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The Trump Presidency 13: The (James) Baker's Dozen

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Trump retweeted:
The three very weak and untalented late night “hosts” are “fighting over table scraps. Carson did a great job, it wasn’t political. I don’t know what they’re going to do in 2024 when he’s no longer President? Will be wacky in the unemployment line.” Michael Loftus @foxandfriends Linl
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Jimmy Kimmel fired back:
“If he sat in the White House all day quietly working on things, I would almost never mention him, because it’s not interesting. But today — not even today, before 10 a.m. today, before 10 o’clock this morning, his former campaign chairman was sentenced to prison for the second time in a week, he called himself the most successful president in history and he tweeted to let people know his wife hasn’t been replaced with a body double. I’m not supposed to mention that?” Link including video of Kimmel
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In case you missed it:
Trump tweeted
The Fake News photoshopped pictures of Melania, then propelled conspiracy theories that it’s actually not her by my side in Alabama and other places. They are only getting more deranged with time! Link
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From MSN-
A recent public appearance has reignited internet rumours that the White House occasionally employs a body double to stand in for the first lady. Donald and Melania Trump visited the town of Opelika in Alabama on Friday 8 March to survey the damage done to the state by a recent tornado, a natural disaster in which 23 people lost their lives...one picture of Mrs Trump, stood holding hands with her husband before a row of white crosses outside the Providence Baptist Church, struck some observers as very odd indeed. Link
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Below is the photo and they're right. It doesn't really look like Melania. But so what?:

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We should encourage Donnie. He finally got it right. The Melania Mystery is an actual example of "Fake News"; not the stuff he usually claims is... meaning, anything that is critical of him.

Would that he'd take that keen eye back through the wormhole and look at the Birther conspiracy theories through the same lens.
 
Aridas said:
That kind of language has been around for a long time, at last check? I seem to recall similar white supremacist rhetoric being written back in the 1800's, for example? Thus, I wouldn't attribute the rhetoric to Trump specifically. He's not even remotely a pioneer in that respect. What Trump is is an invigorating figure and symbol for white supremacists.



Hardly a surprise, given that the Republican base was 89% white, as of 2013, and there's been little reason for that to change much. Also, again, one of their major long term strategies has been that they've been trying to make their white base feel victimized to motivate them to vote, especially in the Obama years and the Trump years. This isn't even remotely the first time that the GOP showed strong displeasure with the very concept of condemning white supremacist violence.

ETA: Ahh, right. It is likely worth repeating, again, that the Trump Administration has pointedly ended a number of programs that were put in place to prevent white supremacist terrorism. That's a bit of a political firecracker right there, especially if they acknowledge that there's an actual problem there that needs addressed.

On to other things, though.

Iowa Republicans want to make it legally impossible for many public college students to vote



There's plenty more WTF BS when you look at the list.

Mike Pompeo Revokes Visas of ICC Staff Over Investigation Attempt



Anyone else think that this is moronic and petty?

Missouri Republican proposes law forcing all residents to own an AR-15 and another one forcing all citizens to own a handgun

There are so many things wrong with this that it's actually a little funny in the WTF kind of way.
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Applies to residents between 18 and 35. No explaination of the upper age cutoff limit is given. Residents will be given a 75% tax credit.

I’m not sure how low-income people will afford the purchase. Maybe that’s the point of the bill, residents too poor to make a several-hundred dollar purchase could be arrested and then offered the option of going to jail or leaving the state.

If the bill passes, I may set up a business selling broken AR-15s. Nothing 8n the bill says it has to be in working order
 
Foolmewunz said:
We should encourage Donnie. He finally got it right. The Melania Mystery is an actual example of "Fake News"; not the stuff he usually claims is... meaning, anything that is critical of him.

Would that he'd take that keen eye back through the wormhole and look at the Birther conspiracy theories through the same lens.
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The president has one lens only. The idea that sonething could be looked at from a different perspective is unimaginable to him.
 
dudalb said:
If the bill passes, I may set up a business selling broken AR-15s. Nothing 8n the bill says it has to be in working order
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In the US, the legal definition of what an AR-15 is, is just the lower receiver. My first Google search found a site selling these, and at least some were well under $100. Perfect fit for obeying the letter of the law while thumbing your nose at the intent. Here's one for just over $40.

I bet if you went into business making the cheapest possible receiver that could qualify under the ATF rules, you could drive the price even lower.
 
Aridas said:
Anyone else think that this is moronic and petty?

Missouri Republican proposes law forcing all residents to own an AR-15 and another one forcing all citizens to own a handgun

There are so many things wrong with this that it's actually a little funny in the WTF kind of way.
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Not surprisingly, there's more to this story than Daily Kos is saying..
https://conservativefiringline.com/...ia-act-hb-1108-everyone-18-34-must-own-an-ar/

"The sponsor, Rep Andrew McDaniel (R- District 150) did it on purpose to reveal the absurdity of government “mandates.”"

In other words, this was never a serious proposal, it never had a chance at passing, and just like A Modest Proposal, interpreting it as a literal expression of belief gets the entire thing backwards. The lack of self-awareness from Daily Kos is pretty funny, though, as a small substitution makes clear:

Daily Kos said:
Missouri [Democrats], now intent to tell families how they must spend their money — and on which specific vendors — seem to be saying the Government has a duty to force you to buy [health insurance], for every qualifying adult. Don’t worry, you’ll get a tax credit later.
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Donald J. Trump Retweeted

The White House
‏Verified account
@WhiteHouse

Sheriff Louderback: "The sheriffs and men and women of law enforcement in this room and across this nation owe you a debt of gratitude for something that we’ve been waiting for—for decades."


Sheriff Hodgson: "Mr. President, you have stood up and you’ve taken the action. And the American people are behind you and we’re behind you."
 
Trump Tweeted

Because the economy is so good, General Motors must get their Lordstown, Ohio, plant open, maybe in a different form or with a new owner, FAST! Toyota is investing 13.5 $Billion in U.S., others likewise. G.M. MUST ACT QUICKLY. Time is of the essence!
 
Ziggurat said:
In other words, this was never a serious proposal, it never had a chance at passing,
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To be clear, I thought that both of those were really obvious.

Ziggurat said:
interpreting it as a literal expression of belief gets the entire thing backwards. The lack of self-awareness from Daily Kos is pretty funny, though, as a small substitution makes clear:
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Mmm. As it was, I used the Daily Kos link specifically because it had links to the actual bills. I likely should have clarified such or been a little less lazy. With that said, though... it's a poorly conceived stunt, at best. As I said then in my comment on it, there are so many things wrong with this that it's actually a little funny in the WTF kind of way. That includes both the problems with the specifics of the bill and the problems with any attempt to use it as a meaningful parody.
 
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