We will see if that translates into actual house seats. The Trump election and the policies that brought have been a wake-up call for many of us. I'm old enough to remember when women couldn't have credit cards or other loans based on their own credit rating. This was only the mid-70s. A lot of women are realizing that things could slide right back to those days if we don't guard those rights. (My personal experience of this in the 90's, when I went to buy a house, says that credit is still denied to women based entirely on the gender.)

NPR Choice page

It was also a good day for organized labor. Many of the candidates they supported won. In addition, in Missouri, the Republican state house voted in "Right to Work" laws. A ballot initiative repealed that yesterday, showing a clear backlash against "Right to Work (for less)" laws. I hope that trend continues and we get rid of it entirely. It does nothing for the average worker except lower their wages.

Especially glad to see the garbage Right to Work laws defeated in MO. And glad to see the uptick in turnout for the primaries. Going to need that momentum to continue to have any chance of taking seats in November, since the GOP will pull every dirty trick they can to stop people from voting, apart from the ones they know will tick whoever has an R by their name. I hope you are right that now it's pretty impossible to see the vision Trump and the GOP have for the nation that women, young people, men and women of colour, LGBT folks, etc. will swamp the polling stations and vote as if their lives depend on it, because to be frank, they do.

Although there have been obvious gains for women and other marginalised groups, the systemic bigotry never really went away, and it hasn't taken much to revive it with bells on, right there in the heart of the GOP. To have people who are at the sharp end of that bigotry running and winning primaries in itself is radical, and definitely a middle finger to the society and institutions that strive to keep them down.

 

[CRI]

For this thread at least, policies are far less important than thing we know will be fucking Trump off.
My personal point of view is sexuality, colour, race, creed, whatever doesn't much matter - 'Are they the best person for the job' being the only consideration.

I agree the focus for the next two years is getting Trump and the GOP out. Running candidates who have the best chance of success in specific districts makes sense for this. And of course fighting tooth and claw against every voter suppression effort, mainly by swamping the polls!

The problem though is that in the context of institutional discrimination in America, the "Best person for the job" has nearly always been a well off, white, straight, middle aged man, because the criteria for deciding who is the "best person" and the people with power to make the decisions means it has always been skewed toward that outcome.

Perhaps the latest slant on that in terms of women, POC, and LGBT candidates running for office is to question whether their policies are "good enough." Somehow though, it seems to be the women, the POC, the LGBT candidates who are most closely "scrutinised" and failed on some vague and simplistic tick box criteria that they rarely can explain. They're also subject to vile displays of misogyny, homophobia, racism, etc. on social media and from "opinion leaders." Funny that.

Sure, some of the culture has shifted during my life time and some laws have changed, but inequality based on gender, sexuality, ethnicity, faith, class, etc., hasn't gone away. Some progress has already moved into reverse in the past couple decades (e.g. Voting Rights Act dilution, restrictions on access to abortion, cut backs on social welfare programmes.) The playing field is nowhere near level.

So if people who have to run the gauntlet of bigotry and discrimination gain the trust and backing of enough voters to win the nomination, I'd say that's pretty fucking radical!

"Lord, grant me the confidence of a mediocre, white, cis, straight male."

 

[Don Troooomp]

I can't really grasp the idea of a country where racism is the norm, seems bloody silly to me.
However, this does seem to be the case for much of America so I suppose I'll have to try to understand it.
Oddly enough, just before reading the post above, I'd just been reading a piece about an American woman who used 'I'm white' to avoid speeding, drunk driving, and drug possession charges.
Talk about wierd.

 

[J Ed]

I agree the focus for the next two years is getting Trump and the GOP out. Running candidates who have the best chance of success in specific districts makes sense for this. And of course fighting tooth and claw against every voter suppression effort, mainly by swamping the polls!

The problem though is that in the context of institutional discrimination in America, the "Best person for the job" has nearly always been a well off, white, straight, middle aged man, because the criteria for deciding who is the "best person" and the people with power to make the decisions means it has always been skewed toward that outcome.

Perhaps the latest slant on that in terms of women, POC, and LGBT candidates running for office is to question whether their policies are "good enough." Somehow though, it seems to be the women, the POC, the LGBT candidates who are most closely "scrutinised" and failed on some vague and simplistic tick box criteria that they rarely can explain. They're also subject to vile displays of misogyny, homophobia, racism, etc. on social media and from "opinion leaders." Funny that.

Sure, some of the culture has shifted during my life time and some laws have changed, but inequality based on gender, sexuality, ethnicity, faith, class, etc., hasn't gone away. Some progress has already moved into reverse in the past couple decades (e.g. Voting Rights Act dilution, restrictions on access to abortion, cut backs on social welfare programmes.) The playing field is nowhere near level.

So if people who have to run the gauntlet of bigotry and discrimination gain the trust and backing of enough voters to win the nomination, I'd say that's pretty fucking radical!

"Lord, grant me the confidence of a mediocre, white, cis, straight male."

Why do you support Marine Le Pen? You vile racist.

 

[Yossarian]

Oddly enough, just before reading the post above, I'd just been reading a piece about an American woman who used 'I'm white' to avoid speeding, drunk driving, and drug possession charges.
Talk about wierd.

I never thought I'd find myself defending the integrity of police in South Carolina, but the woman was not successful in her attempt to use "I'm white" to avoid charges.

“Making statements such as these as a means to justify not being arrested are unusual in my experience as a law enforcement officer and I believe further demonstrate the suspect’s level of intoxication,” the officer wrote in the report.

The woman was booked into the Beaufort County Detention Center and faces driving under the influence, speeding, disregarding a stop sign, simple possession of marijuana, and possession of drug paraphernalia charges, according to the jail log.

Don’t arrest me, Bluffton woman tells police. I’m a ‘white, clean girl’ with good grades

 

[Don Troooomp]

^
I'm please to know she failed, but the attitude is fucking terrible, and the fact she tried it says a lot.

 

[J Ed]

For this thread at least, policies are far less important than thing we know will be fucking Trump off.

I find this sort of attitude absolutely incredible, wearing your ignorance like a badge of honour.

 

[Don Troooomp]

I find this sort of attitude absolutely incredible, wearing your ignorance like a badge of honour.

Not at all - I dislike Trump so anything I know pisses him off has likely advantages. Last time he got angry, he tweeted an admission he knew his bent offspring was colluding with a Russian spy.
Not a bad result.

As for her sexuality, political ideals, and whatever else, doesn't matter as this thread is about Trump, not the policies of a lesbian candidate, her suitability for the job, or fuck all else past being someone that could well send Trump just a little further into stupidity and posting more admissions.

I am ignorant as to her political position past the obvious allegiance to the Democratic party but, if it becomes relevant to find out, I'll do so.
Perhaps you could explain why her new position is of vital importance to a thread about Trump and his stupid shit beyond my points above.
Thank you in advance for your helpful comments and information.

 

[CRI]

I never thought I'd find myself defending the integrity of police in South Carolina, but the woman was not successful in her attempt to use "I'm white" to avoid charges.

“Making statements such as these as a means to justify not being arrested are unusual in my experience as a law enforcement officer and I believe further demonstrate the suspect’s level of intoxication,” the officer wrote in the report.

The woman was booked into the Beaufort County Detention Center and faces driving under the influence, speeding, disregarding a stop sign, simple possession of marijuana, and possession of drug paraphernalia charges, according to the jail log.

Don’t arrest me, Bluffton woman tells police. I’m a ‘white, clean girl’ with good grades

^
I'm please to know she failed, but the attitude is fucking terrible, and the fact she tried it says a lot.

Crucially, she's still alive. She knew she could be as mouthy as she liked and her chances of being shot or restrained to the point of death were pretty slim. On the police brutality thread, there are plenty examples of Black folks who did far less, but ended up dead. Also "defenceless white woman tears" often do work if you are in a tight spot. There is no equivalent for non white women, so.

 

[Yossarian]

She must have been pretty damn drunk if she thought a cop in South Carolina hadn't already noticed her skin colour.

 

[CRI]

Not at all - I dislike Trump so anything I know pisses him off has likely advantages. Last time he got angry, he tweeted an admission he knew his bent offspring was colluding with a Russian spy.
Not a bad result.

As for her sexuality, political ideals, and whatever else, doesn't matter as this thread is about Trump, not the policies of a lesbian candidate, her suitability for the job, or fuck all else past being someone that could well send Trump just a little further into stupidity and posting more admissions.

I am ignorant as to her political position past the obvious allegiance to the Democratic party but, if it becomes relevant to find out, I'll do so.
Perhaps you could explain why her new position is of vital importance to a thread about Trump and his stupid shit beyond my points above.
Thank you in advance for your helpful comments and information.

Perhaps it's time someone created a thread for the US elections 2018. I think as many have me on ignore (or at least I've suggested they do so) it wouldn't work if I started one.

I do believe posts about the election are relevant, unless the thread is strictly to illustrate examples of Trump's stupidity, but nothing about how to bring his regime to an end.

 

[CRI]

She must have been pretty damn drunk if she thought a cop in South Carolina hadn't already noticed her skin colour.

My niece lived in North Carolina for several years do probably yes to the level of drunkenness, but especially yes to the level of entitlement. The latter is a reflex in the "Don't you know who I am?" sort of way that white folks in the South, but not exclusively there, resort to when in a tight spot. It's like a birthright.

 

[CRI]

Not Trump, but one of "his."

Kris Kobach won’t recuse himself from a recount in governor’s race. No law requires it.

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach said Wednesday that he has no plans to recuse himself from a recount process in the race for governor because any counting of ballots would take place at the county level.

“The recount thing is done on a county level, so the secretary of state does not actually participate directly in the recount,” Kobach said at a campaign event in Topeka after initial results showed him winning by fewer than 200 votes.

And if his opponent wants a recount, Kobach decides the price!

“Secretary Kobach should not decide that. That is a conflict in my opinion. To that extent, the secretary is directly involved in the recount process… He could set the bond so high that no one could afford that,” said Johnson, a member of the that defeated Kobach in federal court earlier this year in a case that overturned a Kansas voting restriction.

 

[Don Troooomp]

Perhaps it's time someone created a thread for the US elections 2018. I think as many have me on ignore (or at least I've suggested they do so) it wouldn't work if I started one.

I do believe posts about the election are relevant, unless the thread is strictly to illustrate examples of Trump's stupidity, but nothing about how to bring his regime to an end.

I don't use ignore. Up to indicidual posters what they do but I see it as a wimp out option.

 

[Don Troooomp]

I wonder what's on these tapes.
Seems she's doing it for cash but that doesn't mean they aren't explosive.

Omarosa Secretly Recorded Trump and Played the Audio to Others, Sources Say

 

[Don Troooomp]

What a fucking dick. He's addmitting using his political position and party to protect a likely criminal and probable traitor from the law.

Devin Nunes suggests GOP must keep House majority to protect Trump from Mueller in leaked recording - CNNPolitics

Washington (CNN)In a newly leaked audio recording, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, a California Republican, suggests that his party needs to retain control of the House of Representatives to protect President Donald Trump from special counsel Robert Mueller.

"If (Attorney General Jeff) Sessions won't un-recuse and Mueller won't clear the President, we're the only ones, which is really the danger ... we have to keep all these seats," Nunes can be heard saying on a recording from a private fundraiser aired by MSNBC on "The Rachel Maddow Show" on Wednesday. "We have to keep the majority."

 

[MrSpikey]

Omarosa Secretly Recorded Trump and Played the Audio to Others, Sources Say

Devin Nunes suggests GOP must keep House majority to protect Trump from Mueller in leaked recording - CNNPolitics

Perhaps you could explain why these articles are of vital importance to a thread titled "What stupid shit has Trump done today"?
Thank you in advance for your helpful comments and information.

 

[Don Troooomp]

Perhaps you could explain why these articles are of vital importance to a thread titled "What stupid shit has Trump done today"?
Thank you in advance for your helpful comments and information.

Well, silly cunt, the thread is about stupid shit Trump has done, and allowing someone to record you doing stupid shit is ... errrrm... stupid shit.

As for the second one, silly cunt, it's about an idiot protecting Trump from the stupid shit he's done.

 

[Don Troooomp]

Trump seems to think chain migration is stupid shit ... unless it's his wife starting the chain.

Trump's in-laws become US citizens

President Donald Trump's parents-in-law have become US citizens in a private ceremony.

Viktor and Amalija Knavs, Melania Trump's Slovenian-born parents, took the oath of citizenship in New York on Thursday, their lawyer confirmed.

He said the pair had been living in the US on green cards sponsored by Mrs Trump.

Still, it's fine because she's white

 

[Don Troooomp]

You know he's a stupid fucker when his officials have to hide deals to stop him fucking them up

U.S. Officials Scrambled Behind the Scenes to Shield NATO Deal From Trump

WASHINGTON — Senior American national security officials, seeking to prevent President Trump from upending a formal policy agreement at last month’s NATO meeting, pushed the military alliance’s ambassadors to complete it before the forum even began.

The work to preserve the North Atlantic Treaty Organization agreement, which is usually subject to intense 11th-hour negotiations, came just weeks after Mr. Trump refused to sign off on a communiqué from the June meeting of the Group of 7 in Canada.

The rushed machinations to get the policy done, as demanded by John R. Bolton, the national security adviser, have not been previously reported. Described by European diplomats and American officials, the efforts are a sign of the lengths to which the president’s top advisers will go to protect a key and longstanding international alliance from Mr. Trump’s unpredictable antipathy.

 

[Don Troooomp]

I don't seem to be able to access it at the moment but the recording is here (I gather)

Nunes on secret tape: Kavanaugh vote, then Rosenstein impeachment

Merry fuck, I've got it now - Ouch!

 

[Don Troooomp]

More Sessions doing Trump's stupid shit for him, and it could be a bugger for the lad

US judge orders deportation plane turnaround

A federal judge has ordered a mother and her daughter be flown back to the United States, after learning they had been deported mid-appeal....
...
The judge said it was unacceptable they had been removed during their appeal.

He reportedly also said Attorney General Jeff Sessions could be held in contempt of court for the deportation.

What a lovely judge

 

[TomUS]

I'm excited about America's new Space Force.

 

[Don Troooomp]

Back to Mr Nunes (Prisoner 123456)

Hi, don't tell anyone but I'm deliberately obstructing an ongoing criminal investigation, and if we lose the election in any serious way, Trump's guilt will come out and we're all fucked.

Oh, shit, it's on TV .... errrrr .......

I mis-spoke, I meant to say "I'm NOT obstructing justice and we AREN'T fucked if we shag the election"

 

[Don Troooomp]

I'm excited about America's new Space Force.

I have to be honest, this makes sense in exactly the same way a separate air force made sense many years ago.
The US has serious space power and is developing more so it's likely to happen sooner or later anyway. At the moment that seems to be restricted to spying but who knows what's next.

 

[krtek a houby]

More Sessions doing Trump's stupid shit for him, and it could be a bugger for the lad

US judge orders deportation plane turnaround



What a lovely judge

Separations for poor people

Trump seems to think chain migration is stupid shit ... unless it's his wife starting the chain.

Trump's in-laws become US citizens



Still, it's fine because she's white

Reunifications for rich people

 

[Ranbay]

Perhaps you could explain why these articles are of vital importance to a thread titled "What stupid shit has Trump done today"?
Thank you in advance for your helpful comments and information.