President Trump: The NEW one and only politics thread

So there's really no deal at all.

 

You decided to take up my entire computer screen for that weak shit?

 

See also: North Korean nuke deal.

 

Coming soon from a UPenn prof:
Cyberwar: How Russian Hackers and Trolls Helped Elect a President What We Don't, Can't, and Do Know

 

"I never saw The Godfather, but I enjoyed his work in ... Canadian Bacon" — smallpotatoes, on the late G.D. Spradlin


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still my favorite sj.com line ever

 

Beto for President ...

 

I've admired him from afar for a bit now; after going through Houston and Austin recently, I'm hopeful that the good people of Texas will replace the fraud Ted Cruz with the man with substance, Mr. O'Rourke. (his answer on the kneeling in NFL was fantastic.)

 

Why are Republicans running away from THE story of our age?

 

It's interesting...a deal that benefits the American working class would, by definition, drive up the labor costs of corporations who were previously exploiting cheaper Mexican labor. That would cut into shareholder profit. Makes you wonder where the Dow's optimism is coming from. Surely, investors can't be thinking that our populist crusader-in-chief would strike a deal whose benefits flow almost exclusively to shareholders...?