President Trump: The NEW one and only politics thread

I didn't say he did. Just saying that here's a rational fact-based source you might wish to go to for information.

 

No collusion?

Trump is slowly morphing into Sergei Kislyak.

 

As we used to growing up in the old (and pre-PC) neighborhood, he’s got more chins than a Chinese phone book

 

Wittes says the confrontation between Trump and the rule of law is getting ready to happen.

How the Cohen Raids and Trump’s Reactions Edge Us Toward Confrontation

 

Only the best people (from the worst law school in the nation) ...

Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen Got His Degree from the 'Worst Law School in the Country'

 

Enjoyed Jesse Kelly's column as comedy.

He writes: "If you believe in God and limited government, here are the entities that now proclaim their hatred of you in full view of the public: The Democratic Party, media, Hollywood, the public education system, and now even corporate America. The GOP may have the House, Senate, and presidency, but we have completely lost the culture war."

Always love seeing how the Chamber of Commerce Republicans (or as he says, "corporate America") have turned into religion-hating socialists. And don't blame me if NASCAR and Trace Adkins are boring as hell.

Finally, I liked his map that puts states like Idaho, Montana and the Dakotas in "the People's Republic of Soyland." That's a good fit. Also, where do Alaska and Hawaii fall in this post-divorce U.S.? Kelly didn't say.

Thank goodness we have heroes like Shohei Ohtani to unite us!

 

Yep since the FBI went after Trump's fixer.

 

Well, when the People's Republic of Soyland get mad at New York, they've got to have Idaho around to put them on probation.

 

Facebook Fallout Deals Blow to Mercers’ Political Clout

The revelation last month that Cambridge Analytica improperly acquired the private Facebook data of millions of users has set off government inquiries in Washington and London, plunging Facebook into crisis. But it has also battered the nascent political network overseen by Ms. Mercer, 44, and financed by her father, Robert Mercer, 71, a hard-line conservative billionaire.

Ms. Mercer’s standing in Mr. Trump’s circle had already declined following the departure last year of Stephen K. Bannon, her family’s former adviser and President Trump’s former chief strategist, according to Republicans with close ties to the president’s political operation. A pro-Trump advocacy group controlled by Ms. Mercer has gone silent following strategic disputes between her and other top donors. Plans to wage a civil war against the Republican establishment in the 2018 midterms have been derailed.

And last month, after reports on Cambridge in The New York Times, The Observer of London and The Guardian, Facebook banned the company from its platform, a major blow to any political or commercial targeting firm. Not a single American candidate or “super PAC” committee has reported payments to the company since the 2016 campaign, according to federal records.

Several Republicans in Ms. Mercer’s orbit or with knowledge of Cambridge’s business said that fallout from the Facebook scandal — combined with widespread doubts about the accuracy of Cambridge’s psychological profiles of voters — had effectively crippled the firm’s election work in the United States.

 

He's not ready to unite us.