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And not the John Conyers version of retirement.

 

It was a wild scene baby. Not as wild as those crazy nights in the bathrooms of Studio 54 but crazy none the less...(in honor of Star)

 

Theyve gotten so many reports at the same time that they want to hold until all confirmed and run one massive story rather than piecemeal them, I suppose.

 

Wow, didn’t realize the Jerusalem Embassy Act was such a skin-of-the-teeth thing in Congress. A little less gerrymandering here, a little less vote suppression there, that thing never passes.

 

Solidarity with Trump's favorite country, which just got banned by the IOC?

 

14-16. Or 16-14.

 

25 or 6 to 4.

[cue sidejack]

 

I know it was linked earlier in this thread, but the McKay Coppins piece on Pence is really well done.

God’s Plan for Mike Pence

This is quite the anecdote:

Nonetheless, as decision time approached, Trump was leaning toward New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a fellow bridge-and-tunnel loudmouth with whom he had more natural chemistry. The candidate’s advisers repeatedly warned that the “Bridgegate” fiasco would make Christie a liability in the general election. But they were unable to get through to Trump.

Then, on July 12, a miracle: During a short campaign swing through Indiana, Trump got word that his plane had broken down on the runway, and that he would need to spend the night in Indianapolis. With nowhere else to go, Trump accepted an invitation to dine with the Pences.

In fact, according to two former Trump aides, there was no problem with the plane. Paul Manafort, who was then serving as the campaign’s chairman, had made up the story to keep the candidate in town an extra day and allow him to be wooed by Pence. The gambit worked: Three days later, Trump announced Pence as his running mate.

 

If we assume the bipartisan nature of harassment, which we should, then there would probably be a couple more Rs than Ds just because they have the majority.

 

Duh

 

Any women?

 

It’s a good story, but it was reported previously.

Edit: it’s also right out of the movie Casino, with Don Rickles in the role of Manafirt.