PGT: President-Elect Donald J Trump

[Senator Clay Davis]

So here's some terrible news for the Trump administration: Fahrenthold has been re-assigned to covering conflicts of interest and the emoluments clause, after initially being put on the agriculture/department of labour/USDA beat. Not sure why WaPo didn't have him on the shadier Trump stuff to begin with, but if covering conflicts and emoluments goes as well as the Trump Foundation, Trump might be impeached by Memorial Day.

[nik-]

And then Pence takes over which is basically a Tea Party wet dream.

Yay?

[photon]

DeVos's confirmation hearing has been pushed back to the 17th to let the Office of Government Ethics complete its ethics check, which is good. Doesn't make sense to hold a hearing before all the relevant information is available. The nonpartisan OGE has expressed concern over the schedule so this is good.

EDIT: Pompeo was delayed a few days as well.

[Senator Clay Davis]

^^I mean that is obviously the dream GOP endgame here. First chance they get to remove Trump, so long as the poll numbers show him doing poorly, and he's out. As I suggested before, if they play their cards right they'll be "heroes and patriots" for removing him.

[nik-]

Although a Tea Party administration might be worth cutting out the obvious Russian influence. Granted it's easy for me to say that since I'm not a woman. Or a minority.

... or American.

[ernie]

The US already has a higher per capita governmental spend on socialised medicine than any country not named switzerland that has universal healthcare. If you add in the private money people spend on top of that it dwarfs the per capita money in the system of every country. It has nothing to do with defense spending or allocating money to other causes. The money is already there if they cared to do away with the profit margins and insurance lobby. But they don't.

[Rathji]

Originally Posted by nik-

Although a Tea Party administration might be worth cutting out the obvious Russian influence. Granted it's easy for me to say that since I'm not a woman. Or a minority.

... or American.

You act as though it will be bad for all of those people.

Didn't Trump say he wanted to make America Gay Again?

[Fozzie_DeBear]

Originally Posted by nik-

Although a Tea Party administration might be worth cutting out the obvious Russian influence. Granted it's easy for me to say that since I'm not a woman. Or a minority.

... or American.

As despicable as Pence's social policies may be...I would consider him an order of magnitude more rational and professional. Better the devil you know....

[photon]

Trump meets with anti-vaxxer Robert F Kennedy Jr.

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[Senator Clay Davis]

Originally Posted by photon

Trump meets with anti-vaxxer Robert F Kennedy Jr.

Make Infectious Diseases Great Again!

[Senator Clay Davis]

So if you ever wondered what a trainwreck American poltics is and why we follow it, consider that Sen. Mike Crapo (yes, crap is in his name) just used his time allocated to question Jeff Sessions to discussing....the plot of the movie Minority Report. Yeah....

[PsYcNeT]

Al Franken grills Sessions pretty succinctly on his misrepresentation about his fabricated pro-civil rights record.

https://www.facebook.com/TheRawStory...4970622117235/

Won't make a lick of difference, but heartening to see regardless.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Originally Posted by photon

Trump meets with anti-vaxxer Robert F Kennedy Jr.

And actually he didn't just meet him....RFK Jr. will be heading a committee on vaccination safety. Canada might need to start thinking of it's own wall, not for immigration reasons, but to prevent the spread of the bubonic plague.

[direwolf]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

So if you ever wondered what a trainwreck American poltics is and why we follow it, consider that Sen. Mike Crapo (yes, crap is in his name) just used his time allocated to question Jeff Sessions to discussing....the plot of the movie Minority Report. Yeah....

I don't blame them. That's a great flick.

[PsYcNeT]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

And actually he didn't just meet him....RFK Jr. will be heading a committee on vaccination safety. Canada might need to start thinking of it's own wall, not for immigration reasons, but to prevent the spread of the bubonic plague.

And to think the comedically talented straight-woman Cheryl Hines is married to this goofball.

[Flash Walken]

Originally Posted by PsYcNeT

And to think the comedically talented straight-woman Cheryl Hines is married to this goofball.

I didn't know that and now I am sad.

[Thor]

Anti Vaxxer in charge of overseeing vaccination safety...

wow.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...=.39ee09dccf0b

[mrdonkey]

Originally Posted by Thor

Anti Vaxxer in charge of overseeing vaccination safety...

wow.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...=.39ee09dccf0b

Make Polio Great Again

[dino7c]

El Chapo to head DEA

[rubecube]

Yeah guys, but her emails.